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Vera Menchik : a biography of the first women's world chess champion, with 350 games / Robert B. Tanner.
LIBRA GV1439.M4 T36 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tanner, Robert B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Menchik, Vera, 1906-1944.
- Menchik, Vera.
- Chess players--Great Britain--Biography.
- Chess players.
- Women chess players--Great Britain--Biography.
- Women chess players.
- Chess--Collections of games.
- Chess.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Collections.
- Physical Description:
- x, 316 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780786496020
- 0786496029
- OCLC:
- 933386084
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