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Milton Loeb Hanauer
Number of games in database: 43
Years covered: 1928 to 1951
Overall record: +9 -22 =12 (34.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  English, 1 c4 e5 (9)      A22 A27 A29 A20 A28	With the Black pieces:

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   Arnold vs M L Hanauer, 1936 0-1
   M L Hanauer vs Santasiere, 1939 1-0

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MILTON LOEB HANAUER (born Aug-05-1908, died Apr-16-1988) United States of America [what is this?] Milton Loeb Hanauer was a public school principal, chess master and Marshall Chess Club official. He is best known for running the New York school competition that became known as the Hanauer League and for writing the book Chess Made Simple. He played on the silver medal winning US team in the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague 1928, he qualified for four US Championships, and he won games from Reuben Fine and Isaac Kashdan. He was Marshall Chess Club champion in 1950-51.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Crepeaux vs M L Hanauer   ½-½ 24 1928 Olympiad A55 Old Indian, Main line 2. G Nagy vs M L Hanauer   ½-½ 59 1928 Olympiad C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 3. D Marotti vs M L Hanauer   1-0 49 1928 Olympiad C66 Ruy Lopez 4. M L Hanauer vs P Frydman   1-0 36 1928 Olympiad D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical 5. M L Hanauer vs H Steiner   ½-½ 40 1936 USA ch A27 English, Three Knights System 6. Denker vs M L Hanauer 1-0 42 1936 USA ch D64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 7. M L Hanauer vs A Simonson   0-1 51 1936 USA ch E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 8. Dake vs M L Hanauer   1-0 38 1936 USA ch D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. M L Hanauer vs I A Horowitz   0-1 30 1936 USA ch A52 Budapest Gambit 10. Kevitz vs M L Hanauer   ½-½ 81 1936 USA ch D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 11. M L Hanauer vs Fine   0-1 57 1936 New York USA ch, USA A34 English, Symmetrical 12. M L Hanauer vs Reshevsky   0-1 65 1936 USA ch A28 English 13. Arnold vs M L Hanauer 0-1 5 1936 Philadelphia A51 Budapest Gambit 14. M L Hanauer vs W Adams   1-0 43 1936 USA ch A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 15. Kashdan vs M L Hanauer 0-1 60 1936 USA ch C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 16. G Treysman vs M L Hanauer   1-0 44 1936 USA ch D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted 17. M L Hanauer vs Factor   0-1 56 1936 USA ch A27 English, Three Knights System 18. S Bernstein vs M L Hanauer   ½-½ 31 1936 USA ch D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 19. Marshall vs M L Hanauer   1-0 37 1937 ch Marshall CC E10 Queen's Pawn Game 20. M L Hanauer vs Reshevsky   0-1 29 1938 USA A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 21. S Bernstein vs M L Hanauer   1-0 41 1938 USA Championship E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 22. Santasiere vs M L Hanauer   ½-½ 36 1938 USA Championship A03 Bird's Opening 23. M L Hanauer vs Kashdan   ½-½ 38 1938 USA Ch A22 English 24. Chernev vs M L Hanauer 0-1 15 1938 USA-ch prel A D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 25. M Bain vs M L Hanauer   0-1 52 1939 Ventnor City A92 Dutch  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 43    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Hanauer wins | Hanauer loses

Aug-08-06    SCapp123: He was a cultured and kindly New York City school principal and generously ran citywide chess competitions for students c. the early 1960s. Feb-03-09    YoungEd: I used to have his Chess Made Simple book; it wasn't bad. Sep-22-09    Marvy: He was co-principal of my junior high school JHS 52 in manhattan. A very nice guy. He brought Arthur Bisguier to the school for a simul. That is how I got hooked. RIP Mr. Hanauer Sep-22-09    HeMateMe: We had Bisguier at Baruch College too, in the 80s.

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