Kupchik, Abraham




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1912  40  2448 (50) 11
1913  37  2452 (35) 47
1914  27  2469 (39) 15
1915  25  2471 (32) 58
1916  20  2505 (36) 32
1917  14  2524 (43) 14
1918  7  2559 (45) 15
1919  8  2554 (47) 12
1920  11  2539 (48) 18
1921  11  2539 (53) 1
1922  12  2541 (53) 0
1923  14  2543 (46) 13
1924  19  2528 (41) 17
1925  18  2531 (37) 29
1926  12  2541 (33) 50
1927  14  2532 (37) 23
1928  11  2530 (40) 15
1929  15  2509 (41) 18
1930  14  2500 (42) 12
1931  21  2489 (44) 11
1932  17  2497 (47) 1
1933  13  2509 (42) 16
1934  10  2527 (37) 29
1935  22  2501 (38) 16
1936  36  2476 (35) 38
1937  60  2428 (40) 12
1938  57  2431 (41) 18
1939  63  2425 (48) 3
1940  60  2429 (47) 17
1941  78  2402 (58) 1
1942  93  2385 (66) 0
1943  104  2368 (70) 0
1944  121  2351 (71) 0
1945  151  2334 (70) 2
1946  157  2324 (71) 9

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kupchik, Abraham  
Born: 15 Mar. 1892
Died: 26 Nov. 1970
 
Notes:
Gaige has date of birth as 15-03-1892; Woodger has date of birth as 15-05-1892.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 309
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 329
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 391
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 361
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 348
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 233
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 183
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 359
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 143
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 351
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Kupchik, A. - Marder, A. 1912         (f)     3.5   -   0.5
Kupchik, A. - Kline, H.P. 1912         (f)     5   -   2
Kupchik, A. - Blanco, R. 1913         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
Duras, O. - Kupchik, A. 1913         (f)     2   -   1
Kupchik, A. - Bernstein, J. 1916         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Bogoljubow, E.D. - Kupchik, A. 1924         (f)     4   -   2
Torre, C. - Kupchik, A. 1925         (f)     3   -   3

