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21st US Championship and World Championship Zonal; 1972
April 23 - May 15
New York, NY
Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. GM Byrne, Robert 2512 x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 9 - 4 +5- 0= 8
2. GM Kavalek, Lubomir 2560 ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9 - 4 +5- 0= 8
3. GM Reshevsky, Sammy 2544 0 0 x ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9 - 4 +7- 2= 4
4. GM Evans, Larry 2548 ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½- 4½ +5- 1= 7
5. GM Benko, Pal 2513 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8 - 5 +3- 0=10
6. deFotis, Greg 2392 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½- 5½ +3- 1= 9
7. GM Lombardy, William 2538 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 7½- 5½ +5- 3= 5
8. IM Mednis, Edmar 2443 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ x ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7 - 6 +4- 3= 6
9. GM Bisguier, Arthur 2386 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6½- 6½ +3- 3= 7
10. Martz, William 2394 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ x ½ 1 1 1 6½- 6½ +3- 3= 7
11. Kaufman, Larry 2404 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x 1 1 1 5 - 8 +3- 6= 4
12. Feuerstein, Arthur 2427 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 x 1 ½ 3 -10 +1- 8= 4
13. IM Horowitz, I.A. 2431 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 x 1 2½-10½ +2-10= 1
14. Popovych, Orest 2442 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 x 2 -11 +0- 9= 4
AVERAGE RATING: 2467
ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
1. GM Byrne 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ +5
2. GM Kavalek 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ +5
3. GM Reshevsky 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ +5
4. GM Evans 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 +4
5. GM Benko ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ +3
6. deFotis ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ +2
7. GM Lombardy 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 +2
8. IM Mednis 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ +1
9. GM Bisguier 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 =
10. Martz ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ =
11. Kaufman ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ -3
12. Feuerstein 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 -7
13. IM Horowitz 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 -8
14. Popovych 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 -9
FIRST PLACE PLAYOFF (February, 1973)
1 2 3 Score
1. Byrne xx 1½ ½1 3-1
2. Reshevsky 0½ xx ½1 2-2
3. Kavalek ½0 ½0 xx 1-3
Round by Round
1 2 3 4 5 6
Byrne - ½ 1 - 1 ½ 3-1
Reshevsky ½ - 0 1 - ½ 2-2
Kavalek ½ ½ - 0 0 - 1-3
ROUND 1, (4/23/72) 1-0 Reshevsky vs Bisguier Draw Kaufman vs Martz 0-1 Feuerstein vs Evans 0-1 Horowitz vs Kavalek 0-1 Popovych vs Lombardy 1-0 Byrne vs Mednis Draw Benko vs DeFotis ROUND 2, (4/24/72) Draw Martz vs Byrne Draw Evans vs Reshevsky Draw Kavalek vs DeFotis Draw Mednis vs Benko Draw Bisguier vs Kaufman 1-0 Lombardy vs Feuerstein 1-0 Horowitz vs Popovych ROUND 3, (4/26/72) Draw Benko vs Martz 0-1 Popovych vs Kavalek 1-0 Feuerstein vs Horowitz Draw Kaufman vs Evans Draw Byrne vs Bisguier 0-1 DeFotis vs Mednis 1-0 Reshevsky vs Lombardy ROUND 4, (4/27/72) Draw Bisguier vs Benko Draw Martz vs DeFotis Draw Evans vs Byrne 0-1 Horowitz vs Reshevsky 1-0 Kavalek vs Mednis 1-0 Lombardy vs Kaufman Draw Popovych vs Feuerstein ROUND 5, (4/30/72) 1-0 DeFotis vs Bisguier 1-0 Mednis vs Martz Draw Benko vs Evans Draw Feuerstein vs Kavalek 1-0 Reshevsky vs Popovych 1-0 Kaufman vs Horowitz Draw Byrne vs Lombardy ROUND 6, (5/1/72) Draw Bisguier vs Mednis Draw Kavalek vs Martz 0-1 Feuerstein vs Reshevsky Draw Evans vs DeFotis Draw Lombardy vs Benko 0-1 Horowitz vs Byrne 0-1 Popovych vs Kaufman ROUND 7, (5/3/72) Draw Martz vs Bisguier 0-1 Reshevsky vs Kavalek 1-0 Kaufman vs Feuerstein Draw Byrne vs Popovych 1-0 Benko vs Horowitz Draw DeFotis vs Lombardy Draw Mednis vs Evans ROUND 8, (5/4/72) Draw Kavalek vs Bisguier 1-0 Evans vs Martz 0-1 Feuerstein vs Byrne 0-1 Horowitz vs DeFotis Draw Lombardy vs Mednis 0-1 Popovych vs Benko 1-0 Reshevsky vs Kaufman ROUND 9, (5/7/72) 1-0 Bisguier vs Evans 0-1 Martz vs Lombardy 1-0 Byrne vs Reshevsky Draw Benko vs Feuerstein 0-1 Kaufman vs Kavalek Draw DeFotis vs Popovych Draw Mednis vs Horowitz ROUND 10, (5/8/72) 0-1 Horowitz vs Martz Draw Reshevsky vs Benko Draw Kavalek vs Evans 1-0 Lombardy vs Bisguier 0-1 Popovych vs Mednis Draw Feuerstein vs DeFotis 0-1 Kaufman vs Byrne ROUND 11, (5/10/72) 1-0 Martz vs Popovych 1-0 Evans vs Lombardy Draw Byrne vs Kavalek 1-0 Benko vs Kaufman Draw DeFotis vs Reshevsky 1-0 Mednis vs Feuerstein 1-0 Bisguier vs Horowitz ROUND 12, (5/11/72) 0-1 Feuerstein vs Martz Draw Byrne vs Benko 1-0 Reshevsky vs Mednis Draw Kavalek vs Lombardy 0-1 Horowitz vs Evans Draw Popovych vs Bisguier 0-1 Kaufman vs DeFotis ROUND 13, (5/13/72) Draw Martz vs Reshevsky 0-1 Lombardy vs Horowitz Draw Benko vs Kavalek Draw DeFotis vs Byrne Draw Mednis vs Kaufman 1-0 Bisguier vs Feuerstein 1-0 Evans vs Popovych
The playoff was necessary, since there was a three-way tie for first, but only two spots in the Interzonal were available. Byrne and Reshevsky, as the top two finishers in the playoff, played in the 1973 Interzonals.