Catharina Roodzant – Vera Frantsevna Menchik
6th Women’s World Championship; Stockholm, August 1937
Benoni Defence A56
6th Women’s World Championship; Stockholm, August 1937
Benoni Defence A56
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. Nf3 Bxc5 5. g3 Ne4 6. e3 Qc7 7. Nbd2 Bb4
8. a3 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 0-0 10. Rc1 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. 0-0 f5 13. Bc3 Nc6 14.
Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 d6 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. b3 Ng5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20.
Qd5+ Qxd5 21. Rxd5 Ne4 22. Bb2 Nf6 23. Rd2 Kf7 24. f3 Ke6 25. Rcd1 Rd7 26.
Kf2 Rc8 27. Ke2 a5 28. a4 g5 29. Ba3 Rc6
30. b4? “A mistake, which costs a Pawn at once and eventually the game”, wrote the chess columnist of the Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad of Tuesday, August 17, 1937, p. 3. “Now White should have done nothing but continue 30. Rd5. In that case, with correct play, the Women’s World Champion could not have aspired to more than a draw unless risking defeat”.
The rest is omitted.
0 : 1.
The rest is omitted.
0 : 1.
The BritBase also includes the game with just a few moves more, 30...Rxc4 31.bxa5 d5 32.axb6 Rxa4 ... (more moves?) 0-1, mentioning as source: Het Vaderland, 16 August 1937; Hamburger Nachrichten, 30 August 1937.
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