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Autograph request

Postcard sent by Bray to Vera Menchik on 8th January 1931 asking for her autograph.

Vera Frantsevna Menchik (Russian: Вера Францевна Менчик; Czech: Věra Menčíková; 16 February 1906 - 27 June 1944) was a British-Czechoslovak-Russian chess player who became the world's first women's chess champion. She also competed in chess tournaments with some of the world's leading male chess masters, with occasional successes including two wins over future world champion Max Euwe.

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Where he lived
Some photographs
Scrapbook
Cigarette Cards
Cartoon by Michael Leigh