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American Chess Congress

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The American Chess Congress was a series of chess tournaments held in the United States, a predecessor to the current U.S. Chess Championship. [1]

74 relations: Abraham Kupchik, Albert Hodges, Alexander Beaufort Meek, Amos Burn, Anthony Santasiere, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Benjamin Raphael, Charles Henry Stanley, Charles Jaffe, Charles Moehle, Chess tournament, Chicago, Cleveland, Constant Ferdinand Burille, David Graham Baird, Dawid Janowski, Dion Martinez, Draw (chess), Edward Lasker, Emil Kemény, Eugene Delmar, Frank Marshall (chess player), Frederick Perrin, George H. D. Gossip, George Henry Mackenzie, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Henry Bird (chess player), Henry Hosmer, Horace Bigelow, Isador Samuel Turover, Isidor Gunsberg, Jackson Showalter, James Grundy (chess player), James Hanham, James Mason (chess player), James Thompson (chess player), Jean Taubenhaus, John Morrison (chess player), John Washington Baird, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Lake Hopatcong, Louis Eisenberg, Louis Paulsen, Louis Uedemann, Max Judd, Max Weiss, Mikhail Chigorin, Morris Schapiro, Napoleon Marache, New York City, ..., Nicholas MacLeod, Norman T. Whitaker, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Oscar Chajes, Oscar Tenner, Paul Morphy, Philadelphia, Preston Ware, Round-robin tournament, Roy Turnbull Black, S. Lipschütz, Samuel Factor, St. Louis, Stasch Mlotkowski, Theodor Lichtenhein, U.S. Chess Championship, U.S. Open Chess Championship, U.S. Women's Chess Championship, U.S. Women's Open Chess Championship, United States, Vladimir Sournin, Wilhelm Steinitz, Willard Fiske, William H. K. Pollock. Expand index (24 more) »

Abraham Kupchik

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

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Albert Hodges

Albert Beauregard Hodges (July 21, 1861 – February 3, 1944) was an American chess master who was born in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Alexander Beaufort Meek

Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (Columbia, South Carolina) – November 30, 1865 (Columbus, Mississippi) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, chess player, writer and poet. He served as Alabama's Attorney General in 1836.

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Amos Burn

Amos Burn (1848–1925) was an English chess player, one of the world's leading players at the end of the 19th century, and a chess writer.

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Anthony Santasiere

Anthony Edward Santasiere (9 December 1904 – 13 January 1977) was an American chess master and chess writer, who also wrote extensively on non-chess topics.

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches.

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Benjamin Raphael

Dr.

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Charles Henry Stanley

Charles Henry Stanley (September 1819, Brighton – 1901, USA) was the first chess champion of the United States.

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Charles Jaffe

Charles Jaffé (Jaffe) (circa 1879, Dubroŭna, Belarus – 12 July 1941, Brooklyn, USA) was a Belarusian-American chess master.

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Charles Moehle

Charles Moehle (Möhle) (26 November 1859, New York – 1898) was an American chess master.

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Chess tournament

A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Cleveland

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.

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Constant Ferdinand Burille

Constant Ferdinand Burille (born 30 August 1866 – died October 1914, Boston) was an American chess master.

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David Graham Baird

David Graham Baird (3 December 1854 in New York City – 8 October 1913 in Elizabeth, New Jersey) was an American chess master.

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Dawid Janowski

Dawid Markelowicz Janowski (25 May 1868 – 15 January 1927; often spelled David) was a leading Polish chess master and subsequent French citizen.

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Dion Martinez

Dión M. Martínez (26 June 1837 – 11 March 1928) was a Cuban–born American chess master.

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Draw (chess)

In chess, a draw is the result of a game ending in a tie.

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Edward Lasker

Edward Lasker (December 3, 1885 – March 25, 1981) was a German-American chess and Go player.

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Emil Kemény

Emil Kemény (13 January 1860, Budapest – 1 May 1925, Budapest) was a Hungarian–American chess master, editor and publisher.

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Eugene Delmar

Eugene Delmar (September 12, 1841, New York – February 22, 1909, New York), was one of the leading United States chess masters of the 19th century and the four-time New York State champion in 1890, 1891, 1895 and 1897.

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Frank Marshall (chess player)

Frank James Marshall (August 10, 1877 – November 9, 1944) was the U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936, and one of the world's strongest chess players in the early part of the 20th century.

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Frederick Perrin

Frederic (Frederick) Perrin (5 December 1815 – 27 January 1889) was an American chess master.

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George H. D. Gossip

George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip (December 6, 1841 – May 11, 1907) was a minor American-English chess master and writer.

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George Henry Mackenzie

George Henry Mackenzie (24 March 1837, North Kessock, Scotland – 14 April 1891, New York City) was a Scottish-American chess master.

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Harry Nelson Pillsbury

Harry Nelson Pillsbury (December 5, 1872 – June 17, 1906) was a leading American chess player.

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Henry Bird (chess player)

Henry Edward Bird (Portsea in Hampshire, 14 July 1830 – 11 April 1908) was an English chess player, and also an author and accountant.

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Henry Hosmer

Henry Hosmer (April 7, 1837 – January 1, 1892)Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 180.

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Horace Bigelow

Horace Ransom Bigelow (6 March 1898 – 18 April 1980) was an American chess master and organizer.

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Isador Samuel Turover

Isador (Isaac) Samuel Turover (Sochaczew, 8 July 1892 – 16 October 1978) was an American chess master.

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Isidor Gunsberg

Isidor Arthur Gunsberg (1 November 1854 – 2 May 1930) was a Hungarian chess player, best known for narrowly losing the 1891 World Chess Championship match to Wilhelm Steinitz.

