16th US Championship; 1963/4
December 15, 1963 - January 3, 1964
New York, NY

                           Rtng  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
 1. GM Fischer, Bobby      2674  x 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  11 -0    +11-0=0
 2. GM Evans, Larry        2593  0 x 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1   7½-3½   + 6-2=3
 3. GM Benko, Pal          2569  0 0 x 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½   7 -4    + 5-2=4
 4.    Saidy, Anthony      2512  0 ½ 0 x 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1   6½-4½   + 5-3=3
 5. GM Reshevsky, Sammy    2611  0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½   6½-4½   + 4-2=5
 6. GM Byrne, Robert       2590  0 ½ 0 ½ ½ x 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½   5½-5½   + 3-3=5
 7. IM Weinstein, Raymond  2433  0 1 0 0 1 1 x 0 0 0 1 1   5 -6    + 5-6=0
 8. GM Bisguier, Arthur    2524  0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 x 1 0 ½ 1   4½-6½   + 3-5=3
 9.    Addison, William    2244  0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 x ½ ½ 1   3½-7½   + 2-6=3
10. IM Mednis, Edmar       2350  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ x ½ ½   3½-7½   + 2-6=3
11.    Steinmeyer, Robert  2451  0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½   3 -8    + 0-5=6
12. IM Byrne, Donald       2500  0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ x   2½-8½   + 0-6=5

AVERAGE RATING:  2504

ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS

                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 1. GM Fischer     1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   +11
 2. GM Evans       ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1   +4
 3. GM Benko       1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 1   +3
 4.    Saidy       ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 0   +2
 5. GM Reshevsky   0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1   +2
 6. GM Byrne, R    0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0    =
 7. IM Weinstein   1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1   -1
 8. GM Bisguier    1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1   -2
 9.    Addison     ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0   -4
10. IM Mednis      0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0   -4
11.    Steinmeyer  ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0   -5
12. IM Byrne, D    0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0   -6



ROUND 1
0-1	Mednis-Fischer
0-1	Byrne, R.-Benko
0-1	Reshevsky-Weinstein
Draw	Addison-Steinmeyer
0-1	Byrne, D.-Bisguier
Draw	Evans-Saidy

ROUND 2
1-0	Fischer-Evans
0-1	Bisguier-Saidy
Draw	Steinmeyer-, Byrne, D.
0-1	Weinstein-Addison
Draw	Benko-Reshevsky
0-1	Mednis-Byrne, R.

ROUND 3
0-1	Byrne, R.-Fischer
1-0	Reshevsky-Mednis
Draw	Addison-Benko
0-1	Byrne, D.-Weinstein
Draw	Saidy-Steinmeyer
1-0	Evans-Bisguier

ROUND 4
1-0	Fischer-Bisguier
0-1	Steinmeyer-Evans
0-1	Weinstein-Saidy
Draw	Benko-Byrne, D.
Draw	Mednis-Addison
Draw	Byrne, R.-Reshevsky

ROUND 5
0-1	Reshevsky-Fischer
0-1	Addison-Byrne, R.
Draw	Byrne, D.-Mednis
0-1	Saidy-Benko
0-1	Evans-Weinstein
Draw	Bisguier-Steinmeyer

ROUND 6
1-0	Fischer-Steinmeyer
0-1	Weinstein-Bisguier
0-1	Benko-Evans
0-1	Mednis-Saidy
Draw	Byrne, R.-Byrne, D.
1-0	Reshevsky-Addison

ROUND 7
0-1	Addison-Fischer
Draw	Byrne, D.-Reshevsky
Draw	Saidy-Byrne, R.
1-0	Evans-Mednis
0-1	Bisguier-Benko
0-1	Steinmeyer-Weinstein

ROUND 8
1-0	Fischer-Weinstein
Draw	Benko-Steinmeyer
1-0	Mednis-Bisguier
Draw	Byrne, R.-Evans
1-0	Reshevsky-Saidy
1-0	Addison-Byrne, D.

ROUND 9
0-1	Byrne, D.-Fischer
1-0	Saidy-Addison
Draw	Evans-Reshevsky
Draw	Bisguier-Byrne, R.
Draw	Steinmeyer-Mednis
0-1	Weinstein-Benko

ROUND 10
1-0	Fischer-Benko
1-0	Mednis-Weinstein
1-0	Byrne, R.-Steinmeyer
Draw	Reshevsky-Bisguier
0-1	Addison-Evans
0-1	Byrne, D.-Saidy

ROUND 11
0-1	Saidy-Fischer
1-0	Evans-Byrne, D.
1-0	Bisguier-Addison
0-1	Steinmeyer-Reshevsky
1-0	Weinstein-Byrne, R.
1-0	Benko-Mednis

  • Fischer's 11-0 is the only perfect result in US Championship Play.

  • In this tournament, Black won 8 more games than White did.

  • Coverage in the December 1963 and January 1964 issues of Chess Life.

