Arnold Sheldon Denker was an American chess player and author. He was U.S. champion in 1944 and 1946. In later years he served in various chess organizations, receiving recognition from the United States Chess Federation, including in 2004 the highest honor, "Dean of American Chess".
Denker in 2004
Samuel Herman Reshevsky was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s: he tied for third place in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament, and tied for second in the 1953 Candidates tournament. He was an eight-time winner of the US Chess Championship, tying him with Bobby Fischer for the all-time record.
Reshevsky in 1964
Reshevsky in 1920 (at age eight) giving a simultaneous chess exhibition in Paris; he won all games.
Reshevsky playing chess with Douglas Fairbanks as Charlie Chaplin watches them during filming of the American silent film The Three Musketeers in 1921
Reshevsky playing chess in 1922