Horowitz Israel Albert (15.11.1907 – 18.01.1973)

 American International Master (1950), International Arbiter (1951) who owned and edited the leading US chess magazine Chess Review (founded by Kashdan) from 1933 to 1969 He edited the New York Times chess column for 10 years and wrote quite a number of chess books.

Horowitz’s main contributions to American chess was his consistently high scoring on the U. S. team in the Chess Olympics at Prague in 1931, Warsaw in 1935, and Stockholm in 1937.
He was awarded the International Master title for an average of 75.5% on four US Olympic teams 1931-50. In 1950 Olympiad he made a total score of +29=19-3.

Best results: won or shared first in three US Opens in 1936, 1938 and 1943. In 1941, he lost a match to Reshevsky +0=13-3 for the US Championship.

Horowitz wrote more than 20 books, usually in collaboration. He was not always generous to his co-authors; for example, after the death of F.J. Wellmuth, compiler of the Golden Treasury of Chess, Horowtiz added a few games and brought out further editions under his own name.
His major works: World Chessmasters in Battle Royal with Kmoch (1949), The Personality of Chess with Rothenberg (1963).

He was inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame in 1989.