    [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.15"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "124"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 Nxe4 9. Qe2 d5 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qh4 15. Kb1 Qf4 16. d5 Ne5 17. Qxc7 Rac8 18. Qd6 Rcd8 19. Qc7 Rc8 20. Qd6 Rfd8 21. Qe7 Nxf3 22. d6 Ne5 23. Rhe1 Rd7 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. Nxg5 f6 26. Ne4 Ng6 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 b6 29. Rc7 Nf8 30. Kc2 Kf7 31. Kc3 Ke6 32. Rc8 Ng6 33. Kd4 h6 34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Rc8 Nf4 36. h4 g6 37. Rh8 f5 38. Rh7+ Ke6 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40. Nc3 Kxd6 41. Nb5+ Kd7 42. Nxa7 Ng2 43. Ke5 Nxh4 44. Kf4 g5+ 45. Kg3 Ng6 46. a4 f4+ 47. Kg2 g4 48. Nb5 Ne5 49. Nc3 Ke6 50. b4 Nc6 51. f3 h5 52. b5 Ne5 53. fxg4 hxg4 54. Kf2 Nd3+ 55. Kg2 Nc5 56. Kf1 Kf5 57. Kg2 Ke5 58. Kf2 Nd3+ 59. Ke2 g3 60. Kf3 Ne1+ 61. Ke2 g2 62. Kf2 f3 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.15"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Anthony Saidy"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "A67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Nf3 Na6 11.O-O Nc7 12.a4 a6 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Nc4 Ne8 15.Qf3 Qc7 16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.Kh1 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.15"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "William G Addison"] [Black "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.O-O Nc5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.b4 Nd7 12.g3 Qe7 13.Nh4 a5 14.a3 Nb6 15.c5 axb4 16.cxb6 bxc3 17.Qb3 cxb6 18.Rfc1 Bh3 19.Rxc3 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 Bf6 23.Ng2 Qc7 24.Ne3 Bg5 25.Rb1 Qc5 26.h4 Bd8 27.Qa4 Kf8 28.Kg2 h5 29.Rb4 Qc3 30.Qd7 Qc7 31.Qa4 Ke7 32.Rc4 Qd7 33.Qxd7+ Kxd7 34.Rxc8 Kxc8 35.a4 Kb8 36.Kh3 Ka7 37.Nc4 Bc7 38.f4 exf4 39.gxf4 f6 40.e5 dxe5 41.d6 Bxd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.15"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.Rad1 Nb4 14.d5 Nbxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Rd3 Re8 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.Rxd5 Rad8 22.Qc2 Rxd5 23.Rxd5 Qa5 24.Qb1 Re2 25.Rc5 g6 26.h4 Bxh4 27.Rc8+ Kh7 28.Qd1 Bxf2+ 29.Kf1 Rxb2 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.15"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "202"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 Qa5 9.Bd2 O-O 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.O-O Bd7 12.Nf4 Rac8 13.Qe2 Qa4 14.Nd3 Qc4 15.Rfe1 b6 16.Bf1 Na5 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.e4 Qa4 19.Nf4 Nc6 20.Nd5 e6 21.Nf4 Ne5 22.Reb1 Rb8 23.Be1 Bc6 24.Bg2 Rfd8 25.h4 h6 26.Rd1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Bb5 28.Qd2 Nc4 29.Qc1 Qxa2 30.Nd3 Rc8 31.Qa1 Qxa1 32.Rxa1 a6 33.Bf1 Bf8 34.Ra2 Rd8 35.Be2 Nd6 36.Nxc5 Bxe2 37.Rxe2 Ra8 38.Ra2 a5 39.Ra4 Be7 40.e5 Nb5 41.Nb7 Ra7 42.c4 Nd4 43.Nd6 Nf3+ 44.Kf1 Nxe5 45.Nc8 Rc7 46.Nxe7+ Rxe7 47.Rxa5 Nxc4 48.Rc5 Nb6 49.Bc3 Kh7 50.Rc6 Nd5 51.Be5 g5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Kg2 g4 54.f3 gxf3+ 55.Kxf3 Rb7 56.Bd4 Rb3+ 57.Kf2 Kg6 58.Rc4 Kf5 59.Bg7 f6 60.Bh6 Nc3 61.Rf4+ Ke5 62.Rf3 Ne4+ 63.Kg2 Rb2+ 64.Kf1 Rh2 65.Be3 Nd2+ 66.Bxd2 Rxd2 67.Ra3 Kf5 68.Ra6 e5 69.Rb6 Ra2 70.Rc6 Kg5 71.Re6 Kg6 72.Re8 Kf5 73.Rf8 Ra6 74.Kg2 Ke4 75.Kf2 Ra2+ 76.Kf1 Kf5 77.Rf7 Ke6 78.Rf8 f5 79.Re8+ Kf6 80.Rf8+ Kg6 81.Rg8+ Kh5 82.Re8 e4 83.Rg8 Rc2 84.Ke1 Rc6 85.Kf2 Rg6 86.Rh8+ Kg5 87.Rf8 Kg4 88.Rf7 Rg8 89.Rf6 Kg5 90.Rf7 Rd8 91.Rg7+ Kf6 92.Ra7 Rd2+ 93.Kf1 Ke5 94.Ra5+ Rd5 95.Ra4 Rd1+ 96.Ke2 Rd3 97.Ra5+ Kf6 98.Kf2 Rd2+ 99.Ke1 Rg2 100.Ra3 Kg5 101.Kf1 Rb2 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.15"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Be2 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Rd1 b6 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be1 Re8 13.a4 a5 14.Qc2 Qe7 15.Na2 Bh6 16.Rab1 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Qxe3+ 18.Kf1 Ng4 19.h3 Qxf3+ 20.gxf3 Ne3+ 21.Kf2 Nxc2 22.Bc3 Nf6 23.Bd3 Ba6 24.Nc1 Bxd3 25.Nxd3 Nd7 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.dxe5 d4 28.Bxd4 Nxd4 29.Rxd4 Rxe5 30.Rc1 c5 31.Rd6 Rb8 32.Rcd1 Kg7 33.R1d2 b5 34.Ra6 bxa4 35.Rxa5 Rb3 36.Rxa4 Rf5 37.f4 Rxh3 38.Kg2 Rh4 39.Rf2 g5 40.Ra5 Rg4+ 41.Kh3 Rgxf4 42.Rxf4 Rxf4 43.Rxc5 Kg6 44.Rb5 Rf2 45.Kg3 Rc2 46.Rb8 h5 47.b4 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.16"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "C33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Qe2 c6 7. Nf3 Qe7 8. d4 Bxc4 9. Qxc4 g5 10. e5 d5 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Qd1 O-O-O 14. c3 Na6 15. h4 g4 16. Nh2 h5 17. Nxf4 Qxh4 18. Kg1 Nh6 19. Nf1 Qe7 20. Nxh5 Rg8 21. Nfg3 Rg6 22. Nf4 Rg5 23. Be3 Nc7 24. Qd2 Rg8 25. Nfe2 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Bxh6 Bd6 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. Bf4 Rde8 30. Rh6 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Qe7 32. Rf6 Ne6 33. Qe5 Ng5 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.16"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "117"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 f5 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 d6 12.Rad1 Qe8 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Nd7 15.Qc2 g5 16.f4 Qg6 17.Rfe1 Rf7 18.e4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Qxe4 20.Rxe4 Nf8 21.fxg5 Bxg5 22.Bc1 Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Re8 24.Rce1 Rfe7 25.Nf4 c6 26.Kg2 e5 27.dxe5 dxe5 28.Nh5 Nd7 29.Rd1 Kh8 30.b4 c5 31.b5 Rg8 32.Rd6 Rg6 33.Rc6 Rxc6 34.bxc6 Nb8 35.c7 Rxc7 36.Rxe5 Rc8 37.Re7 Nc6 38.Rf7 Kg8 39.Rb7 Rf8 40.g4 Rf7 41.Rxf7 Kxf7 42.Kf3 Ne5+ 43.Kf4 Nxc4 44.g5 Na3 45.Nf6 Kg7 46.h4 b5 47.h5 c4 48.Nd5 Nc2 49.Ke4 a5 50.Ne7 b4 51.Nf5+ Kf8 52.g6 hxg6 53.hxg6 b3 54.axb3 cxb3 55.Kd3 a4 56.Kc3 Na3 57.Nd4 Nb1+ 58.Kd3 Kg8 59.Nxb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.16"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Anthony Saidy"] [ECO "B59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f3 a5 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Rf2 Nb4 13.a3 d5 14.axb4 d4 15.Bg5 dxc3 16.bxc3 Rxc3 17.bxa5 Bc5 18.Bh4 Qc7 19.Bd3 Ra8 20.Qb1 Nh5 21.Kh1 g5 22.Rf1 gxh4 23.Qe1 h6 24.g3 Bd4 25.Rb1 Rxa5 26.f4 exf4 27.gxf4 Nxf4 28.Qxh4 Ng6 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.16"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "C04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.a3 f6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.O-O c5 13.Re1 Qe7 14.Nf1 Bb7 15.Ng3 cxd4 16.Bxd4 e5 17.Nh5 Rae8 18.Bb2 c5 19.b4 d4 20.bxc5 Qxc5 21.Ng3 Rb8 22.Rb1 Rfc8 23.Re2 Bd5 24.Ne1 Qc6 