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Roy Black

ROY BLACK (born Feb-14-1888, died Jul-27-1962, 74 years old) United States of America [what is this?] Roy Turnbull Black was born in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. He won the Brooklyn championship in 1909, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1917 and 1918. He won the 1914 New York State Championship, and participated in the last two cable matches of the series of thirteen between America and Great Britain, winning both of his games. He tied with Chajes for 2nd-3rd in the Metropolitan League masters' tournament in 1915, scoring 11½-3½. He placed just below the prize winners at New York Masters (1911), where he was the only player to beat Capablanca, a reverse that cost the Cuban master the first prize. Black's finest performance in international chess was his third place finish at Rice CC Masters (1913), scoring 10-3, his two losses being to Capablanca and Duras, the first and second place finishers. In 1909 Black accomplished the seemingly impossible by scoring a match against Charles Nugent without winning a single game; in fact, he lost the only game contested, his opponent forfeiting the rest, which gave Black the match by 5-1. In 1917 Black defeated Howell by 3-1, with 1 draw, and in 1918 he won from A. Schroeder by 5-3, with 2 draws. Source: Book of the 1918 International Masters' Tournament of the Manhattan Chess Club In 1920-1921, Black tied for 1st at the Manhattan Chess Club championship, but lost the playoff to David Janowski. Wikipedia article: Roy Turnbull Black Last updated: 2025-01-25 21:53:06

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page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 76  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Black vs B H Ritter   0-1 16 1909 Brooklyn CC ch C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. J Blake vs R Black 0-1 59 1910 12th Anglo-American Cable Match C26 Vienna 3. R Black vs M M Smith   1-0 41 1911 New York Masters D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. D G Baird vs R Black 0-1 54 1911 New York Masters C50 Giuoco Piano 5. R Black vs P Johner   0-1 24 1911 New York Masters D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 6. Capablanca vs R Black 0-1 43 1911 New York Masters B20 Sicilian 7. R Black vs W G Morris   1-0 31 1911 New York Masters B01 Scandinavian 8. C Jaffe vs R Black   1-0 49 1911 New York Masters C10 French 9. R Black vs Marshall 0-1 36 1911 New York Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 10. A B Hodges vs R Black   1-0 49 1911 New York Masters C42 Petrov Defense 11. R Black vs O Chajes   0-1 30 1911 New York Masters D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 12. E Tenenwurzel vs R Black 1-0 18 1911 New York Masters D05 Queen's Pawn Game 13. R Black vs A Kreymborg   1-0 47 1911 New York Masters B10 Caro-Kann 14. G Walcott vs R Black 1-0 23 1911 New York Masters C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 15. R Black vs G W Richmond   1-0 38 1911 13th Anglo-American Cable Match C77 Ruy Lopez 16. Lasker vs R Black   1-0 24 1911 Simul, 25b C10 French 17. A Schroeder vs R Black 1-0 7 1912 Brooklyn CC ch A06 Reti Opening 18. F Beynon vs R Black 0-1 54 1913 Rice CC Masters C10 French 19. R Black vs A Marder   ½-½ 55 1913 Rice CC Masters C77 Ruy Lopez 20. H Phillips vs R Black 0-1 56 1913 Rice CC Masters C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 21. Capablanca vs R Black 1-0 15 1913 Rice CC Masters C42 Petrov Defense 22. R Black vs J Bernstein 1-0 40 1913 Rice CC Masters C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 23. R Black vs Kupchik   ½-½ 75 1913 Rice CC Masters C41 Philidor Defense 24. R Black vs Duras 0-1 52 1913 Rice CC Masters C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 25. J Grommer vs R Black 0-1 33 1913 Rice CC Masters B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 76

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Sep-06-04    Knight13: This guy lost a lot of games. May-27-05    paladin at large: Roy Black looks like a turkey in the database, but he was a very strong player and was one or more times champion of the state of New York. He remained strong for a long time and gave simuls into the 50s, I believe. Jan-06-06    chessmaster pro: what is he up to now Jan-06-06    blingice: Probably being dead. Jan-06-06    chessmaster pro: ah yes Jan-10-06    Resignation Trap: Some vital statistics: Roy T. Black was Born in New York City on February 14, 1888 and died in Williamsville, New York on July 27, 1962. Jan-10-06    Laskerfan82: <Knight13> I'm sure many people would have been happy to lose a lot of games so long as they beat Capablanca in a tournament! Capablanca vs R T Black, 1911 Nov-30-06    Runemaster: Yes, only one win for Black, but it was against Capablanca! Nov-30-06    alexmagnus: Yes and with Black:-) Dec-21-08    GrahamClayton: <paladin_at_large>Roy Black looks like a turkey in the database, but he was a very strong player and was one or more times champion of the state of New York. Paladin_at_large, RT Black was also champion of the Brooklyn Chess Club. He played an unusual match against C Nugent in New York in mid-1909. Nugent won the first game, but then forfeited all of the remaining games, as well as the $100 stakes that he had contributed. Source: Edward Winter "A Chess Omnibus - A trap and a bizarre match", Russell Enterprises, 2003 Jun-22-09    myschkin: . . . Audaci favet fortuna: http://turnbullclan.com/ May-21-12    Phony Benoni: <"The elopement of Roy T. Black last week and his absence from the big match Saturday night, seems to have cast a spell upon the team of the Brooklyn Chess Club, which was also short the services of several other good men and true, for the visitors from the Manhattan Chess Club had no difficulty in winning the return round by the score of 11 1/2-4 1/2. Another engrossed and framed score card, therefore, will henceforth adorn the walls of the victorious club in Carnegie Hall."> (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 14, 1914) A romantic chess player? Sep-26-14    reztap: IN the early fifties I was on a Cleveland,oh team that played Buffalo,NY in Erie Pa. Buffalo's first board was an elderly gentleman named Roy Black. He won. I don't remember the final result. I drew.

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