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George Shainswit
Shainswit 
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Number of games in database: 138
Years covered: 1936 to 1988
Overall record: +34 -41 =62 (47.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 1 exhibition game, blitz/rapid, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Grunfeld (8) 
    D97 D70 D92 D79 D78
 King's Indian (6) 
    E94 E81 E67 E60 E75
 Queen's Pawn Game (6) 
    A46 E00 D02 A40
 Slav (6) 
    D12 D11 D10 D15 D18
 Catalan (5) 
    E06 E01 E09 E05 E02
 Semi-Slav (4) 
    D49 D46 D48
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (10) 
    B10 B17 B12 B15 B18
 Orthodox Defense (8) 
    D62 D54 D60 D51 D63
 French Defense (8) 
    C10 C11 C01
 Queen's Gambit Accepted (7) 
    D29 D28 D22
 Alekhine's Defense (6) 
    B02 B03 B04
 Sicilian (6) 
    B20 B99 B56 B22 B29
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   M Stark vs Shainswit, 1943 0-1
   Shainswit vs P R Geffe, 1940 1-0
   Shainswit vs D Brummer, 1965 1-0
   J W Collins vs Shainswit, 1938 0-1
   Shainswit vs J Levin, 1943 1-0
   Shainswit vs L Garcia Balado, 1947 1/2-1/2
   A Di Camillo vs Shainswit, 1944 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Ventnor City (1943)
   Ventnor City (1944)
   United States Championship (1948)
   Ventnor City (1942)
   United States Championship (1940)
   United States Championship (1938)
   Dubrovnik Olympiad (1950)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   American Chess Bulletin 1944 by Phony Benoni
   Ventnor City 1942 by Phony Benoni
   American Chess Bulletin 1943 by Phony Benoni
   Ventnor City 1943 by Phony Benoni


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GEORGE SHAINSWIT
(born Jan-03-1918, died Sep-05-1997, 79 years old) United States of America

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George Shainswit was born in New York City, New York, USA. He played in five US Championships and represented the US at the 1950 Olympiad at Dubrovnik (+4, =6, -2).. Shainswit tied for first place with Arnold Denker in the 1950 Manhattan Chess Club championship. He passed away in New York in 1997.

Last updated: 2023-01-29 04:25:51

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 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 138  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Shainswit vs Kashdan  0-1341936New York State-chD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. J W Collins vs Shainswit 0-1221938Metropolitan Chess LeagueD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. C Jaffe vs Shainswit 0-1451938USA Ch prel CB03 Alekhine's Defense
4. Fine vs Shainswit  1-0331938United States ChampionshipA20 English
5. Shainswit vs A Simonson  0-1411938United States ChampionshipD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
6. Reshevsky vs Shainswit 1-0371938United States ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. A Dake vs Shainswit  1-0241938United States ChampionshipD62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
8. F Reinfeld vs Shainswit 0-1401938United States ChampionshipB10 Caro-Kann
9. Shainswit vs S Bernstein  1-0411938United States ChampionshipA06 Reti Opening
10. Kashdan vs Shainswit 1-0231938United States ChampionshipB03 Alekhine's Defense
11. Shainswit vs J W Collins  1-0391938ACF CongressD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
12. Kashdan vs Shainswit 1-032193839th ACF Congress. FinalD62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
13. Shainswit vs Denker 1-0361940United States ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. S Bernstein vs Shainswit  ½-½191940United States ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
15. Shainswit vs G Littman  ½-½361940United States ChampionshipA40 Queen's Pawn Game
16. M L Hanauer vs Shainswit  ½-½241940United States ChampionshipA22 English
17. Shainswit vs D Polland  ½-½461940United States ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
18. Reshevsky vs Shainswit  ½-½301940United States ChampionshipD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
19. Shainswit vs W Adams  ½-½171940United States ChampionshipA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
20. Kashdan vs Shainswit  1-0261940United States ChampionshipD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
21. Shainswit vs A Pinkus  0-1271940United States ChampionshipD70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
22. F Reinfeld vs Shainswit  ½-½211940United States ChampionshipD62 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
23. Shainswit vs Kupchik  ½-½441940United States ChampionshipA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
24. Fine vs Shainswit  1-0371940United States ChampionshipE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
25. Shainswit vs H Seidman  ½-½271940United States ChampionshipE17 Queen's Indian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-05-06  Resignation Trap: George Shainswit was born in New York City on January 3, 1918.

He was a participant in five US Championship tournaments: 1938, 1940, 1944, 1948 and 1951.

He also represented the USA in the Dubrovnik Olympiad of 1950.

Shainswit died in New York City on September 5, 1997.

Jan-03-14  Eastfrisian: A photo of him can be found here: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/gen...

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