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Harris was the first African-American chess player to earn the USCF title of National Master. [1] He had a remarkable 5th-place finish in the 1959 U.S. Junior Open. At that tournament, he was unable to rent a room at the tournament's hotel (Sheraton-Fontenelle Hotel) due to racial segregation.
Walter Harris (chess player) (1941–2024), American chess player Walter Harris (football manager) , English football manager Walt Harris (fighter) (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
H. Anna Hahn (chess player) Milton Hanauer; James Hanham; Brewington Hardaway; Dan Harrington; Walter Harris (chess player) Alexander Miller Harvey; Mark Heimann
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.
Kenneth Roger Clayton [1] (July 26, 1938 – December 26, 2017) was an American chess master. He won US Amateur Chess Championship in 1963. He attended Harvard University. His picture was on the cover of the June 1963 issue of Chess Life magazine. [2] Clayton, along with Walter Harris and Frank Street Jr., have been regarded as pioneers of ...
The officers, Walter Paul Guab and Holly Harris, are named in the suit, and Hayes called the officers’ reasoning for pulling him over “suspicious” and “obviously manufactured,” the suit ...
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He was a member of the Takoma Park Chess Club, a club featuring notable members such as Larry Kaufman and Larry Guilden. In the 1960s, Street Jr was seen as a pioneer for black chess players in the Washington DC area, along with National Masters Walter Harris and Ken Clayton. Street became a USCF Master in 1965. [1]