Vera Menchik: The Real-life Beth Harmon

Over the past few weeks “The Queen’s Gambit” has taken the world by storm. The story of a young girl, Beth Harmon, who escapes the difficult childhood thanks to her immense chess talent and beats the best men in their game has captured the attention all over the world. Thanks to this Netflix mini-series

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Chess24 India on X: Probably the first real-life Beth Harmon, she was the women's world champion for 17 years! Happy birthday to Vera Menchik, a chess player extraordinaire and one of the

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World's 1st women's chess champion Vera Menchik was born on this day in 1906 : r/chess

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Vera Menchik: The Real-life Beth Harmon