Sidney Norman Bernstein

Sidney Norman Bernstein was an American chess master.
He tied for 2nd-4th in Marshall Chess Club Championship at New York 1930/31, tied for 6-7th in New York State Chess Championship at Rome 1931. He played board two, behind Reuben Fine, on the victorious CCNY team in the 1931-32 Intercollegiate championships. He took 11th in the American Chess Federation Congress at Philadelphia 1936.
Bernstein was a participant in eight U.S. Chess Championship events.
He played thrice in Ventnor City, as he shared 1st in 1940, tied for 5-7th in 1941, and tied for 3rd-6th in 1942. He tied for 1st with Reinfeld in Manhattan Chess Club Championship at New York 1942,
and took 8th in Manhattan CC in 1955.
Top players that he scored wins against were Donald Byrne, multiple wins against Arnold Denker, multiple wins against Frank James Marshall, Edmar Mednis, and Sammy Reshevsky, amongst others.