Frank Street Jr. facts for kids

Frank Street Jr. (born 1943) is an American chess player who won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1965. He was a member of the Takoma Park Chess Club, which included fellow members Larry Kaufman and Larry Guilden. In the 1960s, he set the stage for the harnessing of black talent in the Washington, D.C., area with National Masters Walter Harris and Ken Clayton.

Street became a USCF Master in 1965. He initially received recognition by winning the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1965, and for many years thereafter held the highest rating among African American players. He also defeated Clayton and won the club championship at the Washington Chess Divan, a premier chess club. Street was the second African American chess player to earn the National Master title after Harris. His picture was on the cover of the July 1965 issue of Chess Life magazine.