Sidney Norman Bernstein ( English Sidney Norman Bernstein , July 13, 1911 , New York - January 30, 1992 , ibid.) - American chess player , chess journalist and writer of Jewish origin .
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He participated in the US championships eight times (1936, 1938, 1940, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959 and 1961). Repeatedly participated in the US Open .
As a member of the team of the City College of New York, he won the US Intercollegiate Championship (he played on the 2nd board, R. Fine played on the 1st). [one]
In 1942, shared with F. Reinfeld 1-2 places in the championship of the Manhattan Chess Club .
He achieved success in the game by correspondence . As part of the US team, he participated in the 5th correspondence Olympiad (team world championship in correspondence). He played on the 1st board.
In personal meetings he defeated F. Marshall , S. Reshevsky , A. Denker , D. Byrne , E. Mednis and other leading American chess players.
In collaboration with F. Reinfeld released a collection of the international tournament in Kemeri (1937) and prepared a new edition of the book by J. Mason “The Art of Chess”. [2]
In 1977, he published an autobiographical book, “Battle: My 50 Years at the Chessboard” (Combat: My 50 Years at the Chessboard).
Athletic Results
| Year | City | Competition | + | - | = | Result | A place |
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| 1930/1931 | New York | Championship of Manhattan School of Chess | 2-4 [3] | ||||
| 1931 | Rome (New York) | New York State Championship | 6-7 [4] | ||||
| 1931/1932 | U.S. Intercollegiate Championship (City College of New York, 2nd board) | Champion Team | |||||
| 1936 | Philadelphia | US Open | 11 [5] | ||||
| New York | US Championship | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 from 15 | 13 [6] [7] | |
| 1938 | Boston | US Open | [eight] | ||||
| New York | US Championship | [6] | |||||
| 1939 | New York | Championship of the Marshall School | |||||
| 1940 | Ventnor | American Chess Tournament | 6 | one | four | 8 from 11 | 1-2 [9] |
| New York | US Championship | five | 6 | five | 7½ of 16 | 8-11 [6] | |
| 1941 | Ventnor | Tournament of American Masters | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4½ out of 9 | 5-7 [10] |
| 1942 | Ventnor | Tournament of American Masters | 3 | 2 | four | 5 from 9 | 3-6 [11] |
| New York | Match Manhattan HQ - Marshall HQ (1st board, against F. Marshall) | 0 | 0 | one | ½ of 1 | ||
| New York | Championship of Manhattan School of Chess | 1-2 | |||||
| 1951 | New York | US Championship | 3 | four | four | 5 from 11 | 6-7 [12] |
| 1954 | New York | US Championship | 7 from 13 | 6-7 [13] | |||
| 1955/1956 | New York | Championship of Manhattan School of Chess | four | 3 | eight | 8 from 15 | 8 [14] |
| 1956 | Montreal | Canadian Open | [15] | ||||
| New York | Rosenwald Cup | four | four | 3 | 5½ out of 11 | 5-7 [6] | |
| 1957/1958 | New York | US Championship | four | 7 | 2 | 5 from 13 | 10-11 [16] |
| 1959/1960 | New York | US Championship | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 from 11 | 10 [16] |
| 1961/1962 | New York | US Championship | 2 | eight | one | 2½ of 11 | 12 [12] |
| 1974 | New York | US Open | [17] | ||||
| 1976 | New York | Championship of the Marshall School | |||||
| CORRESPONDENCE COMPETITIONS | |||||||
| 1965-1968 | 5th World Correspondence Team Championship (USA Team, 1st Board) | ||||||
Notes
- ↑ The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories , by Arnold Denker and Larry Parr , San Francisco 1995, Hypermodern Press.
- ↑ A Great Chess Figure by Edward Winter. Chesshistory.com
- ↑ A. Dyke defeated.
- ↑ F. Reinfeld defeated.
- ↑ I. Horowitz defeated.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 S. Reshevsky defeated.
- ↑ In a personal meeting, Burstein defeated the tournament winner.
- ↑ Won by I. Horowitz and I. Kazedzhen .
- ↑ With M. Hanauer .
- ↑ J. Levin defeated.
- ↑ Dan defeated . Yanovsky .
- ↑ 1 2 L. Evans defeated.
- ↑ A. Bisgayer defeated.
- ↑ Won by Pavel .
- ↑ Won by W. Lombardi and L. Evans.
- ↑ 1 2 R. Fisher defeated.
- ↑ P. Benko won.
Literature
- Jewish Chess Encyclopedia / I. A. Berdichevsky . - M .: “Russian Chess House”, 2016. - S. 33. - 320 p. - 1,500 copies - ISBN 978-5-94693-503-6 .
Links
- Sydney Bernstein's games in the database
- Sidney Bernstein's personal card on 365chess.com