25.Ba1 Rxb1 26.Qxb1 Rb8 27.Qc1 Bc4 28.Rd2 Bg5 29.c3 Bxd2 30.Qxd2 Rb1 31.Bb2 Qg6 32.Bc1 Qh6 33.Qxh6 gxh6 34.Bd2 Rd1 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.16"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [Black "Donald Byrne"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "52"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Qf4 Bf6 11.h4 c6 12.g4 h6 13.Nf3 Be6 14.Bg2 Nd7 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Rxh1+ 17.Bxh1 Bg7 18.Bg2 Rc8 19.Rd1 Ke7 20.Kf1 Qc7 21.Qxc7 Rxc7 22.e3 Rc8 23.Ke2 Rh8 24.Rh1 Rxh1 25.Bxh1 Bg4 26.Kd2 Nf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.16"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [Black "William G Addison"] [ECO "C98"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Qe2 Nh5 16.g3 g6 17.Kg2 Be6 18.Ne3 Rab8 19.Ng4 f6 20.Nh4 Kh8 21.Qf3 c4 22.Ne3 Bc5 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Ne7 25.b4 Bb6 26.a4 Ng7 27.Bh6 Rd6 28.axb5 axb5 29.g4 Nxd5 30.Red1 Rbd8 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.Qxf6 R5d6 33.Qxe5 Qf7 34.Nf3 Rd5 35.Qe2 Re8 36.Be4 Rd6 37.Re1 Ne6 38.Kg3 Bc7 39.Ne5 Qf6 40.f4 g5 41.Bf5 gxf4+ 42.Kg2 Kg8 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.18"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "42"] 1. d4 {Notes from various sources.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 {5.Qb3 maintains more tension. -- Fischer} cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. b3 {It's hard for either side to introduce an imbalance into this essentially symmetrical variation. Deadeye equality also ensues afer 10.Nf4 e6 11.b3 Ba6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Rc1 (Stahlberg-Flohr, Kemeri 1937) -- Fischer} Ba6 11. Ba3 {After White's 11th move I should adjudicate his position as slightly superior, and at worst completely safe. To turn this into a mating position in eleven more moves is more witchcraft than chess! Quite honestly, I do not see the man who can stop Bobby at this time. -- K.F. Kirby, South African Chess Quarterly} Re8 12. Qd2 e5 {! I was a bit worried about weakening my QP, but felt that the tremendous activity obtained by my minor pieces would permit White no time to exploit it. 12...e6 would probably lead to a draw. -- Fischer} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 {"Add another to those melancholy case histories entitled: The Wrong Rook." -- Fischer ~ "This is very much a case of 'the wrong rook'. One can understand Byrne's desire to break the pin on the e2-knight, but this turns out to be less important than other considerations. Fischer spends a lot of time and energy analysing the superior 14. Rad1!, but still comes to the conclusion that Black can keep the advantage." -- John Nunn} Nd3 {Now it's all systems go for the Fischer rocket. -- Robert Wade} 15. Qc2 {There is hardly any other defense to the threat of ...Ne4. -- Fischer} Nxf2 {! The key to Black's previous play. The complete justification for this sac does not become apparent until White resigns! -- Fischer} 16. Kxf2 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 {Byrne: As I sat pondering why Fischer would choose such a line, because it was so obviously lost for Black, there suddenly comes...} Nxg2 {!! This dazzling move came as the shocker... the culminating combination is of such depth that, even at the very moment at which I resigned, both grandmasters who were commenting on the play for the spectators in a separate room believed I had a won game! -- Robert Byrne} 19. Kxg2 d4 {!} 20. Nxd4 Bb7+ {The King is at Black's mercy. -- Fischer} 21. Kf1 {In a room set aside for commentaries on the games in progress, two grandmasters were stating, for the benefit of the spectators, that Byrne had a won game. Byrne's reply to Fischer's next move must have been jaw dropping! -- Wade} Qd7 {And White resigns. Fischer writes: "A bitter disappointment. I'd hoped for 22.Qf2 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Re1+!! 24.Rxe1 Bxd4 with mate to follow shortly."} 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.18"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "D50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Be7 7.e4 Nc6 8.Qe3 exd5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.exd5+ Ne7 11.d6 Qxd6 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Rd1 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Qxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Bxb5 16.Nf3 O-O-O+ 17.Kc1 Nc6 18.Qc5 Bd3 19.Ne5 Rhe8 20.Nxf7 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.18"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "William G Addison"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qa4 Bd7 10.Qh4 Bc6 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nc6 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Ba3 Bf6 16.Qe4 Qxd4 17.Qxd4 Bxd4 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Rc4 Bf6 20.Rfc1 Rfd8 21.R1c2 Rd7 22.Bc5 Rb7 23.Be3 Rbc7 24.Ra4 c5 25.Rac4 Kf8 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Rxc5 28.Bxc5 a6 29.e4 Ke8 30.f4 Kd7 31.Kf1 Kc6 32.Ba3 e6 33.Ke2 Bd4 34.g4 f5 35.exf5 exf5 36.gxf5 gxf5 37.Kd3 Bg1 38.h3 Kd5 39.Bb4 Bh2 40.Bd2 Bg3 41.Be3 Bh2 42.Bc1 Bg1 43.Bb2 Bb6 44.Be5 Bd8 45.Bd4 Bc7 46.Be3 Bb8 47.Bc1 Kc5 48.Kc3 Bc7 49.Be3+ Kd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.18"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3 5.bxc3 b6 6.g3 Bb7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qc2 c5 11.c4 Nc6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Bb2 Re8 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Rad1 Rc7 16.Ba1 h6 17.Qb2 Nf6 18.d4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Rxd4 Qe7 21.Bxb7 Rxb7 22.e4 Qe6 23.f4 Rc7 24.e5 h5 25.Red1 Ng4 26.Qe2 Qb3 27.R4d3 Rc2 28.Qe4 f5 29.Rxb3 fxe4 30.Rb2 Rec8 31.Rxc2 Rxc2 32.Re1 Nxh2 33.Rxe4 Nf3+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.18"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.Nb5 cxd4 12.Nfxd4 Nc6 13.a3 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Be7 15.f3 Rd8 16.Bd2 e5 17.Nb5 a6 18.Nc3 b5 19.Ba2 e4 20.fxe4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Rac1 Qb7 23.Bc3 Bg6 24.Qf3 Qxf3 25.gxf3 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.b4 Bf5 29.Bd5 Bc8 30.Kf2 Bc7 31.f4 Kf8 32.Bd4 f6 33.Bc5+ Ke8 34.h4 g6 35.h5 gxh5 36.Kg3 f5 37.Kh4 Bd8+ 38.Kxh5 Bf6 39.Bd4 Be7 40.Kh6 Kd7 41.Kxh7 Kd6 42.Bg2 Bh4 43.Kg6 Be1 44.Bh3 a5 45.Bc5+ Kc6 46.Bxf5 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.18"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Anthony Saidy"] [Black "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e3 c6 10.h3 Bf5 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.g4 Be6 13.Bd3 Bf8 14.Kf1 h5 15.g5 Bd6 