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June 23, 1980. Designated NYCL. January 11, 1967. The University Club of New York (also known as University Club) is a private social club at 1 West 54th Street and Fifth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Founded to celebrate the union of social duty and intellectual life, the club was chartered in 1865 for the ...
Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14.
Manhattan Chess Club. The Manhattan Chess Club in Manhattan was the second-oldest chess club in the United States (next to the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club in San Francisco) before it closed. The club was founded in 1877 and started with three dozen men, eventually increasing to hundreds, with women allowed as members from 1938.
Georg Jensen Inc. (New York, NY) (Fifth Ave., Manhattan)(1935-1968) Office-supply stores. J. K. Gill Company – Pacific Northwest; stationery, office supplies, books; all stores closed by 1999; Office Warehouse – a Virginia-based office supply chain that was acquired and absorbed by OfficeMax in 1992; Pet stores
February 25, 1943 (age 81) New York City, New York, U.S. Title. FIDE Master (1981) Peak rating. 2365 (January 1982) Asa Hoffmann (born February 25, 1943) is a FIDE Master in chess, chess teacher and author from the United States of America. He is known as "the sparring partner of champions". [1] His peak regular USCF rating is 2471, his peak ...
The Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store is a department store on Fifth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The original 10-story structure at 611 Fifth Avenue has served as the flagship store of Saks Fifth Avenue since its completion in 1924. The store also occupies part of 623 Fifth Avenue, a 36-story tower ...
The New York 1927 chess tournament was an elite chess tournament held in New York City from February 19 to March 24, 1927. Play was held in the magnificent surroundings of the Trade Banquet Hall of the Hotel, Manhattan Square. Julius Finn was the president of the event. The prizes were on a lavish scale: $2,000 for the winner, $1,500 for second ...
Clinton T. Horton (B.A. 1898, LL.B. 1899) – a member of the New York State Assembly (1912–1914) and of the New York State Senate (1915–1916); Justice of the New York Supreme Court (1922–1935) Alyson Huber (B.S.) – member of the California State Assembly (2008–2012); judge of the Superior Court of Sacramento County in California ...