Edmund Nash

Edmund Nash

Edmund Nash, originally Adam Edmund Nasierawski (24 December 1909, Montreal, Canada4 June 2006, Chevy Chase, Maryland) was a Canadian–American chess master.

Born into a Polish family in Canada, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1936. At the University of Wisconsin–Madison he earned a B.A. in 1932 and an M.A. in 1938. He was a division chief at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a Washington chess expert. [ [http://www.uschess.org/ratings/nash.php US Chess Federation: ] ]

He tied for 10-11th in American Chess Congress at Philadelphia 1936 ("Preliminaries", Arthur Dake won). [http://chesszoom.org/hof/misc/dake_com.txt] In 1956, Nash beat Bobby Fischer in the U.S. Amateur Championship at Asbury Park, New Jersey. [ [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1284084 Robert James Fischer vs Edmund Nash (1956) ] ]

He played several times in U.S. Open Chess Championship; among others at Milwaukee 1935, Pittsburgh 1946, Baltimore 1948, Cleveland 1957, and Chicago 1989. [ [http://www.sport-stat.ru/chess/players.php?id=32668 Sports Statistics. Chess. Players ] ]

He shared 10th in the 1998 Hall of Fame Open, 18th in the 1998 D.C. Action Championship, and 13th in the 1999 Hall of Fame Open, all in Washington D.C. [ [http://chessctr.org/results.htm Major Tournaments at the U.S. Chess Center ] ] His last rated event was the 2001 Eastern Open, at the age of 91!

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