S. Lipschütz

Who was S. Lipschütz?

Samuel or Solomon Lipschütz was a chess player and author. He was chess champion of the United States from 1889 to 1890 and again from 1891 to 1894.

Born in Ungvár, Carpathian Ruthenia, Austria-Hungary, Lipschütz emigrated to New York in 1880 at the age of seventeen. He soon became known in chess circles and in 1883 he was chosen as one of a team to represent New York in a match with the Philadelphia Chess Club, and won both of his games. In 1885 he won the championship of the New York Chess Club, and the next year he took part in the international tournament held in London, where he defeated Johannes Zukertort and George Henry Mackenzie. At the Masters' Tournament at New York in 1889 Lipschütz finished sixth to be the only American player among the prize winners. Lipschütz won the U.S. Chess Championship in 1890 and 1892. He secured for the Manhattan Chess Club the absolute possession of the "Staats-Zeitung" challenge cup by winning it three times in succession. In 1900 he won the Manhattan Chess Club championship ahead of Frank Marshall and Jackson Showalter. Lipschütz played Emanuel Lasker twice and drew both games. Several games played by Lipschütz were published in Examples of Chess Master-Play.