- Arthur Feuerstein
Arthur William Feuerstein (born
December 20 ,1935 ) is a highly recognized Americanchess player and winner of the first U.S. Armed Forces Chess Championship. [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10142 The chess games of Arthur Feuerstein ] ] . According to the U.S. Chess Federation, Feuerstein is the 8th highest ranked chess player over 65, regardless of country, residence or federation. [ [http://main.uschess.org/frontend/section_236.php?filename=data/top100/0702/foreign.txt&listName=Quick%20Rating%20Top%20Seniors&&pheader=Top%20Quick%20Senior%20regardless%20of%20Country,%20Residence,%20or%20Federation Top Quick Senior Regardless of Country, Residence or Federation] ] .Championships
1956 U.S. Speed Chess Championships
At age 21, Arthur won the U.S. Speed (or blitz) Chess Championship, leaving newcomer Bobby Fischer in a close second place. [ [http://www.chess.com/article/view/biography-of-bobby-fischer Biography of Bobby Fischer - Chess.com ] ] .
World Student Chess Olympics
Reykjavik 1957
In 1957, Feuerstein was selected alongside other American chess greats (such as
Anthony Saidy andWilliam Lombardy ) to play in the 4th World Student Team Chess Championship,where the United States team took 5th place. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1957y/1957usa.html OlimpBase :: 4th World Student Team Chess Championship, Reykjavik 1957, United States ] ] .Varna 1958
The following year, the team was chosen to represent the U.S. again in Varna, where the team took 6th place. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/1958y/1958te14.html OlimpBase :: 5th World Student Team Chess Championship, Varna 1958, team results ] ]
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