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George Nelson Treysman was primarily a coffee-house chess hustler who made his living by betting on games, usually offering material odds to his amateur chess opponents. His main base was the Stuyvesant Chess Club, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. [1] Denker called Treysman the best odds-giver at chess in the United ...
The Manhattan Chess Club in Manhattan, New York City was the second-oldest chess club in the United States (next to the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco) before it closed. The club was founded in 1877 and started with three dozen men, eventually increasing to hundreds, with women allowed as members from 1938.
Pages in category "Chess players from New York City" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The entrance to the Marshall Chess Club at 23 West Tenth Street, Manhattan. The Marshall Chess Club, in Greenwich Village, New York City, is one of the oldest chess clubs in the United States. The club was formed in 1915 by a group of players led by Frank Marshall. It is a nonprofit organization and a gold affiliate of the United States Chess ...
He has also won the National Friends of Chess and the Chevron Chess Open. [10] Onakoya was featured in CNN African Voices. [11] [12] Onakoya is a board member of the New York City-based non-profit The Gift of Chess. [13] On 20 April 2024, Onakoya broke the world chess marathon record in New York, United States. He played for over 60 consecutive ...
Trailfinders provides a five-day, four-night New York City Break holiday package for a fast-paced introduction to the classic highlights of the American metropolis, including a cruise around ...
Denker was born on February 21, 1914, in the Bronx, New York City, [1] in an Orthodox Jewish family. According to Denker himself, he learned chess in 1923 watching his elder brothers play, but took up the game seriously only in his freshman year in Theodore Roosevelt High School, where his schoolmates played for a nickel a game in the cafeteria.
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