The chess games of Alexander Kevitz

Alexander Kevitz
Number of games in database: 42
Years covered: 1924 to 1971
Overall record: +13 -15 =11 (47.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

English (7)
A13 A12 A15 A10

With the Black pieces:

Queen's Pawn Game (5)
A46 D05 A45 E10

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   Capablanca vs Kevitz, 1924 0-1
   Fine vs Kevitz, 1936 1/2-1/2

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ALEXANDER KEVITZ
(born Sep-01-1902, died Oct-24-1981) United States of America

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Alexander Kevitz, born in Brooklyn, New York, was the Manhattan Chess Club Champion in 1928-29, 1935-36, 1945-46 and 1946-47.

In 1924, Kevitz defeated world champion Jose Raul Capablanca in a simultaneous display at New York (see Capablanca vs Kevitz, 1924), and defeated former world champion Emanuel Lasker (see Kevitz vs Lasker, 1928) in a simultaneous, also in New York.

He placed 3rd in the New York 1931 international tournament, and 8th in the first US Championship tournament at New York, 1936. Kevitz represented the United States several times in international team matches, his most noted result being his 1.5-0.5 score against Igor Bondarevsky at the USSR-USA match in Moscow, 1946.

On the first rating list issued by the United States Chess Federation (as of July 31, 1950), he was ranked third in the United States, behind only Reuben Fine and Samuel Reshevsky.

The Black Knights' Tango (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6) is sometimes called the Kevitz-Trajkovic Defense after Kevitz and Mihailo Trajkovic.

sources: Chess Results 1921-1930, 1931-1935, 1936-1940, 1941-1946, 1947-1950, by Gino Di Felice

Wikipedia article: Alexander Kevitz

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Capablanca vs Kevitz	0-1	13	1924	Brooklyn simul	A00 Uncommon Opening
2. Kevitz vs E Tholfsen	½-½	25	1925	New York Metropolitan tt	A13 English
3. Kevitz vs Lasker	1-0	36	1928	New York sim	A27 English, Three Knights System
4. H R Bigelow vs Kevitz	½-½	32	1929	Bradley Beach	B02 Alekhine's Defense
5. Kupchik vs Kevitz	1-0	68	1929	Bradley Beach	C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
6. Marshall vs Kevitz	0-1	47	1929	Bradley Beach	A52 Budapest Gambit
7. H Steiner vs Kevitz	½-½	76	1929	Bradley Beach	B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
8. Kevitz vs Alekhine	0-1	48	1929	Bradley Beach	E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
9. Kevitz vs I S Turover	1-0	25	1929	Bradley Beach	D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
10. Kevitz vs L Steiner	0-1	75	1929	Bradley Beach	A13 English
11. Kevitz vs M Fox	0-1	30	1929	Bradley Beach	A12 English with b3
12. R Cintron vs Kevitz	0-1	42	1929	Bradley Beach	E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
13. Kevitz vs Kashdan	0-1	34	1931	New York	A13 English
14. Kevitz vs Capablanca	0-1	40	1931	New York	A12 English with b3
15. I A Horowitz vs Kevitz	1-0	22	1931	New York	A15 English
16. Kevitz vs Marshall	1-0	69	1931	Masters Tournament	E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
17. Santasiere vs Kevitz	0-1	50	1931	New York	A46 Queen's Pawn Game
18. Kupchik vs Kevitz	0-1	36	1931	New York International	E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
19. Fine vs Kevitz	1-0	32	1932	New York, USA	E10 Queen's Pawn Game
20. Kevitz vs F Reinfeld	1-0	26	1933	Marshall CC Championship	A10 English
21. Dake vs Kevitz	½-½	39	1933	Metropolitan Chess League of NY	E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
22. Kevitz vs I A Horowitz	1-0	41	1936	US Championship	D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
23. Fine vs Kevitz	½-½	55	1936	US Championship	A52 Budapest Gambit
24. W Adams vs Kevitz	0-1	39	1936	US Championship	B83 Sicilian
25. Kevitz vs Kashdan	½-½	75	1936	US Championship	D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav


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Sep-01-06		BIDMONFA: Alexander Kevitz KEVITZ, Alexander http://www.bidmonfa.com/kevitz_alex... _

Sep-01-08		whiteshark: Bios: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexan... (English) http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexan... (German) (It's always interesting to read both)

Sep-01-08		Calli: <interesting to read both> I noticed schachlichen which is chess as an adjective. No good english word for it? chessic, chessy, chessly...

Sep-01-08		whiteshark: <Calli> Without rear cover it's User: Chessical for me like chemical or musical... :D But imo you can use it (chess) fine as noun here, it wouldn't lower the content. What is <chess> as adjective (in quality, character, property)? I have no idea... :D

Sep-29-08		GrahamClayton: The Kevitz variation of the English Opening is 1. c4 f6 2. c3 e6 3. e4 c6 Source: David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld "Oxford Companion to Chess", OUP, 1992

May-09-09		wordfunph: Only few kibitz for Master Alexander Kevitz? He's got wins over Capa, Lsker, Marshall, Santasiere, Horowitz, seems a strong IM in today's standard..

Jul-11-10		Lobster: Unfortunately because the database has so few games of Kevitz it does not reflect his strength at all. Hans Kmoch was of the opinion that Kevitz was a grandmaster with the White pieces, lowering his playing strength seriously by playing his very strange variations with Black.

Sep-01-10		wordfunph: Alexander Kevitz was a pharmacist by profession..

Dec-26-11		FSR: Kevitz was strong like bull. He was ranked third in the country on the first rating list issued by the United States Chess Federation in 1950, behind only Fine and Reshevsky. As of July 31, 1950, the top ratings were Fine (2817), Reshevsky (2770), Kevitz (2610), Dake (2598), Albert Simonson (2596), Fred Reinfeld (2593), Arnold Denker (2575), Isaac Kashdan (2574), I. A. Horowitz (2558), and Abraham Kupchik (2538). "The United States Chess Federation National Chess Ratings (as of July 31, 1950)", Chess Life, November 20, 1950, p. 3. Also available on DVD (p. 93 in "Chess Life 1950" PDF file). FIDE later awarded the GM title to Dake, Denker, and Kashdan, and the IM title to Horowitz - all of whom were rated below Kevitz.

Dec-26-11		mojonera: FSR can you explain why the first tournament, AMERICAN CONGRES 1921 was rated at 2398 ?

Dec-26-11		FSR: <mojonera: FSR can you explain why the first tournament, AMERICAN CONGRES 1921 was rated at 2398 ?> I'm not sure what you mean - can you explain?

Dec-26-11		mojonera: FSR : DVD ( p.95 in " Chess Life 1950 PDF file ) 8th American Chess Congress 1921 .

Sep-01-12		whiteshark: <GrahamClayton: The Kevitz variation> of the Nimzowitsch-Defence http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/...

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