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Ne2 O-O-O 18.Nf4 Kb8 19.Kg2 h4 20.Qb3 Nb6 21.a4 Bf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.19"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "C98"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 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 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Qe2 Nh5 16.g3 g6 17.h4 Be6 18.Ne3 f6 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.Nh2 Ng7 22.Ng4 c4 23.Qf3 Bxg4 24.Qxg4 Ne6 25.h5 Kh8 26.Kg2 g5 27.Be3 Nf4+ 28.Kh2 Nd3 29.Bxd3 cxd3 30.Red1 Rd7 31.Rd2 Na5 32.b3 Qd6 33.Rad1 Re8 34.Rxd3 Qxd3 35.Qxd7 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.19"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "A78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.f4 Nc7 12.Bf3 Nd7 13.a4 Rb8 14.Nc4 Nb6 15.Na5 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5 17.Bd2 Qf6 18.Re1 Qd4+ 19.Kh1 Nbxd5 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Nxb7 Bf8 23.Be1 Nxf4 24.Bc3 Qxd1+ 25.Rxd1 d5 26.Bd2 Nd3 27.Bxd5+ Be6 28.Bxe6+ Rxe6 29.Rb1 Rb6 30.Na5 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 Nxb2 32.Nc6 Nxa4 33.Nxa7 c4 34.Nb5 Kf7 35.g4 Ke6 36.Kg2 Bg7 37.Kf3 Kd5 38.Nc7+ Kd4 39.Ne6+ Kd3 40.Bf4 Bb2 41.Nf8 c3 42.Nxh7 c2 43.Ng5 Nc5 44.h4 Nb3 45.h5 Nd2+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.19"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Donald Byrne"] [ECO "D71"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "122"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.O-O Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Nc3 Be6 10.b3 Qc8 11.Ba3 Bh3 12.Rc1 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Rd8 14.Qe2 Qf5 15.Rfd1 Qa5 16.Nb1 Qh5 17.h3 f5 18.Rc5 e5 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Rc2 Bf6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rd2 Qh6 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Nbd2 Qg7 25.Nc4 Be7 26.Bb2 Bf6 27.Nxb6 cxb6 28.Qc4+ Kh8 29.Bxf6 Qxf6 30.Nd4 h6 31.Qe6 Qxe6 32.Nxe6 Nb4 33.a3 Nc2 34.a4 Ne1+ 35.Kf1 Nd3 36.Nd4 Kg7 37.Ke2 Nc5 38.f3 Kf6 39.Kd2 a6 40.Kc3 Ke5 41.Kc4 Nd7 42.Ne2 Kd6 43.f4 Nc5 44.Nc3 h5 45.Ne2 Ne4 46.b4 Nf2 47.Ng1 Ne4 48.Nf3 Ke6 49.Nd4+ Kd6 50.Ne2 Nf2 51.h4 Ne4 52.Kd4 Ke6 53.Kc4 Kd6 54.Kd4 Ke6 55.Kc4 Kd6 56.Nd4 Nxg3 57.Nf3 Nf1 58.Kd4 a5 59.b5 Ke6 60.Ng5+ Ke7 61.Nf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.19"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.Rc1 d6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bh4 Bxc3 12.Rxc3 Qe7 13.O-O Re8 14.f3 Nf8 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Be4 Qe7 17.Bd5 Rd8 18.Ne4 Be6 19.Rd3 Rd7 20.Bxe6 fxe6 21.Rxd7 Nxd7 22.Qd3 Nb8 23.Qa3 Na6 24.Qc3 Qc7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Rd2 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Nb8 28.Kf2 b6 29.Qd6 Qxd6 30.Nxd6 Kf8 31.Ke2 Nc6 32.Kd2 Ke7 33.Ne4 Na5 34.Kc3 Nc6 35.a3 Kd7 36.Kd3 a6 37.Kc3 Na5 38.Ng3 Ke7 39.Nh5 Kf7 40.Ng3 Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.19"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "William G Addison"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Bd7 13.Kh2 g6 14.Rg1 Kg7 15.Nbd2 c4 16.Nf1 h5 17.Kh1 Rh8 18.N3h2 h4 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf4 Nh5 21.Qf3 Nxf4 22.Qxf4 Bf6 23.Ne3 Be5 24.Qf3 Qd8 25.Rgf1 Rf8 26.Neg4 Bxg4 27.Nxg4 Qg5 28.a4 f6 29.Qf2 Nb7 30.Nxe5 Qxe5 31.Qxh4 Nc5 32.Qg3 Qg5 33.Qxg5 fxg5 34.Rxf8 Rxf8 35.axb5 axb5 36.Kg1 Rb8 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.Ra7 b4 40.Re7+ Kf6 41.Ra7 Ke5 42.Re7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.19"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [Black "Anthony Saidy"] [ECO "E89"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "85"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 O-O 7.Be3 c6 8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 Ne8 10.g4 Bh6 11.Qd2 Qh4+ 12.Ng3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Bd7 14.a3 Nc7 15.Bd3 Rc8 16.Rc1 Be8 17.O-O Nd7 18.b4 a5 19.Kg2 Qd8 20.Rh1 axb4 21.axb4 Na6 22.Bxa6 Rxa6 23.h4 Qb6 24.Qd2 Qxb4 25.Nge2 Qa5 26.Rb1 Ra7 27.h5 Nf8 28.Rhc1 b5 29.h6 b4 30.Nd1 Rxc1 31.Rxc1 f6 32.Rc8 Qb5 33.Nb2 Bd7 34.Rc1 Kf7 35.Nc4 Ra6 36.Qd3 Ke7 37.f4 Bxg4 38.fxe5 fxe5 39.Ng3 Ra2+ 40.Kh1 Nd7 41.Nxe5 Qxd3 42.Nxd3 b3 43.Rb1 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.21"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. g3 Bb4 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rc8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rb5 Qe7 18. a4 Be6 19. Qa1 Qf6 20. Kg2 Na5 21. Nd4 Nb7 22. Rb4 Nd6 23. a5 Ne4 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qb2 Nxc3 26. Ba6 Rc5 27. Kg1 Bh3 28. Ra1 b5 29. Bxb5 Nxb5 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31. Qxb5 Qe5 32. Re1 h5 33. Nc6 Qc3 34. Rb1 Qc2 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Nxd5 Rc8 37. Nc3 Rxc3 38. Qxh5+ Kg8 39. Rb8+ Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. Kf1 Ba6+ 42. Ke1 Qc3+ 43. Kd1 Qd3+ 44. Kc1 Qc3+ 45. Kd1 Bc4 46. Qf3 Bb3+ 47. Ke2 Qc4+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.21"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "William G Addison"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.Nd2 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Nf6 11.Qc2 c6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.b4 Qc7 14.Nb3 O-O-O 15.O-O-O Kb8 16.Kb1 Rhe8 17.Bd3 e5 18.a3 exd4 19.exd4 Be6 20.Rhe1 Nd7 21.Ne4 d5 22.Ned2 dxc4 23.Bxc4 Nf8 24.Ne4 Bf5 25.f3 Ne6 26.d5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5 28.Bxd5 Qe5 29.Bxe6 Bxe6 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.21"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.Na4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 h6 13.e5 Nd5 14.Qe2 f5 15.exf6 Rxf6 16.Qe4 Nf8 17.Ne5 Qe8 18.Qh4 Rf4 19.Qg3 Bh4 20.Qh3 Rxd4 21.Nc5 Bf6 22.Nf3 Rxd3 23.Nxd3 Ba6 24.Rd1 Bxd3 25.Rxd3 Qg6 26.Ne1 Qe4 27.Rd1 c5 28.Qf3 Qxf3 29.Nxf3 c4 30.Re1 Rc8 31.Ne5 a5 32.h3 b3 33.Bd2 c3 34.bxc3 Nxc3 35.Bxc3 Rxc3 36.Rab1 a4 37.f4 Be7 38.Re4 Ba3 39.Rxa4 b2 40.Rxa3 Rc1+ 41.Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.21"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "85"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O g6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.b4 a6 16.Na4 Ne6 17.Nb6 Rab8 18.Rab1 Ng5 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.a4 Rbc8 21.Rfc1 f5 22.Qb2 Qd6 23.b5 axb5 24.axb5 f4 25.bxc6 bxc6 26.exf4 Qxf4 27.Ba6 Rc7 28.Re1 Rf8 29.Re3 Rcf7 30.Rf1 Ne4 31.Rf3 Qb8 32.Qxb8 Rxb8 33.Re3 Rb4 34.f3 Ng3 35.Rc1 Rc7 36.Rec3 Rxd4 37.Rxc6 Rxc6 38.Rxc6 Rd2 39.Rc7 Nf5 40.Rd7 Ne3 41.g4 Rg2+ 42.Kh1 Rg3 43.Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.21"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Anthony Saidy"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "D91"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "96"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e3 O-O 10.Bd3 c6 11.h3 Qe7 12.O-O Nd7 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Na4 Nxa4 15.Qxa4 f5 16.Rfe1 g5 17.Qc2 Kh8 18.Nh2 Be6 19.Rab1 a5 20.Rbc1 Rf7 21.Qe2 Rg8 22.Qh5 Bf6 23.g4 Bg7 24.Nf3 h6 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Nh4 gxh4 28.Qxf5 Bxd4+ 29.Kf1 Bxb2 30.Rb1 Qg7 31.Qg4 Qh7 32.Qe2 Bc3 33.Rec1 Qg6 34.Qg4 Qd3+ 35.Qe2 Rg1+ 36.Kxg1 Qxe2 37.Rxc3 Qxa2 38.Rcb3 b5 39.R3b2 Qc4 40.Rd1 a4 41.Rbb1 a3 42.Rbc1 Qe2 43.Re1 Qd2 44.Rcd1 Qb4 45.e4 dxe4 46.Kg2 Qf8 47.Kg1 a2 48.Ra1 b4 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.21"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.e3 Qc7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c4 11.Bf5 Bxf5 12.Qxf5 Nc6 13.O-O Rad8 14.Nd2 Rfe8 15.Rb1 Re6 16.f3 Rxe3 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe3 Nxc3 19.Rbe1 Nb5 20.a4 Nbxd4 21.Bxd4 Nxd4 22.Qxd5 h6 23.Qe5 Qc6 24.Rc1 c3 25.Qe3 Qc4 26.Kh1 c2 27.Rf2 Qxa4 28.Rd2 Rd6 29.Qd3 Rb6 30.h3 Rb4 31.Kh2 Qc6 32.Qe3 Qc4 33.Qe4 g6 34.Qe8+ Kh7 35.Qe7 a5 36.Qf6 Qe6 37.Qf4 Nb3 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.22"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. c4 O-O-O 13. Bc3 Qf4+ 14. Kb1 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nce4 16. Ne5 Nxf2 17. Rdf1 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.22"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rfd1 Bb7 12. a4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qa2 Qe7 15. Be5 Rfe8 16. e3 Rad8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Bd4 Nfe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Nd4 a4 22. Qa3 Bd5 23. Nb5 f5 24. Bf1 a6 25. Nc3 Bb3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rc1 Kf8 28. Nxa4 Nd3 29. Qxe7+ Kxe7 30. Ra1 Rc8 31. Ra3 Bxa4 32. Rxa4 Rc2 33. Bxd3 exd3 34. Rd4 d2 35. Kf1 Rxb2 36. Ke2 d1=Q+ 37. Kxd1 Rxf2 38. Ra4 Rxh2 39. Rxa6 Kf7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Ke1 Kg5 42. Ra4 Rg2 43. Kf1 Rxg3 44. Kf2 Rg4 45. Ra5 h5 46. Kf3 h4 47. Rb5 Ra4 48. Rb1 Ra2 49. Rh1 Kh5 50. Rb1 g5 51. Rb8 g4+ 52. Kf4 Rf2+ 53. Ke5 h3 54. Kf6 Kh4 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.22"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Donald Byrne"] [ECO "D97"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 Bg4 9.Be3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e5 11.d5 Nd4 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Nb5 Nb6 14.Qd3 Nxf3 15.gxf3 Qf6 16.Nxc7 Rac8 17.d6 Na8 18.Kb1 Nxc7 19.dxc7 Rxc7 20.Qd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 b6 22.Rc1 Rb7 23.a4 f5 24.Ka2 fxe4 25.fxe4 Bf6 26.Rdc6 Kg7 27.Rc7+ Rf7 28.Rxb7 Rxb7 29.Kb3 Bh4 30.Kb4 Rf7 31.Rc2 h6 32.Kb5 Bg5 33.Bxg5 hxg5 34.Kc6 Kf6 35.Kd6 Rf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.22"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Anthony Saidy"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.O-O-O b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 O-O-O 12.a3 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.f4 d5 15.e5 Nd7 16.f5 Nc5 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Kb1 g5 19.Qe2 Bg7 20.Qg4 Rhe8 21.h4 Qc7 22.hxg5 Kb8 23.gxh6 Bxe5 24.Nce2 Bh8 25.Ba2 Rc8 26.Rc1 e5 27.Nf3 d4 28.Red1 a5 29.Nh4 b4 30.axb4 axb4 31.b3 Re6 32.Rf1 Ra6 33.Rfd1 Ne4 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.22"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "William G Addison"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "113"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.a3 f5 9.d3 Bf6 10.Nd2 h5 11.f4 h4 12.gxh4 Bxh4 13.Nf3 Bf6 14.e4 exf4 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.Bxf4 g5 18.Bg3 g4 19.Nd2 Qd4+ 20.Bf2 Qf4 21.Nf1 Bd4 22.Re2 Kg7 23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Ne4 Qe5 25.Neg3 Bxf2+ 26.Rxf2 Bd7 27.Qd2 Rae8 28.Re1 Qd4 29.Qg5+ Kh7 30.Qh5+ Kg7 31.Qf7+ Kh6 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.Nf5+ Bxf5 34.Qxe8 Bg6 35.Qe3+ Qxe3 36.Nxe3 Bxd3 37.Rf6+ Kg5 38.Rxc6 Kf4 39.Rxc7 Kxe3 40.Rxa7 Nc4 41.b4 Be4 42.a4 Ne5 43.b5 Nf3+ 44.Kg2 Nd2+ 45.Kg3 Nf1+ 46.Kxg4 Nxh2+ 47.Kg5 Nf3+ 48.Kf6 Kd4 49.b6 Nd2 50.b7 Bxb7 51.Rxb7 Ne4+ 52.Ke7 Nc5 53.a5 Nxb7 54.a6 Na5 55.Kd6 Nc4+ 56.Kc6 Ne5+ 57.Kc7 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.22"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nf1 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Ne7 10.Ne3 c6 11.Ba4 Nh5 12.g3 Qc7 13.Qe2 a5 14.Bc2 a4 15.a3 Be6 16.d4 f6 17.dxe5 fxe5 18.Rd1 Nc8 19.Rd2 Qf7 20.Bd1 d5 21.exd5 cxd5 22.O-O Nd6 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Qxe5 Nc4 26.Qxd5 Nxd2 27.Qxd2 g5 28.g4 Rad8 29.Qc2 gxh4 30.gxh5 Kh8 31.f4 h3 32.Qf2 Qf5 33.Qf3 Rd3 34.Kh1 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.26"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "D96"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.Bf4 c6 8.e4 b5 9.Qd3 Qa5 10.Be2 b4 11.Nd1 c5 12.O-O Ba6 13.Qc2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Rc8 15.Qb1 Nh5 16.Nb3 Nxf4 17.Nxa5 Nxe2+ 18.Kh1 Rc1 19.Qxc1 Nxc1 20.Rxc1 Bxf1 21.Rc8+ Bf8 22.Ne3 Ba6 23.Rd8 e6 24.Ng4 Kg7 25.e5 Be7 26.Re8 Bg5 27.h4 Bxh4 28.g3 Bb5 29.Nf6 Bxe8 30.Nxe8+ Kf8 31.Nc7 Bd8 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.26"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "William G Addison"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "76"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Ne7 8. c3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. Bf4 d5 11. e5 c5 12. Qd3 Ng6 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Nbd2 Nf8 15. O-O Ne6 16. Rad1 g5 17. h3 h5 18. Rfe1 Qb6 19. Nf1 d4 20. N3d2 g4 21. h4 Qc6 22. Qe4 O-O-O 23. Qxc6+ Bxc6 24. c4 Kd7 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Ng7 28. Nd2 Nf5 29. Rf4 Ke6 30. Ne4 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rhb8 32. Ra2 Rb4 33. Nd2 Nxh4 34. Bxh4 Bxh4 35. Re4 Bg5 36. f4 gxf3 37. Nxf3 Be3+ 38. Kh2 Rxc4 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.26"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Kb1 a6 11. Nc1 Qc7 12. d5 Rb8 13. a4 e6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Nf4 Bf8 17. g4 Rd8 18. g5 Ne8 19. Be2 Ne5 20. Nfd5 Qc6 21. h4 Be6 22. h5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qc7 24. f4 Nd7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. f5 Bg7 27. f6 Ndxf6 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Bg5 Qe7 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Rdf1 Qg7 32. Rh3 Nc7 33. Rfh1 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qf4 b4 36. Nd1 