The American Chess Federation staked its claim in the East this year, and drew a record turnout of fifty players who braved a Philadelphia heat wave to beat their brains out twice a day for two weeks. They were seeded into four preliminary sections, from which the first three qualified for the Championship, the next three for the Consolation Masters, the next three for a Class A tournament.

Even without four-time champion Reuben Fine, who was goofing around at Nottingham with fellow contender Samuel Reshevsky and some other random players, the field was quite possibly the strongest to date.

In the preliminary section only the final scores are avaialable, not full crosstables. A number of players retired from the tournament rather than play in the final sections. In particular, George Treysman qualified for the Championship from Section 3, but retired due to illness and was replaced by Milton Hanauer. And, yes, this is the tournament where Hanauer won that five move game.

The Final was won by <Israel Albert Horowitz> in a close race, with Dake and Denker 1/2-point behind followed by Kashdan and Kupchik.

Preliminary Section 1

1  Isaac Kashdan           9.5
2  Abraham Kupchik         9.0
3  Arnold Denker           9.0
4  Fred Reinfeld           8.5
5  Harry R Morris          6.5
6  Nathan Grossman         6.0
7  Arpad Elo               5.0
8  I Isenberg              4.5
9  Kirk D Holland          3.5
10 E Raymond Glover        2.5
11 Edward Schuyler Jackson 2.0
12 Irving Rivise           0.5

1  Arthur William Dake     10.0
2  Maurice Fox              9.0
3  Sidney Norman Bernstein  8.0
4  Leon Stolzenberg         7.5
5  S S Cohen                7.0
6  Adolph Regen             6.0
7  Harry P Kline            5.5
8  Walter Bradford Suesman  5.5
9  Redpath Drummond         3.5
10 L B Cook                 2.0
11 Edmund Nash              2.0
12 Theodore S Barron        0.0

1  David S Polland       10.0
2  Donald Henry Mugridge  9.5
3  George N Treysman      9.5
4  Milton Loeb Hanauer    9.0
5  Robert Willman         8.0
6  Martin Charles Stark   6.0
7  Barnie Frank Winkelman 6.0
8  Attilo Di Camillo      4.5
9  Stasch Mlotkowski      4.5
10 M Leysens              3.5
11 H D Bolden             3.0
12 G Weimar               3.0
13 F P Arnold             1.5

1  Israel Albert Horowitz 10.0
2  Harold Morton           9.5
3  Anthony Santasiere      9.5
4  Charles Jaffe           9.0
5  Jack Levin              8.5
6  David G Weiner          6.5
7  W P McHale              5.0
8  Mark Surgies            5.0
9  J Wilkinson             5.0
10 Henry M Woods           4.0
11 N S Janke               3.0
12 Byron B Price           1.5
13 E Teplinsky             1.5

                           1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
1  Israel Albert Horowitz  X 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8.0
2  Arthur William Dake     1 X ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 7.5
3  Arnold Denker           0 ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7.5
4  Isaac Kashdan           0 ½ ½ X 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 7.0
5  Abraham Kupchik         ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7.0
6  David S Polland         0 0 ½ 1 ½ X 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 6.5
7  Donald Henry Mugridge   0 1 0 ½ 0 0 X 1 1 ½ ½ 0 4.5
8  Anthony Santasiere      0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 X 1 ½ ½ 1 4.5
9  Maurice Fox             ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 X ½ ½ 1 3.5
10 Milton Loeb Hanauer     ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ 3.5
11 Harold Morton           ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ X 0 3.5
12 Sidney Norman Bernstein 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 X 3.0

1  Robert Willman         X ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9.0
2  Jack Levin             ½ X ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
3  Adolph Regen           0 ½ X ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.5
4  Harry R Morris         0 ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7.0
5  David G Weiner         0 1 0 ½ X ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6.5
6  Barnie Frank Winkelman 1 0 0 ½ ½ X 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 5.5
7  Mark Surgies           0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0
8  Martin Charles Stark   0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ X ½ 1 ½ 1 4.5
9  Arpad Elo              0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ 1 ½ 3.5
10 W P McHale             ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ X ½ ½ 3.5
11 Walter B Suesman       0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ X ½ 2.5
12 Ira C Isenberg         0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X 2.0

1  Stasch Mlotkowski 10.5
2  G Weimar          10.5
3  Attilo Di Camillo  9.5
4  Redpath Drummond   9.5
5  Edmund Nash        9.5
6  H D Bolden         7.5
7  Henry M Woods      7.0
8  E Schuyler Jackson 6.5
9  E Raymond Glover   4.5
10 Irving Rivise      4.5
11 N S Janke          4.0
12 Byron B Price      4.0
13 L P Cook           2.0
14 E Teplinsky        1.5

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Al Horowitz, with prop: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JswhPQyNq...

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<Sources>:

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 20, 1936.

Chess Results 1936-1940 / Gino di Felice, p.50-52.

Chess Review, September 1936, p.206-210; October 1936, p.240-241;

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