Famous People with Name Jaffe

Rona Jaffe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rona Jaffe: was an American novelist.Born in Brooklyn, Ms. Jaffe grew up in affluent circumstances on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, the only child of Samuel Jaffe, an elementary-school principal, and his first wife, Diana (née Ginsberg). Her maternal grandfather was Moses Ginsberg, a millionaire construction magnate who built the Carlyle Hotel.

Charles Jaffé            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Charles Jaffé: was a Belarusian-American chess master, of virtually Grandmaster strength at his peak in the 1910s, when he was one of the world's top players. Jaffe was also a chess writer.In 1904, he took 7th at St. Louis (7th American Congress), with 5/11, as Frank James Marshall won (CM). Jaffe defeated Jacques Mieses, ranked #17 in the world, by 2-0 in a match at New York 1907 (CM). In 1909, Jaffe took 3rd at Bath Beach, Brooklyn NY (Herbert Rosenfeld won). Also in 1909, Jaffe lost a match to Frank Marshall, ranked #7 in the world, by only 3.5-5.5 (+2 =3 -4) (CM). In 1910, Jaffe took 3rd at New York (Marshall won). In 1911, he tied for 3rd-4th at New York, with 9/12 (Marshall won) (CM). In 1911, he tied for 23rd-26th, with 8.5/25, at Carlsbad, a 26-player round-robin. Richard Teichmann won (CM); this was one of the greatest tournaments in chess history, with 17 of the world's top 25 players. In 1913, he took 3rd at New York (National), with 9.5/13, as José Raúl Capablanca won (CM). In 1913, he lost a match to Capablanca at New York by 0.5-2.5. In that same year, he won matches in New York against Mieses and Oscar Chajes.