Olga Menchik
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Olga Menchik Rubery (1908, Moscow
– 1944, Kent
) was a Czech–British female chess
master.
Born in Moscow into a Czech (father) – British (mother) family, she was younger sister to Vera Menchik
. They all moved to England in 1921. In January 1927, Vera won the London ladies championship, and Olga took second place.
She took fourth place in the fifth Women's World Chess Championship
at Warsaw 1935, and tied for 17-20th in the sixth WWCC at Stockholm 1937 (Vera Menchik won both events).
Olga, her sister and their mother were killed in a bombing raid when a German V-1
rocket hit her home in Kent in 1944.
Moscow
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– 1944, Kent
Kent
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) was a Czech–British female chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
master.
Born in Moscow into a Czech (father) – British (mother) family, she was younger sister to Vera Menchik
Vera Menchik
Vera Menchik was a British-Czech chess player who gained renown as the world's first women's chess champion. She also competed in chess tournaments with some of the world's leading male chess masters, defeating many of them, including future World Champion Max Euwe.The daughter of a Czech father...
. They all moved to England in 1921. In January 1927, Vera won the London ladies championship, and Olga took second place.
She took fourth place in the fifth Women's World Chess Championship
Women's World Chess Championship
The Women's World Chess Championship is played to determine the women's world champion in chess. Like the World Chess Championship, it is administered by FIDE....
at Warsaw 1935, and tied for 17-20th in the sixth WWCC at Stockholm 1937 (Vera Menchik won both events).
Olga, her sister and their mother were killed in a bombing raid when a German V-1
V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb, also known as the Buzz Bomb or Doodlebug, was an early pulse-jet-powered predecessor of the cruise missile....
rocket hit her home in Kent in 1944.