US Championship Match; May 4-18, 1946
Los Angeles, CA


                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Arnold Denker    1 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½   6½
Herman Steiner   0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½   3½

Steiner was White in the odd-numbered games.

[Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.04"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Bf4 Ndf6 10.Qc2 O-O 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bxd6 Nxd6 13.Ne5 g6 14.Rae1 Bf5 15.Ne2 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nd7 17.Ng3 Re8 18.f4 f5 19.Qb3 Kg7 20.Re2 Nf6 21.Rf3 Qb6 22.Qc3 Rec8 23.Rc2 a5 24.Nf1 Nde4 25.Qe1 c5 26.dxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Qxc5 28.Qh4 d4 29.exd4 Qxd4+ 30.Kh1 Rc8 31.Nd3 Rc2 32.Qe1 Ng4 33.h3 Ngf2+ 34.Nxf2 Rxf2 35.Rb3 b6 36.Qc1 a4 37.Ra3 b5 38.Kh2 Qxb2 39.Qc7+ Kh6 40.Qe7 Rxg2+ 41.Kh1 Qf2 0-1 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.05"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Herman Steiner"] [ECO "D64"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 a6 9.Bd3 b5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 h6 13.Bf4 Ne8 14.Qc6 e5 15.Qxa8 Nb6 16.Rxc8 Nxc8 17.Nxe5 Nc7 18.Qc6 Bd6 19.Qd7 Qxd7 20.Nxd7 Rd8 21.Bxd6 Nxd6 22.Nc5 a5 23.b3 f5 24.h4 g6 25.Nf4 Kf7 26.g4 Ne4 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Rg1 Rd6 30.h5 Rd8 31.Nb7 1-0 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.07"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Qc8 10.Bf4 d6 11.Rad1 Nd7 12.Rfe1 c5 13.d5 e5 14.Bg5 Qd8 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.e4 Bc8 17.Nh4 g6 18.Qc1 Kg7 19.Bh3 h6 20.b3 Nf6 21.Bxc8 Raxc8 22.Ng2 a6 23.Qc3 b5 24.f4 b4 25.Qb2 Nd7 26.f5 a5 27.Rf1 Nf6 28.Qc2 Ra8 29.Ne3 a4 30.Rd2 axb3 31.axb3 Ra5 32.fxg6 fxg6 33.Rdf2 Raa8 34.h4 h5 35.Kg2 Rf7 36.Qc1 Raf8 37.Nf5+ gxf5 38.Qg5+ Kh7 39.Qxf5+ Kh8 40.Qg5 Rg7 41.Qh6+ Rh7 42.Qg5 Rg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.08"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Herman Steiner"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Be7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.b3 d5 6.Bb2 a5 7.O-O a4 8.bxa4 Bd7 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.cxd5 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Bxa4 12.Qb1 exd5 13.Qxb7 Nc6 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Qb1 Ra4 17.e3 Rfa8 18.Qb2 f6 19.Rfc1 Qe6 20.Qb3 Ra3 21.Qc2 Bd6 22.Bb4 R3a6 23.Qb3 Bxb4 24.Rxc6 Qe7 25.Bxd5+ Kh8 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.Bxa8 Bxd2 28.Bd5 g6 29.Qd3 Qa5 30.Qe4 Qd8 31.Rd1 Qc7 32.Qd3 1-0 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.09"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "153"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nb8 9.e4 a5 10.b3 Na6 11.Ne1 Bd7 12.a3 Qb8 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Rb1 a4 15.b4 Nb3 16.Nc2 Nxc1 17.Rfxc1 Bh6 18.Ne3 Qa7 19.Rc2 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Ng4 22.Re1 b6 23.h3 Nf6 24.Rf1 Kg7 25.Rcf2 Ng8 26.g4 h6 27.b5 Ra5 28.Kh2 Ne7 29.Bf3 Rfa8 30.Bd1 Be8 31.h4 g5 32.h5 Ng8 33.Rf3 f6 34.R3f2 Bd7 35.Kg3 Kf7 36.Rb2 Ne7 37.Rb4 Ng8 38.Rf2 Ke8 39.Ra2 Kd8 40.Rxa4 Rxa4 41.Bxa4 Kc8 42.Bd1 Kb7 43.Kf2 Ne7 44.Ke1 Rf8 45.Kd2 Ra8 46.Kc2 Rd8 47.Kb3 Nc8 48.Rf2 Rf8 49.Na2 Ne7 50.Nb4 Ng8 51.Na6 Ne7 52.Be2 Ng8 53.Rf1 Ne7 54.a4 Ng8 55.a5 Ne7 56.Rd1 Nc8 57.Kc3 Ne7 58.Rg1 Nc8 59.Ra1 Rd8 60.Nb4 Rf8 61.Nc6 Rh8 62.Rf1 Rf8 63.Kb4 Ka8 64.Kb3 Bxc6 65.bxc6 Rf7 66.Ka4 Kb8 67.Rb1 Rf8 68.Kb5 Ka7 69.Ra1 Kb8 70.Ka6 Rf7 71.Rb1 Rg7 72.axb6 cxb6 73.Rxb6+ Nxb6 74.Kxb6 Ra7 75.c5 Ra2 76.Bb5 f5 77.cxd6 1-0 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.11"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Herman