1944 US Chess Championship


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, Arnold       x 1 1 ｽ 1 ｽ ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  15ｽ- 1ｽ
 2. Fine, Ruben          0 x ｽ 1 ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ｽ 1 1 1 1 1  14ｽ- 2ｽ
 3. Horowitz, I.A.       0 ｽ x 0 ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  14 - 3
 4. Steiner, Herman      ｽ 0 1 x ｽ ｽ 1 1 1 1 ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  14 - 3
 5. Pinkus, Albert       0 ｽ ｽ ｽ x ｽ 1 1 1 ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  13ｽ- 3ｽ
 6. Shainswit, George    ｽ 0 0 ｽ ｽ x 1 ｽ 0 1 ｽ ｽ 1 1 1 ｽ 1 1  10ｽ- 6ｽ
 7. Altman, Benjamin     ｽ 0 0 0 0 0 x ｽ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   9 - 8
 8. Adams, Weaver        0 0 0 0 0 ｽ ｽ x 1 0 1 1 ｽ 0 1 ｽ 1 1   8 - 9
 9. Almgren, Sven        0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 x 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1   8 - 9
10. Di Camillo, Attilio  0 0 0 0 ｽ 0 0 1 1 x ｽ ｽ ｽ 0 0 1 1 1   7 -10
11. Weinstock, Solomon   0 0 0 ｽ 0 ｽ 1 0 1 ｽ x 0 0 ｽ 1 0 1 1   7 -10
12. Isaacs, Lewis        0 0 0 0 0 ｽ 0 0 0 ｽ 1 x 1 ｽ 0 1 1 1   6ｽ-10ｽ
13. Neidich, Leon        0 ｽ 0 0 0 0 0 ｽ 1 ｽ 1 0 x 0 1 1 ｽ ｽ   6ｽ-10ｽ
14. Rothman, Aaron       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ｽ ｽ 1 x 1 ｽ 0 1   6ｽ-10ｽ
15. Stromberg, Bernard   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x 1 1 1   5 -12
16. Chernev, Irving      0 0 0 0 0 ｽ 0 ｽ 0 0 1 0 0 ｽ 0 x 1 1   4ｽ-12ｽ
17. Gladstone, David     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ｽ 1 0 0 x 1   2ｽ-14ｽ
18. Persinger, Louis     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ｽ 0 0 0 0 x    ｽ-16ｽ


ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS

                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 ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 ｽ ｽ  15ｽ- 1ｽ
 2. Fine        ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ｽ 1 ｽ  14ｽ- 2ｽ
 3. Horowitz    1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ｽ 1 1 ｽ 1 1  14 - 3
 4. Steiner     1 ｽ 1 ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 ｽ 1 1 ｽ 1  14 - 3
 5. Pinkus      ｽ ｽ 1 1 1 1 ｽ 1 1 1 1 ｽ 0 ｽ 1 1 1  13ｽ- 3ｽ
 6. Shainswit   0 1 1 0 ｽ 0 ｽ 1 1 ｽ 1 ｽ ｽ 1 ｽ 1 ｽ  10ｽ- 6ｽ
 7. Altman      1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 ｽ 0 0 1 1 ｽ   9 - 8
 8. Adams       ｽ 0 0 1 ｽ 1 0 0 1 ｽ 0 ｽ 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 ｽ 0 ｽ 0 ｽ ｽ 0 1   7 -10
11. Weinstock   0 1 0 ｽ 1 0 1 0 0 ｽ 0 0 0 1 ｽ 1 ｽ   7 -10
12. Isaacs      1 ｽ 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 ｽ 1 0 0 0 ｽ   6ｽ-10ｽ
13. Neidich     ｽ 1 0 ｽ 0 0 ｽ 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 ｽ 0 ｽ   6ｽ-10ｽ
14. Rothman     1 ｽ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 ｽ 0 0 ｽ   6ｽ-10ｽ
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 ｽ 0 ｽ 1 ｽ 0 1 0   4ｽ-12ｽ
17. Gladstone   0 0 0 ｽ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0   2ｽ-14ｽ
18. Persinger   0 0 0 0 0 0 ｽ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0    ｽ-16ｽ


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

             
ROUND 14 - May 3rd, 1944, 7 P.M.
ｽ-ｽ 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
ｽ-ｽ Rothman - Chernev


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


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

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.

Persinger was the celebrated violinist.

