More than a half-century before Judit Polgar, Vera Menchik regularly battled the world’s top male chess stars, including five World Champions. Meanwhile Menchik dominated women’s chess throughout her war-shortened life, from finishing 1st in the inaugural Women’s World Championship tournament in 1927 to winning six similar tournaments and two championship matches over the next 17 years. This film presents the critical endgame phase of one of her two victories over Max Euwe, who went on to become World Chess Champion from 1935-37 and president of the world chess federation in the 1970s.
Design and text by Coordie64
Music: The Rain Room (With Sax) by DEn Kot, provided by Crypt_of_Insomnia / Pond5
A curated selection of important and inspired moves from the centuries-long history of chess: the ultimate mind-sport, practiced from royal courts and faculty lounges to battlefield barracks and prison cells. Each item re-enacts the critical phase of a historically important chess game, followed by a vignette presenting the game's key details.
Max Euwe versus Vera Menchik (1930)
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Max Euwe versus Vera Menchik (1930)
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More than a half-century before Judit Polgar, Vera Menchik regularly battled the world’s top male chess stars, including five World Champions. Meanwhile Menchik dominated women’s chess throughout her war-shortened life, from finishing 1st in the inaugural Women’s World Championship tournament in 1927 to winning six similar tournaments and two championship matches over the next 17 years. This film presents the critical endgame phase of one of her two victories over Max Euwe, who went on to become World Chess Champion from 1935-37 and president of the world chess federation in the 1970s.
Design and text by Coordie64
Music: The Rain Room (With Sax) by DEn Kot, provided by Crypt_of_Insomnia / Pond5
A curated selection of important and inspired moves from the centuries-long history of chess: the ultimate mind-sport, practiced from royal courts and faculty lounges to battlefield barracks and prison cells. Each item re-enacts the critical phase of a historically important chess game, followed by a vignette presenting the game's key details.