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Leonard B Meyer

Number of games in database: 8
Years covered: 1907 to 1912
Overall record: +5 -2 =1 (68.8%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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C77 Ruy Lopez (2 games)


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LEONARD B MEYER
(born May-21-1881, died Apr-09-1967, 85 years old) United States of America

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In 1930, Leonard B. Meyer was president of the Manhattan Chess Club.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Rosenfeld vs L B Meyer 1-0251907Manhattan Chess Club-chA00 Uncommon Opening
2. Capablanca vs L B Meyer 1-0101908Rapid-transit tC77 Ruy Lopez
3. L B Meyer vs J R Taber  1-0451909Rice CC-Brooklyn CCD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. D S Robinson vs L B Meyer 0-1351909Manhattan CC - Franklin CC mC30 King's Gambit Declined
5. L B Meyer vs J Bernstein  1-0351910NYSCA chC96 Ruy Lopez, Closed
6. R Michell vs L B Meyer ½-½46191012th Anglo-American Cable MatchD53 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. L B Meyer vs H G Cole  1-062191113th Anglo-American Cable MatchC77 Ruy Lopez
8. L B Meyer vs W P Shipley  1-0601912Manhattan CC - Franklin CC mD00 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-01-10  Antiochus: Anyone knows,
Is he the VIP L B Meyer(1884.07.12-1957.10.1957), producer of Metro and resposible for the infamous casting couch and who has tried to finish the Billy Wilder's carrer?
Dec-01-10
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  offramp: That was Mayer with an A.
Dec-02-10  Antiochus: OK, that's right.Hum..this is a bad beginning. Anyway, could be him. Thanks.
Dec-02-10  Calli: Two stalwarts of the Manhattan CC were the Meyer brothers, Arthur S. and Leonard B. who played the games on this page. Also see his defeat of the world champion: Alekhine vs Meyer LB/Samuels L, 1929
Dec-03-10  Antiochus: IMDB link to the MGM's Mayer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201291/ . Don't forget to read the Trivia

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