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Book Synopsis This work chronicles the chess career and games of Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan, one of the leading United States players of the 1930s (along with such notables as Fine and Reshevsky). The main body of the work examines Kashdan''s game play, with diagrams and analysis provided for many hundreds of his tournament games, match games, speed games, simultaneous exhibitions, training games and consultation games. Some games are accompanied by detailed contemporary analyses written by Kashdan and other prominent chess masters of his era. There are numerous photographs, as well as facsimiles of correspondence. Also included are tournament crosstables, and indexes of Kashdan''s opponents.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part One: The Career of Isaac Kashdan1. The Early YearsThe Years 1923–1929 Chicago International 1926 The Hague Olympiad 1928 2. The Early ThirtiesLajos Steiner Match 1930 Hamburg Olympiad 1930 Berlin Quadrangular 1930 Frankfurt International 1930 Gyor 1930 Stockholm 1930 New York International 1931 Prague Olympiad 1931 Bled International 1931 Hastings Christmas Tournament 1931-32 London International 1932 Pasadena International 1932 Mexico City International 1932 A Visit to Dallas 1932 Early 1933 Folkestone Olympiad 1933 A Challenge to Marshall 1933 Resigns as Chief Editor of Chess Review
Plays Against 26 Teams Metropolitan League Play 35th Western Chess Congress, Chicago 1934 Syracuse International 1934 Manhattan Chess Club Championship 1934 3. The Simultaneous Exhibitions 4. The Late Thirties36th Western Championship, Milwaukee 1935 New York State Championship 1935 First United States Championship, New York 1936 37th Western Championship, Philadelphia 1936 New York State Championship 1936 Puerto Rico International 1936 Manhattan Chess Club Championship 1936-37 Stockholm Olympiad 1937 Manhattan Chess Club Championship 1937 Metropolitan League Matches 1938 Simonson Match 1938 Helen Kashdan in the United States Women's Championship 1938 Second United States Championship, New York 1938 39th American Chess Federation Tournament,
Boston 1938 Horowitz Playoff Match 1938 New York State Championship, Hamilton 1939 5. The FortiesHavana International 1940 Third United States Championship, New York 1940 Lasker Memorial New York State Tournament, Hamilton 1941 Manhattan Chess Club Formal Opening 1941 Fourth United States Championship, New York 1942 First United States Lightning Championship 1942 Reshevsky Playoff for the National Title 1942 Second United States Speed Championship 1943 Metropolitan Chess League 1944 Third United States Speed Championship 1944 Manhattan Championship 1944-45 Fourth United States Speed Championship 1945 Pan-American Chess Congress, Hollywood 1945 United States vs. USSR Radio Match 1945 Manhattan Speed Tournament 1945 Metropolitan Championship 1946 Swedish Speed Tournament 1946 United States vs. USSR, Moscow 1946 Sixth United States Championship 1946 Metropolitan Chess League 1946-47 A Reception for Former Champion Euwe 48th United States Open, Corpus Christi 1947 Argentina–United States Radio Match 1947 Manhattan Masters Tournament 1948 49th United States Open, Baltimore 1948 Seventh United States Championship, South Fallsburg 1948 New York International 1948-49 6. The FiftiesKashdan and Family Move to California 52nd United States Open, Fort Worth 1951 Hollywood International 1952 Hollywood Invitational 1953 North vs. South California Match 1954 California Open 1954 Pan-American Chess Congress, Hollywood 1954 North vs. South California Match 1955 USSR–United States Match 1955 7. The Later YearsChess Editor of the Los Angeles Times 1956
North vs. South California Matches 1956–1961 The Olympiad, Leipzig 1960 Remains Active First Piatigorsky Cup Tournament 1963 Delegate to FIDE 1964 Second Piatigorsky Cup Tournament 1966 California Chess Hall of Fame Lone Pine Tournaments Fischer–Spassky Match 1972 Final Years The Kashdan Legacy (by Arnold Denker)
Part Two: The Games of Isaac KashdanThe Outstanding Games (listed)
Tournament and Match Games (1–661)
Simultaneous Exhibition Games (662–717)
United States Speed Tournament Games (718–734)
Informal, Consultation, Practice, etc. Games (735–758)
Part Three: Appendices and IndexesIsaac Kashdan's Overall Record
The Five Olympiads, 1928–1937 The U.S. Championships, 1936–1948 The Tournament Record The Match Record Metropolitan League Matches Tournament Crosstables
Bibliography
Index of Players
Index of ECO Openings
General Index
