Isador (Isaac) Samuel Turover (Sochaczew,[1] 8 July[2] 1892 – 16 October 1978) was an American chess master.
Born to a Jewish family in Poland,[3] he moved to Belgium and then to the United States.
For instance, in 1930, Turover gave a 500-lire brilliancy prize at the tournament in San Remo.
[11] Many years later, in 1973, Turover awarded David Bronstein two magnum bottles of the finest French champagne for a brilliancy in a game against Ljubomir Ljubojević.
In 1974 he established the annual World Brilliancy Prize; the first winner was Michael Stean, who received $1,000 for his win against Walter Browne at the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice.