Samuel Reshevsky
 Reshevsky in 1964 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Herman Reshevsky |
| Born | Szmul Rzeszewski November 26, 1911 |
| Died | April 4, 1992 (aged 80) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Chess career | |
| Country | United States (after 1924) Poland (before 1924) |
| Title | Grandmaster (1950) |
| Peak rating | 2565 (July 1972) |
| Peak ranking | No. 25 (July 1972) |
Samuel Herman Reshevsky (born Szmul Rzeszewski; November 26, 1911 – April 4, 1992) was a Polish chess prodigy and later a leading American chess grandmaster. He was a contender for the World Chess Championship from the mid-1930s to the late 1960s. He tied for third place in the 1948 World Chess Championship tournament, tied for second in the 1953 Candidates tournament, and was a Candidate as late as 1968. He was an eight-time winner of the US Chess Championship, tying him with Bobby Fischer for the all-time record.
He was an accountant by profession, and also a chess writer.