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.26"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.e3 Nge7 7.Nge2 a6 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 d6 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Ne7 13.e4 b5 14.Rc1 b4 15.f4 Qb6 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.Ng1 f6 18.Bh3 Qb7 19.Rc2 Bxh3 20.Nxh3 Qd7 21.Kg2 h6 22.Rcf2 a5 23.Ng1 exf4 24.Rxf4 g5 25.R4f2 f5 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Nf3 Ng6 28.Qa1+ Kg8 29.Nd2 f4 30.Nc4 Rbe8 31.Qd1 Kh7 32.h3 Qe7 33.Qg4 Ne5 34.Nxe5 dxe5 35.gxf4 gxf4 36.Kh2 Qf7 37.Rg1 Rg8 38.Qf3 Rxg1 39.Kxg1 a4 40.bxa4 Ra8 41.Qd1 Rg8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.26"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Anthony Saidy"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "E80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "190"] 1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.e4 d6 5.f3 a6 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 b5 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nge2 O-O 10.O-O e5 11.Rfd1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 Bb7 15.Bf1 Qe7 16.Bh6 Rfd8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Qg5 Kh8 19.f4 Ned7 20.Re1 Re8 21.Rad1 Nh5 22.Nf3 f6 23.Qh4 Ng7 24.Bd3 Ne6 25.Bb1 Rad8 26.Qg3 Nef8 27.Ba2 Bc8 28.Nd4 Nb8 29.Nf5 Bxf5 30.exf5 Qa7+ 31.Kh1 d5 32.Bb1 Qg7 33.b4 Nbd7 34.Ne2 g5 35.Nd4 gxf4 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7 37.Nxc6 Rxe1+ 38.Rxe1 Ra8 39.Bd3 Rxa3 40.Bxb5 Ne5 41.Nd4 Ra2 42.Rb1 Kf7 43.Ne2 f3 44.gxf3 Nxf3 45.Rd1 Ke7 46.Rxd5 Rb2 47.Kg2 Nh4+ 48.Kg3 Rxb4 49.Bd3 Nd7 50.Rd4 Rxd4 51.Nxd4 Ne5 52.Bc4 Nhg6 53.fxg6 hxg6 54.Kf4 Kf8 55.Bb3 Kg7 56.Ne6+ Kh6 57.Bd1 Nd3+ 58.Ke3 Ne5 59.Ke4 Nf7 60.Kf4 Nd6 61.Bc2 Nf7 62.Nc7 Kh5 63.Kg3 Nd6 64.Nd5 f5 65.Bd1+ Kg5 66.Bf3 Nf7 67.Be2 Nd6 68.Bd3 Nf7 69.Nf4 Kf6 70.Kf2 g5 71.Nd5+ Ke5 72.Ne7 Nd6 73.Ke3 Kf6 74.Nc6 Nf7 75.Nd4 Nh6 76.Be2 Ke5 77.Nf3+ Kf6 78.Nd4 Ke5 79.Nc6+ Kf6 80.Bd1 Nf7 81.Nb4 Nd6 82.Bb3 Ne4 83.Bc2 Nd6 84.Bd3 Nf7 85.Be2 Ke5 86.Nd3+ Kf6 87.Kd4 Nd8 88.Bd1 Ne6+ 89.Ke3 g4 90.Kf2 Kg5 91.Ne5 Kh4 92.Bc2 Nd4 93.Bd1 Kh3 94.Ke3 Ne6 95.Bc2 Ng7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.26"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "7"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [Black "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.e3 Be7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.b3 Rb8 10.Bb2 b5 11.cxb5 cxb5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 b4 15.Qc2 Qa5 16.Rfd1 Rb5 17.e4 Nb6 18.Bc4 Rc5 19.a3 Nxc4 20.bxc4 b3 21.Qxb3 Bg4 22.f3 Be6 23.Bc3 Qc7 24.Bb4 Bxc4 25.Qc2 Rc6 26.Qd2 Bg5 27.Qxg5 Bxe2 28.Rdc1 Bxf3 29.Qe3 Bxe4 30.Rxc6 Bxc6 31.Rc1 h6 32.Qc5 Re6 33.Rd1 Qb7 34.Rd6 Bh1 35.Qc2 Be4 36.Qc5 Re8 37.Rd2 Qa6 38.Ba5 Kh7 39.Bc7 Qb7 40.Ba5 Qb1+ 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.28"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "129"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ne3 Bf8 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Ne7 16.d4 f6 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Nh4 g6 19.d6 Nf5 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Qf3 f4 23.a4 b4 24.Rd1 Ra7 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Qxc5 Rd7 27.Qxb4 Bxd6 28.Qe4 Bc5 29.Re1 Qb6 30.Qe2 Qb3 31.Bxf4 Ree7 32.Bg3 a5 33.Qb5 Qd5 34.b4 axb4 35.cxb4 Bd4 36.Qxd5 Rxd5 37.Rab1 Ra7 38.b5 Rd6 39.Rec1 Rxa4 40.Kf1 Rb6 41.Rc6 Rxc6 42.bxc6 Rc4 43.Rb8+ Kg7 44.Rc8 Kf7 45.Ke2 Ke6 46.Kd3 Rc3+ 47.Kd2 Kd6 48.Rd8+ Kc7 49.Rxd4 Rxg3 50.hxg3 exd4 51.Kd3 Kxc6 52.Kxd4 Kd6 53.Ke4 Ke6 54.g4 Kf7 55.Kf5 Kg7 56.g5 fxg5 57.Kxg5 Kf7 58.Kh6 Kg8 59.f4 Kh8 60.f5 Kg8 61.g4 Kh8 62.f6 Kg8 63.g5 Kh8 64.g6 Kg8 65.f7+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.28"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. d5 Bc8 14. Nbd2 g6 15. b4 Nb7 16. a4 Bd7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Re3 Qc8 20. Ra3 Qc7 21. Nb3 Nh5 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Qf1 Nf6 24. Bg5 Rb8 25. Ra7 Qd8 26. Qa1 Qe8 27. Qa6 Qc8 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qxf6 Qc3 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. bxc5 Be8 33. Bf1 Qxc5 34. Re7 b4 35. d6 Qb6 36. Bc4 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.28"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "A77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. f3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nc4 Qd7 14. a4 Nc7 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Bg5 Nh5 17. g4 Ng7 18. e5 Rxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bf6 Qd6 21. Ne4 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxe5 f5 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Bxf6 Kf7 26. Be5 Ne6 27. Rad1 Nd4 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Kf2 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rfe1 Kf7 33. Rd3 Rd6 34. f4 Rh6 35. h3 Rd6 36. Re5 Kf6 37. Re8 a6 38. Rh8 Kg6 39. Ra8 a5 40. Ra7 h6 41. Rg3+ Kh5 42. Rf7 Kh4 43. Rfg7 Kh5 44. Rd3 Kh4 45. Rh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.28"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "William G Addison"] [Black "Donald Byrne"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "92"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bg2 a6 7.a4 O-O 8.e4 e5 9.h4 Nbd7 10.Bh3 Rb8 11.Nf3 Nb6 12.Bxc8 Qxc8 13.b3 Na8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.a5 g5 17.Nh2 Bd8 18.h5 Nc7 19.Ng4 Kh7 20.Ne3 Ne8 21.g4 Bc7 22.Ra3 Qd8 23.Qa1 Ng7 24.Ke2 Qc8 25.Qa2 b6 26.axb6 Rxb6 27.Ra1 Qb7 28.Rxa6 Rxa6 29.Qxa6 Qxb3 30.Qa3 Qb8 31.Rb1 Qd8 32.Rb5 Qe7 33.Qa7 Rc8 34.Rb7 Qd8 35.Qa6 Kg8 36.Rb5 Bb8 37.Qb6 Qxb6 38.Rxb6 Rd8 39.f3 Kf8 40.Rb7 Kg8 41.Kd3 Kf8 42.Kc2 Kg8 43.Kb3 Kf8 44.Ka4 Kg8 45.Ka5 Kf8 46.Ka6 Ke8 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.28"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 c6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bd2 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qe2 Bb4 10.O-O-O Nd5 11.Bxd5 Bxc3 12.Bxc6+ Nxc6 13.Bxc3 Qxa2 14.d5 O-O-O 15.b3 exd5 16.Rhe1 Rd6 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Re6 20.Ra4 Qxa4 21.bxa4 Rxe2 22.Rxe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.28"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Anthony Saidy"] [ECO "A61"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne8 11.a4 Qe7 12.Re1 Nc7 13.Nc4 b6 14.Bf4 Ne5 15.Na3 a6 16.Bg3 g5 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Rab1 Rab8 19.Nc2 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Ra1 Bg6 22.Ne3 Qf6 23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.Bxg4 Rbe8 25.Bd7 Rd8 26.Bc6 Rf7 27.h3 Bf5 28.Re2 Re7 29.Rae1 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Bf8 31.Ne4 Bxe4 32.Qxe4 Qg6 33.Qe3 b5 34.a5 b4 35.h4 