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)

Source: Chess Review, March - May, 1944

[Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Qf3 Nxc4 6.dxc4 Bb4 7.Ne2 d6 8.h3 Be6 9.b3 h6 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.g4 h5 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Qg2 c6 14.f3 a6 15.Kb1 Bc5 16.Rd3 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Rhd1 Kc7 19.a4 b4 20.Na2 Bc8 21.Ng3 g6 22.Nf1 Ba6 23.R3d2 Nd7 24.Nc1 hxg4 25.hxg4 Nf8 26.f4 f6 27.g5 Ne6 28.gxf6 Qxf6 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Qg3 Nf4 31.Ne3 Bd4 32.Ng4 Qg5 33.Bxd4 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 exd4 35.Nd3 Bxd3 36.cxd3 Rh3 37.Qg1 Ne2 38.Qg2 Nc3+ 39.Kc2 Nxd1 40.Qxh3 Qxg4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sven Elias Almgren"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.e3 b5 8.a4 c6 9.Be2 a6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qc2 Be7 12.e4 O-O 13.e5 Ne8 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Ne4 Nd7 16.Rad1 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Qxc5 19.Qc3 Nc7 20.Nd2 Nd5 21.Qg3 Nb4 22.Kh1 Rad8 23.f4 Nc2 24.Bf3 Ne3 25.Qf2 Qd4 26.Nb3 Qxf4 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Re1 Nxg2 29.Kxg2 Qg4+ 30.Kf1 Bxf3 31.Nc5 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Rd4 33.Qf1 Rg4+ 34.Kf2 Rg2+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Isidore Rothman"] [Black "Israel Albert Horowitz"] [ECO "C83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 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 Qg6 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Qf2 f6 19.Bc5 Bxc5 20.Qxc5 Bh3 21.Rd2 fxe5 22.Qxc7 Rd6 23.Qe7 Re8 24.Qh4 Bf5 25.f4 exf4 26.Qxf4 Be4 27.Re1 Rf6 28.Qh4 Ref8 29.h3 Rf4 30.Qe7 Qg3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.17"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Benjamin Altman"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.c4 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Qc2 Ndf6 10.a3 O-O 11.Rc1 c6 12.Bd3 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Ne4 14.Qc2 f5 15.Ne5 Qg5 16.O-O Rd8 17.f4 Qe7 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.c5 Bd7 20.g4 Kh7 21.Kh1 Rg8 22.Rf2 Be8 23.Rg1 g6 24.Rg3 Rc8 25.Rfg2 Rc7 26.Qb3 a6 27.Rh3 Rg7 28.Rgg3 g5 29.Rxh6+ Kg8 30.Rgh3 Kf8 31.Rxe6 Bf7 32.Rh8+ Rg8 33.Rxe7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.18"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Sven Elias Almgren"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2 Nbc6 9. Qe3 Nb4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 c6 12. Ba4 b5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. a4 Nc7 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Qd2 a5 18. Nd1 a4 19. Ba2 b4 20. c3 Nc6 21. Ne2 b3 22. Bb1 Na5 23. Ne3 Ke7 24. O-O h6 25. f4 g6 26. g4 Nc4 27. Nxc4 dxc4 28. Ng3 Bc6 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Nd5 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Bg6 Rag8 33. Rf7+ Kd8 34. Bh7 Rg5 35. Be4 Be8 36. Bxd5 Bxf7 37. Rxa4 Ke7 38. Bxc4 Rhg8 39. Qf2 Rf5 40. Qe3 Rgg5 41. Ra6 Qb8 42. Bd3 Qb7 43. d5 Rxe5 44. Qc5+ Kf6 45. Ra7 Qxa7 46. Qxa7 Rxd5 47. Qe3 Kg7 48. Bc4 Rd1+ 49. Kf2 Rb1 50. Qd2 Ra5 51. Qd4+ Kh7 52. Bd3+ Rf5+ 53. Bxf5+ exf5 54. Nxf5 Rxb2+ 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Kf4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "George Shainswit"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. a5 a6 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. Be4 g6 21. Bd2 Bd5 22. Bc3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf7 24. Rad1 Rd5 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Qf4 Nc6 27. e3 Kg7 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxf6+ Kh6 31. Qg7+ Kg5 32. Qf6+ Kh6 33. Qf4+ Qg5 34. Bg7+ Kh5 35. Qf3+ Qg4 36. Qd5+ Qf5 37. Qd1+ Qg4 38. f3 Qe6 39. g4+ Kg5 40. Kg2 Qxe3 41. h4+ Kxh4 42. Qh1+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Israel Albert Horowitz"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Qd7 5.Qxc4 Qc6 6.Qxc6+ Nxc6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.d4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.O-O Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 