26th US Championship and World Championship Zonal; 1978
June 4-26
Pasadena, CA

                            Rtng  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
 1. GM Kavalek, Lubomir     2576  x 0 ˝ 1 1 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 1  10 - 4
 2. IM Tarjan, James        2548  1 x 1 ˝ 1 0 ˝ 0 1 ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝   9 - 5
 3. GM Shamkovich, Leonid   2489  ˝ 0 x 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 1 1 ˝ 1 1 0   8 - 6
 4. IM Mednis, Edmar        2490  0 ˝ 0 x ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 1 ˝   8 - 6
 5. GM Byrne, Robert        2553  0 0 ˝ ˝ x ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1   7˝- 6˝
 6. IM Lein, Anatol         2529  0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ x ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 1   7˝- 6˝
 7. IM Weinstein, Norman    2482  ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ x ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝   7˝- 6˝
 8. GM Rogoff, Ken          2519  0 1 ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ x 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝   7 - 7
 9. GM Lombardy, William    2551  ˝ 0 1 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 x ˝ 1 ˝ 0 ˝ 1   6˝- 7˝
10. GM Benko, Pal           2514  ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ x ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝   6˝- 7˝
11. IM Soltis, Andrew       2502  0 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ x 1 1 ˝ ˝   6 - 8
12. IM Zuckerman, Bernard   2483  ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 x ˝ ˝ ˝   6 - 8
13. GM Christiansen, Larry  2526  ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 0 1 0 0 ˝ x 1 1   5˝- 8˝
14. IM Commons, Kim         2521  0 ˝ 0 0 0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 x ˝   5 - 9
15.    Regan, Ken           2363  0 ˝ 1 ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ x   5 - 9

AVERAGE RATING:  2498

ROUND BY ROUND RESULTS

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
 1. GM Kavalek       1 1 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ 1 1 B   +6
 2. IM Tarjan        ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 1 1 0 ˝ ˝ B 1 1 1 1 ˝   +4
 3. GM Shamkovich    0 1 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 0 B 1 1 0   +2
 4. IM Mednis        ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ B ˝ 1 ˝ 0 ˝ 1 1 ˝   +2
 5. GM Byrne         0 B 1 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝   +1
 6. IM Lein          ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 0 B 0 ˝   +1
 7. IM Weinstein     ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ B ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝   +1
 8. GM Rogoff        ˝ 0 0 B ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝    =
 9. GM Lombardy      1 0 ˝ 1 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 1   -1	
10. GM Benko         ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ B ˝ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝   -1
11. IM Soltis        0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 0 0 B 1   -2
12. IM Zuckerman     ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ B ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝   -2
13. GM Christiansen  B 1 1 ˝ 0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 0 0 0   -3
14. IM Commons       ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ B 1 0 0 ˝   -4
15.    Regan         1 ˝ 0 0 B ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝   -4




ROUND 1
1-0	Lombardy—Soltis
0-1	Browne—Christiansen (forfeit)
1-0	Regan—Shamkovich
Draw	Mednis—Tarjan
Draw	Weinstein—Benko
Draw	Commons—Zuckerman
Draw	Lein-Rogoff
1-0	Kavalek—Byrne

ROUND 2
Draw	Zuckerman—Lein
1-0	Christiansen-Lombardy
Draw	Tarjan—Weinstein
Draw	Benko—Commons
1-0	Shamkovich—Mednis
Draw	Soltis—Regan
0-1	Rogoff—Kavalek
BYE	Byrne

ROUND 3
1-0	Byrne-Rogoff
0-1	Regan—Christiansen
Draw	Kavalek—Zuckerman
Draw	Weinstein-Shamkovich
Draw	Commons-Tarjan
1-0	Lein—Benko
Draw	Mednis—Soltis 
BYE	Lombardy

ROUND 4
Draw	Zuckerman—Byrne
Draw	Soltis—Weinstein
1-0	Shamkovich—Commons
1-0	Lombardy—Regan
Draw	Benko—Kavalek
Draw	Christiansen—Mednis
0-1	Tarjan—Lein
BYE	Rogoff

ROUND 5
1-0	Weinstein—Christiansen
Draw	Byrne—Benko
Draw	Commons—Soltis
Draw	Lein—Shamkovich
Draw	Rogoff—Zuckerman
1-0	Mednis—Lombardy
0-1	Kavalek—Tarjan
BYE	Regan

ROUND 6
1-0	Christiansen—Commons 
Draw	Shamnkovich-Kavalek 
Draw	Lombardy—Weinstein
1-0	Tarjan—Byrne
Draw	Benko—Rogoff
Draw	Regan—Mednis 
Draw	Soltis—Lein
BYE	Zuckerman

ROUND 7
Draw	Lein-Christiansen
Draw	Commons-Lombardy
Draw	Zuckerman-Benko
Draw	Byrne-Shamkovich
Draw	Weinstein-Regan
1-0	Rogoff-Tarjan
1-0	Kavalek-Soltis
BYE	Mednis


ROUND 8
Draw	Christiansen-Kavalek
Draw	Tarjan-Zuckerman
Draw	Mednis-Weinstein
Draw	Lombardy-Lein
Draw	Shamkovich-Rogoff
Draw	Regan-Commons
Draw	Soltis-Byrne
BYE	Benko


ROUND 9
0-1	Commons-Mednis
1-0	Lein-Regan
Draw	Kavalek-Lombardy
Draw	Byrne-Christiansen
Draw	Rogoff-Soltis
Draw	Zuckerman-Shamkovich
Draw	Benko-Tarjan
BYE	Weinstein

ROUND 10
Draw	Lombardy-Byrne
Draw	Mednis-Lein
Draw	Weinstein-Commons
0-1	Christiansen-Rogoff
1-0	Shamkovich-Benko
0-1	Regan-Kavalek
1-0	Soltis-Zuckerman
BYE	Tarjan

ROUND 11
1-0	Tarjan-Shamkovich
Draw	Benko-Soltis
1-0	Kavalek-Mednis
Draw	Lein-Weinstein
Draw	Zuckerman-Christiansen
1-0	Byrne-Regan
1-0	Rogoff-Lombardy
BYE	Commons

ROUND 12
Draw	Regan-Rogoff
Draw	Mednis-Byrne
Draw	Weinstein-Kavalek
0-1	Soltis-Tarjan
0-1	Christiansen-Benko
Draw	Lombardy-Zuckerman
1-0	Commons-Lein
BYE	Shamkovich

ROUND 13
1-0	Kavalek-Commons
Draw	Byrne-Weinstein
0-1	Rogoff-Mednis
Draw	Zuckerman-Regan
Draw	Benko-Lombardy
1-0	Tarjan-Christiansen
1-0	Shamkovich-Soltis
BYE	Lein

ROUND 14
0-1	Christiansen-Shamkovich
0-1	Lombardy-Tarjan
Draw	Regan-Benko
1-0	Mednis-Zuckerman
Draw	Weinstein-Rogoff
0-1	Commons-Byrne
0-1	Lein-Kavalek
BYE	Soltis

ROUND 15
Draw	Byrne-Lein
Draw	Rogoff-Commons
Draw	Zuckerman-Weinstein
Draw	Benko-Mednis
Draw	Tarjan-Regan
0-1	Shamkovich-Lombardy
1-0	Soltis-Christiansen
BYE	Kavalek

  • As a result of this tournament, Lubomir Kavalek and James Tarjan qualified for the 1979 Interzonals.

  • Leonid Shamkovich and Edmar Mednis tied for the 3rd Interzonal spot, and had a playoff which Shamkovich won.

  • However, Kavalek dropped out of the Interzonal, and his spot was taken by Mednis.

  • Walter Browne was scheduled to play in this tournament, but walked out just before the first round began, in a dispute over tournament lighting.

  • Kenneth Regan was seeded into the tournament as the runner-up in the previous year's US Junior Championship.

  • Coverage in the July, August, September and October 1978 Chess Life & Review.

