In the winter of 1948, when it came to the attention of the Manhattan Chess Club that four top chess masters would be spending December in New York, a tournament was put together on short notice. The four masters in question were former world champion Max Euwe, American chess master Reuben Fine, Argentinian master Miguel Najdorf, and Swedish champion ... [more]
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Player: Isaac Kashdan
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Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Kashdan vs A Bisguier |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1948 | New York 1948/49 | C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack |
2. Pilnik vs Kashdan |
 | 1-0 | 28 | 1948 | New York 1948/49 | B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation |
3. Kashdan vs Denker |
 | 1-0 | 55 | 1948 | New York 1948/49 | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
4. H Steiner vs Kashdan |
| 0-1 | 60 | 1948 | New York 1948/49 | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
5. Kashdan vs G Kramer |
 | 0-1 | 36 | 1948 | New York 1948/49 | D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch |
6. Najdorf vs Kashdan |
 | 1-0 | 35 | 1948 | New York 1948/49 | D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O |
7. Kashdan vs I A Horowitz |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1948 | New York 1948/49 | E10 Queen's Pawn Game |
8. Kashdan vs Fine |
 | 0-1 | 40 | 1949 | New York 1948/49 | D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
9. Euwe vs Kashdan |
 | ½-½ | 43 | 1949 | New York 1948/49 | E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation |
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Jan-23-21
 | | FSR: Kramer is the last survivor of this tournament. |
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Feb-09-24
 | | perfidious: <FSR>, and so he remains, though only Steiner was the only participant to have a short life, the others all making it to at least their mid sixties before hanging 'em up. |
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