Jacob Levin (chess player)

Jacob Levin (February 18, 1904 – June 17, 1992)^[1] was an American chess master.^[2]

He reached the best results of his career in Ventnor City. He tied for 2nd–3rd in 1939 (Milton Hanauer won), was a winner in 1941, took second behind Daniel Yanofsky in 1942, tied for 5th–7th in 1943, and won again in 1944.^[3]^[4] He tied for 8–9th at New York 1942 (US Chess Championship, Samuel Reshevsky and Isaac Kashdan won),^{[citation needed]} and took 4th at New York 1946 (US-ch, Reshevsky won).^{[citation needed]}

Levin was a member of the U.S. reserve team in the famous United States vs. Soviet Union radio match in September 1945.^[5]

References

^ Social Security Administration (2014). "Jacob Levin". U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 (database record) – via ancestry.com.
^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 247, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
^ Jeff Sonas, ed. (2005). "Chessmetrics Player Profile: Jacob Levin". Chessmetrics.
^ "Ventnor City 1939". The Chess Library. 2007. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2024-09-24 – via Internet Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Ventnor City 1941". The Chess Library. 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2023-09-11 – via Internet Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Ventnor City 1942". The Chess Library. 2007. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2023-09-11 – via Internet Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
"Ventnor City 1944". The Chess Library. 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2023-09-11 – via Internet Archive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "USA-USSR RADIO MATCH of 1945 - The United States Team". Sarah's Chess Journal (blog). Archived from the original on 30 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Citing Chess Review August–September 1945.

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