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Maurice Fox
M Fox 
 

Number of games in database: 112
Years covered: 1919 to 1974
Overall record: +46 -48 =18 (49.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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MAURICE FOX
(born Jan-14-1898, died Jun-25-1988, 90 years old) Canada

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Maurice Fox was born in the Ukraine in 1898. At the end of that year his family moved to London, England. After graduating from the University of London in 1921, Fox emigrated to Montreal, Canada in 1923 and later Peterborough, Ontario. He represented Canada as alternate in the 1954 Olympiad. Fox won the Canadian title eight times (1927 (11.5/14 at Toronto), 1929 (10.5/11 at Montreal), 1931 (9.5/12 saw a tie for 1st-3rd with George Eastman and John Stuart Morrison at Hamilton) and 1932 (9/11 at Haileybury), 1935 (14/17 at Montreal), 1938 (15/18 at Toronto), 1940 (8.5/9 at Montreal), 1949 (7.5/9 at Arvida)) and passed away in 1988.

References: http://www.olimpbase.org/, http://www.chess.ca/, http://www.fide.com/, http://web.ncf.ca/bw998/canchess.html

Wikipedia article: Maurice Fox

Last updated: 2017-08-04 02:25:29

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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Capablanca vs M Fox 0-1391919Simul, 40bC25 Vienna
2. E M Holloway vs M Fox  0-1431920Kent County CA-17 Section BC14 French, Classical
3. M Fox vs Euwe  0-1351920Bromley B sectionC55 Two Knights Defense
4. Kostic vs M Fox  1-0231920BromleyC14 French, Classical
5. Alekhine vs M Fox ½-½331924Simul, 36bC01 French, Exchange
6. J W Moncur vs M Fox  0-1371924Canadian ChampionshipE61 King's Indian
7. M Fox vs G Eastman  1-0771924Canadian ChampionshipA15 English
8. M Fox vs J Narraway  1-0411924Canadian ChampionshipD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
9. M Fox vs H Rombach 0-1581924Canadian ChampionshipD12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. M Fox vs C N Ritchie  1-0611924Canadian ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
11. S E Gale vs M Fox  0-1561924Canadian ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
12. J Morrison vs M Fox  1-0411924Canadian ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
13. M Fox vs S B Wilson 1-0671924Canadian ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. M Fox vs D LeDain  1-0311924Canadian ChampionshipD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. H N Kittson vs M Fox  0-1241924Canadian ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
16. Lasker vs M Fox  1-0341926Simul, 31bE76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack
17. M Fox vs R Cintron  1-0291929Bradley BeachD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. Alekhine vs M Fox 1-0901929Bradley BeachE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
19. M Fox vs L Steiner  0-1571929Bradley BeachD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. Kupchik vs M Fox  1-0591929Bradley BeachE12 Queen's Indian
21. M Fox vs H Steiner 1-0221929Bradley BeachC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
22. H R Bigelow vs M Fox 0-1301929Bradley BeachC13 French
23. Marshall vs M Fox ½-½461929Bradley BeachA45 Queen's Pawn Game
24. A Kevitz vs M Fox  0-1301929Bradley BeachA12 English with b3
25. M Fox vs I Turover  ½-½481929Bradley BeachC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-18-04  DanielBryant: Impressive competition.
Dec-29-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Maurice Fox
Born 14th January 1898 in London
He was Canadian champion in 1927, 1929, 1931 (after playoff), 1932, 1935, 1938, 1940 and 1948.
Dec-29-04  MidnightDuffer: I'd like to see more games by Fox here, I may be able to find one ...
Jan-08-05  WMD: He also beat Capablanca in a simul in London in 1919. Excellent game, which I shall sumbit for upload.
Jan-31-05  WMD: Fox's score is now +2 -1 =1 against world champions.
Feb-01-05  WMD: BCM obituary:

Maurice Fox (14 January 1898 - 25 June 1988) was born in the Ukraine, moved to England at the end of 1898, graduated from the University of London in 1921 and emigrated to Canada in 1923, winning the Canadian title eight times from 1927 to 1949, reports En Passant, journal of the Canadian Chess Federation. His win of the title in 1949 was ahead of Yanofsky, fresh from his European triumphs, and Bohatyrchuk. He beat Bobby Fischer in the 1956 Canadian Open.

Mar-05-06  MorphyMatt: <WMD> Which you will sumbit for download? How do you do that?
Mar-05-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: <MorphyMatt> I did not understand first part of your question, but to submit a game, use the PGN Upload Utility on the home page. (Lower right hand side.)
Apr-22-06  Whitehat1963: Shouldn't his Chessgames.com bio say something about him being one of the select few to have played (and beaten!) both Capablanca and Fischer? O.K., so it was a simul against Capa, and Fischer was all of 13 years old. Still, that's impressive enough to mention in his bio.
Apr-22-06  Jim Bartle: "One of the select few?"

Aside from Keres, Reshevsky, Euwe, Fine and (ahem) Fox, are there any??

Apr-22-06  Whitehat1963: Are you saying five players is a lot?
Apr-22-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: <Jim> Erich Eliskases
Apr-22-06  Jim Bartle: Whitehat: No, no, I'm saying just the opposite. I'm amazed there are even six (so far).
Apr-22-06  Whitehat1963: You know who is really amazing, though, is Reshevsky, who played every champion from Lasker to Karpov. But unfortunately for him, he was unable to secure wins against Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Karpov. But he did manage to beat the others. I've often wondered who Reshevsky considered the greatest chessplayer of all time.
May-18-09  WhiteRook48: he has a plus score vs Fischer
Aug-07-11  BIDMONFA: Maurice Fox

FOX, Maurice
http://www.bidmonfa.com/fox_maurice...
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Jan-14-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: R.I.P. chess master Maurice Fox.
Mar-19-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Getting to sit opposite such titans as Capablanca, Alekhine and Fischer is a nice resume, considering that Fox was not a top-class player, even if Fischer was not yet the formidable force he would soon become.
Aug-04-17  ChessHigherCat: <perfidious: Getting to sit opposite such titans as Capablanca, Alekhine and Fischer is a nice resume, considering that Fox was not a top-class player, even if Fischer was not yet the formidable force he would soon become.>

At least he could have entitled his memoirs "I played them all". Sounds like Reshevsky played them all, too, more successfully, but Fox definitely had his moments judging by his win against Capa.

Dec-18-17  Retireborn: Does anybody know if this guy's parents were diplomats or such, or did they change their name on leaving the Ukraine?
Dec-18-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  beatgiant: <Retireborn>
Someone asks exactly this question in Winter's Chess Notes #6115, and he replies with a bio of Fox from _Chess World_, Dec. 1, 1949 but it does not have the answer.

Several biographies of Fox state that he was Jewish. In those times, for historical reasons, there were a lot of Jews with German-sounding names in the Western part of the Russian empire. So my best guess is, <they changed their name on leaving the Ukraine> from something similar, perhaps Fuchs (means 'fox' in German).

Dec-18-17  Retireborn: <beatgiant> Many thanks for that, very helpful.

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