c6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Rfd1 Be7 15.Na4 Bf5 16.Nc5 b6 17.Nb3 Rac8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Bf4 c5 20.Nc2 Be6 21.Na3 Rcd8 22.Nb5 Nd5 23.Bd6 Bxd6 24.Bxd5 Be5 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.Nc3 Kf7 27.e3 Ke7 28.Kf1 g5 29.Ke2 Rxd1 30.Rxd1 Bxc3 31.bxc3 b5 32.f4 gxf4 33.exf4 a5 34.Rb1 b4 35.Kd3 Rd8+ 36.Kc2 h5 37.Re1 Kf6 38.Re5 Rd5 39.cxb4 axb4 40.Rxd5 exd5 41.a4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Benjamin Altman"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh5 15.Re4 Qg6 16.Bc2 Bf5 17.Re2 Rae8 18.Bxf5 Qxf5 19.Be3 Re6 20.Nd2 Rfe8 21.Nf1 Qh3 22.Re1 f5 23.Qf3 f4 24.Bd2 g5 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Qg2 Qf5 27.f3 g4 28.gxf4 Qd3 29.f5 Re7 30.Re1 Nf4 31.Bxf4 Rxe1 32.Bxd6 Qe3+ 33.Qf2 Qc1 34.fxg4 Qd1 35.Bg3 Re2 36.Qf3 Kf7 37.Qxc6 Re7 38.Qd5+ Kf8 39.f6 Re3 40.Bd6+ Ke8 41.f7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Attilio Di Camillo"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "147"] 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.d4 e6 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 Ne4 8.Qd3 Qf6 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 O-O 11.Ne5 Nd8 12.f4 d6 13.Nd3 Bd7 14.b4 Bc6 15.O-O Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Nf7 17.Rae1 Rac8 18.c5 d5 19.e3 Kh8 20.b5 Qd8 21.a4 Nh6 22.Ne5 Nf7 23.Nd3 Nh6 24.Ne5 Nf7 25.c6 b6 26.Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.a5 Ra8 28.Ra1 h6 29.Ra4 Rc8 30.Rfa1 Qd6 31.axb6 axb6 32.Ra7 Rff8 33.Qa3 Qxa3 34.R1xa3 Kh7 35.Kf3 Kg6 36.Rb7 Kf6 37.Raa7 Rf7 38.h3 Re7 39.g4 Kf7 40.g5 hxg5 41.fxg5 g6 42.Kf4 e5+ 43.dxe5 Ke6 44.h4 Rh7 45.Kg3 Kxe5 46.Rxb6 Kd6 47.Rbb7 Re7 48.Kf3 Rce8 49.Ra3 Re4 50.b6 Kxc6 51.Rxc7+ Kxb6 52.Rc1 Rxh4 53.Rb3+ Ka5 54.Ra1+ Ra4 55.Rxa4+ Kxa4 56.Rb6 Rg8 57.Kf4 Ka5 58.Re6 Kb5 59.Ke5 Kc5 60.Kf6 d4 61.exd4+ Kxd4 62.Kf7 Kd5 63.Rf6 Ra8 64.Kxg6 Rg8+ 65.Kxf5 Rh8 66.Ra6 Rh1 67.Kf6 Rf1+ 68.Kg7 Ke5 69.g6 Rf2 70.Kg8 Rh2 71.g7 Rh1 72.Kf7 Rf1+ 73.Kg6 Rg1+ 74.Kh7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.20"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David Gladstone"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "B29"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Be2 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.O-O Nc7 7.b3 g6 8.Bb2 Bg7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Qc1 e5 11.d3 b6 12.Bf1 Ne6 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.g3 Qd7 15.Bg2 Rae8 16.Qe3 f5 17.Nc3 Ned4 18.Qd2 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Nd4 20.Bd1 Qc6 21.f3 Nxf3+ 22.Bxf3 Qxf3 23.Rf1 Qh1+ 24.Kf2 Qxh2+ 25.Ke1 Qxg3+ 26.Kd1 e4 27.Kc1 e3 28.Qe2 Qg2 29.Qe1 e2 30.Rg1 Qxg1 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.04.20"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "B Stromberg"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "LA Times, 1944.06.11 p.A8"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 Re8 9. d5 a5 10. Qc2 Nc5 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. f3 Bh3 14. b3 b6 15. a3 h6 16. Be3 g5 17. b4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nb7 19. g4 Nh7 20. Ne2 Nf8 21. Ng3 Ng6 22. Nf5 f6 23. Rh1 Kf7 24. b5 Rh8 25. h4 Nc5 26. Rh2 Nf4+ 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Rah1 Raf8 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh7 Rxh7 31. Rxh7 Rg8 32. Nh6+ Kg6 33. e5+ f5 34. Nxf5 Kxh7 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Ng6+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "David Gladstone"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "65"] 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 b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Nf3 f5 13.O-O O-O 14.h3 b4 15.g4 g6 16.gxf5 gxf5 17.Kh2 Kh8 18.Rg1 c4 19.Bc2 Rg8 20.Ng3 a5 21.Rg2 a4 22.Rag1 b3 23.axb3 cxb3 24.Bb1 Na5 25.Ng5 Nc4 26.Qe2 Raf8 27.Bd3 Rxg5 28.fxg5 f4 29.Nf5 exf5 30.g6 f3 31.g7+ Qxg7 32.Rxg7 fxe2 33.Bxf5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Aaron Rothman"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. cxd5 Qb6 9. dxc6 Bxb2 10. Bxb2 Qxb2 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. c7 Rc8 14. Rb8 Nf6 15. Bb7 1-0 [Event "New York ch-USA"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.21"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Israel