- Abraham Kupchik
Abraham Kupchik (25 March 1892 – 26 November 1970) was an American
chess master.Abraham Kupchik was born into a
Jew ish family in Brest (then Russian Empire, laterPoland , nowBelarus ). His family emigrated to the USA in 1903.He was an accountant by profession. ["The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories", by
Arnold Denker andLarry Parr ,San Francisco 1995, Hypermodern Press.]He won the
Manhattan Chess Club Championship ten times outright and once shared. [ [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/manhat.htm Manhattan Chess Club ] ] In 1915, he tied for third/fourth place withOscar Chajes , behindJosé Raúl Capablanca andFrank James Marshall in New York. In 1916, he tied for 2nd-4th withDawid Janowski andBorislav Kostić , behind Capablanca, in New York. In 1923, he was equal first with Marshall in Lake Hopatcong. In 1924, he lost a match toEfim Bogoljubow (+1 -3 =2) in New York. In 1925 he drew a match withCarlos Torre Repetto (+1 -1 =4) in New York. In 1926, he finished 2nd, behind Capablanca, in Lake Hopatcong. [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's "Chess Tournament Crosstables", An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01]Kupchik played for the US team in the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935. He scored (+6 -0 =8) on third board, and won individual bronze medal and team gold medal. [http://www.olimpbase.org/1935/1935id01.html OlimpBase] He played on Board 9 in the 1945
USSR -USA radio match, losing ½-1½ toVladimir Makogonov .References
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