Tournament data

New York 1913 (1)     American National Tournament     6.5  /  13
Havana 1913     Havana Tournament     6.5  /  14
New York 1913 (5)     Rice Club Summer Tournament     7  /  11
New York 1914 (1)     Rice Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Phillips, H.M.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (3)     Progressive Club Championship     10  /  11
New York 1914 (7)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Shipley, W.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1914 (9)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Black, R.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1914 (10)     Manhattan Chess Club - Brooklyn Chess Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Schroeder, M.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (6)     Brooklyn Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Helms, H.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (8)     New York State Chess Association Tournament    
  Kupchik, A. - Chajes, O.     1 - 0    
  Kupchik, A. - Schroeder, M.     1 - 0    
  Kupchik, A. - Jaffe, C.     1 - 0    
  Kupchik, A. - Lasker, Ed.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (10)     Progressive Club Championship     8.5  /  12
New York 1915 (11)     American National Tournament     7  /  14
New York 1915 (12)     Metropolitan Chess League Individual Championship     7.5  /  15
Philadelphia 1915     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Sharp, S.T.     1 - 0    
New York 1915 (13)     Manhattan Club Championship     10  /  12
New York 1916 (3)     New York Tournament - Preliminary Section     8.5  /  13
New York 1916 (4)     New York Tournament - Final Section     1.5  /  4
New York 1916 (5)     Brooklyn - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Black, R.T.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1916 (6)     Franklin Chess Club - Manhattan Chess Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Robinson, D.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1916 (7)     Manhattan Club Championship - Preliminary Section     5.5  /  6
New York 1916 (8)     Manhattan Club Championship - Final Section     2.5  /  3
New York 1916 (10)     Rice Progressive Club Championship    
  Kupchik, A. - Kostic, B.     0.5 - 1.5    
New York 1917 (1)     Staten Island Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Perkins, F.K.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1917 (3)     New York Chess Association Congress - Master Tournament    
  Kupchik, A. - Jennings, H.E.     1 - 0    
  Kupchik, A. - Taft, J.H.     1 - 0    
  Kupchik, A. - Chajes, O.     1 - 0    
  Kupchik, A. - Bernstein, J.     0 - 1    
  Kupchik, A. - Bernstein, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1917 (4)     Manhattan Club Championship     6.5  /  8
New York 1918 (5)     New York State Chess Association - Section II     5  /  5
New York 1918 (6)     New York State Chess Association - Final    
  Kupchik, A. - Chajes, O.     0.5 - 0.5    
Rye Beach 1918     Rye Beach Tournament     8.5  /  9
New York 1919 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     5.5  /  6
Troy 1919     41st New York State Chess Association Congress - Championship     4.5  /  6
New York 1920 (1)     Manhattan Chess Club Championship     6.5  /  9
New York 1920 (2)     Rice Progressive Chess Club Championship     7.5  /  9
New York 1921 (1)     Marshall Club - Progressive Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Marshall, F.J.     1 - 0    
Lake Hopatcong 1923     9th American Chess Congress     10.5  /  13
New York 1924 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     8  /  11
Philadelphia 1925     Manhattan - Philadelphia Decoration Day Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Winkelman, B.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Cedar Point 1925     26th Western Chess Association Tournament     11.5  /  13
New York 1925 (4)     Manhattan Club Championship     7  /  9
New York 1926 (1)     Manhattan Club - Franklin Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Ruth, W.A.     1 - 0    
Lake Hopatcong 1926     Pan-American Tournament     5  /  8
Chicago 1926 (3)     27th Western Chess Association Meeting - Master Tournament     7.5  /  12
New York 1926 (3)     Rice Memorial Tournament     4  /  6
New York 1926 (4)     Manhattan Club Championship     12  /  14
New York 1926 (5)     Rice Progressive Club Championship     6  /  9
New York 1927 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     10.5  /  14
Kalamazoo 1927 (1)     1st National Chess Federation Congress     6  /  8
London, England and New York 1927     London - New York Insull Trophy Cable Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Michell, R.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1928 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     6  /  8
Bradley Beach 1928     Bradley Beach Tournament     5  /  7
Bradley Beach 1929     Bradley Beach Tournament     5.5  /  9
New York 1929 (5)     Manhattan Club Championship     6.5  /  9
New York 1930 (3)     Manhattan Club - Hungarian Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Bartha, F.     1 - 0    
New York 1930 (6)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Marshall, F.J.     0 - 1    
New York 1930 (7)     Manhattan Club Championship     7  /  10
New York 1931 (6)     New York International Tournament     5.5  /  11
New York 1932 (7)     Manhattan Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Liebenstein, H.     1 - 0    
New York 1933 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     7  /  9
  Kupchik, A. - Willman, R.     3.5 - 2.5    
New York 1933 (9)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Marshall, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Syracuse 1934 (1)     Syracuse International Tournament     9.5  /  14
New York 1934 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     11  /  13
  Kupchik, A. - Kashdan, I.I.     1 - 0    
New York 1934 (3)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Kevitz, A.     1 - 0    
New York 1935 (1)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Santasiere, A.E.     1 - 0    
Philadelphia 1935     Manhattan Club - Mercantile Library Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Levin, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     10  /  14
New York 1936 (4)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Marshall, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1936 (9)     U.S. Championship - Final     9  /  15
Philadelphia 1936 (1)     37th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary 1     9  /  11
Philadelphia 1936 (5)     37th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship     7  /  11
New York 1937 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     5.5  /  11
New York 1937 (3)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Winkelman, B.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1938 (2)     Manhattann Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Polland, D.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1938 (3)     2nd USA Championship - Final     8.5  /  16
New York 1938 (8)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Polland, D.S.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1939 (1)     Manhattan Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Bernstein, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1939 (3)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Fine, R.     0 - 1    
New York 1939 (13)     Manhattan Club - New Jersey League Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Neidich, L.     1 - 0    
New York 1940 (4)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Reshevsky, S.H.     1 - 0    
New York 1940 (8)     3rd U.S.A. Championship - Final     9.5  /  16
New York 1941 (4)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Hanauer, M.L.     0.5 - 0.5    
Moscow and New York 1945     USSR - USA Radio Match    
  Kupchik, A. - Makogonov, V.A.     0.5 - 1.5    
Pittsburgh 1946     47th U.S.A. Open Championship - Final     6  /  9

Player information updated: 17 Dec. 2024