Vera Menchik
Subtitle: a biography of the first women's world chess champion, with 350 games
By: Robert B. Tanner
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780786496020
Subjects: Women chess players; Collections of games; Chess; Biography; Chess players
Description: "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. In this book her games are brought to life utilizing her own annotations, as well as the notes of her contemporaries"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.