- Vera
Francevna Mencikova (Russian: Вера Францевна Менчик, Vera
Frantsevna Menchik; Czech: Věra Menčíková; 16
February 1906 – 26 June 1944), was a Russian-born...
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Menchik is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include: Olga
Menchik (1907–1944),
British chess player Vera
Menchik (1906–1944), British-Russian...
- Championship: the
Menchik era (1927–1944), the Soviet-dominated era (1950–1991), and the China-dominated era (1991–present). Vera
Menchik won
every Women's...
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largely limited to
competing against other women.
Around this time, Vera
Menchik became the
inaugural Women's
World Chess Champion and was the
first woman...
- Olga
Menchik (Menčíková, Menčik)
Rubery (2 May 1907,
Moscow – 26 June 1944, Clapham, London) was a Czech-British
female chess master. Born in
Moscow to...
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After their 1934
match (won +3 =0 -1 by
Menchik),
reigning Women's
World Chess Champion Vera
Menchik and
Sonja Graf pla**** a
second championship match...
- established; the
first to hold the
title was Czech-English
master Vera
Menchik. A
prodigy from Cuba, José Raúl Capablanca,
known for his
skill in endgames...
- won by the same player: Vera
Menchik, by far the
dominating figure in this
early era of
organized women's chess.
Menchik, who
usually preferred to compete...
- (peak
years 1861–1862)
Adolf Anderssen, 2214 (peak
years 1861–1866) Vera
Menchik, 2155 (peak year 1929)
Mikhail Chigorin, 2144 (peak
years 1889–1893) Howard...
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Championship was established; the
first to hold it was Czech-English
master Vera
Menchik.
During World War II, many
prominent chess players died or were killed...
