1954 US Chess Championship


9th US Championship, and World Championship Zonal; 1954
May 29 - June 13
New York, NY

                           Rtng  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 1. IM Bisguier, Arthur    2460  x ｽ ｽ 1 1 ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ 1 1 1 1 1  10 - 3    +7- 0=6
 2. IM Evans, Larry        2443  ｽ x ｽ 1 1 ｽ ｽ ｽ 1 0 1 1 ｽ 1   9 - 4    +6- 1=6
 3.    Seidman, Herbert    2403  ｽ ｽ x 0 0 0 ｽ 1 1 1 1 1 ｽ 1   8 - 5    +6- 3=4
 4.    Pavey, Max          2477  0 0 1 x ｽ 1 ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ 0 1 1 1   7ｽ- 5ｽ   +5- 3=5
 5.    Sherwin, James T.   2410  0 0 1 ｽ x 1 ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ 1 1   7ｽ- 5ｽ   +4- 2=7
 6.    Bernstein, Sidney   2300  ｽ ｽ 1 0 0 x ｽ 1 0 1 ｽ 0 1 1   7 - 6    +5- 4=4
 7. GM Rossolimo, Nicolas  2513  ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ x 0 0 1 ｽ ｽ 1 1   7 - 6    +3- 2=8
 8.    Berliner, Hans      2413  ｽ ｽ 0 ｽ ｽ 0 1 x 1 1 1 0 0 ｽ   6ｽ- 6ｽ   +4- 4=5
 9.    Wachs, Saul         2255  ｽ 0 0 ｽ ｽ 1 1 0 x 0 1 0 1 1   6ｽ- 6ｽ   +5- 5=3
10.    Hearst, Eliot       2402  0 1 0 ｽ ｽ 0 0 0 1 x 0 1 1 1   6 - 7    +5- 6=2
11.    Burger, Karl        2306  0 0 0 1 ｽ ｽ ｽ 0 0 1 x 1 1 0   5ｽ- 7ｽ   +4- 6=3
12.    Pilnick, Carl       2322  0 0 0 0 ｽ 1 ｽ 1 1 0 0 x 0 1   5 - 8    +4- 7=2
13.    Brandts, Paul       2167  0 ｽ ｽ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 x 0   3 -10    +2- 9=2
14.    Mengarini, Ariel    2303  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ｽ 0 0 1 0 1 x   2ｽ-10ｽ   +2-10=1

AVERAGE RATING:  2370


                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 1. IM Bisguier    1 ｽ ｽ 1 ｽ 1 ｽ 1 1 ｽ ｽ 1 1   +7
 2. IM Evans       1 ｽ ｽ ｽ 1 ｽ 1 1 0 ｽ 1 1 ｽ   +5
 3.    Seidman     0 0 ｽ 1 0 ｽ 1 1 ｽ 1 1 1 ｽ   +3
 4.    Pavey       0 1 ｽ 1 1 ｽ 1 ｽ 0 1 ｽ 0 ｽ   +2
 5.    Sherwin     1 ｽ 1 1 ｽ 1 ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ 0 0 ｽ   +2
 6.    Bernstein   1 ｽ 0 0 1 0 ｽ 1 1 1 ｽ ｽ 0   +1
 7. GM Rossolimo   1 ｽ ｽ ｽ 1 ｽ ｽ ｽ ｽ 0 ｽ 1 0   +1
 8.    Berliner    1 0 1 ｽ ｽ ｽ 0 1 0 0 ｽ ｽ 1    =
 9.    Wachs       0 ｽ ｽ 0 ｽ 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0    =
10.    Hearst      0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ｽ ｽ 0 1   -1
11.    Burger      0 0 ｽ 0 1 1 0 ｽ 1 0 0 ｽ 1   -2
12.    Pilnick     0 1 1 ｽ 0 0 0 0 ｽ 0 0 1 1   -3
13.    Brandts     1 0 ｽ 0 0 ｽ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0   -7
14.    Mengarini   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ｽ 0   -8

ROUND 1
1-0	Berliner-Burger
1-0	Bernstein-Hearst
1-0	Brandts-Pilnick
0-1	Mengarini-Rossolimo
0-1	Pavey-Bisguier
0-1	Seidman-Sherwin
0-1	Wachs-Evans

ROUND 2
Draw	Bisguier-Rossolimo
0-1	Burger-Mengarini
Draw	Evans-Bernstein
1-0	Hearst-Brandts
1-0	Pavey-Seidman
1-0	Pilnick-Berliner
Draw	Sherwin-Wachs

ROUND 3
0-1	Bernstein-Sherwin
Draw	Brandts-Evans
0-1	Mengarini-Pilnick
Draw	Rossolimo-Burger
Draw	Seidman-Bisguier
Draw	Wachs-Pavey
Win	Berliner beat Hearst (colors uncertain)

ROUND 4
1-0	Bisguier-Burger
Draw	Evans-Berliner
1-0	Hearst-Mengarini
1-0	Pavey-Bernstein
1-0	Seidman-Wachs
1-0	Sherwin-Brandts
Draw	Rossolimo-Pilnick (colors uncertain)

ROUND 5
Draw	Berliner-Sherwin
1-0	Bernstein-Seidman
0-1	Brandts-Pavey
1-0	Burger-Pilnick
0-1	Mengarini-Evans
1-0	Rossolimo-Hearst
Draw	Wachs-Bisguier

ROUND 6
1-0	Bisguier-Pilnick
Draw	Evans-Rossolimo
0-1	Hearst-Burger
Draw	Pavey-Berliner
Draw	Seidman-Brandts
1-0	Sherwin-Mengarini
1-0	Wachs-Bernstein

ROUND 7
0-1	Berliner-Seidman
Draw	Bernstein-Bisguier
0-1	Brandts-Wachs
0-1	Burger-Evans
0-1	Mengarini-Pavey
0-1	Pilnick-Hearst
Draw	Rossolimo-Sherwin

ROUND 8
1-0	Bernstein-Brandts
1-0	Bisguier-Hearst
1-0	Evans-Pilnick
Draw	Pavey-Rossolimo
1-0	Seidman-Mengarini
Draw	Sherwin-Burger
0-1	Wachs-Berliner

ROUND 9
0-1	Berliner-Bernstein
0-1	Brandts-Bisguier
1-0	Burger-Pavey
1-0	Hearst-Evans
0-1	Mengarini-Wachs
Draw	Pilnick-Sherwin
Draw	Rossolimo-Seidman

ROUND 10
1-0	Bernstein-Mengarini
Draw	Bisguier-Evans
1-0	Brandts-Berliner
1-0	Pavey-Pilnick
1-0	Seidman-Burger
Draw	Sherwin-Hearst
1-0	Wachs-Rossolimo

ROUND 11
Draw	Berliner-Bisguier
0-1	Burger-Wachs
1-0	Evans-Sherwin
Draw	Hearst-Pavey
1-0	Mengarini-Brandts
0-1	Pilnick-Seidman
Draw	Rossolimo-Bernstein

ROUND 12
Draw	Berliner-Mengarini
Draw	Bernstein-Burger
1-0	Bisguier-Sherwin
0-1	Brandts-Rossolimo
0-1	Pavey-Evans
1-0	Seidman-Hearst
0-1	Wachs-Pilnick

ROUND 13
1-0	Burger-Brandts
Draw	Evans-Seidman
1-0	Hearst-Wachs
0-1	Mengarini-Bisguier
1-0	Pilnick-Bernstein
0-1	Rossolimo-Berliner
Draw	Pavey-Sherwin (colors uncertain)

As a result of this victory, Arthur Bisguier and Larry Evans qualified for the 1955 Interzonal in Gothenburg, Sweden. Sammy Reshevsky was also entitled to play, but both Reshevsky and Evans declined to participate, in order to play in the US Open instead, and were not replaced.

[Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.29"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Hans Berliner"] [Black "Karl Burger"] [ECO "E85"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nbd7 9.Qd2 Re8 10.O-O-O a5 11.Ndb5 b6 12.Bg5 Nc5 13.Nd5 Ne6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Ndxc7 Qxc7 16.Nxc7 Nxc7 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.c5 bxc5 19.Qd6 Ne6 20.Bb5 Bd7 21.Bxd7 Red8 22.Qxe6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.29"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "133"] 1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nde2 Bc5 7.Ng3 d6 8.Be2 Be6 9.O-O d5 10.Nh5 Nxh5 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Qxd5 Qxd5 13.Nxd5 Rd8 14.Nc7+ Kd7 15.Bxh5 Kxc7 16.Bxf7 Rhf8 17.Bh5 g6 18.Bg4 h5 19.Be2 Rxf2 20.Rxf2 Rf8 21.Bf3 Bxf2+ 22.Kxf2 e4 23.Bh6 Rf5 24.Re1 exf3 25.gxf3 g5 26.Bg7 g4 27.Re3 Nb4 28.a3 Nd5 29.Rb3 a5 30.Bh6 b5 31.Kg3 b4 32.axb4 axb4 33.fxg4 hxg4 34.Bd2 Rh5 35.Rd3 Kc6 36.Rd4 b3 37.Rxg4 bxc2 38.Rc4+ Kd6 39.Rxc2 Ke5 40.Bc3+ Kf5 41.Re2 Nxc3 42.bxc3 Rh7 43.h3 Rg7+ 44.Kf3 Rh7 45.Kg2 Rg7+ 46.Kf2 Kf4 47.Rd2 Rc7 48.Rd4+ Ke5 49.Rd3 Ke4 50.Ke2 Rc8 51.Rd4+ Ke5 52.Kd3 Ra8 53.h4 Rh8 54.c4 Rg8 55.Rd5+ Ke6 56.h5 Rc8 57.Kd4 Rh8 58.c5 Ke7 59.Kc4 Rb8 60.Rd6 Rc8 61.Kd5 Rh8 62.h6 Rc8 63.c6 Rg8 64.c7 Rc8 65.Kc6 Rh8 66.h7 Rc8 67.Rd8 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.29"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Paul Brandts"] [Black "Carl Pilnick"] [ECO "A90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qb3 Bd6 7.Nh3 Nbd7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Nb6 11.Qb3 Nbd5 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Rae1 Kh8 14.e4 Nxc3 15.e5 Qxd4 16.bxc3 Qd8 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.f4 a5 19.a4 h6 20.Nf2 Rb8 21.Nd3 g5 22.Ne5 gxf4 23.gxf4 Rg8 24.Re3 b6 25.Rg3 Rxg3 26.hxg3 Qg7 27.c4 c5 28.Rd1 Qf6 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Qd3 h5 31.Qd6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.29"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Be3 d6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Bh6 Bxh6 8.Qxh6 Nd4 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Nd5 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Nxd5 12.exd5 e6 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.Ne2 O-O 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.f3 Bd7 17.Be2 a5 18.Rhc1 Bc6 19.c5 d5 20.b3 g5 21.a3 Kg7 22.b4 Kf6 23.Rcb1 axb4 24.axb4 Bb5 25.Bd1 Ke7 26.Bb3 h6 27.Rf1 Kd7 28.Rh1 Bc6 29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.h4 Ke7 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rh6 Kf7 33.Kc2 Re8 34.b5 Bxb5 35.Rh7+ Kf6 36.Rxb7 Bc6 37.Rb6 Rc8 38.Kb2 Ke7 39.Ka3 Ra8+ 40.Kb2 Kd7 41.Rb4 e5 42.g3 Rf8 43.Bd1 Kc7 44.Kc2 g4 45.f4 exf4 46.Rxd4 f3 47.Rf4 Rxf4 48.gxf4 d4 49.Kd2 f2 50.Ke2 Bf3+ 51.Kxf2 Bxd1 52.f5 Kc6 53.Kg3 Kxc5 54.f6 Kd6 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.29"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Max Pavey"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bg3 O-O 9.Bd3 a6 10.O-O Bxg3 11.hxg3 b5 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Nd2 Nd7 15.Nb3 Na5 16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Nc4 18.b3 Na3 19.Qg4 Qe7 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Qb4 Nc4 22.bxc4 dxc4 23.Bf5 Rxc5 24.Rfd1 Rc7 25.Qxe7 Rxe7 26.Rd6 g6 27.Bg4 f5 28.Be2 Kg7 29.Kf1 Rf6 30.Rd4 Rff7 31.a4 Rd7 32.axb5 axb5 33.Ra1 Rxd4 34.exd4 Bd5 35.Rb1 Rb7 36.Rb4 Kf6 37.Ke1 Ke6 38.Kd2 Kd6 39.f3 Kc6 40.Kc3 Ra7 41.Rb2 Ra3+ 42.Kb4 Ra4+ 43.Kc3 Kb6 44.Rb1 Ka5 45.g4 b4+ 46.Kd2 Ra2+ 47.Ke3 f4+ 48.Kf2 c3 49.Kf1 b3 50.Re1 b2 51.Bd3 Ra1 52.Kf2 Rxe1 53.Kxe1 Bb3 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.29"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "James T Sherwin"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 g6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.exd6 exd6 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Qd2 Bg7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Bd4 Nf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Qxd6 Be6 16.g3 Rab8 17.Qa3 Rb7 18.Na4 Rfb8 19.b3 Bg4 20.Re1 Bf3 21.Rg1 Qa1+ 22.Kd2 Qd4+ 23.Bd3 Bf8 24.Qc1 Qf2+ 25.Kc3 Bb4+ 26.Kb2 Bd2 27.Qa1 Qd4+ 28.Kb1 Qxa4 29.Ref1 Bd5 30.Qb2 Qa5 31.f5 Bc3 32.Qc1 Bd4 33.Qh6 Rxb3+ 34.cxb3 Rxb3+ 35.axb3 Qa1+ 36.Kc2 Qb2+ 37.Kd1 Bxb3+ 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.29"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Saul Wachs"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "E67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e3 c6 9.b3 e4 10.Nd2 d5 11.Ba3 Re8 12.Rc1 a6 13.Qc2 Nf8 14.Na4 b5 15.Nc5 h5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.b4 h4 18.Ndb3 hxg3 19.fxg3 Ng4 20.Rce1 f5 21.Bc1 Nh7 22.Na5 Ng5 23.Bd2 Nf7 24.Qb3 Nf6 25.Rc1 Nd6 26.a4 Nc4 27.Qa2 Be6 28.Rfe1 Bf7 29.Bf1 Ng4 30.Nxc4 dxc4 31.Qb2 Qg5 32.Ra1 Bf8 33.Ra3 Bd6 34.Bc1 Bd5 35.Qg2 Kg7 36.Be2 Nxh2 37.Qxh2 Rh8 38.Qg2 Rh7 39.Ra2 Rah8 40.Bf1 Bxg3 41.Ree2 Bh2+ 42.Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.30"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Karl Burger"] [Black "Ariel Mengarini"] [ECO "E80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Be3 Be6 9.O-O-O Nfd7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Nge2 Nd4 12.b3 c6 13.Bb1 Nxe2+ 14.Nxe2 Kc7 15.Rd2 b6 16.Rhd1 Rhd8 17.Nc3 Bf8 18.Kb2 f6 19.Bd3 Bc5 20.Bxc5 Nxc5 21.Be2 Rxd2+ 22.Rxd2 a5 23.Nd1 Re8 24.Ne3 f5 25.exf5 gxf5 26.g4 f4 27.Nc2 h5 28.h3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Rh8 30.Rd1 Rh2 31.Re1 e4 32.Kc3 exf3 33.Bxf3 Rh3 34.Rf1 Bxg4 35.Nd4 Ne4+ 36.Kc2 Rh2+ 37.Kd3 Nd2 38.Bxg4 Nxf1 39.a3 Ne3 40.Bf3 Rh6 41.b4 c5 42.bxc5 bxc5 43.Nb3 Kb6 44.a4 Rd6+ 45.Kc3 Nf5 46.Nc1 Nd4 47.Bd5 Rh6 48.Kd3 Rh2 49.Ke4 f3 50.Ke3 f2 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.30"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Carl Pilnick"] [Black "Hans Berliner"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 e6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Be3 Nd4 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Bf4 e5 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nd5 Qxd2 13.Bxd2 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bd7 15.Bb4 Ke7 16.f4 Rac8 17.Rae1 f6 18.c3 dxc3 19.bxc3 b6 20.c4 b5 21.Rc1 Bf5 22.c5 exf4 23.c6 Bf8 24.Rxf4 Bxd3 25.Re1+ Kf7 26.Bh3 f5 27.g4 Bc4 28.gxf5 g5 29.Rd4 Bg7 30.f6 Bxf6 31.Be6+ Kg6 32.Rdd1 Be5 33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Bxd6 Bc3 35.Re7 Ba5 36.Bc5 a6 37.a3 Bb3 38.Rd4 h6 39.Ra7 Re8 40.c7 Kf5 41.d6 Re1+ 42.Kf2 Be6 43.Rxa6 Bc3 44.Rd3 Rc1 45.d7 Be1+ 46.Ke3 Rxc5 47.d8=Q Re5+ 48.Kd4 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.30"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.a4 b4 10.a5 Be6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.d4 bxc3 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.bxc3 Qe8 15.Nbd2 Nh5 16.g3 Bd6 17.Nc4 Qf7 18.Ne1 Nf6 19.f3 Rfb8 20.Nd3 Rb5 21.Be3 Rab8 22.Qa2 Nd7 23.Kh1 Qe7 24.Qa4 Nd8 25.Ba7 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.30"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Bg4 4.Bg2 Qd7 5.Bf4 O-O-O 6.O-O f6 7.c3 g5 8.Be3 h5 9.b4 h4 10.Nbd2 Bh3 11.Ne1 Bxg2 12.Nxg2 hxg3 13.fxg3 Qh3 14.Nf3 Nh6 15.b5 Na5 16.Qd3 e6 17.Bxg5 fxg5 18.Nxg5 Qg4 19.Qg6 Ba3 20.Rf3 Rdg8 21.Qxe6+ Qxe6 22.Nxe6 Ng4 23.h4 Nc4 24.Nef4 Nf6 25.Rd1 Bd6 26.Kh2 Na3 27.Ne3 Nxb5 28.Nexd5 Nxd5 29.Nxd5 Rxh4+ 30.Kg2 Rhg4 31.Rdd3 c6 32.Nf6 Rxg3+ 33.Rxg3 Rxg3+ 34.Rxg3 Bxg3 35.Kxg3 Nxc3 36.e4 Nxa2 37.Kf4 b5 38.e5 Nc3 39.e6 Kd8 40.Ke5 b4 41.Kd6 Nb5+ 42.Kxc6 b3 43.Kxb5 b2 44.e7+ Kxe7 45.Nd5+ Kd6 46.Nc3 b1=Q+ 47.Nxb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.30"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [Black "Paul Brandts"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 c5 6.Bb2 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 O-O 9.Be2 Be6 10.O-O Rc8 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Qe7 13.Nb5 a6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nbd4 Ne5 16.Nh4 Ng6 17.Nhf5 Qd7 18.Bd3 Bxd4 19.Rxc8 Rxc8 20.Nxd4 Rc3 21.Qd2 Qc8 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Bc4 Rxc4 24.bxc4 dxc4 25.Qd6 Kf7 26.f4 Ne7 27.e4 f5 28.Qe5 Qd8 29.exf5 Nxf5 30.g4 Qb6+ 31.Rf2 Qb1+ 32.Kg2 Nh4+ 33.Kh3 Ng6 34.Qc7+ Kf6 35.g5+ Kf5 36.Qf7+ Ke4 37.Qxe6+ Kd4 38.Rd2+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.30"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "James T Sherwin"] [Black "Saul Wachs"] [ECO "E64"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "52"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b3 Re8 9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Rd1 a5 12.Rb1 Re5 13.e4 Qe7 14.f3 Rh5 15.Nde2 Ne6 16.Be3 