Isador Samuel Turover

Isador (Isaac) Samuel Turover (Sochaczew,[1] 8 July[2] 1892 – 16 October 1978) was an 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

  1. ↑ US registration card
  2. ↑ The registration card says 22 July.
  3. ↑ American Jewish Archives: "Turover, Isador S; b. Sochachov, Poland, July 8, 1892; d. Washington DC, Oct 16, 1978" retrieved May 24, 2016
  4. ↑ "Captain Vladimir Sournin: A Russian Chess Player's Exploits in America" by Olimpiu G. Urcan Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-04. Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  6. ↑ bradley
  7. ↑ The Frank James Marshall Electronic Archive and Museum: Tournament and Match Record
  8. ↑ 1944 Archived 3 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ Turover, Isador S. - Chess.com
  10. ↑ The Skittles Room
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20091028083510/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/history.txt
  12. ↑ The Skittles Room


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