Albert Horowitz"] [Black "Irving Chernev"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. g4 Rd8 12. g5 Ne8 13. a4 Na5 14. f5 d5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. exd5 e5 17. Nde2 Nd6 18. Ng3 Bh3 19. Re1 Nf7 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Nc4 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. g6 hxg6 24. Qxg6 Ncd6 25. Ng3 Qc4 26. a5 Qh4 27. Ra4 Qh3 28. Rg4 Rac8 29. Nh5 Ne8 30. Qf5 Kh8 31. Re3 Ned6 32. Rxh3 Nxf5 33. Nf6+ N7h6 34. Bxh6 Nxh6 35. Rxh6+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.04.21"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "L Neidich"] [Black "Arnold Sheldon Denker"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "ChessBase; 2012.11.22"] [PlyCount "64"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Na4 e4 11. Ne1 exd3 12. Nxd3 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc5 b6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qe4 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Na5 21. Nb2 Qe6 22. Nd3 g5 23. e4 Nc4 24. Rcd1 a5 25. f4 h6 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Qf2 Qg6 28. Qf3 Rd7 29. Nf4 Rxd1 30. Nxg6 Rxe1+ 31. Kf2 Rf1+ 32. Kxf1 Nd2+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.22"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Ba5 10. Ba3 d6 11. c5 O-O 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. e4 Re8 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qg5 16. g3 g6 17. Qa4 Qd8 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Bxb5 Qd5 20. f3 Bb6 21. Rc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rf8 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. Bxd5 Bxa4 25. Bxa8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.04.22"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "A Rothman"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "D08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "ChessBase; 2012.11.22"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 Bc5 8. g3 Nge7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. a3 a5 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Qb5 a4 14. Bd2 Bb6 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. Rac1 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. c5 Ba7 19. Qxb7 d3 20. e3 c6 21. Qb4 Rfb8 22. Qd4 Rd8 23. Qf4 Bb8 24. Bc3 f5 25. Bd4 Ra7 26. Qh4 Rad7 27. Rd2 Nc4 28. Rxd3 Nxb2 29. Rdc3 Bc7 30. Bf1 Ba5 31. R3c2 Rxd4 32. exd4 Qb3 33. Qe7 Qxa3 34. Qe2 Rb8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qe2 h6 37. d5 cxd5 38. c6 Nc4 39. Qe6 Bb6 40. Rc3 Qc5 41. Rf3 Qd6 42. Qxf5 Ne5 43. Rf4 Nxc6 44. Bd3 g6 45. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Rb2+ 47. Kf3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.04.22"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Israel Albert Horowitz"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "ChessBase; 2012.11.22"] [PlyCount "170"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qf3 Ne8 11. Qh3 f5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 Nef6 14. Ndf3 c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. Kh1 Ne4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. g4 a5 21. g5 Rf5 22. Rg1 Bc8 23. Rg4 g6 24. Rh4 Qg7 25. Rg1 b4 26. Ng4 Ra7 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Nxf5 exf5 29. Rh6 Rb7 30. Qg2 Bd7 31. Qd2 Be8 32. Rh3 Qc7 33. Rhg3 Qc6 34. Qc2 a4 35. cxb4 Rxb4 36. Qc3 Qb6 37. R3g2 Kg7 38. Rc1 Kf7 39. Qa3 Ke6 40. Rgc2 Kf7 41. Kg2 Qb8 42. h4 Ke6 43. Kg3 Qb6 44. Rf2 Qb8 45. Rc3 Qb5 46. Rfc2 Kf7 47. Kf2 Qb6 48. Rd2 Ke6 49. Kg2 Kf7 50. Kh2 Ke6 51. Kh3 Kf7 52. Rh2 Ke6 53. Kg3 Qb7 54. Re2 Qb5 55. Kf2 Qb7 56. Rcc2 Bd7 57. Re1 Qb6 58. Rb1 Be8 59. Rc3 Bd7 60. Kg3 Be8 61. Rc2 Bd7 62. Rh1 Be8 63. Rhh2 Qb5 64. Qc3 Qb6 65. Rh3 Qb7 66. Rch2 Qb5 67. Rf2 Qb6 68. Rhh2 Qb5 69. Rh1 Qb6 70. Rg2 Qb7 71. Rgh2 Qb5 72. Qc2 Qb8 73. h5 gxh5 74. Rxh5 Bxh5 75. Rxh5 Kd7 76. Rxh7+ Kc6 77. Rh6+ Kb5 78. Qh2 Ka5 79. Qd2 Kb5 80. Qh2 Ka5 81. Rh8 Qb7 82. Qd2 Ka6 83. Rh6+ Rb6 84. Qb4 Rxh6 85. Qxa4+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.23"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Weaver Warren