In 1951, he took third in New York (United States Chess Championship with 7/11; Larry Evans won).[3] Also in that year, Pavey gave a simultaneous exhibition in Brooklyn, and faced a seven-year-old Bobby Fischer in the future World Chess Champion's first attempt at serious chess; Pavey won in about a quarter of an hour.[4]
In 1954, he took third in the New York Manhattan Chess Club Championship (Arnold Denker won). In 1953, he finished second behind Donald Byrne at the MilwaukeeU.S. Open Chess Championship. In 1954, he represented USA on third board in a match against the USSR in New York, and lost to Paul Keres (+1–2=0). Following this event, Chessmetrics estimates a peak rating of 2549 for Pavey in July 1954, ranking him No. 88 in the world.[3] In 1955, he played on sixth board and lost to Tigran Petrosian (+0 –2 =0) in another USA vs USSR match in Moscow.[3]
In 1955/56, he won in New York (Manhattan CC-ch), with 12/15. In 1956, he tied for 10-11th in New York (3rd Rosenwald Memorial; Samuel Reshevsky won).[3] In 1956/57, he beat young Bobby Fischer in New York (Manhattan CC-ch, semi-final), and won group 2 of that event with 4/5.[5]
Pavey died in the Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC, after a long battle with leukemia in 1957. The radium processing plant in Mt. Kisco where he worked as a plant supervisor immediately announced that it was shutting down, but the plant's owners, the Canadian Radium and Uranium Corp., initially denied there was a connection between Pavey's death and the plant's closure. A month after Pavey's death, the company pleaded guilty to "injuring" three workers, including Pavey.[6]
Notable chess gamesedit
Anthony Santasiere vs Max Pavey, New York, US-ch 1951, English, A16, 0-1
Max Pavey vs Paul Keres, New York 1954, match US vs SU, King's Indian Defense, E60, 1-0
Robert James Fischer vs Max Pavey, New York Manhattan 1956, King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense, A05, 0-1
pavey, march, 1918, september, 1957, american, chess, master, contents, biography, notable, chess, games, references, external, linksbiography, editafter, graduating, from, city, college, york, 1937, studied, medicine, glasgow, while, student, scottish, champi. Max Pavey March 5 1918 September 4 1957 was an American chess master Contents 1 Biography 2 Notable chess games 3 References 4 External linksBiography editAfter graduating from City College of New York in 1937 he studied medicine in Glasgow and while a student won the Scottish Championship at Aberdeen 1939 with 7 5 9 1 Pavey would leave Scotland soon after this tournament in June 1939 just before World War II He was U S Lightning Champion in 1947 In 1948 he placed tied 5 8th place in the U S Open Chess Championship at Baltimore with 8 5 12 2 He was New York State Champion in 1949 During this time he also earned a master s degree in chemistry at Brooklyn College In 1951 he took third in New York United States Chess Championship with 7 11 Larry Evans won 3 Also in that year Pavey gave a simultaneous exhibition in Brooklyn and faced a seven year old Bobby Fischer in the future World Chess Champion s first attempt at serious chess Pavey won in about a quarter of an hour 4 In 1954 he took third in the New York Manhattan Chess Club Championship Arnold Denker won In 1953 he finished second behind Donald Byrne at the Milwaukee U S Open Chess Championship In 1954 he represented USA on third board in a match against the USSR in New York and lost to Paul Keres 1 2 0 Following this event Chessmetrics estimates a peak rating of 2549 for Pavey in July 1954 ranking him No 88 in the world 3 In 1955 he played on sixth board and lost to Tigran Petrosian 0 2 0 in another USA vs USSR match in Moscow 3 In 1955 56 he won in New York Manhattan CC ch with 12 15 In 1956 he tied for 10 11th in New York 3rd Rosenwald Memorial Samuel Reshevsky won 3 In 1956 57 he beat young Bobby Fischer in New York Manhattan CC ch semi final and won group 2 of that event with 4 5 5 Pavey died in the Mount Sinai Hospital NYC after a long battle with leukemia in 1957 The radium processing plant in Mt Kisco where he worked as a plant supervisor immediately announced that it was shutting down but the plant s owners the Canadian Radium and Uranium Corp initially denied there was a connection between Pavey s death and the plant s closure A month after Pavey s death the company pleaded guilty to injuring three workers including Pavey 6 Notable chess games editAnthony Santasiere vs Max Pavey New York US ch 1951 English A16 0 1 Max Pavey vs Paul Keres New York 1954 match US vs SU King s Indian Defense E60 1 0 Robert James Fischer vs Max Pavey New York Manhattan 1956 King s Indian Attack Symmetrical Defense A05 0 1References edit http www rogerpaige me uk tables19 htm permanent dead link 1948 Archived 2009 01 03 at the Wayback Machine a b c d http www chessmetrics com Archived 2006 04 14 at the Wayback Machine the Max Pavey player file The Games of Robert J Fischer edited by Robert Wade and Kevin O Connell Batsford 1972 p 43 Wade amp O Connell pp 116 117 Pavey External links editMax Pavey player profile and games at Chessgames com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Max Pavey amp oldid 1192004781, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
