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| Samuel Reshevsky Biolography en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Reshevsky |
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Thanks to Sharon M. Levy nd Marcelle Comeau for extra confirmation of the date and location of the picture. |
6 December 1920 (USA) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011439/?ref_=rvi_tt |
| Fairbanks Reshevsky |
28 August 1921 (USA) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012752... |
18 October 1922 (USA) www.imdb.com/media/rm58... |
"Samuel Reshevsky, aged seven, the boy
champion chess player of the world,
visited the studio. He was to give an
exhibition at the Athletic Club, playing
chess with twenty men at the same time,
among them Dr. Griffiths, the champion
of California. He had a thin, pale, intense
little face with large eyes that stared
belligerently when he met people. I had
been warned that he was temperamental
champion chess player of the world,
visited the studio. He was to give an
exhibition at the Athletic Club, playing
chess with twenty men at the same time,
among them Dr. Griffiths, the champion
of California. He had a thin, pale, intense
little face with large eyes that stared
belligerently when he met people. I had
been warned that he was temperamental
(1899-1977) when he was making the movie, The Kid, starring Jackie Coogan. He was
met Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. on the set of Mark of Zorro."
However, this site incorrectly states the film as Mark of Zorro which is entirely wrong
as it was released in 1920. So can I trust the June 27, 1921 date. I believe I must.
Nelsen Spickard alias Quiz-D'Artagnan
met Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. on the set of Mark of Zorro."
However, this site incorrectly states the film as Mark of Zorro which is entirely wrong
as it was released in 1920. So can I trust the June 27, 1921 date. I believe I must.
Nelsen Spickard alias Quiz-D'Artagnan
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Given that Fairbanks is still in his d'Artagnan outfit. I
suspect this is the set for "The Three Muskateers" which
was filmed at Raleigh Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue,
Hollywood, Los Angeles.
I sat through "The Mark of Zorro (1920)," "Three
Muskateers (1921)" and "Robinhood (1922). The outfit (see
attached) Fairbanks is wearing is only seen in the 1921
movie, which confirms the possible year for the photo. I am
still trying to confirm the month.
Given that Fairbanks is still in his d'Artagnan outfit. I
suspect this is the set for "The Three Muskateers" which
was filmed at Raleigh Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue,
Hollywood, Los Angeles. I will get back to you soon on the
month.
Great work. I thought it was the Musketeers - I saw
somewhere that it was taken on the set of the Mark of
Zorro but that site didn't seem as reliable. You didn't
really sit through all three movies to answer the quiz did
you? - Q. Gen.
...I speed watched them until I saw the costume finally in
The Three Musketeers. This saved me from watching The
Nut which was filmed between Zorro and Musketeers.
Ah finally found this site
www.chessdryad.com/articles/wall/art_11.htm with a
chronology of Reshevsky's travels in 1921.
"Reshevsky traveled to Los Angeles after his San Francisco
exhibition. Before he gave an exhibition in Los Angeles on
June 27, he visited a movie studio and met Charlie Chaplin
suspect this is the set for "The Three Muskateers" which
was filmed at Raleigh Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue,
Hollywood, Los Angeles.
I sat through "The Mark of Zorro (1920)," "Three
Muskateers (1921)" and "Robinhood (1922). The outfit (see
attached) Fairbanks is wearing is only seen in the 1921
movie, which confirms the possible year for the photo. I am
still trying to confirm the month.
Given that Fairbanks is still in his d'Artagnan outfit. I
suspect this is the set for "The Three Muskateers" which
was filmed at Raleigh Studios - 5300 Melrose Avenue,
Hollywood, Los Angeles. I will get back to you soon on the
month.
Great work. I thought it was the Musketeers - I saw
somewhere that it was taken on the set of the Mark of
Zorro but that site didn't seem as reliable. You didn't
really sit through all three movies to answer the quiz did
you? - Q. Gen.
...I speed watched them until I saw the costume finally in
The Three Musketeers. This saved me from watching The
Nut which was filmed between Zorro and Musketeers.
Ah finally found this site
www.chessdryad.com/articles/wall/art_11.htm with a
chronology of Reshevsky's travels in 1921.
