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George Kramer

Number of games in database: 191
Years covered: 1944 to 1999
Last FIDE rating: 2267
Overall record: +71 -75 =45 (49.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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GEORGE KRAMER
(born May-15-1929, died Feb-21-2024, 94 years old) United States of America

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George Mortimer Kramer won the 1945 New York State Championship, the 1951-52 Manhattan Chess Club Championship, and the 1964, 1967, and 1969 New Jersey State Championships. According to http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/a..., Kramer was also Manhattan Chess Club Champion in 1973 and Co-champion in 1974. He tied for 3rd-4th in the 1948 U.S. Championship with Olaf Ulvestad, behind Herman Steiner and Isaac Kashdan. Kramer was a reserve for the U.S. team at the 1950 Olympiad, winning an individual bronze medal.

The Kramer Variation of the King's Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2) is named after him.

References: (1) http://njscf.org/history/list-of-ne...

Wikipedia article: George Kramer (chess player)

Last updated: 2024-02-29 10:17:38

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 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 191  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Kramer vs R Byrne  0-1421944Manhattan CC jr chD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
2. Fine vs G Kramer  0-1291944Simul, 42bA16 English
3. G Kramer vs E S Jackson  1-0571944Manhattan CC-ch 1944/45C83 Ruy Lopez, Open
4. G Kramer vs F Ekstrom  0-1381946ZaandamD18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
5. J Cross vs G Kramer  0-137194647th US OpenD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. G Kramer vs T B Eckenrode  1-060194647th US OpenA05 Reti Opening
7. Evans vs G Kramer  ½-½41194647th US OpenE17 Queen's Indian
8. G Kramer vs Koltanowski ½-½27194647th US OpenD92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4
9. H Seidman vs G Kramer 1-027194647th US OpenC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
10. G Kramer vs H Berliner  ½-½44194647th US OpenD23 Queen's Gambit Accepted
11. M Finkelstein vs G Kramer 0-122194647th US OpenB02 Alekhine's Defense
12. G Kramer vs H Gordon  0-153194647th US OpenA43 Old Benoni
13. Evans vs G Kramer  0-142194647th US OpenD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
14. G Kramer vs M Aleman Dovo  1-023194647th US OpenD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. G Kramer vs K Forster  ½-½53194647th US OpenE56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6
16. G Kramer vs S E Almgren  1-064194647th US OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
17. W Adams vs G Kramer 0-19194647th US OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
18. G Kramer vs E Levin  ½-½31194647th US OpenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. G Kramer vs R Byrne 0-139194647th US OpenE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
20. Santasiere vs G Kramer 0-150194647th US OpenA06 Reti Opening
21. H Gordon vs G Kramer  0-141194647th US OpenB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
22. G Kramer vs A Rothman  1-0301946United States ChampionshipC05 French, Tarrasch
23. Reshevsky vs G Kramer  ½-½451946United States ChampionshipE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
24. G Kramer vs H Steiner  0-1461946United States ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
25. A Sandrin vs G Kramer  0-1241946United States ChampionshipB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-26-05  arifattar: 30 games and no Kramer vs Kramer.
Aug-19-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sneaky: We have George Kramer, but where is Jerry and Elaine?
Aug-20-05
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  tpstar: Seinfeld
Aug-20-05
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  Sneaky: LOL!!! K Burger vs Seinfeld, 1996, a game about nothing!
Oct-28-10
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  GrahamClayton: New York State Champion 1945. New Jersey State Champion 1964, 1967 and 1969. 1951/52 Manhattan Chess Club Champion.
Jan-26-11
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  GrahamClayton: The Kramer Variation of the King's Indian Defence is named after George Kramer: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...
May-01-15
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  HeMateMe: One Kramer, now we need to throw in one Fuzzy, one Forest and one Bob to have a great line.
Jan-30-17  zanzibar: <George Mortimer Kramer -- Kramer played in a number of US championships and was a reserve for the US team at the 1950 Olympiad, winning an individual bronze medal. >

Trophy Chess: An Account of the Lessing Rosenwald Tournament, New York, 1954-5 Evans, Larry Melvyn (1932- ) [editor]
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956

https://www.abebooks.com/Trophy-Che...

Feb-28-24
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  Stonehenge: Obituary:

https://www.gleasonfuneralhome.com/...

Feb-28-24  BarakSaltz: I found about George Kramer over 30 years ago through "The World's a Chessboard" (1948) by Ruben Fine. Kramer was showcased in chap. 12 "New Blood" p.81-5.

G Kramer vs G Drexel, 1946

Jun-17-24  Granny O Doul: For years, the annual Manhattan CC championship was his only (though regular) tournament action. I believe he is the only guy I ever faced officially who is represented in the "Fireside Book of Chess".

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