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A New York Chess Player
(Lessons From The Marshall Chess Club)

Chessville is proud to introduce Lawrence S. Tamarkin (read his Resume here) to our readers. Larry is a USCF Life Master, and denizen of the famous Marshall Chess Club. Larry even has an opening variation named after him - The Tamarkin Counter-Gambit in the Zilbermints Benoni (1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.b4 e5). Be sure to see Larry's column at jeremysilman.com, too.

Of himself Larry writes, "I first learned how to play chess in summer camp in 1969 around the same time that men landed on the moon (Which I saw outdoors with the other campers on that hot July 19th!).

Larry Tamarkin

I learned the moves and some simple checkmates but had no real enthusiasm for the game until the first Fischer-Spassky world championship match in 1972.

Like thousands of other Americans I was entranced by this match and thought upon seeing the 13th game that the game did not look too complicated to master and so mistakenly thought I could play just as well. However, unlike the vast majority of people caught up in that match I kept playing chess up to the present day.

While I have never achieved any of the great successes of the best players of the country today, I did make some progress becoming a chess master in 1985 and a Life-Master in 1987. I also was the first player recognized for being the most active U.S. player in 1983 with 495-rated games, about 140 games ahead of the next placed person. I also elected during these years to devote myself to making a living at chess by teaching, playing and directing and finally writing about chess, all of which I have done with various levels of success since 1985."

Enjoy Larry's writings, in which he says "I comment on my ongoing attempt to improve my game playing in the World renowned Marshall Chess Club's 4-rated games tonight events."