gxh4 36.Bxh4 Rb8 37.Qh3 Qg7 38.Re3 Kh8 39.Qf5 Qg6 40.Bf6+ Bg7 41.Qxg6 hxg6 42.Bxg7+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.29"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "91"] 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O Rb8 8. Nbd2 d6 9. a4 O-O 10. c3 a6 11. g4 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nh4 b4 14. c4 Nd4 15. g5 Bd7 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Rb1 Ra8 20. Be3 Ra2 21. Qd2 Re8 22. Qf2 Bc6 23. d4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Ba8 26. Ra1 e5 27. Qd2 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 exf4 29. b3 Nc6 30. Qxf4 Nd4 31. Qe3 Nc2 32. Qa7 Qxa7 33. Rxa7 Nd4 34. Rd7 Nxb3 35. Rxd6 Nc5 36. Rb6 b3 37. Kg1 Bxe4 38. Nf3 Ra8 39. Rb5 b2 40. Rxb2 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Nd3+ 42. Ke3 Nxb2 43. Kxe4 Nxc4 44. Kf4 Ra2 45. Kg3 Ne3 46. Bh3 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.29"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "E55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "99"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Ra5 Rac8 17. c4 Nbd7 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Ra8 21. c5 Rad8 22. Ba4 Re7 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bc2 Nxc5 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qe3 Ncd7 27. Qd3 Qb6 28. Bc1 h6 29. Be3 Qb7 30. f3 Nb8 31. Ra2 Rd7 32. Qa3 Kh7 33. Kh2 Qc7 34. Bd3 Nh5 35. Rc2 Qd8 36. Bf1 Rd1 37. Rc1 Rd6 38. Qa2 Qf6 39. Rc7 Nd7 40. Ra7 Nf4 41. Qc2 h5 42. Qc8 Rd1 43. Bxb5 Qg5 44. g3 axb5 45. Rxd7 Re1 46. Rxf7 Rxe3 47. h4 Re2+ 48. Kh1 Qxg3 49. Qg8+ Kxg8 50. Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.29"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "C04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "58"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.g3 f6 7.Qe2 Nb4 8.Nb3 b6 9.Bh3 Ba6 10.Qd1 Qe7 11.a3 Nc6 12.Bf4 O-O-O 13.Qd2 Qf7 14.Qc3 Kb7 15.exf6 gxf6 16.O-O-O Bd6 17.Bxd6 cxd6 18.Rhe1 Rhe8 19.Nh4 f5 20.Qe3 Nf6 21.f3 Bb5 22.Kb1 a5 23.Nc1 Nh5 24.Na2 f4 25.Qf2 Ba6 26.Nc3 Ng7 27.Bf1 Bxf1 28.Qxf1 fxg3 29.hxg3 Nh5 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.29"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Anthony Saidy"] [Black "William G Addison"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "97"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nge7 9.Nxe6 fxe6 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd2 Rb8 12.Rb1 a6 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.Rfd1 Nd8 15.Be1 b5 16.h4 Nf7 17.Ne4 Ne5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.h5 gxh5 20.Qxh5 Nd5 21.Ng5 Nf6 22.Qe2 Nf7 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Ng5 25.Bg2 Qe7 26.f4 Nf7 27.Be4 d5 28.Bc2 Nd6 29.Bb4 Rf7 30.Kg2 Bf6 31.Rh1 Kh8 32.Rh3 Rg8 33.Rbh1 Rgg7 34.Bxd6 Qxd6 35.Qxb5 c6 36.Qa6 Bd8 37.Qd3 Qd7 38.b4 Bc7 39.Qd4 Kg8 40.a4 e5 41.fxe5 Re7 42.Rh5 Qe8 43.Qh4 Qf7 44.Bxh7+ Rxh7 45.Rxh7 Qxh7 46.Qg4+ Qg7 47.Qc8+ Bd8 48.Qxd8+ Kf7 49.Rf1+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.29"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd7 10.e3 e5 11.dxe5 Ndxe5 12.Be2 Nd7 13.Bd2 Nc5 14.Qc2 a5 15.Nd5 Ne7 16.Nf4 Qd7 17.Bc3 Qf5 18.Qxf5 Nxf5 19.Bxg7 Nxg7 20.Nd5 Nge6 21.Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.29"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "102"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nd7 7.O-O c5 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nd2 Nb6 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Be6 14.Ne2 Bg4 15.Nf3 Bxf4 16.Nxf4 Qd6 17.Qd2 Bxf3 18.gxf3 f5 19.Kh1 Qh6 20.Rf2 Rae8 21.Rg1 Rf7 22.Qe3 fxe4 23.fxe4 Nd5 24.Rxg7+ Qxg7 25.Nxd5 Rxf2 26.Qxf2 Rf8 27.Qg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Rf7 29.h3 Kf8 30.h4 c6 31.Ne3 Ke7 32.Nf5+ Ke6 33.Kg3 Rf6 34.Kg4 Rg6+ 35.Kf4 Rg2 36.Ne3 Rh2 37.Kg3 Rh1 38.b3 b5 39.Kg4 Re1 40.Kf4 Ra1 41.Kg5 Rxa2 42.Kh6 Ra1 43.Kxh7 Rh1 44.Nf5 a5 45.d4 a4 46.bxa4 bxa4 47.dxc5 a3 48.Nd4+ Kf7 49.Kh6 Rxh4+ 50.Kg5 Rxe4 51.Nf5 Re5 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.30"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "41"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd4 13. Qf2 Ne8 14. O-O Nd6 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qg4 c6 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rf6 Kg8 20. e5 h6 21. Ne2 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.30"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Arthur Bisguier"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "68"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc2 Na6 8.a3 Nc7 9.e3 Ne6 10.Bh4 a5 11.Bd3 g6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rab1 Ng7 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Bf5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.b5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Ra3 19.bxc6 bxc6 20.Qc2 Qa5 21.Rfc1 Ne6 22.Rb3 Rxb3 23.Qxb3 Ra8 24.Rb1 Kg7 25.h3 Rd8 26.Ne2 c5 27.dxc5 Qxc5 28.Rc1 Qa5 29.Rd1 h5 30.g3 Nc5 31.Qc2 Ne6 32.Qc6 d4 33.exd4 Nxd4 34.Nfxd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.30"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "William G Addison"] [Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. d3 Rb8 7. Bd2 b5 8. Qc1 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 bxc4 11. dxc4 Nf6 12. Bh6 O-O 13. b3 a5 14. Rd1 Nb4 15. e4 Qc8 16. Kh2 Bc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 Na6 19. Qc2 Qb7 20. Nd2 e6 21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Nf1 Nc7 23. Ne3 e5 24. Ncd5 Ne6 25. Qd2 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Nd4 27. Qxa5 Ra8 28. Qd2 Rxa3 29. b4 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Qe7 31. Rdb1 Rc8 32. Rb7 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34. Nf5+ Nxf5 35. exf5 Rc3 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Rb5 Rc2 38. Qe3 Ra2 39. Rb6 Ra3 40. Qxa3 Qxb6 41. Qa2 Qd4 42. Kg1 e4 43. Qa3 Qxd5 44. Qc3 Qd1+ 45. Bf1 d5 46. Qe5 Qd2 47. g4 g5 48. Bg2 d4 49. h4 Qc1+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Qxf4 gxf4 52. g5 Ng4+ 53. Kg1 f3 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.30"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Anthony Saidy"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.d3 d5 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.e3 O-O 8.O-O Ng4 9.Re1 d4 10.Nf1 dxe3 11.Nxe3 Nxe3 12.Rxe3 c4 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.fxe5 cxd3 15.Qxd3 Qb6 16.Kh1 Rd8 17.Qe2 Be6 18.c3 Rd7 19.Re4 Bd5 20.Rb4 Bxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Qc6+ 22.Kg1 Qc5+ 23.Be3 Qxe5 24.Qf2 Qa5 25.a4 e5 26.g4 f6 27.h4 Qa6 28.h5 Rad8 29.hxg6 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Kh2 hxg6 32.Bxa7 Bh6 33.Rb6 Bf4+ 34.Kg2 Qxa7 35.Qc5 Rd2+ 