3rd US Championship; 1940
April 27 - May 19
New York, NY

                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 1. Reshevsky, Sammy    x ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1  13 - 3    +10- 0= 6
 2. Fine, Ruben         ½ x ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  12½- 3½   +10- 1= 5
 3. Kashdan, Isaac      0 ½ x ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½  10½- 5½   + 7- 2= 7
 4. Pinkus, Albert      0 ½ ½ x 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1  10 - 6    + 6- 2= 8
 5. Simonson, Albert    ½ 0 0 0 x 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1  10 - 6    + 8- 4= 4
 6. Kupchik, Abraham    0 1 0 ½ 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1   9½- 6½   + 6- 3= 7
 7. Denker, Arnold      0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ x 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1   9½- 6½   + 7- 4= 5
 8. Bernstein, Sidney   0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 x 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1   7½- 8½   + 5- 6= 5
 9. Polland, David      0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 x 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½   7½- 8½   + 4- 5= 7
10. Reinfeld, Fred      ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1   7½- 8½   + 1- 2=13
11. Shainswit, George   ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½   7½- 8½   + 2- 3=11
12. Adams, Weaver       0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ x 0 1 ½ 1 1   7 - 9    + 5- 7= 4
13. Seidman, Herbert    ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ 1 1   7 - 9    + 4- 6= 6
14. Green, Matthew      ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ 1 ½   6 -10    + 2- 6= 8
15. Hanauer, Milton     0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1   6 -10    + 2- 6= 8
16. Woliston, Philip    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ x 1   3 -13    + 2-12= 2
17. Littman, Gustaz     0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 x   2 -14    + 0-10= 6




ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS
               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 1. Reshevsky  ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 B 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½   +10  13 - 3
 2. Fine       1 ½ ½ 1 0 B 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½   +9   12½- 3½
 3. Kashdan    1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 B ½ ½   +5   10½- 5½
 4. Pinkus     ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ B   +4   10 - 6
 5. Simonson   1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 B 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1   +4   10 - 6
 6. Kupchik    0 ½ ½ B 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1   +3    9½- 6½
 7. Denker     0 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 B 1   +3    9½- 6½
 8. Bernstein  B ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 0   -1    7½- 8½
 9. Polland    0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 B 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½   -1    7½- 8½
10. Reinfeld   ½ B ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½   -1    7½- 8½
11. Shainswit  1 ½ B ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½   -1    7½- 8½
12. Adams      0 0 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 B 1 ½ ½ 0   -2    7 - 9
13. Seidman    ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 B 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½   -2    7 - 9
14. Green      ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 B 0 0 ½   -4    6 -10
15. Hanauer    ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 B 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0   -4    6 -10
16. Woliston   ½ 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 B 0 0 0 0 1   -10   3 -13
17. Littman    ½ 0 0 ½ B 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   -12   2 -14





ROUND 1 (4/27/40
1-0	Kashdan vs Kupchik
Draw	Reshevsky vs Seidman
0-1	Adams vs Fine
Draw	Pinkus vs Reinfeld
0-1	Polland vs Simonson
Draw	Littman vs Green
Draw	Hanauer vs Geffe
1-0	Shainswit vs Denker
BYE	Bernstein


ROUND 2 (4/28/40
Draw	Bernstein vs Shainswit
Draw	Simonson vs Reshevsky
Draw	Fine vs Kashdan
Draw	Kupchik vs Pinkus
1-0	Denker vs Littman
Draw	Green vs Hanauer
1-0	Woliston vs Polland
1-0	Seidman vs Adams
BYE	Reinfeld


ROUND 3 (4/29/40
Draw	Pinkus vs Fine
0-1	Polland vs Green
0-1	Littman vs Bernstein
1-0	Kashdan vs Seidman
0-1	Adams vs Simonson
1-0	Reshevsky vs Geffe
Draw	Hanauer vs Denker
Draw	Reinfeld vs Kupchik
BYE	Shainswit

ROUND 4 (5/1/40
0-1	Denker vs Polland
0-1	Seidman vs Pinkus
Draw	Green vs Reshevsky
1-0	Fine vs Reinfeld
0-1	Simonson vs Kashdan
0-1	Woliston vs Adams
Draw	Shainswit vs Littman
0-1	Bernstein vs Hanauer
BYE	Kupchik

ROUND 5 (5/2/40
1-0	Pinkus vs Simonson
1-0	Adams vs Green
1-0	Kupchik vs Fine
1-0	Reshevsky vs Denker
Draw	Hanauer vs Shainswit
0-1	Polland vs Bernstein
Draw	Reinfeld vs Seidman
Forfeit	Kashdan over Woliston
BYE	Littman


ROUND 6 (5/4/40
0-1	Woliston vs Pinkus
Draw	Green vs Kashdan
0-1	Seidman vs Kupchik
Draw	Simonson vs Reinfeld
0-1	Littman vs Hanauer
1-0	Denker vs Adams
Draw	Shainswit vs Polland
0-1	Bernstein vs Reshevsky
BYE	Fine


ROUND 7 (5/5/40
1-0	Fine vs Seidman
Draw	Reshevsky vs Shainswit
1-0	Kashdan vs Denker
0-1	Kupchik vs Simonson
Draw	Pinkus vs Green
1-0	Adams vs Bernstein
Draw	Polland vs Littman
Draw	Reinfeld vs Geffe
BYE	Hanauer


ROUND 8 (5/6/40
1-0	Denker vs Pinkus
0-1	Littman vs Reshevsky
Draw	Bernstein vs Kashdan
0-1	Simonson vs Fine
Draw	Shainswit vs Adams
Draw	Green vs Reinfeld
0-1	Woliston vs Kupchik
0-1	Hanauer vs Polland
BYE	Seidman

ROUND 9 (5/8/40
1-0	Fine vs Woliston
1-0	Kupchik vs Green
1-0	Reshevsky vs Hanauer
1-0	Kashdan vs Shainswit
0-1	Seidman vs Simonson
Draw	Reinfeld vs Denker
Draw	Pinkus vs Bernstein
1-0	Adams vs Littman
BYE	Polland

ROUND 10 (5/9/40
0-1	Shainswit vs Pinkus
0-1	Green vs Fine
0-1	Polland vs Reshevsky
Draw	Littman vs Kashdan
0-1	Woliston vs Seidman
Draw	Hanauer vs Adams
Draw	Denker vs Kupchik
Draw	Bernstein vs Reinfeld
BYE	Simonson


ROUND 11 (5/11/40
1-0	Pinkus vs Littman
1-0	Kashdan vs Hanauer
Draw	Fine vs Denker
0-1	Adams vs Polland
1-0	Simonson vs Woliston
Draw	Seidman vs Green
Draw	Kupchik vs Bernstein
Draw	Reinfeld vs Shainswit
BYE	Reshevsky


ROUND 12 (5/12/40
0-1	Hanauer vs Pinkus
0-1	Green vs Simonson
Draw	Polland vs Kashdan
1-0	Reshevsky vs Adams
0-1	Bernstein vs Fine
Draw	Shainswit vs Kupchik
0-1	Littman vs Reinfeld
1-0	Denker vs Seidman
BYE	Woliston


ROUND 13 (5/13/40
0-1	Woliston vs Green
1-0	Fine vs Shainswit
0-1	Kashdan vs Reshevsky
Draw	Simonson vs Denker
1-0	Seidman vs Bernstein
Draw	Pinkus vs Polland
1-0	Kupchik vs Littman
Draw	Reinfeld vs Hanauer
BYE	Adams


ROUND 14 (5/15/40
1-0	Reshevsky vs Pinkus
0-1	Littman vs Fine
1-0	Adams vs Kashdan
1-0	Denker vs Woliston
Draw	Hanauer vs Kupchik
Draw	Shainswit vs Seidman
1-0	Bernstein vs Simonson
1-0	Polland vs Reinfeld
BYE	Green


ROUND 15 (5/16/40
0-1	Green vs Denker
1-0	Fine vs Hanauer
Draw	Reinfeld vs Reshevsky
Draw	Simonson vs Shainswit
1-0	Seidman vs Littman
Draw	Kupchik vs Polland
0-1	Woliston vs Bernstein
Draw	Pinkus vs Adams
BYE	Kashdan


ROUND 16 (5/18/40
Draw	Kashdan vs Pinkus
1-0	Bernstein vs Green
1-0	Reshevsky vs Kupchik
Draw	Polland vs Fine
Draw	Hanauer vs Seidman
0-1	Littman vs Simonson
1-0	Shainswit vs Woliston
Draw	Adams vs Reinfeld
BYE	Denker


ROUND 17 (5/19/40
Draw	Reinfeld vs Kashdan
Draw	Fine vs Reshevsky
1-0	Kupchik vs Adams
Draw	Seidman vs Polland
1-0	Simonson vs Hanauer
1-0	Woliston vs Littman
1-0	Denker vs Bernstein
Draw	Green vs Shainswit
BYE	Pinkus

  • The National Chess Federation and the Western Chess Association merged in 1939 to form the US Chess Federation. This was the first USCF run US Championship.

  • Participants Seeded in the Tournament:
    1. Reshevsky, Samuel
    2. Fine, Reuben
    3. Kashdan, Isaac
    5. Simonson, Albert C.
    6. Kupchik, Abraham
    7. Denker, Arnold
    9. Polland, David
    12. Adams, Weaver
    15. Hanauer, Milton
    16. Woliston, Philip
    17. Littman, Gustave

  • Participants that qualified from preliminary tournaments:
    4. Pinkus, Albert
    8. Bernstein, Sidney
    10. Reinfeld, Fred
    11. Shainswit, George
    13. Seidman, Herbert
    14. Green, Matthew

    [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Ne5 9. Kh1 Nxd3 10. cxd3 e5 11. Nde2 d5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. f4 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. f5 Bc4 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Ng3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Kf8 21. Kg1 Rd3 22. Kf2 Rxc3 23. Rd7 Rc2+ 24. Kg1 Ba6 25. Nh5 Rb2 26. Kh1 Rb6 27. h3 Bb5 28. Rd2 Ba4 29. g4 Ke7 30. Kg2 Rc4 31. Re1 Bc6 32. Kf3 Ra6 33. Ng3 Rca4 34. Ree2 Bb5 35. Rf2 Bc4 36. Rc2 b5 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "E44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "130"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 O-O 8.f3 d5 9.Be2 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qd1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qe7 14.Be2 Rfd8 15.Qc2 Rac8 16.Rd1 Rxd1+ 17.Qxd1 Na5 18.Bd2 Nc4 19.Nb5 Nxd2 20.Qxd2 Ba6 21.Nc3 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 h6 23.Rd1 Rd8 24.Kf2 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Qd1 Qxd1 27.Nxd1 Kf8 28.Nc3 Ke7 29.Ke2 Kd7 30.Kd3 Kc6 31.Kd4 a6 32.e4 Nd7 33.f4 Nc5 34.b4 Nd7 35.e5 Nf8 36.Ne4 Nd7 37.Nd6 f5 38.a4 Nf8 39.Ne8 g5 40.fxg5 hxg5 41.Nd6 Ng6 42.b5+ axb5 43.axb5+ Kd7 44.Nc4 Kc7 45.g4 fxg4 46.Ne3 Nf4 47.Nxg4 Kd8 48.Nf2 Ne2+ 49.Kd3 Nf4+ 50.Ke3 Ke7 51.Ne4 Nd5+ 52.Kf3 Kf7 53.Nxg5+ Kg6 54.Nxe6 Kf5 55.Nd4+ Kxe5 56.Ne2 Nc7 57.Nc3 Kf5 58.h4 Ne6 59.Ke3 Nc7 60.Kf3 Ne6 61.Ne2 Nc7 62.Nd4+ Ke5 63.Ke3 Nd5+ 64.Kd3 Nc7 65.Kc4 Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "1940.04.27"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "38"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 c6 10.c3 Qc7 11.Qc2 Rfe8 12.Bh4 Bh5 13.Bg3 Bf4 14.Kf1 Bg6 15.Rxe8+ Rxe8 16.Re1 Rxe1+ 17.Kxe1 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Kf8 19.Bxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Isaac Kashdan"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.c5 Bg4 11.Be3 Qc8 12.Re1 Re8 13.h3 Be6 14.a3 Nb8 15.Qc2 c6 16.Ng5 g6 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Bg5 Qd7 19.Re3 Bd8 20.Qe2 Rxe3 21.Qxe3 Nh5 22.Re1 Bxg5 23.Qxg5 Ng7 24.Re7 Qd8 25.Qf6 Qf8 26.Rxb7 Ne6 27.b4 Qg7 28.Qxg7+ Kxg7 29.Ne2 a5 30.b5 cxb5 31.Bxb5 Na6 32.Bxa6 Rxa6 33.Rd7 Ra8 34.Rxd5 Rb8 35.c6 Rb2 36.Re5 Nc7 37.Nc3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David S Polland"] [Black "Albert Charles Simonson"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Qe7 8.Nb5 Ba5 9.Bg3 d6 10.e3 a6 11.Nd4 Ne4 12.Rc1 h5 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qd4 f5 15.c5 Bxc3+ 16.bxc3 Nxc5 17.Bh4 Qf7 18.Bc4 Be6 19.Bxe6 Nxe6 20.Qc4 Nc5 21.Qe2 O-O 22.O-O Rfb8 23.f3 Rb5 24.Bf2 Rab8 25.Rc2 Qe6 26.e4 fxe4 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.fxe4 a5 29.Qf3 Re8 30.h3 Qxe4 31.Qf7+ Kh7 32.Rcf2 Re7 33.Qf8 Re6 34.Rb2 Rg6 35.Rf3 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [ECO "C99"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5 16.Nf1 Bd7 17.Bd2 Na6 18.Bc2 Nc5 19.Rc1 Rfc8 20.Ng3 Ne8 21.Nh2 Qd8 22.f4 exf4 23.Bxf4 Bg5 24.Qd2 Bxf4 25.Qxf4 Qf6 26.Qxf6 Nxf6 27.Nf3 g6 28.Nd4 h5 29.Re2 Kg7 30.Rf1 Ng8 31.Ref2 f6 32.h4 Rf8 33.Nb3 Nxb3 34.Bxb3 Rac8 35.a3 Nh6 36.Rd2 Ng4 37.Ba2 Rfe8 38.Bb1 Ne3 39.Re1 Ng4 40.Rf1 Ne3 41.Re1 Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gustav Littman"] [Black "Matthew Green"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "96"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Be3 d5 7.Nd2 e5 8.N4b3 h6 9.c3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 f5 14.Qc4+ Kh8 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qxc6 Bd7 17.Qd5 Qc7 18.f4 Bc6 19.Qxe5 Bd6 20.Qa5 Qe7 21.Bd2 Bc7 22.Qa6 Qe4 23.Rf2 Bb6 24.Nd4 Rae8 25.Re1 Qd5 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Qd3 Re4 28.Be3 Bxd4 29.cxd4 Re6 30.b3 Rg6 31.Qc2 Re6 32.Re2 Bb5 33.Re1 Rc6 34.Qf2 Bd3 35.Rc1 Re6 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Rc5 Qb7 38.Qd2 Be4 39.d5 Rd6 40.Qc3 Qa6 41.Qd2 Qb7 42.Ra5 Rxd5 43.Rxd5 Bxd5 44.Bd4 a6 45.Bc3 Be4 46.Qd4 Qf7 47.Qe5 Qg6 48.g3 Qg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [Black "Philip Woliston"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "160"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 O-O 8.O-O a6 9.Nc2 d6 10.Ne3 Be6 11.Ned5 Rc8 12.Bg5 Nd7 13.Qd2 Re8 14.Rad1 Nb6 15.b3 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Nd4 18.Rc1 Qd7 19.Be3 Nb5 20.Rc4 Na3 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Nb5 23.Qd3 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Qc7 25.Bd2 Bc3 26.Be3 Bg7 27.a4 Nc3 28.Bf3 h6 29.Kg2 b5 30.axb5 axb5 31.Bd4 Bxd4 32.Qxd4 Qa5 33.Qe3 b4 34.Qxe7 Nxd5 35.Qxd6 Nc3 36.Qf4 Kg7 37.Qc4 Qb6 38.e3 Qa5 39.h4 h5 40.Qd4+ Kg8 41.e4 Qa3 42.Qc4 Qa5 43.e5 Qb6 44.Qc6 Qd4 45.Qd6 Qxd6 46.exd6 Kf8 47.Bc6 Ne2 48.Bd5 Nd4 49.d7 Ke7 50.Bxf7 Kxd7 51.Bxg6 Nxb3 52.Bxh5 Nd2 53.Bg6 b3 54.g4 b2 55.Kg3 b1=Q 56.Bxb1 Nxb1 57.Kf4 Ke6 58.Kg5 Kf7 59.h5 Nc3 60.f4 Nd5 61.h6 Ne3 62.Kh4 Kg6 63.g5 Nf5+ 64.Kg4 Nd4 65.Kg3 Kh7 66.Kf2 Nf5 67.Kf3 Kg6 68.Ke4 Nd6+ 69.Ke5 Nf7+ 70.Ke6 Nh8 71.Ke7 Kf5 72.h7 Kg6 73.Kf8 Kxh7 74.f5 Ng6+ 75.Kf7 Ne5+ 76.Ke6 Nf3 77.g6+ Kg7 78.Ke7 Ng5 79.Ke8 Ne4 80.Ke7 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.27"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e3 a6 8.Bxc4 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Be4 Qb6 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Ne5 O-O 16.Qf3 Qc7 17.Nd3 Be7 18.Rac1 Qb6 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Ne2 Rxc1 21.Ndxc1 Rc8 22.Nd4 Nd5 23.Ncb3 Bf6 24.h3 a5 25.Qe4 a4 26.Nc1 a3 27.Qb1 Rc4 28.Nce2 axb2 29.Qxb2 Rb4 30.Qc2 Rc4 31.Qb2 Rb4 32.Qc2 Qa6 33.Rb1 Rxb1+ 34.Qxb1 b4 35.Qb3 Qb6 36.Nc2 Qa5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.28"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Isaac Kashdan"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Nd2 f5 8. f3 Bd6 9. g3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Nd7 11. Qb3 c5 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Bc3 b6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Rxd2 Bb7 19. Qd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rad8 21. Qf3 Qc7 22. b3 Rf7 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. a4 Qb7 25. a5 cxd4 26. exd4 Qxf3+ 27. Kxf3 bxa5 28. Bxa5 Rb8 29. Rb1 Bb4 30. Ra2 Bxa5 31. Rxa5 Rfb7 32. Kf4 Kf7 33. Ke5 Rd7 34. b4 Rbd8 35. Rd1 Rb8 36. Rda1 Rbb7 37. b5 Rbc7 38. Ra6 Rxc4 39. Rd6 Rb7 40. Rxe6 Rxb5+ 41. d5 Re4+ 42. Kd6 Rb6+ 43. Kc5 Rbxe6 44. dxe6+ Rxe6 45. Rxa7+ Kf6 46. Kd4 Re2 47. h4 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Rg4 49. Ra6+ Kf7 50. Ke3 h5 51. Kf3 g6 52. Ra7+ Kf6 53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. Ra7+ Kh6 55. Ra6 Re4 56. Ra7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.28"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Charles Simonson"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "E40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Qc2 Nc6 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.c4 Ne5 15.Ng3 Nxd3+ 16.Qxd3 Rd8 17.Qc3 Be6 18.O-O Ne8 19.f4 f6 20.e4 Rd4 21.f5 Bxc4 22.Rfe1 Ba6 23.Qa5 Qd8 24.Qxc5 Rd2 25.Bc3 Rd3 26.Bb4 Qd4+ 27.Qxd4 Rxd4 28.e5 fxe5 29.Rxe5 Nf6 30.Ree1 h6 31.Re7 Rd3 32.Ne4 Nd5 33.Re5 b6 34.f6 Nxf6 35.Nxf6+ gxf6 36.Re7 Bb5 37.Re6 Rd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.28"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Abraham Kupchik"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "D73"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "104"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nbd7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Qxc4 a6 9.Bf4 c6 10.e4 Nh5 11.Be3 e5 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 b5 14.Qb4 a5 15.Qxb5 Ba6 16.Qa4 Rb8 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Nc3 f5 19.Rd1 f4 20.Bc1 Qc7 21.g4 Nhf6 22.g5 Ne8 23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 Nc5 25.Qd2 Rf7 26.Kg2 Rd7 27.Qe2 Nd6 28.Rd5 Ndxe4 29.Qc4 Rxd5 30.Nxd5 Nd6 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32.Qd5 Bxf6 33.gxf6 Nf7 34.Rd1 h6 35.Qc4 Qb7 36.Qd5 Qc7 37.Qc4 g5 38.b4 axb4 39.Bb2 g4 40.Ne1 Qb7+ 41.Kg1 Na4 42.Qb3 Nxb2 43.Qxb2 Rc3 44.Qb1 e4 45.Rd4 Ng5 46.Rxb4 Nh3+ 47.Kg2 f3+ 48.Kg3 Qc7+ 49.Kh4 Qc6 50.Rb6 Qd5 51.Rb5 Qc6 52.Rb6 Qd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.28"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Gustav Littman"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bd6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nc6 11.Qd3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Be7 13.Rad1 Nh5 14.Bg3 Bf6 15.Ne2 Ne7 16.Kh1 Qd7 17.Rg1 Rad8 18.Qe4 c6 19.Bh4 Qf5 20.Ng3 Qxe4 21.fxe4 Nxg3+ 22.Bxg3 Bxd4 23.Bc7 Rd7 24.Be5 Rfd8 25.Rxg7+ Kh8 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Rxf7+ Kg8 28.Be6 Rxe4 29.Rf4+ Kh7 30.Rxe4 Rd2 31.Rg4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.28"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Matthew Green"] [Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Nf3 c6 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.b4 Nf6 14.a4 Ne8 15.b5 cxb5 16.axb5 Be6 17.Ra3 f6 18.Rfa1 b6 19.Na2 Rc7 20.Qb2 Qd7 21.Nb4 Nd6 22.Na6 Nc4 23.Qb4 Rcc8 24.Rc3 Na5 25.Rac1 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 Rc8 27.Nd2 Rxc3 28.Qxc3 Ng6 29.Qc7 Kf7 30.Nb1 Ne7 31.Nc3 g6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.28"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Philip Woliston"] [Black "David S Polland"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nc6 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.Qg4 g6 11.Bd3 f5 12.Qg3 c5 13.h4 Rg8 14.O-O Qc7 15.Bb5+ Kf7 16.Be2 b6 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.c4 Ne7 19.Bg5 Nc6 20.Rd6 Nd4 21.Bd1 Rad8 22.Bxd8 Rxd8 23.c3 Nc6 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Bf3 Qc7 26.Rd1 h6 27.Qf4 Kg7 28.Rd6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.28"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Qe2 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.h3 Bd7 12.d5 O-O 13.Nbd2 Nh5 14.Nb3 Nxb3 15.axb3 g6 16.g4 Ng7 17.Bh6 Rfd8 18.Nd2 a5 19.f4 f6 20.Rf2 a4 21.Raf1 axb3 22.Nxb3 c4 23.Nc1 b4 24.Kh2 b3 25.Bd1 Ra1 26.Qd2 Rda8 27.Be2 Ne8 28.fxe5 dxe5 29.d6 Nxd6 30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.g5 Bc6 32.Qe6 Nxe4 33.Qf7 Rg8 34.gxf6 Nxf6 35.Rxf6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "114"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. Bd4 a5 19. Qf2 Bg6 20. f4 Qd7 21. Rad1 Be4 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Qf5 24. Re3 Ra6 25. Rg3 Rg6 26. Rxg6 Qxg6 27. Re1 Re6 28. Re3 Qh5 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Rc6 31. Bd4 b4 32. Re3 h5 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Re1 Ke7 35. Rc1 Ke6 36. Be3 Kf5 37. Bd2 h4 38. cxb4 Rxc1 39. Bxc1 axb4 40. Be3 Bb1 41. Kf3 Be4+ 42. Kf2 Bb1 43. Kf3 Bxa2 44. g4+ hxg3 45. hxg3 Bb3 46. g4+ Ke6 47. Bc5 Bd1+ 48. Ke3 b3 49. g5 Kf5 50. Ba7 g6 51. Bc5 Kg4 52. Ba7 Bc2 53. Bc5 Bf5 54. Ba7 Kg3 55. Bd4 Kg2 56. Ba7 Be6 57. Bd4 Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Albert Charles Simonson"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.exd5 e4 6.dxe4 Nxe4 7.Nf3 Bc5 8.Nbd2 Bf5 9.Qe2 cxd5 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Be3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 O-O 13.O-O-O d4 14.c3 Nc6 15.cxd4 Bd6 16.Kb1 Qf6 17.d5 Nb4 18.Rhg1 Rfe8 19.Bd4 Qf5+ 20.Bd3 Qxd5 21.Bxh7+ {? A grievous error. White had a forced mate on the board with 21.Rxg7+! Kf8 22.Rg8+!! Kxg8 23.Rg1+ Kf8 24.Bg7+ Kg8 25.Bf6+ Kf8 26.Rg8+! Kxg8 27. Qg2+ etc.