Isador Samuel Turover

Isador (Isaac) Samuel Turover (July 1892 - October 1978) was an Belgian-American chess master.

Born in Belgium, he moved to the United States. He was a champion of Baltimore from 1918 to 1921, took 2nd, behind Vladimir Sournin, in the Washington D.C. championship in 1920, [ [http://www.correspondencechess.com/campbell/articles/a060901.htm "Captain Vladimir Sournin: A Russian Chess Player's Exploits in America" by Olimpiu G. Urcan ] ] tied for 8-9th at Atlantic City 1921 (the Eighth American Chess Congress, Dawid Janowski won), tied for 4-5th at Bradley Beach 1928 (Abraham Kupchik won), [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] tied for 3rd-4th at Bradley Beach 1929 (Alexander Alekhine won), [ [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1929bradley.htm bradley ] ] took 8th at New York 1931 (José Raúl Capablanca won), [ [http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/marshall/tournaments/index.html The Frank James Marshall Electronic Archive and Museum: Tournament and Match Record ] ] and took 10th at Ventnor City 1944 (Jacob Levin won). [ [http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2015.htm 1944 ] ]

Turover settled in the Washington area and had a very successful lumber business. He became a director of the American Chess Foundation. [ [http://www.chess.com/chessopedia/view/turover-isador-s Turover, Isador S. - Chess.com ] ] He is also known as a chess patron and philanthropist. He sponsored Bobby Fischer's attendance in the 1962 Stockholm Interzonal. [ [http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles269.pdf The Skittles Room ] ] Throughout his life he offered cash prizes for brilliancies in chess games. For instance in 1930 Turover gave 500 lire brilliancy prize at the tournament in San Remo. [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/history.txt] In 1974 he established the annual World Brilliancy Prize, the first winner was Michael Stean who received $1,000 for his win against Walter Browne at the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice. [ [http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles220.pdf The Skittles Room ] ]

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