Morris Schapiro

Morris Abraham Schapiro (1903 – 1996) was an American investment banker and chess master.

He was born in Lithuania in 1903 and came to the United States in 1907. He entered Columbia University on a Pulitzer Scholarship and led the university chess team to four national championships. He received an advanced degree from the university in engineering in 1925, and then was a major benefactor of Columbia University.^[1]

In New York, he took 3rd, behind Dawid Janowski and Roy Turnbull Black, in 1920, twice won Manhattan CC championship in 1921 and 1922,^[2] and took 9th in 1923 (Oscar Chajes won). Schapiro won a match against Chajes (7.5 : 5.5) in 1923.^[3] He took 5th at Lake Hopatcong 1923 (American Chess Congress, Frank James Marshall won),^[4] tied for 4-5th at New York 1924 (José Raúl Capablanca won), and took 2nd, behind Abraham Kupchik, at New York 1924.^[5]

References

1. ^ Morris Schapiro, 93, Banker Behind Major U.S. Mergers - New York Times
2. ^ Manhattan Chess Club
3. ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
4. ^ The Frank James Marshall Electronic Archive and Museum: Tournament and Match Record
5. ^ 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

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Name	Schapiro, Morris
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Date of birth	1903
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Date of death	1996
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