Helms was formally recognized in 1943 by the United States Chess Federation as the 'Dean of American Chess', and held this designation until his death at age 93 in 1963.
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Helms also organized and promoted national chess tours for top players such as Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker, Géza Maróczy, and Frank Marshall.
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Helms was called "the most important journalist in American chess history" by Arnold Denker and Larry Parr, in their well-respected 1995 book The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories (p. 329), which is the major source for this article.
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Helms helped to organize the great international grandmaster events of New York 1924 (won by Emanuel Lasker) and New York 1927 (won by José Raúl Capablanca), which are among the most important tournaments ever staged.
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