Adams"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "B70"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "134"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.h3 Bd7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Na5 11.b3 Rc8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 b5 14.Rc1 Qc7 15.c3 Rfe8 16.O-O a6 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.f4 Qa7 19.Kh2 b4 20.cxb4 Qxd4 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.bxa5 Bc3 23.Rf2 Bxa5 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Bf1 Bb5 26.Bc4 f6 27.Rc2 Kf7 28.g4 Bxc4 29.Rxc4 Rxc4 30.bxc4 e6 31.Kg2 Bb4 32.Kf3 Ke7 33.Ke4 f5+ 34.gxf5 exf5+ 35.Kd3 Kd7 36.Bg7 Kc7 37.Bd4 Be1 38.Bc3 Bg3 39.Ba5+ Kd7 40.Ke3 h6 41.Kf3 Bh4 42.Bc3 Kc7 43.Bg7 Kb6 44.Ke3 h5 45.Bc3 g5 46.Bb4 Kc7 47.fxg5 Bxg5+ 48.Kf3 Kd7 49.Be1 Ke7 50.h4 Bc1 51.Bc3 Kf7 52.a4 Bh6 53.Bd4 Ke7 54.c5 dxc5 55.Bxc5+ Kf6 56.Bd4+ Ke7 57.Be5 Kd7 58.Bf4 Bg7 59.Ke2 Bf6 60.Bg5 Be5 61.Kd3 Kd6 62.Kc4 f4 63.Bh6 f3 64.Bf8+ Kd7 65.Kd3 Bg3 66.Bc5 f2 67.Ke2 Bxh4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.25"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Benjamin Altman"] [Black "Attilio Di Camillo"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Kh2 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Na5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. c4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qxf3 17. Qd5 Qf5 18. Rad1 c6 19. Qd7 Qxc2 20. Rg1 Qxa2 21. Qf5 f6 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rd7+ Rf7 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Bg7+ Kg8 27. Bxf6+ Kf8 28. Bg7+ Kg8 29. Bxe5+ Kf8 30. Bg7+ Kg8 31. Bd4+ Kf8 32. Bc5+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.04.23"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Irving Chernev"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Fine: Comprehensive Record American Chess Career, p. 273"] [PlyCount "64"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. Ne2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. e5 gxh4 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Qa4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Qe4 Rfe8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Be4 Nd4 20. Nd5 Qe5 21. Rae1 c6 22. f4 Qd6 23. Nc3 Qxf4 24. Re3 Re7 25. Kh1 Be5 26. Rh3 f5 27. Qg6 fxe4 28. Qh5 Bf6 29. Rg1 Nf3 30. Ne2 Qe5 31. Qxh6+ Bg7 32. Qg6 Nxg1 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.25"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Sven Elias Almgren"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 e5 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.Qd2 Ne8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Ne1 f5 13.Nc2 Nc7 14.Ba3 c5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5+ Kh8 17.Rad1 Rb8 18.Bb2 e4 19.Bxg7+ Qxg7 20.f3 Qb2 21.Qd2 Nf6 22.fxe4 fxe4 23.Ne3 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Be6 25.Rd6 Rbe8 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Rxe6 Nc3 29.Nd5 Nxa2 30.Re7 Nc1 31.e4 Kg8 32.Rxb7 Rf7 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.e5 Ne2+ 35.Kg2 Nd4 36.Rc8 Rb7 37.Rxc5 Rxb3 38.Rc7+ Kh6 39.h4 Rb2+ 40.Kh3 Nf3 41.Nf6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.27"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Herman Steiner"] [ECO "A97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Qe8 7. d4 d6 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Nd4 Qh5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Nxf5 Bd8 13. f3 Kh8 14. e4 Qf7 15. Ne2 a5 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Rad1 a4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nc3 axb3 21. axb3 Ne5 22. f4 Nc6 23. Nd5 Qf7 24. b4 b6 25. g4 Bd7 26. Qb2 Ra4 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Rc8 29. g5 Qf8 30. h4 Ra8 31. Qb2 Ra4 32. h5 Ned8 33. h6 Bxf5 34. exf5 Kg8 35. Re1 gxh6 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37. Bd5+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.04.??"