Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)

Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)

Sappho (ca. 650/610 – 580 BC)   Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: Sappho of Lesbos. Alias: – “To have beauty is to have only that, but to have goodness is to be beautiful too.”   GENERAL INFO...
Polgár, Judit (1976)

Polgár, Judit (1976)

Polgar, Judit (1976 -) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Alias: The Princess of Chess   “I always say that women should have the self-confidence that they are as good as male players, but only if they are willing to work and...
Hou, Yifan (1994)

Hou, Yifan (1994)

Yifan, Hou (1994 – ) Alternative last name spellings: – Alternative first name spellings: – Alias: –     GENERAL INFO Description: Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess Grandmaster and four times world champion of women’s chess. Hou is the first...
Menchik, Vera (1906 – 1944)

Menchik, Vera (1906 – 1944)

Menchik, Vera (1906 – 1944) Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Frantsevna Alias:     GENERAL INFO Description: Vera Frantsevna Menchik was a chess player known as the first female world chess champion. Vera decided to break with...
Smyslov, Vasily (1921-2010)

Smyslov, Vasily (1921-2010)

Smyslov, Vasily (1921-2010)   Alternative last name spellings:  Alternative first name spellings: Vasilyevich Alias:    GENERAL INFO Description: Vasily Smyslov was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and World Chess Champion. He was one of the most important...