An IM/WGM women’s norm event from 20th to 24th March 2025 at the Mindsports Centre, 21 Dalling Road, London W6 0JD
Follow the games live
ChessBase – https://en.chessbase.com/post/tenth-vera-menchik-memorial
Lichess – https://lichess.org/broadcast/10th-menchik-memorial/round-1/ac3ASs28#boards
Chess.com – https://www.chess.com/events/2025-menchik-memorial
Schedule
Thursday 20th- 2 rounds 10:00am and 4:00pm
Friday 21st- 2 rounds 10:00am and 4:00pm
Saturday 22nd- 2 rounds 10:00am and 4:00pm
Sunday 23rd- 2 rounds 10:00am and 4:00pm
Monday 24th – 1 round 10:00am
Finish around 3.00pm, prizegiving
Time Control: 90 minutes + 30 seconds per move from the first move
Arbiters: IA Shohreh Bayat, IA Paul McKeown
Organiser: IA Agnieszka Milewska, Director of Women’s Chess in England
Pairings: https://chess-results.com/tnr1129984.aspx?lan=7&art=2&turdet=YES&flag=30
Regulations: Menchik Memorial Regulations
Press release: Press Release Menchik Memorial 2025
For further information please contact Agnieszka at director.womenschess@englishchess.org.uk
X (Twitter): @AgaMilewska123
Players
| Andrea Navrotescu | 2288 | WGM | FRA |
| Olga Zimina | 2293 | IM,WGM | ITA |
| Lan Yao | 2294 | WGM | ENG |
| Alicja Sliwicka | 2342 | WGM | POL |
| Machteld van Forest | 2352 | FM,WIM | NED |
| Lara Schulze | 2313 | FM,WIM | GER |
| Elmira Mirzoeva | 2272 | WGM | ENG |
| Harriet Hunt | 2296 | IM | ENG |
| Katarzyna Toma | 2177 | WGM | ENG |
| Laura Unuk | 2301 | IM WGM | SLO |
| Average rating 2293 |
Vera Menchik (1906-44) was the first women’s world chess champion, gaining the title at 21 and successfully defending it many times until her untimely death. She remains the longest reigning champion. Born in Russia to a Czech father and English mother, Vera Menchik moved to England at the age of 15, where she became the strongest female player of the era, whilst representing her
adopted country. She lived at Hastings and then London. This year marks the 81th anniversary of her death, a casualty of the Second World War. A German V1 rocket exploded in her street in Clapham, south London, killing her, her mother, her sister, and eight other residents.