Bd7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Nc5 19.Nf4 Rg5 20.Nd3 Rxd5 21.Nxc5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 dxc5 23.Bxc5 Qe6 24.Be3 Bc6 25.Bf4 Qe7 26.Qd2 Bf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.30"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Max Pavey"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "D72"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "135"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.d5 e6 10.Nbc3 Na6 11.Nf4 e5 12.Nd3 c4 13.Ne1 Bd7 14.Be3 Nc8 15.f4 f6 16.Nf3 Nd6 17.Qd2 b5 18.a3 Qc7 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Bh6 Nc5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Nxe5 Ncxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Qd4 Qc5 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.d6 Rad8 27.Rxf8 Rxf8 28.Nxd7 Nxd7 29.Bc6 Ne5 30.Bxb5 Rb8 31.d7 Kf6 32.Rd1 Ke7 33.Rd5 Nf7 34.Rc5 Nd8 35.a4 Rb6 36.Rxc4 a6 37.Re4+ Kd6 38.Bf1 Rxb2 39.Rh4 Kxd7 40.Rxh7+ Ke6 41.Ra7 Ke5 42.Rxa6 Ne6 43.Ra5+ Kd4 44.Rb5 Ra2 45.a5 Kc3 46.Re5 Nd4 47.Re3+ Kb4 48.a6 g5 49.h3 Kc5 50.Bd3 Kd6 51.Kf1 Ra1+ 52.Re1 Ra3 53.Rd1 Ke5 54.Kf2 Nc6 55.Be2 Ra2 56.Kf1 Ke4 57.Re1 Kd4 58.Rb1 Ne5 59.Rb3 Ke4 60.Ke1 Kd4 61.Kf2 Ke4 62.h4 Ng4+ 63.Ke1 Ra1+ 64.Kd2 Ra2+ 65.Kc1 gxh4 66.Kb1 Ra4 67.Bxg4 Rxa6 68.Bc8 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.31"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "35"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.d4 Ne6 9.dxe5 Nd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.h3 Bf5 12.Nc3 Qh4 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.f4 Bxh3 15.gxh3 Qg3+ 16.Kh1 Qxh3+ 17.Kg1 Qg3+ 18.Kh1 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.31"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "James T Sherwin"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Bh4 Qa5 12.Be1 e5 13.Qc4 exf4 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nxf4 Bg4 16.e5 Rc8 17.Qb3 Bxd1 18.exf6 Bxc2 19.Qa3 Bxf6 20.Bc3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qf6 22.Ne2 Bd3 23.Kd2 Bxe2 24.Bxe2 Qg5+ 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.31"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Carl Pilnick"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.Rd1 O-O 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.e4 h6 10.Bh4 Nc6 11.e5 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Qd2 Rad8 14.Bd3 f5 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Nd6 Ba8 18.Bb1 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nd4 20.Qa5 Nxf3+ 21.Kf1 Qh4 22.h3 Rf8 23.Qxc5 Ng5 24.Rg1 Nxh3 25.Qd4 Rxf2+ 26.Ke1 Rf4+ 27.Ke2 Rxd4 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.31"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Paul Brandts"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Ne5 O-O 12.f3 cxd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Nxa4 Nxa4 16.Rxa4 Qb6 17.Qd3 Rfd8 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Qb5 20.Qxb5 axb5 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Ra1 Bd5 23.Bxd5 Rxd5 24.Ra8+ Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.Nc6 Bb6 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Kf2 Kf8 29.Ke3 Ke8 30.Ke4 Kd7 31.Nb4 Kd6 32.g4 Ba5 33.Nc2 Bd2 34.b3 Kc6 35.h3 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.31"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [Black "Karl Burger"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Qc7 7.d4 e6 8.Bf4 Bd6 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Ndc4 Ba6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qf3 Nd5 14.Bg3 f6 15.Nd3 Qe7 16.Na5 Bb6 17.Nb3 c5 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Nf4 Nxf4 20.Bxf4 e5 21.Qc3 c4 22.Nc1 Qd6 23.Be3 Bd4 24.Bxd4 exd4 25.Qd2 f5 26.Ne2 f4 27.c3 d3 28.Nd4 Bb7 29.Re6 Qd5 30.f3 Rde8 31.Rxe8 Rxe8 32.Qxf4 h6 33.Kf2 Qc5 34.Re1 Rxe1 35.Kxe1 Qb6 36.Qd2 Qd6 37.g3 Qe5+ 38.Kf2 Qh5 39.Kg2 Qe5 40.b3 Bd5 41.b4 g5 42.Kf2 g4 43.Qe3 Qh5 44.Kg2 Qh3+ 45.Kg1 gxf3 46.Qe8+ Kg7 47.Qe5+ Kh7 48.Qf5+ Qxf5 49.Nxf5 d2 50.Ne3 Be4 51.Kf2 Bc2 52.Kxf3 d1=Q+ 53.Nxd1 Bxd1+ 54.Ke4 Be2 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.05.31"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Saul Wachs"] [Black "Max Pavey"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 Na6 8.a3 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Qc2 Qb6 12.e4 Nf6 13.b4 Ncxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Be3 Qc6 16.Qxc6 bxc6 17.Nd4 Nd2 18.Nxc6 Nxf1 19.Rxf1 Ba6 20.Rb1 Bf6 21.Nxa7 Rab8 22.Nc6 Rbc8 23.b5 Bb7 24.a4 Bxc6 25.Bxc6 Bc3 26.Bc5 Rfd8 27.Bxe7 Rd2 28.Rb3 Bd4 29.Rf3 Bb6 30.Bg5 Ra2 31.Rf4 Rc7 32.Kg2 Ra7 33.Bd5 R2xa4 34.Rf6 Bd8 35.Rxf7 Rxf7 36.Bxd8 Rd4 37.Bxf7+ Kxf7 38.Bc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.01"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Karl Burger"] [ECO "A97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Nc3 d6 7.O-O Qe8 8.b4 Qh5 9.Qb3 Kh8 10.c5 a5 11.Nb5 Nd5 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.bxa5 Nc6 14.Ba3 Nxa5 15.Qd3 Rd8 16.Nd2 Nc6 17.Rab1 Nf6 18.Rfc1 e5 19.Nc4 e4 20.Qd2 d5 21.Bxe7 Nxe7 22.Ncd6 f4 23.Qxf4 Ng6 24.Qd2 Rf8 25.Rxc8 Raxc8 26.Nxc8 Ng4 27.h3 Nxf2 28.Rf1 Nxh3+ 29.Bxh3 Qxh3 30.Rxf8+ Nxf8 31.Qf4 Qxc8 32.Nd6 Qa8 33.Nxb7 Ng6 34.Qf7 Qb8 35.Kg2 h6 36.Qxd5 e3 37.Qd8+ Qxd8 38.Nxd8 Kg8 39.a4 Kf8 40.a5 Ke8 41.a6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.01"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "James T Sherwin"] [Black "Paul Brandts"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "203"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rab1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Bf5 15.Rfc1 Red8 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Rd6 19.b5 axb5 20.axb5 Ra3 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Rb8 Rd8 23.Rb6 Qc7 24.Qb1 Nd7 25.Rb7 Qa5 26.Qb2 g6 27.h3 Kg7 28.Kh2 Kg8 29.Kg1 Kf8 30.g3 Kg8 31.Kg2 Kf8 32.Rc2 Ra1 33.Qb4+ Qxb4 34.Rxb4 Rda8 35.Rbb2 R8a7 36.Ne2 R1a6 37.Nf4 Ke7 38.Rb3 Kd6 39.Nd3 Ra3 40.Rxa3 Rxa3 41.Nb4 Nb8 42.Rb2 Nd7 43.Rc2 Nb8 44.Kf3 Rb3 45.Na2 Nd7 46.Nc1 Rb1 47.Nd3 f6 48.Ra2 Rb7 49.Ra8 Nb6 50.Rf8 Ke7 51.Rh8 Kd6 52.h4 Rf7 53.Kg4 Nd7 54.h5 c5 55.hxg6 hxg6 56.dxc5+ Nxc5 57.Nxc5 Kxc5 58.Rg8 Kd6 59.Rxg6 Ke6 60.Kf3 Rd7 61.Rg4 Rb7 62.Ra4 Rb2 63.g4 Rd2 64.Kg3 Rd3 65.Kf4 Rd2 66.f3 Rd3 67.Ra6+ Ke7 68.Rb6 Rc3 69.Ra6 Rb3 70.Ra5 Ke6 71.Ra6+ Ke7 72.Ra1 Ke6 73.Rh1 Ra3 74.Rh6 Ke7 75.Rh2 Ke6 76.Rd2 Rb3 77.Kg3 Kf7 78.Kf2 Ke6 79.Ke2 Rc3 80.f4 Rb3 81.Rd4 Ra3 82.Rb4 Ra2+ 83.Kf3 Ra3 84.f5+ Kf7 85.Rb7+ Ke8 86.Rb6 Kf7 87.Rd6 Ra5 88.Rc6 Ra3 89.Rd6 Ra5 90.Rd7+ Kg8 91.Kg3 Ra3 92.Kf3 Ra5 93.g5 fxg5 94.Kg4 Ra3 95.Kh5 Kf8 96.Kg6 Ke8 97.Rb7 Rxe3 98.f6 Rf3 99.Kg7 g4 100.f7+ Rxf7+ 101.Rxf7 g3 102.Kf6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.01"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Saul Wachs"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Qe7+ 7.Ne5 Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.f4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Ng4 13.f5 Qh4 14.h3 Nf2+ 15.Rxf2 Bxf2 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Qe2 O-O 18.Bd2 c5 19.b3 Bd4 20.Qg4 Qxg4 21.hxg4 Rf2 22.Be1 Rf4 23.Be2 Bxe5 24.Rd1 Rf6 25.Bd2 h6 26.Bf3 Rd8 27.Re1 Bg3 28.Re2 g5 29.Be1 Bb8 30.Rd2 Rff8 31.Ne2 Kf7 32.Bg3 b6 33.Bxb8 Rxb8 34.c4 dxc4 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.Rxa7 cxb3 37.axb3 Rf7 38.Ra2 Rd7 39.Ng3 Rd3 40.Rf2 Ke7 41.Rb2 Kf6 42.Kh2 Re8 43.Be2 Re3 44.Bc4 Ke5 45.Nf1 Re1 46.Kg3 Kd4 47.Rc2 e5 48.Kf2 Re4 49.Nh2 Re3 50.Nf3+ Ke4 51.Bb5 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.01"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Max Pavey"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "D07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 a6 5.Qa4 Be6 6.Ne5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Qxc4 Nf6 9.f3 Qd7 10.e4 b5 11.Qd3 b4 12.d5 Bb7 13.Nd1 e6 14.dxe6 Qxe6 15.Qc2 Bd6 16.Ne3 O-O 17.Qb3 Qe8 18.Be2 a5 19.Qc2 a4 20.O-O b3 21.Qc3 Be5 22.Qb4 Rb8 23.axb3 a3 24.Qd2 Rd8 25.Qc2 Nxe4 26.Rxa3 Nf6 27.Kh1 Nh5 28.Bd3 Qe6 29.Ng4 Rd4 30.Bxh7+ Kh8 31.Bf5 Qe7 32.Nxe5 Qxe5 33.Ra4 Rfd8 34.Rxd4 Rxd4 35.Bh3 Rh4 36.Qc3 Qe2 37.Kg1 Nf4 38.Bxf4 Rxf4 39.Re1 Qb5 40.Qxc7 Qb4 41.Qe5 Qb6+ 42.Kh1 Rf6 43.Qh5+ Rh6 44.Re8+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.01"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [Black "Ariel Mengarini"] [ECO "E76"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c6 8.h3 e5 9.Be3 Nh5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.d5 Ng3 12.Rg1 cxd5 13.cxd5 Qa5 14.Kf2 Nxe2 15.Qxe2 b6 16.a3 Ba6 17.b4 Bxe2 18.bxa5 Ba6 19.axb6 axb6 20.g4 Rfc8 21.Rgc1 Nc5 22.Bxc5 Rxc5 23.Na4 Rb5 24.Rc6 f5 25.gxf5 gxf5 26.Rg1 Rf8 27.Rc7 Rf7 28.Rxf7 Kxf7 29.Ng5+ Ke8 30.Ne6 Bf8 31.Rg8 fxe4 32.Rxf8+ Ke7 33.Ra8 e3+ 34.Kxe3 Ra5 35.Nxb6 Rxa3+ 