There is a legend that Reshevsky was asked before the tournament if he expected to win. His reply: "Who is there to beat me?"

He was right. Nobody beat him.

Reuben Fine and <Samuel Reshevsky> continued their domination, followed by two more young New Yorkers in <Arthur Dake> and <Robert Willman>. The next four included three former champions of the regional days; it was now obvious the old generation wasn't going to keep up. The tournament was held at the Hotel Tuller in Detroit, Michigan, and sponsored by the Auto City Chess and Checker Club.

                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1  Reuben Fine          X 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0
2  Samuel Reshevsky     1 X = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = 1 1 11.0
3  Arthur William Dake  0 = X 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  9.5
4  Robert Willman       0 0 0 X 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 1 1  8.5
5  Samuel D Factor      0 = 0 0 X 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1  7.5
6  Leon Stolzenberg     0 0 0 0 1 X = = = 1 1 = 1 1  7.0
7  George Eastman       0 0 1 0 0 = X = 1 = 1 1 = 1  7.0
8  Albert Margolis      0 = 1 0 1 = = X 1 0 0 = 1 1  7.0
9  Maurice Fox          0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 X 1 1 = 1 1  5.0
10 Einar Michelsen      0 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 0 X 0 1 0 1  4.5
11 E Opsahl             0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 0 1 X = 0 1  4.0
12 George Samuel Barnes 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = = 0 = X 1 0  3.5
13 Marvin C Palmer      0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 1 1 0 X 1  3.5
14 W F Streeter         0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X  1.0

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

(From Edward Winter's Chess Notes, no.7257)

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MILESTONES

10: Samuel D Factor

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<Sources>:

Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 28, 1933.

Chess Results 1931-1935 / Gino di Felice, p.151.

Reuben Fine : a comprehensive record of an American Chess Career, 1929-1951 / Aidan Woodger. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2004.

Thanks to <crawfb5> for finding and submitting some of the Reshevsky games.

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