    [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "Andrew Soltis"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Be3 a6 6.Bd3 b5 7.Nge2 Nf6 8.f3 bxc4 9.Bxc4 d5 10.Bb3 dxe4 11.fxe4 Ng4 12.Bf4 e5 13.dxe5 Qh4+ 14.Bg3 Qe7 15.O-O O-O 16.Qd6 Qe8 17.Nd5 cxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne3 19.Bxa8 Nxf1 20.Rxf1 Nd7 21.Bd5 Nxe5 22.Nd4 Ng4 23.Nc6 Ne3 24.Re1 Nc2 25.Rc1 Nd4 26.Ne7+ Qxe7 27.Qxe7 Ne2+ 28.Kf1 Nxc1 29.Qc7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Kenneth Regan"] [Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Bd3 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 g6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.h4 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.h5 Qe7 17.Rae1 Bd7 18.Re4 Rfd8 19.Nh2 gxh5 20.Re3 Kh8 21.Qe2 Qg5 22.f4 Qg7 23.Rh3 Ne7 24.Rxh5 Nf5 25.Rg5 Qf8 26.Ng4 h6 27.Nxh6 Nxh6 28.Qe4 Nf5 29.Rf3 Qg7 30.Rh3+ Kg8 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Qxb7 Rab8 33.Qxa7 Ne7 34.f5 exf5 35.e6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "James Tarjan"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "40"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nb3 dxc3 13.Qc2 Nb4 14.Qxc3 Qd3 15.a4 O-O-O 16.axb5 Qxb5 17.Ra5 Nd5 18.Qc2 Nb4 19.Qc3 Nd5 20.Qc2 Nb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lubomir Kavalek"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.e5 Nh5 9.Bc4 O-O 10.Ng5 e6 11.g4 Nxf4 12.Bxf4 dxe5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Be3 h6 15.Nge4 b5 16.Bb3 f5 17.gxf5 gxf5 18.Bb6 Rf8 19.Nd6 Bd7 20.O-O-O Kh7 21.Rhg1 e4 22.Ne2 Be5 23.h4 a5 24.a3 Ra6 25.Bc7 Ra7 26.Bb6 Ra6 27.Bc5 Rf6 28.Ba2 Rg6 29.Nf7 Rxg1 30.Rxg1 Bf6 31.Bd4 Bxd4 32.Nxd4 b4 33.Ne5 Bc8 34.Nxf5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kim S Commons"] [Black "Bernard Zuckerman"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.e3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Qc2 Bd6 12.a3 Kh8 13.b4 a6 14.Rad1 e5 15.Nd5 Qe8 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.f4 Qe8 19.e4 f6 20.Ba2 Be6 21.Bb1 Qc6 22.Qd3 Bxd5 23.exd5 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 f5 25.Qh3 a5 26.Bxf5 axb4 27.axb4 Qxb4 28.Bb1 Qc4 29.g3 Rf6 30.Qg2 Re8 31.Rfe1 Rff8 32.Qf3 Bb4 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Qh5 Qe2 35.Qxe2 Rxe2 36.Bg6 Re1+ 37.Rxe1 Bxe1 38.Bf7 g5 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Bh5 gxf4 41.gxf4 b5 42.Bd1 Kf6 43.Kf3 Ke7 44.Be2 b4 45.Bc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Anatoly Lein"] [Black "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Be6 10.Nc3 Qd7 11.Qc2 Rac8 12.d3 d4 13.Nd1 Ne8 14.Bxg7 Nxg7 15.e4 Qd6 16.f4 f6 17.Qd2 Bd7 18.Nf2 e5 19.Ng4 Qe7 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.f5 Ne8 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Bg4 Kg7 24.Bxd7 Qxd7 25.h3 Rh8 26.Ng4 Rc6 27.Rf3 Qe7 28.Raf1 Re6 29.a3 b6 30.b4 Rh5 31.b5 Qf7 32.Qf2 Rh8 33.a4 Rf8 34.Qg3 Qe7 35.Qh4 Rh8 36.Qf2 Rf8 37.Qd2 Kg8 38.Qf2 Kg7 39.Qd2 Kg8 40.Nh6+ Kh7 41.Ng4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Norman Weinstein"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "31"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.h3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bf5 12.Be3 Qd7 13.Qe2 Rad8 14.Rfd1 Qc8 15.Rab1 b6 16.Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "A88"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "93"] 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.d4 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.d5 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qa6 10.b3 Bd7 11.Rc1 Qb6 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qd2 Na6 14.Rfd1 c5 15.Bh6 Nc7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.e4 fxe4 18.Ng5 b5 19.Re1 bxc4 20.bxc4 h6 21.Ngxe4 Rf7 22.Rb1 Qa6 23.Bf1 Raf8 24.Bd3 Nxe4 25.Nxe4 Bf5 26.f4 e6 27.Qc3+ Kh7 28.Rb3 Bxe4 29.Bxe4 exd5 30.cxd5 Qa4 31.Ra3 Qb4 32.Qxb4 cxb4 33.Rxa7 Nb5 34.Ra6 Kg7 35.Bd3 Nc3 36.Rxd6 Rf6 37.Re7+ R8f7 38.Rxf6 Rxe7 39.Rxg6+ Kf7 40.Rxh6 Re1+ 41.Kf2 Rc1 42.d6 Rd1 43.Bc4+ Kg7 44.Re6 Rxd6 45.Rxd6 Ne4+ 46.Ke3 Nxd6 47.Kd4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Kim S Commons"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.O-O Qb6 11.Na4 Qa5 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.a3 Rfc8 14.b4 Qd8 15.Rc1 a6 16.Qb3 b5 17.Nc5 Nb6 18.Rfd1 Nc4 19.Rb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [Black "Lubomir Kavalek"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 e5 9.a3 O-O 10.b4 h6 11.Be3 b6 12.Nbd2 Be6 13.Nb3 Qd7 14.Rb1 Bh3 15.d4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 cxd4 17.cxd4 f5 18.b5 fxe4 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.bxc6 Nxc6 21.d5 Ne7 22.d6 Nf5 23.Qd5+ Kh7 24.Rbd1 Rad8 25.Qxe4 Nxd6 26.Qd5 Qa4 27.Nd2 Nf5 28.Qe4 Qxa3 29.Nc4 Qa2 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Nxe5 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.Nc6 Rd7 34.Bf4 b5 35.g4 Nh4+ 36.Kg3 g5 37.Bb8 Rd3+ 38.Re3 Rxe3+ 39.fxe3 a6 40.Kf2 Kg8 41.Bc7 Kf7 42.Ke2 Ke6 43.Nb4 Bf8 44.Nxa6 Kd5 45.Kd3 Nf3 46.Bg3 Bd6 47.Bxd6 Kxd6 48.Ke4 Nxh2 49.Kf5 Nf3 50.Nb4 Kc5 51.Na2 b4 52.e4 Kc4 53.Nc1 b3 54.Nxb3 Kxb3 55.e5 Kc4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.a4 Nc6 8.d5 Nb4 9.a5 Bd7 10.a6 Nxa6 11.Bxa6 bxa6 12.Nd4 Qc8 13.Qd3 c6 14.dxc6 Bxc6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Rxa6 Qb7 17.Ra3 Rfc8 18.Bd2 Rab8 19.Rb3 Qc7 20.Rxb8 Rxb8 21.b3 Rc8 22.h3 e6 23.Rc1 Qc6 24.Ra1 Ne8 25.Ra6 Qb7 26.Ra4 Rc6 27.Nd1 Nf6 28.Ne3 Nd7 29.b4 Ne5 30.Qa3 Rc7 31.f3 h5 32.Qb3 Bh6 33.b5 Rc5 34.c4 d5 35.exd5 exd5 36.Qa3 Bxe3+ 37.Qxe3 Nd7 38.Qe8+ Nf8 39.Be3 Rc8 40.Qe5 dxc4 41.Bd4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Kenneth Regan"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "100"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bg7 8.Be3 Bb7 9.a4 b4 10.Nd5 Rc8 11.Nf5 d6 12.Nxg7+ Kf8 13.Nh5 gxh5 14.Qxh5 Ne5 15.f4 Bxd5 16.exd5 Ng6 17.Qe2 Qa5 18.O-O Nf6 19.Bd4 Rg8 20.c4 bxc3 21.bxc3 Nxd5 22.Qh5 e5 23.fxe5 dxe5 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 Qc5+ 26.Kh1 Ne3 27.Qxc5+ Rxc5 28.Rf3 Nxg2 29.Kxg2 Rg4 30.Rb1 Rc7 31.Rb4 Rgc4 32.Rf6 a5 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.Rf4 Rxc3 35.Rf5 Ra3 36.Rxa5 h6 37.Kh3 Ra2 38.g4 Ra3+ 39.Kh4 Kg7 40.Ra8 Kf6 41.Ra7 Kg6 42.Ra5 f6 43.Ra7 Rc3 44.a5 Ra3 45.a6 f5 46.gxf5+ Kxf5 47.Ra8 Kg6 48.Kg4 Ra4+ 49.Kf3 Kh5 50.Ke3 Kh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "James Tarjan"] [Black "Norman Weinstein"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 Re8 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.f3 Nc7 14.Re1 Ne6 15.Bb2 Rc8 16.Qd3 Nf8 17.Rad1 Ng6 18.Nxg6 hxg6 19.e4 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Rcd1 Qc7 22.Rc1 Qd7 