Kashdan, Isaac




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1923  88  2385 (73) 1
1924  68  2416 (61) 0
1925  45  2446 (45) 20
1926  22  2480 (35) 44
1927  21  2493 (36) 26
1928  12  2526 (35) 30
1929  10  2534 (37) 12
1930  5  2595 (27) 90
1931  5  2579 (28) 55
1932  5  2579 (32) 42
1933  8  2538 (35) 22
1934  14  2512 (33) 49
1935  16  2508 (36) 29
1936  10  2529 (33) 53
1937  9  2551 (34) 34
1938  12  2515 (33) 56
1939  22  2486 (40) 13
1940  21  2484 (39) 26
1941  20  2485 (43) 11
1942  18  2489 (43) 28
1943  27  2462 (52) 0
1944  41  2434 (54) 1
1945  52  2411 (50) 25

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Kashdan, Isaac Irving  
Born: 19 Nov. 1905
Died: 20 Feb. 1985
 
Notes:
Neither Gaige nor Lahde give any middle name or initial. Di Felice gives his name as 'Kashdan, Isaac Irving', and the full name 'Isaac Irving Kashdan' appears in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of 22 Dec. 1932 (p.22).
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 327
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 389
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 359
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 346
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 206
   Lahde, Isaac Kashdan
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 228, 347
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 128
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 351
Periodicals
   [BDE], vol. 92, no. 354, 22 Dec. 1932, page 22
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Kashdan, I.I. - Steiner, L. 1930 (1)         (f)     6   -   4
Kashdan, I.I. - Jaffe, C. 1930         (f)     3   -   0
Stoltz, G. - Kashdan, I.I. 1930         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
Kashdan, I.I. - Steiner, L. 1930 (2)         (f)     5   -   4
Kashdan, I.I. - Morton, H. 1937         (f)     0.5   -   0.5
Kashdan, I.I. - Simonson, A.C. 1938         (f)     4   -   0
Horowitz, I.A. - Kashdan, I.I. 1938         (f)     5   -   5
Reshevsky, S.H. - Kashdan, I.I. 1942         (f)     7.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