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "ChessBase; 2012.11.22"] [PlyCount "76"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bg5 f6 4. Bh4 g5 5. Bg3 h5 6. h3 Nh6 7. e3 Nf5 8. Bh2 g4 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Bxc7 Rxh1 11. Bxd8 gxf3 12. Qxf3 Nb4 13. Na3 Nh4 14. Qh5+ Kxd8 15. Kd2 Bf5 16. c3 Bg6 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qd1 e5 19. cxb4 Bxb4+ 20. Kc2 f4+ 21. Kb3 a5 22. Qg4 Rxf1 23. Qxh4+ Be7 24. Qh8+ Be8 25. Rxf1 Rc8 26. Nb5 a4+ 27. Kxa4 Rc4+ 28. Kb3 Rb4+ 29. Kc2 Rxb5 30. Qxe5 fxe3 31. fxe3 Bg6+ 32. Kc1 Kd7 33. a4 Ra5 34. b4 Rxa4 35. Qxd5+ Kc7 36. Qe6 Ra1+ 37. Kb2 Rxf1 38. Qxe7+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Solomon Weinstock"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 O-O 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qd3 Rd8 12. Rb1 Ne5 13. Qe3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qh5 16. Qe3 b6 17. Bd2 Ba6 18. Nf4 Qf5 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. c3 Ne4 21. Be1 Nd6 22. Qg3 Nc4 23. h4 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. f3 Nd3 26. Nxd3 Bxd3 27. Rb4 Rc4 28. Rd1 Rdc8 29. Qd6 Qc5+ 30. Qxc5 bxc5 31. Rb7 Bg6 32. Rxa7 Rf4 33. a4 Bc2 34. Ra1 h6 35. a5 Rf6 36. Bf2 Bd3 37. a6 Kh7 38. Ra4 Rcc6 39. c4 Bc2 40. Ra3 Bg6 41. Ra8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Albert Pinkus"] [Black "Israel Albert Horowitz"] [ECO "E46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "153"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Qe7 9.b4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Be2 Bf5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.f3 Nd7 15.e4 Be6 16.O-O f6 17.c5 Nf8 18.Rfd1 Red8 19.g3 Bf7 20.Qe3 Ne6 21.f4 exf4 22.gxf4 Nf8 23.Bf3 c6 24.Qf2 Ng6 25.Qg3 Bb3 26.Rf1 Rd3 27.Qg4 Rad8 28.Rae1 Rd2 29.Bc1 Ra2 30.e5 fxe5 31.f5 Qh4 32.Qg3 Qxg3+ 33.hxg3 Nf8 34.Rxe5 Rd3 35.Re7 Bc4 36.f6 gxf6 37.Bh6 Rd7 38.Bxf8 Rxe7 39.Bxe7 Bxf1 40.Kxf1 Rxa3 41.Be2 Kf7 42.Bd6 Ke6 43.Bc4+ Kd7 44.Bg8 Ra1+ 45.Ke2 Rb1 46.Bxh7 Rxb4 47.Bf5+ Kd8 48.Kd3 Rb1 49.Kc3 Rf1 50.g4 b6 51.Be4 Rg1 52.Bxc6 Rxg4 53.Bf3 Rh4 54.Be2 bxc5 55.Bxc5 Rh7 56.Bd3 Rc7 57.Kd4 Rg7 58.Kd5 a5 59.Bb6+ Ke7 60.Bb5 Rg5+ 61.Kc6 f5 62.Bxa5 f4 63.Bb4+ Kf6 64.Be2 Rg3 65.Bd6 Kf5 66.Bxf4 Kxf4 67.Kd5 Ke3 68.Bc4 Rg5+ 69.Ke6 Kf4 70.Kf6 Rc5 71.Bb3 Rc6+ 72.Kg7 Kg5 73.Bd5 Rc7+ 74.Kh8 Kh6 75.Kg8 Kg6 76.Be4+ Kf6 77.Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Aaron Rothman"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.b4 cxb4 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.c4 bxc3 7.Nxc3 Qd8 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.O-O e6 10.d5 exd5 11.Re1+ Be7 12.Ba3 Nc6 13.Qe2 dxc4 14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qxc4 Be6 17.Rxe6 fxe6 18.Re1 O-O 19.Rxe6 Na5 20.Qe2 Qc5 21.Re7 Rae8 0-1 [Event "New York ch-USA"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.04.30"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "George Shainswit"] [Black "Irving Chernev"] [ECO "E47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "64"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 e5 8. Ng3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 Ng6 13. f5 Ne5 14. Bg5 b6 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Rf4 Qe7 17. Nxf6 gxf6 18. Rh4 fxg5 19. Rxh7+ Kg8 20. Qh5 Qf6 21. Rh6 Qxh6 22. Qxh6 f6 23. Re1 Rb8 24. Re3 Rb7 25. Qh3 Rh7 26. Qg3 Kg7 27. h3 Rh4 28. Re4 Rfh8 29. Rxh4 Rxh4 30. Qe3 Rf4 31. Kh2 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.05.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Irving Chernev"] [Black "David Gladstone"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.b3 e6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.d4 Ne4 8.O-O Nd7 9.Nbd2 Ndf6 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Nd2 d5 12.Nf3 Bd7 13.Ne5 c6 14.Qc2 Bd6 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.f3 Nf6 17.c5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nh5 19.Bc1 g5 20.Bd2 f4 21.g4 Ng7 22.e3 fxe3 23.Bxe3 Be8 24.b4 Bg6 25.Qc1 h6 26.h4 gxh4 27.Bxh6 Kf7 28.f4 h3 29.Bf3 Qh4 30.Bg5 Qg3+ 31.Kh1 Rh8 32.Qe3 a5 33.f5 exf5 34.Bxd5+ cxd5 35.Qxg3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.05.