Aug-26-09
 | | GrahamClayton: It is interesting that Cohen's 4 games in the database are spread over 35 years.
Does he only play infrequently in major tournaments? |
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Sep-16-10
 | | GrahamClayton: Jack Collins wrote a book 'called My seven chess prodigies", which listed a Lewis Cohen along with Fischer, Byrne, Lombardy, D Byrne, Weinstein and Matera. Is this the same player? |
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Sep-17-10
 | | Phony Benoni: Yes. He was one of the later pupils of Collins, born in 1960. |
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Feb-18-12 | | PhilFeeley: Is this the Lewis Cohen that played Bobby Fischer in the 60 Minutes video? http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... |
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Feb-19-12 | | Meshter: PhilF, it must be the same. On the USCF site, he has no games or tournaments after 1991, a rating 0f 2147 and a Master title. No records of him on the FIDE site. It would be interesting if one could reconstruct that Fischer game from the video... |
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Jun-11-15
 | | perfidious: How well I remember Lewis Cohen from the early-mid 1970s. That kid could play, but soon disappeared from tournaments. Even Tim Krabbe, who knows everything about everything, was mystified: http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess2/... |
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May-05-18 | | wrap99: I met Lewis in 1977 at the US Open where Jack Collins also made an appearance. Amazing to speak briefly Mr. Collins and I spoke with Cohen several times during that event and 1978 in Phoenix. Obviously a bright kid and pretty nice guy who I guess went on to college. There is a Lewis Cohen who is an attorney -- not an uncommon name but it would not surprise me if that is what became of Cohen. Maybe he himself can tell us?? |
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Feb-27-20 | | Mudphudder: What's the highest rating Lewis got to? I'm just curious, since most of Collins' students went on to become grandmasters. |
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Feb-27-20 | | Granny O Doul: I'm sure most of Collins' students never came close to master, let alone grandmaster. Cohen I guess rated a chapter in the book to give it a bit more currency. |
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Feb-28-20
 | | perfidious: <Granny O Doul.....Cohen I guess rated a chapter in the book to give it a bit more currency.> Perhaps the thought, at the time the book was written, was that Cohen would bid fair to join his illustrious predecessors, all of whom became IMs at the very least. |
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Feb-28-20
 | | MissScarlett: Wanted: one of Cohen's early games where his juvenile opponent plays the King's Indian. <Here's Lew Cohen at you KID> |
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Jan-01-21
 | | FSR: I don't think the four most recent games, supposedly of Lew Cohen's, are in fact his. According to the USCF website, Lewis H. Cohen, whom I believe to be the same person as our <Lew Cohen>, last had a published rating in the January 1990 rating supplement. http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMa... I believe that the games since then from <L Cohen> are really from the Illinois player Lawrence S Cohen. http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMa... Note that three of the four games were played in Illinois, where Lawrence Cohen lives. Lewis Cohen is a New Yorker. |
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Feb-03-21 | | Halfmpa: I found an obituary for a Lewis H Cohen from Brooklyn who died July 2014. It does not mention chess, but I believe it’s our guy. |
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Feb-03-21 | | Granny O Doul: @Halfmpa: does your obit look that of someone born in 1960? |
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Feb-16-21 | | wrap99: @Halfmpa: not the right guy i am pretty sure and lewis cohen is a very common name. |
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Feb-16-21
 | | moronovich: Hallelujah ! |
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Dec-26-21 | | ArkansasMike: Lew went to SUNY-Binghamton as an undergrad. He lived on my floor our freshman year. I remember him telling me he was a child prodigy and a speed chess champion, and once he held (and won) a multi-table exhibition in the student union, although by then he had essentially “retired” from chess.
I think he majored in Poli Sci and from a quick web search it appears he’s now working in finance. |
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Dec-26-21 | | Caissanist: I assume <ArkansasMike> is referring to his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lewis-h... . |
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