Abe Turner (1924-1962) was an American chess master. He had a chess rating over 2400 and played several times in the U.S. Chess Championship. He was best known as a blitz chess hustler, and was one of the few chess masters who had a winning record with Bobby Fischer. Turner was born in New York City. He learned how to play chess in 1943 at a naval hospital while recovering from shrapnel wounds inflicted during World War II. Wikipedia
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