Dr. Albert Whiting Fox (29 April 1881 – 29 April 1964) was an American chess

Chess

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 master.

Chess career

Born in Boston

Boston

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, he spent a few years in Germany, studying mathematics. By the end of his sojourn in Europe, he won several brilliant games in Paris (Café de la Régence), Antwerp, and Heidelberg in 1900/01.

A.W. Fox returned to America in 1901. He tied for 10-11th at Cambridge Springs 1904 (won by Frank James Marshall), won Manhattan Chess Club

Manhattan Chess Club

The Manhattan Chess Club in Manhattan was the second-oldest chess club in the United States . The club was founded in 1877 and started with three dozen players; membership later reached into the hundreds before the club ended its existence in 2002...

 Championship in 1905/06, tied for 2nd-3rd with Marshall, behind Eugene Delmar

Eugene Delmar

Eugene Delmar , was one of the leading US chess masters of 19th century and the four-time New York State champion in 1890, 1891, 1895 and 1897. He won a match against Robert Henry Barnes with only a single draw .-External links:...

, at New York 1906, took 3rd at Trenton Falls 1906 (Quadrangular, Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker

Emanuel Lasker was a German chess player, mathematician, and philosopher who was World Chess Champion for 27 years...

 won), and tied for 7-8th at New York 1916 (Rice tournament, José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca

José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. One of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play...

 won).

He played for Manhattan Chess Club in cable matches against Franklin Chess Club of Philadelphia, and Chicago Chess Club in 1904–1906, and twice in cable matches USA vs. England (1907 and 1911).

Fox died in Washington, D.C..

Further reading

• Washington Star
  Washington Star
  The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1981. For most of that time, it was the city's newspaper of record, and the longtime home to columnist Mary McGrory and...
  
  , April 30, 1964
• Who's Who in Law, 1937, p. 326
• Who's Who in the Nation's Captitol, 1934–5, p. 338