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Sidney Norman Bernstein (13 July 1911, in
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– 30 January 1992, in New York City) was an American
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master. He tied for 2nd-4th in Marshall Chess Club Championship at New York 1930/31 (
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won), tied for 6-7th in New York State Chess Championship at
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1931 (
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won). He played board two, behind
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, on the victorious CCNY team in the 1931-32 Intercollegiate championships. He took 11th in the American Chess Federation Congress ( U.S. Open Chess Championship) at
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1936 ( Israel Albert Horowitz won). Bernstein was a participant in eight U.S. Chess Championship events (1936, 1938, 1940, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1959 and 1961). He played thrice in Ventnor City, as he shared 1st in 1940, tied for 5-7th ( Jacob Levin won) in 1941, and tied for 3rd-6th (
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won) in 1942. He tied for 1st with Reinfeld in Manhattan Chess Club Championship at New York 1942, and took 8th in Manhattan CC in 1955 ( Max Pavey won). Top players that he scored wins against were Donald Byrne, multiple wins against
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, multiple wins against Frank James Marshall,
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, and Sammy Reshevsky, amongst others.


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