Maurice Fox

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Maurice Fox (born 14 January 1898, Ukraine – died 25 June 1988, Canada) was a Canadian chess master.

[edit] Biography

At the end of 1898 he had moved from Ukraine to London, England. After graduating from the University of London in 1921, he emigrated to Canada in 1923. The next year, Fox took second, behind John Morrison, in Hamilton (CAN-ch). In 1926, he took second in Canadian Chess Championship held at Nationale. He was Canadian champion in 1927, 1929, 1931 (after playoff), 1932, 1935, 1938, 1940 and 1949. He also played in several US Open.

In 1928 and 1929, he won the Montreal City Championship. In 1929, he took 5th in Bradley Beach, NJ, USA (Alexander Alekhine won). In 1930, he won the Montreal CC Summer tournament. In 1931, he took 12th in New York (José Raúl Capablanca won). In 1933, he took 9th in Detroit (US Open). The event was won by Reuben Fine. In 1935, he won the First Montreal Speed Championship, Montreal City Championship, and Canadian Chess Championship held at Sun Life. In 1936, he took 2nd, behind Boris Blumin in Toronto Canadian Chess Championship. In 1936, he took 2nd, behind Arthur Dake, (preliminaries) and tied for 8-10th (finals) in Philadelphia (US Open). The event was won by Israel Horowitz.

In 1937, he took 2nd in Quebec Canadian Chess Championship; Boris Blumin won. He won Canadian Chess Championships at Toronto 1938 and Montreal 1940. His last win of the Canadian Champion title in 1949 was at Arvida, ahead of Daniel Yanofsky and Fedor Bohatirchuk. In 1945, Fox beat Morrison on board 1 in a telegraph match Toronto vs Montreal. In 1954, he played for Canada at first reserve board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+5 –2 =1). Fox beat Bobby Fischer in the 1956 Open Canadian Chess Championship at Montreal.

Fox should likely have formally received an International Master title for his many achievements, but somehow this was never processed through FIDE.

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