"Reshevsky traveled to Los Angeles after his San Francisco
exhibition. Before he gave an exhibition in Los Angeles on
June 27, he visited a movie studio and met Charlie Chaplin
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| Have you ever had the experience of recognizing a face but not being able to put a name to it? It usually happens to me with Chaplin without a mustache. After 2 days lost looking for historic chess matches, I realized I was focused on reality instead of fantasy and that I was dealing with a movie setting. Then I made the proper search: "famous amateur chess players". That led me to a wikipedia page that mentioned Chaplin, and the Eureka moment hit. Putting Chaplin and chess in an image searching got me the picture. From then on came more questions: when and where. Most sites were unreliable and had mixed information about it. But finally I found a biography of Reshevsky in which it stated that he had met with Chaplin and Fairbanks in June 1921 after travelling from San Francisco to LA on the 23rd and before an exhibition he had on the 27th. As for where, Fairbanks' haircut and mustache indicate that he was filming The Three Musketeers, most likely on the final days, but still in it. The bricks in the background coincide with several shots of the movie as well. And the Robin Hood movie portrays Fairbanks with a goat beard and shorter hair, so definitely he had not started filming it. Chaplin did The Kid that year, but did not dress for the occasion for the meeting with the prodigious child and the shots from that movie differ tremendously from this one. Ida Sanchez |
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Samuel Reshevsky Is Dead; Chess Grandmaster
Was 80
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr
Published: April 07, 1992
Samuel Reshevsky, the Polish-born chess prodigy and
grandmaster who astounded the world with his feats as
a boy and dominated American chess for nearly four
decades, died on Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Suffern, N.Y. He was 80 years old and lived in
Spring Valley, N.Y.
Mr. Reshevsky, who had been semi-retired for many
years but still appeared occasionally at tournaments and
exhibitions, died of a heart attack, said Rabbi Harvey
Was 80
By ROBERT McG. THOMAS Jr
Published: April 07, 1992
Samuel Reshevsky, the Polish-born chess prodigy and
grandmaster who astounded the world with his feats as
a boy and dominated American chess for nearly four
decades, died on Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital
in Suffern, N.Y. He was 80 years old and lived in
Spring Valley, N.Y.
Mr. Reshevsky, who had been semi-retired for many
years but still appeared occasionally at tournaments and
exhibitions, died of a heart attack, said Rabbi Harvey
Reshevsky arrives in the US 3 November 1920 (USA) www.ellisisland.org/search/pass... |
Note the similarities between the quiz photo (left) and a second photo showing the same
scene but with the people arranged differently. The chess pieces are in the same
positions in both photos, so they must have been taken one a few minutes apart.
Fairbanks and Chaplin must have been posing with the chess board, and not really
playing a game.
scene but with the people arranged differently. The chess pieces are in the same
positions in both photos, so they must have been taken one a few minutes apart.
Fairbanks and Chaplin must have been posing with the chess board, and not really
playing a game.
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| Additional Note |
| Quiz Photo |
| Musketeers |
| Zorro |
Waxman of Congregation Beth Medrosh in Monsey, N.Y., who presided at a funeral on
Sunday at Congregation Kehilath Israel in Spring Valley.
From the moment he sailed into New York Harbor on Nov. 3, 1920, an 8-year-old
prodigy in blond curls and a sailor suit, little Sammy Reshevsky was the sensation of
American chess. From that time until Jan. 7, 1958, when he was eclipsed by the
14-year-old Bobby Fischer, he was the top name in American chess.
The Enchanted Early Years
As a child, he first dazzled the capitals and courts of Europe, then amazed Americans
with triumphant coast-to-coast tours, taking on and setting down 40 to 75 opponents at
a time. He emerged as a major celebrity of the 1920's, dallying in Hollywood with
Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan and other stars and enchanting millionaires by defeating
them in their living rooms.
As an adult, he won the United States Chess Championship seven times, scored
spectacular victories in international tournaments and defeated many of the world's top
players, including the fabled Jose Raoul Capablanca in 1935 and, in 1955, Mikhail
Botvinnik, who was the reigning Soviet and world champion.
