the U.S., from 1910 right up until the early 1950s. Whitaker named the 'Whitaker Gambit' in the French Defense for the sequence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3, with a gambit of White's e-pawn for open lines; he played this successfully. Whitaker essayed a classical style, with a strong preference for symmetrical defenses with the Black pieces; he never seriously adopted the hypermodern style, developed from 1920 by leading players from his generation such as Aron Nimzowitsch, Alexander Alekhine, Richard Reti, Ernst Grunfeld, Savielly Tartakower, and Efim Bogolyubov. He was strong in the endgame. Notable chess games Norman Whitaker vs Jackson Showalter, Western Open, Excelsior 1915, Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, C79, 1-0 A flashy tactical brilliancy against the former U.S. champion. Norman Whitaker vs Frank Marshall, 8th American Chess Congress, Atlantic City 1921, Ruy Lopez, Exchange, C68, 1-0 After an early exchange of Queens, Whitaker positionally outplays the U.S. champion, converting his advantage with fine endgame technique. Dawid Janowski vs Norman Whitaker, 8th American Chess Congress, Atlantic City 1921, Colle System, Harwitz Defence, A40, 0-1 The former World Championship finalist gets his favorite bishop pair, but Whitaker's precise defense proves too much. Samuel Reshevsky vs Norman Whitaker, National Chess Federation Congress, Kalamazoo 1927, Queen's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs Defense, D52, 0-1 The teenaged Reshevsky is gradually outplayed by the far more experienced Whitaker. Isaac Kashdan vs Norman Whitaker, U.S. Open, Fort Worth 1951, Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, D60, 0-1 Kashdan commits a couple of subtle middlegame errors which are exploited in dashing style by Whitaker. Writings 365 Ausgewählte Endspiele: Eines Für Jeden Tag Im Jahr (Deutsch) 365 Selected Endings: One For Each Day of the Year (English) by Norman T. Whitaker and Glenn E. Hartleb, 1960, . Sixty-five Years in American Chess, by Norman T. Whitaker, December 1969, Chess Life, pp. 502–504. Notes References External links Official FBI Story about Norman T. Whitaker The Chess Games of Norman Tweed Whitaker http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_reviews_jd/jd_shady_side.html 1890 births 1975 deaths American chess players American chess writers Chess International Masters Lawyers from Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni Disbarred American lawyers American people convicted of fraud American confidence tricksters 20th-century chess players 20th-century American lawyers