Jacob Levin (chess player)

Jacob Levin (February 18, 1904 – June 17, 1992)^[1] was an American chess master.^[2]

He reached the best results of his career in Ventnor City. He tied for 2nd–3rd in 1939 (Milton Hanauer won), was a winner in 1941, took second behind Daniel Yanofsky in 1942, tied for 5th–7th in 1943, and won again in 1944.^[3][4] He tied for 8–9th at New York 1942 (US Chess Championship, Samuel Reshevsky and Isaac Kashdan won),^{[citation needed]} and took 4th at New York 1946 (US-ch, Reshevsky won).^{[citation needed]}

Levin was a member of the U.S. reserve team in the famous United States vs. Soviet Union radio match in September 1945.^[5]