Jacob Rosenthal

Who was Jacob Rosenthal?

Jacob Carl Rosenthal was an American chess master.

Born in Białystok, Poland, he became a citizen of the Netherlands. Finally, he emigrated to the United States. He lived and participated in several local chess matches in New York City. He also played in a cable match New York vs. Buenos Aires in 1922.

In tournaments, he won at Manhattan CC championship 1911, won New York State-ch in 1912, took 6th at New York 1916, took 3rd, behind Charles Jaffe and Boris Kostić, at New York 1918, and took 3rd at New York 1921.