} Kxh7 22.Rxg7+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.29"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Philip Woliston"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Rad8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Ne4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Qd3 Be7 21. h3 Qc7 22. Qg3+ Qxg3 23. Nxg3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke8 25. Ke2 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 27. Ne2 Bc5 28. f4 b5 29. g4 a6 30. Ke4 Bf8 31. Nd4+ Kd6 32. Nb3 Be7 33. Nd2 Bf8 34. c4 Kc5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Nb3+ Kd6 37. Nd4 Kc5 38. f5 e5 39. Nf3 h6 40. h4 Be7 41. h5 Bd6 42. a3 b4 43. a4 b3 44. Nd2 Kb4 45. a5 Kxa5 46. Nc4+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.29"] [EventDate "1940.04.27"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gustav Littman"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "B88"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qd2 a6 9.O-O-O Ne5 10.Bb3 Qc7 11.f4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rhe1 Bb7 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Rd8 16.Qf4 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Nd5 18.Bxd5 exd5 19.Rf1 O-O 20.Rf3 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Re8 22.Re3 h6 23.Qg3 d4 24.Ne4 dxe3 25.Nf6+ Kf8 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nxe8+ Kf8 28.Nxc7 Ke7 29.Kd1 Kd7 30.e6+ fxe6 31.Nxe6 Kxe6 32.Ke2 c5 33.g4 Be4 34.c3 Bb1 35.a3 c4 36.Kxe3 Ke5 37.h4 a5 38.a4 Bc2 39.g5 hxg5 40.hxg5 Bxa4 41.g6 Kf6 42.Kd4 Bb3 43.Kc5 Kxg6 44.Kb5 a4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Isaac Kashdan"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "47"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.b3 e5 9.dxe5 Ng4 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bb2 Ngxe5 12.Qc2 Nxf3+ 13.Nxf3 Nf6 14.Rac1 Be6 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.Qd3 Qd7 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Bh3 a6 19.Qe3 Kf7 20.Qb6 Rc6 21.Rxc6 Qxc6 22.Qe3 Rc8 23.Rc1 Qd7 24.Bxe6+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.29"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David S Polland"] [Black "Matthew Green"] [ECO "B60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 a6 8. a4 Be7 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f4 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 O-O-O 15. a5 Qb4 16. Bc4 f5 17. exf5 d5 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bd3 Bd6 20. Ne2 Kb8 21. Rf3 e5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bf5 Bc6 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxb2 26. b4 Rhe8 27. Bd3 d4 28. Rff1 Re3 29. Nf4 Bc3 30. Rb1 h6 31. Kg1 Rf8 32. b5 axb5 33. Bxb5 Be4 34. Rbd1 Rf5 35. Bd7 Rxa5 36. g3 Ra2 37. Rf2 Ra1 38. Rff1 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 d3 40. Bg4 d2 41. Kf2 Re1 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.29"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.cxd4 c6 12.Rb1 Qd7 13.Qa4 O-O 14.d5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5 16.Rxb7 Bc5 17.e4 Qe6 18.Bf4 Bb6 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Rxc4 Rfd8 22.a4 Kf8 23.a5 Bxa5 24.Rxa7 Bb6 25.Ra6 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Rb1 27.Bd6+ Ke8 28.Bc5 Bxc5 29.Rxc5 Kd7 30.Rf5 f6 31.g4 h6 32.h4 Rc7 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Ke6 35.gxf6 gxf6 36.Rc5 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.04.29"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fred Reinfeld"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "D67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Rxc3 c5 13.Bb5 cxd4 14.Qxd4 Nf6 15.Rd1 a6 16.Be2 b5 17.Ne5 Bb7 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.Rxc6 Rfd8 20.Rd6 Rxd6 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Kf8 23.g3 Ke7 24.Rb6 Ra7 25.Bf3 Nd7 26.Rb7 Rxb7 27.Bxb7 Nc5 28.Bf3 Kd6 29.Bd1 Nd3 30.b3 f5 31.a3 g5 32.h3 Ne5 33.f4 gxf4 34.gxf4 Nd7 35.Bc2 a5 36.Kf2 b4 37.axb4 axb4 38.e4 fxe4 39.Bxe4 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "133"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 a6 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 b5 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. b4 Ne7 21. Bc2 Nd5 22. Qd3 g6 23. Bb3 Bg7 24. e4 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Qe7 26. Nc5 Qd6 27. Rde1 Rf5 28. Qe2 Nf4 29. Qe4 Nd5 30. Qe2 Nf4 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Re4 Nd5 33. Rfe1 Re8 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 35. Qe3 Ref8 36. h3 Rd8 37. Nxe6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Bxd4 39. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 40. Nxd4 Rxd4 41. Rxa6 Rd7 42. Rb6 Kg7 43. Re8 Kh6 44. Rbe6 Rd2 45. Re2 Rd3 46. R8e3 Rd1+ 47. Kh2 Rf7 48. Re5 Ra1 49. Rxb5 Rxa3 50. Rb2 Rfa7 51. Rd5 Ra2 52. Rdd2 Rxb2 53. Rxb2 Rb7 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. b5 Rb6 56. Kf3 Kf5 57. Ke3 Ke5 58. Kd3 Kd5 59. Kc3 Kc5 60. h4 h6 61. Rb1 h5 62. Rb2 Kd5 63. Kb4 Rb8 64. Rd2+ Ke5 65. Rd3 Kf5 66. Rb3 Re8 67. b6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Matthew Green"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.e4 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.d5 Nb8 9.h3 Nbd7 10.Be3 b6 11.Be2 Nf8 12.Nd2 h6 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Ng6 15.Bg3 O-O 16.O-O Re8 17.Rae1 Nd7 18.Kh2 Nde5 19.Nf3 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Qf2 Qe7 23.Be2 Rxe4 24.Bh5 f5 25.Rxe4 fxe4 26. Qf7+ Qxf7 27. Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Rf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Albert Charles Simonson"] [Black "Isaac Kashdan"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Nf3 a6 7.a4 Bb4 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.dxc5 Qc7 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 Bxc5 13.Qe2 b6 14.e5 Ng4 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Ne4 Ngf6 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.Ng5 Qc6 19.f3 Nh5 20.Bd2 g6 21.g4 Ng7 22.Bc3 Nb6 23.Ne4 Ne8 24.Rad1 Nxa4 25.Ba5 Nb6 26.Nf6+ Nxf6 27.exf6 Nxc4 28.Qxc4 e5 29.Bc3 Rfe8 30.Rde1 Rad8 31.Bxe5 h6 32.h4 Qd5 33.Qf4 Kh7 34.h5 g5 35.Qf5+ Kh8 36.Rd1 Qxd1 37.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 38.Kf2 Rd2+ 39.Kf1 Kg8 40.Bc3 Rd5 41.Qc2 Bc6 42.Kf2 Bb5 43.Qb3 Re2+ 44.Kg3 Rd3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. d5 Nb8 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. Nh2 g5 13. Bg3 Kg7 14. Re1 Rh8 15. Nhf1 Nf8 16. Ne3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 h5 18. Kf1 h4 19. Bf2 g4 20. Ke2 g3 21. Bg1 c6 22. a4 Ng6 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Rf1 Rhc8 25. Qd3 b5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Qxb5 Rab8 29. Qa6 Rc7 30. Qa3 Qd7 31. c4 Rcb7 32. b3 Qc7 33. Rac1 Nd7 34. Rc3 Nc5 35. Rb1 a5 36. Rc2 Rb4 37. Rcc1 a4 38. bxa4 Rxa4 39. Qc3 Ra2 40. Kf3 Rxb1 41. Rxb1 Qa7 42. Nf1 Qe7 43. Nd2 Qg5 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.01"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Philip Woliston"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "D08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "28"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Bb4 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Nge7 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 Ng6 10.Bg5 Qd7 11.Qc2 Ncxe5 12.Rd1 d3 13.exd3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qf5 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.01"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "Gustav Littman"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 d5 5.O-O Nc6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 Qb6 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Qh4 Bc6 12.Bh6 Bf8 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Rab1 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Rc8 16.Qa4+ Nc6 17.Be3 Bc5 18.Bxc5 Qxc5 19.Rfc1 O-O 20.Nd5 Qd6 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Qh4 Qe5 23.Rc4 Ne7 24.Bxb7 Rxc4 25.Qxc4 Rd8 26.Bf3 Rd2 27.Qf4 Rxb2 28.Rxb2 Qxb2 29.Qc7 Qa3 30.h4 Kg7 31.h5 Nf5 32.Qf4 a5 33.e3 Qb4 34.Qxb4 axb4 35.Kf1 Nd6 36.Ke2 f5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.01"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "144"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 a5 10.g3 O-O 11.Bg2 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.O-O Bg4 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Rd5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Qd2 b6 18.Rd1 c5 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Be4 Re8 21.Bd3 Bh3 22.Qf4 Qc6 23.Qf3 Qxf3 24.exf3 Bd7 25.g4 Kf8 26.b3 Ke7 27.a4 h5 28.h3 Kf6 29.Be4 Kg5 30.Bd5 Re7 31.Kf1 f6 32.Rd3 Kf4 33.Rd1 f5 34.gxh5 Be8 35.Rd3 Bxh5 36.Bc6 Bf7 37.Ba8 Be6 38.Rd2 Bc8 39.Bd5 Bb7 40.Bxb7 Rxb7 41.Re2 Rf7 42.h4 Kxf3 43.Re6 Rb7 44.h5 Kg4 45.h6 gxh6 46.Rxh6 Kf3 47.Rh3+ Kf4 48.Rh6 Kf3 49.Rh3+ Kg4 50.Rh6 f4 51.Ke2 Re7+ 52.Kf1 Kf3 53.Rh3+ Ke4 54.Ke2 Re6 55.Rh4 Rf6 56.Rh8 d3+ 57.Kd2 Kf3 58.Rh2 Rd6 59.Rh4 Rf6 60.Rh2 Re6 61.Kxd3 Rd6+ 62.Kc2 Ke2 63.Rh5 Kxf2 64.Rd5 Re6 65.Rd8 f3 66.Kd2 Re3 67.Kc2 Kf1 68.Kd1 Rxb3 69.Rg8 Rd3+ 70.Kc2 Rd4 71.Kc3 f2 72.Rg6 Ke2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.01"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "David S Polland"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 d3 7.b4 Bb6 8.b5 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Ba3 Qf6 11.Qxd3 Ne7 12.Nd2 Ng6 13.Kh1 Nf4 14.Qc2 h5 15.g3 Nh3 16.f4 Bg4 17.fxe5 Nf2+ 18.Rxf2 Qxf2 19.Rf1 Bf3+ 20.Nxf3 Qxc2 21.Bxf7+ Kd8 22.e6 c5 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Bg6 Qe2 25.Nd2 Qxd2 26.Rf7 Qe1+ 27.Kg2 Qe2+ 28.Kh1 Re8 29.e7+ Kc7 30.Rf4 Bf2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Abraham Kupchik"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bd2 d6 10. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 exd5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O c5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Rab8 18. Re3 g6 19. Bf1 Qb6 20. Rde1 c4 21. Re5 a5 22. Qh6 a4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. h4 Rd6 25. Bxc4 Rf8 26. h5 Bd7 27. Bxf7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.02"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. c5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. O-O Kh8 14. f3 e5 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. Qc3 f4 17. exf4 exd4 18. Qd3 Ne3 19. Rf2 Qxc5 20. a3 b5 21. Ba2 Qb6 22. Nf3 c5 23. b4 c4 24. Qxd4 Rxf4 25. h3 Bxh3 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Ng5 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Rxa3 29. gxh3 h6 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nd6 Nd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxa2+ 33. Ke3 Rb2 34. Nxb5 Rxb4 35. Nc3 Rb2 36. Rb1 Rh2 37. Rxb6 Rxh3+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Albert Charles Simonson"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Qd2 Qh4 17. f4 Rfd8 18. f5 Bd7 19. Rae1 Qh5 20. f6 gxf6 21. exf6 Bd6 22. Bf4 Re8 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Qf4 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Qg3+ Qg4 27. Qxe5 Re8 28. Qxd5 Be6 29. Qd2 Bc4 30. Re1 Rf8 31. Re3 Kh8 32. Qd6 Rc8 33. h3 Qg6 34. Kh2 h6 35. Qf4 Rg8 36. Rg3 Qxg3+ 37. Qxg3 Rxg3 38. Kxg3 Kh7 39. Nc5 Bxa2 40. Kf4 Kg6 41. Ke5 a5 42. Ne4 b4 43. cxb4 axb4 44. g4 Be6 45. Kd6 h5 46. gxh5+ Kxh5 47. Ke7 Kg6 48. Nd6 Bd5 49. h4 Bb3 50. Nxf7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.02"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Matthew Green"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "139"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O+ Nd7 10. Bxe7+ Kxe7 11. Be2 e5 12. Rd2 Nf6 13. Rhd1 Be6 14. f3 Rhd8 15. Na4 Rxd2 16. Rxd2 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Kxd8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Bc4 Ke7 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. b4 f6 22. g3 Nf8 23. f4 Kd6 24. f5 b6 25. Kd2 Bb7 26. Ke3 Nd7 27. g4 Nf8 28. h4 h6 29. Bg8 Bc8 30. c4 Bd7 31. c5+ Kc7 32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 b5 34. g6 Kd8 35. Nc1 Be8 36. Bh7 Nd7 37. Nb3 Nb8 38. Nc1 Ke7 39. Bg8 Na6 40. a3 Nc7 41. Kf3 Bd7 42. Kg4 Be8 43. Nd3 Bd7 44. Kh5 Be8 45. Nf2 Bd7 46. Ba2 Be8 47. Ng4 Bd7 48. Nh6 Ne8 49. Ng8+ Kf8 50. Bf7 a6 51. Ba2 Bc8 52. Bb3 Bd7 53. Bf7 Bc8 54. Bxe8 Kxg8 55. Bxc6 Kf8 56. a4 bxa4 57. Bxa4 Ke7 58. c6 Kd6 59. Kg4 Kc7 60. Kf3 a5 61. b5 Kb6 62. Ke3 Kc5 63. Kd2 Kb6 64. Kd3 Kc5 65. Kc3 Kd6 66. Kc4 Kc7 67. Kc5 Kb8 68. b6 Ba6 69. Bb5 Bb7 70. Kd6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.02"] [EventDate "1940.05.02"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 f5 10.a4 a5 11.Qb3+ Kh8 12.Rac1 Bb4 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.Na2 Qe7 15.Nxb4 axb4 16.Qd1 Be6 17.Nd2 Na5 18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.dxc4 Bd7 20.b3 Bc6 21.Qc2 e4 22.Rcd1 Rad8 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.02"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David S Polland"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ne4 7.Qc2 f5 8.g3 O-O 9.Bg2 d6 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Nd7 12.O-O e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Rad1 Re8 15.b4 Nf6 16.Ne1 Rb8 17.Nd3 e4 18.Nf4 c6 19.c5 g5 20.Rd6 Kf7 21.Qc4+ Kg7 22.Nh3 h6 23.Rfd1 Be6 24.Qd4 Bb3 25.Rc1 Bd5 26.Qe3 Qe5 27.Rd1 Re7 28.f4 exf3 29.Qxe5 Rxe5 30.Bxf3 Bb3 31.R1d3 Bc4 32.Rc3 Bb5 33.Nf2 g4 34.Bg2 Rxe2 35.h3 h5 36.a4 Bxa4 37.Ra3 Bb5 38.Rxa7 h4 39.hxg4 hxg3 40.Nd3 Bxd3 41.Rxd3 Re1+ 42.Bf1 f4 43.Rf3 Nd5 44.Ra2 Rbe8 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.02"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fred Reinfeld"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 Na5 13.Nd4 c5 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.f4 Nc4 16.Bxc4 bxc4 17.Rad1 Rb8 18.Qe2 g6 19.g4 Kh8 20.h3 a5 21.Kh2 Qb6 22.Bc1 Qc6 23.Rf3 Rf7 24.Rdf1 Rg8 25.Qf2 a4 26.a3 Qc7 27.Qe2 Qc6 28.Qf2 Qc7 29.Qe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.04"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Rb1 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. Rxb3 b6 13. c4 Be6 14. Nd2 Ng4 15. d4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 f5 17. d5 Bd7 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Nxf1 Qh4 21. Qe2 Rf8 22. Ng3 Be8 23. e4 Bg6 24. Ra3 a5 25. Rf3 Rf4 26. Qf1 Qg5 27. Qc1 Qg4 28. h3 Qh4 29. Kh2 h5 30. a3 Qf6 31. Qf1 Qg5 32. Qc1 Qh6 33. Kg1 h4 34. Rxf4 Qxf4 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Ne2 Bxe4 37. Nd4 Kf7 38. Nb5 Bxc2 39. Nxc7 Bd3 40. Na8 b5 41. cxb5 Bxb5 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Nb6 Ba6 44. Kf3 Kf5 45. Na8 Bd3 46. Nb6 g5 47. a4 Ba6 48. Na8 Bc4 49. Nb6 Bb3 50. Kf2 Ke4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Matthew Green"] [Black "Isaac Kashdan"] [ECO "A95"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 Qe8 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nd3 Ne4 11.Bb2 Bf6 12.e3 a5 13.Qc2 Kh8 14.Rae1 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 dxc4 16.bxc4 e5 17.Nb2 Qh5 18.f4 e4 19.a4 b6 20.Rf2 Ba6 21.Bf1 Qf7 22.Bd2 Be7 23.Rg2 Nf6 24.Be2 Rfb8 25.h3 h5 26.Rc1 Bc8 27.Nd1 Bd7 28.Rb1 Qe8 29.Nf2 c5 30.Ra1 