Herbert Seidman
Number of games in database: 85
Years covered: 1939 to 1974
Overall record: +31 -34 =20 (48.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (12)      B71 B74 B58 B97 B91  Ruy Lopez (9)      C86 C80 C78  Sicilian Najdorf (5)      B97 B91 B90 B98 B93  Ruy Lopez, Closed (4)      C86	With the Black pieces:  Grunfeld (8)      D93 D85 D78 D92 D80  Nimzo Indian (5)      E44 E47 E30 E46  King's Indian Attack (5)      A07 A08

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Seidman vs Santasiere, 1939 1-0
   Seidman vs W Shipman, 1946 1-0
   Seidman vs Fischer, 1957 1/2-1/2
   Seidman vs Bisguier, 1957 1-0

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HERBERT SEIDMAN (born Oct-17-1920, died Aug-30-1995) United States of America [what is this?] Born in New York, New York State, USA and once rated in the top 10 US players, Herbert Seidman was a U.S. Senior Master of chess. He played several times in the U.S. Chess Championship. Seidman participated in the historic USA vs USSR radio chess match in early September 1945. The 10 leading masters of the United States played the 10 leading master of the USSR. Playing on Board 8, Seidman lost both games to Viacheslav Ragozin. Details of this event can be found at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVal.... He won the New York State Championship in 1961 (jointly with Benko) and in 1971.

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 85  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Seidman vs Fine   0-1 37 1939 North American champ D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 2. Seidman vs Santasiere 1-0 24 1939 New York B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 3. Seidman vs Reshevsky   0-1 32 1939 New York ch-ACF A03 Bird's Opening 4. S Bernstein vs Seidman   ½-½ 44 1939 Marshall CC Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. Fine vs Seidman   1-0 37 1940 New York USA ch, USA E17 Queen's Indian 6. Kashdan vs Seidman   1-0 24 1940 USA Ch D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 7. Reshevsky vs Seidman   ½-½ 65 1940 USA-ch E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 8. Seidman vs S Bernstein   0-1 32 1940 Ventnor City B58 Sicilian 9. Santasiere vs Seidman 1-0 39 1941 Hamilton New York A04 Reti Opening 10. Seidman vs Reshevsky 0-1 37 1942 USA-ch C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 11. Chernev vs Seidman   0-1 50 1942 USA-ch D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 12. Seidman vs Kashdan   0-1 55 1942 New York, NY USA C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 13. Ragozin vs Seidman   1-0 49 1945 USA-USSR Radio-match E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 14. Seidman vs W Cruz   ½-½ 41 1945 Hollywood C52 Evans Gambit 15. Seidman vs I A Horowitz   0-1 43 1945 Hollywood (USA) C59 Two Knights 16. Seidman vs Fine   0-1 51 1945 It, Hollywood (USA) B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 17. Seidman vs Santasiere   1-0 45 1946 Ch New York MARSHALL Cl E46 Nimzo-Indian 18. Seidman vs G Kramer 1-0 27 1946 US Open prelim C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 19. D Byrne vs Seidman   ½-½ 34 1946 US Open Championship Final D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 20. Seidman vs G Katz   1-0 49 1946 US Open Championship Final C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 21. Santasiere vs Seidman   1-0 45 1946 Ch New York MARSHALL Cl A22 English 22. D Byrne vs Seidman   1-0 47 1946 US Open prelim E14 Queen's Indian 23. Seidman vs W Shipman 1-0 40 1946 US Open Championship Final C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 24. O Shapiro vs Seidman   0-1 35 1946 US Open prelim D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 25. Seidman vs Santasiere   1-0 74 1946 Ch New York MARSHALL Cl E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 85

Oct-17-08    brankat: No kibitzing here?1 Mr.Seidman deserves better. Happy Birthday Master Seidman! Jun-08-09    DarthStapler: Darkseidman

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