Menchik Life and Games: The First Chess Queen

Menchik life and games

Vera Menchik was the first Women’s World Champion, and one of the leading English masters of her generation. Below, I explore her life and games. Photo: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons Table of contents: Biography Early life Vera Menchik was born in Moscow in 1906, to an English mother and a Czech father. She learned […]