Arnold Thinker

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Arnold Sheldon Denker (born February 20, 1914 in New York City , † January 2, 2005 in Fort Lauderdale ) was an American chess player .

Life

In 1928, Denker joined the Manhattan Chess Club . During the Great Depression , he made a living largely from playing chess for small stakes and worked here with Israel Albert Horowitz . After 1936 he worked in a meat packaging company through a chess friend and only played on the weekends. In the same year he met his future wife, Nina Simmons. Married and father of two, he stopped playing chess in 1948. He later took over the meat packaging company from his late friend and led it to great commercial success. In 1971 he started playing tournament chess again.

Chess successes

He won the national championship of the USA in 1944 (before Reuben Fine ) and 1946. He represented his country three times in comparative competitions against the Soviet Union , but had to admit defeat each time: 1945 (via radio transmission) against Mikhail Botvinnik , 1946 in Moscow against Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslow and 1954 in New York against David Bronstein .

A collection of his best games appeared in 1947 under the title If you must play chess . In 1995 he published the book The Bobby Fischer I knew and other stories ( ISBN 1-886040-18-4 ).

In 1981 he was awarded the honorary grandmaster title by the World Chess Federation FIDE . In 1992, Denker was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame by the United States Chess Federation .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Dylan Loeb McClain: Arnold Denker, 90, Champion and a Chronicler of Chess, Dies . nytimes.com, January 4, 2005, accessed December 5, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Thinker, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thinker, Arnold Sheldon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chess player
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 2005
Place of death Fort Lauderdale