Vera Menchik
✓ Source-basedstableCzech chess player (1906-1944)
United KingdomLived 1906 to 1944 · aged 38Vera 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.
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Vera Menchik (left) and her sister Olga in 1926, from British Chess Magazine![After Menchik won the 1926 London Girls' Championship, she gave a 13-board simultaneous exhibition (pictured) at the event, scoring +9-2=2.[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Miss_Menchik_jouant_aux_%C3%A9checs_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Miss_Menchik_jouant_aux_%C3%A9checs_%28cropped%29.jpg)
After Menchik won the 1926 London Girls' Championship, she gave a 13-board simultaneous exhibition (pictured) at the event, scoring +9-2=2.[14]
Grand Hotel Panhans, the site of the World Championship match between Menchik and Graf in 1937
Menchik had two wins against Max Euwe (pictured in 1945 with his daughter), the World Champion from 1935 to 1937, in four tournament games. For this reason, Euwe was one of the players named "president" of the Vera Menchik Club.
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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.
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