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Albert Pinkus"] [ECO "E49"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "109"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Ne2 e5 10.O-O Nc6 11.Bb2 Qc7 12.Rc1 Na5 13.Ba2 c4 14.Ng3 Re8 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.e4 b5 17.Rcd1 Rac8 18.Bc1 h6 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.f4 Qc5+ 21.Be3 Bg4 22.Bxc5 Bxe2 23.Nxe2 Rxc5 24.e5 Nd5 25.Rd2 Kf8 26.Rf3 Nb6 27.Bb1 Nb3 28.Rd6 Rd5 29.Rxd5 Nxd5 30.Be4 Rd8 31.Rh3 Nb6 32.f5 Nc5 33.Re3 Rd1+ 34.Kf2 Nba4 35.Bc2 Rd2 36.Bxa4 Nxa4 37.Kf3 Nb2 38.Nf4 Nd1 39.Re2 Rd8 40.Rc2 Ke7 41.Ke4 h5 42.g3 a5 43.Nxh5 g5 44.f6+ Kf8 45.Ng7 Rd3 46.e6 fxe6 47.Nxe6+ Kf7 48.Nxg5+ Kxf6 49.Kf4 Kg6 50.Ne4 Ne3 51.Rc1 Nd5+ 52.Ke5 Kh5 53.h3 Ne3 54.Rb1 Rd5+ 55.Kf4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.05.01"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Solomon Weinstock"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "38"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.e3 Qe7 9.Be2 g5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Qd4 O-O 13.O-O Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bc5 15.Qd3 f5 16.Rae1 Kh8 17.Bd1 Ba6 18.Bb3 Rae8 19.Kh1 f4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.05.03"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Lewis Jl Isaacs"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Fine: Comprehensive Record American Chess Career, p. 274"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 e6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Re8 16. Ne1 Nf8 17. f4 Ne6 18. Rd1 Nf8 19. g4 f5 20. h3 Bd7 21. Rf2 Qd8 22. Rg2 a5 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Nf3 a4 25. Bd3 fxg4 26. hxg4 Bh6 27. Qd2 Kh8 28. f5 Bxe3+ 29. Qxe3 Re7 30. Qh6 Rg7 31. Ng5 Be8 32. f6 Rf7 33. Nxf7+ Bxf7 34. Qg7# 1-0 [Event "US ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.05.03"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "0-1"] [White "David Gladstone"] [Black "Herman Steiner"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 c6 4.f4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bxd5 cxd5 7.fxe5 d4 8.Ne4 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Qe2 Qd5 11.O-O O-O-O 12.d3 Nxe5 13.Bf4 Ng6 14.Bg3 f5 15.Ned2 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Rxd6 17.Nb3 Nh4 18.Nbxd4 Rg6 19.Kh1 Bxf3 20.Nxf3 Rxg2 21.Qe5 Rg1+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.05.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Irving Chernev"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "E10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Qc2 O-O 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Be2 e5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rd1 e4 12. h3 Re8 13. b3 Bf5 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. Bf1 h5 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Rd2 Bb8 18. Rad1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 h4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qc3 Qg5 22. Kh1 Qe7 23. c5 Qc7 24. Rd6 b5 25. Nb2 Re6 26. Qd4 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Be2 Be5 30. Nd1 Kf8 31. Bg4 Bxg4 32. hxg4 c5 33. f3 exf3 34. gxf3 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. f4 c3 37. Nf2 c2 38. Nd3 Bb2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.05.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Israel Albert Horowitz"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [ECO "C71"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "117"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Bh6 O-O 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf8 Qe6 18. Bc5 Nxc4 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rac1 Bxb2 21. Rxc4 bxc5 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Qd3 Rb8 24. Rc2 Rb4 25. Rfc1 h5 26. Re2 Qf6 27. Rec2 a5 28. Qf3 Qe6 29. e5 Bxe5 30. Rxc5 Bd6 31. Rxa5 Re4 32. Rf1 Rf4 33. Ra8+ Kh7 34. Qd1 Qd5 35. Rd8 Rf2 36. Rg1 Qe5 37. Rxd6 cxd6 38. Qb3 Kg7 39. a4 Rf4 40. Qc2 Rh4 41. h3 Re4 42. a5 Re2 43. Qc4 d5 44. Qa4 d4 45. a6 Qd5 46. a7 Ra2 47. a8=Q Qxa8 48. Qxd4+ Kg8 49. Qe5 Ra5 50. Qc7 Qd5 51. Qb8+ Kh7 52. Qg3 Ra2 53. Rf1 g5 54. Qf3 Qxf3 55. Rxf3 Kg6 56. Rb3 g4 57. hxg4 hxg4 58. g3 Kf5 59. Rb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.05.??"