Jacob Levin (chess player)

American chess player (1904–1992)

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[edit]

1. ^ Social Security Administration (2014). "Jacob Levin". U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 (database record) - via ancestry.com.
2. ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 247, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
3. ^ Jeff Sonas, ed. (2005). "Chessmetrics Player Profile: Jacob Levin". Chessmetrics.
4. ^ "Ventnor City 1939". The Chess Library. 2007 - via Internet Archive.

"Ventnor City 1941". The Chess Library. 2007 - via Internet Archive.

"Ventnor City 1942". The Chess Library. 2007 - via Internet Archive.

"Ventnor City 1944". The Chess Library. 2007 - via Internet Archive.
5. ^ "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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