Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster - A Career Summary with 757 Games

This work chronicles the chess career and games of Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan, one of the leading United States players of the 1930s (along with such notables as Fine and Reshevsky). The main body of the work examines Kashdan's game play, with diagrams and analysis provided for many hundreds of his tournament games, match games, speed games, simultaneous exhibitions, training games and consultation games. Some games are accompanied by detailed contemporary analyses written by Kashdan and other prominent chess masters of his era. There are numerous photographs, as well as facsimiles of correspondence. Also included are tournament crosstables, and indexes of Kashdan's opponents.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Introduction     

Part One: The Career of Isaac Kashdan

1. The Early Years

The Years 1923-1929     

Chicago International 1926     

The Hague Olympiad 1928     

2. The Early Thirties

Lajos Steiner Match 1930     

Hamburg Olympiad 1930     

Berlin Quadrangular 1930     

Frankfurt International 1930     

Gyor 1930     

Stockholm 1930     

New York International 1931     

Prague Olympiad 1931     

Bled International 1931     

Hastings Christmas Tournament 1931-32     

London International 1932     

Pasadena International 1932     

Mexico City International 1932     

A Visit to Dallas 1932     

Early 1933     

Folkestone Olympiad 1933     

A Challenge to Marshall 1933     

Resigns as Chief Editor of Chess Review     

Plays Against 26 Teams     

Metropolitan League Play     

35th Western Chess Congress, Chicago 1934     

Syracuse International 1934     

Manhattan Chess Club Championship 1934     

3. The Simultaneous Exhibitions     

4. The Late Thirties

36th Western Championship, Milwaukee 1935     

New York State Championship 1935     

First United States Championship, New York 1936     

37th Western Championship, Philadelphia 1936     

New York State Championship 1936     

Puerto Rico International 1936     

Manhattan Chess Club Championship 1936-37     

Stockholm Olympiad 1937     

Manhattan Chess Club Championship 1937     

Metropolitan League Matches 1938     

Simonson Match 1938     

Helen Kashdan in the United States Women's Championship 1938     

Second United States Championship, New York 1938     

39th American Chess Federation Tournament,

Boston 1938     

Horowitz Playoff Match 1938     

New York State Championship, Hamilton 1939     

5. The Forties

Havana International 1940     

Third United States Championship, New York 1940     

Lasker Memorial     

New York State Tournament, Hamilton 1941     

Manhattan Chess Club Formal Opening 1941     

Fourth United States Championship, New York 1942     

First United States Lightning Championship 1942     

Reshevsky Playoff for the National Title 1942     

Second United States Speed Championship 1943     

Metropolitan Chess League 1944     

Third United States Speed Championship 1944     

Manhattan Championship 1944-45     

Fourth United States Speed Championship 1945     

Pan-American Chess Congress, Hollywood 1945     

United States vs. USSR Radio Match 1945     

Manhattan Speed Tournament 1945     

Metropolitan Championship 1946     

Swedish Speed Tournament 1946     

United States vs. USSR, Moscow 1946     

Sixth United States Championship 1946     

Metropolitan Chess League 1946-47     

A Reception for Former Champion Euwe     

48th United States Open, Corpus Christi 1947     

Argentina-United States Radio Match 1947     

Manhattan Masters Tournament 1948     

49th United States Open, Baltimore 1948     

Seventh United States Championship, South Fallsburg 1948     

New York International 1948-49     

6. The Fifties

Kashdan and Family Move to California     

52nd United States Open, Fort Worth 1951     

Hollywood International 1952     

Hollywood Invitational 1953     

North vs. South California Match 1954     

California Open 1954     

Pan-American Chess Congress, Hollywood 1954     

North vs. South California Match 1955     

USSR-United States Match 1955     

7. The Later Years

Chess Editor of the Los Angeles Times 1956     

North vs. South California Matches 1956-1961     

The Olympiad, Leipzig 1960     

Remains Active     

First Piatigorsky Cup Tournament 1963     

Delegate to FIDE 1964     

Second Piatigorsky Cup Tournament 1966     

California Chess Hall of Fame     

Lone Pine Tournaments     

Fischer-Spassky Match 1972     

Final Years     

The Kashdan Legacy (by Arnold Denker)     

Part Two: The Games of Isaac Kashdan

The Outstanding Games (listed)     

Tournament and Match Games (1-661)     

Simultaneous Exhibition Games (662-717)     

United States Speed Tournament Games (718-734)     

Informal, Consultation, Practice, etc. Games (735-758)     

Part Three: Appendices and Indexes

Isaac Kashdan's Overall Record

The Five Olympiads, 1928-1937     

The U.S. Championships, 1936-1948     

The Tournament Record     

The Match Record     

Metropolitan League Matches     

Tournament Crosstables     

Bibliography     

Index of Players     

Index of ECO Openings     

General Index     

About the author

The late Peter P. Lahde was a former editor of Tennessee Chess News. He had written on Albert Beauregard Hodges, Alekhine, the Hastings tournaments, the modern United States Chess Championship, and chess in Tennessee. He was a retired research chemist and lived in Nashville.

Summary

Chronicles the chess career and games of Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan, one of the leading United States players of the 1930s. The main body of the work examines Kashdan’s game play, with diagrams and analysis provided for hundreds of his tournament games, match games, speed games, simultaneous exhibitions, training games and consultation games.

Product details

• Authors: Peter P. Lahde, Lahde Peter P.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2022
• EAN: 9781476692951
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-9295-1
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 630 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
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