Oscar Tenner

Who was Oscar Tenner?

Oscar Tenner was a Galicia-born German–American chess master.

At the beginning of his career, he played in several tournaments in Germany. He won and took 4th at Hamburg 1910, took 7th at Berlin 1911, tied for 9-10th at Breslau 1912, shared 3rd at Jungbunzlau 1913, and tied for 2nd-3rd with Ilya Rabinovich, behind B. Hallegua, at Mannheim 1914.

After World War I, he tied for 6-7th at Berlin 1922, 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, took 5th in 1923, took 2nd, behind José Raúl Capablanca, and shared 5th in 1924, tied for 6-8th in 1925, took 10th in 1926, and tied for 8-9th in 1928. He also tied for 7-8th at Lake Hopatcong 1923, and took 8th at Bradley Beach 1928.