Samuel Reshevsky
Samuel Herman Reshevsky was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s: he tied for third place in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament, and tied for second in the 1953 Candidates tournament. He was an eight-time winner of the US Chess Championship, tying him with Bobby Fischer for the all-time record.
Tournaments won by Samuel Reshevsky
| Tournament | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Reykjavik Open | 1984 | Reykjavik (Iceland) |
| Netanya International Chess Tournament | 1969 | Netanya (Israel) |
| US Chess Championship | 1969 | New York City (United States) |
| Buenos Aires | 1960 | Buenos Aires |
| US Chess Championship | 1957 | New York City (United States) |
| Havana | 1952 | Havana |
| New York | 1951 | New York |
| US Chess Championship | 1946 | New York City (United States) |
| Hollywood | 1945 | Hollywood |
| US Chess Championship | 1942 | New York City (United States) |
| US Chess Championship | 1941 | New York City (United States) |
| US Chess Championship | 1940 | New York City (United States) |
| US Chess Championship | 1938 | New York City (United States) |
| Hastings | 1937 | Hastings (England) |
| Kemeri | 1937 | Kemeri |
| US Chess Championship | 1936 | New York City (United States) |
| Margate | 1935 | Margate |
| Syracuse | 1934 | Syracuse |
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Born: Sunday, November 26, 1911
Died: Saturday, April 4, 1992