New York 1923 (5)     Manhattan Club - Chess Club International Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Frink, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1925 (1)     Hallgarten Tournament - Preliminary Section A     5.5  /  7
New York 1925 (3)     Hallgarten Tournament - Final     7.5  /  12
New York 1925 (5)     Stuyvesant Club - Brooklyn Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Schleifer, J.     1 - 0    
New York 1925 (6)     Stuyvesant Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Santasiere, A.E.     1 - 0    
New York 1926 (1)     Manhattan Club - Franklin Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Sharp, S.T.     0 - 1    
Chicago 1926 (3)     27th Western Chess Association Meeting - Master Tournament     7  /  12
New York 1926 (3)     Rice Memorial Tournament     2.5  /  6
New York 1926 (4)     Manhattan Club Championship     11.5  /  14
New York 1926 (5)     Rice Progressive Club Championship     7.5  /  9
New York 1926 (6)     Stuyvesant Club - Columbia Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Frink, O.     0 - 1    
New York 1926 (7)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Pinkus, A.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1927 (1)     Manhattan Junior Masters Tournament     6.5  /  10
New York 1927 (3)     Manhattan Club Championship     10.5  /  14
New York 1927 (4)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Santasiere, A.E.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1927     London - New York Insull Trophy Cable Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Winter, W.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1928 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     2.5  /  8
New York 1928 (3)     Manhattan Club - Empire Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Schmid (1)     1 - 0    
New York 1928 (4)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Tholfsen, E.     1 - 0    
New York 1928 (5)     Manhattan Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Klein (3)     0 - 1    
The Hague 1928 (2)     2nd Olympiad     13  /  15
New York 1928 (6)     Manhattan Junior Masters Tournament     5.5  /  6
New York 1929 (3)     Manhattan Club - Scandinavian Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Lier, H.     1 - 0    
New York 1929 (4)     Manhattan Club - City College Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Fischman, J.     0 - 1    
New York 1929 (5)     Manhattan Club Championship     6  /  9
New York 1929 (6)     Manhattan Club - Hungarian Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Steiner, L.     1 - 0    
New York 1929 (7)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Marshall, F.J.     0 - 1    
New York 1930 (3)     Manhattan Club - Hungarian Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Kline, H.P.     1 - 0    
New York 1930 (5)     Manhattan Club - Columbia University Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Kussman, A.S.     1 - 0    
New York 1930 (6)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Santasiere, A.E.     1 - 0    
New York 1930 (7)     Manhattan Club Championship     8.5  /  10
Hamburg 1930 (2)     3rd Olympiad     13  /  16
Berlin 1930 (4)     Berlin Quadrangular Tournament     5  /  6
Frankfurt 1930 (1)     Anderssen Chess Club Jubilee - Meisterturnier     9  /  11
Gyor 1930     Gyor Tournament     8.5  /  9
Stockholm 1930 (2)     Stockholm Tournament     4.5  /  6
New York 1930 (13)     Manhattan Club - another Metropolitan League club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Mlotkowski, S.     1 - 0    
New York 1931 (3)     Manhattan Club - North Jersey Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Gladstone, D.R.     1 - 0    
New York 1931 (6)     New York International Tournament     8.5  /  11
Prague 1931 (5)     4th Olympiad     12  /  17
Bled 1931     Bled Tournament     13.5  /  26
Hastings 1932 (1)     12th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     7.5  /  9
London, England 1932 (3)     London International - Premier Tournament     7.5  /  11
New York 1932 (7)     Manhattan Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Zatulove, P.A.     1 - 0    
New York 1932 (9)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Marshall, F.J.     1 - 0    
Pasadena 1932 (1)     Pasadena International Tournament     7.5  /  11
Mexico City 1932     Mexico City Tournament     8.5  /  9
New York 1933 (2)     Manhattan Club Championship     2.5  /  5
Philadelphia 1933     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Levin, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1933 (9)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Fine, R.     1 - 0    
Folkestone 1933 (2)     5th Olympiad     10  /  14
New York 1933 (12)     Manhattan Club - Empire City Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Siff, B.     0.5 - 0.5    
Chicago 1934 (1)     35th Western Chess Association Championship - Preliminary Rounds    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Palmi, A.H.     1 - 0    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Eastman, C.J.G.     0 - 1    
Chicago 1934 (3)     35th Western Chess Association Championship - Preliminary B     6  /  7
Chicago 1934 (6)     35th Western Chess Association Championship - Final     4.5  /  9
Syracuse 1934 (1)     Syracuse International Tournament     10.5  /  14
New York 1934 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     11  /  13
  Kashdan, I.I. - Kupchik, A.     0 - 1    
New York 1934 (3)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Fine, R.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia (?) 1934     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Levin, J.     0 - 1    
New York 1934 (7)     Manhattan Club - Empire City Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Goodman, S.     1 - 0    
New York 1935 (1)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Reinfeld, F.     1 - 0    
Milwaukee 1935 (2)     36th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary B     7.5  /  9
Milwaukee 1935 (4)     36th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship     6.5  /  10
Binghamton 1935     57th New York State Chess Association Championship     7.5  /  8
New York 1935 (3)     Empire City Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Jaffe, C.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1936 (9)     U.S. Championship - Final     10  /  15
Philadelphia 1936 (1)     37th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary 1     9.5  /  11
Philadelphia 1936 (5)     37th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship     7  /  11
Poughkeepsie 1936     58th New York State Chess Association Tournament     10.5  /  11
San Juan 1936     San Jaun Tournament     6.5  /  7
New York 1936 (11)     Empire City Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Marshall, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1937 (1)     Manhattan Club Championship     10  /  11
  Kashdan, I.I. - Simonson, A.C.     2 - 1    
New York 1937 (2)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Lasker, Ed.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1937 (3)     Philadelphia - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Levin, J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Stockholm 1937 (3)     7th Olympiad     14  /  16
New York 1937 (6)     Manhattan Club - another club in the Metropolitan League Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Shainswit, G.     1 - 0    
New York 1938 (2)     Manhattann Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Fine, R.     0 - 1    
New York 1938 (3)     2nd USA Championship - Final     9.5  /  16
New York 1938 (8)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Marshall, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
Boston, Massachusetts 1938 (3)     39th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary Section 3     5  /  6
Boston, Massachusetts 1938 (7)     39th American Chess Federation Congress - Championship Final     9  /  11
New York 1938 (9)     Manhattan Club Championship     5.5  /  7
New York 1939 (1)     Manhattan Club - Rice Progressive Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Lessing, N.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1939 (3)     Manhattan Club - Marshall Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Bernstein, S.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
Philadelphia 1939     Manhattan Club - Philadelphia Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Levin, J.     1 - 0    
Hamilton, New York 1939     61st New York State Chess Association Championship     6.5  /  9
New York 1939 (11)     Manhattan Club - Westside YMCA Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Forster, K.     0.5 - 0.5    
Havana 1940     Havana Tournament     7.5  /  9
New York 1940 (4)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Marshall, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
New York 1940 (8)     3rd U.S.A. Championship - Final     10.5  /  16
New York 1941 (4)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Reinfeld, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Hamilton, New York 1941 (1)     63rd New York State Chess Association Championship - Masters     7  /  10
New York 1942 (1)     Manhattan Club - City College Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Pilnick, C.     1 - 0    
New York 1942 (3)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Hanauer, M.L.     1 - 0    
New York 1942 (4)     4th USA Chammpionship - Final     12.5  /  15
New York 1944 (4)     Marshall Club - Manhattan Club Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Lasker, Ed.     1 - 0    
New York 1945     Manhattan Club Championship     8.5  /  12
Hollywood 1945     Pan American Tournament     6  /  11
Moscow and New York 1945     USSR - USA Radio Match    
  Kashdan, I.I. - Kotov, A.A.     0 - 2    

Player information updated: 12 Nov. 2024