Saidy Anthony

American physician and chess master, a man dedicated to his two passions, public health and chess. Earning his M.D. at Cornell in 1962, he interned in Los Angeles and joined the U.S. Public Health Service. He was a member of the Peace Corps 1953-65, Resident in San Francisco 1965-66 and in Los Angeles practice 1967-72. His specialty is preventive medicine. First a chess master in 1955, he began playing public matches the following hear and became Canadian Open Champion in 1960, American Open Chess Champion in 1968 and International Chess master in 1969. He is the author of "The Battle of Chess Ideas," 1972 and co-author of "The World of Chess," 1974. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less