Samuel "Sammy" Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1911, Ozorków near Łódź, (then Russian Empire, today Poland) - died April 4, 1992, New York, USA) was a famous chess prodigy and later a leading American chess Grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from about 1935 to the mid-1960s; coming equal third in the World Chess Championship 1948 tournament, and equal second in the 1953 Candidates Tournament. He...
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Samuel "Sammy" Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski, November 26, 1911, Ozorków near Łódź, (then Russian Empire, today Poland) - died April 4, 1992, New York, USA) was a famous chess prodigy and later a leading American chess Grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from about 1935 to the mid-1960s; coming equal third in the World Chess Championship 1948 tournament, and equal second in the 1953 Candidates Tournament. He was also an eight-time winner of the U.S. Chess Championship.
Reshevsky learned to play chess at age four, and was soon acclaimed as a child prodigy. At age eight he was beating accomplished players with ease, and giving simultaneous exhibitions. In November 1920, his parents moved to the USA to make a living exhibiting their child. He played in the 1922 New York Masters tournament.
As an adult, however, Reshevsky was never a professional chess player. He temporarily gave up chess to enter the University of Chicago, graduating in 1934 with a...
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