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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Vera Menchik
   Born:    1906-Feb
   Died:    1944-Jun
   Best World Rank:    #52 (on the May 1929 rating list)
   Highest Rating:    2535 on the May 1929 rating list, #52 in world, age 23y3m
   Best Individual Performance:    2582 in Hastings, 1931, scoring 3.5/8 (44%) vs 2634-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Scarborough, 1928  not rated on January 1928 list   2451   = (4.5/9, 50%)   -2 (2.5/7, 36%) vs 2515-rated opposition   N/A 
    Paris, 1929  not rated on January 1929 list   2446   -1 (3.5/8, 44%)   -2 (2/6, 33%) vs 2519-rated opposition   N/A 
    Ramsgate, 1929  not rated on April 1929 list   2579   +3 (5/7, 71%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2520-rated opposition   N/A 
    Karlsbad, 1929  2529 (#54 on July 1929 list)   2435   -15 (3/21, 14%)   -14 (3/20, 15%) vs 2652-rated opposition   -4.1 
    Barcelona, 1929  2443 (#105 on September 1929 list)   2478   = (7/14, 50%)   -2 (3/8, 38%) vs 2539-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Hastings, 1929  2445 (#105 on December 1929 list)   2517   -2 (3.5/9, 39%)   -2 (3.5/9, 39%) vs 2579-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Scarborough, 1930  2457 (#102 on January 1930 list)   2525   -3 (4/11, 36%)   -2 (4/10, 40%) vs 2581-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Canterbury, 1930  2457 (#92 on April 1930 list)   2574   = (3.5/7, 50%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2514-rated opposition   +1.3 
    Hastings, 1930  2470 (#73 on December 1930 list)   2502   -3 (3/9, 33%)   -3 (2.5/8, 31%) vs 2605-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Hastings, 1931  2466 (#90 on December 1931 list)   2582   -1 (4/9, 44%)   -1 (3.5/8, 44%) vs 2634-rated opposition   +1.1 
    BCF Major op London, 1932  2482 (#84 on January 1932 list)   [2516]   +1 (3/5, 60%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2492-rated opposition   +0.5 
    London, 1932  2483 (#85 on February 1932 list)   2545   -2 (4.5/11, 41%)   -3 (2.5/8, 31%) vs 2658-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Cambridge, 1932  2494 (#76 on March 1932 list)   2485   -1 (3/7, 43%)   -1 (2.5/6, 42%) vs 2527-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Hastings, 1932  2504 (#63 on December 1932 list)   2518   -2 (3.5/9, 39%)   -2 (3.5/9, 39%) vs 2581-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Hastings, 1933  2509 (#71 on December 1933 list)   2488   -3 (3/9, 33%)   -3 (3/9, 33%) vs 2577-rated opposition   -0.8 
    Maribor, 1934  2496 (#73 on January 1934 list)   [2562]   +2 (5/8, 63%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2600-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Hastings, 1934  2512 (#65 on December 1934 list)   2525   -3 (3/9, 33%)   -2 (2.5/7, 36%) vs 2609-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Moscow, 1935  2508 (#69 on February 1935 list)   2465   -16 (1.5/19, 8%)   -6 (1/8, 13%) vs 2665-rated opposition   -1.5 
    Margate, 1935  2427 (#132 on April 1935 list)   2434   -4 (2.5/9, 28%)   -3 (1.5/6, 25%) vs 2546-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Podebrady, 1936  2405 (#184 on January 1936 list)   2546   -3 (7/17, 41%)   -3 (6/15, 40%) vs 2602-rated opposition   +2.0 
    Margate, 1936  2419 (#177 on April 1936 list)   [2597]   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2596-rated opposition   +1.3 
    Hastings, 1936  2451 (#137 on December 1936 list)   2462   -4 (2.5/9, 28%)   -4 (2.5/9, 28%) vs 2578-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Margate, 1937  2447 (#130 on April 1937 list)   2508   -1 (4/9, 44%)   -2 (3/8, 38%) vs 2577-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Lodz, 1938  2463 (#128 on January 1938 list)   2462   -8 (3.5/15, 23%)   -5 (3/11, 27%) vs 2584-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Margate, 1938  2463 (#128 on January 1938 list)   2460   -3 (3/9, 33%)   -3 (3/9, 33%) vs 2542-rated opposition   -0.7 
    ENG-NED London, 1938  2460 (#142 on May 1938 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Montevideo, 1939  2434 (#175 on January 1939 list)   [2571]   -1 (0/1, 0%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2750-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Wch (Women) Buenos Aires, 1939  2434 (#175 on January 1939 list)   [2392]   +16 (17.5/19, 92%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2378-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Margate, 1939  2436 (#171 on April 1939 list)   2446   -4 (2.5/9, 28%)   -4 (2/8, 25%) vs 2570-rated opposition   -0.7