Talk:Samuel Reshevsky

message: We need the right story viz. the US-USSR Radio Matches of 1945 and 1946.  Also there apparently were follow-up matches in 1954 and 1955, when in the latter Reshevsky famously beat Botvinnik?  Does anyone have a copy of the Reshevsky games collection which I presume includes these games and a more thorough bio?  There are also one or two printed encyclopedias of chess that might be helpful.
There are problems related to dating the U.S. Championships since the tournaments often took place over the Christmas/New Year holiday.  The USCF doesn't have a list online and I'm reluctantly depending on the Wikipedia article as my sole source.
Maybe add: * La Mecca - Chess Encyclopedia
Per the above, also add info on parents in court and Julius Rosenwald.  If we can get a second (or primary) source.
The German Wikipedia article quotes Smyslov on Reshevsky in Time Magazine November 2, 1953 (translated):  "A tough small man with brilliant ideas".  Find the article for the English version.
Maybe another game score or two.  Maybe a diagram with a "brilliant" move and analysis.
Get a photo of the man!
Reshevsky was a sensation as a child prodigy; should we expand this part of the article?
--Wfaxon 23:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There seems to be a fair amount of POV in the section on Reshevsky as match player-while his results were excellent, one comes away from reading the narrative with the thought that he should never have lost a game, much less a match! The links to Roger Paige seem to be dead, and as time permits I'll replace them. Hushpuckena (talk) 09:32, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  To do you can help! 

message: An early NY Times reference: RZESCHEWSKI IN FORM.; Boy Chess Wonder Scores 18 Victories Out of 20 Matches. NY Times, February 28, 1922. Quale 16:42, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  NY Times references 

message: This edit makes some very strong statements (presenting allegations of collusion as fact). It should probably (a) be toned down, and (b) mainly moved to World Chess Championship 1954. Peter Ballard (talk) 00:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bronstein's "secret notes" 

message: Was he married? Single?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.159.111.98 (talk) 05:56, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal Life Section? 

message: In this article on Reshevsky it is stated that Reuben Fine never won the American championship but in Reuben Fine it says "Fine won the U.S. Open Chess Championship all seven times he entered (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1940, 1941)".  SO I assume there is a difference between the American Championship and the U.S. Open Championship.  Shouldn't this be explained in one or both articles? RMcGuigan (talk) 20:43, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it should.  The US Championship is different from the US Open.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 21:28, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

text: There is a hint that the US Ch and US Open are different within the Reuben Fine article itself.  Section 1.2 is "U.S. Open champion" and section 1.5 is "Narrow misses at the U.S. Championship".  This is actually stated directly in section 1.5 of the Fine article: "Although Fine was active and very successful in U.S. open tournaments, he was never able win the U.S. Championship".  Naturally U.S. Chess Championship and U.S. Open Chess Championship take you to different pages.  Quale (talk) 21:54, 10 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re American Championship and Reuben Fine 

message: I removed the new, unreferenced sentence "Reshevsky's match win over Fischer was debated extensively in the federation's magazine."  It is a bit vague and POV.  Chess Life reported on the match in the August 1961 issue.  The October issue had several letters to the editor about the match (I think all of the letters that month were about the match, about 3 pages.)  Then in the November issue the editor said that there would be nothing more about the debate.  Is that an "extensive debate"?  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 00:23, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  removed sentence 

message: These need to link to the individual games at ChessGames.com or have more information about them.  It lists a 1961 draw with Fischer - they had several draws in 1961.  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:21, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, a general link to "chessgames.com" is inadequate.  The Rambling Man (talk) 20:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable chess games 

message: Shouldn't the bithname field of the info box list "Szmul Rzeszewski"?  Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 04:59, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  birthname 

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thread_title:  [[:File:Samuel Reshevsky versus the World.JPG]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: Not sure how it could known that the young Reshevsky was playing chess masters in the photo.--Jrm2007 (talk) 18:57, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo: Chess Masters? 

message: I assume that "peak rating" is intended to be the highest Elo rating achieved by a player during their career.  The 1972 rating of 2565 given as a "peak rating" for Reshevsky is clearly far from his highest rating; it seems to be rather his FIDE rating in 1972 which was towards the end of his active international career when he was far past his peak.  According to http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PeakList.asp, Reshevsky's peak performances occurred in the years 1952-1954.  Elo ratings didn't exist then, but Reshevsky's peak 3-year average performance is estimated at 2776 by running rating algorithms on historical data. GKSmyth (talk) 02:24, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peak rating 

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message: In the section 'Rivalry with Bobby Fischer' is the statement:
"In the 1967 Sousse Interzonal, Fischer turned up 53 minutes late (only seven minutes short of an automatic time forfeiture) for his game with Reshevsky,"
The starting time control in grandmaster tournaments at that time was normally 40 moves in two and a half hours, so a forfeiture would occur only if a player turned up two and a half hours late. It's possible that there was also some special rule that a player had to be present at the board within an hour. Maybe someone can clarify this? Sayitclearly (talk) 23:51, 27 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: It's up to the tournament organizers to set the "default time" after which a player is automatically forfeited. Usually it's one hour, but sometimes it's zero. 125.236.164.133 (talk) 01:37, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question about the Fischer game at the 1967 Sousse Interzonal