Menchik, Olga




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1926  1545  1691 (119) 4
1927  1561  1707 (115) 5
1928  1512  1716 (111) 0
1929  1491  1725 (107) 0
1930  1532  1734 (102) 0
1931  1599  1743 (97) 0
1932  1616  1751 (91) 0
1933  1589  1760 (83) 0
1934  1718  1769 (74) 1
1935  1681  1776 (63) 9
1936  1573  1769 (59) 9
1937  1474  1748 (60) 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
Hastings 1934 (4)     Hastings - Brighton Match    
  Menchik, Ms. O. - Heneage, H.W.F.     1 - 0    
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: 13 Jun. 2024