Menchik, Olga




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1926  1482  1683 (120) 4
1927  1507  1698 (116) 5
1928  1463  1707 (112) 0
1929  1444  1716 (108) 0
1930  1478  1724 (104) 0
1931  1509  1733 (98) 0
1932  1541  1742 (92) 0
1933  1500  1751 (85) 0
1934  1587  1760 (76) 0
1935  1530  1768 (64) 9
1936  1385  1765 (60) 9
1937  1270  1746 (61) 14

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Menchik, Olga  
   Also known as: Mrs. Olga Rubery; Mrs. Clifford Granvill Rubery; Olga Menčiková
Born: 1908
Died: 26 June 1944
 
Notes:
Gaige gives her date of birth as 'c1908'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 364
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 278
   Tanner, Vera Menchik, page 9, 17, 22, 295, 314
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 173
Periodicals
   [SaTy], no. 22, 19 Sep. 1937, page 121
Web
   Negele, Michael.  [Life story of female prodigy Sonja Graf-Stevenson]
   Saunders, John.  [Britbase Chess Archive : Material from the 1920s - Part 1]
   Saunders, John.  [Tournament: 16th Hastings Premier 1935/36]

Tournament data

London, England 1926 (2)     London Girls Championship     2  /  4
London, England 1927 (2)     Imperial Chess Club Girls Tournament     3.5  /  5
Warsaw 1935 (3)     Women's World Championship     5.5  /  9
Hastings 1936 (5)     16th Hastings Christmas Congress - Major B     4  /  9
Stockholm 1937 (4)     Women's World Championship     6.5  /  14


Player information updated: 30 Jul. 2023