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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part42.utf8:103394205:1423
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 01423cam a22003138i 4500
001 2015050044
003 DLC
005 20151222082329.0
008 151218s2016 ncu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2015050044
020 $a9780786496020 (library binding : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aGV1439.M4$bT36 2016
082 00 $a794.1092$aB$223
100 1 $aTanner, Robert B.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aVera Menchik :$ba biography of the first women's world chess champion, with 350 complete games /$cRobert B. Tanner.
263 $a1602
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c2016.
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"Not only was Vera Menchik the first woman in the history of chess to compete on an equal basis with the top male players, she absolutely dominated women's chess during the last 17 years of her life. In this book her games are brought to life utilizing her own annotations, as well as the notes of her contemporaries"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aMenchik, Vera,$d1906-1944.
650 0 $aChess players$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen chess players$zGreat Britain$vBiography.
650 0 $aChess$vCollections of games.