# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vera-menchik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:15:14.232Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vera-menchik"
name: "Vera Menchik"
slug: "vera-menchik"
description: "Vera Francevna Mencikova, was a Russian-born Czechoslovak chess player who primarily resided in England. She was the first and longest-reigning Women's World Chess Champion from 1927 to 1944, winning the championship a record eight times primarily in round-robin tournaments. In an era when women primarily competed against other women, Menchik was the first and only woman competing in master-level tournaments with the world's best players."
tagline: "Czech chess player (1906–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vera_Menchik_1933.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1906-02-16"
deathDate: "1944-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.84568933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Vera Menchik"
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    title: "Vera Menchik"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump