Abraham Kupchik

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Abraham Kupchik (25 March 1892 – 26 November 1970) was an American chess master.

Abraham Kupchik was born into a Jewish family in Brest (then Russian Empire, later Poland, now Belarus). His family emigrated to the USA in 1903.

He was an accountant by profession.[1]

He won the Manhattan Chess Club Championship ten times outright and once shared.[2] In 1915, he tied for third/fourth place with Oscar Chajes, behind José Raúl Capablanca and Frank James Marshall in New York. In 1916, he tied for 2nd-4th with Dawid Janowski and Borislav Kostić, behind Capablanca, in New York. In 1923, he was equal first with Marshall in Lake Hopatcong. In 1924, he lost a match to Efim Bogoljubow (+1 -3 =2) in New York. In 1925 he drew a match with Carlos Torre Repetto (+1 -1 =4) in New York. In 1926, he finished 2nd, behind Capablanca, in Lake Hopatcong.[3]

Kupchik played for the US team in the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935. He scored (+6 -0 =8) on third board, and won individual bronze medal and team gold medal.[4] He played on Board 9 in the 1945 USSR-USA radio match, losing ½-1½ to Vladimir Makogonov.

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories, by Arnold Denker and Larry Parr, San Francisco 1995, Hypermodern Press.
  2. ^ http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/manhat.htm
  3. ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  4. ^ http://www.olimpbase.org/1935/1935id01.html OlimpBase
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