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Arthur Feuerstein

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ARTHUR FEUERSTEIN (born Dec-20-1935, died Feb-02-2022, 86 years old) United States of America [what is this?] Arthur Feuerstein, originally from the Bronx, played in several Manhattan Chess Club championships. In 1955, he took second in the New York State Championship. In 1956, Feuerstein was the highest scorer on board one in the US Intercollegiate Championship and won the US Speed Championship. He played in several US Chess Championships, finishing =6th-8th in the 1957/58 event. In 1960, the first United States Armed Forces Chess Championship (USAFCC) was held at the American Legion Hall of Flags in Washington, D.C. There were 12 invited participants. Air Force Captain John Hudson and Army SP4 Feuerstein tied for first place. Feuerstein was four times New York state champion. Hudson was a bombardier-navigator on B-52 bombers and a former US Amateur champion. At age 21, Feuerstein won the U.S. Junior Blitz Championship, leaving newcomer Bobby Fischer in a close second place. The game between them ended in a draw. Feuerstein had a record of (+1−1=3) against Fischer, Feuerstein getting a win against Fischer in the 1956 Greater New York City Open. In 1957, Feuerstein was selected alongside Anthony Saidy and William Lombardy to play in the Fourth World Student Team Chess Championship, where the United States team took fifth place. The following year, the team was chosen to represent the U.S. again, in Varna, where they finished sixth. In 1973, Feuerstein was involved in a car accident that left him in a coma for six weeks. When he recovered, he was unable to speak English very well, but he did remember how to play chess. Feuerstein continued to play chess after the accident, and in fact was rated as one of the top 10 players in his age group in the world when he was 65 years old. Wikipedia article: Arthur Feuerstein Last updated: 2023-11-28 05:35:54

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page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 160  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Feuerstein vs E Marchand 1-0 38 1954 N.Y. State Championship D00 Queen's Pawn Game 2. A Feuerstein vs J E Bennett 1-0 13 1955 New York E60 King's Indian Defense 3. R Klugman vs A Feuerstein   0-1 49 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A48 King's Indian 4. A Feuerstein vs Lombardy   0-1 36 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. B Owens vs A Feuerstein   0-1 58 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 6. A Feuerstein vs M Pavey   1-0 34 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A02 Bird's Opening 7. A Pinkus vs A Feuerstein   ½-½ 42 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O 8. A Feuerstein vs A Reiter   ½-½ 24 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 9. M Schroeder vs A Feuerstein   0-1 54 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A07 King's Indian Attack 10. A Feuerstein vs M Siegel   1-0 28 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A02 Bird's Opening 11. A Turner vs A Feuerstein   0-1 43 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A74 Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4 12. A Feuerstein vs R Benedicto   1-0 69 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A04 Reti Opening 13. S Bernstein vs A Feuerstein   1-0 60 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 E73 King's Indian 14. A Feuerstein vs A Bisguier   0-1 47 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 15. Denker vs A Feuerstein   0-1 32 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A48 King's Indian 16. M Harrow vs A Feuerstein   1-0 41 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 17. A Feuerstein vs A Kevitz   ½-½ 20 1955 Manhattan CC-ch 5556 A02 Bird's Opening 18. A Feuerstein vs Lombardy   1-0 45 1956 New York A03 Bird's Opening 19. Shainswit vs A Feuerstein 0-1 29 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A65 Benoni, 6.e4 20. A Feuerstein vs E Hearst   1-0 39 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. A Bisguier vs A Feuerstein ½-½ 40 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 22. A Feuerstein vs Fischer ½-½ 31 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 23. S Bernstein vs A Feuerstein 0-1 56 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy B20 Sicilian 24. A Turner vs A Feuerstein   1-0 25 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy E92 King's Indian 25. A Feuerstein vs H Seidman   1-0 72 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 160

