Dr. Clurman disagreed with the decision. He said, “I believe my game against the young master should have been credited to me as I threatened very serious things with my last move.”
“White's King is not in an enviable position and I threatened (...Ng3). If the Bishop retreats, I am a Pawn ahead and have the superior position. I feel certain that I could have won the game if time would have permitted. The game la a complicated one and shows that the young master has a wotderful power of chess vision.”
“To my own satisfaction, I am convinced that Rzeschewski will rank eventually as one of the world's greatest chess masters in a few years. That depends, however, in my opinion, upon the manner in which he will be handled.”
Dr. Morris Joseph Clurman was born in 1884 in Russia and died of heart failure at his home in Brooklyn at the age of 76 or 77 on October 11, 1961.
He emigrated with his family from Russia in 1888 and became a naturalized US Citizen in 1909.
He was the eldest son of 4 children. His brother Harold would become one of the most influential theater directors and critics in the United States.
Dr. Clurman was married in Manhattan in June of 1914 and the couple had two children: Irma who was born in 1915 and Stanley who was born in 1919. He graduated from college in 1905 and received his medical degree from Cornell University in 1908.
He was one of the first physicians to write about the hazards in football. He published a tract in February, 1911 detailing the physical and health related problems that can come from playing football.
Here is his game against Rzeschewski and as you can see, he was right on both counts: he should have been awarded the win and Rzeschewski did go on to become one of the world’s greatest masters.
Sammy Rzeschewski–Dr. Morris J. Clurman0–1B17Sinul, Bew York City27.11.1919Stockfish/Komodo
B17: Caro-Kann 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.c3 dxe4 4.xe4 f6 More often seen
are 4...Bf5 and 5...Nd7 5.g3 The usuak move here is 5,Nxf6 gxf6,the
Bronstein–Larsen Variation. Black can also play the Korchnoi Variation 5...
exf6 e6 6.f3 d6 7.d3 bd7 8.c3 This is a rather slow continuation that
does not challenge white in the center. 6...c5 is more direct. b6 9.e4
Better is 9.e2 0-0 9...b7 10.f5 spells difficulties for black. 10.e5 xe5 11.dxe5 xe5 12.xh7+ xh7 13.xe5 9.e2 0-0 10.e4 is a
better alternative. e7 11.f4 c5 White is very slightly better. 9...xe4 10.xe4 b7 11.0-0 c7 12.h3 f6 12...0-0 13.g5 f5 14.c2 c5 is equal.
Exner,G-Przepiorka,D Gyor 1924 13.d3 0-0-0 This is risky. Castling K-side
was considerably safer. 14.e2 b8 15.e3 Passive play. Going after
black's K with 15.a4 challenges black's decision to castle Q-side. 15.a4 a5 16.b4 axb4 17.cxb4 xb4 18.g5 c5 18...h6 19.h4 Threatening to pin the
Q and K; black is in a difficult situation. 19.dxc5 bxc5 20.fc1 White
has a dangerous initiative. 15...h6 16.ad1 The best move is
still 16.a4! g5 A terrific move that launches a very dangerous
attack. 17.c1 Rezeschewski is blithely unaware of the impending danger. 17.a6 results in equal chances after xa6 18.xa6 g4 19.hxg4 xg4 20.c4 h2+ 21.h1 hg8 22.a4 xe3 23.fxe3 g3 24.a5 17...g4 18.e5 18.hxg4
was somewhat better. For example... xg4 19.fe1 dg8 with the initiative. 18...gxh3 From this point on white is fighting a lost cause. 19.g3 dg8
Another good option was 19...c5 opening up the Bs diagonal. 20.f4? 20.f3 was a better alternative. xe5 21.dxe5 h2+ 22.xh2 g4+ 23.g1 xe5
Black is better, but there is no forced win. 20...h5 White is pretty much
helpless against what is coming. 21.c4 21.xf7 fails to xf4 22.xh8 xh8 23.e4 g7 White's position is hopeless. Just a single example... 24.f3 h4 25.g4 c7 26.h1 h7 27.e4 g5 28.f3 xe4 29.fxe4 c5 and there
is no way to stop black's ons;aught. 21.h2 21...c5 Adding the B to the
K-side action. Black is clearly winning. 22.f3 h4 23.g4 h5 Here, due to
the lateness of the hour, the game was stopped and Frank Marrshall unfairly
adjudicated it as a draw. 23...h5 24.d7+ There is nothing better than
giving up a piece with this move. 24.dxc5 xf4 25.c2 xc5+ 26.h1 xe5
iseasily winning for black. 24.c6+ xc6 25.xd6+ xd6 26.e5 xe5 27.dxe5 g3 24.h2 xf4 25.xf4 cxd4 26.de1 f5 27.h2 e4 There is noi
satisfactory answer to ...Bxe5 24...xd7 25.xd6+ xd6 26.e5 xe5 27.dxe5 g3 28.f2 g5 29.e1 d8 30.f1 xf1 31.exf1 xe5 and wins. 0–1
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