James Terry Sherwin (born October 25, 1933) is an American-born

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and

International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

in chess.

Biography

Born in

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in 1933, Sherwin attended

Stuyvesant High School Stuyvesant High School ( ) is a co-ed, State school, public, college-preparatory, Specialized high schools in New York City, specialized high school in Manhattan, New York City. The school, commonly called "Stuy" ( ) by its students, faculty, a ...

, Columbia College (

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) and

Columbia Law School Columbia Law School (CLS) is the Law school in the United States, law school of Columbia University, a Private university, private Ivy League university in New York City. The school was founded in 1858 as the Columbia College Law School. The un ...

. He graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Officer Candidate School in 1956 and later became a lieutenant commander. He is an attorney admitted to the

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and

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Bars. He joined GAF Corporation in 1960 serving in various legal and operational roles and eventually becoming its chief financial officer. He was CFO at Triangle Industries from 1983 to 1984, rejoining GAF Corporation as vice chairman from 1985 to 1990. While at GAF, in 1988, he was indicted by the

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for the

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, for

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in connection with the 1986 sale of stock owned by GAF. He was convicted after three trials, but the conviction was reversed on appeal and dismissed with prejudice. In 1991 he was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of

Hunter Douglas Hunter Douglas N.V. is a Dutch multinational corporation. Its principal business is making window blinds and coverings. The company is publicly listed. The head office is in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and a management office in Lucerne, Switz ...

N.V., a Dutch multinational company, in which capacity he served until 1999 and was a director and adviser to Hunter Douglas until June 2021. He has been a director of Tempo Global Resources, LLC, a metals trading company, since 2019. He is an overseer of the International Rescue Committee and member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the

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in December, 2007. Sherwin finished third and tied for third in the US Chess Championship twice and tied for fourth four times.Fischer, Robert. ''

My 60 Memorable Games ''My 60 Memorable Games'' is a chess book by Bobby Fischer, first published in 1969. It is a collection of his games dating from the 1957 New Jersey Open to the 1967 Sousse Interzonal. Unlike many players' anthologies, which are often titled ''M ...

''. (Faber & Faber Limited 1969) Game 1 He was Intercollegiate Champion and New York State Champion in 1951 and US Speed Champion in 1956–57 and 1959–60. He earned the International Master title in 1958. He played in the Portorož Interzonal in 1958, which was part of the 1960 World Championship cycle. While he finished only 17th out of 21 players, he scored (+2–2=2) against the six players who qualified from the tournament to the Candidates tournament at Bled 1959. He is a previous President of the American Chess Foundation. He was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2021. World Champion and Chess icon

Bobby Fischer Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Championship, World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Chess Champi ...

included a game played between Fischer and Sherwin at the 1957 New Jersey Open Championship in his famous book

. Sherwin resides with his wife, Hiroko, near

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, England

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherwin, James 1933 births Living people American chess players Chess International Masters Columbia Law School alumni Stuyvesant High School alumni American chief financial officers Chess players from New York City Columbia College (New York) alumni