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Jackson Showalter

Jackson Whipps Showalter (February 5, 1859 in Minerva, Kentucky – February 5, 1935 in Lexington, Kentucky) was a five-time U.S. Chess Champion: 1890, 1892, 1892–1894, 1895-1896 and 1906–1909.

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James Grundy (chess player)

James Glover Grundy (February 14, 1855 – January 26, 1919)Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 152.

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James Hanham

Major James Moore Hanham (January 4, 1840 Woodville, Mississippi – December 30, 1923 New York, New York) was an American chess master, who played in many American and international chess tournaments between 1884 and 1889.

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James Mason (chess player)

James Mason (November 19, 1849 – January 12, 1905) was an Irish-born chess player, journalist and writer, who became one of the world's best half-dozen players in the 1880s.

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James Thompson (chess player)

James Thompson (23 September 1804, London - 2 December 1870, New York) was an American chess master.

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Jean Taubenhaus

Jean (Jan) Taubenhaus (born 14 December 1850, Warsaw – died 14 September 1919, Paris) was a Polish–born French chess master.

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John Morrison (chess player)

John Stuart Morrison (7 December 1889 – 1 March 1975) was a Canadian chess Master, who was born and died in Toronto, Ontario.

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John Washington Baird

John Washington Baird (February 22, 1852-1923)Jeremy Gaige, Chess Personalia: A Biobibliography, McFarland & Company, 1987, p. 19.

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Joseph Henry Blackburne

Joseph Henry Blackburne (10 December 1841 – 1 September 1924), nicknamed "The Black Death", dominated British chess during the latter part of the 19th century.

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Lake Hopatcong

Lake Hopatcong is the largest freshwater body in New Jersey, United States, about 4 square miles (10 km²) in area.

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Louis Eisenberg

Louis R. Eisenberg (born 1876 – died ?) was a Ukrainian-American chess master.

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Louis Paulsen

Louis Paulsen (15 January 1833 in Gut Nassengrund near Blomberg, Principality of Lippe – 18 August 1891) was a German chess player.

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Louis Uedemann

Louis Uedemann (10 January 1854 – 22 November 1912) was an American chess master.

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Max Judd

Max Judd (Maximilian Judkiewicz) (27 December 1851, Tenczynek near Kraków, Poland – 7 May 1906, St. Louis, USA) was an American chess master.

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Max Weiss

Miksa (Max) Weisz (21 July 1857 – 14 March 1927) was an Austrian chess player born in the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Mikhail Chigorin

Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin (also Tchigorin; Михаи́л Ива́нович Чиго́рин; –) was a leading Russian chess player.

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Morris Schapiro

Morris Abraham Schapiro (1903 – December 26, 1996) was an American investment banker and chess master; in the 1950s, he negotiated the mergers of Chase Bank and the Bank of Manhattan and of Chemical Bank and New York Trust Company.

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Napoleon Marache

Napoleon Marache (June 15, 1818 – May 11, 1875) was born in France and moved to the United States at around 12 years of age.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nicholas MacLeod

Nicholas Menalaus MacLeod (8 February 1870, Quebec – 27 September 1965, Spokane, Washington) was a Scottish–Canadian chess master.

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Norman T. Whitaker

Norman Tweed Whitaker (April 9, 1890 – May 20, 1975) was an American International Master of chess, a lawyer, a civil servant, and a chess author.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston.

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Oscar Chajes

Oscar Chajes (pronounced "HA-yes") (December 14, 1873 – February 28, 1928)* was an American chess player.

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Oscar Tenner

Oscar Tenner (sometimes Oskar) (אוסקר טנר; 5 April 1880, Lemberg – 24 December 1948) was a Galicia (Poland)-born German–American chess master.

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Paul Morphy

Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Preston Ware

Preston Ware Jr. (August 12, 1821 – January 29, 1890) was a US chess player.

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Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament (or all-play-all tournament) is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn.

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Roy Turnbull Black

Roy Turnbull Black (February 14, 1888 – July 27, 1962) was an American chess player.

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S. Lipschütz

Samuel (Sml) or Salomon (Slm) Lipschütz (July 4, 1863 in Ungvár, Ung County – November 30, 1905 in Hamburg) was a chess player and author.

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Samuel Factor

Samuel ("S. D.") Factor (Faktor) (22 September 1883, Łódź – 11 January 1949, Chicago) was a Polish-American chess master.

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St. Louis

St.

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Stasch Mlotkowski

Stasch Mlotkowski (Staś Młotkowski) (10 March 1881, Clifton Heights, New Jersey – 16 August 1943, Gloucester City, New Jersey) was an American chess master.

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Theodor Lichtenhein

Theodor (Theodore) Lichtenhein (January 1829, Königsberg – 19 May 1874, Chicago) was an American chess master.

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U.S. Chess Championship

The U.S. Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the national chess champion of the United States.

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U.S. Open Chess Championship

The U.S. Open Championship is an open national chess championship that has been held in the United States annually since 1900.

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U.S. Women's Chess Championship

Following are the results of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship from 1937 to date.

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U.S. Women's Open Chess Championship

The U.S. Women's Open Championship is an open chess tournament that has been held irregularly.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vladimir Sournin

Vladimir Sournin (1 August 1875, Mstislavl, Russia – 21 August 1942, Baltimore, USA) was a Russian-American chess master.

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Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian and later American chess master, and the first undisputed World Chess Champion, from 1886 to 1894.

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Willard Fiske

Daniel Willard Fiske (November 11, 1831 – September 17, 1904) was an American librarian and scholar, born on November 11, 1831, at Ellisburg, New York.

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William H. K. Pollock

William Henry Krause Pollock (21 February 1859 in Cheltenham – 5 October 1896 in Clifton, England) was an English chess master, and a surgeon.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Chess_Congress

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