The 1945 Soviet-American Radio Match
| Born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia, March 15, 1892, the veteran of the Soviet-American team came to the United States in 1904 and was an outstanding master for many years. Kupchik won the Manhattan Chess Club Championship "fifteen or sixteen times," as he put it, and scored numerous firsts in the Western Tournaments and N.Y. State Championships. In two strong tournaments at Lake Hopatcong, he divided 1st prize with Marshall in 1926. He played on the U. S. team at Warsaw, 1935. |
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Kupchik worked as an accountant for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and lived in New
York with his wife and family. He died in Montclair, New Jersey on November
26, 1970.
Cf. Chess Review, August-September
1945, from the
Clippings in Paul Little's Chess Scrapbooks (Box I, v.1. ) |
