Isador Samuel Turover
Isador (Isaac) Samuel Turover (Sochaczew,[1] 8 July[2] 1892 – 16 October 1978) was a Belgian-born American chess master.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family in Poland,[3] he moved to Belgium and then to the United States. He was a champion of Baltimore from 1918 to 1921, won the Washington D.C. championship in 1918 ahead of F.B. Walker and took 2nd, behind Vladimir Sournin, in the D.C. championship in 1920,[4] tied for 8-9th at Atlantic City 1921 (the Eighth American Chess Congress, Dawid Janowski won), tied for 4-5th at Bradley Beach 1928 (Abraham Kupchik won),[5] tied for 3rd-4th at Bradley Beach 1929 (Alexander Alekhine won),[6] took 8th at New York 1931 (José Raúl Capablanca won),[7] and took 10th at Ventnor City 1944 (Jacob Levin won).[8]
Turover settled in the Washington area and had a very successful lumber business. He married Bessie Levin and had three daughters: Sylvia, Naomi and Ruth. Turover became a director of the American Chess Foundation.[9] He is also known as a chess patron and philanthropist. He sponsored Bobby Fischer's attendance in the 1962 Stockholm Interzonal.[10] Throughout his life he offered cash prizes for brilliancies in chess games. For instance in 1930 Turover gave 500 lire brilliancy prize at the tournament in San Remo.[11] In 1974 he established the annual World Brilliancy Prize, the first winner was Michael Stean who received $1,000 for his win against Walter Browne at the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice.[12]
References
- ^ US registration card
- ^ The registration card says 22 July.
- ^ American Jewish Archives: "Turover, Isador S; b. Sochachov, Poland, July 8, 1892; d. Washington DC, Oct 16, 1978" retrieved May 24, 2016
- ^ "Captain Vladimir Sournin: A Russian Chess Player's Exploits in America" by Olimpiu G. Urcan
- ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
- ^ bradley
- ^ The Frank James Marshall Electronic Archive and Museum: Tournament and Match Record
- ^ 1944
- ^ Turover, Isador S. - Chess.com
- ^ The Skittles Room
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20091028083510/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/history.txt
- ^ The Skittles Room
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