Cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1939, Sonja Graf ta tafi Buenos Aires, Argentina don yin wasa a
Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Mata, wanda aka gudanar a lokaci guda tare da gasar Olympics ta Chess ta 8. Sakamakon rashin amincewarta da gwamnatin Hitler, an cire ta daga jerin 'yan wasan Jamus kuma ta taka leda a karkashin tutar "Libre" ("kyauta" a cikin Mutanen Espanya). A watan Satumba, yayin da gasar ke ci gaba, Jamus ta mamaye Poland, ta kaddamar da yakin duniya na biyu kuma ta haifar da rikice-rikice a cikin gasar. Wasu kungiyoyi sun janye, wasu sun ki yin wasa da kungiyoyin daga wasu ƙasashe. Dukansu Graf da Menchik sun buga wasan duka. Graf ya lashe wasanni 16 kuma ya rasa 3, ya gama na biyu. A wasan da ta yi da Menchik, Graf ta yi rashin nasara bayan ta sami nasarar cin nasara, wani abu da ta yi nadama koyaushe ("a kan Menchik, lokacin da ta kasance zakara ta duniya, ina da wasan da na ci nasara, amma na sami abubuwa uku mafi wauta da za ku iya tunani kuma na yi asara. "<unk>" New Yorker ", 19 ga Satumba, 1964). Bayan barkewar yakin, Sonja Graf, tare da sauran mahalarta gasar Olympics, sun yanke shawarar kasancewa cikin aminci na Argentina.