Samuel Reshevsky
Samuel Reshevsky · Sports
American chess grandmaster, chess prodigy and eight-time US champion
1911, Ozorków, Poland — 1992, Suffern, New York, USA
Poland · United States
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Samuel Reshevsky was a child prodigy who gave simultaneous exhibitions across Europe at age eight and became one of the world's leading chess players and an eight-time US champion. An observant Orthodox Jew, he refused to play on the Jewish Sabbath throughout his career. He was among the top contenders for the world title in the 1940s and 1950s.
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American chess grandmaster, chess prodigy and eight-time US champion
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews among the 64 strongest chess players (Warriors of the Mind, 1989)
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