Vera Menchik

Written by 2013 World Chess Hall of Fame inductee Elizaveta (Elizabeth) Bykova (1913-1989), the third Women’s World Chess Champion, this book details the life of Vera Menchik (1906-1944). The publication emphasizes Menchik’s Russian heritage in an effort to promote women’s chess in the Soviet Union. It also details a trip that Menchik made to the country in 1935. Passionate about women’s chess, Bykova also wrote two other books about Soviet women chess players and the Women’s World Championship.

This book was lent to the World Chess Hall of Fame by the John G. White Chess Collection at the Cleveland Public Library.