Edmund Nash

Edmund Nash, originally Adam Edmund Nasierawski (24 December 1909, Montreal, Canada - 4 June 2006, Chevy Chase, Maryland) was a Canadian-American chess master.
Born into a Polish family in Canada, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1936. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison he earned a B.A. in 1932 and an M.A. in 1938. He was a division chief at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and a Washington chess expert.
He tied for 10-11th in American Chess Congress at Philadelphia 1936 (Preliminaries, Arthur Dake won). In 1956, Nash beat Bobby Fischer in the U.S. Amateur Championship at Asbury Park, New Jersey. Fischer evened the score with a victory in their second and final meeting later that year in the 1956 Eastern States Championship in Washington. (List of people who have beaten Bobby Fischer in chess).
Nash played several times in the U.S. Open Chess Championship; among others at Milwaukee 1935, Pittsburgh 1946, Baltimore 1948, Cleveland 1957, Chicago 1989, and Philadelphia 1993.
He shared 10th in the 1998 Hall of Fame Open, 18th in the 1998 D.C. Action Championship, and 13th in the 1999 Hall of Fame Open, all in Washington D.C. His last rated event was the 2001 Eastern Open, at the age of 91.

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