Oscar Tenner
Number of games in database: 40
Years covered: 1910 to 1948
Overall record: +15 -19 =3 (44.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

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   O Field vs O Tenner, 1923 0-1
   Maroczy vs O Tenner, 1926 0-1
   Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911 1/2-1/2

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OSCAR TENNER (born Apr-05-1880, died Dec-24-1948) Germany (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] Oscar Tenner was born in Lemberg (Lvov), now Ukraine, and died in New York, NY, USA. Wikipedia article: Oscar Tenner

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. B Jankowitsch vs O Tenner   0-1 36 1910 Hamburg Hauptturnier-B D00 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Teichmann vs O Tenner 1-0 32 1910 Berlin C14 French, Classical 3. Alekhine vs O Tenner 1-0 15 1911 Cologne Germany (analysis) C30 King's Gambit Declined 4. Alekhine vs O Tenner ½-½ 23 1911 Cologne C30 King's Gambit Declined 5. Hromadka vs O Tenner   0-1 35 1912 DSB-18.Kongress-B C41 Philidor Defense 6. F Schubert vs O Tenner   ½-½ 33 1913 Mlada Boleslav D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 7. O Tenner vs J Brach   1-0 29 1913 Mlada Boleslav C10 French 8. O Tenner vs F Treybal   1-0 34 1913 Mlada Boleslav C88 Ruy Lopez 9. J Dobias vs O Tenner   1-0 43 1913 Mlada Boleslav C60 Ruy Lopez 10. Hromadka vs O Tenner   0-1 48 1913 Mlada Boleslav C11 French 11. Reti vs O Tenner 1-0 30 1913 Mlada Boleslav C41 Philidor Defense 12. O Field vs O Tenner 0-1 18 1923 New York - C58 Two Knights 13. O Tenner vs O Chajes   1-0 57 1923 9th American Chess Congress A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 14. M C Palmer vs O Tenner   1-0 57 1923 9th American Chess Congress C01 French, Exchange 15. Santasiere vs O Tenner   0-1 30 1923 9th American Chess Congress A45 Queen's Pawn Game 16. O Tenner vs A Hodges 1-0 24 1923 9th American Chess Congress A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 17. J S Morrison vs O Tenner   0-1 35 1923 9th American Chess Congress D04 Queen's Pawn Game 18. O Tenner vs Marshall   0-1 60 1923 9th American Chess Congress D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. J Mishook vs O Tenner   1-0 46 1923 New York Metropolitan tt C41 Philidor Defense 20. O Tenner vs R T Black 0-1 37 1923 9th American Chess Congress D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 21. O Tenner vs Carlos Torre 0-1 35 1924 New York, USA C12 French, McCutcheon 22. Maroczy vs O Tenner 0-1 19 1926 New York D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 23. Rubinstein vs O Tenner 1-0 41 1928 Exhibition C28 Vienna Game 24. I A Horowitz vs O Tenner   ½-½ 64 1928 Bradley Beach A09 Reti Opening 25. O Tenner vs Kupchik 1-0 59 1928 Manhattan Chess Club-ch B90 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 40

Jan-20-09    Jim Bartle: Tenner often appeared in Robert Byrne's NY Times columns, usually with some irreverent comment. For example, when a Marshall Club member went on and on about how great Teichmann was despite having only one eye, Tenner asked him, "Which squares couldn't he see?" Apr-05-09    WhiteRook48: happy birthday! Jun-21-09    myschkin: . . . Bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_... * To Go to Lvov http://www.eleanorgoodman.com/blog/... (translated poem originally by Adam Zagajewski, 2002) Apr-05-10    wordfunph: Oscar Tenner often told the story that during the World War 1, they made a chess set out of soft bread and later when food became scarce, they ate the pieces! Apr-05-10    Birthday Boy: <worfunph> =) Happy Birthday!!!Oscar Tenner!!!!! Apr-09-10    wordfunph: <Birthday Boy: <worfunph> =) Happy Birthday!!!Oscar Tenner!!!!!> <Birthday Boy> sorry i missed my parting shots.. =) Belated Happy Birthday Master Oscar Tenner! Apr-05-12    Penguincw: R.I.P. Tenner. Somehow, his now sounds familiar...

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