Jacob Rosenthal

This article is about an American chess master. For American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, see Jacob Rosenthal (journalist).

Jacob Carl Rosenthal (12 October 1881, Białystok – 23 October 1954, New York) was an American chess master.

Early life and education

Born in Białystok, Poland (then Russian Empire), he became a citizen of the Netherlands. Finally, he emigrated to the United States.[1] He lived and participated in several local chess matches in New York City (Manhattan CC vs. Franklin CC in 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and twice Rice CC vs. Brooklyn CC in 1909). He also played in a cable match New York vs. Buenos Aires in 1922.[2]

Career

In tournaments, he won at Manhattan CC championship 1911,[3] won New York State-ch in 1912,[4] took 6th at New York 1916 (Rice Memorial, preliminary, José Raúl Capablanca won),[5] took 3rd, behind Charles Jaffe and Boris Kostić, at New York 1918 (rapid tournament), and took 3rd at New York 1921 (Morris Schapiro won).[6]

References

  1. ↑ "The chess games of Jacob Carl Rosenthal". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to the Chessmetrics site". Chessmetrics.com. 2005-03-26. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  3. ↑ "Manhattan Chess Club". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  4. ↑ "New York State Chess Champions 1878–1972". Monmouth.com. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  5. ↑ "ny1916". Xoomer.virgilio.it. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
  6. ↑ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01


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