5th US Championship; 1944
April 15 - May 7
New York, NY

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
 1. Denker      x 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  15½- 1½
 2. Fine        0 x ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1  14½- 2½
 3. Horowitz    0 ½ x 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  14 - 3
 4. Steiner     ½ 0 1 x ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  14 - 3
 5. Pinkus      0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  13½- 3½
 6. Shainswit   ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1  10½- 6½
 7. Altman      ½ 0 0 0 0 0 x ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   9 - 8
 8. Adams       0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1   8 - 9
 9. Almgren     0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 x 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1   8 - 9
10. DiCamillo   0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 x ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1   7 -10
11. Weinstock   0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ x 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1   7 -10
12. Isaacs      0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 x 1 ½ 0 1 1 1   6½-10½
13. Neidich     0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 x 0 1 1 ½ ½   6½-10½
14. Rothman     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 x 1 ½ 0 1   6½-10½
15. Stromberg   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 1 1 1   5 -12
16. Chernev     0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 x 1 1   4½-12½
17. Gladstone   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 x 1   2½-14½
18. Persinger   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 x    ½-16½

  • Denker's +14 score (matched by Reshevsky in 1946) is the largest winning score in US Championship history.

  • The tournament was held at the Park Central Hotel in New York.

  • The seeded players in this tournament were Adams, Denker, DiCamillo, Fine, Horowitz, Isaacs, Pinkus, Shainswit and Steiner. The other nine qualified from preliminary events.

  • Adams, DiCamillo and Shainswit took the places of Reshevsky, Kashdan and Santasiere. Reshevsky refused his invitation because he was taking CPA examinations the same month. Kashdan dropped out at the last minute on doctor's orders. Santasiere was unable to obtain a vacation from his teaching job. Fine's participation was uncertain until the last minute, when he obtained a 3 weeks leave from his government job.

  • Reshevsky attended several sessions of the tournament as a spectator, and was photographed examining the wallboards in Round 12.

  • The Contestants:
    Weaver Adams (Boston, MA)
    Sven Almgren (Brooklyn, NY)
    Benjamin Altman (Flushing, NY)
    Irving Chernev (Brooklyn, NY)
    Arnold S. Denker (Forest Hills, NY)
    Attillio DiCamillo (Philadelphia, PA)
    Reuben Fine (Washington, DC)
    David Gladstone (Queens, NY)
    I.A. Horowitz (New York, NY)
    Lewis J. Isaacs (Chicago, IL)
    Leon Neidich (Elizabeth, NJ)
    Louis J. Persinger (New York, NY)
    Albert S. Pinkus (Brooklyn, NY)
    Aaron A. Rothman (Bronx, NY)
    George Shainswit (Bronx, NY)
    Herman Steiner (Hollywood, CA)
    Bernard Stromberg (New York, NY)
    Sol Weinstock (Queens, NY)

  • ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS 
                                  ROUND
                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 1. Denker      1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½  15½- 1½
 2. Fine        ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½  14½- 2½
 3. Horowitz    1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1  14 - 3
 4. Steiner     1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1  14 - 3
 5. Pinkus      ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1  13½- 3½
 6. Shainswit   0 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½  10½- 6½
 7. Altman      1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½   9 - 8
 8. Adams       ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 0   8 - 9
 9. Almgren     0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0   8 - 9
10. DiCamillo   1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1   7 -10
11. Weinstock   0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½   7 -10
12. Isaacs      1 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½   6½-10½
13. Neidich     ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½   6½-10½
14. Rothman     1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½   6½-10½
15. Stromberg   0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1   5 -12
16. Chernev     0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0   4½-12½
17. Gladstone   0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   2½-14½
18. Persinger   0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    ½-16½

ROUND 1 - April 15th, 1944
½-½ Fine - Pinkus
½-½ Adams - Neidich
0-1 Almgren - DiCamillo
0-1 Shainswit - Horowitz
0-1 Gladstone - Isaacs
1-0 Rothman - Stromberg
1-0 Denker - Weinstock
0-1 Persinger - Altman
0-1 Chernev - Steiner


ROUND 2 - April 16th, 1944
½-½ Pinkus - Steiner
1-0 Altman - Chernev
1-0 Weinstock - Persinger
0-1 Stromberg - Denker
½-½ Isaacs - Rothman
1-0 Horowitz - Gladstone
0-1 DiCamillo - Shainswit
1-0 Neidich - Almgren
1-0 Fine - Adams


ROUND 3 - April 17th, 1944
0-1 Adams - Pinkus
0-1 Almgren - Fine
1-0 Shainswit - Neidich
0-1 Gladstone - DiCamillo
0-1 Rothman - Horowitz
1-0 Denker - Isaacs
0-1 Persinger - Stromberg
1-0 Chernev - Weinstock
1-0 Steiner - Altman


ROUND 4 - April 18th, 1944, 7 P.M.
1-0 Pinkus - Altman
1-0 Stromberg - Chernev
0-1 Horowitz - Denker
½-½ Neidich - Gladstone
1-0 Adams - Almgren
½-½ Weinstock - Steiner
1-0 Isaacs - Persinger
0-1 DiCamillo - Rothman
1-0 Fine - Shainswit