23.Rcd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bernard Zuckerman"] [Black "Anatoly Lein"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "35"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Bb3 Qb6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.O-O e6 10.Bf4 c5 11.e5 dxe5 12.Bxe5 Be7 13.Qf3 O-O 14.Rad1 Bc6 15.Qg3 Qb7 16.Bc4 Rfd8 17.b3 g6 18.Rfe1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Kenneth Regan"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 c6 7.Nf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 O-O 11.Rfe1 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Nf6 13.Re2 Rc8 14.Qa3 Nd5 15.Bg5 b5 16.Qxa7 f6 17.Bd2 Qd6 18.a4 Ra8 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.dxc5 e5 21.a5 b4 22.Ra4 Rfb8 23.Ne1 Rb5 24.Nd3 Raxa5 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.Nxb4 Rxc5 27.b3 Bh6 28.Bxh6 Nxb4 29.c4 Ra5 30.h4 Ra1+ 31.Kh2 Nd3 32.Rd2 e4 33.Re2 Kf7 34.Rxe4 Nxf2 35.Rf4 Nd3 36.Rd4 Ne5 37.Bf4 Ng4+ 38.Kh3 h5 39.Rd7+ Ke6 40.Rc7 Kf5 41.Bh2 Rh1 42.Rxc6 Nxh2 43.Kg3 Ng4 44.Rc5+ Ke4 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kim S Commons"] [Black "James Tarjan"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be2 Bg4 9.Rb1 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.cxd4 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bxd4 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Rxb7 Nc6 15.Qa4 Rc8 16.Be2 Qa5 17.Bb5 Qxa4 18.Bxa4 Na5 19.Rd7 Bb6 20.Rd5 Red8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rc1 Nb7 23.Bg5 Kf8 24.Bh6+ Kg8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 Bd4 27.Kf1 Nc5 28.Bc2 f6 29.Bf4 e5 30.Bd2 g5 31.Ba5 Kf7 32.Bd8 Kg7 33.Ke2 Ne6 34.Ba5 Nc5 35.h3 Nb7 36.Bc7 Nc5 37.Bb8 Nd7 38.Bd6 Nc5 39.g3 Nb7 40.Bb8 Kf8 41.Ba4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.c5 N6d7 7.Bc4 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.a3 e5 12.d5 Nd4 13.g4 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Bg6 15.b4 O-O 16.Rd1 e4 17.Qf4 Re8 18.Nb5 Rc8 19.d6 cxd6 20.Nxd6 Bxd6 21.Rxd6 Qe7 22.Bd4 Rc6 23.h4 e3 24.fxe3 Rxd6 25.cxd6 Qe4 26.O-O Qxf4 27.Rxf4 h5 28.gxh5 Bxh5 29.Rf5 Bg6 30.Rg5 Rc8 31.Rxg6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lubomir Kavalek"] [Black "Bernard Zuckerman"] [ECO "D63"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "30"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6 10.O-O Ne8 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qc2 g6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Ndf6 15.Rfe1 Nxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Anatoly Lein"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.c3 b6 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qc8 13.Ng5 Nd5 14.Qd3 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 c5 16.Bb3 h6 17.Bc2 f5 18.Bd2 Ba6 19.c4 cxd4 20.Bb3 Qc5 21.Rfe1 Rf6 22.a3 Rc8 23.Rc1 Ne7 24.Bb4 Qc7 25.Qxd4 Nc6 26.Qe3 Nxb4 27.axb4 f4 28.Qh3 Rd8 29.c5 Kh8 30.Bxe6 Bb5 31.Qc3 f3 32.g3 Be2 33.Bc4 Bxc4 34.Qxc4 Qc8 35.c6 a6 36.c7 Rdf8 37.Re7 b5 38.Qh4 Qf5 39.h3 Rc8 40.Kh2 { Time forfeit} 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Andrew Soltis"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.O-O Na5 8.h3 Nxb3 9.axb3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc8 11.Re1 e6 12.e5 Ne7 13.Bg5 Nf5 14.Rad1 h6 15.Bf6 Bxf6 16.exf6 Qd8 17.d5 Qxf6 18.Nxb5 O-O 19.Nxc7 Rac8 20.Nxa6 Qxb2 21.Nb4 Qc3 22.Qd2 Bxd5 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Qxc3 Rxc3 25.Re2 Rfc8 26.Ne1 R3c5 27.Red2 Ne7 28.Ra1 Kf8 29.Kf1 Ke8 30.Ke2 Nc6 31.Kd1 Ne5 32.Ra4 Kd7 33.Ra7+ R8c7 34.Rxc7+ Kxc7 35.Rd4 Ra5 36.Kd2 Kc6 37.Rb4 Ra1 38.Rb8 h5 39.Rf8 Kd7 40.Rb8 Ke6 41.Rb4 f6 42.Ra4 Rb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Norman Weinstein"] [Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O Ngf6 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.c4 a5 12.Bc3 Bb4 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nc5 15.Qc2 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Nce4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Qc2 Ng5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Rfe1 Rfd8 21.Rad1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Nxe5 O-O 6.Be2 Re8 7.Nd3 Bxc3 8.dxc3 Nxe4 9.O-O d5 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Bf3 Ndf6 13.Bd4 Qd6 14.Be5 Qd8 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Re1 Ng5 17.Bc7 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Qf8 19.Qe3 Bf5 20.Qxg5 Bxd3 21.Rd1 Qe8 22.h4 f6 23.Qg3 Bg6 24.b3 Rc8 25.Qd6 Bc2 26.Rd4 Qe1+ 27.Kh2 Re8 28.Qg3 Bf5 29.Qf4 Qxc3 30.h5 h6 31.Ra4 Qc5 32.Ra5 b5 33.Qc4+ Qxc4 34.bxc4 Re2 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.Kg3 Be6 37.a3 Bf7 38.Rxb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [Black "Kim S Commons"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.c5 O-O 9.Bb5 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Nxe7 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Bd3 f5 13.O-O Ng6 14.b4 a6 15.Re1 Nf4 16.Bf1 Be8 17.g3 Nh5 18.Ne5 Rf6 19.Bg2 Rh6 20.f3 Ng5 21.Qd2 Nf7 22.g4 Qh4 23.Nxf7 Bxf7 24.gxh5 Rxh5 25.h3 Rg5 26.Ne2 h6 27.Qf4 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "0-1"] [White "James Tarjan"] [Black "Anatoly Lein"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.e5 Nc6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nb4 8.Be2 Ne7 9.Nc3 Nf5 10.h4 Bd7 11.g4 Ne7 12.h5 h6 13.Bf4 Nc8 14.Rg1 Be7 15.g5 hxg5 16.Nxg5 Qb6 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.h6 g6 19.Qb1 Ke8 20.Qxg6+ Kd8 21.Rd1 Na7 22.h7 Nac6 23.a3 Kc7 24.axb4 Qxb4 25.Kf1 Kb6 26.Bh6 Ka7 27.Bg7 Rhc8 28.Qd3 Na5 29.Rb1 Nc4 30.Qc2 Na5 31.Rh1 Qxd4 32.Qd3 Qb4 33.h8=Q Rxh8 34.Bxh8 Nc4 35.Bf6 Bc5 36.Rh7 Bc6 37.Qc2 d4 38.Rh4 Rg8 39.Bxc4 Qxc4+ 40.Qe2 Qb3 41.Qd1 Bb5+ 42.Ne2 Qf3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bernard Zuckerman"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "C09"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "47"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nge7 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Bg4 12.c3 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.Be2 Qb6 15.Nfd4 Bxe2 16.Rxe2 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 Nf5 18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Bg3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Re2 22.Rb1 Bc5 23.Nxc5 bxc5 24.b4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Lubomir Kavalek"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "76"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O Re8 8.d5 e5 9.dxe6 Rxe6 10.c4 Re8 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Nd4 a5 13.Rb1 c6 14.h3 Qb6 15.Ba1 Bd7 16.e3 Rad8 17.a3 Ne6 18.Nf3 Bc8 19.Qe2 h6 20.Rfd1 Ng5 21.Nxg5 hxg5 22.g4 Be6 23.Qf3 Nh7 24.Qg3 Be5 25.Na4 Qc7 