Arnold Denker

Arnold Sheldon Denker ( born February 20, 1914 in New York City; † January 2, 2005 in Fort Lauderdale) was an American chess player.

. He won the national championship of the USA 1944 (before Reuben Fine ) and 1946 Three times he represented his country in comparison competitions against the Soviet Union, but had each time to admit defeat: 1945 (by radio transmission ) against Mikhail Botvinnik, 1946 in Moscow against Vassily Smyslov and 1954 in New York against David Bronstein.

A collection of his best games released in 1947 under the title If you must play chess. In 1995 he published the book The Bobby Fischer I Knew and other stories (ISBN 1-886040-18-4 ).

In 1981 the honorary Grandmaster title he was awarded by the World Chess Federation FIDE.

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