Oscar Tenner (sometimes ''Oskar'') ( he, אוסקר טנר; 5 April 1880, in

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– 24 December 1948) was a Galicia (Poland)-born German–American

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master. At the beginning of his career, he played in several tournaments in Germany. He won (elim.) and took 4th at Hamburg 1910 (

DSB Congress The ''Deutscher Schachbund'' (DSB) was founded in Leipzig on 18 July, 1877. When the next meeting took place in the Schützenhaus on 15 July 1879, sixty-two clubs had become member of the chess federation. Hofrat Rudolf von Gottschall became Chair ...

, C tournament), took 7th at Berlin 1911 (

Carl Ahues Carl Oscar Ahues (26 December 1883, Bremen – 31 December 1968, Hamburg) was a German chess International Master. Chess career He was Berlin champion in 1910 and shared 3rd place at the strong Berlin tournament of 1926 (Efim Bogoljubow won ...

won), tied for 9-10th at Breslau 1912 (DSB-Congress, ''Hauptturnier A'',

Bernhard Gregory Bernhard Gregory ( in Tallinn – 2 February 1939 in Berlin) was a Baltic German chess master. Life Bernhard Gregory was born on in Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (now Tallinn, Estonia) as a son of advocate Ferdinand Oscar Gregory ...

won), shared 3rd at Jungbunzlau (Mlada Boleslav) 1913 (

Karel Hromádka Karel Hromádka (23 April 1887 in Großweikersdorf, Austria – 16 July 1956) was a Czech chess player, two-time Czech champion, 1913 and 1921 (jointly). Hromádka played in the 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad, Paris 1924, and scored 6.5/8 ...

won), and tied for 2nd-3rd with

Ilya Rabinovich Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich (russian: Илья Леонтьевич Рабинович; 11 May 1891 – 23 April 1942) was a Russian and later Soviet chess player, among the best ones in his country for three decades, from 1910 to 1940. His best ...

, behind B. Hallegua, at Mannheim 1914 (interrupted DSB-Congress, ''Hauptturnier A''). After

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, he tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1922 (

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won), and then emigrated to the United States. He played many times in the Manhattan Chess Club Championship and other tournaments in New York. He tied for 4-5th in 1922 (

Morris Schapiro Morris Abraham Schapiro (1903 – December 26, 1996) was an American investment banker and chess master; in the 1950s, he negotiated the mergers of Chase Bank and the Bank of Manhattan and of Chemical Bank and New York Trust Company. His broth ...

won), took 5th in 1923 (

Oscar Chajes Oscar Chajes (pronounced "HA-yes") (December 14, 1873 – February 28, 1928)* was an American chess player. Biography Chajes was Jewish and was born in Brody, Galicia, Austria-Hungary, in what is now Ukraine. In 1909, he won in the U.S. Open Cha ...

won), took 2nd, behind

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, and shared 5th (

Abraham Kupchik Abraham Kupchik (25 March 1892 – 26 November 1970) was an American chess master. Abraham Kupchik was born into a Jewish family in Brest (then Russian Empire, now Belarus) to parents Pinchas Kupchik and Bessie Kupchik née Perlmutter. His family ...

won) in 1924, tied for 6-8th in 1925 (Kupchik won), took 10th in 1926 (

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won), and tied for 8-9th in 1928 (

Alexander Kevitz Alexander Kevitz (September 1, 1902 – October 24, 1981) was an American chess master. Kevitz also played correspondence chess, and was a creative chess analyst and theoretician. He was a pharmacist by profession. Early life Kevitz was born in ...

won). He also tied for 7-8th at Lake Hopatcong 1923 (the 9th

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and Kupchik won), and took 8th at Bradley Beach 1928 (Kupchik won). After

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, he took 41st at Baltimore 1948 (

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Weaver W. Adams Weaver Warren Adams (April 28, 1901 – January 6, 1963) was an American chess master, author, and opening theoretician. His greatest competitive achievement was winning the U.S. Open Championship in 1948. He played in the U.S. Championship f ...

won) at the age of 68.1948

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