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| Wozney circa 1966 |
Chester Thomas Wozney, born April 20, 1940, was a US Army Specialist 4th Class when he won the US Armed Forces Championship in 1966. At that time he was with the 51st Signal Battalion, Company A, stationed in South Korea. For those not familiar with Army ranks, he was the equivalent rank of a Corporal except specialists are not considered a Non-commissioned Officer; the specialist's job is focused on technical expertise and they normally have less personnel leadership responsibilities than Corporals.
Besides having many Midwest tournament victories to his credit, in 1964 Wozney tied for first in the Ohio Championship (with Richard Kause, George Kellner, James Harkins and David Presser).
He won the title won outright in 1967 and in 1969 he eked out a tiebreak victory over Robert H. Burns, Jr and Richard Garber. 
Then in 1971 he again tied for first with Robert Burns and Ross Sprague, Burns getting the title on tiebreaks.
In 1972 he won the State title on tiebreaks over Ross Sprague, Richard Kause and Jerry Fink. In 1974 he again tied for first with Robert Burns, Jerry Fink, James Voelker and Arthur Keske with Burns again gaining the title on tiebreaks.
I never met Wozney persoanlly, but saw him many times at tournaments in the 60s and 70s and he struck me as being a pleasant, quiet and reserved individual.
This game features a snazzy win by Wozney from the 1973 US Open.
Marvin Rogan–Thomas Wozney0–1B80US Open, Chicago1973Stockfish 16
B80: Sicilian Scheveningen 1.e4 c5 2.f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 c6 5.c3 a6 6.e3 f6 7.g3 This line is not difficult to meet and is not very
challenging to black. 7. Bd3 is the main line. e7 8.g2 0-0 9.0-0 c7 10.e2 White might actually served better by 10.f4 10.f4 d6 11.h1 d7 12.b3 b5 13.a3 b4 14.axb4 xb4 15.g4 with equal chances. Guseinov,G (2625)
-So,W (2640) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2009 10...d6 11.ad1 d7
12.f4 ac8 13.g4 This allows a tactical shot that wins a Pawn. 13.f5 b5 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.h3 xd4 16.xd4 Black is slightly better. Honfi,
K (2390)-Ribli,Z (2590) Baden-Baden 1981 13.h1 b5 14.xc6 xc6 15.a3 b7 16.d4 equals. Markosian,D (2406)-Bairachny, R (2442) Tula 2000 13...xd4 14.xd4 This move looks logical, but he actually does better by capturing
with the R. In any case, black wins a Pawn. 14.xd4 e5 15.d2 xg4 16.e1 e6 17.f5 c4 18.f3 fd8 19.g3 Theoretically black should be able to
defend himself, but in Kamishov,M-Baturinsky,V Moscow 1945, he couldn't manage
it anbd lost. 14...e5 Picking off the g-Pawn. 15.fxe5 dxe5 15...xg4
would be less effective. 16.exd6 xd6 17.f3 xf3 18.xf3 e5 19.xe5 xe5 20.df1 16.e3 xg4 17.f3 e6 Threatening a pin with ...Bc4 18.g2 c5 19.xc5 xc5+ 20.h1 fd8 21.g1 This attack on g7 is harmless...white
simply has no way to follow it up. g6 22.df1 e3 Plunging right into the
guts of white’s position and generating tactical threats. Hoping for ...Rd2. 23.e2 Attacking the N on f6, but missing a pretty continuation. 23.g3
was no better though. d2 24.xe5 d7 25.g3 xc2 Black's advantaghe will
prove decisive. 23...xc3 Black is clearly winning. 24.bxc3 xe4 25.f3 c5 25...d5 is cute...if 26.xe3 f2# 26.d3 This loses immediately
to a nifty little combination, but there wasn’t much else. xd3 27.cxd3 f2+ White resigned. Near flawless play by Wozney. 27...f2+ 28.xf2 xf2 29.f1 d5+ 30.g2 xg2+ 31.xg2 f1+ 32.g1 xd3 0–1
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