Menchik Memorial

Menchik Memorial is a chess tournament followed by Chess Rankings in London (ENG). Check the player list, ratings, rounds and live results for August 24, 2026 - August 30, 2026.

A ten player round robin for women, to celebrate the life of Vera Menchik. Vera Menchik (1906-44) was the first women's world chess champion, gaining the title at 21 and successfully defending it many times until her untimely death. She remains the longest reigning champion. Born in Russia to a Czech father and English mother, Vera Menchik moved to England at the age of 15, where she became the strongest female player of the era, whilst representing her adopted country. She lived at Hastings and then London. This year marks the 82nd anniversary of her death, a casualty of the Second World War. A German V1 rocket exploded in her street in Clapham, south London, killing her, her mother, her sister, and eight other residents.

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Chess Rankings

Auto-updated using Lichess broadcast data. Aug 13, 2026, 02:17 AM

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