5 photographs Relating to Chess including Vera Menchik in a Simultaneous Exhibition

Author: Vera Frantsevna Menchik (1906-1944) Year: 1931Publisher: Keystone View Company Place: Berlin and New YorkDescription: 5 photographs in varying size and subject. Vera Menchik black and white photo Oblong octavo (8" x 10") with Menchik standing while playing 20 players in exhibition.Vera Menchik was a Russian-born British-Czechoslovak chess player who became the first women's world chess champion. She also competed in tournaments with some of the world's leading male chess masters, with occasional successes including two wins over future world champion Max Euwe. Photograph with rail sign of Strobeck and three additional photographs relating to the game of chess. The Holy Roman Emperor, Henry II, suspecting Gunzelin of conspiring against him, had him arrested and imprisoned in Ströbeck where, guarded by the local farmers, he languished for 8 years. During his sentence, legend has it, he spent his time in prison playing chess and, in order to have opponents, taught the game to the