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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presenter Vera Menchik (1906–1944), British chess player Vera Michalski (born 1954), Swiss publisher Vera Miles (born 1929), American actress Vera Mischenko...
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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...
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Women's World Chess Championship 1937 match (redirect from Women's World Chess Championship 1937 (Menchik-Graf match))
After their 1934 match (won +3 =0 -1 by Menchik), reigning Women's World Chess Champion Vera Menchik and Sonja Graf played a second championship match...
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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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past and present players who were still alive, none of whom were women. Vera Menchik, who regularly competed against high-level male players and was the only...
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tournaments. The trophy for the winning women's team is known as the Vera Menchik Cup in honor of the first Women's World Chess Champion (1927–1944). The...
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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...
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Boris Spassky. The winner of the first Women's World Chess Championship, Vera Menchik, was the first woman to be inducted into the WCHOF in 2011. The U.S....
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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...
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was 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...
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opening theory, credited him as a "good teacher" who greatly helped Vera Menchik reach the top of women's chess, and "one of the greatest masters of his...
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In 1929, he tied for 5-7th in Karlovy Vary, and also inaugurated the Vera Menchik Club as the first member. The event was won by Aron Nimzowitsch. In 1930...
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first certified female dentist in Britain", published March 21, 2023 Vera Menchik, first women's world chess champion, published September 2, 2022 Regina...
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was younger sister to Vera Menchik, the Women's World Chess Champion. They all moved to England in 1921. In January 1927, Vera won the London ladies championship...
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tournament to decide on a successor. 1944–1950 — Women's World Chess Champion Vera Menchik was killed in an air-raid during World War II in Britain in 1944. Interregnum...
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Svetlana Matveeva (born 1969) Isaak Mazel (1911–1943) Olga Menchik (1908–1946) Vera Menchik (1906–1944) Vladas Mikėnas (1910–1992) Adrian Mikhalchishin...
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Kosteniuk and Oxana Kosteniuk Alisa Marić and Mirjana Marić Vera Menchik and Olga Menchik Anna Muzychuk and Mariya Muzychuk Mai Narva and Triin Narva...
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Chess Olympiad. The trophy for the winning women's team is known as the Vera Menchik Cup in honor of the first Women's World Chess Champion. Judit Polgár...
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Folkestone 1933 (the fourth Women's World Chess Championship), both won by Vera Menchik. From 1898 to 1945, Edith Price was the proprietress of the Gambit Chess...
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actress Alfred Marshall Donald Maxwell (illustrator) Noel McKoy – singer Vera Menchik – Women's World Chess Champion Heather Mills – model Julie Myerson Chris...
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London 1927 (Vera Menchik won), 3rd (behind V. Menchik and Regina Gerlecka) at Warsaw 1935, and tied for 17-20th at Stockholm 1937 (V. Menchik won). She...
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January 1 in the year of competition. He scored 11–0 at Toronto 1957. Vera Menchik won four consecutive Women's World Chess Championship tournaments with...
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longest, at 13 years, behind only that of the first women's champion, Vera Menchik, who reigned for 17 years from 1927 until her death in 1944, and Gaprindashvili's...
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3rd, behind Vera Menchik and Katarina Beskow at London 1927, took 2nd at Hamburg 1930, and took 2nd at Prague 1931, both behind V. Menchik. She died in...
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only student of José Raúl Capablanca, the World Champion at the time. Vera Menchik's 1926 victory at the Hastings Major Reserve, a tier below the highest...
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Herman tied for 6th at the 5th Women's World Championship in Warsaw (Vera Menchik won). In 1936, she participated in the women's international tournament...
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four other very strong players 1929 Ramsgate 1st 5½/7 +4−0=3 Ahead of Vera Menchik (5), Rubinstein (5), and four others Carlsbad 2nd= 14½/21 +10−2=9 Behind...
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original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011. Nikolay Minev. "The "Vera Menchik Club" (PDF). The Chess Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17...
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Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, and Vera Menchik. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living grandmaster (since...
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