cxd4 31.exd4 Bb4 32.Be3 Rc8 33.Qb3 Qf7 34.d5 Rab8 35.Nd1 Bc5 36.Bf1 Qe7 37.Be2 Qd6 38.Kh1 Bxe3 39.Qxe3 Qc5 40.Ra3 Kg8 41.Nb2 Kf7 42.h4 Ng4 43.Bxg4 hxg4 44.Rd2 Qxe3 45.Rxe3 Ke7 46.Kg1 Kd6 47.Kf2 Kc5 48.Rb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Philip Woliston"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. Bb2 e6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Nf6 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. f4 Rbc8 20. Bc3 f6 21. Nf3 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxf4 23. a5 f5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.04"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "B14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Bd3 Nbd5 12.Rc1 b6 13.Bb1 Bb7 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Ne4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Re3 f5 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.f3 Nf6 20.Nd3 Qd6 21.Nf2 Bc8 22.Qb3 g6 23.Rxe6 Bxe6 24.Rxe6 Qd5 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.04"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Charles Simonson"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Qa4 Bd7 9.Qd1 Rc8 10.Nc3 Be7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.a3 O-O 13.b4 Be7 14.Bb2 a6 15.Rc1 b5 16.h3 Qc7 17.e4 Rfd8 18.e5 Be8 19.Qe2 Nd7 20.Ne4 Nb6 21.Nfd2 Qb8 22.f4 Na4 23.Ba1 Nd4 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Rxc8 Qxc8 26.Nb3 Rd7 27.Re1 Qc7 28.Kh2 Nc3 29.Qc2 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Qc4 31.Qxc4 bxc4 32.Na5 Rd3 33.Rc1 c3 34.Bf1 Rd2+ 35.Kg1 Bd8 36.Nc4 Ra2 37.Rxc3 Kf8 38.Nd6 Bb6+ 39.Kh1 Ra1 40.Kg2 Ra2+ 41.Kf3 Ba4 42.Be2 Bd4 43.Rc8+ Ke7 44.b5 Rxa3+ 45.Ke4 Bb6 46.Bd3 f5+ 47.exf6+ gxf6 48.Rc6 f5+ 49.Ke5 Rxd3 50.Nc8+ Kf7 51.Nxb6 Bxb5 52.Rc7+ Kg6 53.Kxe6 Re3+ 54.Kd6 Rxg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.04"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gustav Littman"] [Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c4 e5 4.Nc3 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Qd2 Nd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Ne2 fxe4 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Bxe4 Rb8 14.O-O Bh3 15.Rfe1 b5 16.b3 Kh8 17.Rab1 g5 18.f3 h5 19.Bg6 h4 20.g4 Be5 21.Be4 Qf6 22.Bf5 Qg7 23.Kf2 Rxf5 24.gxf5 Rf8 25.Rh1 Rxf5 26.Rbg1 Rxf3+ 27.Ke1 Re3 28.Qa5 Qe7 29.Kd2 Bf5 30.Nc1 Bf4 31.Kc2 Rxd3 32.Kb2 Rd2+ 33.Ka1 d3 34.Re1 Be5+ 35.Kb1 Rb2+ 36.Ka1 Rxb3+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.04"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Bxf5 exf5 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.O-O Nf6 9.c4 dxc4 10.Nbd2 Qd5 11.Qc1 Na5 12.Ne5 f4 13.Qc3 fxe3 14.fxe3 Rd8 15.Rf5 b6 16.Raf1 Qe6 17.Qa3 Qd6 18.Qa4+ c6 19.Ne4 Qd5 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.Ng4 Qe6 22.Nxf6+ Kf8 23.Re5 Qd6 24.Qc2 h6 25.Qf5 Qc7 26.Rf3 c3 27.Nh7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.04"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "David S Polland"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "92"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3 c5 8.b3 Rb8 9.Bb2 a6 10.a4 b6 11.e4 Bb7 12.Qc2 Ne8 13.d5 Nc7 14.Nh4 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.cxb5 Bc8 17.Ra5 Nf6 18.Rfa1 e5 19.Bf1 Bd7 20.Bd3 Rb7 21.Ng2 Qb8 22.Qe2 Nfe8 23.Ne1 f5 24.f3 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nf6 26.Bc1 Ng4 27.Nf3 h6 28.Kg2 Kh7 29.h3 Nf6 30.Be3 Qe8 31.R1a4 Qb8 32.Ng1 Be8 33.b4 cxb4 34.Rxb4 Nd7 35.b6 Na8 36.Ba6 Rxb6 37.Bxb6 Naxb6 38.Ra2 Qc7 39.Rc2 Nc5 40.Bb5 Nbd7 41.Rb1 Bf7 42.Bc6 Nf6 43.Nf3 g5 44.Nd2 Bg6 45.Rb5 Bh5 46.Qe3 Bg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.05"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Bb2 c5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Rcd8 15. f4 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfe8 17. a3 Nf8 18. b4 Bd6 19. Qd3 Qa8 20. Rce1 a5 21. b5 Re7 22. Re2 Rde8 23. Rfe1 N6d7 24. Nf1 f6 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Ne3 g6 29. Qb3 Kf8 30. Nxd5 Qc8 31. a4 f5 32. Nxe7 Kxe7 33. Ba3+ Kf6 34. Qe3 Kg7 35. d5 Nc5 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Bb2 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.05"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qc2 c6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.O-O Ng6 14.Rab1 Qe7 15.b4 a6 16.Na4 Ne4 17.Nc5 f5 18.Rfe1 Nh4 19.Nxh4 Qxh4 20.a4 Ng5 21.f4 Ne4 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 cxb5 25.Qb3 Rd8 26.Qxb5 b6 27.Na4 Bxh3 28.Re2 Bg4 29.Rc2 Ra5 30.Qc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.05"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Isaac Kashdan"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "B60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "2293"] [PlyCount "119"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Kh1 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qd4 Rb8 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.b3 Rb4 16.c4 Rd8 17.Qe5 Ba6 18.Rad1 Qd6 19.Qc3 Qc5 20.Qe5 Qd6 21.Qxd6 Rxd6 22.Bf3 Kf8 23.Rfe1 Bb7 24.Rd3 Ba8 25.Red1 Rb8 26.Kg1 Rbd8 27.Kf1 Ke7 28.Ke1 Bb7 29.b4 Rc8 30.cxd5 Rcd8 31.Ra3 Ba6 32.dxe6 Rxe6+ 33.Re3 Rxe3+ 34.fxe3 Rc8 35.Kd2 Bb5 36.Rc1 Rxc1 37.Kxc1 Kd6 38.Kc2 f5 39.Kc3 Ke5 40.Kb3 g5 41.a4 Bd3 42.b5 h5 43.Kb4 g4 44.Ba8 f4 45.exf4+ Kxf4 46.a5 Ke3 47.b6 axb6 48.axb6 Ba6 49.Kc5 h4 50.Bc6 Kf2 51.h3 gxh3 52.gxh3 Kg3 53.Bd7 Bb7 54.Kd6 Bg2 55.Bc6 Bxc6 56.Kxc6 Kxh3 57.b7 Kg2 58.b8=Q h3 59.Qb2+ Kg1 60.Qd4+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.05"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "David S Polland"] [Black "Gustav Littman"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6 7.Qg4 Kf8 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qg3 Nxc5 11.O-O-O Bd7 12.Nd4 Rc8 13.Bxe7+ Qxe7 14.h5 h6 15.Qe3 b5 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Ne2 Rc7 18.Nd4 b4 19.Kb1 a5 20.Rc1 Ne4 21.Bd3 Qg5 22.Bxe4 Qxe3 23.fxe3 dxe4 24.Rh4 Rc5 25.Rxe4 Ke7 26.c4 bxc3 27.Rxc3 Rxc3 28.bxc3 Rc8 29.Kc2 a4 30.Rg4 Rc5 31.Nf3 Bc6 32.Rxg7 Be4+ 33.Kb2 a3+ 34.Kxa3 Rxc3+ 35.Kb4 Rxe3 36.a4 Bxf3 37.gxf3 Rxe5 38.a5 Rxh5 39.a6 Rh1 40.Kc5 Ra1 41.Kb6 Rb1+ 42.Kc7 Ra1 43.Kb7 Rb1+ 44.Ka8 Rb3 45.a7 Kf6 46.Rg8 Ke5 47.Rb8 Rxf3 48.Kb7 Ra3 49.a8=Q Rxa8 50.Rxa8 f5 51.Kc6 f4 52.Re8 f3 53.Kc5 Ke4 54.Rxe6+ Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.05"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "109"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.Bxg4 Bxg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bh6 Bf6 13.Ne2 Qa5 14.Qxa5 Nxa5 15.O-O-O Rc8 16.g4 Rg8 17.h4 Nc6 18.Be3 Ne5 19.g5 Nc4 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 e5 22.Nb5 Ne3 23.Rd2 Rf8 24.Rh3 Kd7 25.b3 a6 26.Na3 d5 27.exd5 e4 28.f4 Ng4 29.Nc4 Rc5 30.Ne5+ Nxe5 31.fxe5 Rf5 32.e6+ Kd6 33.c4 b5 34.Rc2 bxc4 35.bxc4 Rf3 36.Rxf3 exf3 37.Kd2 Rc8 38.Ke3 Rf8 39.Rf2 Kc5 40.Rxf3 Rb8 41.Kd3 Rb1 42.Rf8 Rd1+ 43.Kc2 Rd4 44.Rc8+ Kd6 45.Kc3 Rxh4 46.Rc6+ Ke5 47.Rxa6 Rg4 48.Ra7 Kd6 49.Kb4 Rxg5 50.Rd7+ Ke5 51.Rxe7 Rg2 52.Rf7 Rb2+ 53.Kc5 Rb8 54.Kc6 h5 55.e7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.05"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Matthew Green"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 d5 5.c4 d4 6.Bd3 c5 7.h3 Nc6 8.Nf3 h6 9.Qe2 e6 10.O-O b6 11.Bd2 Bb7 12.a3 Be7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.c3 O-O-O 15.cxd4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Rxd4 17.Bc3 Rd7 18.Be4 Rhd8 19.Rxd7 Rxd7 20.f4 g6 21.Bc2 h5 22.Rc1 Bf8 23.b4 a6 24.Rb1 Rd8 25.Bd2 Kb8 26.Be3 Rc8 27.Bd3 Ka8 28.Kh1 Ka7 29.Qf2 Be7 30.Rb3 Bf8 31.h4 Be7 32.Kh2 Bf8 33.Bf1 Be7 34.Bd3 Bf8 35.Bf1 Be7 36.Kh1 Bf8 37.b5 a5 38.Rd3 Be4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.05"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Abraham Kupchik"] [Black "Albert Charles Simonson"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "92"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.O-O Be6 8.Re1 Qc7 9.Nc3 a6 10.Ng5 Bc5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Nd1 Nd4 14.Qxe5 Qxe5 15.Rxe5 Ng4 16.Re1 Rxf2 17.Nxf2 Nxb3 18.axb3 Bxf2+ 19.Kf1 Bxe1 20.Kxe1 Nxh2 21.Ra4 Rf8 22.Ke2 h5 23.Be3 Ng4 24.Bg1 e5 25.Ra5 Rd8 26.Rc5 Rd7 27.b4 Kf7 28.b5 axb5 29.Rxb5 Ke6 30.c4 d4 31.Ra5 Kf5 32.g3 g5 33.Ra8 Nf6 34.b4 e4 35.Bf2 e3 36.Be1 Rh7 37.Rd8 Nd7 38.Kf3 h4 39.gxh4 gxh4 40.Kg2 h3+ 41.Kh2 Kf4 42.c5 Kf3 43.b5 Ne5 44.Rf8+ Ke2 45.Bg3 Nf3+ 46.Kh1 Rg7 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.05"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fred Reinfeld"] [Black "Philip Woliston"] [ECO "A51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.Nd2 Bb4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Qe7 7.Bg2 Nxe5 8.O-O Nxd2 9.Nxd2 O-O 10.Qc2 d6 11.a3 Bc5 12.b4 Bd4 13.Rb1 Nc6 14.Nb3 Bf6 15.Be3 g6 16.Qd2 Ne5 17.Rbc1 c6 18.Na5 Be6 19.b5 Qc7 20.bxc6 Nxc6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Bf4 Be5 23.Rfd1 Rfd8 24.Qe3 Qb6 25.Qxb6 axb6 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Bxc6 Rc8 29.Bb5 Kf8 30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Ke1 Kd6 32.Kd2 Kc5 33.Kc3 Rd8 34.Rb1 Rd4 35.e3 Rd8 36.Rb2 e4 37.Rd2 Rxd2 38.Kxd2 Bxc4 39.Ba4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.06"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Albert Charles Simonson"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "C79"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "114"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4 c5 9. Qd3 Be6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Nd7 13. b3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 f6 17. Bg3 Qf7 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. Rad1 h6 22. Rd2 Rfe8 23. Red1 Qf8 24. e5 f5 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Bf2 Bf7 27. g4 fxg4 28. hxg4 Re4 29. Bg3 Rde8 30. Rxd6 Nd4 31. R6xd4 cxd4 32. Rxd4 Re3 33. Rd3 Qc5 34. Bf2 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Qa3 36. Qc2 Qd6 37. Ne5 Be6 38. Kg2 Bc8 39. Kg3 Rxe5 40. fxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Kg2 Bxg4 42. Qd3 Bf5 43. Qd2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qg4 45. c5 Be4 46. Be3 Kh7 47. b4 Bc6 48. Bf4 Qf3 49. Kg1 g5 50. Bb8 Kg6 51. Qc2+ Kh5 52. Qh2+ Kg4 53. Qd2 Qh1+ 54. Kf2 Qg2+ 55. Ke3 Qxd2+ 56. Kxd2 Kf3 57. Ke1 g4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.06"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gustav Littman"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "124"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d3 Be7 7.Bg2 Nb6 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 a5 10.Be3 Be6 11.Rc1 f5 12.Nb5 Bf6 13.Bxb6 cxb6 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.Nc4 Be7 16.f4 exf4 17.gxf4 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Rf6 19.Nc3 Rh6 20.Qe1 Rc7 21.Rd1 Rd7 22.e4 Rxd3 23.Rxd3 Qxd3 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.fxe5 f4 26.Rxf4 Qe3 27.Qxe3 Bxe3 28.Rf3 Bd4 29.Nd1 Bxe5 30.h3 Rf6 31.Rd3 h5 32.Kg1 Bc4 33.Rd7 Rf7 34.Rd8+ Rf8 35.Rd7 Bb3 36.Nc3 Rf7 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Bf1 Kh6 39.Bb5 Kg5 40.Kg2 Rc7 41.Rf8 g6 42.Rf3 Bc2 43.Bd3 Bxd3 44.Rxd3 Bxc3 45.bxc3 Kf4 46.Rd6 Rc6 47.Rd7 Kxe4 48.Rxb7 Kd3 49.Kf3 Kxc3 50.Ke4 Kc4 51.Ke5 Kc5 52.h4 Rc8 53.Kf6 Rc6+ 54.Ke5 Kc4 55.Rb8 Kb4 56.Kd5 Rc5+ 57.Kd4 b5 58.axb5 Rxb5 59.Rc8 a4 60.Rc6 a3 61.Rxg6 a2 62.Rg1 Ra5 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.06"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Isaac Kashdan"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "127"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 b5 9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 Nbd7 13.Nd2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Nd7 15.Bg3 Rc8 16.a5 Nb8 17.Nb3 Qd7 18.Qe2 Rc6 19.Rfc1 Rfc8 20.Nc5 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Qe7 22.Qh5 g6 23.Qe2 e5 24.e4 d4 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Qxc5 28.Rc1 Qf8 29.Rf1 Qc5 30.Qf2 Nd7 31.Bh6 f6 32.g4 Qe5 33.Bd2 Nc5 34.Bc4+ Kg7 35.Bf4 Qe7 36.e5 fxe5 37.Bd2 Ne6 38.Bxe6 Qxe6 39.h3 b3 40.Kh2 Qe7 41.Bb4 Qe6 42.Kg3 Kg8 43.Bd2 Bd5 44.Bh6 Qe7 45.h4 Bf7 46.Re1 Qd6 47.Rf1 Bc4 48.Rc1 Qe6 49.Qd2 Qf7 50.Qb4 e4 51.Bf4 h5 52.Qd6 Qe6 53.Qxe6+ Bxe6 54.Rxc8+ Bxc8 55.gxh5 gxh5 56.Be5 d3 57.Bf4 Kf7 58.Bd2 Ke6 59.Kf4 Bb7 60.Bb4 Kd5 61.Ke3 Ke5 62.Be7 Kf5 63.Bg5 Kg4 64.Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.06"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "37"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Ng5 f5 13. h4 Qe8 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. Bb5 Qe7 17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. Nf7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.06"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Philip Woliston"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "C71"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Nc3 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxa4 9.Qxa4+ b5 10.Ndxb5 axb5 11.Qxb5+ c6 12.Qb3 Qc7 13.O-O Ng6 14.Ne2 Be7 15.Be3 O-O 16.Qc2 Nh4 17.Ng3 Rfb8 18.Rfb1 Qd7 19.Qd3 g6 20.f4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Qe6 22.Bd2 Bf6 23.Bc3 Be5 24.a3 Rb3 25.a4 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Rxb1+ 27.Qxb1 Qxc4 28.Qb4 Qd3 29.Qb2 Qe3+ 30.Kf1 d5 31.exd5 cxd5 32.a5 Ra6 33.Nh1 Kg7 34.Nf2 Rf6 35.a6 Qe4 36.a7 Qxg2+ 37.Ke1 Qg1+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.06"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Matthew Green"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [ECO "D64"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "52"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 a6 9.a3 Re8 10.h3 h6 11.Bh4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Ba2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.O-O Qd3 16.Rfd1 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Bb7 18.Ne5 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.f3 Kf8 21.e4 Nd3 22.Nxd3 Rxd3 23.Be1 Ke8 24.Rd2 Bc5+ 25.Kf1 Rxd2 26.Bxd2 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.06"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "34"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d3 Be7 7.Bg2 Be6 8.O-O Nb6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Nd2 f5 11.Nb3 Kh8 12.Nc5 Bc8 13.N5a4 Nd4 14.f4 Bf6 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Nd5 c6 17.Nxf6 Qxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.06"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [Black "David S Polland"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.Ng5 d5 8.exd5 Nd4 9.Re1 Bc5 10.Rxe5+ Kf8 11.h3 Nd7 12.Ne4 Nxb3 13.axb3 Nxe5 14.Nxc5 Qxd5 15.d4 Bxh3 16.gxh3 Nf3+ 17.Kf1 Nxd4 18.f3 Qxc5 19.Be3 Qf5 20.Bxd4 Qxh3+ 21.Kg1 Qg3+ 22.Kf1 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 h5 24.Be3 Kg8 25.Nd2 Re8 26.Bf4 Re6 27.Ne4 Rg6+ 28.Kf2 Rg2+ 29.Ke3 Qe6 30.Qd8+ Kh7 31.Qxc7 f5 32.Rh1 Re8 33.Rxh5+ Kg6 34.Rh2 Rxh2 35.Bxh2 fxe4 36.Qg3+ Kh5 37.Qxg7 exf3+ 38.Kf4 Qe3+ 39.Kg3 f2+ 40.Kg2 Qf3+ 41.Kxf3 f1=Q+ 42.Kg3 Re3# 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.08"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Philip Woliston"] [ECO "D83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. Be2 a6 11. a3 Qb6 12. b4 Qb7 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Nb3 Be6 15. Na5 Qd7 16. Nb1 Bd5 17. Nd2 Qe6 18. Bc7 Na4 19. Be5 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Rfe1 Bh6 22. Bf3 c5 23. Nb7 Rf8 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Nd7 26. Bg3 f5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qb3 e6 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Nb3 Nf6 31. Be5 Nh5 32. Rc2 Rfe8 33. f3 Bg7 34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Kf2 Nf6 36. Nc1 Re6 37. Nd3 Nd7 38. Nf4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.08"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. Nf1 Nc6 15. Ne3 exd4 16. Nd5 Qh4 17. cxd4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Re6 19. Bg3 Qd8 20. Qd3 Na5 21. Nb4 c5 22. d5 Ree8 23. Nc2 Ba6 24. Ne3 Qf6 25. Red1 Rd8 26. Rac1 Rd7 27. Nf5 Re8 28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. e5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 Bxd3 31. exf6 c4 32. d6 gxf6 33. d7 Rd8 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. Rc8 d2 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. Rg8+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.08"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Isaac Kashdan"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 a6 9.O-O b5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Qb6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Bb5 Nb8 18.Nc5 Bc8 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 f5 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.Qf3 Ra7 23.Bf4 Qb6 24.Qg3 Bd7 25.Bc7 Qb7 26.Bd6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.08"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Abraham Kupchik"] [Black "Matthew Green"] [ECO "D74"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "177"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nc4 N5b6 10. Qc2 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Nb6 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Rd1 f6 14. e4 Qc8 15. b3 Bg4 16. a4 f5 17. e5 f4 18. Re1 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bh6 20. Rac1 Qe6 21. Rf1 Bh3 22. Ne1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 f3+ 24. Nxf3 Rxf3 25. Kxf3 Rf8+ 26. Kg2 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Nf4+ 28. Kh1 Qxb3 29. Rc3 Qd5+ 30. f3 Ne6 31. Rd3 Rd8 32. Rd1 b5 33. Qb4 Kf7 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. h4 Rc4 37. Qd2 Kg7 38. Qa2 a5 39. Qxa5 Ra4 40. Qc3 h5 41. Qc1 b4 42. Qe3 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 Rb2 44. R3d2 Rb3 45. Rd3 Rb2 46. R1d2 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 b3 48. Rd1 Rxd1 49. Rxd1 b2 50. Qa3 Qb7 51. Rb1 Nxd4 52. Rxb2 Qc7 53. Qe3 Nf5 54. Qe1 Qc5 55. Re2 Qc6 56. Qd2 Qe6 57. Qc3 Kh7 58. Qc5 Kg7 59. Re4 Qa2+ 60. Qf2 Qe6 61. Kh2 Kh7 62. Qc2 Kg7 63. Qc4 Qb6 64. Qa2 Qc6 65. e6 Qc3 66. Qf2 Qf6 67. Kg2 Nd6 68. Re1 Nf5 69. Re4 Nd6 70. Re1 Nf5 71. Qe2 Nd4 72. Qe4 Nf5 73. Kh3 Qc3 74. Qe5+ Qxe5 75. Rxe5 Kf6 76. Ra5 Kxe6 77. g4 Ng7 78. Kg3 Kf7 79. Kf4 Ne6+ 80. Ke5 Ng7 81. Ra6 hxg4 82. fxg4 Ne8 83. Ra1 Nf6 84. Rf1 Kg7 85. g5 Ne8 86. Ke6 Nd6 87. Rf4 Kg8 88. Kxe7 Nf5+ 89. Kf6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.08"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Albert Charles Simonson"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Be3 c6 8.Qe2 b5 9.Bd3 a6 10.Rad1 Qc7 11.Nh4 exd4 12.Bxd4 c5 13.Nf5 Re8 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxe7+ Rxe7 16.Qd2 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 c4 19.Be2 Bf5 20.c3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Rae8 22.Bf3 Bd3 23.Rfe1 Re5 24.Rxe5 dxe5 25.Re1 f5 26.Be2 e4 27.Qg5 Qe5 28.Bxd3 cxd3 29.c4 h6 30.Qe3 f4 31.Qd2 e3 32.fxe3 Qe4 33.Kf2 fxe3+ 34.Qxe3 Qh4+ 35.Qg3 Qd4+ 36.Kf1 Rf8+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.08"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fred Reinfeld"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Nf6 11.Bc2 b6 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.c4 Bb7 15.Ne5 Rad8 16.f4 Nd7 17.Bd2 Nxe5 18.fxe5 f5 19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Qxe6+ Qf7 21.Qxf7+ Rxf7 22.Be3 Re7 23.Bxc5 Rd2 24.Rf2 Ree2 25.Bb3 Rxb2 26.Rd1 Rxf2 27.Bxf2 Bc6 28.c5+ Kf8 29.h3 a5 30.Bd5 Bxd5 31.Rxd5 Rxa2 32.c6 Rc2 33.Bc5+ Be7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.08"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Kh1 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.f4 Qc8 12.Bf3 Bg4 13.Be3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qg4 15.Rae1 Qxf3 16.Rxf3 Rfd8 17.Bb6 Rdc8 18.Re2 Kf8 19.Nb5 Nd7 20.Bf2 Nb4 21.c3 Na6 22.Nd2 Ndc5 23.b3 Nc7 24.Na3 Rcb8 25.c4 N5e6 26.Nc2 Na6 27.f5 Nec5 28.Bd4 Nb4 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Ref2 f6 31.Nxb4 axb4 32.g4 Ne6 33.Be3 Ke8 34.Kg2 Kd7 35.Rh3 Rh8 36.Rxh8 Rxh8 37.Kg3 Bh6 38.Bxh6 Rxh6 39.h4 Nc5 40.Rf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.08"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Gustav Littman"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nb5 Nb6 9.Qh5 g6 10.Qh6 a6 11.Nc3 N8d7 12.f4 c5 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.Nf3 Qe3+ 15.Ne2 Re8 16.h4 Nf8 17.h5 Re7 18.Rh3 Bd7 19.Nd4 Qxh3 20.gxh3 Na4 21.Qg5 f6 22.exf6 Rf7 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Bxg6 Nxg6 25.Qxg6+ Kf8 26.Nf3 Nxb2 27.Ng5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.09"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Matthew Green"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "120"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Bg4 10. e3 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 Qd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. e4 f6 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. exf5 Rad8 19. Be4 Qb5 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Be4 b6 22. Rac1 Re7 23. f3 Bf7 24. Rfd1 Qb5 25. Rd3 Red7 26. Rcd1 Bf8 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. axb3 g6 29. g4 gxf5 30. gxf5 Bh5 31. Kf2 h6 32. Ke2 Kh7 33. Kf2 Bb4 34. Ke2 Rg7 35. Rg1 Rxg1 36. Bxg1 Rg8 37. Bf2 Be8 38. Rd1 Rg2 39. Kf1 Rh2 40. Kg1 Rxh3 41. Ra1 a5 42. d6 Bxd6 43. Rd1 b5 44. b4 axb4 45. Ra1 Rh5 46. Be3 Bd7 47. Kg2 Bxf5 48. Rh1 Bxe4 49. Rxh5 Bd5 50. Rxh6+ Kg7 51. Rh1 f5 52. Rc1 Kf7 53. Kf2 f4 54. Ba7 Ke6 55. Bc5 Bxc5+ 56. Rxc5 c6 57. Rc1 Kd6 58. Rc2 c5 59. Rc1 c4 60. Ke2 b3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.09"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David S Polland"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Ne1 Nc6 14. Qc1 Kh8 15. Nc2 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Nd8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Ree1 Nd8 21. d5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 e5 23. h4 Nf7 24. Kg2 Nh6 25. Ne3 Qf7 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. h5 Qg5 28. Rh1 Rf4 29. Rh3 Ref8 30. Rdh1 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nf5 33. Nxf5 Qxf5+ 34. Ke3 Qg5+ 35. Kd3 h6 36. Rh4 Qxg3+ 37. Ke4 Kg8 38. R1h2 b5 39. cxb5 Qc3 40. Rg4 Qe1+ 41. Kf3 Qd1+ 42. Kg3 Qxd5 43. Rc4 e4 44. Rxc7 Qe5+ 45. Kg2 e3 46. Rh1 Qe4+ 47. Kh2 Qh4+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.09"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Gustav Littman"] [Black "Isaac Kashdan"] [ECO "C99"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "112"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.h3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5 16.a3 Na6 17.Bd3 Bd7 18.Nf1 Nc5 19.Qe2 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Rfc8 21.Ne3 Nh5 22.Bd2 Nf4 23.Qb1 Qb7 24.b4 axb4 25.Bxb4 Bf8 26.Kh2 Rc7 27.Ng1 Qc8 28.Qd1 g6 29.g3 Nh5 30.Qf3 Be7 31.Ne2 Qf8 32.Rac1 Rac8 33.Rc3 Rxc3 34.Nxc3 Ng7 35.Qe2 Rb8 36.Rf1 f5 37.f4 exf4 38.Rxf4 Bg5 39.Rf3 Qe7 40.exf5 Re8 41.Qf1 Nxf5 42.Nxf5 gxf5 43.Kh1 Qe5 44.Kg2 Rc8 45.Qd3 Rc4 46.Rf2 Rd4 47.Qf3 Rd2 48.h4 Rxf2+ 49.Kxf2 Bd2 50.Ne2 Bxb4 51.axb4 Kg7 52.Qf4 Qxf4+ 53.gxf4 Kf6 54.Kf3 Kg6 55.Kf2 Kf6 56.Nd4 h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.09"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. h4 c6 14. h5 cxd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ne4 Qc7+ 18. Kb1 Be6 19. Qh2 Bh8 20. Nc5 Rf7 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Bd3 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd5 25. b3 b5 26. Rc3 e4 27. Nxe4 Nxf3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.09"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Philip Woliston"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Kh1 Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.Qe1 Rc8 12.f5 Bc4 13.Bd3 a6 14.Bg5 Bxd3 15.cxd3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qb6 17.Ra3 Qb4 18.Bd2 Qc5 19.Qe2 e6 20.g4 exf5 21.gxf5 d5 22.e5 Rfe8 23.Ra4 b5 24.Be3 Qc6 25.Rh4 d4+ 26.Kg1 Rxe5 27.Rxd4 Rce8 28.Nd1 Nd5 29.Re4 Nxe3 30.Qxe3 Rxe4 31.dxe4 Rxe4 32.Qf3 Bd4+ 33.Kh1 Qe8 34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Nf2 Re3 36.Qg4 Re1 37.Kg2 Qa8+ 38.Kg1 Qe4 39.Qg5 Bxf2+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.09"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 Nge7 6.Nge2 O-O 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nf5 11.O-O Bxd4 12.Bf4 Re8 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Ne4 Be5 15.Qd2 Nd6 16.Bxe5 Rxe5 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Qb4 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Rc7 Bb5 21.Rfc1 Rxa2 22.Rxb7 Rxb2 23.Rxb6 Ree2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.09"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [ECO "C30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nc6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Na4 Bb6 9.Nxb6 axb6 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.O-O O-O 12.Bg5 Qd6 13.Bxf6 Rxf6 14.Qd2 Nd4 15.c3 Nxf3+ 16.Rxf3 Rxf3 17.gxf3 Rf8 18.Qe3 c5 19.Kf2 Qe7 20.Ke2 Qh4 21.Qf2 Qh5 22.Rg1 Rf6 23.Rg2 Kf8 24.Rg3 Rg6 25.Rxg6 Qxg6 26.Qg3 Qf6 27.Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.09"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nf6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bc4 c6 9.a4 Ne8 10.O-O Bg4 11.Be3 Nd6 12.Be2 Nd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qa5 15.f4 Rad8 16.Qc2 e6 17.Rfd1 Nc8 18.Rac1 Nf6 19.Qb3 Rd7 20.Bf3 Rfd8 21.e5 Nd5 22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Bg4 Ne7 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Bd2 Qd8 26.Qf3 Nf5 27.Be3 Bf8 28.Kh2 Qb6 29.Qe2 Qb4 30.Qd2 Qe7 31.Qe2 h5 32.Rg1 Kh7 33.Rg5 Qe6 34.Rgg1 Be7 35.Rc2 Rd8 36.Rcc1 Rg8 37.Qd3 a5 38.Bd2 Ra8 39.Rc3 b6 40.Rgc1 Rc8 41.Be3 Bb4 42.R3c2 Be7 43.Qa6 Bd8 44.Qb7 Ne7 45.Bd2 Qf5 46.Rxc6 Rxc6 47.Rxc6 Nxc6 48.Qxc6 Bh4 49.Qxd5 Bxf2 50.Kg2 Bh4 51.Qf3 Qc2 52.Qe3 Qc6+ 53.Qf3 Qc2 54.Qe3 Qc6+ 55.Qf3 Qc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.11"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nde2 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. c3 Ne5 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Nc2 Na5 16. Nce3 Nc4 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. a4 e6 20. Ne3 Qb6 21. Qe2 Na5 22. Kh1 Nb3 23. Ra3 a5 24. Nc4 Qa6 25. Rxb3 Rxc4 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Qxc4 Rc8 28. Qd3 Bf8 29. Qc2 Rb8 30. f5 Qc6 31. Qf2 exf5 32. exf5 Qc4 33. fxg6 hxg6 34. Be3 Bg7 35. Bf4 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Qxc6+ 37. Kg1 Rb7 38. Qe2 d5 39. Qg2 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Qxb2 41. Qxd5 Qe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.11"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Isaac Kashdan"] [Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [ECO "E44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "141"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 h5 8.d5 h4 9.Nge2 e5 10.e4 d6 11.f3 a5 12.Be3 Na6 13.Nc1 Nc5 14.Nd3 Nxd3+ 15.Bxd3 Nh5 16.Qd2 Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.Ne2 Bg5 19.h3 Qf6 20.Bc2 O-O 21.Nd4 Qe5 22.O-O Bf6 23.Rad1 Qg5 24.Ba4 Bc8 25.Kh1 Be5 26.Bc6 Rb8 27.b4 Ba6 28.Bb5 Ra8 29.Bxa6 Rxa6 30.Nb5 axb4 31.axb4 Qe7 32.Rc1 Rfa8 33.Rc2 Qd7 34.Rfc1 Ra4 35.Kg1 R8a6 36.Rb1 Ra8 37.Nd4 Ra1 38.Rbc1 Qa4 39.Nc6 f6 40.