(The Queen of Chess Vera Menchik). Vera Menchik, 1906-1944, Women's world champion 1927-1944, the first woman in history who could play successfully in men's tournaments. Life and chess biography, about 100 chronologically arranged games, of which most are annotated either by Vera Menchik herself or by other masters of the time, remembrances of other players (Flohr, Louma, Opocensky, Lauberte, Botvinnik, Denman ao.) on Vera Menchikova, short biographical sketches of her opponents, career record, results again GMs and masters etc. All accompanied with ca 100 quality photographs - the publisher is a photographer by profession and the book is printed on heavy glossy paper, the weight is 850 grams. This is the first book on Vera Menchik in Czech (except the brochure in the Olexa Memorial tourney 1986 by the same author).
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