Manhattan Chess Club
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The Manhattan Chess Club was founded in 1877 in Manhattan. It used to be the second-oldest chess club in the United States (next to the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco) and a powerful organization of chess. The club started with three dozen players and the membership later reached into the hundreds. The club resided at several locations, before it ended its existence in 2002.
The club organized the New York international tournaments of 1924 (won by Emanuel Lasker) and 1927 (won by Jose Capablanca). The club frequently hosted rounds of the U.S. Chess Championship. Géza Maróczy visited and played in several club championships, which were some of the strongest tournaments in the United States. Capablanca was watching a casual game in the club when he fell ill and died.
Players who developed their skills at the club include Samuel Reshevsky, Bobby Fischer, William Lombardy, I. A. Horowitz, Arnold Denker, and Arthur Feuerstein. Denker won the club championship six times. The book The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories, by Denker and Larry Parr, contains many stories about the Manhattan Chess Club.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Golombek, Harry (1977), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
[edit] External links
- Bill Wall: Manhattan Chess Club Timeline of the Manhattan Chess Club