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 41.Rc1 Qa3 42.Nxe5 fxe5 43.Qc3 Qa2 44.c5 bxc5 45.bxc5 dxc5 46.Qxc5 Qb2 47.Qxc7 Kh7 48.Qc3 Qb6+ 49.Kh1 Qd6 50.Qc5 Qf6 51.Qc6 Qxc6 52.Rxc6 Re8 53.Kg1 Kg8 54.Kf2 Kf7 55.Ke2 Ra8 56.Re6 Ra2+ 57.Kf1 Ra1+ 58.Ke2 Ra2+ 59.Kd3 Rxg2 60.Rxe5 Rg3 61.Rf5+ Ke7 62.Rxf4 Rxh3 63.Kd4 g5 64.Rf5 Rg3 65.Ke5 h3 66.d6+ Kd7 67.Rf7+ Kc6 68.d7 Kc7 69.Ke6 Rg1 70.Rf8 Rd1 71.Rc8+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.11"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Gustav Littman"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Qc7 12. O-O-O Nxc5 13. Nd4 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Nxd5 Nxd4 17. Nc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8 Kc6 19. Rh4 e5 20. Rxe5 Nde6 21. b4 Ne4 22. Rxf5 Nd6 23. b5+ Nxb5 24. Rc4+ Kd6 25. Nb6 Na7 26. Rd5+ Ke7 27. Re4 Nc6 28. Bc4 Re8 29. Nxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rc5 Kd6 31. Bxe6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.11"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "David S Polland"] [ECO "B72"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Ng4 9.Bxg4 Bxg4 10.f3 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bh6 Bf6 13.Ne2 Rc8 14.O-O-O Ne5 15.b3 b5 16.Nd4 Qd7 17.g4 Nc6 18.Nxb5 Qb7 19.a4 a6 20.g5 Ba1 21.Kb1 axb5 22.Kxa1 bxa4 23.Rb1 axb3 24.Rxb3 Qa7+ 25.Kb2 Ne5 26.Qb4 Nc4+ 27.Kc1 Kf7 28.Qc3 Ne5 29.Qe3 Qa1+ 30.Rb1 Rxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Rc8+ 32.Kd2 Qa2+ 33.Ke1 Qxb1+ 34.Kf2 Rc2+ 35.Kg3 Qxh1 36.Qf4+ Ke8 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.11"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Albert Charles Simonson"] [Black "Philip Woliston"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nge2 d6 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Nge7 8.Be3 Nd4 9.Qd2 O-O 10.Nd1 e5 11.c3 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2 Be6 13.Qd2 Qd7 14.d4 Rac8 15.b3 cxd4 16.cxd4 d5 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.Rb1 Rfd8 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 d4 21.Nb2 Rc2 22.Rfd1 Nc6 23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Qxd2 f5 25.Nd3 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Bf5 27.Bxf5 Qxf5 28.Re1 Qf3 29.Nf4 Qc3 30.Qe2 d3 31.Qe3 Qd4 32.Qd2 Qb4 33.Rd1 Qxd2 34.Rxd2 Ne5 35.Kg2 Kf7 36.Nh3 Kf6 37.f4 Ng4 38.Nf2 Ne3+ 39.Kf3 Nf1 40.Rd1 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.11"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fred Reinfeld"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "D62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Be2 Bg4 13.O-O Rac8 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.Rac1 a6 16.Nd4 Ne4 17.Qd3 Be6 18.Bf3 Ng5 19.Be2 Ne4 20.Bf3 Ng5 21.Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.11"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Abraham Kupchik"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Bf3 Qc4 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.c3 Rb8 15.Be2 Qd5 16.Qxd5 cxd5 17.O-O-O Bf5 18.g4 Bd7 19.Bf3 e6 20.h4 Rb7 21.Bd4 Rfb8 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rd2 Rc7 24.Rd4 e5 25.Rd2 d4 26.Rc2 Ba4 27.b3 d3 28.Rd2 Bxb3 29.axb3 Rxc3+ 30.Kd1 Rbxb3 31.Ra2 Rc2 32.Rxc2 dxc2+ 33.Ke2 f5 34.gxf5 gxf5 35.Rc1 Rb4 36.Rxc2 Rxh4 37.Rc7+ Kf6 38.Rxa7 e4 39.Bg2 Ke5 40.Re7+ Kf4 41.Rf7 Rh6 42.Kf1 Rh4 43.Kg1 Rh5 44.Rc7 Rh6 45.Bf1 Rg6+ 46.Kh2 Rh6+ 47.Bh3 Rh5 48.Kg2 Rg5+ 49.Kh1 Rh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.11"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Matthew Green"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.Bd2 Ng6 9.O-O e5 10.d5 Ne8 11.Bf5 Bxf5 12.Qxf5 Qc8 13.Qxc8 Rxc8 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 h6 16.Rfc1 f5 17.b4 Nf6 18.Nd2 Kf7 19.Nb3 b6 20.f3 c6 21.dxc6 Rxc6 22.Bb2 Rfc8 23.Nd2 d5 24.cxd5 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 Nxd5 27.Kf2 Ke6 28.Bb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.12"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "E33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf4 Ne4 9. e3 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 h5 12. h3 Nxg3 13. Qg6+ Kf8 14. fxg3 Qd6 15. O-O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Qb1 Qa3+ 18. Kd2 Nf5 19. Bd3 Nxg3 20. Rhe1 Kg7 21. h4 g4 22. Ng1 b5 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. cxb4 c6 26. a4 bxa4 27. Rc5 Rhb8 28. Kc3 Re8 29. Kd2 Rab8 30. Rb1 Re7 31. Ra5 Be8 32. Ne2 Nxe2 33. Bxe2 Reb7 34. Rxa4 c5 35. b5 c4 36. e4 Bxb5 37. Rab4 a5 38. R4b2 Ba6 39. Rxb7+ Rxb7 40. Re1 Re7 41. exd5 c3+ 42. Kxc3 Rxe2 43. Ra1 Re3+ 44. Kc2 Re7 45. Rxa5 Bb7 46. Kd3 f5 47. d6 Be4+ 48. Ke3 Rd7 49. Kf4 Kf6 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.12"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "C97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "123"] 1.Nf3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.a4 Bd7 13.axb5 axb5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Nbd2 c4 16.Nf1 Nb7 17.Rxa8 Rxa8 18.Ne3 Ra1 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Qe2 Nc5 21.g4 Bc6 22.Ng3 Ne6 23.Be3 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Bc5 25.Bxc5 Nxc5 26.g5 Nfd7 27.Qd2 Ne6 28.Nf5 Nf4 29.h4 Nc5 30.Nxe5 Qxe5 31.Qd8+ Be8 32.Nd6 Nh3+ 33.Kg2 Nf4+ 34.Kf1 Kf8 35.Nxe8 Qxe8 36.Qd6+ Qe7 37.Qb8+ Qe8 38.Qxf4 Qd7 39.Qb8+ Ke7 40.Qe5+ Ne6 41.Ke1 Qc6 42.Ke2 Qb6 43.b4 cxb3 44.Bxb3 Qc5 45.Qxc5+ Nxc5 46.Bd5 Kd6 47.Ke3 f6 48.gxf6 gxf6 49.Kd4 Na4 50.f4 h6 51.e5+ fxe5+ 52.fxe5+ Kc7 53.Bf7 Kd7 54.Bb3 Nb2 55.Bd5 Na4 56.Bb3 Nb2 57.Ke3 Na4 58.Bxa4 bxa4 59.Kd3 Ke6 60.Kc4 Kxe5 61.Kb4 Kd5 62.h5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.12"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "David S Polland"] [Black "Isaac Kashdan"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "47"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bf4 Ne4 10.Rc1 Qa5 11.a3 Be6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Nxc3 14.Rxc3 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Rac8 16.Rd3 Qc7 17.Bxd5 Bh3 18.Bg2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qxe5 20.Qd2 Rc6 21.Rd1 Rfc8 22.Re3 Qf6 23.Rf3 Qe6 24.Re3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.12"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Nf3 c6 8. Qc2 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf5 Nf6 14. Rab1 Re8 15. b4 Ne4 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Nh4 19. Qc5 Qd7 20. Qh5 Ng6 21. f3 exf3 22. Rxf3 f6 23. Nb3 b6 24. Re1 Re4 25. Qf5 Qe8 26. Nd2 Re7 27. Rg3 Rd8 28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Nc4 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Rd1 cxd4 32. Rg4 Rc7 33. Rc1 Ne5 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qxd4 g6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Nd6 Rxc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf8 39. Ne8+ Kh8 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.12"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Matthew Green"] [Black "Albert Charles Simonson"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qh5 f6 15. Ng4 f5 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rfc1 b4 19. Nb1 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Nb3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rc8 24. Qd1 a5 25. Rc2 Ra8 26. Rc4 h6 27. Qc2 Ra7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Qc6 Qf7 30. Qc4 a4 31. Qxb4 axb3 32. Qxb3 Ra1+ 33. Kf2 Qh5 34. Qc3 Qh4+ 35. Ke2 Qxh2 36. Kf2 Qg1+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.12"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "A49"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d4 e6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 Nf6 10.Qxd8+ Nxd8 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rad1 Nd7 14.Bd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Nb6 16.b3 e5 17.h3 Be6 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Kh2 a5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Rxb6 Rac8 22.Nd5 Rc2 23.f4 Nc6 24.Rxb7 Rxa2 25.f5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Ne5 27.d6 Rd8 28.d7 Kf8 29.g4 Ke7 30.Kg3 a4 31.bxa4 Rxa4 32.Re1 f6 33.Bc6 Rc4 34.Bd5 Rc3+ 35.Kg2 Rxd7 36.Rxd7+ Kxd7 37.Be4 Nf7 38.Rd1+ Ke7 39.Rd3 Rc1 40.Kg3 Re1 41.Bd5 Ne5 42.Ra3 Kd6 43.Bg2 Rc1 44.Ra6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.12"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gustav Littman"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.f3 Bd7 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.f4 a5 14.c4 Qc8 15.b3 a4 16.Qd2 Na6 17.Rac1 axb3 18.axb3 Nc5 19.Qc2 Ra3 20.Rb1 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Bf5 22.Qc1 Ra6 23.Rb2 Nd3 24.Qe3 Nxb2 25.Bxb2 Ra2 26.Rf2 Qc7 27.h3 h5 28.g4 hxg4 29.hxg4 Bxg4 30.Qc3 f6 31.Be4 Kf7 32.Bb1 Raa8 33.Rg2 Qc5+ 34.Kf1 Qc8 35.Qg3 Rh8 36.f5 Bxf5 37.Rh2 Bxb1 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.12"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "E24"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Ne2 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3 12.Kf2 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.c4 Nd7 15.cxd5 Ne5 16.Bb2 Ng6 17.Qc2 Rb8 18.Rab1 Rb6 19.Qxc5 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.Qc4 Rf6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.Qxf4 Nxd5 25.Qd6 Nxe3 26.Rb8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 f6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Rd8 15. Ne1 Rd7 16. Rac1 Nd8 17. Rd3 Rb8 18. a4 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. a5 Ba6 21. axb6 Bxd3 22. bxa7 Ra8 23. Rxc6 Bxe2 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nc2 Bf3 27. Nd4 Ba8 28. N4b5 Kf8 29. f4 Ke7 30. Nc4 Bc6 31. Nc7 Kd7 32. a8=Q Bxa8 33. Nxa8 Rxa8 34. Nb6+ Kc7 35. Nxa8+ Kb7 36. Kf2 Kxa8 37. Ke3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.13"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Isaac Kashdan"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "110"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nbd2 Qc7 16. Nh4 d5 17. Ndf3 dxe4 18. dxe4 c4 19. Nf5 Nb7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nh4 Nc5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 e4 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Rd4 h6 27. Be3 Nd3 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Qd1 Nd7 30. Kg2 Nb6 31. Qb3 Nc4 32. Qxb5 Nxe3+ 33. fxe3 h5 34. f6 gxf6 35. Qxh5 Rd8 36. Qa5 Rxd4 37. cxd4 Qb7 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. g5 f5 40. Kf2 Qxb2+ 41. Kg3 Qb7 42. Kf2 Kh7 43. h4 f4 44. exf4 d2 45. Ke2 e3 46. Qf6 Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qf6 Qc7 49. g6+ fxg6 50. h5 Qc4+ 51. Kxe3 d1=Q 52. Qe7+ Kh6 53. Qg5+ Kg7 54. Qxg6+ Kf8 55. Qd6+ Ke8 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.13"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Philip Woliston"] [Black "Matthew Green"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "122"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. e5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qc6 Nf6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Bc5 b4 21. Bxe7 bxc3 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxf6 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 cxb2 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qd7+ Kh6 28. Qh3+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kh8 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qd5+ Qf7 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qd4+ Qf6 35. Qd7+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Ke7 37. Qb7+ Kf8 38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Qb7+ Qe7 40. Qb3+ Qe6 41. Qb7+ Ke8 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Qd7 44. Qb4+ Qd6 45. Qb7+ Ke6 46. Qb3+ Qd5 47. Qb6+ Kf5 48. Qf2+ Ke5 49. Qe3+ Qe4 50. Qc5+ Kf6 51. Qd6+ Kf5 52. Qc5+ Qe5 53. Qf2+ Kg5 54. h4+ Kg4 55. Qf3+ Kxh4 56. Qf2+ Kg4 57. Qf3+ Kg5 58. Qd1 Qf4 59. Qd5+ Kh6 60. Qb3 Qh4+ 61. