Achievements

• He tied for 2nd-4th at New York 1930/31 (Marshall Chess Club Championship, Arthur Dake won), tied for 6-7th at Rome 1931 (New York State Championship, Fred Reinfeld won), took 6th at Philadelphia 1936 (the 3rd American Car and Foundry, United States Open Chess Championship, Israel Albert Horowitz won), won at Chicago 1937 (the 4th American Car and Foundry), and won in the New York State Championship in 1937. He tied for 3rd-4th at Boston 1938 (the 5th American Car and Foundry, Horowitz and Isaac Kashdan won), tied for 6-7th at New York 1938 (the 2nd United States Chess Championship, Samuel Reshevsky won), and tied for 8-11th at New York 1940 (the 3rd United States-ch, Reshevsky won).