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Nc5 b6 28.Nxe6 Rxe6 29.Qf3 Nf6 30.Qe2 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rd6 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4 Qd8 34.Rxd6 Qxd6 35.Qb2 c5 36.bxc5 Qxc5 37.Qb3 Kg7 38.Qa4 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "Kenneth Regan"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 Bb7 5.Nge2 f5 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 Nf6 8.g3 c6 9.Bg2 cxd5 10.cxd5 e5 11.O-O d6 12.f4 e4 13.b4 Na6 14.Nd4 Qd7 15.Bb2 Nc7 16.Bh3 g6 17.Rc1 O-O 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.dxc6 Qxc6 20.Qb3+ Rf7 21.Nxe4 Qd5 22.Qxd5 Ncxd5 23.Ng5 Rff8 24.e4 Ne3 25.Rfe1 Nfg4 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Bxg4 Bxg5 28.Bf3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Norman Weinstein"] [ECO "B46"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Qc7 8.f4 d5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bc4 Nf6 12.Ng5 Qb6 13.Qe2 O-O 14.c3 h6 15.Nf3 a5 16.Be3 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Qxc5 18.Nd4 Qb6 19.O-O Ba6 20.Bxa6 Rxa6 21.Kh1 Raa8 22.Rad1 Rad8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Norman Weinstein"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "51"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Be3 Ne7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Rc1 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.Nf3 b5 14.Bd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 Rb8 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Bf4 Rb6 18.Bg5 Bf6 19.Ne4 Bxg5 20.Nexg5 Rf6 21.Ne5 Qb6 22.Ng4 Rf4 23.Nxf7 Kg7 24.Nd6 Re5 25.Nxe5 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "179"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bf4 e5 8.Bg5 a6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Na3 Be6 11.Nc4 Rc8 12.Ne3 Ne7 13.Bd3 Qb6 14.O-O Qxb2 15.Ncd5 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Qd4 18.Qf3 Ke7 19.a4 Rc7 20.Rfd1 Qc3 21.Rab1 Qa5 22.Qe4 Bh6 23.Rb3 Bd2 24.Rdb1 Rb8 25.Rb6 Bc3 26.Rxa6 bxa6 27.Rxb8 Bd4 28.g3 h6 29.Kg2 Ba7 30.Rh8 Rb7 31.Qf3 Qd2 32.Bxa6 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Bxb8 34.Qb3 Bc7 35.Bd3 Qa5 36.Qb7 Qb6 37.Qxb6 Bxb6 38.f3 Kd8 39.Kh3 Ke7 40.Kg4 Kf8 41.Kf5 Ke7 42.Bb5 Bg1 43.h3 Bf2 44.g4 Be1 45.Bc6 Bf2 46.Bb7 Be1 47.Ke4 Bf2 48.Bc8 Kd8 49.Bf5 Be1 50.Bh7 Kd7 51.Kd3 Kd8 52.Kc4 Kc7 53.Kb5 Bg3 54.a5 Be1 55.Bd3 Bh4 56.Be4 Be1 57.Ka6 Bh4 58.Bh7 Bg5 59.Bg8 Bd2 60.Bxf7 Bc3 61.Bg6 Be1 62.Bf5 Bc3 63.Kb5 Be1 64.a6 Bf2 65.Kc4 Kb6 66.Bc8 Kc7 67.Bb7 Kd8 68.Kd3 Ke7 69.Ke4 Bb6 70.Bc8 Bc5 71.Be6 Kf8 72.Kf5 Kg7 73.c3 Bf2 74.Bg8 Bc5 75.Ke6 Kxg8 76.Kxf6 Kh7 77.Kf7 Bf2 78.h4 Bc5 79.g5 hxg5 80.hxg5 Bb6 81.g6 Kh6 82.g7 Kg5 83.g8=Q+ Kf4 84.Qg4+ Ke3 85.Qg1+ Kxf3 86.Qxb6 e4 87.a7 e3 88.a8=Q e2 89.Qe8 e1=Q 90.Qxe1 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lubomir Kavalek"] [Black "James Tarjan"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "124"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.e4 Ndb4 10.a3 cxd4 11.axb4 dxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7 13.Be3 b6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Rab1 Rfd8 16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.h4 Bf6 18.c4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd4 20.c5 bxc5 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.Rxc5 Qb6 23.Rxc8+ Bxc8 24.Qc2 Bb7 25.Qc5 h5 26.Qxb6 axb6 27.f3 f5 28.exf5 exf5 29.f4 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Kf7 31.Kf2 Ke6 32.Ke3 Kd5 33.Rc1 Rxb4 34.Rc7 g6 35.Rd7+ Kc6 36.Rg7 Re4+ 37.Kd3 Re6 38.Kd4 b5 39.Rg8 Rd6+ 40.Kc3 Kd5 41.Kd3 Kc5 42.Kc2 Kc4 43.Rc8+ Kd4+ 44.Re8 Rc6+ 45.Kd2 b4 46.Rb8 Kc4 47.Kc2 Ra6 48.Rc8+ Kd4+ 49.Rb8 Ra2+ 50.Kd1 Rg2 51.Rxb4+ Ke3 52.Rb3+ Kf2 53.Kd2 Rxg3 54.Rb6 Rg4 55.Re6 Rxf4 56.Rxg6 Rd4+ 57.Kc3 Rxh4 58.Rg5 f4 59.Kd3 f3 60.Rf5 Rg4 61.Rxh5 Kg2 62.Rf5 f2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "26"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.g3 Bg4 8.Bg2 g6 9.c3 Bg7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qd5 12.O-O Qxf3 13.Bxf3 O-O-O 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kim S Commons"] [Black "Andrew Soltis"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "34"] 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 c6 5.Be3 a6 6.Nf3 b5 7.h3 Nd7 8.Bd3 bxc4 9.Bxc4 Nb6 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Rc1 O-O 12.O-O a5 13.Qc2 Bd7 14.Nd2 Re8 15.Rfd1 Qb8 16.a3 Bc8 17.Bf3 Nfd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Anatoly Lein"] [Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [ECO "E54"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "30"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.dxc5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Bxc5 11.b3 Bb7 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Rac1 Rfd8 14.h3 Be7 15.Kf1 Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [Black "Bernard Zuckerman"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "26"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.e4 e6 13.Rfd1 Nc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Kim S Commons"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "47"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 N6d7 7.Bc4 e6 8.Be3 b6 9.Nc3 bxc5 10.d5 Bd6 11.dxe6 fxe6 12.h3 Bf5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Bxe6 Nc6 15.O-O h6 16.Qa4 Nb4 17.Rfe1 Nd3 18.Bxd7+ Qxd7 19.Bg5 Be5 20.Nxe5 Qxa4 21.Nxd3 Kf8 22.Be7+ Kg8 23.Nxa4 Bxd3 24.Nxc5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [Black "Lubomir Kavalek"] [ECO "A53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.e4 a6 9.a4 a5 10.h3 exd4 11.Nxd4 g6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.b3 Qb6 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.Rab1 Nfd7 16.Rfd1 Nf8 17.Kh2 Nfe6 18.Nxe6 Bxe6 19.Qd4 f6 20.f4 Rad8 21.Ne2 Qc7 22.Qc3 Bf8 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Nd4 Rde8 25.Re1 Bc8 26.Rb2 Re7 27.Rbe2 Rfe8 28.Re3 Kf7 29.Qd2 Qb6 30.Bf3 Qb4 31.Qf2 Kg7 32.h4 Qb6 33.Qd2 Qb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "James Tarjan"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Qd2 a6 10.Bxd7+ Bxd7 11.Nd4 O-O 12.f4 Kh8 13.O-O b5 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.Rae1 b4 16.Nce2 Qb7 17.Ng3 d5 18.f5 e5 19.Nf3 Bb5 20.Rg1 Rad8 21.exd5 Qxd5 22.Qh6 Rg8 23.Ne4 Rg7 24.Re3 Bc6 25.b3 Bb7 26.h3 Qc6 27.Re2 Rgg8 28.Rge1 Rd5 29.Nh2 Rd4 30.Ng4 Rxe4 31.Rxe4 Qxc2 32.R4e2 Qxf5 33.Rf2 Qg6 34.Qh4 Qg5 35.Qxg5 Rxg5 36.Rc1 h5 37.Rc7 hxg4 38.Rxb7 Bc5 39.Rxf6 gxh3 40.gxh3 e4 41.Rfxf7 Kg8 42.Rfc7 e3 43.Rc8+ Bf8 44.Rbb8 Rf5 45.Kg2 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nc6 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O e6 8.Re1 Be7 9.c3 O-O 