36.Ke4 Kd6 37.Rd8+ Ke7 38.Kxe5 Re3+ 39.Kf4 Rxh3 40.Rd7+ Kf6 41.Ra7 Be2 42.Nd7+ Ke7 43.Ne5+ Ke8 44.d6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.01"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Hans Berliner"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.c3 d5 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O b6 9.e5 Nd7 10.Re1 Kh8 11.Nbd2 f6 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Nf1 Nce5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bf4 Ng6 16.Bd2 Qd6 17.Rad1 Bd7 18.h4 Rae8 19.h5 Ne7 20.Bf4 Qc6 21.Nh2 Qc8 22.Nf3 Nc6 23.d4 cxd4 24.cxd4 Nxd4 25.Rxd4 Bxd4 26.Nxd4 e5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Qxe5 Re8 29.Qxd5 Rxe1+ 30.Kh2 Qe8 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.02"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Karl Burger"] [Black "Carl Pilnick"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nf3 Bd7 8.Nd2 Qc8 9.O-O Bh3 10.Qc2 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Nbd7 12.b3 Ne5 13.h3 g5 14.Bb2 Nh5 15.f4 gxf4 16.gxf4 Ng6 17.e3 Bh6 18.Qd1 Nf6 19.Nce4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qf5 21.Ng3 Qd7 22.Qh5 Bg7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.f5 Ne5 25.Rf4 Rh8 26.f6 exf6 27.Nf5+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Ke8 29.Qxf6 Rg8+ 30.Kh2 Rd8 31.Rg1 Ng6 32.Nxd6+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.02"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [Black "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nf3 Be6 9.Qe2 b5 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Kh1 Rc8 12.Nh4 Be7 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.Rxf5 O-O 16.Bg5 Bb4 17.Bd2 Bxc3 18.Bxc3 Ne8 19.a4 Nd6 20.Rff1 Qc6 21.Bb4 Nc5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ra5 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Rfd8 25.h3 Rd7 26.Rfa1 Ne8 27.Ra6 Qb7 28.Qe3 Rcd8 29.Qc5 Nf6 30.Rb6 Qc8 31.Qxc8 Rxc8 32.Ra3 h5 33.Rxb5 Rc1+ 34.Kh2 Rd1 35.Rxe5 R1xd3 36.Ra8+ Kh7 37.Be7 Kg6 38.Bxf6 Kxf6 39.Rxh5 Rb7 40.Ra6+ Ke7 41.Re5+ Kd7 42.Rf5 f6 43.e5 Rxb2 44.exf6 Rdd2 45.Rg5 gxf6 46.Rg7+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.02"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Saul Wachs"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "109"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Qc2 g6 7.Qxc4 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Na3 Nb6 11.Ne5 Ng4 12.Bd2 Qa4 13.Nf3 Qxc2 14.Nxc2 Nc4 15.Bc3 Bf5 16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.h3 Nf6 18.b3 Ne4 19.Bb4 Ncd6 20.Nh4 Be6 21.Ba5 b6 22.Be1 Bh6 23.e3 a5 24.Na3 a4 25.Nc4 axb3 26.axb3 Nxc4 27.bxc4 Nxg3 28.fxg3 Bxe3+ 29.Bf2 Bxc1 30.Rxc1 Ra4 31.d5 cxd5 32.Bxb6 Rc8 33.c5 Rc4 34.Rd1 R4xc5 35.Bxc5 Rxc5 36.Nf3 f6 37.Re1 Kf7 38.Nd4 Bd7 39.Kf2 e5 40.Nf3 Rc2+ 41.Kg1 d4 42.g4 d3 43.Rd1 Bc6 44.Nxe5+ fxe5 45.Bxc6 Rxc6 46.Rxd3 Kf6 47.Kf2 e4 48.Rd7 Rc2+ 49.Ke3 Rc3+ 50.Kxe4 Rxh3 51.Kf4 g5+ 52.Ke4 h6 53.Rd6+ Kf7 54.Ra6 Rg3 55.Rxh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.02"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "92"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Qd3 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.h3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Qd2 Nde5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Rfd1 Nd4 15.Bf1 Bxh3 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Ne2 Bg4 18.f3 Bd7 19.Nxd4 Qb6 20.Qf2 Rfd8 21.Rac1 Ba4 22.Nb3 Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Bxb2 24.Rb1 Be5 25.Rd5 Rxd5 26.exd5 b5 27.cxb5 Bxb5 28.Bxb5 axb5 29.Nc1 Ra5 30.Ke3 Kg7 31.Nd3 Bd6 32.Rb2 h5 33.Kd4 Kf6 34.Ke4 Kg5 35.f4+ Kg4 36.Ne5+ Kg3 37.Rb3+ Kxg2 38.Rb2+ Kf1 39.Rb1+ Ke2 40.Rb2+ Kd1 41.Nd3 Ra3 42.Nf2+ Ke1 43.Nd3+ Kf1 44.Rb1+ Kg2 45.Rb2+ Kg3 46.Rxb5 h4 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.02"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Paul Brandts"] [Black "Max Pavey"] [ECO "D90"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 c5 8.e4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bg4 11.e5 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qa6 14.h3 Bf5 15.Nh4 Bd3 16.f4 Rfd8 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Kf2 Bc4 19.Rhc1 b5 20.a4 a6 21.Qb4 Qd7 22.g4 Rac8 23.axb5 Bxb5 24.Rc3 Rxc3 25.Qxc3 Rc8 26.Qb2 e6 27.Rc1 Bf8 28.Rc3 Rxc3 29.Qxc3 Qd5 30.f5 Bc6 31.Bc1 a5 32.Kg3 Bb4 33.Qe3 Qh1 34.Bd2 Qe4 35.Qf2 g5 36.Nf3 Qxf3+ 37.Qxf3 Bxf3 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.02"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "95"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.h3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nb5 O-O 8.Bc7 Qd7 9.Bh2 a6 10.Nc3 b5 11.Ne5 Qb7 12.dxc5 Be6 13.Bd3 Rac8 14.O-O Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.a4 b4 17.Ne2 Qa7 18.Rb1 f5 19.Nd4 Bd7 20.c4 bxc3 21.bxc3 e5 22.Nxc6 Rxc6 23.Qe2 e4 24.Bc2 Qxc5 25.Rb7 Bc8 26.Rxg7+ Kxg7 27.Be5+ Kg8 28.Kh2 Re6 29.Bd4 Qc7+ 30.g3 Qd7 31.c4 Rc6 32.cxd5 f4 33.g4 f3 34.Qd1 Qc7+ 35.d6 Rxd6 36.Kh1 Be6 37.Bxe4 Qe7 38.Rg1 Qh4 39.Qf1 Rxd4 40.exd4 Rf4 41.Bf5 gxf5 42.gxf5+ Kf8 43.fxe6 Rxd4 44.Rg3 Qe4 45.Qa1 Ke7 46.Rg4 Qxe6 47.Qxd4 h5 48.Re4 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.02"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Hans Berliner"] [Black "James T Sherwin"] [ECO "E86"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 O-O 6.f3 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.Qd2 a6 9.Rd1 Nbd7 10.Nc1 Re8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.c5 Nh5 13.Bc4 Qe7 14.Na4 Nf4 15.O-O Ne6 16.Nb3 Kh8 17.Qa5 Ndf8 18.Nb6 Rb8 19.Rd6 Nf4 20.Rfd1 h5 21.Qd2 N4e6 22.g3 Kh7 23.h4 Bf6 24.Kg2 Bg7 25.Rh1 Kg8 26.Kf2 Bf6 27.Kg2 Bg7 28.Rd1 Kh7 29.Qc1 Bf6 30.a3 Bg7 31.Qd2 Bf6 32.Nc1 Nd4 33.Ne2 Nde6 34.b4 Bg7 35.a4 Kh8 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 f5 38.exf5 gxf5 39.f4 exf4 40.Nxf4 Nxf4+ 41.Bxf4 Be6 42.Re1 Bd5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.03"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Carl Pilnick"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 b6 4.c3 a5 5.Nd2 Ne7 6.Nh3 Nf5 7.Nf3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.g4 Ne7 10.Nf4 Qd7 11.h4 c5 12.h5 Nc6 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.a3 c4 15.h6 f6 16.hxg7 Bxg7 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Rh6 Bg7 19.Rh5 Nc7 20.Qc2 Ne8 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Ng7 23.Rxh7 Nxe5 24.O-O-O Rxh7 25.Qxh7 Qf7 26.Nh5 Nxh5 27.Qxf7 Nxf7 28.gxh5 Rh8 29.Rh1 b5 30.h6 Kd7 31.h7 e5 32.f4 d4 33.cxd4 exf4 34.Bxf4 Ke6 35.Rh5 Kf6 36.Rxb5 Rxh7 37.Rxa5 Rh4 38.Be5+ Ke6 39.Kc2 Rh3 40.Rc5 Ng5 41.Rxc4 Kd5 42.Rc3 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.03"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [Black "Karl Burger"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "112"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Nd2 Nc6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.Ngf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Qc7 10.Qc2 b6 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Qh4 Qd8 14.Qe4 Bc8 15.Nc4 Bb7 16.Bg5 Qc7 17.Qh4 Nce7 18.Rad1 f6 19.Bc1 e5 20.g4 b5 21.Na3 a6 22.d4 exd4 23.cxd4 c4 24.Re2 Rf7 25.Rde1 Nb4 26.g5 Nd3 27.Rf1 Rd8 28.gxf6 Nf5 29.Qg4 Bxf6 30.Nc2 Bc8 31.Qe4 Re7 32.Ne5 Nxd4 33.Nxd4 Rxe5 34.Qf3 Rxe2 35.Qxf6 Ree8 36.Bh6 Qf7 37.Qb6 Nf4 38.Bc6 Rxd4 39.Bxe8 Qxe8 40.Qf6 Ne2+ 41.Kh1 Qf7 42.Qxf7+ Kxf7 43.Kg2 Nf4+ 44.Kf3 Ne6 45.Be3 Bb7+ 46.Ke2 Rd3 47.b3 Nd4+ 48.Bxd4 Rxd4 49.Rc1 Kf6 50.bxc4 bxc4 51.Rb1 Rd7 52.Ke3 Rd3+ 53.Kf4 Rf3+ 54.Kg4+ h5 55.Kh4 Bc8 56.Rb6+ Kf5 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.03"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [ECO "E67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "107"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 Re8 9.d5 Nc5 10.Ne1 a5 11.Nd3 Nfd7 12.Be3 b6 13.a3 f5 14.f3 Rf8 15.Qc2 f4 16.Bf2 fxg3 17.hxg3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Nc5 19.Qc2 a4 20.Be3 Bd7 21.Rad1 Nb3 22.Ne2 Qc8 23.Nc1 Nc5 24.Nd3 Rf7 25.Rf2 Qf8 26.Nxc5 bxc5 27.Rd3 Bh6 28.Qd2 Bxe3 29.Qxe3 Rb8 30.b3 Re7 31.Rb2 axb3 32.Rdxb3 Rxb3 33.Rxb3 Qa8 34.Qc3 Re8 35.Qb2 Kf7 36.Kh2 Qa6 37.Qc1 Ba4 38.Rb1 Kg7 39.Bh3 h6 40.Be6 Rf8 41.f4 exf4 42.gxf4 Qa8 43.Qc3+ Kh7 44.Kg3 Qd8 45.Rb7 h5 46.Qa5 h4+ 47.Kh3 Kh6 48.Qxa4 Rxf4 49.Qc2 Qf6 50.Qd2 g5 51.Rb3 Qa1 52.Qg2 Rf1 53.Kh2 Qe5+ 54.Kh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.03"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Saul Wachs"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qc2 b5 8.b3 Bb7 9.bxc4 Be4 10.Qb2 bxc4 11.Nc3 Bd5 12.Rd1 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nbd7 14.e4 Rb8 15.Qe2 Ba8 16.e5 Bb4 17.exf6 Bxc3 18.fxg7 Rg8 19.Bxa8 Bxa1 20.Nxe6 Qe7 21.Bc6 Rb7 22.Bxb7 Qxe6 23.Qxe6+ fxe6 24.Bc6 Rxg7 25.Bh6 