Steiner"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "167"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nbd7 5.O-O c6 6.d3 Bd6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Qc7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qe2 e5 11.h3 Re8 12.Nh4 Nc5 13.b4 Ne6 14.c5 Bf8 15.Be3 b6 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Rfc1 Qb8 18.Qb2 Bd7 19.Nf3 h6 20.Ne2 Bd6 21.Nd2 c5 22.Nc4 Bc7 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.Qxb8 Rexb8 25.Nc3 Nd4 26.Kh2 Ne8 27.Nd5 f6 28.Nd2 Bd6 29.Bf1 Rb2 30.Bc4 Kh8 31.Nb3 Nc2 32.Nb6 Ra7 33.Rxc2 Rxc2 34.Nd2 Bc6 35.Bb3 Rc3 36.Rd1 Rb7 37.Nbc4 Bb5 38.Nxd6 Nxd6 39.Nb1 Rd3 40.Rc1 c4 41.Bc2 Nxe4 42.Bxd3 cxd3 43.Nd2 Nxd2 44.Bxd2 Ra7 45.Ra1 Ba4 46.Kg1 Rb7 47.Kf1 Rb2 48.Ke1 Kh7 49.a3 Kg6 50.Rc1 Ra2 51.Rc3 e4 52.Rc4 Bb3 53.Rc3 Rxa3 54.f3 f5 55.Kf2 Ra2 56.Ke3 Bd5 57.fxe4 fxe4 58.Rc5 Bb7 59.Rb5 Bc6 60.Rc5 Ra6 61.h4 Kf7 62.h5 Ke6 63.Bc3 Bd5 64.Rc7 Ra2 65.Bd2 Kf6 66.Bc3+ Kf5 67.Bd2 g5 68.hxg6 Kxg6 69.Rc5 Be6 70.Ra5 Rc2 71.Ra6 Kf7 72.g4 Bxg4 73.Rxh6 Bf5 74.Ra6 Bg6 75.Rb6 Rc8 76.Ra6 Kg7 77.Rd6 Rc2 78.Ra6 Kh6 79.Ra1 Bf5 80.Rc1 Ra2 81.Rg1 Kh5 82.Rg2 Rc2 83.Kf4 Bh7 84.Rh2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.12"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Qa5 10.Rb1 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O 13.Bd3 Nc6 14.Rhc1 Rd8 15.Ke3 Na5 16.e5 Bd7 17.Be4 Rac8 18.Rxc8 Bxc8 19.Rc1 h6 20.Rc5 b6 21.Rc7 a6 22.g4 g6 23.h4 Bd7 24.Nd2 Bb5 25.f4 Kf8 26.Bf3 Rd7 27.Rc8+ Ke7 28.h5 gxh5 29.f5 Rd8 30.Rc7+ Rd7 31.f6+ Kd8 32.Rxd7+ Kxd7 33.g5 hxg5 34.Bxh5 Nc4+ 35.Nxc4 Bxc4 36.Bxf7 Bxa2 37.Kf3 a5 38.Kg4 a4 39.Kxg5 a3 40.Bg6 Bc4 41.Kh6 a2 42.f7 a1=Q 43.f8=Q Qxd4 44.Qb8 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.14"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Herman Steiner"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.d3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 d6 9.d4 Nd7 10.Qb3 Kh8 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nd2 e3 13.fxe3 Rxf1+ 14.Nxf1 e5 15.Ba3 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Rd1 Qc7 19.Qb5 Bg4 20.Qxb7 Qxb7 21.Bxb7 Rb8 22.Rb1 Bf5 23.Rb5 Bd3 24.Bg2 Rxb5 25.cxb5 Bxb5 26.Nd2 g6 27.Kf2 Kg7 28.Bd5 Bd7 29.Ke2 h5 30.Kd3 h4 31.gxh4 Bxh4 32.Nf3 Bf6 33.Kc4 g5 34.Kxc5 g4 35.Kd6 gxf3 36.Kxd7 e4 37.Bxe4 f2 38.Bd3 Bxc3 39.Ke6 Kh6 40.Kf5 Kg7 41.h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.16"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Arnold Denker"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 O-O 9.e3 c6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 b6 13.b4 Bb7 14.Be2 Rfc8 15.Rfc1 a5 16.a3 h6 17.Qb2 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 c5 20.bxc5 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 bxc5 22.Qa3 Qd8 23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Rd1 Rc7 25.Be2 Qf8 26.Qa4 Nf6 27.e4 Qc8 28.Bf1 g6 29.g3 Rc2 30.Bd3 Rc1 31.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32.Kg2 Qd2 33.Qc2 Qxc2 34.Bxc2 g5 35.f4 gxf4 36.gxf4 e5 37.fxe5 Ng4 38.e6 fxe6 39.Bb3 Kf7 40.h3 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Denker - Steiner US Championship"] [Site "Los Angeles, CA USA"] [Date "1946.05.18"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Herman Steiner"] [ECO "D62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Re8 11.Bb5 Rd8 12.Ne5 Nf8 13.Be2 Ne6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ng4 Be7 16.Rad1 cxd4 17.exd4 Bd7 18.f4 Rac8 19.Kh1 Bb4 20.Rf3 Nf8 21.f5 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Ba4 23.Qd2 Bxd1 24.Nh6+ gxh6 25.Qxh6 Rc6 26.f6 Rxf6 27.Qxf6 Bxe2 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Qf7+ Kh8 31.Rg3 Ng6 32.Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

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