According to Wikipedia he came to the United States in 1907 and his family lived in Brownsville and Flatbush in Brooklyn. His father worked as a paper and cordage (cords or ropes, especially used in a ship's rigging) wholesaler, though he also wrote articles on philosophical subjects.
However, in 1923, Schipiro's resume in the American Chess Bulletin says he was born in Brooklyn on April 9, 1903 and learned to play chess while attending the Boys' High School of Brooklyn.
In 1919 he graduated from that school with high honors and entered Columbia on a Pulitzer scholarship.
Schipiro excelled in mathematics and Latin at school and entered Columbia at age 16 and graduated in 1923. He then went on to receive an advanced degree from the university in engineering.
Schapiro served as head of his own investment banking firm, M. A. Schapiro & Company. He established new business techniques for the banking industry. Starting in the 1950s he led some of the banking industry's largest mergers.
He was also a philanthropist and was a major donor to Columbia University, including Schapiro Hall (a dormitory) and the Morris A. Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research.
While at Columbia he led the chess team to four national championships. He also won the Manhattan CC championship in 1921 and 1922.
While disliked, even feared, by some bankers, he was extremely well liked by his colleagues. Once, while vacationing in Maine, Shapiro telephoned his office and spoke with everyone there. Known for his small kindnesses, his 50 employees at his 2 firms received free lunches every day, a practice that is virtually unheard of along Wall Street...or anywhere else for that matter. He died aged 93 at his New York City apartment in 1996.
While a student in the School of Mines at Columbia, he played a match against Oscar Chajes that began on December 22, 1922 and ended on February 4, 1923. Shapiro won +5 -3 =5.
By winning the thirteenth game Schapiro, the club champion, brought to a conclusion the match.
Upon resigning the game, Chajes was the first to congratulate his young rival, who, as a result, was ranked as one of the leading players in the country and a bright future was predicted for him. As it turned out chess took a back seat to his business interests.
Morris Schapiro–Oscar Chajes1–0C83Match, New York1203.02.1923Stockfish 15.1
Open Ruy Lopez 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 f6 5.0-0 xe4 In the open defense black tries to make use of the time white will take
to regain the P to gain a foothold in the centrer. It often results in sharp
play and in modern times fighting players like Korchnoi and Timman played it.
Before them it was a favorite of Euwe. 6.d4 b5 7.b3 d5 8.dxe5 e6 9.c3 e7 10.bd2 0-0 11.c2 f5 12.d4 xd4 13.cxd4 xd2 14.xd2 c5 15.dxc5 xc5 16.c1 c8 17.b3 b6 18.f3 fd8 was a reasonable alternative. 18...h8 19.fd1 fe8 Better was 19...a5 with equal chances. 20.f1 d4 21.a5 c6 22.xc6 xc6 23.xd4 xb3 24.axb3 xd4 25.xc6 xe5 26.xa6 c8
White has a favorable ending. Vovk,Y (2549)-Prohaszka,P (2508) Szombathely 2008
19.g5 d7 20.fd1 b7 20...h6 21.e3 dc7 Bad...he should play 21...
Rcc7 and white's advantage is minimal. 22.xd5 xe3 Really bad...it loses
at once. 23.xc7 Ciric,D (2405)-Leverett,B (2310) Gausdal 1982. Black
resigned because if xc7 24.xe3 b7 24...xe3 25.xe6+ 25.xb7 xb7 26.d6 wins without much trouble. 21.c3 A nice move. White can either
double Rs on the c- or d-filer or , if given the opportunity to slide this R
over to the g- or h-files. h6 22.f4 h8 Chajes senses danger in white's
coming Qh5 and so defendes the h-Pawn, but he is too cautious...it would have
been better to continue Q-side counterplay. 22...a5 23.cd3 a4 24.xd5 xd5 25.xd5 cd8 26.xd7 xd7 27.xd7 xd7 28.h3 and the Qs plus
opposite color Bs cancel out white's extra P. 22...a5 23.h5 a4 is even
because the d-Pawn is not under attack. 24.xc5 xc5 25.e8+ h7 26.xe6 axb3 27.xf5+ g8 28.e6 d8 29.axb3 with equal chances. e7 23.h5 f8 23...a5 24.xh6 a4 24...gxh6 25.xh6+ h7 26.xe6 etc 25.xg7+ g8 25...xg7 26.g3+ f8 27.h8+ e7 28.f6+ e8 29.xe6+ wins 26.h6 xf2+ 27.xf2 xc3 28.g6+ g7 29.xe6+ White is winning. f7 30.xf7+ xf7 31.xd5 24.xc8 xc8 25.g6 c7 26.h3 A safety precaution...his K
needs an escape square. f7 26...c6 was a better defense. After 27.h5 d7 it would gave been much more difficult for white to make headway. 27.g3 Aiming for e6 and keeping black busy. d7 28.c1 b7 29.xh6 This not only wins a P, but also destroys the defenses around black's K. d4 29...gxh6 was necessary. 30.e6 xe6 31.e5+ g7 32.xe6 d8 33.c5 b8 33...d7 34.xd5 xe6 35.xd8+ h7 36.xe6 wins 34.xa6 34.xf5 makes things a little more difficult. For example... e5 35.xe5 xe5 36.c6 d6 34...e8 35.c1 d4 36.f7 white is winning owing to black's weak
Ps and reduced activity of his pieces. 30.e6 There is no good answer to
this. d6 30...g8 31.exd7 xd7 32.b8 xb3 33.xf8+ g8 34.c8 30...gxh6 31.exf7 xf7 32.g6 e7 33.xf7 g5 34.c8 31.xg7+
Practically any move wins. xg7 32.xd6 h5 33.d5 a7 34.c8+ Black
resigned. 34.c8+ h7 35.e7 b7 36.xb7 d3 37.d5 xb2 38.c6 g7 39.e6 f6 40.xf6 f7 41.xf7+ h8 42.e8# 1–0
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