It was by almost any measure a stunningly successful career. By any measure, that is,
except the one that counted most: the standard of expectation set by Mr. Reshevsky's
own precocity, with its seemingly certain promise that he would some day win the
world championship. He never did.
From the moment Mr. Fischer began his skyrocketing ascent, Mr. Reshevsky was all
but forgotten by the broad American public, which has never had room for more than
one chess hero at a time. He played with diminishing frequency and success in major
tournaments then, and made his living as an investment analyst and insurance salesman.
But in a game where a grandmaster is often past prime at 45, over the hill at 50 and into
dotage at 55, Mr. Reshevsky was a stalwart. His game was fading, but still showed
flashes of brilliance. He won his last American championship in 1971 at the age of 59.
In 1981, at 69, he was a finalist among Americans seeking to qualify for the world
championship matches. And in 1984, at 72, he tied for first place in the Reykjavik
International Tournament, his last world-class showing.
No Games on the Sabbath
Samuel Herman Rzeszewski, as his name was spelled until 1924, was born on Nov. 26,
1911, in Ozorkow, Poland, where his mother and father, a one-time linen merchant in
nearby Lodz, were Orthodox Jews. Even before learning chess, the youngster acquired
a devotion to his religion that never lapsed, and for a generation nothing in the world of
chess was as certain as the knowledge that he would not play on the Sabbath.
There was always intense interest in how the boy had come by his talent and learned
Sunday at Congregation Kehilath Israel in Spring Valley.
From the moment he sailed into New York Harbor on Nov. 3, 1920, an 8-year-old
prodigy in blond curls and a sailor suit, little Sammy Reshevsky was the sensation of
American chess. From that time until Jan. 7, 1958, when he was eclipsed by the
14-year-old Bobby Fischer, he was the top name in American chess.
The Enchanted Early Years
As a child, he first dazzled the capitals and courts of Europe, then amazed Americans
with triumphant coast-to-coast tours, taking on and setting down 40 to 75 opponents at
a time. He emerged as a major celebrity of the 1920's, dallying in Hollywood with
Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan and other stars and enchanting millionaires by defeating
them in their living rooms.
As an adult, he won the United States Chess Championship seven times, scored
spectacular victories in international tournaments and defeated many of the world's top
players, including the fabled Jose Raoul Capablanca in 1935 and, in 1955, Mikhail
Botvinnik, who was the reigning Soviet and world champion.
It was by almost any measure a stunningly successful career. By any measure, that is,
except the one that counted most: the standard of expectation set by Mr. Reshevsky's
own precocity, with its seemingly certain promise that he would some day win the
world championship. He never did.
From the moment Mr. Fischer began his skyrocketing ascent, Mr. Reshevsky was all
but forgotten by the broad American public, which has never had room for more than
one chess hero at a time. He played with diminishing frequency and success in major
tournaments then, and made his living as an investment analyst and insurance salesman.
But in a game where a grandmaster is often past prime at 45, over the hill at 50 and into
dotage at 55, Mr. Reshevsky was a stalwart. His game was fading, but still showed
flashes of brilliance. He won his last American championship in 1971 at the age of 59.
In 1981, at 69, he was a finalist among Americans seeking to qualify for the world
championship matches. And in 1984, at 72, he tied for first place in the Reykjavik
International Tournament, his last world-class showing.
No Games on the Sabbath
Samuel Herman Rzeszewski, as his name was spelled until 1924, was born on Nov. 26,
1911, in Ozorkow, Poland, where his mother and father, a one-time linen merchant in
nearby Lodz, were Orthodox Jews. Even before learning chess, the youngster acquired
a devotion to his religion that never lapsed, and for a generation nothing in the world of
chess was as certain as the knowledge that he would not play on the Sabbath.
There was always intense interest in how the boy had come by his talent and learned
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and that he seldom shook hands with anybody.
After his manager had introduced us and spoken a few words, the boy stood staring at
me in silence. I went on with my cutting, looking at strips of film.
A moment later I turned to him. 'Do you like peaches?'
'Yes,' he answered.