Rg6 26.Rxd7 e5 27.Ba4 Bc3 28.Rd3+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.03"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "James T Sherwin"] [Black "Ariel Mengarini"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 Bb7 8.Qe2 Nbd7 9.Rd1 Be7 10.Nc3 c5 11.e4 c4 12.Bc2 b4 13.e5 bxc3 14.exf6 gxf6 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Be4 Bd5 17.Bf4 Rc8 18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.Rab1 Bd8 20.Nd2 Bc7 21.Bxc7 Rxc7 22.Rb4 Ke7 23.Nxc4 Rhc8 24.Ne3 Qa5 25.d5 Rxc3 26.dxe6 Ne5 27.Rb7+ Kf8 28.e7+ Kg7 29.Qh5 Qc5 30.Nf5+ Kh8 31.Rd8+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.03"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Paul Brandts"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "127"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 d6 7.c3 O-O 8.d4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 b5 14.Bc2 Re8 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Nbd2 Bc5 18.a4 g4 19.hxg4 Qxg4 20.Nf1 Kh8 21.Ne3 Qf4 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Rg8 24.Bd1 Qg3 25.Qf1 Bxf3 26.Rxc5 Qxg2+ 27.Qxg2 Bxg2 28.Kh2 Bxe4 29.f3 Bg6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Rxa8 Rxa8 32.Rxb5 Rd8 33.Ba4 e4 34.fxe4 Bxe4 35.Rc5 c6 36.b4 Rd6 37.Kg3 Rf6 38.c4 Kg7 39.Re5 Bd3 40.Bb3 Kf8 41.Re3 Rd6 42.Kf4 f6 43.Kg3 Rd4 44.Re6 Bxc4 45.Bxc4 Rxc4 46.Rxf6+ Kg7 47.Rd6 Kh7 48.Kh3 Kg7 49.Kg3 h5 50.Kh3 Kf7 51.Kg3 h4+ 52.Kf3 Ke7 53.Rh6 Kd7 54.Rh7+ Ke6 55.Rb7 Kd5 56.Kg2 Rc3 57.Kh2 Kc4 58.Rb6 Kb3 59.Kg2 Ka4 60.Rb7 Ka3 61.Rb8 Kb2 62.b5 c5 63.Rc8 c4 64.b6 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.03"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Max Pavey"] [Black "Hans Berliner"] [ECO "E67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nb6 10.Rd1 Nxc4 11.Ncb5 d5 12.b3 c6 13.bxc4 cxb5 14.cxb5 Bd7 15.Bb2 Rc8 16.Qb3 Qb6 17.a4 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Ne4 19.Rxc8 Bxc8 20.Ba1 h5 21.h4 Bg4 22.Qa2 Re8 23.Bf3 Qc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.05"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Karl Burger"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "E59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Re1 e5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.Qc2 Bf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Rfd8 17.Qb1 Ng4 18.h3 Qh2+ 19.Kf1 Ne5 20.Qxb7 Nd3 21.Rd1 Qh1+ 22.Ke2 Nf4+ 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.05"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [Black "James T Sherwin"] [ECO "B62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.Ba4 Be7 9.Ndb5 Qb8 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd4 a6 12.Nce2 Qc7 13.c3 O-O-O 14.b4 Kb8 15.Bb3 Rhg8 16.O-O Ne5 17.f4 Ng4 18.Qe1 Ne3 19.Rf2 e5 20.Nc2 Ng4 21.Rf3 f5 22.Ng3 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.05"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "109"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.Qxd4 O-O 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.O-O Re8 11.a3 Bc5 12.Re1 Ng4 13.Re2 f6 14.Bf4 Ne5 15.Nxe5 fxe5 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Rd2 b5 18.Na2 Be6 19.Nb4 c5 20.Nd3 c4 21.Nc5 Bc8 22.a4 b4 23.b3 a5 24.f3 Bxc5 25.Bxc5 cxb3 26.cxb3 Be6 27.Rd3 Red8 28.Rad1 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Ra6 30.Bf2 Kf7 31.Bg3 Rd6 32.Rxd6 cxd6 33.Bf2 Bxb3 34.Bb6 Bxa4 35.Bxa5 b3 36.Bc3 g5 37.Kf2 Ke6 38.Ke3 Kd7 39.g3 Kc6 40.h4 gxh4 41.gxh4 Kc5 42.Kd3 Bb5+ 43.Kd2 Be8 44.Bb2 Kb4 45.Ke3 Kc4 46.Ba1 Bh5 47.Ke2 d5 48.exd5 e4 49.Ke3 exf3 50.d6 Bg4 51.Bb2 h5 52.Bf6 Kc5 53.d7 Bxd7 54.Kxf3 Kb4 55.Bb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.05"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Carl Pilnick"] [Black "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "124"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 d5 8.b4 Bd6 9.e3 O-O 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Be2 dxc4 12.O-O e5 13.Ng5 e4 14.Ngxe4 Bf5 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.e4 Nd4 17.Qd1 Rfe8 18.Bxc4 Bxe4 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.f4 Bxf4 21.g3 Be3+ 22.Kh1 Qc6 23.Bxf7+ Kh8 24.b5 Qxb5 25.Bxd4 Bxd4 26.Rb1 Qe5 27.Qh5 Qxh5 28.Bxh5 Re7 29.Bf3 Bb6 30.a4 g6 31.Rb4 Kg7 32.Rfb1 Rf8 33.Kg2 Re3 34.Bxb7 Re2+ 35.Kh3 Rff2 36.Rh1 g5 37.Re4 h5 38.Rxe2 Rxe2 39.g4 h4 40.Bf3 Rf2 41.Bg2 Ra2 42.Rf1 Rxa4 43.Rf5 Be3 44.Rf3 Bf4 45.Rf2 Ra3+ 46.Bf3 Kf6 47.Kg2 Ke5 48.Re2+ Kd4 49.h3 Kc3 50.Re7 Ra2+ 51.Kf1 Bg3 52.Bd1 Rf2+ 53.Kg1 Rd2 54.Ba4 Ra2 55.Re4 Bf2+ 56.Kh1 Bd4 57.Be8 a5 58.Re7 a4 59.Rc7+ Kd3 60.Bf7 Rh2+ 61.Kxh2 Be5+ 62.Kg2 Bxc7 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.05"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Max Pavey"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "112"] 1.e4 e5 2.a3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Qh5 Qd6 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nd7 8.Ng5 g6 9.Qf3 f6 10.Ne4 Qc6 11.g4 Bg7 12.Be3 Nb6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Be2 Be6 15.Qg2 Nd5 16.Nc5 Bf7 17.Bf3 Rad8 18.h4 b6 19.Ne4 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Qe6 21.b3 Qe7 22.Kb2 Kh8 23.h5 Rxd1 24.Bxd1 gxh5 25.gxh5 Bh6 26.Qf2 f5 27.Ng3 Be6 28.Rf1 Qg5 29.Re1 Rg8 30.Nf1 e4 31.Nd2 Bg7 32.Nb1 Be5 33.Be2 Bg3 34.Qf1 Bxe1 35.Qxe1 Qxe3 36.Qd1 f4 37.c4 c5 38.Nc3 Qd4 39.Qxd4+ cxd4 40.Nxe4 Bg4 41.Bd3 Bxh5 42.Nf6 Bg6 43.Nxg8 Bxd3 44.Nh6 Be4 45.Kc1 Kg7 46.Ng4 h5 47.Nf2 Bg6 48.Kd2 Kf6 49.Nd3 Kf5 50.Ke2 h4 51.Kf2 h3 52.Ne1 Bh5 53.Nf3 Bxf3 54.Kxf3 h2 55.Kg2 Ke4 56.b4 Ke3 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.05"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Paul Brandts"] [Black "Saul Wachs"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Ne7 9.e4 h6 10.Bd2 Kh7 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.Ne1 f5 13.Nd3 fxe4 14.Nxe4 b6 15.Bc3 Nf5 16.Rae1 a5 17.f4 Ba6 18.b3 Qe7 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.a4 Rae8 21.Nef2 h5 22.Nh3 Bc8 23.Nhf4 Qd6 24.Ne6 Rxe6 25.dxe6 Qxe6 26.Bd5 Qd6 27.Qb2 Re8 28.Be4 Nf6 29.Nf2 Nd4 30.Bg2 c5 31.Ne4 Nxe4 32.Bxe4 Bf5 33.Qb1 Bg4 34.Rf2 Re7 35.Qd3 Rd7 36.Bb2 Bh6 37.Kg2 Qe6 38.Kh1 Nf3 39.Qf1 Nxe1 40.Qxe1 Rd1 41.Qxd1 Bxd1 42.Bd5 Qd6 43.Rf7+ Bg7 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.05"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Hans Berliner"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "D86"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "54"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 b6 9.Be3 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.h4 Qd7 12.h5 Rfd8 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Qc1 e5 15.Bh6 Bf6 16.f4 exd4 17.e5 d3 18.exf6 Qg4 19.Qe3 Qxg2 20.Rg1 Qh2 21.O-O-O dxe2 22.Rde1 Nc5 23.Bg7 Nd3+ 24.Kb1 Nxe1 25.Rxg6 Rd1+ 26.Kb2 Nd3+ 27.Ka3 e1=Q 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.06"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 7.e4 dxe4 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Ng5 Be6 10.Nxe6+ fxe6 11.Bg5 Bb4 12.O-O-O+ Ke8 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Rd8+ Kf7 15.Rxh8 Nxg5 16.Bc4 Bf8 17.f4 Nd7 18.Bb5 Ne4 19.Bxd7 Nf6 20.Rd1 g6 21.g3 e5 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.fxe5 Ng8 24.Bh3 Re8 25.Rd5 Re7 26.Kd2 Kf7 27.Kd3 Rc7 28.e6+ Ke7 29.Rd7+ Rxd7+ 30.exd7 Nh6 31.Be6 Nf5 32.Bxf5 gxf5 33.Kd4 Kxd7 34.Ke5 Ke7 35.Kxf5 Kf7 36.g4 Kg7 37.g5 Kf7 38.h4 Kg7 39.h5 Kf7 40.a4 Ke7 41.b4 Kf7 42.b5 Kg7 43.a5 Kf7 44.g6+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.06"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "James T Sherwin"] [Black "Karl Burger"] [ECO "D99"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "33"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.Qb3 c5 10.d5 Na6 11.Be2 Rb8 12.a4 Qa5 13.O-O Qb4 14.Qc2 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Qd2 Nf6 17.Rfd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.06"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Max Pavey"] [Black "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "36"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Be7 7.b3 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bb2 Rac8 12.Rac1 Rfd8 13.Qe2 Qb8 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rc2 Ne4 16.Rdc1 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Rxc3 18.Rxc3 Rc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.06"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Saul Wachs"] [Black "Hans Berliner"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.Nf3 d5 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.f4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Nb6 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.Be3 Nfd7 13.Qb3 a5 14.a3 a4 15.Qc2 f6 16.Nd3 Re8 17.Rad1 Nd5 18.Bc1 Nxc3 19.bxc3 e5 