The Greatest Female Chess Player in History

Vera gets a World Championship Contender Level G-score!!

If you Google this, you will likely get Judit Polgar as the answer. But, I submit that this overlooks a very important player of the past (more to the point, omits) — Vera Menchik. I have now processed one of her incredible victories from the 1939 Women’s World Chess Championship. The competitors were mostly champions from their respective countries. Vera Menchik represented England, but she was born in Russia in 1906. Here is my report on her incredible tournament victory (18/19). Enjoy reading about her.

First, here are a few links to this incredible tournament and some of the players.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship_1939

http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/SingleEvent.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S084775000000141100204600018810100

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1027891

http://www.ajedrezdeataque.com/11%20Ajedrez%20Femenino/Palmares/Ctos_Mundo/Buenos_Aires_39.htm

https://players.chessbase.com/en/player/Lougheed_Anabelle/153857

http://www.bcchesshistory.com/womenschess.html

Chessmetrics only had ratings for two of these players: Menchik and Graf. The rest of the ratings were the performance ratings as measured by Chessmetrics. However, it only…