Vera Menchik
A Biography of the First Women's World Chess Champion, with 350 Games
Gebonden Engels 2016 9780786496020Samenvatting
Not only was Vera Menchik the first woman in the history of chess to compete on an equal basis with the top male players, she absolutely dominated women's chess during the last 17 years of her life. Hers was a fascinating career as an independent professional in an era where this was rare for women in any endeavor.
In this book her games are brought to life utilizing her own annotations, as well as the notes of her contemporaries including Capablanca, Alekhine, Fine and others. All of her known games, as well as samples of her writings on the subject of chess are included. Beyond the technical aspect of her games, a brief biography and eulogies by her friends and colleagues reveal her life as a player and as a human being. Included are her comparisons of Russia where she was born and England where she resided as an adult, her philosophy of life, as well as her perspectives on chess in England and during World War II. Above all, a view is provided of the life of the chess professional during the golden age of Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, and Euwe.
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List of Illustrations
Abbreviations Used
Part I. Vera Menchik
1. Introduction
2. Prologue
3. A Biographical Sketch
4. Eulogies
Julius du Mont
Margaret Hilton Brown
Gideon Ståhlberg
Thomas Olsen
Part II. Her Games, Events and Crosstables
The Apprentice: The Early Events, 1923–1928
Scarborough 1923
Hastings 1923-1924
Hastings 1924-1925
Edith Price vs. Menchik, Match 1, 1925
Edith Price vs. Menchik, Match 2, 1925
Stratford on Avon 1925
Hastings 1925-1926
London Girls’ Championship, 1926
Hastings 1926-1927
London Girls’ Championship, 1927
Tunbridge Wells, 1927
Hastings 1927-1928
Cheltenham 1928
Master Level Events: 1928–1944
Scarborough 1928
Tenby 1928 (21st B.C.F. Congress—Major Open)
Hastings 1928-1929
Kent Congress at Ramsgate 1929
Paris 1929
Carlsbad 1929
Barcelona 1929
Hastings 1929-1930
Hastings Chess Club Championship 1930
Hastings Invitational 1930
Canterbury 1930
Scarborough 1930
Hastings 1930-1931
Antwerp 1931
Worcester 1931 (24th B.C.F. Congress—Major Open)
Hastings 1931-1932
London 1932 (International)
Cambridge 1932
London 1932 (25th B.C.F. Congress—Major Open)
Hastings 1932-1933
Mnichovo Hradiště 1933
Hastings 1933-1934
Groningen 1934
Sonja Graf vs. Menchik Match 1934
Amsterdam 1934
Maribor 1934
Semily 1934
Hastings 1934-1935
Moscow 1935
Margate 1935
Yarmouth 1935 (28th B.C.F. Congress—Major Open)
Margate 1936
Poděbrady, Czechoslovakia, 1936
Nottingham 1936
Hastings 1936-1937
London 1937
Menchik vs. Eugene Znosko-Borovsky 1937
Margate 1937
Bournemouth 1938
Łódź 1938
Margate 1938
Britain vs. Holland Match 1938
Brighton 1938 (31st B.C.F. Championship)
Plymouth 1938 (Jubilee Congress)
Margate 1939
Montevideo 1939 (Millington Drake International Tournament)
London 1939 (Hampstead Invitation Tournament)
London Easter Congress 1940
London National Chess Center Championships 1940
Menchik vs. Jacques Mieses 1942
Sidcup 1942 (Kent County Congress)
West London Summer Tournament 1943
West London C.C. Championship 1944
Women’s World Chess Championships
London 1927
Hamburg 1930
Prague 1931
Folkstone 1933
Warsaw 1935
Menchik vs. Sonja Graf 1937
Stockholm 1937
Buenos Aires 1939
Supplemental Games
Epilogue
Part III. The Writings of Vera Menchik
1. “The Max Lange Attack” (October 1932)
2. “Studies in Pawn Play” (January 1933)
3. “How to Meet an Attack” (January 1935)
4. “A Strong Center” (July 1935)
5. A Political Dialog between Menchik and B.H. Wood
Part IV. Appendices, Notes, Bibliography, Indices
Appendices
1: The “Vera Menchik Club”
2: Women’s World Chess Champions
3: Matisons Problem
4: Tournament and Match Results
5: County and British Team Match Results
6: Simultaneous Exhibition Results
7: Results by Opponent
8: Key Players and Persons in Menchik’s Life
9: Obituary of Rufus H.S. Stevenson
10: The V-1 Flying Bomb
Notes
Bibliography
Indices
Index to Opponents by game number
Index to ECO Openings by game number
Index to Traditional Name Openings by game number
General Index to page numbers
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