Harold Meyer Phillips
Number of games in database: 9
Years covered: 1905 to 1928
Overall record: +1 -6 =2 (22.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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HAROLD MEYER PHILLIPS (born Dec-15-1874, died Jan-07-1967) United States of America [what is this?] Harold Meyer Phillips was a lawyer and President of the United States Chess Federation (USCF) from 1950-54, President of the Manhattan Chess Club in the 1930s, President of the Marshall Chess Club, President of the Intercollegiate Chess League, former New York State Champion and Manhattan Chess Club Champion (1903). He was the organizer and director of the great New York (1924) tournament. In 1930, he played for the U.S. in the chess Olympiad at Hamburg (drawing one and losing one). He played in chess tournaments for over 70 years. In his earlier years, he was known as “Der Kleine Morphy.” He died at the age of 92.

page 1 of 1; 9 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Lasker vs H Phillips 1-0 30 1905 New York-Berlin cable m C42 Petrov Defense 2. C M Saulson vs H Phillips 1-0 12 1907 Chicago - B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 3. H Phillips vs E B Heal 1-0 33 1909 Rice CC-Brooklyn CC match C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 4. H Phillips vs A Marder   0-1 43 1913 Rice CC Summer Tournament C77 Ruy Lopez 5. H Phillips vs Duras   ½-½ 55 1913 Rice CC Summer Tournament C88 Ruy Lopez 6. H Phillips vs R T Black   0-1 56 1913 Rice CC Summer Tournament C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 7. Capablanca vs H Phillips 1-0 32 1913 Rice CC Summer Tournament C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. Alekhine vs H Phillips   1-0 35 1924 Blindfold simultaneous exhibition D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Rubinstein vs H Phillips   ½-½ 30 1928 Exhibition D05 Queen's Pawn Game

May-02-09    WhiteRook48: check out game 1 May-02-09    Calli: Except that game 1 is D.T. Phillips and I suspect game 3 is also. Jun-27-12    SBC: I posted a very, very iteresting article called "My conversation with Steinitz" by Harold M. Phillips (1964) at http://blog.chess.com/batgirl/my-co...

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