Original: Vera Menchik (16 February 1906 - 27 June 1944) was a British-Czech chess player who gained renown as the world's first women's chess champion.
Simplified: Vera Menchik (Moscow, 16 February 1906 - London, 27 June 1944) was a British-Czech chess player. Menchik was the first women's world chess champion.