Samuel Reshevsky
(1911-1992)
Polish-American chess grandmaster
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Samuel Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski; November 26, 1911 – April 4, 1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid 1930s to the mid 1960s: he tied for third place in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament, and tied for second in the 1953 Candidates Tournament. He was an eight-time winner of the US Chess Championship, tying him with Bobby Fischer for the all-time record.
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Samuel Herman Reshevsky 26 November 1911 Ozorków, Poland
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4 April 1992 (aged 80) New York City
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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