ROUND 5 - April 20th, 1944, 7 P.M.
0-1 Almgren - Pinkus
0-1 Gladstone - Fine
1-0 Denker - DiCamillo
0-1 Chernev - Isaacs
0-1 Altman - Weinstock
½-½ Shainswit - Adams
1-0 Rothman - Neidich
0-1 Persinger - Horowitz
1-0 Steiner - Stromberg

ROUND 6 - April 21st, 1944, 7 P.M.
1-0 Pinkus - Weinstock
0-1 Isaacs - Steiner
1-0 DiCamillo - Persinger
1-0 Fine - Rothman
1-0 Almgren - Shainswit
0-1 Stromberg - Altman
1-0 Horowitz - Chernev
0-1 Neidich - Denker
1-0 Adams - Gladstone


ROUND 7 - April 22nd, 1944, 2 P.M.
½-½ Shainswit - Pinkus
1-0 Rothman - Adams
½-½ Persinger - Neidich
1-0 Steiner - Horowitz
1-0 Weinstock - Stromberg
0-1 Gladstone - Almgren
1-0 Denker - Fine
0-1 Chernev - DiCamillo
1-0 Altman - Isaacs


ROUND 8 - April 23rd, 1944, 2 P.M.
1-0 Pinkus - Stromberg
1-0 Horowitz - Altman
1-0 Neidich - Chernev
0-1 Adams - Denker
1-0 Shainswit - Gladstone
1-0 Isaacs - Weinstock
0-1 DiCamillo - Steiner
1-0 Fine - Persinger
1-0 Almgren - Rothman


ROUND 9 - April 25th, 1944, 7 P.M.
0-1 Gladstone - Pinkus
1-0 Denker - Almgren
0-1 Chernev - Fine
1-0 Altman - DiCamillo
1-0 Stromberg - Isaacs
0-1 Rothman - Shainswit
0-1 Persinger - Adams
1-0 Steiner - Neidich
0-1 Weinstock - Horowitz

ROUND 10 - April 27th, 1944, 7 P.M.
1-0 Pinkus - Isaacs
½-½ DiCamillo - Weinstock
1-0 Fine - Steiner
1-0 Almgren - Persinger
1-0 Gladstone - Rothman
1-0 Horowitz - Stromberg
0-1 Neidich - Altman
½-½ Adams - Chernev
½-½ Shainswit - Denker


ROUND 11 - April 29th, 1944, 2 P.M.
0-1 Rothman - Pinkus
0-1 Persinger - Shainswit
1-0 Steiner - Adams
0-1 Weinstock - Neidich
0-1 Isaacs - Horowitz
1-0 Denker - Gladstone
0-1 Chernev - Almgren
0-1 Altman - Fine
1-0 Stromberg - DiCamillo


ROUND 12 - April 30th, 1944, 2 P.M.
½-½ Pinkus - Horowitz
1-0 Neidich - Stromberg
½-½ Adams - Altman
½-½ Shainswit - Chernev
0-1 Rothman - Denker
½-½ DiCamillo - Isaacs
1-0 Fine - Weinstock
0-1 Almgren - Steiner
1-0 Gladstone - Persinger


ROUND 13 - May 1st, 1944, 7 P.M.
1-0 Denker - Pinkus
1-0 Chernev - Gladstone
0-1 Altman - Almgren
0-1 Stromberg - Fine
1-0 Horowitz - DiCamillo
0-1 Persinger - Rothman
½-½ Steiner - Shainswit
0-1 Weinstock - Adams
1-0 Isaacs - Neidich

             
ROUND 14 - May 3rd, 1944, 7 P.M.
½-½ Pinkus - DiCamillo
1-0 Fine - Isaacs
0-1 Almgren - Weinstock
0-1 Gladstone - Steiner
1-0 Denker - Persinger
0-1 Neidich - Horowitz
1-0 Adams - Stromberg
1-0 Shainswit - Altman
½-½ Rothman - Chernev


ROUND 15 - May 4th, 1944, 7 P.M.
0-1 Persinger - Pinkus
1-0 Steiner - Rothman
½-½ Weinstock - Shainswit
0-1 Isaacs - Adams
½-½ DiCamillo - Neidich
0-1 Chernev - Denker
1-0 Altman - Gladstone
0-1 Stromberg - Almgren
½-½ Horowitz - Fine

ROUND 16 - May 6th, 1944, 2 P.M.
1-0 Pinkus - Neidich
0-1 Adams - Horowitz
1-0 Shainswit - Stromberg
0-1 Rothman - Altman
0-1 Persinger - Chernev
1-0 Fine - DiCamillo
1-0 Almgren - Isaacs
0-1 Gladstone - Weinstock
½-½ Denker - Steiner


ROUND 17 - May 7th, 1944, 2 P.M.
0-1 Chernev - Pinkus
½-½ Altman - Denker
1-0 Stromberg - Gladstone
1-0 Horowitz - Almgren
½-½ Neidich - Fine
1-0 Steiner - Persinger
½-½ Weinstock - Rothman
½-½ Isaacs - Shainswit
1-0 DiCamillo - Adams

  • Source: Chess Review, March - May, 1944

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