Jacob Bernstein
Jacob Bernstein (February 24, 1885 – December 21, 1959) was an American chess master.
Born into a Jewish family in Kaunas, Lithuania,[1] he lived in New York. He won three consecutive New York State Chess Championships (1920–1922),[2] and shared 1st with Herman Steiner in 1929, but lost a tiebreak to him.[3]
He also tied for 8–9th at New York 1913 (Rice tournament, José Raúl Capablanca won),[4] tied for 5–6th at New York 1915 (Capablanca won),[5] tied for 7–8th at New York 1916 (Rice tournament, Capablanca won),[6] and lost a match to Abraham Kupchik (1.5 : 3.5) at New York 1916.[7]
After World War I, he tied for 3–6th at New York 1922 (Edward Lasker won),[8] took 13th at Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) 1923,[9] and tied for 7–10th at Pasadena 1932 (Alexander Alekhine won).[10]
He married Yiddish stage actress Nellie Casman in 1948, and lived in New York City. They remained married until his death in 1959.[citation needed]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Edward Winter, Chess Notes 10321, cites Lietuvos žinios, 1 May 1923
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