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Ne4 Bg6 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bd2 Qd7 14.Qc2 Rad8 15.Nc5 Bxd3 16.Nxd3 Bd6 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Re2 Rfe8 19.c4 Nf6 20.Bc3 Be7 21.b3 Nh7 22.Qb2 Bf8 23.Nf4 e5 24.Nd5 exd4 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Nxd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 c6 28.Ne3 Ng5 29.Qc2 Ne4 30.Bb6 Qe6 31.Qd3 Bd6 32.Nf1 Bc5 33.Bxc5 Nxc5 34.Qe3 Ne4 35.f3 Nf6 36.Qxe6 Rxe6 37.Kf2 Kf8 38.Ne3 g6 39.Ng4 Nxg4+ 40.hxg4 Ke7 41.Rh1 g5 42.c5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "Norman Weinstein"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "44"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 Bb6 13.Bc3 Bg4 14.h3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bxd4 16.Bxd4 Re8 17.e3 Qd7 18.Bc3 Rad8 19.Qh5 Bg6 20.Qg4 Bf5 21.Qh5 Bg6 22.Qg4 Bf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kenneth Regan"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Nbd2 Qb6 7.Nb3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Rc8 9.Bd3 Nb4 10.Bb1 Qc7 11.Bd2 Nc2+ 12.Bxc2 Qxc2 13.Qxc2 Rxc2 14.Bc3 Bb5 15.Nfd2 Bd3 16.a3 Nh6 17.Nc1 Bf5 18.Ke2 Be7 19.Nd3 Kd7 20.Ne1 Rxc3 21.bxc3 Rc8 22.Nb1 b6 23.Nd3 f6 24.Ra2 Nf7 25.f4 fxe5 26.Nxe5+ Nxe5 27.fxe5 Bg5 28.h3 Bg6 29.Rf1 Bh5+ 30.Kd3 Bg6+ 31.Ke2 Bh5+ 32.Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Anatoly Lein"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nc3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Rb1 a6 13.a4 Qc7 14.b3 e6 15.Ba3 Rfd8 16.Nd4 Be8 17.Nde2 b5 18.cxb5 axb5 19.Bb4 bxa4 20.bxa4 d5 21.Rec1 dxe4 22.Nd5 Qxc1+ 23.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 24.Nxc1 Nxd5 25.a5 Rb8 26.Ba3 Bc3 27.Qc2 Ra8 28.Ne2 Bxa5 29.Qxe4 Bc3 30.Nxc3 Rxa3 31.Nb1 Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Anatoly Lein"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 e5 10.Nb3 a5 11.a4 Nb4 12.Nd5 Nfxd5 13.exd5 Bf5 14.Rc1 exf4 15.Bf2 Bf6 16.c3 f3 17.gxf3 Na6 18.Kh1 Re8 19.Rg1 Bg6 20.Qd2 Be5 21.Rg2 Qf6 22.Bg3 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Re5 24.Rf1 Rae8 25.Kg1 Nc7 26.c4 b6 27.Nd4 h5 28.Qf4 Bf5 29.Rff2 Bd7 30.Qxf6 gxf6 31.Nb5 Nxb5 32.axb5 Re3 33.Rh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [Black "James Tarjan"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 b6 8.Be2 d5 9.O-O Ba6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.b3 Nc6 12.Bb2 Rb8 13.Qc2 Rb6 14.Rab1 Ne4 15.Rfd1 Na5 16.Bd3 f5 17.Ba1 Rd6 18.Ne5 Qg5 19.f4 Qd8 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.cxd5 Rxd5 22.Rxd5 Qxd5 23.Qc3 Nb7 24.h3 Rc8 25.b4 Nd6 26.Nd7 Nf5 27.Nxc5 Bd3 28.Rd1 Rc7 29.Qd2 a5 30.Be5 Rxc5 31.bxc5 Qxc5 32.Kf2 Qxa3 33.g4 Nh4 34.Ra1 Qc5 35.Rxa5 Qe7 36.Ra8+ Kf7 37.Qa2 Bb5 38.Ra7 Bd7 39.Qa3 Qxa3 40.Rxa3 Ng6 41.Bd6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 O-O 7.Nd3 Bb6 8.e5 Ne8 9.O-O d6 10.exd6 Nxd6 11.Ne1 c6 12.d3 Re8 13.Bf4 Qf6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Ne4 Qg6 16.c3 Bg4 17.Qd2 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 Rad8 19.Qg5 Qxg5 20.Nxg5 Nf4 21.f3 Bf5 22.d4 Re2 23.b4 Nd5 24.Bb3 Bg6 25.Ne4 Ne3 26.Rf2 Rxf2 27.Nxf2 Nd5 28.Bxd5 cxd5 29.Ned3 f6 30.Kg1 Rc8 31.Nc5 Bxc5 32.dxc5 b6 33.Rd1 bxc5 34.Rxd5 cxb4 35.cxb4 Bf7 36.Rd2 Rc1+ 37.Nd1 Bxa2 38.Rxa2 Rxd1+ 39.Kf2 Rb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kim S Commons"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "D18"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "28"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.h3 a5 11.Na2 Be7 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Na2 Be7 14.Nc3 Bb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lubomir Kavalek"] [Black "Andrew Soltis"] [ECO "D25"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "113"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Ng5 Bf5 7.Bxc4 e6 8.e4 Bg6 9.f3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Nh3 Qb6 12.Na4 Qb4 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Be3 e5 15.a3 Qb5 16.d5 cxd5 17.Nc3 Qa6 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Nd7 20.Qb3 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Qc3 Qb6 23.Nf2 Re8 24.Qb4 Rab8 25.Rfc1 Nd7 26.Rc3 a5 27.Qxb6 Nxb6 28.Bb3 Re7 29.Rd1 Kf8 30.Rd6 Na8 31.Ng4 f6 32.Ne3 Nc7 33.Rb6 Be8 34.Nf5 Na8 35.Rd6 Rc7 36.Rcd3 Rc1+ 37.Kf2 Rb1 38.Rd2 Nc7 39.Ba2 Ra1 40.Bd5 Rc1 41.Rb6 Bc6 42.Bxc6 Rxc6 43.Rd6 Rc2+ 44.Kg3 Na8 45.Rb3 a4 46.Rbd3 Nc7 47.Rd8+ Rxd8 48.Rxd8+ Kf7 49.Rd7+ Kf8 50.Nxg7 Nb5 51.Ne6+ Ke8 52.Rxb7 Nd6 53.Ra7 Rxb2 54.Rxa4 Kf7 55.Nc5 Ra2 56.Ra7+ Kg6 57.Ne6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Norman Weinstein"] [Black "Kenneth Regan"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Nb3 Bb4 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.O-O Be6 10.Nb5 Nf6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.c3 Be7 13.Re1 Bg4 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.N5d4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Bc5 17.Be5 Nd7 18.Qf4 Nxe5 19.Rxe5 Be6 20.Rh5 h6 21.Rxh6 Bxd4 22.Bh7+ Kh8 23.Bc2+ Kg8 24.Bh7+ Kh8 25.Bd3+ Kg8 26.cxd4 gxh6 27.Qxh6 Re8 28.Bh7+ Kh8 29.Bd3+ Kg8 30.Bh7+ Kh8 31.Re1 Qd6 32.Bb1+ Kg8 33.Bh7+ Kh8 34.Bc2+ Kg8 35.Re5 f5 36.Qg6+ Kf8 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.Qg6+ Kf8 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qg6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bernard Zuckerman"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "32"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bd2 Qh4 11.Qf3 Nd4 12.Qd3 e5 13.O-O-O Bf5 14.Qg3 Qxg3 15.hxg3 O-O-O 16.Bc4 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Lubomir Kavalek"] [ECO "B82"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3 e5 8.fxe5 Ng4 9.Bg1 Ngxe5 10.Be2 Be7 11.Bf2 O-O 12.O-O Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bf6 14.Qd2 Bg5 15.Be3 Bxe3+ 16.Qxe3 Be6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Rd2 a6 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.h3 b5 21.a3 Rab8 22.Kh1 h6 23.Qd4 Rb6 24.Bf1 Rdb8 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Qxd5 Re8 27.Qd4 Rc6 28.a4 bxa4 29.Qxa4 Nd7 30.Bd3 Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Ngf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.c4 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Rfd1 Rd8 11.Rac1 a6 12.Ba4 b6 13.Bc2 Bb7 14.Bb1 Ne5 15.Na4 Ned7 16.h3 Rab8 17.Qe3 Ba8 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.c5 bxc5 22.Nxc5 Qd6 23.Qe2 Rc8 24.b4 a5 25.Rd1 Qb6 26.Qa6 Qxa6 27.Nxa6 axb4 28.Nxb4 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Bxe4 30.Nxe5 Bb6 31.Kf1 f6 32.Ned3 e5 33.f3 Ba8 34.Ke2 e4 35.fxe4 Bxe4 36.Kf1 Rc4 37.a3 Rc3 38.Nf2 Bxf2 39.Kxf2 Rxa3 40.Rd2 h5 41.h4 Ra4 42.Nd5 Bxd5 43.Rxd5 Rxh4 44.g3 Rh2+ 45.Kg1 