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.Qa2+ Kh8 22.Rf7 Qe6 23.Qxe6 Rxe6 24.dxe5 Re8 25.Bf4 Kg8 26.e6 Nf8 27.Be5 Nxe6 28.Rf2 Bf8 29.Nb4 Bc5 30.Bd4 Nxd4 31.cxd4 Bxb4 32.axb4 Bg4 33.Kf1 Re3 34.h3 Be6 35.Rf3 Rxf3+ 36.Bxf3 Bxh3+ 37.Kf2 Be6 38.e4 Bb3 39.Ra1 a3 40.Ke3 a2 41.Kd3 Ra3 42.Kd2 Bc4 43.Bg4 Rxg3 44.Bc8 b5 45.Bd7 Rd3+ 46.Kc2 Rxd4 47.Bxc6 Rd6 48.Bb7 Rb6 49.Ba8 Rb8 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.06"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Ariel Mengarini"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 Bg4 6.exd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 Be6 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Na4 Nf6 11.Nc5 Bc8 12.c3 O-O 13.Bf4 Nd7 14.Nd3 a5 15.Re1 Re8 16.Bf3 Ba6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 e6 19.Qd2 Qc7 20.h4 a4 21.g3 Bc4 22.Be2 Bxe2 23.Rxe2 c5 24.Rae1 Reb8 25.h5 Rb7 26.Bg5 Rab8 27.Qf4 c4 28.Qh4 Rxb2 29.Re3 Rxa2 30.g4 Rab2 31.Be7 Bf8 32.hxg6 fxg6 33.Bd6 Qd8 34.g5 R8b7 35.Qg4 Qe8 36.Rf3 Rf7 37.Rf6 Rxf6 38.gxf6 a3 39.Bxf8 Kxf8 40.Qd4 a2 41.Qa7 Qf7 42.Qa3+ Kg8 43.Qxb2 Qa7 44.Ra1 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.06"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Carl Pilnick"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "105"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 O-O 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc6 Nxc6 10.e3 Qa5 11.Qa4 Qxa4 12.Nxa4 e5 13.Bb5 exd4 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.exd4 Re8+ 17.Kd2 Re4 18.Kc3 Re2 19.Rae1 Rxf2 20.Re8+ Kg7 21.Rhe1 Rxg2 22.Rd8 Rc2+ 23.Kb4 c5+ 24.Nxc5 Rb8+ 25.Ka3 Rbxb2 26.Rxc8 Rxa2+ 27.Kb3 Rab2+ 28.Ka4 Rxh2 29.Rc7 Rb6 30.Ka3 Rh3+ 31.Ka2 Rh2+ 32.Ka3 Rh3+ 33.Ka2 Rh2+ 34.Ka1 a5 35.Ne6+ Kh6 36.Rxf7 Rbb2 37.Rh1 Rd2 38.Rxh2+ Rxh2 39.Nf8 Kg5 40.Nxh7+ Kg4 41.d5 Rd2 42.Rf1 Kh3 43.Nf6 Kg2 44.Rf4 Kh3 45.Kb1 g5 46.Rf5 Kh4 47.Rf1 Rd4 48.Kc2 g4 49.Kc3 Rb4 50.d6 Rb6 51.d7 Rb8 52.Re1 g3 53.Re8 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.06"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Paul Brandts"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Bd5 Bb7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Nxe5 Bxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qg4 Nd6 12.Qxg7 Bf6 13.Qg3 Qe7 14.d4 O-O-O 15.O-O Nc4 16.Nxc4 bxc4 17.Bf4 Bxd4 18.Bxc7 Rdg8 19.Qd6 Qe4 20.g3 Rg6 21.Qf4 Rg4 22.Qxe4 Rxe4 23.Ba5 Bxb2 24.Rad1 Bd4 25.Rxd4 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.07"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Karl Burger"] [Black "Max Pavey"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 f6 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.e3 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qxa2 10.Bd3 d6 11.O-O a5 12.Ne4 Nce5 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.h3 Nh6 15.Nxe5 g6 16.f4 Be7 17.Rf2 Qa3 18.Rb3 Qb4 19.Rxb4 axb4 20.c5 Be6 21.Bb5+ Kf8 22.Ng5 Bf5 23.Nd7+ Bxd7 24.Qxd7 Rd8 25.Ne6+ Kf7 26.Nxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bc4+ Kf8 28.Qxc7 Nf5 29.e4 Ne3 30.Bb3 Rd3 31.f5 gxf5 32.exf5 Nd5 33.Bxd5 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rxd5 35.f6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.07"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "D93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nd4 Nc6 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.Bg3 Qa5 11.Be2 Ne4 12.O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxc3 14.Qd2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 Qxc5 16.cxd5 Qxd5 17.Rfd1 Qa5 18.Qc4 Qf5 19.e4 Qf6 20.Qb5 Rac8 21.e5 Qf5 22.Qxb7 Nxe5 23.Qxe7 Nf7 24.Qxa7 h5 25.Qe3 g5 26.h4 Rc4 27.Rd4 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 Rd8 29.Qe3 Qf6 30.Re1 gxh4 31.Bh2 Ra8 32.a3 Ra4 33.Bc7 Qe7 34.Bb6 Rxa3 35.Qxe6 Qxe6 36.Rxe6 Ra6 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Be3 Rg6 39.Re7 Kg8 40.Kh2 Rg4 41.f3 Rc4 42.Ra7 Kg7 43.Ra5 Kg6 44.Ra6+ Kf5 45.Ra5+ Kg6 46.Kh3 Rb4 47.Ra8 Rc4 48.Rg8+ Kh7 49.Re8 Kg6 50.Rg8+ Kh7 51.Ra8 Kg6 52.Rb8 Rc3 53.Re8 Rc4 54.Bd2 Rd4 55.Be3 Rc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.07"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "111"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nf3 b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a3 g6 12. Kh1 Bg7 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qf2 O-O 15. Qh4 Nh5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 Qd8 18. Qf2 Qf6 19. Qe1 Qd6 20. Be2 Nhf6 21. Qh4 g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Qe7 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Bh5 Nxh5 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Qf5 Nc5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rf8 33. Qxf8+ Bxf8 34. Rxe5 Kf7 35. Rf5+ Kg7 36. Rd5 Na4 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Ra7 Nc5 39. b4 Ne4 40. Rxa6+ Ke5 41. Ra5 Nc3 42. a4 Bxb4 43. Rxb5+ Nxb5 44. axb5 Bc5 45. g3 Kd4 46. Kg2 Kc4 47. Kf3 Kxb5 48. Ke4 Kc4 49. g4 Kc3 50. g5 Kxc2 51. h4 Be7 52. Kf5 Kd3 53. Ke6 Bb4 54. g6 Bc3 55. h5 Ke4 56. h6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.07"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Carl Pilnick"] [Black "James T Sherwin"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Rb8 9.Qd2 Re8 10.Rae1 b5 11.f4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd5 Bg7 15.f5 e6 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.Nf4 b4 18.h4 Bd7 19.Nh3 Qe7 20.Ng5 Rf8 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Nf3 a5 23.e5 Bc6 24.Nxd4 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Bxe5 26.Qe3 Qb7+ 27.Nf3 Rf6 28.b3 Qc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.07"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Saul Wachs"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Qc2 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.f3 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nbc3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Ng4 10.fxg4 Nxd4 11.Qd2 c5 12.g5 Qa5 13.Rc1 f5 14.gxf6 Bxf6 15.Be2 Be5 16.b3 Bd7 17.Nd5 Qa3 18.Bf4 Nxe2 19.Kxe2 Bg4+ 20.Kd3 Bd4 21.Be3 Be5 22.Nc3 Rae8 23.Nb5 Qa6 24.Nc7 Qc6 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.Rce1 b5 27.cxb5 Qxb5+ 28.Kc2 Be6 29.Bf4 c4 30.Rb1 cxb3+ 31.Rxb3 Rc8+ 32.Kb1 Bxb3 33.Bxe5 Bc2+ 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.07"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Paul Brandts"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "A51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 e4 4.Nfd2 c6 5.e3 d5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.f3 exf3 8.Nxf3 O-O 9.Bd3 Be6 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.Qc2 h6 12.Nf3 c5 13.Ne2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Nc6 15.Bd2 cxd4 16.exd4 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Rc8 18.Qa4 Nd5 19.Rg1 Bh4+ 20.Kf1 Ncb4 21.Be4 Qd6 22.Qb3 Kh8 23.Nf4 Nxf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Qxb4 Rfe8 26.Qxb7 Rc2 27.Bxc2 Qd2 28.Rg3 Bxg3 29.hxg3 Qxc2 30.Qxf7 Re2 31.Qh5 Rh2 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Qe4+ Qxe4 34.fxe4 Rh1+ 35.Ke2 Rxa1 36.Kd3 Kg6 37.Kc4 Kf6 38.a3 h5 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.07"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Hans Berliner"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "70"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. f3 Ng6 12. Bb1 b6 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Qd3 f5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Rxc6 Qxa2 24. Rc7 Qe6 25. Qg5 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. h4 Kf8 28. Rfc1 Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Rc7+ Kd6 31. Rxg7 a5 32. Rxh7 a4 33. Rh6+ Kc5 34. Re6 a3 35. Re1 b5 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.08"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "118"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 Nc6 9.O-O e5 10.d5 Na5 11.e4 Nxb3 12.Qxb3 Bg4 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Nxe5 Bxg5 15.Nxg4 h5 16.Ne5 Qf6 17.Nd3 Rfe8 18.Rad1 Bf4 19.g3 Bh6 20.f4 c6 21.e5 Qf5 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Nc5 Reb8 24.N5e4 Bf8 25.Nd6 Qe6 26.Qxe6 fxe6 27.Nce4 Nd5 28.Rd2 Rb6 29.Rc1 Rab8 30.b3 Rd8 31.Rc5 Be7 32.Ra5 a6 33.Nc4 Bb4 34.Raxd5 cxd5 35.Nxb6 Bxd2 36.Nxd2 Rb8 37.Na4 Rc8 38.Kf2 Rc2 39.Ke3 Rxa2 40.Nc5 Kf7 41.Nf3 Ke7 42.Ng5 Rxh2 43.Ncxe6 Rg2 44.Kf3 Rd2 45.Nc7 Rd3+ 46.Ke2 Rxb3 47.Nxd5+ Kd7 48.e6+ Kd6 49.e7 Rb8 50.Ne4+ Kxd5 51.Nf6+ Ke6 52.e8=Q+ Rxe8 53.Nxe8 a5 54.Nc7+ Kf5 55.Kf3 g5 56.Nb5 gxf4 57.gxf4 h4 58.Nd6+ Ke6 59.Nc4 Kf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.08"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Karl Burger"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O d5 9.Kh1 b6 10.exd5 exd5 11.Ne5 Be6 