# Albert Fox

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Dr. '''Albert Whiting Fox''' (29 April 1881 – 29 April 1964) was an American [chess](/source/chess) master.

==Chess career==
Born in [Boston](/source/Boston), he spent a few years in Germany, studying mathematics. By the end of his sojourn in Europe, he won several brilliant games in 1900 and 1901 at [Café de la Régence](/source/Caf%C3%A9_de_la_R%C3%A9gence) in Paris, and in Antwerp and Heidelberg.<ref>[http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/fox.html The Fox Enigma by Edward Winter<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Fox returned to America in 1901. He tied for 10–11th at [Cambridge Springs 1904](/source/1904_Cambridge_Springs_International_Chess_Congress) (won by [Frank James Marshall](/source/Frank_James_Marshall)), won [Manhattan Chess Club](/source/Manhattan_Chess_Club) Championship in 1905/06, tied for 2nd–3rd with Marshall, behind [Eugene Delmar](/source/Eugene_Delmar), at New York 1906, took 3rd at Trenton Falls 1906 (''Quadrangular'', [Emanuel Lasker](/source/Emanuel_Lasker) won), and tied for 7–8th at New York 1916 (Rice tournament, [José Raúl Capablanca](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Ra%C3%BAl_Capablanca) won).<ref>[http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf |date=July 4, 2007 }}, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref>

He played for the [Manhattan Chess Club](/source/Manhattan_Chess_Club) in cable matches against Franklin Chess Club of Philadelphia, and Chicago Chess Club in 1904–1906, and twice in the [Anglo-American cable chess matches](/source/Anglo-American_cable_chess_matches) between Britain and the United States (1907 and 1911).<ref>[http://www.chessmetrics.com Welcome to the Chessmetrics site<!-- Bot generated title -->]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/ |date=April 14, 2006 }}</ref>

By 1915, Fox moved to Washington D.C. to "engage in newspaper work" for the ''[Washington Post](/source/Washington_Post)''<ref>[http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/fox.html The Fox Enigma by Edward Winter<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and shortly after gave up professional chess play. Fox died in Washington, D.C..

==References==
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==Further reading==
*''[Washington Star](/source/Washington_Star)'', April 30, 1964
*''Who's Who in Law'', 1937, p.&nbsp;326
*''Who's Who in the Nation's Capital'', 1934–5, p.&nbsp;338

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