David Polland

David S. Polland (born 1915 – died ?) was an American chess master.[1]

He tied for 2nd-4th at New York 1930/31 (Marshall Chess Club Championship, Arthur Dake won),[2] tied for 6-7th at Rome 1931 (New York State Championship, Fred Reinfeld won), took 6th at Philadelphia 1936 (the 3rd ACF, U.S. Open Chess Championship, Israel Albert Horowitz won),[3] won at Chicago 1937 (the 4th ACF),[4] and won in the New York State Championship in 1937.[5] He tied for 3rd-4th at Boston 1938 (the 5th ACF, Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan won), tied for 6-7th at New York 1938 (the 2nd U.S. Chess Championship, Samuel Reshevsky won),[6] and tied for 8-11th at New York 1940 (the 3rd US-ch, Reshevsky won).[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sports Statistics. Chess. Players
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ http://chesszoom.org/hof/misc/dake_com.txt
  4. ↑ http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables8.htm
  5. ↑ New York State Chess Champions 1878–1972
  6. ↑ Amsterdam (NED-ch10th) 1938
  7. ↑ Bad Elster 1940


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