Edmund Nash, originally Adam Edmund Nasierawski (24 December 1909, Montreal, Canada – 4 June 2006, Chevy Chase, Maryland

Chevy Chase, Maryland

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) was a Canadian–American chess

Chess

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 master.

Born into a Polish family in Canada, he became a naturalized

Naturalization

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 U.S. citizen in 1936. At the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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 he earned a B.A. in 1932 and an M.A. in 1938. He was a division chief at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics

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, and a Washington chess expert.

He tied for 10-11th in American Chess Congress at Philadelphia 1936 (Preliminaries, Arthur Dake

Arthur Dake

Arthur Dake was an American chess master. He was born in Portland, Oregon and died in Reno, Nevada....

 won). In 1956, Nash beat Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer

Robert James "Bobby" Fischer was an American chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-selling chess author...

 in the U.S. Amateur Championship at Asbury Park, New Jersey

Asbury Park, New Jersey

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.

He played several times in U.S. Open Chess Championship

U.S. Open Chess Championship

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; among others at Milwaukee 1935, Pittsburgh 1946, Baltimore 1948, Cleveland 1957, Chicago 1989, and Philadelphia 1993.

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. His last rated event was the 2001 Eastern Open, at the age of 91.

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