About Harold Meyer Phillips
Lived 1874 – 1967 (aged 92). Harold Meyer Phillips was an American chess player and chess official.
Harold Meyer Phillips (15 December 1874 – 7 January 1967) was an American chess player and chess life organizer.
Biography Phillips was a lawyer by profession. In 1903, he won Manhattan Chess Club Championship. He was one of the leading organizers of American chess life in the first half of the 20th century. Phillips was the organizer and director of the great New York Tournament (1924), President of the Manhattan Chess Club in the 1930s, President of the Marshall Chess Club, and President of the Intercollegiate Chess League.
Phillips played for United States in the Chess Olympiad: in 1930, at third board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad in Hamburg (+0−1=1).
He played in chess tournaments for over 70 years.
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Who was Harold Meyer Phillips?
American chess player
When was Harold Meyer Phillips born?
Harold Meyer Phillips was born on 15 December 1874 in Kalvarija.
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Harold Meyer Phillips died on 7 January 1967.
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Harold Meyer Phillips was a chess player and chess official.
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Harold Meyer Phillips was American.
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