25th US Championship; 1977
September 25 - October 14
Mentor, OH

        Rtng  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 1. GM Browne, Walter       2547  x 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1  9 - 4    +6-1=6
 2. GM Byrne, Robert        2567  0 x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1  8½- 4½   +5-1=7
 3. GM Reshevsky, Sammy     2459  ½ ½ x 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1  7½- 5½   +4-2=7
 4. IM Grefe, John          2448  0 0 1 x ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1  7½- 5½   +5-3=5
 5. GM Lein, Anatol         2552  ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1  7 - 6    +2-1=10
 6. IM Zuckerman, Bernard   2452  ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½  7 - 6    +2-1=10
 7. IM Tarjan, James        2533  1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½  6½- 6½   +2-2=9
 8. GM Christiansen, Larry  2468  0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ x 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0  6 - 7    +3-4=6
 9. IM Matera, Sal          2438  ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x 0 1 1 ½ ½  6 - 7    +2-3=8
10. IM Ghizdavu, Dimitru    2348  ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 x 0 ½ 1 ½  5½- 7½   +2-4=7
11. Peters, John            2404  ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 x 0 ½ ½  5½- 7½   +1-3=9
12. GM Shamkovich, Leonid   2501  0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 x 0 1  5½- 7½   +3-5=5
13. IM Soltis, Andrew       2423  0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 x 0  5 - 8    +2-5=6
14.    Fedorowicz, John     2359  0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 x  4½- 8½   +2-6=5


AVERAGE RATING:  2464


ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS
               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
 1. GM Browne        1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1   +5
 2. GM Byrne         0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½   +4
 3. GM Reshevsky     0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½   +2
 4. IM Grefe         1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½   +2
 5. GM Lein          ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½   +1
 6. IM Zuckerman     ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½   +1
 7. IM Tarjan        1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½    =
 8. GM Christiansen  1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0   -1
 9. IM Matera        0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½   -1
10. IM Ghizdavu      0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½   -2
11.    Peters        1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½   -2
12. GM Shamkovich    ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ½ ½   -2
13. IM Soltis        0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½   -3
14.    Fedorowicz    ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½   -4

ROUND 1
1-0	Christiansen-Matera
Draw	Lein-Shamkovich
1-0	Tarjan-Soltis
1-0	Browne-Byrne
1-0	Peters-Ghizdavu
Draw	Zuckerman-Fedorowicz
0-1	Reshevsky-Grefe

ROUND 2
Draw	Soltis-Christiansen
1-0	Shamkovich-Peters
Draw	Ghizdavu-Tarjan
1-0	Browne-Grefe
Draw	Byrne-Lein
Draw	Matera-Zuckerman
1-0	Reshevsky-Fedorowicz

ROUND 3
Draw	Browne-Matera
1-0	Lein-Fedorowicz
Draw	Christiansen-Grefe
Draw	Shamkovich-Ghizdavu
Draw	Tarjan-Zuckerman
1-0	Byrne-Soltis
Draw	Peters-Reshevsky

ROUND 4
Draw	Fedorowicz-Peters
Draw	Zuckerman-Christiansen
Draw	Grefe-Shamkovich
Draw	Ghizdavu-Byrne
Draw	Matera-Lein
0-1	Soltis-Browne
1-0	Reshevsky-Tarjan

ROUND 5
0-1	Shamkovich-Browne
1-0	Fedorowicz-Christiansen
Draw	Matera-Tarjan
0-1	Grefe-Byrne
Draw	Ghizdavu-Lein
Draw	Soltis-Peters
Draw	Reshevsky-Zuckerman

ROUND 6
1-0	Tarjan-Browne
1-0	Fedorowicz-Soltis
Draw	Christiansen-Byrne
1-0	Zuckerman-Shamkovich
Draw	Grefe-Matera
Draw	Peters-Lein
Draw	Reshevsky-Ghizdavu

ROUND 7
Draw	Browne-Peters
Draw	Matera-Fedorowicz
1-0	Shamkovich-Christiansen
Draw	Byrne-Tarjan
Draw	Lein-Grefe
Draw	Soltis-Reshevsky
0-1	Ghizdavu-Zuckerman

ROUND 8
Draw	Zuckerman-Browne
0-1	Fedorowicz-Shamkovich
0-1	Christiansen-Lein
Draw	Tarjan-Peters
0-1	Grefe-Soltis
0-1	Matera-Ghizdavu
Draw	Reshevsky-Byrne

ROUND 9
Draw	Browne-Ghizdavu
Draw	Tarjan-Fedorowicz
1-0	Byrne-Shamkovich
Draw	Lein-Soltis
0-1	Peters-Matera
0-1	Zuckerman-Grefe
1-0	Christiansen-Reshevsky

ROUND 10/B>
0-1	Fedorowicz-Browne
1-0	Soltis-Shamkovich
1-0	Grefe-Ghizdavu
Draw	Matera-Byrne
Draw	Zuckerman-Peters
1-0	Reshevsky-Lein
Draw	Christiansen-Tarjan

ROUND 11
1-0	Byrne-Fedorowicz
Draw	Peters-Christiansen
0-1	Shamkovich-Matera
0-1	Tarjan-Grefe
1-0	Ghizdavu-Soltis
Draw	Lein-Zuckerman
Draw	Browne-Reshevsky

ROUND 12
Draw	Lein-Browne
1-0	Grefe-Fedorowicz
1-0	Christiansen-Ghizdavu
Draw	Tarjan-Shamkovich
0-1	Peters-Byrne
Draw	Zuckerman-Soltis
1-0	Reshevsky-Matera

ROUND 13
Draw	Ghizdavu-Fedorowicz
1-0	Browne-Christiansen
Draw	Shamkovich-Reshevsky
Draw	Lein-Tarjan
Draw	Byrne-Zuckerman
Draw	Peters-Grefe
Draw	Soltis-Matera