US Master who won the US Open in 1948. In 1939, he wrote a book entitled White to Play and Win. After the publication, he played a tournament in Dallas where he lost all his games as White and won all his games as Black!
In 1960, he was the author of a speculative line played in the Vienna Game. Another line known as Adams Attack – used in the Sicilian Defense – was used by Fischer against Bolbochan and Najdorf.