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.f5 gxf5 14.Qh5 Qd7 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 Ne5 17.Rae1 O-O 18.Rxe5 Bxe5 19.g4 d4 20.gxf5 dxc3 21.f6 Bd5 22.Rg1 Bd4 23.Bxd5 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.08"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Saul Wachs"] [Black "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "97"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8. Nge2 Re8 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Ba3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Qc8 13. Rfe1 Bh3 14. Bh1 h5 15. Nd5 h4 16. Rad1 Nh5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bb2 hxg3 20. hxg3 c6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. exf4 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. Qxb4 Qc7 27. Re3 Ra6 28. Bf3 Rea8 29. Kg2 d5 30. Qb2 Rd8 31. Qf6 c5 32. Qg5 d4 33. Rh1 f6 34. Qxg6+ Qg7 35. Qd3 Rxa3 36. Qxa3 dxe3 37. Qxe3 Bxc4 38. Qxc5 Qf7 39. Qb6 Rd7 40. Qc5 Rc7 41. Qd6 Qe7 42. Qd4 b5 43. Qb6 Rd7 44. f5 Qd6 45. Qe3 Qe7 46. Qf4 Qg7 47. Qb8+ Kf7 48. Bh5+ Ke7 49. Re1+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.08"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "James T Sherwin"] [Black "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.b3 Ne4 9.Qc2 f5 10.Ne5 Nd7 11.Ndf3 Bd6 12.Bb2 c6 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.Qe2 Rc7 15.Rc2 Rf6 16.c5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Rh6 18.cxb6 axb6 19.g3 c5 20.Nd2 Ng5 21.Rd1 Qe8 22.f4 Ne4 23.Nxe4 fxe4 24.Bb5 Qg6 25.Bxd7 Rxd7 26.Qb5 Re7 27.Qxb6 Rxh2 28.Kxh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.08"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Max Pavey"] [Black "Carl Pilnick"] [ECO "A27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng1 Nf6 6.Nh3 Ne7 7.Bg5 Ng6 8.e3 Be7 9.f3 O-O 10.Be2 exf3 11.Bxf3 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nd5 Qh4+ 14.Kd2 c6 15.Nc3 d6 16.Qe1 Qh6 17.Bxg4 fxg4 18.Nf2 c5 19.dxc5 dxc5 20.Nd3 Be6 21.b3 Rad8 22.Kc2 Ne7 23.Nxc5 Nf5 24.Nxe6 Nxe3+ 25.Kb2 Rd2+ 26.Qxd2 Nxc4+ 27.bxc4 Qxd2+ 28.Kb3 Rf2 29.Rac1 Qd6 30.Rhe1 Qb6+ 31.Ka3 Rxg2 32.Na4 Qd6+ 33.Kb3 Rxh2 34.Ng5 Qg6 35.Ne6 h5 36.Nc3 Qd3 37.Ng5 g6 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Rce1 Qc2+ 40.Kb4 Qb2+ 41.Ka4 Qc2+ 42.Kb4 a5+ 43.Kc5 Qf2+ 44.R1e3 Kh6 45.Rh8+ Kxg5 46.Ne4+ Kf4 47.Nxf2 Kxe3 48.Nxg4+ hxg4 49.Rxh2 g3 50.Rb2 Kf3 51.Rb3+ Kf2 52.Rb6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.08"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Paul Brandts"] [Black "Hans Berliner"] [ECO "E67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "131"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.d5 a5 11.h3 Qc7 12.Be3 cxd5 13.cxd5 b5 14.Rfc1 Ba6 15.Qb1 Qb7 16.b4 a4 17.Bf1 Rec8 18.Qd3 Rc4 19.a3 Rac8 20.Nd2 R4c7 21.Na2 Nb6 22.Rxc7 Rxc7 23.Rc1 Ne8 24.Rxc7 Nxc7 25.Qc2 Nc8 26.Nc3 Bf6 27.Bd3 Kg7 28.Qd1 Ne7 29.Qg4 Ne8 30.Qe2 Nc7 31.h4 Kf8 32.Nf3 Bg7 33.Ng5 h6 34.Nf3 Kg8 35.Nh2 Kh7 36.Qf3 f6 37.g4 Kg8 38.g5 fxg5 39.Ng4 gxh4 40.Bxh6 Bxh6 41.Nxh6+ Kg7 42.Qf7+ Kxh6 43.Qxe7 Qc8 44.Qxh4+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kh6 46.Qxd6 Qg4+ 47.Kf1 Qf3 48.Qxc7 Qxd3+ 49.Kg2 Qd4 50.Qc5 Qd2 51.Qf8+ Kg5 52.Qe7+ Kg4 53.Qe6+ Kg5 54.Qxe5+ Kh6 55.Qg3 Qb2 56.Qe3+ g5 57.Ne2 Bc8 58.Qb6+ Kh7 59.Qc7+ Kh6 60.Qxc8 Qxe2 61.Qe6+ Kh7 62.d6 g4 63.Qf5+ Kg7 64.d7 Qd1 65.Qg5+ Kh7 66.Qh4+ 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.08"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Ariel Mengarini"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "113"] 1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qe5+ 7.Be2 Bg4 8.f3 Bf5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bb5 e6 11.Re1 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Qd7 13.a4 a6 14.Bxc6 Qxc6 15.a5 Rd8 16.Ne4 Be7 17.b3 O-O 18.d3 e5 19.Qe2 Bg6 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bh4 Rde8 22.Ra4 Bf7 23.Bf2 Qc7 24.Qd2 Rc8 25.Bg3 Be8 26.Raa1 f5 27.Nc3 Bd6 28.Na4 Bf7 29.Nb6 Rce8 30.Nc4 Bxc4 31.bxc4 e4 32.Bxd6 Qxd6 33.Qf2 Re6 34.dxe4 fxe4 35.Rad1 e3 36.Rxd6 exf2 37.Rdxe6 fxe1=Q+ 38.Rxe1 Rf4 39.Re4 Rxe4 40.fxe4 Kf7 41.Kg1 Ke6 42.Kf2 Kd6 43.Ke3 b6 44.axb6 Kc6 45.Kd3 Kxb6 46.Kc3 Kc6 47.Kb3 Kd6 48.Ka4 Ke5 49.Ka5 Kxe4 50.Kxa6 g5 51.Kb5 g4 52.Kxc5 Ke3 53.Kb4 Kf2 54.g3 Kg2 55.c5 Kxh2 56.c6 Kxg3 57.c7 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.09"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Hans Berliner"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "E27"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 Ne8 7.e4 b6 8.Bd3 Ba6 9.a4 Nc6 10.Ba3 d6 11.Nh3 Na5 12.c5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 dxc5 14.Nf2 Nd6 15.dxc5 Ndc4 16.cxb6 Qxd3 17.Nxd3 Nxa3 18.Rxa3 axb6 19.Ke2 Nc4 20.Raa1 Rfd8 21.Rhd1 Kf8 22.Rdb1 Rd6 23.Rb4 Rc6 24.Ne1 Rd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1 26.Kxd1 Ke7 27.Nc2 Na5 28.Kd2 Rd6+ 29.Ke2 c5 30.Rb1 Nc4 31.Ne3 Rd2+ 32.Ke1 Rb2 33.Rxb2 Nxb2 34.Kd2 Nxa4 35.c4 Kd6 36.Kc2 Kc6 37.Kb3 b5 38.cxb5+ Kxb5 39.Nc4 f6 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.09"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Karl Burger"] [Black "Saul Wachs"] [ECO "E80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Nh5 7.Be3 a6 8.Nge2 Nd7 9.g4 Nf4 10.Nxf4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qf6 13.Qd4 Qxf4 14.Qxh8+ Ke7 15.Be2 Nf6 16.h4 Qe3 17.Rd1 Bxg4 18.Qxa8 Bxf3 19.Rh2 Nxe4 20.Qa7 Qxa7 21.Bxf3 Qe3+ 22.Be2 Qg1+ 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.09"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Carl Pilnick"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2126"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "34"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nd1 b6 11. Nf4 e5 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. f4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 f5 15. c3 Ne6 16. Nf2 exf4 17. gxf4 d5 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.09"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Bxd8 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be3 Bg4 9.O-O-O O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Nd2 Be7 13.f3 Na5 14.Be2 c6 15.Nb3 Nxb3+ 16.axb3 b5 17.h4 h6 18.Bf2 Rfe8 19.h5 Bh7 20.Bd3 Kf8 21.Kd2 Nd7 22.Ra1 Nc5 23.b4 Ne6 24.Bxa7 Bxb4 25.Ra6 Nc7 26.Raa1 f6 27.Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.09"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Paul Brandts"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Rc1 c6 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Qc2 Re8 9.a3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Ne5 Nf8 13.O-O N6d7 14.Ba6 Bxa6 15.Nxc6 Bxg5 16.Nxd8 Raxd8 17.Rfe1 Bb7 18.Qf5 Ne6 19.Nb5 Nf6 20.f4 Bh6 21.g4 Ne4 22.Qh5 f6 23.Nc7 Nxc7 24.Rxc7 Bc8 25.h4 Ng3 26.Qf7+ Kh8 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.g5 fxg5 29.hxg5 Bxg5 30.fxg5 Rf8 31.Qxd5 Rf5 32.Qe6 Rcf8 33.Qe7 h6 34.gxh6 gxh6 35.e4 Rf3 36.Kg2 Nh5 37.Qh4 Nf4+ 38.Kxf3 Ng6+ 39.Kg3 Nxh4 40.Kxh4 Rf2 41.e5 Kg7 42.e6 Kf8 43.d5 Rxb2 44.Rd1 Ke8 45.Kg4 Re2 46.Kf5 b5 47.d6 Rf2+ 48.Ke5 Re2+ 49.Kd5 a5 50.Rg1 Rd2+ 51.Kc6 Rc2+ 52.Kb7 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.09"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [Black "Max Pavey"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nxd5 cxd5 9.Bd3 Ba6 10.O-O Bxd3 11.cxd3 d6 12.f4 g6 13.Be3 Bg7 14.Qa4+ Qd7 15.Qxd7+ Kxd7 16.Rac1 a6 17.Rc3 Rhc8 18.Bd4 Rxc3 19.Bxc3 a5 20.Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.09"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "James T Sherwin"] [ECO "E72"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.O-O exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.f3 a5 11.Be3 a4 12.Qc2 c6 13.Rfd1 Nfd7 14.Bf2 Qa5 15.h3 Re8 16.Kh2 Ne5 17.Nce2 Qc7 18.Rab1 a3 19.b3 Ned7 20.Be1 h5 21.Kh1 Nf8 22.Bc3 Nh7 23.Qd2 Qe7 24.Re1 Ng5 25.h4 Nh7 26.Rbd1 Be5 27.Kg1 Bd7 28.Nc2 Red8 29.Ba5 Re8 30.Bb4 Red8 31.f4 Bb2 32.Qxd6 Qxd6 33.Rxd6 Ne6 34.Red1 Nhf8 35.f5 Nc7 36.R6d2 gxf5 37.Bxf8 Rxf8 38.Rxd7 Na6 39.b4 Rfe8 40.Rxb7 fxe4 41.Rdd7 Rf8 42.Bxe4 Rae8 43.Bf3 Nb8 44.Re7 Rxe7 45.Rxe7 Rd8 46.Bxh5 Rd1+ 47.Kf2 Rd2 48.Ne3 Na6 49.Nf5 Nxb4 50.Re8+ Kh7 51.Bxf7 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.12"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "James T Sherwin"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "87"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3 c6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.O-O-O h6 7.Bh4 e6 8.e3 Be7 9.Kb1 b5 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 O-O 12.f4 a5 13.Nf3 a4 14.Rc1 b4 15.Ne2 c5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.g4 Qa5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Ned4 Qa6 20.Rcd1 Rfc8 21.h4 Rc7 22.Qe2 Rac8 23.g5 h5 24.Ne1 Nb3 25.Nec2 e5 26.Qxh5 