(Ebook pdf) Astonishing Legends Vera Menchik: A Biography of the First Women's World Chess Champion, with 350 Games
• Robert B. Tanner •
| #1340570 in Books | Tanner Robert B | 2016-10-04 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 10.10 x.90 x7.00l,.0 | Binding: Library Binding | 328 pages | Vera Menchik A Biography of the First Women s World Chess Champion with 350 Games
||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Wonderful Games|By B. W. Thew|This a great book and well overdue. Menchik is often portrayed as a bit of a joke and those who lost to her were enrolled in her "club". Having played through a few of these games I have been constantly amazed at how good she was. Women in sport appear to be finally gaining some belated recognition and chess is no exception. McFarland have don||-impressive research work...highly interesting read of one of the interesting lady chess players of all time.... This is a fantastic made McFarland read!---Chessbook s; -The best publisher for historical and biographical books is clearly McFarland. Th
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...
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