Reuben Fine won the 1944 Speed Chess Championship. Al Horowitz (R) came in second. Here is Horowitz playing 10th place Herbert Seidman.
5th place Isaac Kashdan playing Fine.
Last placed Irving Revise playing 4th placed Sammy Reshevsky with Norma Reshevsky watching.
Great old chess pics!
Can anyone identify this 1947 City College of New York chess team captain?
A young William Lombardy? The hair looks right at least.
young William Lombardy? The hair looks right at least.
Bill Lombardy was only 10 in 1947.
young William Lombardy? The hair looks right at least.
Bill Lombardy was only 10 in 1947.
The boy in the photo looks old enough to me, he can't be much younger than 10.
young William Lombardy? The hair looks right at least.
Bill Lombardy was only 10 in 1947.
The boy in the photo looks old enough to me, he can't be much younger than 10.
As mentioned, He was capt. of his college chess team in 1947.
Larry Evans would have been closer the same age, maybe a few years younger.
young William Lombardy? The hair looks right at least.
Bill Lombardy was only 10 in 1947.
The boy in the photo looks old enough to me, he can't be much younger than 10.
As mentioned, He was capt. of his college chess team in 1947.
Larry Evans would have been closer the same age, maybe a few years younger.
Very nice photos. I am surprised to see women at chess events in the olden days.
There were women only chess championships since the 1920's.
Very nice photos. I am surprised to see women at chess events in the olden days.
There were women only chess championships since the 1920's.
...since the 1800s
Same player in 1946 (L-R: Donald Byrne, Geo. Kramer, Player X, Robt. Byrne)
Everyone knows that Herman Helms was conferred the title, "Dean of American Chess."
Horowitz called this gentleman, age 57 in the photo, the "Dean of American Chessmasters:"
If you're not from North Carolina, USA, you probably won't be familiar with this person. Kit Crittenden dominated Nort Carolina chess during his active years. The photo shows a 15 year old Kit - the year after he won the NC State Championship (Aug. 29, 1948) to become the youngest state champion ever up to that time. The intriguing part is that in 1947, he had placed at the very bottom of the "B" section.
young William Lombardy? The hair looks right at least.
Bill Lombardy was only 10 in 1947.
The boy in the photo looks old enough to me, he can't be much younger than 10.
As mentioned, He was capt. of his college chess team in 1947.
Larry Evans would have been closer the same age, maybe a few years younger.
Sarcasm in text is silly, sorry about that.
Al Horowitz playing Reuben Fine at the home of Alexander Bisno (L) in 1947
Herman Steiner records the moves.
Al Bisno, who would become president of the Manhattan Chess Club in 1951 and the (non-playing) team captain of the US team for the USA-USSR team match in NYC in 1954, named his son Paul Morphy Bisno.
Bisno also helped arrange financing (Jackie Piatigorsky) and helped publicize the ill-fated Fischer-Reshevky match in 1961.