Sidney Norman Bernstein
Sidney Norman Bernstein (13 July 1911, in New York City – 30 January 1992, in New York City) was an American chess master.
He tied for 2nd-4th in
CCNY team in the 1931-32 Intercollegiate championships.[3] He took 11th in the American Chess Federation Congress (U.S. Open Chess Championship) at Philadelphia 1936 (Israel Albert Horowitz
won).
Bernstein was a participant in eight
U.S. Chess Championship
events (1936, 1938, 1940, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959 and 1961).
He played thrice in
Ventnor City, as he shared 1st in 1940,[4] tied for 5-7th (Jacob Levin won) in 1941,[5] and tied for 3rd-6th (Daniel Yanofsky won) in 1942.[6] He tied for 1st with Reinfeld in Manhattan Chess Club Championship at New York 1942,[7]
and took 8th in Manhattan CC in 1955 (Max Pavey won).[8][9]
Top players that he scored wins against were
Sammy Reshevsky
, amongst others.
References
- ^ "Dake's Complete Chess Career". Anusha.com. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- ^ "New York State Chess Champions 1878–1972". Monmouth.com. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- Larry Parr, San Francisco 1995, Hypermodern Press.
- ^ "Bad Elster 1940". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ "1941". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ^ "1942". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ^ "Manhattan Chess Club". 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- ^ "Welcome to the Chessmetrics site". Chessmetrics.com. 2005-03-26. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- ^ "A Great Chess Figure by Edward Winter". Chesshistory.com. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
External links
- Sidney Norman Bernstein player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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