'Well, we have a tree full of them in the garden; you can climb up and get some--at the
same time get one for me.'
His face lit up. 'Ooh, good! Where's the tree?'
'Carl will show you,' I said, referring to my publicity man.
Fifteen minutes later he returned, elated, with several peaches. That was the beginning
of our friendship.
'Can you play chess?' he asked. I had to admit that I could not. 'I'll teach you. Come
see me play tonight. I'm playing twenty men at the same time,' he said with
braggadocio.
I promised and said I would take him to supper afterwards.
'Good, I'll get through early.'
It was not necessary to understand chess to appreciate the drama of that evening:
twenty middle-aged men pouring over their chessboards, thrown into a dilemma by a
child of seven who looked even less than his years. To watch him walking about in the
center of the U-shaped table, going from one to another was a drama in itself.
There was something surrealistic about the scene as an audience of three hundred or
more sat in tiers on both sides of a hall, watching in silence a child pitting his brains
against serious old men. Some looked condescendingly, studying with set Mona-Lisa
smiles.
The boy was amazing, yet he disturbed me, for I felt as I watched that concentrated
little face flushing red, then draining white, that he was paying a price with his health.
'Here!' A player would call, and the child would walk over, study the board a few
seconds, then abruptly make a move or call 'Checkmate!" and a murmur of laughter
would go through the audience. I saw him checkmate eight players in rapid succession,
which evoked laughter and applause.
And now he was studying the board of Dr. Griffiths. The audience was silent.
Suddenly he made a move, then turned away and saw me. His face lit up-and he
waved, indicating that he would not be long.
After checkmating several other players, he returned to Dr. Griffiths, who was still
deeply concentrating.
'Haven't you moved yet?' said the boy impatiently.'
The doctor shook his head.
'Oh, come on, hurry up!'
Griffiths smiled.
The child looked at him fiercely. 'You can't beat me! If you move this, I'll move that!'
He named in rapid succession seven or eight moves ahead. 'We'll be here all night, so
let's call it a draw.'
The doctor acquiesced."
After his manager had introduced us and spoken a few words, the boy stood staring at
me in silence. I went on with my cutting, looking at strips of film.
A moment later I turned to him. 'Do you like peaches?'
'Yes,' he answered.
'Well, we have a tree full of them in the garden; you can climb up and get some--at the
same time get one for me.'
His face lit up. 'Ooh, good! Where's the tree?'
'Carl will show you,' I said, referring to my publicity man.
Fifteen minutes later he returned, elated, with several peaches. That was the beginning
of our friendship.
'Can you play chess?' he asked. I had to admit that I could not. 'I'll teach you. Come
see me play tonight. I'm playing twenty men at the same time,' he said with
braggadocio.
I promised and said I would take him to supper afterwards.
'Good, I'll get through early.'
It was not necessary to understand chess to appreciate the drama of that evening:
twenty middle-aged men pouring over their chessboards, thrown into a dilemma by a
child of seven who looked even less than his years. To watch him walking about in the
center of the U-shaped table, going from one to another was a drama in itself.
There was something surrealistic about the scene as an audience of three hundred or
more sat in tiers on both sides of a hall, watching in silence a child pitting his brains
against serious old men. Some looked condescendingly, studying with set Mona-Lisa
smiles.
The boy was amazing, yet he disturbed me, for I felt as I watched that concentrated
little face flushing red, then draining white, that he was paying a price with his health.
'Here!' A player would call, and the child would walk over, study the board a few
seconds, then abruptly make a move or call 'Checkmate!" and a murmur of laughter
would go through the audience. I saw him checkmate eight players in rapid succession,
which evoked laughter and applause.
And now he was studying the board of Dr. Griffiths. The audience was silent.
Suddenly he made a move, then turned away and saw me. His face lit up-and he
waved, indicating that he would not be long.
After checkmating several other players, he returned to Dr. Griffiths, who was still
deeply concentrating.
'Haven't you moved yet?' said the boy impatiently.'
The doctor shook his head.
'Oh, come on, hurry up!'
Griffiths smiled.
The child looked at him fiercely. 'You can't beat me! If you move this, I'll move that!'
