Henry Gross
Number of games in database: 26
Years covered: 1951 to 1974
Overall record: +10 -11 =5 (48.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

C26		Vienna (2 games)
B93		Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 (2 games)
D22		Queen's Gambit Accepted (2 games)

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HENRY GROSS (born Jan-16-1908, died 1987) United States of America [what is this?] Former California State Champion (1952). In 1928, he tied for 1st place in the 7th California State Championship, but lost the playoff to A.J. Fink. In 1953, he won the Northern California Open and took 2nd place in the California championship, behind Herman Steiner. In 1955, he tied for 1st place in the first official San Francisco Championship, but lost the playoff to James Schmitt. In 1955, he won the Northern California Championship. He was a former president of the California State Chess Federation. He was champion of the Castle Chess Club in Oakland over a dozen times. He was a lawyer by profession.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Martin vs H Gross   0-1 36 1951 San Luis Obispo C30 King's Gambit Declined 2. H Gross vs Kashdan   1-0 29 1954 Hollywood Open C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. H Gross vs J Piatigorsky   1-0 29 1955 US Open C47 Four Knights 4. Fischer vs H Gross ½-½ 17 1956 57th US Open A04 Reti Opening 5. H Gross vs I Garais   0-1 23 1957 58th US Open B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 6. Berliner vs H Gross   1-0 36 1957 58th US Open D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. Bisguier vs H Gross   1-0 24 1957 58th US Open D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 8. C Henin vs H Gross   1-0 53 1957 58th US Open D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. H Gross vs T Weinberger   0-1 55 1959 California State Championship B10 Caro-Kann 10. Benko vs H Gross   1-0 40 1961 US Open A07 King's Indian Attack 11. H Gross vs M Harrow   0-1 30 1961 US Open B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 12. H Gross vs J R Mortz   ½-½ 51 1961 US Open B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 13. H Gross vs W G Addison   ½-½ 18 1961 US Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 14. R Freeman vs H Gross   0-1 60 1961 US Open A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 15. G M Farley vs H Gross   0-1 31 1961 US Open A10 English 16. E McCormick vs H Gross   0-1 41 1961 US Open C26 Vienna 17. H Gross vs M Otteson   0-1 26 1961 US Open B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 18. H Gross vs W E Kaiser   1-0 35 1961 US Open B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 19. H Gross vs D Baker   1-0 46 1961 US Open C02 French, Advance 20. Andrew Kraus vs H Gross   0-1 38 1961 US Open C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 21. H Mayer vs H Gross   0-1 65 1961 US Open C42 Petrov Defense 22. H Gross vs Suttles 0-1 28 1963 ? B06 Robatsch 23. Najdorf vs H Gross   ½-½ 35 1963 San Francisco D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 24. Fischer vs H Gross ½-½ 33 1964 SMX San Francisco C29 Vienna Gambit 25. Suttles vs H Gross 1-0 26 1965 San Francisco C26 Vienna  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26

Jul-25-12    GrahamClayton: Nice biography here: http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/...

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