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "16"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Reuben Fine"] [Black "Di Camillo, Attilio"] [ECO "E44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "Fine: Comprehensive Record American Chess Career, p. 274"] [PlyCount "64"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf3 c6 11. b3 Qe7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Rad8 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxd4 18. a4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Qxd7 R4xd7 21. a5 Rd6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Ra6 Nd7 24. b4 Kf8 25. c5 Rc6 26. Rd1 Ke8 27. h3 h6 28. cxb6 Nb8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Ra7 Nd7 31. Ra8+ Rc8 32. b7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1944.05.07"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "17"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Benjamin Altman"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "B74"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "28"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.05.07"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "17"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Louis Persinger"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "LA Times, 1944.05.28 p.13"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O b6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Neg5 g6 14. e4 N5f6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. b4 Kg7 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Bb3 N7b6 20. Rac1 Ba8 21. Nc5 Nd7 22. Ne4 h6 23. h4 f5 24. exf6+ N7xf6 25. Nc5 Rd6 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. g3 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Kg2 Nh5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rh1 Rf5 32. Rxh5 Rfxe5 33. Qh7+ Kf6 34. dxe5+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Irving Chernev"] [Black "Solomon Weinstock"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "NY Post, 24 APR 1944; 2012.11.22"] [PlyCount "42"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. Ne1 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 d6 12. e4 f5 13. Nf4 Qc8 14. d5 Bf6 15. Qc2 fxe4 16. Nxe6 Re8 17. Qxe4 Nd7 18. Re1 Nc5 19. Qf5 Nxe6 20. Rxe6 Qd7 21. Rxf6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Di Camillo, Attilio"] [Black "Weaver Warren Adams"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "LA Times, 1944.07.30 p.16"] [PlyCount "74"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e5 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. dxe5 d4 6. e4 c5 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O Nc6 9. f4 g5 10. Qh5 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Qc7 14. a3 Bg7 15. b4 Bxe5 16. b5 axb5 17. cxb5 Bxf4 18. bxc6 c4 19. cxb7 Rb8 20. Rxf4 cxd3 21. Rf6 O-O 22. Nxd4 d2 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxd2 Qxb7 27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. a4 Rf4 29. a5 Rxe4 30. a6 Qc6 31. Qd8+ Kg7 32. a7 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qe5 34. Qd7+ Kg6 35. Qd1 Rh4 36. Qb1+ Kg7 37. h3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lewis Jl Isaacs"] [Black "Herman Steiner"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "LA Times, 1944.05.07 p.13"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. Be2 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Qxd4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Be3 Qe4 13. Rad1 Rxd1 14. Rxd1 f6 15. Rd4 Qe6 16. Qd3 Qc8 17. Qe4 e5 18. Qxc6+ Kf7 19. Rd3 Bxa3 20. Bxb6 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Qxc7+ Qxc7 23. Bxc7 Bxb2 24. Kf1 Ke6 25. Ke2 Bc3 26. f4 e4 27. Ke3 f5 28. Bb8 a6 29. Ba7 g6 30. Bc5 Kd7 31. Ke2 Kc6 32. Ba3 a5 33. Bf8 Bb4 34. Bg7 Bd6 35. Bc3 Bxf4 36. Bxa5 Kc5 37. g3 Bh6 38. Bc7 Kxc4 39. Be5 Bc1 40. Bd6 g5 41. Kd1 Be3 42. Ke2 f4 43. Be7 Bc1 44. a4 f3+ 45. Kf2 g4 46. a5 e3+ 47. Kf1 Bd2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "A Rothman"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Source "LA Times, 1944.07.30 p.16"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qa4 Qc8 8. c4 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rac1 Rd8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. e4 Qc7 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Qb1 a6 16. h3 Rd7 17. Be3 Ne8 18. b4 Nd8 19. Ne1 Ba8 20. Qb3 Qb8 21. Qa4 Qa7 22. Bxb6 Bc6 23. Qa5 Qa8 24. b5 Bb7 25. a4 Nf6 26. f3 d5 27. cxd5 exd5 28. e5 Nh5 29. Nf1 Ne6 30. Bf2 d4 31. Qd2 a5 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Qxa5 Ng5 34. h4 1-0

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