36.Kf1 Rd8 37.Qc4+ Kh8 38.Qe6 Rf8 39.Qe7 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.30"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "77"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bf5 8.Bxf5 gxf5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qb3 Qd7 11.Re1 Na6 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4 f6 14.Bf4 Rf7 15.Bg3 Bh6 16.Nc3 e6 17.Re2 Re8 18.Rae1 Bf8 19.Nh4 Bb4 20.a3 Ba5 21.Nf5 Rff8 22.Nd6 Re7 23.Nc4 Bxc3 24.bxc3 b5 25.Nd2 Kh8 26.c4 bxc4 27.Qxc4 Nac7 28.Ne4 Nb6 29.Qc1 Nb5 30.Nc5 Qd5 31.Qh6 Ref7 32.Nxe6 Nxd4 33.Nxd4 Qxd4 34.Re7 Qd5 35.Rxa7 Qg5 36.Qxg5 fxg5 37.Ra6 Nc4 38.Rc1 Re8 39.h3 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1963.12.30"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [ECO "B75"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Rc8 10.Kb1 O-O 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.Bb3 Kh8 14.h4 Na5 15.Qd3 Nh5 16.Ne2 b5 17.Bd4 e5 18.Bc3 Nxb3 19.cxb3 h6 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Bd2 Rcd8 22.Ba5 Rd7 23.Rhd1 Bf6 24.Be1 e6 25.Qc2 Be7 26.Qc6 Ng7 27.Qxb7 Rxb7 28.a3 Kg8 29.Rc6 Kf7 30.Ra6 Ra8 31.f4 exf4 32.Nxf4 Rc8 33.g3 g5 34.hxg5 hxg5 35.Nd3 Rh8 36.g4 Rh3 37.Bf2 Rh2 38.Rxa7 Rxa7 39.Bxa7 Rg2 40.Nf2 Ne8 41.a4 bxa4 42.bxa4 Bd8 43.e5 Bc7 44.exd6 Bxd6 45.a5 Be7 46.Bb6 Nd6 47.a6 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1964.01.01"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Anthony Saidy"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "112"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. O-O a6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rac8 17. Bd1 Bc2 18. Be3 Bxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nd7 24. Kf1 Nf8 25. Ke2 Ne6 26. Kd3 h5 27. Be3 Kh7 28. f3 Kg6 29. a4 Kf5 30. Ke2 g5 31. Kf2 Nd8 32. Bd2 Kg6 33. Ke3 Ne6 34. Kd3 Kf5 35. Be3 f6 36. Ke2 Kg6 37. Kd3 f5 38. Ke2 f4 39. Bf2 Ng7 40. h3 Nf5 41. Kd3 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Nh6 44. Be1 Nxg4 45. Bd2 Kf5 46. Be1 Nf6 47. Bh4 Ne4 48. Be1 Kg4 49. Ke2 Ng3+ 50. Kd3 Nf5 51. Bf2 Nh4 52. a5 Nxg2 53. Kc3 Kf3 54. Bg1 Ke2 55. Bh2 f3 56. Bg3 Ne3 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1964.01.01"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Melvyn Evans"] [Black "Donald Byrne"] [ECO "D70"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O a5 10. h4 e6 11. h5 a4 12. g4 a3 13. b3 Qe7 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Qh2 Bh8 16. f4 Rf7 17. Nf3 Qb4 18. Kc2 Ra5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Ng5 Rg7 21. Nce4 Nd5 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Nxh7+ Rxh7 25. Qxh7 Qxh7 26. Rxh7 Bg7 27. Bg2 Nb4+ 28. Kb1 Kg8 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Rh3 Nc3+ 31. Kc2 Nxd1 32. Kxd1 Bf8 33. Bd2 Bd7 34. b4 b5 35. Rxa3 Bc6 36. Ke2 Bd5 37. Ra7 c6 38. a3 Bg7 39. Be1 Bh6 40. Ke3 Bb3 41. Bh4 Bd5 42. Bf6 Bf8 43. Kf2 Bh6 44. Kg3 Bf8 45. Rc7 Be4 46. Kh4 Bd5 47. f5 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1964.01.01"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Robert Henry Steinmeyer"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [ECO "D80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "96"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 a5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. a3 Na6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Re1 Qd7 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bb2 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. bxa4 c5 21. Nb5 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 c4 23. Rec1 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Bf3 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Bb7 27. Qd4 Qc8 28. Qf4 e6 29. Qf6 Rd2 30. Bf1 Qc6 31. f3 Nb8 32. Qf4 Nd7 33. Re1 e5 34. Qe4 Qb6 35. Qc4 Bxf3 36. Qc3 Ra2 37. Qb3 Rd2 38. Qc3 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rc5 40. Qb3 Qf6 41. e4 g5 42. Qd3 Nb6 43. Bb3 Rc8 44. Qd6 Rc6 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qb7 Nc4 47. Nc7 Qd8 48. Nd5 Rb6 0-1 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1964.01.01"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2408"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "113"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bd2 Nhf6 10. Rc1 a5 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. Bd2 Kh8 14. Be1 Bd6 15. Nc3 g5 16. e3 Qf6 17. Qe2 Qh6 18. h4 gxh4 19. Nxh4 Be7 20. Nf3 Nhf6 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Ne2 Ng5 23. Nf4 Nf6 24. Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Kf1 Bd6 26. Ke2 Ne4 27. Kd1 Qg7 28. Kc2 Bd7 29. c5 Bc7 30. Qe2 e5 31. dxe5 Bxe5 32. Nd3 Bf6 33. Rab1 a4 34. Bb4 Rae8 35. Nf4 Be5 36. Nh5 Qg4 37. Bf3 Qg5 38. Rd1 Be6 39. Nf4 Bf7 40. Rbc1 Rd8 41. Kb1 Rfe8 42. Bxe4 dxe4 43. Bc3 Bxc3 44. Rxc3 Qg8 45. Ra3 Bc4 46. Qe1 Rxd1+ 47. Qxd1 Rd8 48. Qe1 Bd3+ 49. Rxd3 Rxd3 50. Nxd3 exd3 51. Qc3+ Qg7 52. Kc1 Qxc3+ 53. bxc3 Kg7 54. Kd2 Kf6 55. Kxd3 Ke5 56. c4 h5 57. f4+ 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1964.01.01"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Raymond Allen Weinstein"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "E99"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "2434"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. g4 h5 12. g5 h4 13. Nd3 f4 14. Kh1 Kf7 15. Bd2 Rh8 16. Rg1 Ng8 17. b4 Rh5 18. c5 Nf8 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qe7 22. Qd2 Nh7 23. Be3 h3 24. Bd3 Kf8 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. Rg3 Ne7 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Rc7 Ke8 29. Rxb7 Be5 30. f4 Bg7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Bxa7 Nf8 33. b5 Bc8 34. Bb8 Bb7 35. Bxd6 Nf5 36. Bxf8 Bxf8 37. Rf3 Nd6 38. Nd4 Bc8 39. Qc3 Bb7 40. Ne6 Rh7 41. b6 1-0 [Event "US Championship 1963/64"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1964.01.01"] [EventDate "1963.??.??"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Arthur Bisguier"] [Black "William G Addison"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2237"] [BlackElo "2490"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 a5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 f5 11. Qc1 Nd5 12. Bg5 Ndb4 13. Nb5 Bd5 14. Qc3 Bxf3 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxf3 O-O 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Rac1 Rfe8 19. Bg2 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rd7 21. Bh3 g6 22. Bg2 Red8 23. Re1 h5 24. Qc5 Qf7 25. Qe3 Kh7 26. Qg5 Rb8 27. Rc5 Qb3 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Rec1 Rff7 30. R1c4 Nd4 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Re5 Rd6 33. Re7 Rd7 34. Re6 Rg7 35. Bxh5 1-0


    Return to the main page
    Return to the US Championship main page