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Oscar Tenner

OSCAR TENNER (born Apr-05-1880, died Dec-24-1948, 68 years old) Ukraine (federation/nationality United States of America) [what is this?] Oscar Tenner was born in Lemberg (Polish: Lwów), Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine). He died in New York, NY USA. At the beginning of his career, he played in several tournaments in Germany. He won (elim.) and took 4th at Hamburg 1910 (DSB Congress, C tournament), took 7th at Berlin 1911 (Carl Ahues won), tied for 9-10th at Breslau 1912 (DSB-Congress, Hauptturnier A, Bernhard Gregory won), shared 3rd at Jungbunzlau (Mlada Boleslav) 1913 (Karel Hromádka won), and tied for 2nd-3rd with Ilya Rabinovich, behind B. Hallegua, at Mannheim 1914 (interrupted DSB-Congress, Hauptturnier A). After World War I, he tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1922 (Fritz Sämisch won), and then emigrated to the United States. He played many times in the Manhattan Chess Club Championship and other tournaments in New York. He tied for 4-5th in 1922 (Morris Schapiro won), took 5th in 1923 (Oscar Chajes won), took 2nd, behind José Raúl Capablanca, and shared 5th (Abraham Kupchik won) in 1924, tied for 6-8th in 1925 (Kupchik won), took 10th in 1926 (Géza Maróczy won), and tied for 8-9th in 1928 (Alexander Kevitz won). He also tied for 7-8th at Lake Hopatcong 1923 (the 9th American Chess Congress, Frank James Marshall and Kupchik won), and took 8th at Bradley Beach 1928 (Kupchik won). After World War II, he took 41st at Baltimore 1948 (US Open Chess Championship, Weaver W. Adams won) at the age of 68. Wikipedia article: Oscar Tenner Last updated: 2022-03-18 23:49:13

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page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Teichmann vs O Tenner 1-0 32 1910 Berlin C14 French, Classical 2. O Tenner vs von Bardeleben   1-0 33 1910 Berlin B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 3. O Tenner vs von Bardeleben 1-0 75 1910 Berlin C87 Ruy Lopez 4. O Tenner vs von Bardeleben 0-1 53 1910 Berlin C66 Ruy Lopez 5. von Bardeleben vs O Tenner   1-0 56 1910 Berlin C42 Petrov Defense 6. B Yankovich vs O Tenner   0-1 36 1910 Hauptturnier-B D00 Queen's Pawn Game 7. von Bardeleben vs O Tenner 0-1 33 1910 Berlin C49 Four Knights 8. Alekhine vs O Tenner 1-0 15 1911 Cologne (analysis) C30 King's Gambit Declined 9. Alekhine vs O Tenner ½-½ 23 1911 Cologne C30 King's Gambit Declined 10. Hromadka vs O Tenner 0-1 35 1912 DSB-18.Kongress-B C41 Philidor Defense 11. Hromadka vs O Tenner 0-1 48 1913 Mlada Boleslav C11 French 12. O Tenner vs F Treybal   1-0 34 1913 Mlada Boleslav C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Reti vs O Tenner 1-0 30 1913 Mlada Boleslav C41 Philidor Defense 14. F Schubert vs O Tenner ½-½ 33 1913 Mlada Boleslav D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 15. O Tenner vs J Brach Sr 1-0 29 1913 Mlada Boleslav C10 French 16. J Dobias vs O Tenner   1-0 43 1913 Mlada Boleslav C60 Ruy Lopez 17. O Tenner vs V Dyk 1-0 35 1913 Master Tt A22 English 18. E Kipke vs O Tenner   1-0 27 1922 Springer-Berlin CC Jubilee Tour. A52 Budapest Gambit 19. O W Field vs O Tenner 0-1 18 1922 Rapid-transit g C58 Two Knights 20. O Tenner vs Carl Carlson   1-0 24 1923 New York Metropolitan Chess League D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. J Mishook vs O Tenner 1-0 46 1923 New York Metropolitan tt C41 Philidor Defense 22. J Morrison vs O Tenner   0-1 35 1923 9th American Chess Congress D04 Queen's Pawn Game 23. O Tenner vs Marshall 0-1 60 1923 9th American Chess Congress D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. O Tenner vs A Hodges 1-0 24 1923 9th American Chess Congress A84 Dutch 25. Santasiere vs O Tenner   0-1 30 1923 9th American Chess Congress A45 Queen's Pawn Game  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55

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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... Apr-05-16    TheFocus: Happy birthday, Oscar Tenner. Apr-05-18    nummerzwei: Recently I've finished reading Antje Goehler 's weird novel <Balcke oder der hypermoderne Prometheus>, which has Tenner as a character. He's playing one of his match games with Bardeleben (this one: O Tenner vs Von Bardeleben, 1910), while poets Ernst Balcke (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst...) and Jakob van Hoddis( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob...) kibitz. Apr-05-18    Nosnibor: <nummerzwei> "It`s all about the bass"!

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