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The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
The World Chess Hall of Fame (WCHOF) is a nonprofit collecting institution in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, United States.Founded in 1984, it features chess exhibits, engages in educational outreach, and maintains a list of inductees to the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame and World Chess Hall of Fame.
Washington Open (golf) – an annual golf tournament held since 1922 at various locations in the state of Washington; Washington Open (tennis) – a Washington D.C. tennis tournament held each year since 1969; Other uses include: Washington Open DanceSport Competition – ballroom dancing competition held in Virginia. [1] Washington Open Chess ...
George Koltanowski (also "Georges"; 17 September 1903 – 5 February 2000) was a Belgian-born American chess player, promoter, and writer. He was informally known as "Kolty". He was informally known as "Kolty".
The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion. [1] It is the oldest national chess tournament. [2] The event originated as a challenge match in 1845, but the champion has been decided by tournament play under the auspices of the USCF since 1936. [2]
Berry was an active chess organizer who organized, hosted, and directed hundreds of chess events of all sizes from 1961 to 2016. Some of the most notable of these were the original North American Open, several U.S. Women's Championships, the first U.S. Girl's Invitational Championship held in 2015 in Tulsa, a U.S. Senior Open, a U.S. Junior Invitational Championship, two U.S. Championships ...
The American Chess Congress was a series of chess tournaments held in the United States, a predecessor to the current U.S. Chess Championship. It had nine editions, the first played in October 1857 and the last in August 1923.
William James Joseph Lombardy (December 4, 1937 – October 13, 2017) [3] was an American chess grandmaster, chess writer, teacher, and former Catholic priest.He was one of the leading American chess players during the 1950s and 1960s, and a contemporary of Bobby Fischer, whom he seconded during the World Chess Championship 1972.