Abraham Kupchik (25 March 1892 – 26 November 1970) was an American chess master.
Abraham Kupchik
Abraham Kupchik was born into a Jewish family in Brest (then Russian Empire, now Belarus) to parents Pinchas Kupchik and Bessie Kupchik née Perlmutter. His family immigrated to the US in 1903.
He was an accountant by profession.[1]
He won the Manhattan Chess Club Championship ten times outright and once shared.[2] In 1915, he tied for third/fourth place with Oscar Chajes, behind José Raúl Capablanca and Frank James Marshall in New York. In 1916, he tied for 2nd-4th with Dawid Janowski and Borislav Kostić, behind Capablanca, in New York. In 1918, he won at Rye Beach, N.Y.
After World War I, he won at Troy 1919 (New York State-ch). He was equal first with Marshall at Lake Hopatcong 1923 (the Ninth American Chess Congress). In 1924, he lost a match to Efim Bogoljubow (+1 −3 =2) in New York. In 1925 he drew a match with Carlos Torre Repetto (+1 −1 =4) in New York. In 1926, he finished 2nd, behind Capablanca, in Lake Hopatcong.[3]
Kupchik played for the US team in the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935. He scored (+6 -0 =8) on third board, and won the individual bronze medal and team gold medal.[4] He played on Board 9 in the 1945 USSR-US radio match, losing ½-1½ to Vladimir Makogonov.[5]
^The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories, by Arnold Denker and Larry Parr, San Francisco 1995, Hypermodern Press.
^"Manhattan Chess Club". Archived from the original on 2009-10-26.
^"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2016-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
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behind José Raúl Capablanca, and shared 5th (AbrahamKupchik won) in 1924, tied for 6-8th in 1925 (Kupchik won), took 10th in 1926 (Géza Maróczy won),...
several championships and won the Manhattan CC Championship in 1927, AbrahamKupchik, who won the club championship eleven times, Arthur Bisguier, who won...
7½–4½. He played on Board 9 in the 1945 USSR–US radio match, beating AbrahamKupchik 1½–½. He almost stopped playing competitively in the 1950s. Makogonov...
1924 (with Jennings). In 1924, Torre took third place in New York (AbrahamKupchik won). In 1925, he made his European debut, in events with much stronger...
heavy favorite to win the tournament. Dawid Janowski, Boris Kostić and AbrahamKupchik tied for 2nd-4th, and Oscar Chajes took 5th place. The final tournament...
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Arnold Denker (2575), Isaac Kashdan (2574), I. A. Horowitz (2558), and AbrahamKupchik (2538). "The United States Chess Federation National Chess Ratings...
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with Isaac Kashdan, Frank Marshall, Reuben Fine, Israel Horowitz, and AbrahamKupchik, winning two individual medals: silver (1933) and gold (1935). In 1931...
José Raúl Capablanca followed by Frank Marshall, Oscar Chajes and AbrahamKupchik, Jacob Bernstein and Ed Lasker, 19 April – 7 May 16th U.S. Open Chess...
Arnold Denker (2575), Isaac Kashdan (2574), I. A. Horowitz (2558), and AbrahamKupchik (2538). "The United States Chess Federation National Chess Ratings...
at Lake Hopatcong (9th American Chess Congress, Frank Marshall and AbrahamKupchik won). In 1924, he took third place, behind Marshall and Carlos Torre...
York (AbrahamKupchik won). In 1922, he took 2nd, behind Edward Lasker, in New York (CCI). In 1925, he took 3rd in Cedar Point, Ohio (Kupchik won). In...
Dawid Janowski won), tied for 4th at Bradley Beach, New Jersey 1928 (AbrahamKupchik won), tied for 3rd at Bradley Beach 1929 (Alexander Alekhine won),...
at New York 1924 (José Raúl Capablanca won), and took 2nd, behind AbrahamKupchik, at New York 1924. Schapiro served as head of his own investment banking...
New Jersey 1923 (the 9th American Chess Congress, Frank Marshall and AbrahamKupchik won), took 6th at New York 1924 (The Dimock Theme Tournament, Marshall...
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