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Tenacious
The chess life of Arthur Feuerstein is a story of promise, tragedy, and rejuvenation.
By Al Lawrence I 20
t was a rainy day but full of getaway-anticipation. Arthur Feuerstein and his wife Alice left work behind and headed west in their Dodge from their house in River Vale, New Jersey, toward their vacation home in the Pocono Moun- tains of Pennsylvania. Alice sat in the back seat with their beagle Daisy. Behind the wheel, Arthur looked forward to
a relaxing weekend and had good reasons to feel satisfied with life in general. He had, at just 37, already risen to the top of his profession, about to be sent to Belgium to head up the Euro- pean division of Sun Chemical. He was married to the beautiful girl he had fallen in love with as a student. And in the world of chess, the other love of his life, he was a leading player.
Chess Life — January 2012 It was true that he had decided against turning pro after a
very promising start as a youngster, including a solid result in the 1958 U.S. Championship. But even as an “amateur,” he had won the 1971 championship of New York City’s vaunted Man- hattan Chess Club, and competed in the 1972 U.S. Invitational Championship, chalking up a draw against powerful GM Pal Benko and a win against the legendary Al Horowitz. Art could boast an even career record against Bobby Fischer, the man who had just rewritten the record books on his way to the world championship throne. As Feuerstein drove that day in 1973 near Fort Lee, New Jer- sey, on a two-lane stretch of Route 46 just across the Hudson
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