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.13"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Abraham Kupchik"] [Black "Gustav Littman"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "40"] 1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Qe8 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Bc5 9.Nc3 d6 10.Na4 Nbd7 11.Ng5 b5 12.Nc3 Ne5 13.a4 b4 14.Nb5 Neg4 15.Nxc7 Qh5 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.e3 Rb8 18.Bd2 f4 19.gxf4 Rf6 20.h3 h6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.13"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "David S Polland"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 Bg4 9.d5 Na5 10.Bc2 O-O 11.h3 Bd7 12.Qe2 c5 13.Nh2 Ne8 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nc4 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Nhf3 f6 18.Rae1 g6 19.Rf2 Ng7 20.Bh2 Qc7 21.Nf1 Rae8 22.Ne3 Bd8 23.Ref1 Bc8 24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.Ng4 Bg5 26.Nf6+ Rxf6 27.Rxf6 Bxf6 28.Rxf6 Qe7 29.Rf2 Rf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.13"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fred Reinfeld"] [Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "199"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.Bd3 Qb4+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 c6 14.Rhe1 Nd7 15.Bf5 Nf6 16.Ne5 g6 17.Nd7 Kg7 18.Nxf6 gxf5 19.Nh5+ Kg6 20.Nf4+ Kf6 21.Rc3 Rad8 22.Ra3 Ra8 23.Rc1 Rfd8 24.b4 Ke7 25.Nd3 f6 26.Rb3 Rac8 27.a4 Ba6 28.a5 Rb8 29.axb6 axb6 30.Ra3 Ra8 31.Rca1 Bb7 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Rxa8 Bxa8 34.Nb2 Kd6 35.Na4 Kc7 36.Nc3 Bb7 37.Ne2 Kd6 38.Nf4 Ba6 39.Nh5 Ke7 40.Ke1 Kf7 41.Nf4 Ke7 42.Nh5 Kf7 43.f3 Kg6 44.Nf4+ Kf7 45.Kf2 Bc8 46.Kg3 Bd7 47.Ne2 Ke6 48.Kf4 Be8 49.Nc3 h6 50.Ne2 Bg6 51.Ng3 h5 52.h4 b5 53.Nf1 Bh7 54.Nd2 Bg6 55.Nb3 Bh7 56.Na5 Kd7 57.Nb7 Kc7 58.Nc5 Kd6 59.Nd3 Ke7 60.Nf2 Kd6 61.Nh3 Ke7 62.Kg3 Bg6 63.Nf4 Bf7 64.Kh3 Kf8 65.Kg3 Ke7 66.Kf2 Kd6 67.Ke2 Ke7 68.Kd3 Kd6 69.Kc3 Be8 70.Kd2 Bf7 71.Kc1 Ke7 72.Kd1 Kd7 73.Ke1 Kd6 74.Nd3 Bg6 75.Kd2 Bf7 76.Ke2 Ke7 77.Kf1 Kd6 78.Kf2 Bg6 79.Kg1 Ke7 80.Kh1 Kd6 81.Nf4 Bf7 82.Kh2 Ke7 83.Nd3 Bg6 84.Kg3 Kd6 85.Kf4 Ke7 86.Ne1 Kd6 87.Nc2 Ke7 88.g3 Kd6 89.Na1 Ke7 90.Nb3 Kd6 91.Nc5 Ke7 92.g4 hxg4 93.fxg4 fxg4 94.Kxg4 Kf7 95.Kf4 Ke7 96.e4 dxe4 97.Nxe4 Ke6 98.Nc3 Be8 99.Kg4 Kf7 100.Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.13"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Charles Simonson"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Ndb5 O-O 10.Nxd6 a6 11.Nxc8 Rxc8 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Nd1 Rfd8 14.O-O Nb4 15.Nc3 Qc6 16.Nd5 Nxd3 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.cxd3 Qxe4 19.Rad1 Qd5 20.Rfe1 Kh8 21.Qf4 Qg5 22.Qf3 Rd5 23.Re4 f5 24.Rc4 Rcd8 25.g3 Kg7 26.a4 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rc7 Qg4 29.Qxg4+ fxg4 30.Rb7 Rc8 31.Rd2 Kg6 32.Kg2 h5 33.h3 Rc1 34.hxg4 hxg4 35.f3 gxf3+ 36.Kxf3 Rf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.13"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Kh1 a5 10.a4 Nb4 11.f4 Qb6 12.Bf3 Be6 13.Nd4 Nxe4 14.Nxe6 Nxc3 15.bxc3 fxe6 16.Ra3 Nc6 17.Rb3 Qc7 18.Be3 e5 19.Qd5+ Kh8 20.Rfb1 Rab8 21.Bg4 e6 22.Qxe6 exf4 23.Bb6 Qf7 24.Qxd6 Qc4 25.Qe6 Qxa4 26.Bf3 Rbe8 27.Qd7 Qa2 28.Bc5 Ne5 29.Qxb7 Nxf3 30.Bxf8 Bxf8 31.gxf3 Qxc2 32.Qf7 Qe2 33.Qf6+ Bg7 34.Qxf4 Rf8 35.Rb8 Qe7 36.Rxf8+ Bxf8 37.Rb8 Kg7 38.Qd4+ Kh6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gustav Littman"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "B03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "44"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. b3 g6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Ne2 d5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Bxd5 Nxc5 14. Nf4 Nd3+ 15. Nxd3 Qxd5 16. O-O Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Nb4 Qxa1 19. Nd5 Bxb1 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. h4 Qe5 22. Re1 Be4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.15"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "D82"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd5 12. Be5 Bf5 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. b4 f6 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. Qb2 a6 20. Kh2 Be6 21. a4 Bf7 22. Ne1 Ra8 23. Nd3 b6 24. Rc2 e6 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. e4 Ne7 27. a5 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. axb6 e5 30. Nxe5 Rxb4 31. Nd7 Bb3 32. Rb1 Bxc2 33. Rxb4 Nd5 34. b7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.15"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Isaac Kashdan"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bd3 a6 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.Qd2 O-O 11.f4 f5 12.Nf3 b5 13.O-O Bb7 14.h3 c4 15.Bc2 b4 16.g4 g6 17.Ng3 a5 18.gxf5 gxf5 19.Kh2 Kh8 20.Rf2 Rg8 21.Rg1 a4 22.Rfg2 a3 23.Ng5 Raf8 24.cxb4 h6 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Bxf5 Qe7 27.Bxd7 Qxd7 28.b5 Nd8 29.f5 Qh7 30.e6 axb2 31.Qxb2 h5 32.Qe2 h4 33.e7 Re8 34.Qe5+ Qg7 35.f6 Qf7 36.Nf5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.15"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Philip Woliston"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Qb3 c6 7.Bg2 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Be6 9.Qd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Rd1 Nfd5 12.e4 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 f5 14.Ng5 Bf7 15.exf5 gxf5 16.Qf3 Bxd4 17.Be3 e5 18.Qxf5 Bg6 19.Qe6+ Kh8 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Qe5+ Qf6 22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 c5 24.Rdd1 Na4 25.Rd2 Rad8 26.Rad1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 b5 28.Ne6 Re8 29.Bh3 Bf7 30.b3 Bxe6 31.Bxe6 Nb6 32.Rd6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.15"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "14"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Nxc3 5.bxc3 g6 6.g3 b6 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.Qb3 e6 9.c4 Bg7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.d4 Nc6 13.Qc3 Na5 14.O-O Qe7 15.Rac1 Rad8 16.Rfe1 Bxf3 17.d5+ Qf6 18.Bxf3 Qxc3 19.Rxc3 Rd7 20.Rec1 Re8 21.e4 Nb7 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.e5 Nd8 24.c5 Ree7 25.Ra3 a5 26.cxb6 cxb6 27.Rb1 Nf7 28.Re3 Rd2 29.Re2 Red7 30.Rxb6 Rxe2 31.Bxe2 Rd2 32.Kf1 Rxa2 33.Rxe6 Ra1+ 34.Kg2 Re1 35.Bc4 Rxe5 36.Ra6 Rc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.15"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "14"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Nc6 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.Nc3 d5 11.cxd5 Nb4 12.Qd1 Nbxd5 13.Bb2 Qc7 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Nd2 Rfd8 16.Qc2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rd7 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Nc4 Qc6+ 20.f3 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rxd1 22.Qxd1 Qd5 23.Qc2 Ng4 24.e4 Qxc4 25.Qxc4 Ne3+ 26.Kf2 Nxc4 27.bxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.15"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "David S Polland"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "159"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.h3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.Nf1 c4 15.Bg5 Qd8 16.Bd2 Nb7 17.g4 h5 18.N3h2 hxg4 19.hxg4 Nh7 20.Kg2 Bg5 21.Ng3 g6 22.Rh1 Nc5 23.Qc1 Bxd2 24.Qxd2 Qg5 25.Qxg5 Nxg5 26.Nf3 Nxf3 27.Kxf3 a5 28.Rh4 Rfc8 29.Rah1 Kf8 30.g5 b4 31.Ke3 Ke7 32.f4 Ba4 33.Bxa4 exf4+ 34.Rxf4 Nxa4 35.Rh7 Rf8 36.Kd4 Nxb2 37.Rf6 b3 38.axb3 cxb3 39.Rxg6 Na4 40.Nf5+ Kd7 41.Rxd6+ Kc7 42.Rc6+ Kb8 43.Nd6 b2 44.Rh1 Ra7 45.Rb1 Rc7 46.Rc4 Rxc4+ 47.Nxc4 Kc7 48.Nxa5 Rh8 49.Nc4 Rh2 50.Rf1 Rf2 51.Rb1 Rc2 52.Nxb2 Nxb2 53.Rf1 Rd2+ 54.Ke5 Nc4+ 55.Kf6 Rg2 56.Rf5 Ne3 57.Rf3 Nc4 58.e5 Re2 59.e6 fxe6 60.dxe6 Ne5 61.Rf4 Kd6 62.Rd4+ Kc6 63.c4 Nf3 64.Rd5 Nd2 65.g6 Ne4+ 66.Ke7 Rg2 67.Kf7 Nd6+ 68.Rxd6+ Kxd6 69.c5+ Kc7 70.e7 Rf2+ 71.Ke8 Rg2 72.c6 Rg1 73.Kf7 Rf1+ 74.Ke6 Re1+ 75.Kf6 Kd6 76.c7 Kxc7 77.g7 Rf1+ 78.Ke5 Rg1 79.Ke6 Re1+ 80.Kd5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.15"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Albert Charles Simonson"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bf4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 a6 9.O-O b5 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 Nc6 13.Nd2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Ne4 15.Nb3 f6 16.Bf4 g5 17.Bg3 Nxg3 18.hxg3 f5 19.Rc1 Bd6 20.Qe2 a5 21.f4 Kh8 22.Kf2 Rg8 23.Rh1 Ra7 24.Nd2 Bc8 25.Nf3 Rag7 26.Rh2 gxf4 27.gxf4 Rg3 28.Rch1 R8g7 29.Rxh7+ Rxh7 30.Rxh7+ Kxh7 31.Kxg3 Kg7 32.Ba6 Bd7 33.Bb5 Bc8 34.Qc2 Bb7 35.Qc1 Qe7 36.Qh1 Qd8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "113"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Be3 d5 7. exd5 Nb4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nc3 Qf5 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Bf2 Nd7 15. a3 Na6 16. Nd4 Qg6 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 Nac5 19. Rfd1 Nf6 20. b4 Ncd7 21. Ndb5 a6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rd2 h5 24. Kg2 Kh7 25. Kf3 Rac8 26. Rdc2 g5 27. fxg5 Ne5+ 28. Ke2 Nfg4 29. Ne4 Rcd8 30. Bg1 Kg6 31. Rf1 Nd7 32. h3 f5 33. hxg4 fxe4 34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Rf4 exd3+ 36. Kxd3 Ne5+ 37. Kd2 b5 38. Bd4 Kxg5 39. Rc7 Kg6 40. Ke2 Rc8 41. Rxc8 Rxc8 42. Bxe5 dxe5 43. Rf3 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 Rc4 45. Rf2 Rg4 46. d6 Rxg3+ 47. Ke4 Rg1 48. Kxe5 Rd1 49. Ke6 Re1+ 50. Kd5 Rd1+ 51. Kc6 Rc1+ 52. Kb6 Rd1 53. Kxa6 Rd3 54. Kxb5 Rxa3 55. Rd2 Ra8 56. d7 Rd8 57. Kc6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fred Reinfeld"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "D92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Bb3 Nfd5 11.Be5 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bg4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Qc7 16.c4 Nd7 17.c5 Rad8 18.Rac1 e5 19.d5 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Nxc5 21.Bxb7 Qe7 22.Be4 Rd2 23.Rc2 Rfd8 24.Rfc1 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Qf6 26.Qf3 Qxf3 27.gxf3 Rxc2 28.Rxc2 Rd3 29.Kg2 Ra3 30.h4 Ra4 31.Kg3 Ra6 32.f4 exf4+ 33.Kxf4 Ra4+ 34.e4 Ra5 35.f3 Kf6 36.Rc6+ Kg7 37.Rc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Matthew Green"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "70"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 c4 11. Ne5 Be6 12. f4 Qc8 13. g4 Rd8 14. f5 Bd7 15. Qe1 Be8 16. Rd1 b5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rb8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bxe5 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qg3+ Kf8 26. Qf4 Bc6 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Qh8+ Kd7 29. Qxf6 Kc8 30. Qxf7 Rb7 31. Qf5+ Kb8 32. e4 Bxd5 33. exd5 Qd6 34. Rf1 Rg7 35. Qe6 Qg3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.16"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Charles Simonson"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Bxc5 8.Qg4 g6 9.Bf4 d5 10.O-O-O c6 11.h4 h5 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.Bd3 b5 14.g4 b4 15.gxh5 gxh5 16.cxb4 Bxb4 17.Nf3 Qa5 18.Ng5 Qxa2 19.Nxf7 Kxf7 20.Qf3 Ke8 21.Bg5 Be7 22.Bf6 Rb8 23.Rd2 Qa1+ 24.Bb1 Bxf6 25.exf6 Kd8 26.f7 Rb4 27.Rg1 Rf8 28.Rc2 Qa4 29.Rg8 Ke7 30.Qg3 Rg4 31.Rxg4 Qxg4 32.Rxc6 Qxg3 33.fxg3 Rxf7 34.Rxc8 Rg7 35.Rc3 Kd6 36.Ra3 Ne5 37.Ra6+ Kc5 38.Rxe6 Kd4 39.Ra6 Rxg3 40.Ra4+ Nc4 41.Ba2 Rg1+ 42.Kc2 Rg2+ 43.Kc1 Rg1+ 44.Kc2 Rg2+ 45.Kc1 Kd3 46.Bxc4+ dxc4 47.Ra3+ Kd4 48.Ra5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.16"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "15"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Gustav Littman"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qd2 a6 8.f4 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Bd3 g6 12.O-O b5 13.Rae1 Bb7 14.Ne2 Na4 15.c3 Rc8 16.Ned4 Na5 17.f5 gxf5 18.Bxf5 h6 19.Qe2 Nc4 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 22.Nd4 Qg6 23.Rf6 Qg5 24.Ne6 Qe3+ 25.Qxe3 Nxe3 26.Ng7+ Ke7 27.Rxe3 Rcf8 28.Nf5+ Kd8 29.Nd6 Rxf6 30.exf6 Kc7 31.f7 Bc6 32.Rg3 Rf8 33.Rg8 Rxf7 34.Nxf7 Nxb2 35.Nxh6 Na4 36.Rg3 d4 37.cxd4 b4 38.a3 Nc3 39.Rg7+ Kb6 40.axb4 Nd5 41.Nf5 Nxb4 42.Ne3 a5 43.Rg5 Bb5 44.Rc5 Nc6 45.Nd5+ Ka6 46.Nc7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.16"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Abraham Kupchik"] [Black "David S Polland"] [ECO "D93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.Be2 Qa5 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Bb3 e6 13.Qd2 Qb4 14.Be5 a5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4 Qxd2 17.Nxf6+ Kg7 18.Nh5+ Kh6 19.Nxd2 Kxh5 20.Rac1 Rd8 21.Nf3 Kh6 22.a3 Bd7 23.Rc7 Rab8 24.Ne5 Kg7 25.h4 Kf8 26.h5 gxh5 27.Re3 Be8 28.Rf3 Na8 29.Nxf7 Nxc7 30.Nxd8+ Ke7 31.Nxe6 Nxe6 32.Re3 Bd7 33.Bxe6 Bxe6 34.d5 Kd6 35.dxe6 Re8 36.e7 Rxe7 37.Rxe7 Kxe7 38.Kf1 Ke6 39.Ke2 a4 40.Kd3 Kd5 41.Kc3 h4 42.Kb4 Kd4 43.Kxa4 Kd3 44.Kb5 Ke2 45.f4 Kf2 46.f5 Kxg2 47.f6 h3 48.f7 h2 49.f8=Q h1=Q 50.Qg7+ Kf2 51.Qd4+ Ke2 52.Qc4+ Kd1 53.b4 h5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.16"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "134"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Na5 12.Bc2 Nh5 13.f4 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Kh2 c5 16.Nd2 Rc8 17.Nf3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Nc4 19.b3 Na3 20.Bd3 Rc3 21.Rc1 Qc7 22.Qd2 Rc8 23.Rcd1 Nc2 24.Rg1 Nb4 25.Ne1 Bf6 26.Bf1 Qb6 27.Bg2 Nc2 28.Nf3 Rxf3 29.Bxf3 Nxd4 30.Qd3 Rc2 31.Rgf1 Qc5 32.b4 Qc4 33.Kg2 Nxf3 34.Qxf3 Be5 35.Qd3 Qc8 36.Qf3 g6 37.a3 Qc4 38.Rd3 Bd4 39.Qd1 Be5 40.Qf3 h5 41.Rfd1 Qe6 42.R1d2 Rc1 43.Rd1 Rc4 44.Rd5 Kg7 45.R1d2 Kh6 46.Qe2 f5 47.exf5 Qxf5 48.Qf3 Qe6 49.R5d3 g5 50.Qd1 Rc6 51.f3 g4 52.fxg4 hxg4 53.Qxg4 Qxg4+ 54.hxg4 Kg5 55.Kf3 Kg6 56.Rg2 Kg5 57.Rh2 Rc1 58.Rh5+ Kg6 59.Rf5 Rg1 60.Rf8 Rg3+ 61.Ke2 Rg2+ 62.Kf1 Rc2 63.Rg8+ Kf6 64.Rh3 Ke6 65.Rd3 Kf6 66.Rh3 Ke6 67.Rd3 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.16"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "15"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Philip Woliston"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "116"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Kh1 a5 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Qe2 e5 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Rad1 Be6 14.f3 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Nd4 16.Qd3 Nxb5 