He named in rapid succession seven or eight moves ahead. 'We'll be here all night, so
let's call it a draw.'
The doctor acquiesced."
the game. When Schmulke, as he was
known, was 5 years old, his father, a
good amateur player, showed him the
moves. A few weeks later, the boy
interrupted one of his father's games and
told him he was about to make a bad
move. Thereupon, Schmulke took over,
won the game and was on his way.
www.nytimes.com/1992/04/07/nyregion/samuel-
reshevsky-is-dead-chess-grandmaster-was-80.h
tml
known, was 5 years old, his father, a
good amateur player, showed him the
moves. A few weeks later, the boy
interrupted one of his father's games and
told him he was about to make a bad
move. Thereupon, Schmulke took over,
won the game and was on his way.
www.nytimes.com/1992/04/07/nyregion/samuel-
reshevsky-is-dead-chess-grandmaster-was-80.h
tml
| Reshevsky, Nice France, 1974 |
Other newspaper reports on Reshevsky's visit to France in 1920 (most in French) |
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5 December 1920 (USA) www.imdb.com/media/r... |
The possibilities are
that it was taken
between Thursday,
June 24 and
Monday, June 27th,
1921. Samuel
Reshevsky played an
exhibition game in
San Francisco on
Wednesday, June
23rd. [1] The photo
was taken in Los
Angeles (see the next
answer). That's a
good 400 miles and
in today's
that it was taken
between Thursday,
June 24 and
Monday, June 27th,
1921. Samuel
Reshevsky played an
exhibition game in
San Francisco on
Wednesday, June
23rd. [1] The photo
was taken in Los
Angeles (see the next
answer). That's a
good 400 miles and
in today's
miles and in today's driving
conditions it's at least 5 and a half
hours drive, and over 9 hours by
bus...So that probably gets them
there either on Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, or Sunday. He and his
family were Sabbath observant , so
travel Friday for that length trip is
not possible. That has them
travelling from SF to LA either on
Thursday or Sunday.
conditions it's at least 5 and a half
hours drive, and over 9 hours by
bus...So that probably gets them
there either on Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, or Sunday. He and his
family were Sabbath observant , so
travel Friday for that length trip is
not possible. That has them
travelling from SF to LA either on
Thursday or Sunday.
| If they travelled on Thursday, then the studio visit could have been on Friday. If they traveled on Sunday, then the visit to the studio would be on Monday. I also don't think that the studio would be opened to work on Sunday but I don't know what labor lasws, etc… where like then. Now Charlie Chaplin in his autobiography [3] is reported to have stated: "During the cutting of The Kid (1921 - KL) [Jackie Coogan's first picture], Samuel Reshevsky, aged seven, the boy champion chess player of the world, visited the studio. He was to give an exhibition at the Athletic Club , playing chess with twenty men at the same time... That was the beginning of our friendship. 'Can you play chess?' he asked. I had to admit that I could not. 'I'll teach you. Come see me play tonight... "I promised and said I would take him to supper afterwards. "It was not necessary to understand chess to appreciate the drama of that evening... So Chaplin states that the game was the same evening as the encounter at the studio. We have Bill Wall's statement that the exhibition game was on June 27th. That places Chaplin and Reshevsky together on Monday, June 27th, 1921 in Los Angeles in, at least, "the studio". References: [1] www.chessdryad.com/articles/chesslife/art_06.htm and its reference to a news article the following day. [2] Reshevsky's obit in the New York Times: www.nytimes. com/1992/04/07/nyregion/samuel-reshevsky-is-dead-chess- grandmaster-was-80.html [3] Charles Chaplin, Autobiograph, originally published by Simon and Schuster in hardback, then in paperback by Pocket Books, New York, 1966, pp. 256-7. [4] www.chessdryad.com/articles/wall/art_11.htm but he also says that it was on the set of Zorro, which is probably incorrect for the reasons cited. |
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| Le Mirror 1920 |
| Berlin 25 January 1920 |
| Le Temps 18 May 1920 |
| The Netherlands February or March 1920 |
| Samuel Reshevsky vs Bobby Fischer 1950s -1960s |
