Besides chess, his hobbies were golf, pool, archery, knife and ax throwing, and shooting. He was also known for his willingness to bet on sporting events and just about anything else, including which elevator would arrive first.
Wang was born in Chung-king, China and came to the United States in 1946 with his mother and older brother. His father stayed behind as head of security for Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), a politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China and the Generalissimo of the National Revolutionary Army.
In October of 1949, after a string of military victories, Mao proclaimed the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China and Chiang Kai-shek and his forces fled to Taiwan.
Shortly after sending his family to the United States in 1946, Wang; father perished. Wang's mother had lost everything except a small inheritance and the family finally ended up in Berkeley, California.
Wanf learned to to play chess thanks to George Koltanowski's chess program in California. He regularly played at the Berkeley YMCA, and later at the famous Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco.
Wang played in the 1957 US Junior Championship (won by Bobby Fischer). Wang shared places 5-10 with a score of 5.5-3.5.
In 1960, he won the California Junior Championship and that same year he tied for first with William Addison in a Mechanics' tournament.
The year 1962 was a busy one: Wang enlisted in the Army, got married and started a family with his first wife and mother of his three children. He then disappeared from the chess scene until the late 1960s.
In 1975, Wang went to Vietnam to evacuate 19 family members just one day prior to the unmitigated disaster known as the Fall of Saigon. I remember watching with horror as the events of that day unfolded.
After his time in the Army Wang had worked at the Radiation Lab in Berkeley. He and his wife also started an import business from Vietnam which explains why he was in Vietnam.
He took up residence in Palo Alto, California in 1978 where he was a financial executive with a stock brokerage firm. He met his second wife in Singapore and they were married in February of 1979 and enjoyed traveling throughout Asia, Europe, Argentina and the U.S. He also lived in various countries including the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
The following game was played in the 1959 US Open in Omaha, Nebraska. Wang scored 7-5 and tied for places 27-43. His opponent scored 7.5-4.5 and finished tied fir places 18-26.
Richard Kause (September 5, 1934 – September 7, 1996, 62 years old) was an Expert (2000-2199 Elo) from Cleveland, Ohio, who was a fixture at local and state tournaments for many years. I remember playing on a board next to Kause probably sometime in the early 1970s. He was overweight and although he did not seem bothered by it, during the entire time he was wheezing with every breath as if he were having difficulty breathing.
Arthur Wang–Richard Kause1–0E87US Open, Omaha, NebraskaOmaha, NE USA26.07.1959Stockfish 16
E87: King's Indian: Saemisch 1.c4 f6 2.c3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 g7 5.f3
The Saemisch often leads to very sharp play with castling on opposite wings
taking place. Black has a variety of pawn breaks at his disposal ( ...e5, ...
c5 and ...b5 after being prepared by ...c6 and/or ...a6). 0-0 6.e3 e5 7.d5 h5 8.d2 f5 9.exf5 gxf5 10.0-0-0 f4 This move foes not turn out well for
white because is ends up giving white's N some very strong squares on the
K-sdie. Both 10...a6 or 10...Nd7 are better. 11.f2 f5 11...f6 12.b1 f5+ 13.d3 xd3+ 14.xd3 bd7 as in Frost,P-Yu,S Mount Buller 2004. White
is better. 12.d3 12.g4 This sharp move causes black more headaches. fxg3 13.hxg3 g6 14.e2 f6 15.h3 e7 16.g5 White has good attacking
chances. 12...xd3 13.xd3 d7 14.g4 hf6 15.h4 15.c2 b6 15...e4 16.d4 e7 17.g5 e8 18.xe4 xd4 19.xd4 and white has a very strong
attack. 16.b3 a5 17.h3 a4 18.g5 White's attack is more virile. 15...c5 This looks quite logical, but it ignores the brewinbg storm on the K-side
and as a result it can be cinsidered the devisive mistake. 15...e8 16.e4 xe4 17.fxe4 f6 18.g5 g4 19.h3 f3 and black can survive because white's
K-side attack is stalled and he must now try his luck elsewhere and play 20.c5 16.c2 Wand wants to play for the attack. A bit surprising since hius
style would normally be to go for the ending thta arises after 16.Bxc5 16.xc5 dxc5 17.h3 e7 18.g5 e4 19.cxe4 xe4 20.xe4 xe4 21.xe4 d4 22.c2 16...a5 17.h3 Heading for the outpost e6 e7 17...h6
to keep the N from going to g5 rins into 18.xc5 dxc5 19.g5 h7 20.gxh6 xh6 21.g5 Anyway! The N is immune. xg5 22.hxg5 xg5 22...xg5 23.h7# 23.dg1 18.g5 h8 19.xc5+- dxc5 20.ce4 fd8 21.xf6 xf6 22.e6 g8 23.g5 g7 24.h5 a6 Meaningless, but there is no real
defense, but 24...h6 would force white to play accurately. 24...h6 25.f5 hxg5 26.d6 cxd6 27.xg5 f6 28.e4 af8 29.xd6 g5 30.h3 h7 31.g6 xg6 32.hxg6 xh3 33.xh3+ g7 34.xg5 25.h6 f8 26.f5 xe6 26...g6 27.xf8+ xf8 28.xf8 xg5 29.e6 g6 30.xc7 with a easy win. 27.dxe6 xg5 28.f7 Black resigned. 28.f7 g6 29.d7 xf7 30.exf7 leaves
black hopelessly lost. 1–0
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