Ra2 46.Rxh5 g5 47.Rh3 Kf7 48.Rh7+ Ke6 49.Rb7 Ke5 50.Rb4 f5 51.Kf1 Kd5 52.Kg1 Rd2 53.Ra4 Rb2 54.Kf1 Rc2 55.Kg1 Rc4 56.Ra8 Ke4 57.Rg8 g4 58.Rf8 Rc2 59.Rf7 Re2 60.Rf8 Rd2 61.Rf7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "Anatoly Lein"] [ECO "A48"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "30"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 g6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.c3 Nbd7 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Rfd1 e5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qxe5 14.Nf3 Qe7 15.c4 Rad8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Norman Weinstein"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "38"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Qb6 15.Bd3 Ng4 16.Qe2 Nxe5 17.fxe5 Bb7 18.Ne4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 g6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kenneth Regan"] [Black "Kim S Commons"] [ECO "C49"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.d3 Nd4 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.a3 Ba5 8.b4 dxc3 9.bxa5 c6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Qg4 Ne7 12.Ba4 Qxa5 13.O-O d6 14.Qxg7 Rg8 15.Qf6 Qxe5 16.Qxe5 dxe5 17.Re1 f6 18.f4 Bh3 19.g3 Ng6 20.fxe5 fxe5 21.Bb3 Rf8 22.Bh6 Rf3 23.d4 Rd8 24.dxe5 Ne7 25.Bc4 b5 26.Be2 Rf5 27.Bd3 Rh5 28.Be3 a5 29.Bb6 Ra8 30.Bd4 Nd5 31.Be4 Bf5 32.Bxd5 cxd5 33.Re3 Rc8 34.Rxc3 Rxc3 35.Bxc3 Bxc2 36.Rc1 Bd3 37.Bxa5 Rxe5 38.Re1 Be4 39.Bc3 Re6 40.Kf2 Rc6 41.Bb2 Kd7 42.Rc1 Rh6 43.h4 Rh5 44.Bd4 Rf5+ 45.Ke2 h5 46.Rc5 Rf3 47.Rc3 Rf8 48.Kd2 Rg8 49.Bf2 Ra8 50.Rb3 Kc6 51.Bd4 Bg2 52.Ke2 Ra4 53.Ke3 Bf1 54.Bb2 Kd7 55.Rb4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [Black "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4 Nb6 6.c5 N6d7 7.Be2 e6 8.Qb3 b6 9.Be3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.O-O Nf6 12.Rfc1 bxc5 13.dxc5 Nbd7 14.Qa4 e5 15.Bb5 Be6 16.Bc6 Rb8 17.Nb3 Qc8 18.Ng5 Bd5 19.Nxh7 Bxc6 20.Nxf6+ Nxf6 21.Qxc6 Ng4 22.Re1 Rd8 23.h3 Nxe3 24.Rxe3 Bf6 25.Rae1 Rb4 26.R3e2 Rd3 27.Re4 Rb8 28.f4 Bh4 29.Rf1 exf4 30.Rexf4 Bf6 31.Qe4 Qd7 32.c6 Qd6 33.Kh1 Rd5 34.Qa4 Re8 35.Qxa7 Qxc6 36.Qf2 Rd3 37.Kg1 Bg5 38.Rf3 Be3 39.Rxe3 Rdxe3 40.Qxf7+ Kh7 41.Nd4 Qg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "James Tarjan"] [Black "Bernard Zuckerman"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.O-O g6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bg7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Rac8 12.Nde2 Ne5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.b3 Rfd8 15.Qd2 Bg7 16.Rad1 b6 17.Qe3 Qb7 18.h3 a6 19.a4 Nd7 20.Rd2 Nc5 21.Rb1 Bf8 22.Nd4 e6 23.Kh1 Bg7 24.Kg1 Re8 25.Re2 Qc7 26.Rd2 Nd7 27.Nde2 Bf8 28.Nd4 Qc5 29.Qf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3 Qxc5 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Nb5 Qb8 12.c4 b6 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Rae1 e6 15.Bd2 a6 16.Ng5 h6 17.Nh3 Qc7 18.Nf2 Qc6 19.Qf3 Nc5 20.Bb1 b5 21.b4 Ncd7 22.cxb5 axb5 23.Bd3 Ra3 24.Bxb5 Qb6 25.Qe3 Qd8 26.Qd3 Qb8 27.Bc1 Ra7 28.a4 Rc8 29.Be3 Ra8 30.Rc1 g5 31.fxg5 Ne5 32.Qe2 hxg5 33.Bxg5 Bc6 34.Bxc6 Rxc6 35.b5 Rc4 36.Bxf6 Bxf6 37.Ng4 Nxg4 38.Rxf6 Qa7+ 39.Kh1 Nxf6 40.Qxc4 Ng4 41.h3 Qe3 42.Rf1 Ne5 43.Qc7 Kg7 44.b6 Rh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "James Tarjan"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.d4 O-O 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ne1 Re8 12.Nd3 Bb6 13.Nf4 d4 14.Bd2 Bg4 15.h3 Bf5 16.Re1 Be4 17.Qb3 Qd7 18.a4 Na5 19.Bxa5 Bxa5 20.Red1 Rad8 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Qf3 Rde8 23.e3 Bb6 24.Kg2 Qf5 25.a5 Bxa5 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.exd4 Bb6 28.Qxb7 Bxd4 29.Re1 Rd8 30.Qe7 Rf8 31.Qb4 Bb6 32.Qe4 Qb5 33.Re2 Rd8 34.Nd5 Bc5 35.Ne7+ Bxe7 36.Qxe7 Rf8 37.Qe4 g6 38.Rd2 Re8 39.Qd5 Qa6 40.Qd3 Qxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Kim S Commons"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "96"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Qb3 Be7 6.Bg5 O-O 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qa5 12.Qb5 Qc7 13.a4 Nc5 14.Be2 Bd7 15.Qc4 Rac8 16.O-O Qb8 17.Qa2 Rfd8 18.Bb5 a6 19.Bxd7 Ncxd7 20.Nb3 Bd6 21.h3 h6 22.Bxf6 Nxf6 23.Nd4 Bb4 24.Qb3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Qc7 26.Rb1 Rd7 27.Rfc1 Ne4 28.Qa3 Qc5 29.Qxc5 Rxc5 30.c4 Rdc7 31.Nb3 Rxc4 32.Rxc4 Rxc4 33.Na5 Rxa4 34.Nxb7 Ra2 35.f3 Nc3 36.Rb3 Nd5 37.Nd6 a5 38.h4 a4 39.Rb8+ Kh7 40.Nxf7 Nxe3 41.g4 a3 42.h5 g5 43.Rb3 Nc2 44.Rd3 Rb2 45.Rd7 a2 46.Nxg5+ Kg8 47.Rd8+ Kg7 48.Rd7+ Kf6 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lubomir Kavalek"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2540"] [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 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 Bg7 16.Bd3 c6 17.Bd2 Nb6 18.b3 Nbd7 19.Qc2 d5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Rad1 dxe4 23.Nxe4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Qh4 25.Bf3 Rae8 26.Rxe5 Bxe5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Be3 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Qxd8 30.c4 bxc4 31.bxc4 h5 32.Qe4 Bg7 33.h4 Qd7 34.g3 Ba6 35.Qxc6 Qxc6 36.Bxc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Anatoly Lein"] [Black "Kenneth Regan"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bb2 a6 11.a3 c5 12.Ne2 c4 13.bxc4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Bxh2+ 16.Kg2 Bb8 17.Rh1 b5 18.Bb3 Re8 19.Rh3 Nf8 20.Qd3 Ne6 21.Rah1 h6 22.Qf5 Ng5 23.Rxh6 gxh6 24.Rxh6 Nfh7 25.Rxh7 Nxh7 26.Bxf7+ Kf8 27.Bxe8+ Kxe8 28.Qe4+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [Black "Andrew Soltis"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nbd2 a5 8.a4 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 dxe5 11.Nf3 Nd7 12.Bc4 h6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.h3 Ne6 16.Rfd1 Nf4 17.Kh2 h5 18.Qd2 Ne6 19.Qe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bernard Zuckerman"] [Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.Ng5 Bxe2 7.Qxe2 dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Ne4 b5 12.Qg4 Nxe5 13.Qxg7 Ng6 14.Nbc3 f5 15.Ng3 Bf8 16.Qb7 Qc8 17.Qxc8+ Rxc8 18.Nce2 Bg7 19.Nh5 Be5 20.Nd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 c5 22.Rd1 Kf7 23.Ng3 Nde7 24.Bg5 Rhd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "B81"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 a6 7.g5 Nfd7 8.Be3 b5 9.a3 Nb6 10.Rg1 N8d7 11.f4 Bb7 12.f5 e5 13.Ne6 fxe6 14.Qh5+ g6 15.fxg6 Ke7 16.gxh7 Bg7 17.O-O-O Qe8 18.g6 Nf6 19.Qxe5 Qc6 20.Rxd6 Qxd6 21.Bc5 Rad8 22.Bh3 Bc8 23.Bxd6+ Rxd6 24.Qg5 e5 25.Qxe5+ Be6 26.Bxe6 Rxe6 27.Qc5+ Ke8 28.Qf5 Re7 29.Rd1 Nfd7 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.Qxd5 Be5 32.Qc6 Kd8 33.Rd5 Rf8 34.Qa8+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "38"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Be2 Bg4 14.Rd1 Rac8 15.O-O Rfd8 16.h3 Bh5 17.Nd4 Ne6 18.Qd2 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 Rc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [ECO "B93"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Kh1 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Qe1 Bb7 12.Qh4 O-O 13.f5 Rae8 14.Bh6 e5 15.Nf3 Nh5 16.g4 Bxh6 17.gxh5 gxf5 18.Ng5 fxe4 19.Bxe4 f5 20.Bd5+ Kh8 21.Rad1 Nf6 22.