Not much is known of his life and because he was primarily a coffeehouse hustler and most of his games have not survived.
For the 1936 championship there were a series of preliminary qualifying events and the top scores were seeded into the finals.
Treysman nearly tied Reshevsky for first, but he had a catastrophic last round loss to Albert Simonson. Instead he finished tied with Rueben Fine for third place.
Treysman earned his living as a hustler in the seedier chess clubs of New York City. He was willing to gamble on anything…chess, horses, cards…anything.
Norman Lessing and Dr. Anthony Saidy in their book, The World of Chess, wrote that Treysman, “never opened a chess book or, I suspect, many books of whatever description.”
Arnold Denker called Treysman the best odds-giver at chess in the United States. Among his victims were such stalwarts as Kashdan, Dake, Kevitz, Steiner and Denker himself.
Treysman qualified for the finals at the 1937 US Open in Chicago, where he tied 3rd-4th with a 6-4 score and in 1938 he again played in the US Championship and scored 7-9 and tied for places10-11th place.
Here is a sample game in which he defeated Weaver W. Adams. The game can best be described as “messy.” That refers to the position, not the play, as both players threaded their way through the complications quite well.
It was played in the 1936 US Championship which was the first USCF tournament for the US championship after Frank James Marshall retired. It marked the transition from match play to tournament play.
George Treysman–Weaver Adams1–0D09US Championship, New York1New York, NY USA25.04.1936Stocjfish 16
D09: Albin Counter Gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 Adams was an advocate of this
uncommon response. In exchange for the sacrificed P black gets a central P
wedge at d4 and some attacking chances. White usually returns the P in order
to gain a positional advantage. 3.dxe5 d4 4.f3 c6 5.g3 The main line is
5. Nbd2. Treysman's response is super solid. e6 6.bd2 b4 7.c2 ge7 8.a3 8.g2 g6 9.0-0 d7 10.b3 f5 11.d1 d3 12.e3 White slightly better.
Ulibin,M (2515)-Pettersson,A (2258) Norrkoping SWE 2004 8...xd2+ 8...f5 is equally good. 9.a4 xd2+ 10.xd2 0-0 equals. Kazhgaleyev,M (2596)
-Sagalchik,G (2487) playchess.com INT 2004 9.xd2 g6 10.f4 10.g2 0-0
Correct was 10...Ncxe5 11.g5 d3 12.xe6 fxe6 13.xd3 xd3 14.exd3 gxe5 15.xc6 bxc6 16.e2 with an excellent ending. Wojtaszek,R (2219)-Jeremejev,
A Artek 2000 10...e7 10...f6 This odd looking move is one that only an
engine would favor! 11.exf6 xf6 12.g2 xf4 13.gxf4 xf4 Black is
slightly better. 11.g2 c5 11...O-O-O was worth considering 12.c1 a5
Prevents b4. 13.0-0 0-0 14.g5 ad8 15.e4 15.xe6 seems preferable. fxe6 16.g5 d7 17.b3 cxe5 18.d2 He cannot leave the B hanging. c6 19.h3 d3 20.xe6+ h8 Now after 21.Be3 white would stand well, but he must not
play... 21.xd7 dxe2 22.e3 22.fe1 xf2+ 23.h1 f3 ans wins 22...f3+ 23.g2 e7 24.g4 e4 and black is winning. For example... 25.xf3 xf3+ 26.g1 f4 27.gxf4 xf4 28.xf4 exf1+ 29.xf1 xb3 15...fe8 16.h4 cxe5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 xb4 19.d2 c5 This sets a little trap. 20.h5 20.xb7 This leads to all kinds of crazy pooibilities, none of which are
good for white. g4 21.e3 d3 22.a4 h6 23.e4 f3+ 24.g2 f5 25.h1 xe4 26.xe4 gxh4+ 27.xh4 xh4+ 28.gxh4 xe4+ 29.h2 f3 leads to mate. 20...f8 21.xh7+ h8 22.f4 This messy situation is actually slightly
better for black. g4 Adams prefers attacking rather than capturing the
c-Pawn with 22...Nxc4. Either move is satisfactory. 23.e4 f6 24.f3 g8 25.g6 h7 26.g2 This is a serious miscalculation that should have
turned the game over to white. The obvious idea is that after black captures
on g6 white can attack on the h-file, but Adams must play the right movr...but,
it's not easy to figure is all out OTB with the clock ticking. e7 26...xg6 27.hxg6 d3 28.h1+ g8 29.exd3 c6 30.h4 f5 31.h5 xg6 32.xf5
with equal chances. 26...xg6 This is the right move. 27.hxg6 d3 28.exd3 xg6 29.h1+ g8 30.cd1 30.h4 xd3 31.b2 e2 wins 30...c6
and white is in serious trouble. 27.d3 27.xh7 xh7 28.cd1 c6 29.g6 e5 30.xe5 f8 White can retreat his Q to g4 with about equal chances or he
can get fancy and play 31.xc7 xg6 32.xd8 e8 33.hxg6 xd8 34.h1+
and white is actually better...but ptoving it is difficult even for an engine! 27...e5 A tactical error that proves fatal. 27...c6 keeps the
balance. 28.h1 e5 29.xe5 fxe5 30.e4 ad it;s anybody's game. 28.xe5 fxe5 29.g5 e4 30.xe7 exd3 30...xe7 was worth a try. 31.b3 xg6 32.hxg6 xg6 33.h1+ g8 34.h4 but here, too, white has the
advantage. 31.xc5 dxe2 32.fe1 d3 33.e7 a8 34.xd3 xd3 35.xf8 xf8 The last few moves have clarified the situation and white is left
with a won ending. 36.c3 d8 37.f3 b5 38.cxb5 xb5 39.xc7 d3+ 40.f4 d1 41.c1 a4 42.c8+ h7 43.xe2 0-1 Black resigned, All in all nit a
badly played game given the messy piece position! 1–0
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