Jacob Levin (chess player)
- Jacob Levin (chess player)
Jacob Levin (born 8 February 1904 – died ?) was an American chess master.
He reached the best results of his career in Ventnor City. He tied for 2nd-3rd in 1939 (Milton Loeb Hanauer won), was a winner in 1941, took second behind Daniel Yanofsky in 1942, tied for 5th-7th in 1943, and won again in 1944. [http://www.chessmetrics.com] [ http://www.thechesslibrary.com/.search?p=cities ] He tied for 8-9th at New York 1942 (US Chess Championship, Samuel Reshevsky and Isaac Kashdan won), [http://members.aol.com/graemecree/chesschamps/us/1942.htm] and took 4th at New York 1946 (US-ch, Reshevsky won). [http://members.aol.com/graemecree/chesschamps/us/1946.htm]
Levin was a member of the U.S. reserve team in famous the United States vs. the Soviet Union radio match in September 1945. [http://sbchess.sinfree.net/Steiner_RadioMatch_US.html]
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