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 23.Nf3 d5 24.Ne2 Ng4 25.Rde1 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Anatoly Lein"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.Qe1 Nc6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 g6 15.Bf3 Rad8 16.Rad1 Nd7 17.f5 Ne5 18.Bg4 exf5 19.exf5 Bf6 20.fxg6 fxg6 21.Be6+ Kh8 22.Bd5 Bg7 23.Bxb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Kenneth Regan"] [Black "Lubomir Kavalek"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "66"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.Nbd2 Bg7 7.Nc4 Nf6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Ne8 10.Bd2 e5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.b4 cxb4 13.Bxb4 Be6 14.Qd2 h6 15.Rab1 c5 16.Ba3 Bd7 17.a5 Bc8 18.Nfxe5 dxe5 19.Bxc5 Qc7 20.Bxf8 Bxf8 21.Ne3 Nf6 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Bf5 24.Rb3 h5 25.Reb1 e4 26.Rb7 Qe5 27.dxe4 Bxe4 28.Rd1 Bd6 29.g3 Qf5 30.Qc3 Rc8 31.Qe3 Rxc2 32.Rd4 Bc5 33.Rb8+ Kh7 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Bernard Zuckerman"] [ECO "B95"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "139"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.a4 Be7 8.Bc4 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O h6 11.Be3 Ne5 12.Be2 Qc7 13.h3 b6 14.Rad1 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.f4 O-O 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nd7 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Kh1 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Bxb6 Rb8 23.Qf2 Bb7 24.Bd4 Qh5 25.Qg3 f6 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Rxf6 Bd5 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Re1 Bb7 30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Re2 Qf1 32.Rd2 Rf5 33.Rd1 Qc4 34.Qb8+ Bc8 35.Rd8+ Rf8 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Qd6+ Kf7 38.a5 g5 39.Kg1 Kf6 40.Qf8+ Kg6 41.Qg8+ Kf6 42.Qh7 Qc5+ 43.Kh1 Qf8 44.b4 Ke5 45.Qe4+ Kd6 46.Qc4 Ke5 47.b5 axb5 48.Nxb5 Qd8 49.Qc3+ Kf4 50.Qc7+ Qxc7 51.Nxc7 Ke5 52.a6 Kd6 53.a7 Bb7 54.a8=Q Bxa8 55.Nxa8 Kc6 56.Kg1 Kb7 57.Kf2 Kxa8 58.Ke3 Kb7 59.Kd4 Kc6 60.Ke5 Kd7 61.g4 Ke7 62.c4 Kd7 63.c5 Kc6 64.Kxe6 Kxc5 65.Kf6 Kd5 66.Kg6 Ke4 67.Kxh6 Kf4 68.Kh5 Kg3 69.Kxg5 Kxh3 70.Kh5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Norman Weinstein"] [Black "Kim S Commons"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Bg5 Qxd1 13.Rxd1 Bc5 14.Nd2 Bb7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Bd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 f5 18.Nb3 Bd6 19.Na5 Kg7 20.c4 Kf6 21.Rac1 e4 22.c5 Be5 23.b3 Rfd8 24.Nc6 Rd7 25.Rc4 Bc3 26.Kf1 a5 27.Ke2 Rg8 28.g3 h5 29.Nxa5 h4 30.Nc6 Rh8 31.a5 hxg3 32.hxg3 Ra8 33.Ke3 Kg5 34.a6 f6 35.a7 Kg4 36.Ke2 Kh3 37.Ke3 Kg2 38.Ke2 Kh3 39.Kf1 Kh2 40.Ke2 Kh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bernard Zuckerman"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.Qe2 e6 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.O-O-O Be7 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nd5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Kb1 O-O 15.c3 b5 16.Bd3 Rab8 17.Ka1 Rfd8 18.Qe4 g6 19.h4 c5 20.h5 c4 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Qe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "James Tarjan"] [Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qb3 Qe7 5.e3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4 a5 8.b5 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.e4 e5 11.g3 Nbd7 12.Bh3 Nc5 13.Nh4 g6 14.O-O Nfd7 15.f4 f6 16.Be3 O-O-O 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.fxe5 fxe5 19.Rf2 Kb8 20.Raf1 Qg5 21.Rf7 Nf8 22.Nf3 Qe3+ 23.Rf2 Qxd3 24.Qxe5 Nd7 25.Bxd7 Rhf8 26.Ne1 Qd1 27.Rxf8 Qxe1+ 28.Kg2 Ka7 29.Rxd8 Bxe4+ 30.Kh3 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Kenneth Regan"] [ECO "B29"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nc6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.c4 Ne7 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.b3 Be5 14.Qe1 f6 15.Be3 Rb7 16.Rd1 Rd7 17.Rxd7 Qxd7 18.Na4 Nf5 19.Bc5 Rd8 20.Qa5 Bb7 21.Qxa7 h5 22.Qa5 h4 23.Qe1 hxg3 24.hxg3 Qf7 25.Bb6 Rd3 26.Qe2 Rd6 27.Nc5 Qg6 28.Nxb7 Nxg3 29.fxg3 Qxg3 30.Rf3 Qh2+ 31.Kf1 Rd7 32.Nc5 Bd4 33.Qxe6+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Andrew Soltis"] [ECO "B56"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a6 10.a4 Nb6 11.Nde2 Bd7 12.b3 Rc8 13.a5 Na8 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Ra2 e6 16.Qd2 Rfd8 17.Rd1 Bc6 18.Bg5 Rd7 19.Qf4 d5 20.Bxf6 Qxf4 21.gxf4 Bxf6 22.exd5 exd5 23.Nxd5 Kg7 24.c4 Nc7 25.Rad2 Rcd8 26.Kf1 Be7 27.Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lubomir Kavalek"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.O-O Nc7 10.f4 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Ng3 Bd6 13.Nf3 O-O 14.Ne5 Qe8 15.a4 cxd4 16.cxd4 b5 17.b3 Nd7 18.Ba3 Bxa3 19.Rxa3 Qe7 20.Ra2 bxa4 21.bxa4 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Rab8 23.Rc2 Ne8 24.f5 Rd8 25.Qg4 Kh8 26.Qd4 Rf7 27.Rcf2 exf5 28.Nxf5 Qg5 29.h4 Qg6 30.Ne7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Anatoly Lein"] [Black "Norman Weinstein"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "28"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 c5 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Ne4 11.Rc1 d6 12.Nd2 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Nd7 14.Be4 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "11"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bd2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Ba2 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Qe4 15.Qxe4 Nxe4 16.Be1 Nb6 17.f3 Nf6 18.b4 Nfd5 19.Bd2 Nc7 20.e4 Nb5 21.Be3 Nxd4 22.Bxd4 Re8 23.Rfd1 Be6 24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.a4 h6 26.Bc5 Ree8 27.a5 Nc4 28.Rd4 Ne5 29.Rad1 g5 30.Kf2 h5 31.Rd6 Nc4 32.Rh6 Kg7 33.Rxh5 Kg6 34.g4 Rac8 35.Rd4 Ne5 36.Bxa7 Rcd8 37.Ke2 f6 38.h4 Nf7 39.hxg5 Rxd4 40.Bxd4 f5 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "90"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O b5 8.Qe2 Be7 9.a3 Bb7 10.f4 O-O 11.Kh1 Nc6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Rae1 Rfe8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bf2 Nd7 16.Bg3 Nc5 17.Qg4 Qd7 18.Re3 a5 19.Bh4 b4 20.Ne2 Bxe4 