exd4 27.Rdg1 Nd2+ 28.Ka1 Nb3+ 29.Kb1 Nd2+ 30.Ka1 Nb3+ 31.axb3 axb3+ 32.Na3 Rc1+ 33.Rxc1 bxa3 34.Rxc8+ Qxc8 35.Qd1 axb2+ 36.Kxb2 Qc3+ 37.Kb1 Ba3 38.Rh2 dxe3 39.gxf6 Kf8 40.Rg2 Ke8 41.d4 Kd8 42.h5 Kc8 43.h6 b2 44.Rc2 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.12"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [Black "Karl Burger"] [ECO "B65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6 11.Bh4 Qa5 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 b6 14.Qxa5 bxa5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4 Bd8 17.Nd6 Bc7 18.g3 Rb8 19.Nxc8 Rfxc8 20.Bh3 g6 21.Rhe1 Rd8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.c3 h5 24.Re4 Kg7 25.Kc2 h4 26.Bf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.12"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Paul Brandts"] [Black "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [ECO "A99"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "102"] 1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Qe8 8.b3 Qh5 9.e3 Nbd7 10.Ba3 a6 11.Qc2 Rb8 12.Nd2 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bb2 Ba6 15.b4 c5 16.a3 Bb7 17.Rfe1 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rfc8 19.Qb3 Qf7 20.Rac1 cxb4 21.axb4 d5 22.f3 Rf8 23.Re2 h5 24.e4 fxe4 25.fxe4 h4 26.exd5 exd5 27.Rf1 hxg3 28.hxg3 Bd6 29.Re3 Rbe8 30.Nxb5 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 Bxb4 32.Bc3 Bxc3 33.Nxc3 Ng4 34.Qg5 Ndf6 35.Nf3 Qb7 36.Rb1 Qc6 37.Rc1 Qc4 38.Ne5 Nxe5 39.Qxe5 Rc8 40.Qf4 Qd3 41.Kh3 Rc6 42.Nxd5 Qh7+ 43.Kg2 Rc2+ 44.Rxc2 Qxc2+ 45.Kf3 Qc6 46.Qb8+ Kh7 47.Qf4 Qxd5+ 48.Kf2 Qa2+ 49.Kf3 Qd5+ 50.Kf2 Kg6 51.g4 Qg5 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.12"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Saul Wachs"] [Black "Carl Pilnick"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "112"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 f5 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.O-O Ng4 10.e3 Qf6 11.Qc2 g5 12.Rae1 Rf7 13.Qc3 a5 14.a3 h5 15.h3 Rh7 16.hxg4 hxg4 17.Ne5 Qh6 18.f4 Qh2+ 19.Kf2 Rh3 20.Rg1 Qxg3+ 21.Kf1 gxf4 22.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 23.Kf2 Bxe5 24.dxe5 f3 25.Qd4 Qh4+ 26.Kf1 f2 27.Re2 fxg1=Q+ 28.Kxg1 Nf8 29.Rg2 Qe1+ 30.Nf1 Ng6 31.Bc3 Qh4 32.cxd5 cxd5 33.Ng3 Qg5 34.Rf2 Nh4 35.Qa4 Nf3+ 36.Kg2 Kf7 37.Qb5 Qh4 38.Rxf3 Qh3+ 39.Kf2 Qh2+ 40.Ke1 gxf3 41.Nf1 Qe2+ 42.Qxe2 fxe2 43.Kxe2 Bd7 44.Nd2 a4 45.Bb4 Bb5+ 46.Kf2 Rc8 47.bxa4 Bxa4 48.Nf3 Rc2+ 49.Kg3 Re2 50.Ng5+ Kg6 51.Kf3 Rxe3+ 52.Kxe3 Kxg5 53.Bd2 f4+ 54.Kd4 Kg4 55.Kc5 f3 56.Be1 Kh3 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.12"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Herbert Seidman"] [Black "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 d6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nc4 Ba6 14.Nxb6 cxb6 15.Rfd1 Be2 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Nh4 Bg4 18.h3 Be6 19.Nf3 Rd3 20.Kf1 Bc4 21.Ke1 Ba6 22.Nh4 Bc8 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Kxd1 Be6 25.a3 Kf8 26.Kd2 Ke7 27.Ke3 a5 28.f4 a4 29.Nf3 Kd6 30.f5 Bb3 31.Nh2 h5 32.Kd2 Bc4 33.h4 Ba2 34.g4 Bb1 35.Ke3 hxg4 36.Nxg4 Bc2 37.h5 Ke7 38.h6 Kf8 39.Nxf6 Bb3 40.Nd7+ Kg8 41.Nxe5 Kh7 42.Ng4 Bd1 43.Kf4 Be2 44.e5 Bxg4 45.Kxg4 Kxh6 46.c4 Kh7 47.Kh5 Kg7 48.Kg5 Kg8 49.Kf6 Kf8 50.e6 b5 51.c5 b4 52.axb4 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.12"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Max Pavey"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 b4 9.Ne2 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Ng3 c5 12.e4 Bb7 13.Re1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Bc2 Qb6 16.Be3 Rfd8 17.Nh5 Bc5 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Qh5 Bxd4 20.Qh4 Ng6 21.Qh6 Qc5 22.Bb3 Bxe3 23.Rxe3 Qg5 24.Qh3 Qh4 25.Qf3 f5 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.12"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Hans Berliner"] [Black "Ariel Mengarini"] [ECO "E25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "128"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd3 cxd4 9.cxd4 b6 10.e4 Ba6 11.Qc2 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 Ne7 13.Be3 O-O 14.g3 Nbc6 15.Ne2 Rc8 16.Qa2 Rc7 17.Kg2 Qc8 18.Rac1 Qa6 19.Rc2 Rd7 20.Rhc1 b5 21.Bf2 Rfd8 22.Qb2 Na5 23.Rc5 Rb7 24.Rc7 Rxc7 25.Rxc7 Nac6 26.d5 exd5 27.Bc5 Re8 28.Nd4 dxe4 29.fxe4 Nxd4 30.Qxd4 Qe6 31.Bxa7 f5 32.Bc5 fxe4 33.Qd7 Qxd7 34.Rxd7 Nc6 35.Rc7 Ne5 36.Bd4 g6 37.Rb7 Nc4 38.Rxb5 Nxa3 39.Rb7 Nc2 40.Bc3 Ne3+ 41.Kg1 Nf5 42.g4 Nh4 43.Rg7+ Kf8 44.Rxh7 Nf3+ 45.Kf2 Ng5 46.Rh8+ Kf7 47.Rxe8 Kxe8 48.Ke3 Kf7 49.Be5 Ke6 50.Bf4 Kf6 51.Bg3 Nh3 52.Kxe4 Kg5 53.Kf3 Ng1+ 54.Kg2 Ne2 55.h3 Nf4+ 56.Bxf4+ Kxf4 57.Kf2 g5 58.Kg2 Ke5 59.Kf3 Kf6 60.Kf2 Ke6 61.Ke2 Kf7 62.Kd3 Ke7 63.Ke3 Kd7 64.Kf3 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.13"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Nicolas Rossolimo"] [Black "Hans Berliner"] [ECO "C07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O 9.Bb2 Re8 10.c4 b6 11.Qc2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Rc8 13.Qb1 Qc7 14.Bd3 Qf4 15.g3 Qh6 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Ne5 cxd4 18.Nxd7 Qh3 19.Be4 f5 20.Qd3 fxe4 21.Qxd4 Nf6 22.Nc4 e3 23.Nxe3 Red8 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.13"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Eliot Sanford Hearst"] [Black "Saul Wachs"] [ECO "E76"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qa5 12. O-O Qh5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. Rg3 Rac8 16. a3 e6 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. Nxa7 Nxa7 19. Bxa7 Qa5 20. Be3 f5 21. Rag1 Nf6 22. Qg2 Rc7 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bd4 Nh5 25. Rxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6 Nf6 27. Bxf5 Qa4 28. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.13"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Carl Pilnick"] [Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.e3 Qa5 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Be2 Be7 10.O-O Bd7 11.a3 O-O 12.b4 Qd8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Be8 15.Qd2 f5 16.Ng3 Kh8 17.d5 Nb8 18.Rac1 Nd7 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Bc4 Rf6 21.Qb2 Nf8 22.Rfe1 Rc8 23.Rcd1 Qb6 24.Nxf5 Rxc4 25.Nxe7 Rf4 26.Nd5 exd5 27.Rxe8 Qd6 28.Rd4 Kg8 29.Rxf4 Rxf4 30.Qe5 Qxe5 31.Nxe5 Re4 32.f3 Re3 33.Kf2 Rxa3 34.Nd7 Ra2+ 35.Ke3 d4+ 36.Kd3 Kf7 37.Rxf8+ Ke7 38.Rb8 Kxd7 39.Rxb7+ Kc6 40.Rxh7 Rxg2 41.Rxa7 Rb2 42.Kxd4 Rxb4+ 43.Ke5 Rh4 44.f4 Rxh2 45.f5 Re2+ 46.Kf6 Kd6 47.Ra6+ Kd7 48.Re6 Rh2 49.Re1 Kd8 50.Kg7 Rg2+ 51.Kf7 1-0 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.13"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Ariel Mengarini"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "E34"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.Qxf5 Nc6 12.e3 O-O 13.Be2 Qe4 14.Qf3 Qxf3 15.Bxf3 e4 16.Bxf6 exf3 17.Bc3 fxg2 18.Rg1 f6 19.Rxg2 Kf7 20.O-O-O Rfd8 21.Rgg1 Ne5 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Bxe5 fxe5 24.Rd1 Rc8+ 25.Kd2 Ke6 26.Rg1 Rc7 27.Rg4 Kd5 28.Ra4 a6 29.Kd3 Rf7 30.Ra5+ Kd6 31.Ke2 Rf6 32.Ra4 Rh6 33.Rg4 g6 34.h4 Rh5 35.e4 Ke6 36.Kd3 Kd6 37.Kc4 Rh6 38.a4 Kc6 39.a5 Kd6 40.b3 Rh5 41.b4 Rh6 42.b5 Rh5 43.f3 Rh6 44.bxa6 bxa6 45.f4 Rh5 46.Kb4 Kc6 47.Ka4 Kc5 48.fxe5 Rxe5 49.Rg5 Kd4 50.Rxe5 Kxe5 51.Kb4 h6 52.Kc4 g5 53.hxg5 hxg5 54.Kd3 Kf4 0-1 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.13"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Herbert Seidman"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nxd5 cxd5 9.Bd3 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Qe2 d6 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 dxe5 15.Bxe5 Bb7 16.Rad1 Qa5 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Rd7 Bc6 19.Qd2 Qxd2 20.Rxd2 Rfd8 21.Rfd1 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Rc8 23.f3 Bxf3 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.gxf3 Kf6 26.Kf2 h5 27.h4 Rc4 28.Kg3 g5 29.hxg5+ Kxg5 30.Rd7 h4+ 31.Kh3 Rc2 32.Rxa7 Rxb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "United States Championship"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1954.06.13"] [EventDate "1954.05.29"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Karl Burger"] [Black "Paul Brandts"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.a3 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 e5 13.O-O e4 14.Nd2 Nf6 15.Qb1 Bg4 16.Rfc1 Rad8 17.b4 Rfe8 18.Bf1 Nd5 19.Rc5 Bd7 20.Qb3 a6 21.R5c2 f5 22.Nc4 Be6 23.Ne5 f4 24.Bc4 Qg5 25.Re1 f3 26.g3 Rd6 27.a4 Qh5 28.Bf1 Nf4 29.Qb1 Nh3+ 30.Kh1 Bd5 31.b5 axb5 32.axb5 Rh6 33.bxc6 bxc6 34.Qb7 Nf4 35.h4 Ng6 36.Nxg6 Qxg6 37.Bh3 Rf8 38.Ra1 Qf6 39.Ra7 g5 40.Qc7 gxh4 41.g4 Rf7 42.Ra8+ Kg7 43.Qb8 Rf8 44.g5 Rxb8 45.gxf6+ 1-0

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