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He also wrote puppet plays (his most famous being Manikin Minikin and Lima Beans), which he performed with his wife, Dot, while touring the United States.
Kreymborg played chess at a near-professional level; he was recognized as a National Master standard player in his youth. On two occasions he played and lost to José Capablanca, including a defeat in 1910 due to a mix-up in his endgame He drew one game with the U.S. Champion Frank Marshall in the 1911 Masters Tournament, but shortly afterward left the chess world after a stunning defeat by Oscar Chajes, returning to the sport roughly 23 years later. He wrote the article 'Chess Reclaims a Devotee', which is semi-autobiographical and also based on Charles Jaffe; the story is well known in chess circles.
Kreymborg was very close with "Sandy" Calder.
Due to his knack of "discovering" and publishing some of the most important poets during his time, Kreymborg later became president of the American Society of Composers, Artists, and Performers.
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