Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Vera Menchik.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.Drag your mouse from one bracket to the other.
a)
White Mates in 6. Vera Menchik vs George Thomas, London, 1932
[ hxg6 ]
b)
Vera Menchik vs Brian Reilly, Margate, 1935
[ e4 ]
c)
White Mates in 7. Vera Menchik vs Victor Buerger, Margate, 1937
[ Qa5+ ]
d)
Vera Menchik vs Sonja Graf, Semmering, 1937
[ Rd7 ]
e)
Vera Menchik vs George Thomas, Margate, 1937
[ Bxg6 w/Bf4 ]
Vera Menchik, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)
Vera Menchik vs Eero Book, Margate, 1938
[ Nxh6 ]
b)
Vera Menchik vs Maria Mora Iturralde, Buenos Aires, 1939
[ Nxf7 w/Qxe6+ ]
c)
Black to Move and Win. Abraham Baratz vs Vera Menchik, Hastings, 1927
[ ...Qxf4+ ]
d)
Black to Move and Win. Stevenson vs Vera Menchik, Hamburg, 1930
[ ...Ng3+ ]
e)
Black to Move and Win. Henschel vs Vera Menchik, Margate, 1937
[ ...d3 ]
f)
Black to Move and Win. Thedore Tylor vs Vera Menchik, Prague, 1931
[ ...Ba3 ]
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