17.Nxb5 a4 18.Nc1 Qb6 19.c4 Rfd8 20.Ne2 Qc5 21.b3 Bf8 22.Nec3 axb3 23.axb3 Qb4 24.Rb1 Qc5 25.Rfd1 Bh6 26.Qc2 Bf8 27.Rd3 Ra6 28.Rbd1 Qc6 29.Qd2 Kg7 30.Na2 Qc5 31.Nb4 Raa8 32.Na2 Ra6 33.Nac3 Qb4 34.Nd5 Qxd2 35.R3xd2 h5 36.Ndc7 Rc6 37.Ra2 Rd7 38.Nd5 f5 39.Ra7 h4 40.Kg1 Kf7 41.h3 Be7 42.Kf2 Bd8 43.Ke2 Kg7 44.Ne3 Bb6 45.Ra8 Bc5 46.Nd5 fxe4 47.fxe4 Ra6 48.Rxa6 bxa6 49.Nbc7 Bxd5 50.Nxd5 Rb7 51.Rd3 a5 52.Ne3 Rf7 53.Ng4 Rf4 54.Rf3 Rxe4+ 55.Kd2 a4 56.Kd3 Rd4+ 57.Kc3 axb3 58.Kxb3 Rd2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "16"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "David S Polland"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Bg2 Bd5 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Nbxd7 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. O-O Bd6 12. h3 a6 13. Re1 O-O 14. e4 Bb4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. a3 Be7 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rec1 axb4 21. Rxc7 bxa3 22. Bc1 Bb4 23. Rxb7 Rfb8 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Nb1 Bc2 26. Nxa3 Bc3 27. Ra2 Bxe4 28. Nb5 Bb4 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Ba3 Bxa3 31. Rxa3 h5 32. Nc3 Nf6 33. Kg2 Rc8 34. Kf3 Kf8 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Kxe4 Rc2 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Ra5 h4 39. Ra3 g5 40. gxh4 gxh4 41. Kf3 Rd2 42. Ke3 Rd1 43. Rd3 Rg1 44. d5 exd5 45. Rxd5 Rh1 46. Kf3 Rxh3+ 47. Kg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "16"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Abraham Kupchik"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "161"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Qc7 13.b3 Nf6 14.Qe2 Rad8 15.Bb2 c5 16.dxc5 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Bxc5 18.Qe5 Qe7 19.Kg2 h6 20.Bc3 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rc8 22.Rd3 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.b4 Bd6 25.Qe2 Qc7 26.Qd3 Nd7 27.Qe4 Ne5 28.Be2 Qc6 29.Qxc6 Nxc6 30.a3 Kf8 31.f4 e5 32.Bf3 Nd4 33.Be4 f6 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke3 Ne6 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Bb1 Nd4 38.Ke4 Ke6 39.Ba2 Kd7 40.Bb1 Kc6 41.g4 a5 42.Bd3 axb4 43.axb4 Bc7 44.Ke3 Bd6 45.Bg6 Kd7 46.Be4 Ke7 47.h4 g5 48.h5 Kf6 49.Kd3 Ke7 50.Bb7 Ke6 51.Bd2 Be7 52.Bc8+ Kf6 53.Bd7 Bd6 54.Ke4 Ke7 55.Bc8 Nc2 56.b5 Nd4 57.Be3 Kf6 58.Bf2 Bc7 59.Kd5 Bd8 60.c5 bxc5 61.Kxc5 Be7+ 62.Kc4 Nxb5 63.Kxb5 Ba3 64.Kc4 Bc1 65.Kd5 Ba3 66.Bc5 Bb2 67.Bb6 Bc1 68.Ba6 Bb2 69.Bd8+ Kg7 70.Ke4 Bc3 71.Kf5 e4 72.Kxe4 Bd2 73.Kf5 Bc1 74.Bf6+ Kg8 75.Bd4 Ba3 76.Kf6 Bf8 77.Ke6 Bb4 78.Bd3 Bf8 79.Bc2 Bb4 80.Kf6 Be7+ 81.Kg6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "16"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Isaac Kashdan"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "D74"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "144"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Nbd2 Nb6 9.Nb3 Na6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.Qc1 Re8 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.Na5 Bd5 14.Qb1 Nc4 15.Nxc4 Bxc4 16.Qc2 Be6 17.a3 Rd8 18.Rac1 Nc7 19.e4 Ne8 20.Qa4 Bg4 21.Rd2 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 e5 23.dxe5 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Bxe5 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Qd7 27.Kg2 Ng7 28.Rc1 Ne6 29.Rd1 Qe7 30.Qb3 Re8 31.Qe3 c5 32.Kg1 Nd4 33.Bg2 b6 34.f4 Rd8 35.Kf2 Ne6 36.Rd5 Nd4 37.Rxd8+ Qxd8 38.Bf1 Qd7 39.Qd3 Kg7 40.Bg2 Qe6 41.Qd2 Qb3 42.h4 Nc2 43.Qc1 Qd3 44.f5 Nd4 45.f6+ Kxf6 46.Qg5+ Ke6 47.Qd5+ Ke7 48.Qb7+ Kf6 49.Qxa7 Qd2+ 50.Kg1 Ne2+ 51.Kh2 Qd6 52.e5+ Qxe5 53.Qxb6+ Kg7 54.Qb3 c4 55.Qxc4 Qxg3+ 56.Kh1 Qf2 57.Kh2 f5 58.Qb4 Qg1+ 59.Kh3 Qe3+ 60.Kh2 f4 61.Qb7+ Kh6 62.Qf3 Qg1+ 63.Kh3 Qe1 64.Qg4 Ng1+ 65.Kh2 Qe3 66.a4 Ne2 67.a5 Qg1+ 68.Kh3 Qe3+ 69.Kh2 Nd4 70.a6 Nf5 71.Qf3 Qd4 72.Kh3 Ne3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "16"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Matthew Green"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O a6 8. a4 Bb4 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bf3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Nc5 Rae8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bh5 Nc5 20. Qe3 Ne4 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rb1 Na5 23. Qb6 Qxc3 24. Bb2 Qc5+ 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Bd4 Ne4 27. Rb6 Kf7 28. c4 Re7 29. f5 Nxc4 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. fxe6+ Kxe6 32. Bxg7 h5 33. Rb1 Ncd6 34. Bf8 b5 35. Bxd6 Nxd6 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf2 d4 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 Kc5 40. Rc1+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.18"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "16"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "E23"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Nxd2 O-O 9.e3 Bxc5 10.O-O-O b6 11.Be2 Bb7 12.a3 Qe7 13.Nf3 Rac8 14.Kb1 Rfd8 15.Rd2 d5 16.cxd5 Na5 17.Qa4 Bxa3 18.Qxa3 Qxa3 19.bxa3 Rxc3 20.dxe6 Be4+ 21.Kb2 Rxd2+ 22.Kxc3 Rc2+ 23.Kd4 f5 24.Bb5 Rc5 25.Ba4 Rc4+ 26.Ke5 Rxa4 27.Kd6 Nb7+ 28.Ke7 Rc4 29.Rd1 Rc8 30.Ne5 Nc5 31.Rd7 Bc2 32.Rxa7 Bb3 33.Nd7 Nxe6 34.Nxb6 Rc7+ 35.Rxc7 Nxc7 36.Kd6 Nb5+ 37.Kc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.18"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "16"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Gustav Littman"] [Black "Albert Charles Simonson"] [ECO "C36"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "52"] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng1 Be7 7.g3 fxg3 8.Bg2 Bxh4 9.d4 h5 10.Nc3 c6 11.Nge2 Nh6 12.Bxh6 Rxh6 13.Nf4 Na6 14.Nce2 Nc7 15.Qd3 Ne6 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.O-O-O Bg5+ 18.Kb1 h4 19.Nxg3 hxg3 20.Rxh6 Bxh6 21.Rh1 Qg5 22.Qxg3 O-O-O 23.Qa3 Qd2 24.Qxa7 Qxg2 25.Qa8+ Kc7 26.Qa5+ Kd7 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.18"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "16"] [Result "1-0"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "Philip Woliston"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Rd8 11.Nb5 Qb6 12.Qa4 Qa6 13.Qb4 Qb6 14.Qa4 Qa6 15.Qb3 Qb6 16.Bf4 Rf8 17.Nc7 Qxb3 18.axb3 Rb8 19.Nb5 Ra8 20.Nc7 Rb8 21.Rxa7 b6 22.Rfa1 Rb7 23.Ne5 Rxa7 24.Rxa7 e6 25.Nc6 Kh8 26.Bd6 Rg8 27.Ne7 Rf8 28.Nc6 Rg8 29.Ne7 Rf8 30.e3 h6 31.f3 Nh5 32.g4 Nhf6 33.Bf1 Nh7 34.Bb5 Nhf6 35.Bc6 Kh7 36.Ra8 Ne8 37.Nxe8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.18"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "16"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Fred Reinfeld"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Ngf6 10.Bd2 Qc7 11.O-O-O e6 12.c4 Bd6 13.Ne4 Bf4 14.Kb1 Bxd2 15.Nfxd2 O-O-O 16.c5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Nf6 18.Nd6+ Kb8 19.Qg3 Nh5 20.Qe5 f5 21.Rd3 Rhf8 22.Rhh3 Nf6 23.Rb3 b6 24.Rhc3 Ne4 25.Nxe4 Qxe5 26.dxe5 fxe4 27.cxb6 Rxf2 28.bxa7+ Kxa7 29.a3 Rb8 30.Rxb8 Kxb8 31.Rg3 g5 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Ka2 Rf5 34.Re3 Rxe5 35.Kb3 c5 36.Kc4 Kc7 37.g4 Kd6 38.b4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "17"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "C59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "124"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Qc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. d4 exd3 16. Qxd3 Ng4 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20. Rf1 Qh4 21. Qd6 Bg4 22. Ba6 Bc8 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Qb4 Qh5 25. Bc7 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Qh4 27. Bf4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4 g5 29. g3 Qg4 30. Qxc6 gxf4 31. Rxf4 Qe6 32. Qf3 f5 33. Qd5 Rae8 34. Kg2 Qxd5+ 35. Nxd5 Re2+ 36. Rf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Kf7 38. c4 a5 39. b3 Re8 40. a3 Rc8 41. Nc3 Ke6 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. Kd3 Rb8 44. Nb5 Rd8+ 45. Kc2 h5 46. b4 axb4 47. axb4 h4 48. c5 hxg3 49. hxg3 Kd5 50. Kd3 Rg8 51. Nc3+ Kc6 52. Ne2 Rg4 53. Kc3 Kd5 54. Nf4+ Kc6 55. Kc4 Rxg3 56. b5+ Kd7 57. Kd5 Rg1 58. Nd3 Rd1 59. Kc4 Rb1 60. Nf4 Rb2 61. Nd5 Rb1 62. Nb6+ Kc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "17"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Fred Reinfeld"] [Black "Isaac Kashdan"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "40"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 O-O-O 9.Be3 Bb4 10.O-O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 Re8 12.Nb3 b6 13.Bd4 f6 14.f3 c5 15.Bf2 Ne7 16.Nd2 Be6 17.Kb2 Nc6 18.Nf1 Rd8 19.Ne3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.19"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "17"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Abraham Kupchik"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Bf4 O-O 7.Ne5 Nxe5 8.Bxe5 c6 9.Nd2 Qb6 10.Nb3 Ne8 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Bh3 14.Re1 Rd8 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.Bf3 Be6 17.c4 a5 18.Red1 Qb4 19.Rac1 b5 20.d5 cxd5 21.cxb5 Rc8 22.Rc6 Rxc6 23.bxc6 Ra8 24.Nd4 Bc8 25.a3 Qd6 26.Rc1 Ba6 27.Nb5 Bxb5 28.Qxb5 Rc8 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 e5 31.Qc5 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 e4 33.Be2 d4 34.b5 d3 35.Bd1 Ne8 36.b6 Nd6 37.b7 Rb8 38.Rd5 Nxb7 39.Rb5 Kf8 40.Kf1 f5 41.Ke1 Ke8 42.Rxb7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.19"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "17"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "David S Polland"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "40"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.Qe2 Na5 8.c3 Nxb3 9.axb3 Bb7 10.d4 Nxe4 11.dxe5 d5 12.Nbd2 Bc5 13.b4 Nxd2 14.Bxd2 Be7 15.Nd4 O-O 16.f4 c5 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.Rae1 f5 19.Be3 Qe7 20.Qf2 Bxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.19"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "17"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Albert Charles Simonson"] [Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Qa4+ Qd7 4.Qxc4 Qc6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qxc4 7.Bxc4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 Nbd7 10.e5 Ng4 11.h3 Nh6 12.d5 Nb6 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Nd4 Rd8 17.Rad1 c6 18.Nxe6+ fxe6 19.Be2 Nd5 20.Ne4 Nf4 21.Bg4 Kf7 22.g3 Nd5 23.Rd3 Nc7 24.Rfd1 Rd5 25.Rf3+ Kg7 26.Rxd5 cxd5 27.Nd6 Rf8 28.Rxf8 Kxf8 29.Nxb7 Bb4 30.Nd8 h5 31.Nxe6+ Nxe6 32.Bxe6 d4 33.Bf5 h6 34.Kg2 Ke7 35.f4 Bd2 36.Kf3 Bc1 37.b4 Ba3 38.b5 Kd8 39.h4 Kc7 40.Bg6 Kb6 41.Ke4 Kc5 42.Bxh5 Kc4 43.Be2+ Kc3 44.g4 Kd2 45.Bd3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.19"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "17"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Philip Woliston"] [Black "Gustav Littman"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "145"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 cxd4 8.cxd4 b5 9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Ng3 g6 11.Be3 Na5 12.b3 h5 13.Bd3 h4 14.Ne2 Nc6 15.a3 b4 16.a4 Ba6 17.Bc2 Ne7 18.Bf2 Nf5 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.Nxh4 Be7 21.Nf3 Nf8 22.O-O Ne6 23.Be3 Rc8 24.Re1 Kd7 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Rc8 27.Qd2 Bxe2 28.Qxe2 Rc3 29.Rb1 Bd8 30.g3 Qc6 31.Rb2 Bb6 32.Kg2 a5 33.h3 Ke7 34.g4 Qc8 35.Qd2 fxg4 36.hxg4 Nxf4+ 37.Kg3 Rd3 38.Qf2 Ne6 39.Kh2 Ke8 40.Rc2 Rc3 41.Rb2 Qa6 42.Rd2 Rxb3 43.Ng5 Nxg5 44.Bxg5 Qc8 45.Qf6 Bd8 46.Qh8+ Kd7 47.Rf2 f5 48.e6+ Kc7 49.Rc2+ Rc3 50.Rxc3+ bxc3 51.e7 Bxe7 52.Qxc8+ Kxc8 53.Bxe7 Kd7 54.Bg5 Ke6 55.Kg3 c2 56.Bc1 fxg4 57.Kxg4 Kf6 58.Kf4 Ke6 59.Ke3 Kf5 60.Kd3 g5 61.Be3 g4 62.Kxc2 Ke4 63.Kd2 Kf3 64.Kd3 Kg2 65.Ke2 Kh1 66.Kf2 g3+ 67.Kf3 Kh2 68.Kg4 g2 69.Kf5 Kg3 70.Ke5 Kf3 71.Bg1 Ke2 72.Kxd5 Kf1 73.Bh2 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.19"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "17"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "143"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.e3 Ne4 6.Bd3 f5 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Nbxd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 O-O 10.e4 d6 11.Rfe1 Qf6 12.e5 Qd8 13.d5 dxe5 14.Rxe5 exd5 15.cxd5 Nd7 16.Rxf5 Nf6 17.Re5 Ng4 18.Re4 Bf5 19.Rf4 Bxd3 20.Rxf8+ Qxf8 21.Qxd3 Qd6 22.Qf5 Nf6 23.Qe6+ Qxe6 24.dxe6 Kf8 25.Re1 Ke7 26.Nh4 g6 27.f4 Rd8 28.f5 g5 29.Nf3 Rd5 30.Re5 Rd1+ 31.Re1 Rd5 32.Re5 Rd1+ 33.Kf2 g4 34.Nh4 Rh1 35.Kg3 Rd1 36.Re2 Rd4 37.Rc2 c6 38.Kf2 Rf4+ 39.Ke1 Re4+ 40.Re2 Rc4 41.g3 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Rd1 43.Kg2 Rd3 44.Kg1 Rd1+ 45.Kf2 Rb1 46.Kg2 Rd1 47.h3 gxh3+ 48.Kxh3 Rd3 49.Ng2 Nh5 50.Ne3 a5 51.Kh4 Nf6 52.g4 Rd4 53.Kg3 h5 54.gxh5 Nxh5+ 55.Kf2 Nf4 56.Rc2 Nd5 57.Rc4 Rd2+ 58.Kf3 Rd3 59.Re4 Nf6 60.Ke2 Ra3 61.bxa3 Nxe4 62.Kf3 Nd6 63.Kf4 Kf6 64.Ng4+ Ke7 65.Kg5 b5 66.Ne5 c5 67.Nc6+ Kf8 68.f6 c4 69.Kg6 c3 70.Nd4 a4 71.Nxb5 Nf7 72.exf7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1940.05.19"] [EventDate "1940.??.??"] [Round "17"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Matthew Green"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qd3 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 f5 10.Rd1 Bf6 11.Qe3 Qe7 12.b4 d6 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Rac1 c5 15.Qd2 Rfd8 16.Bc3 Rac8 17.bxc5 dxc5 18.d5 exd5 19.cxd5 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Qd6 21.Nh4 g6 1/2-1/2

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