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-10-12    TheFocus: In January 2012 <Chess Life>, there is an article about Arthur Feuerstein. My article <The Feuerstein - Fischer Connection> is mentioned in Jim West's blog which also has a link to the <Chess Life> story. http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/... Mar-01-12    wordfunph: "You have to remember to kibbitz your games." - Arthur Feuerstein (he meant that it is helpful to walk away from the board and come back in the role of observer, seeing the position as if it were new) *Chess Life March 2012, as related by his friend Sherman Boim Dec-20-15    TheFocus: Happy Birthday, Arthur! Very thankful you allowed me to interview you. It was a good article. Aug-26-16    perfidious: <wordfunph: "You have to remember to kibbitz your games."> The one time we met at the board afforded me but little chance to put this piece of advice into practice: I had to make my final twenty moves to the time check in under a minute. Sep-22-18    thegoodanarchist: <TheFocus> Is he titled? What year, if any? Dec-20-18    Check It Out: I see several of his draws and a loss to Fischer. Where is his win over Fischer? Feb-04-22    FSR: According to Al Lawrence on Facebook, Arthur Feuerstein died yesterday. Feb-04-22    Granny O Doul: He seemed like a pleasant guy when I met him, which seems to have been most people's experience, so let me just call him a pleasant guy. I had heard about the car accident mentioned in his Wikipedia article, but never was very clear about its actual effect on him, and this seems likely to remain the case. Feb-04-22    TheFocus: <Granny O Doul: He seemed like a pleasant guy when I met him, which seems to have been most people's experience, so let me just call him a pleasant guy. I had heard about the car accident mentioned in his Wikipedia article, but never was very clear about its actual effect on him, and this seems likely to remain the case.> I remember when I interviewed Arthur, that he lost all his chess memory and ability to play after that car wreck. He had to relearn how to play chess, and successfully became a master again. Very sad to hear about Arthur's death. He treated me very nicely in our e-mails. Feb-04-22    Granny O Doul: I remember that in 1983, he was only about 2200 and ten years later, 2300. Feb-05-22    chessperson2222222: Farewell, Mr. Art. You will be sorely missed. RIP Feb-06-22    fredthebear: From the USCF page: https://new.uschess.org/news/arthur... Feb-06-22    MissScarlett: Is the DOD confirmed as the 2nd? Feb-08-22    tryany2: 1) Does anyone have a copy of the fischer-feuerstein connection article? I've been trying to track it down. 2) He forget everything in that accident. He lost almost all of his memories. As the article suggests, this included what a toothbrush was. But he actually never forgot how to play chess. It was part of him. 3) He died Feb 2. He had the latest issue of Chess life, a chess book, and his chess set all within arms reach. Feb-08-22    tryany2: thegoodanarchist: <TheFocus> Is he titled? What year, if any? He def achieved master. After the accident, the USCF gave him the title of "Lifetime Master". Feb-08-22    Z free or die: Better take a snapshot of his FIDE card before they retire his number. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/20... He didn't have any FIDE titles. Feb-08-22    tryany2: His highest rating I'm aware of was a 2395 in 72. I'm not sure if it was higher before the accident. His FIDE rating card doesn't include a lot of information. Would love to find out if there's a way to see the peak rating of folks from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/p... He was def a master. And then received Life Master. I think he was just shy of Intl master but not 100 sure. Feb-08-22    nizmo11: from the Chessmetrics site: Chessmetrics Player Profile: Arthur William Feuerstein Born: - Best World Rank: #85 (on the July 1957 rating list) [2559] Highest Rating: 2559 on the June 1957 rating list, #86 in world Best Individual Performance: 2533 in New York, 1956, scoring 2/5 (40%) vs 2601-rated opposition from the same July 1957 rating list: #88 Bobby Fischer 2558 14y4m (#6 all-time among players aged 14y4m) Nov-27-23    perfidious: <Granny: I remember that in 1983, he was only about 2200 and ten years later, 2300.> Art and I met at the board, as mentioned above, in one of the USATE events in the early 1990s, and he was indeed roughly 2300 then. Nov-27-23    Granny O Doul: I was once told that I played like Feuerstein "because of the squares, you know?" It must be a Bronx thing. Nov-28-23    Caissanist: <tryany2> Olimpbase.org has a search function that gives a history of a player's FIDE ratings from 1970 (the first official FIDE rating list) up to 2001. It confirms that Feuerstein's 1972 rating of 2395 was his highest. Jan-28-24    whiteshark: „Regarding Arthur Feuerstein, what is memorable is not that game (L Kaufman vs A Feuerstein, 1972) nor another one we played in New York a couple years later. It is that we played a third game in the 1980s, when I was surprised to see his rating had fallen from the 2400s to barely over 2200, although he was by no means old. I won in just 13 moves, and after the game he had no recollection of having ever played against me or even knowing who I was. I learned the explanation: he had been in a terrible auto accident, which wiped out almost all of his memories, including how to play chess. As part of his therapy, he learned chess all over again, and managed to become a chess master from scratch! Looked at from that perspective, his 2200+ rating was quite an achievement!“ -- Larry Kaufman, Chess Board Options (A Memoir of Players, Games and Engines), New In Chess 2021 RIP Aug-02-25    Zugzwangovich: Tatev Abrahamyan's column "Getting to Work" in the July 2025 issue of Chess Life carries the finish of an October 25, 1958 simultaneous game in Stuttgart between Mikhail Tal and an Arthur Feuerstein. Could it be the same as this Arthur Feuerstein? No games from this simul appear in any online chess games DBs as far as I can see; I wonder how Abrahamyan got her hot little hands on this one? Aug-02-25    perfidious: Feuerstein played for the American side in the Student Teams at Varna 1958, but that was held during July. https://www.olimpbase.org/1958y/195... There appears to be a two-year gap in Feuerstein's activity from 1958 to 1960, with him playing in an Armed Forces championship in 1960, so perhaps he served in Germany and got to face the great man there. Aug-03-25    Zugzwangovich: <perfidious> You hit the nail on the head in at least one sense. A profile of Feuerstein in the January 2012 Chess Life issue mentions that he joined the army in 1958, requested a stint in Europe, and was assigned to Munich. search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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