** Marvin Katz ** (19?? - 1996)

  Marvin Katz died December 20, 1996; he was living in the
Rose Blumkin home near the Jewish Community Center in Omaha.
Marvin was apparently unmarried and had no children according to
Bruce Draney and the staff at the home.
  Jack Spence wrote in the H.E.Ohman Memorial CC Newsletter, 
Winter 1971, pg 61; "Katz, long time Colorado Champion, moved to
Omaha in the mid-sixties. He is a railroad man."  
  I checked "Chess Life", April 1967; and found him in the ratings
list with an established rating of 1980 and a resident of Colorado.
By December the rating list showed a resident of Nebraska. He played
in the Midwest Open in 1967. I remember playing him skittles at
the YMCA in 1978; Arnold Friend seemed to play chess with him quite
a bit, and may have more information about him. It would be interesting
to know how many times he was the champion of Colorado.
  Here are a few of his games.

[Event "21st Swenson Memorial"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"] [Date "1969.11.16"] [Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Katz, Marvin"]
[Black "Chess, Mike"]
{ECO: D05 - Colle}
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O
8.Re1 Qc7 9.h3 Re8 10.a3 a6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4
14.Bxe4 Ne7 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Qh5 Ng6 18.Kh1 Be7 
19.Qh7+ Kf8 20.Ne4 Bf6 21.Bh6 Qe7 22.h4 gxh6 23.h5 Nh8 24.Re3 Qd8 
25.Rg3 Ke7 26.Qxh6 Ng6 27.Nxf6 Rh8 28.Qg5 Kf8 29.Kg1 Kg7 30.h6+ Kf8
31.Nh7+ Ke8 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.Rh3 Qe7 34.Rd1 e5 35.Rhd3 Be6 36.Nh7+ Kg8
37.Qxe7 Nxe7 38.Nf6+ Kf8 39.Rd8+ Rxd8 40.Rxd8#
{Source: H.E.Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Winter 1969, pg8}


[Event "Omaha City Champ."]
[Site "Omaha, NE"] [Date "1971.Jan-Apr"] [Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Katz, Marvin"]
[Black "Worth, Bill"]
{ECO: A48}
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Bd3 d6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 b6 
8.e4 Bb7 9.Ne1 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.a4 c6 12.c4 Ba6 13.b4 cxd5 
14.cxd5 Bxd3 15.Nxd3 Rc8 16.Bb2 Qd7 17.f3 Bh6 18.Re1 Bxd2 
19.Qxd2 Rc4 20.b5 Re8 21.Nb4 Qc7 22.Nc6 Nxc6 23.bxc6 a5 24.Qd3 b5 
25.axb5 Qb6+ 26.Kh1 Qxb5 27.Rab1 Rb8?? 28.Bxe5 1-0
{Source: H.E.Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Sp Spring 1971, pg40}


[Event "Omaha City Champ."]
[Site "Omaha, NE"] [Date "1971.Jan-Apr"] [Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Katz, Marvin"]
[Black "Jamieson, Tom"]
{ECO: B57 - Sicilian - Sozin Attack}
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 d6 7.Bg5 Bg7
8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Qd2 d5? 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Bb5+ Nd7 13.Nxd5 O-O
14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Nxg6+ 1-0
{Source: H.E.Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Sp Spring 1971, pg39}


[Event "23rd Swenson Memorial"]
[Site "Omaha, NE"] [Date "1971.12.11"] [Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Amsden, B."]
[Black "Katz, Marvin"]
{ECO: E61 - King's Indian}
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 c6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qd2 a5 
8.Be2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne8 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.Qe2 Nc7
14.Bxc7 Qxc7 15.Nxb5 Qb6 16.Na3 c5 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.Nfe5 cxd4 
19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Nb6 Qd6 21.Nxa8 Rxa8 22.exd4 Bxd4 23.Be4 Ba6 
24.Bd3 Bxd3 25.Qf3 Rd8 26.Rfd1 Bb5 27.Rd2 e5 28.Rdc2 Be8 
29.b3 Bb6 30.h3 a4 31.h4 f5 32.h5 e4 33.Qc3 axb3 34.Qxb3+ Bf7 
35.Qb2 Bd4 36.Qb5 Qf4 37.hxg6 Bxf2+ 38.Kf1 hxg6 39.Rb1 Be3+ 
40.Ke1 Qg3+ 41.Kf1 Qf4+ 42.Ke1 Bd2+ 43.Ke2 e3 44.Rf1 Qg4+ 
45.Rf3 Qxg2+ 46.0-1 
{Source: H.E.Ohman Memorial Chess Club Newsletter; Spring 1972, pg68}