Curt Brasket

Curt Justin Brasket (December 7, 1932 – January 24, 2014) was an American chess player and US National Junior Chess Champion. He was also a sixteen-time state champion for his home state of Minnesota, and a FIDE Master. In 2013 he was granted the Outstanding Career Achievement Award by the US Chess Federation.

Biography Brasket was born in Tracy, Minnesota in December 1932. The sixth of eight children, he became interested in chess at age 13 after finding a book on the game – though he had at the time been looking for a book on checkers.

Brasket married Rita Bronk in 1963 and moved to Bloomington, Minnesota. Together they had three daughters: Monica (Charles Wedin), Barbara (Daniel Romanelli), and Rebecca (Joseph Leahy). In the late 1970s he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. His peak FIDE rating was 2375 in January 1978, and in 1983 he was awarded the FIDE Master title.

Between 1991 and his final tournament in 2011, Brasket competed in 583 tournaments. He won the Minnesota State Championship a record 16 times, and in 2013 he received the US Chess Federation Outstanding Career Achievement Award.

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