Groningen Tournament 1934

Menchik finishes unbeaten
13–17 April 1934 · Groningen, Netherlands
Vera Menchik won with 3½ points from four games. Wolthuis followed on three, Scholtens on two, A. Braam on 1½ and J. Groenevelt on zero.
Incomplete record·7 of 10 games archived

Incomplete record. This archive holds 7 of the 10 games played; 3 are missing. Seven of the ten played games are available. The three missing scores survive only as result records in the approved source.

Vera Menchik won the five-player Groningen tournament with three wins and a draw. Wolthuis also finished unbeaten, half a point behind her.

Five rounds in Groningen

The tournament began on 13 April. Each player had four games and a bye across the five rounds. Menchik and Wolthuis drew their meeting and finished first and second.

Scholtens scored two points, A. Braam 1½ and J. Groenevelt zero. The contemporary final report gives complete win, draw and loss totals for all five competitors.

Seven surviving scores

Seven of the ten played games are preserved here. The missing scores are Groenevelt–Braam and Wolthuis–Scholtens from the second round, and Wolthuis–Groenevelt from the fifth.

The final newspaper describes the last of those games, including a queen exchange on move 31. Its result is known, but the approved archive contains no moves for it.

Result

3½/4
Vera Menchik won with 3½ points from four games. Wolthuis followed on three, Scholtens on two, A. Braam on 1½ and J. Groenevelt on zero.

Seven of the ten played games are available. The three missing scores survive only as result records in the approved source.