12th US Championship; 1959/60
December 18, 1959 - January 4, 1960
New York, NY

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
 1. Fischer     x ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1  9 - 2
 2. Byrne, R.   ½ x ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1  8 - 3
 3. Reshevsky   ½ ½ x ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1  7½- 3½
 4. Benko       0 0 ½ x ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1  7 - 4
 5. Bisguier    0 ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1  6½- 4½
 6. Weinstein   ½ 0 0 0 ½ x 1 0 1 1 1 1  6 - 5
 7. Seidman     0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 x ½ 1 0 1 1  5½- 5½
 8. Sherwin     ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ x ½ 0 ½ 1  5 - 6
 9. Mednis      0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 x 1 1 1  4 - 7
10. Bernstein   0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 x ½ 1  4 - 7
11. Denker      0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ x 1  3 - 8
12. Ault        0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x  0 -11


  • Robin Ault is the only player to have lost all his games in a US Championship tournament, before the knockout tournaments of 1990 and 1991.


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