Re: Arthur Feuerstein dies at 86.

[Ken Blake]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:20:26 -0500, cru...@example.org wrote:

>Very sad. I knew him.
>
>Arthur Feuerstein, Chess Player With a Comeback Gambit, Dies at 86
>
>Once one of the country's best young players, he became a top player
>again after a car crash left him slipping in and out of consciousness.
>
>By Dylan Loeb McClain
>Feb. 22, 2022
>
>Arthur Feuerstein, who was once one of the best young chess players in
>the United States, even managing to hold his own against Bobby
>Fischer, and who survived a horrific head injury to once again become
>a top player, died on Feb. 2 in Mahwah, N.J. He was 86.
>
>His wife, Alice Feuerstein, said the cause was pancreatic and liver
>cancer.



Yes, very sad. I've known this for several days.

I also knew him, and played against him many times. But as far as I
know, after the car crash, although he still played, he was far from
being a top player. I never played against him again after the crash,
but another close friend of both of us did, and said he was much
weaker.