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- 1911
- Died
- 1992-01-01
- Works
- 14
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- Der schachwunderknabe Samuel Rzeschewski in Amerika
- Learn Chess Fast
- Art of Positional Play (Chess)
- Best Games of Chess
- Great chess upsets
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Samuel Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski; November 26, 1911 – April 4, 1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid-1930s to the late 1960s. He tied for third place in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament, tied for second in the 1953 Candidates tournament, and was a Candidate as late as 1968. He was an eight-time winner of the US Chess Championship, tying him with Bobby Fischer for the all-time record.
He was an accountant by profession, and also a chess writer.
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