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🏆 New York 1948/49

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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]

Player: George Kramer

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Kramer vs Denker 1-0411948New York 1948/49B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
2. H Steiner vs G Kramer  0-1391948New York 1948/49B03 Alekhine's Defense
3. G Kramer vs I A Horowitz  ½-½811948New York 1948/49D50 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. G Kramer vs Najdorf 0-1351948New York 1948/49D97 Grunfeld, Russian
5. Kashdan vs G Kramer 0-1361948New York 1948/49D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
6. G Kramer vs Fine 0-1291948New York 1948/49A09 Reti Opening
7. Euwe vs G Kramer 1-0411948New York 1948/49D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
8. G Kramer vs A Bisguier 1-0511949New York 1948/49D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. Pilnik vs G Kramer 1-0461949New York 1948/49A27 English, Three Knights System
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-23-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Kramer is the last survivor of this tournament.
Feb-09-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  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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