Edmund Nash
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Edmund Nash, originally Adam Edmund Nasierawski (24 December 1909, Montreal, Canada – 4 June 2006, Chevy Chase, Maryland) was a Canadian–American chess master.
Born into a Polish family in Canada, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1936. At the University of Wisconsin–Madison he earned a B.A. in 1932 and an M.A. in 1938. He was a division chief at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a Washington chess expert.[1]
He tied for 10-11th in American Chess Congress at Philadelphia 1936 (Preliminaries, Arthur Dake won).[2] In 1956, Nash beat Bobby Fischer in the U.S. Amateur Championship at Asbury Park, New Jersey.[3]
He played several times in U.S. Open Chess Championship; among others at Milwaukee 1935, Pittsburgh 1946, Baltimore 1948, Cleveland 1957, and Chicago 1989.[4]
He shared 10th in the 1998 Hall of Fame Open, 18th in the 1998 D.C. Action Championship, and 13th in the 1999 Hall of Fame Open, all in Washington D.C.[5] His last rated event was the 2001 Eastern Open, at the age of 91!
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