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Ng3 f5 23.Qe2 d5 24.Bxe4 Nxe4 25.axb4 axb4 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Qc4 Rac8 28.Qb3 Qc5 29.h3 Qc4 30.Ra1 Re7 31.Qa4 Qd4 32.Rb3 Rxc2 33.Rxb4 Qd2 34.Rg1 Rxb2 35.Rd4 Qxf4 36.Rd8+ Kf7 37.Qa8 Kg6 38.Rg8 Rbb7 39.Rh8 Kh6 40.Qg8 g6 41.Qf8+ Rg7 42.Rd1 e3 43.Qf6 e2 44.Rg1 Qg3 45.Qa1 Rgd7 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "James Tarjan"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "110"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 a6 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Nd4 9.Bxd4 exd4 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.Qd2 Bd7 12.c3 dxc3 13.bxc3 Ba7 14.Nh4 Rb8 15.Kh1 Ne7 16.f4 f5 17.Rae1 Kh8 18.Nd4 Bxd4 19.cxd4 c6 20.d5 cxd5 21.exd5 Ng6 22.Nf3 Qf6 23.Qb4 b6 24.Rc1 a5 25.Qb3 Rb7 26.Ng5 b5 27.Ne6 Ra8 28.Rfe1 b4 29.Qc2 Ne7 30.Nd4 Qf8 31.Nc6 Nc8 32.Qb2 Nb6 33.h4 Na4 34.Qd4 h6 35.Bf3 Nc3 36.Rc2 Qf6 37.Qxf6 gxf6 38.a3 Na4 39.axb4 axb4 40.Rb1 b3 41.Rc4 Nc5 42.Bd1 b2 43.Bc2 Ra1 44.Kg2 Be8 45.Kf2 Bh5 46.Ke1 Bf3 47.Rb4 Rxb4 48.Nxb4 Nb3 49.Nc6 Bxd5 50.Ne7 Be6 51.Ke2 Nd4+ 52.Kd2 Kg7 53.Kc3 Nxc2 54.Rxb2 Ra7 55.Nc6 Rc7 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "B52"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "56"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.f3 O-O 11.O-O Rfc8 12.b3 Ne8 13.Qd2 b6 14.Rad1 Rab8 15.f4 e6 16.h3 a6 17.Rf2 b5 18.cxb5 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Qc7 21.Ne2 axb5 22.f5 e5 23.Qd3 b4 24.Rdf1 Qa7 25.Kh2 Rb7 26.Qd2 Rcc7 27.Ng3 Rc3 28.Re2 Qa6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Kim S Commons"] [Black "Anatoly Lein"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "147"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.cxd5 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.Bb3 Nb6 10.Nf4 Bf5 11.a4 a5 12.O-O Ne8 13.Be3 Nd6 14.Qe2 Nbc8 15.Rfd1 Na7 16.Nd3 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Qb6 18.Ra3 Rfc8 19.f3 Qd8 20.Bf2 Rc7 21.Ne4 Rac8 22.Nxd6 exd6 23.Raa1 Bh6 24.Be1 Rd7 25.Bc3 Qb6 26.Bc4 Re7 27.Re1 Rce8 28.Re4 Bf8 29.Rae1 Qc7 30.b3 Rb8 31.Bd2 Rd7 32.Bg5 h6 33.Bd2 Bg7 34.g4 Rf8 35.Kg2 Qd8 36.R1e2 b6 37.h3 Rb7 38.Be1 Bf6 39.Qe3 Kg7 40.Qd3 Rh8 41.f4 Re7 42.Rxe7 Bxe7 43.Qe3 Bf6 44.Bg3 Qd7 45.Bf2 Bd8 46.Kg3 b5 47.axb5 Nxb5 48.h4 Nc7 49.Be1 h5 50.g5 a4 51.bxa4 Qxa4 52.Qb3 Qd7 53.Qf3 Re8 54.Rxe8 Qxe8 55.Bb4 Qa4 56.Qb3 Qd7 57.Be2 Ne8 58.Qc4 Kh7 59.Qc6 Qe7 60.Kf3 Bc7 61.Bb5 Ng7 62.Qd7 Qxd7 63.Bxd7 Nf5 64.Bxf5 gxf5 65.Ke3 f6 66.Kd3 Kg6 67.Bd2 fxg5 68.fxg5 Kf7 69.Ke3 Kg7 70.Kf4 Kg6 71.Bb4 Bb6 72.Bxd6 Bxd4 73.Be7 Kf7 74.Bd8 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "Bernard Zuckerman"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "130"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Qd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qa5 8.Nb3 Nxc3 9.Bd2 Ne4 10.Qxe4 Bxd2+ 11.Nxd2 O-O 12.Bg2 Rd8 13.Qf4 d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.O-O Nc6 16.Nb3 Qb6 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Rd2 d4 19.Bxc6 Bxb3 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.axb3 Qxb3 22.Rxd4 Qxb2 23.Rxa7 Rf8 24.Rxa8 Qb1+ 25.Kg2 Qb7+ 26.f3 Qxa8 27.Rd7 Qe8 28.Qd2 h6 29.Kf2 Qe6 30.Kf1 Qf6 31.Qe3 Rb8 32.Qe4 Rc8 33.Re7 Qc6 34.Qxc6 Rxc6 35.Re5 g6 36.g4 Kg7 37.h4 Kf6 38.Ra5 Rc1+ 39.Kf2 Rh1 40.Kg3 Re1 41.Ra2 Rg1+ 42.Kh2 Re1 43.f4 Kg7 44.Kg2 Kf6 45.Rb2 Kg7 46.h5 gxh5 47.gxh5 Kf6 48.Kf2 Rh1 49.Rb5 Rh3 50.Re5 Ra3 51.e3 Ra1 52.Rb5 Rh1 53.e4 Rh3 54.Kg2 Re3 55.Rb6+ Kg7 56.e5 Kh7 57.Rb7 Kg8 58.Rb8+ Kg7 59.Rb5 Kh7 60.Ra5 Kg7 61.Ra1 Kf8 62.Rh1 f6 63.Rh3 Re1 64.Kf2 Ra1 65.e6 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kenneth Regan"] [Black "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [ECO "B02"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "32"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.dxc3 d6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Bxe5 c6 9.O-O-O f6 10.Bg3 e5 11.Nd2 Ne6 12.Bc4 Bd7 13.Ne4 O-O-O 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Rhe8 16.f3 Kc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Norman Weinstein"] [Black "Lubomir Kavalek"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "32"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 a6 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.a4 Rb8 12.Bf3 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bc6 14.a5 Nd7 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.Rfd1 Nc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "James Tarjan"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "85"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.e4 c6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.d3 Qd7 8.f4 Bh3 9.Bxh3 Qxh3 10.Ng1 Qg2 11.Qf3 Qxf3 12.Nxf3 Nbd7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Rf1 Rfe8 15.O-O-O Bd8 16.a3 a6 17.Kc2 b5 18.b3 Bc7 19.Rfe1 Rac8 20.Kb2 g6 21.cxb5 axb5 22.d4 exf4 23.Bxf4 Bb8 24.d5 c5 25.Nxb5 Nxe4 26.Ng5 Nxg5 27.Bxg5 Ne5 28.Kc3 f5 29.Bf4 Kf7 30.a4 Bc7 31.Kc2 Kf6 32.h4 Kf7 33.a5 Red8 34.a6 Nf3 35.Re6 Rd7 36.Kb2 Ra8 37.Nxc7 Rxc7 38.Bxd6 Rcc8 39.Re7+ Kf6 40.Re6+ Kf7 41.Re7+ Kf6 42.a7 Nd4 43.Rb7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [Black "Andrew Soltis"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Be3 a6 6.f4 b5 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.d5 c5 9.cxb5 Ngf6 10.Nd2 O-O 11.bxa6 Nb6 12.Be2 Bxa6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.O-O Qd7 15.h3 Rfa8 16.Qc2 Ne8 17.a3 Nc7 18.Rab1 Na4 19.Nxa4 Qxa4 20.Qxa4 Rxa4 21.Rfc1 Rb8 22.b4 Rxa3 23.Kf2 Na6 24.bxc5 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 dxc5 26.Rb7 Bf8 27.Ra7 Ra4 28.Kf3 c4 29.Nxc4 Rxc4 30.Rxa6 Rc3 31.Ra8 Rb3 32.e5 f5 33.e6 Rb7 34.Bd4 h6 35.h4 Rb3+ 36.Ke2 Rb7 37.Rc8 Rb4 38.d6 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Norman Weinstein"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "61"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nf3 O-O-O 13.Bd3 Kb8 14.Rhe1 Bc8 15.Bf1 h5 16.g3 Bb7 17.Re3 d5 18.exd5 Bc5 19.Ree1 Nb4 20.Bd3 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Qe2 Rd6 23.c4 bxc4 24.Bxc4 Bb7 25.f5 Rhd8 26.Rxd6 Rxd6 27.Bd3 Bf2 28.Rf1 Qe3 29.Rxf2 Qxd3+ 30.Qxd3 Rxd3 31.fxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "A88"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "43"] 1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.d4 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.d5 Qa5 9.Nd4 Qc5 10.Qd3 Ng4 11.Nb3 Qb4 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Nd5 Qa4 14.f4 Nf6 15.Bd2 Ne4 16.Nc3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Be6 18.Bxe4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Qxc4 20.Qe3 Bh3 21.Rfd1 Qe6 22.Qxe6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lubomir Kavalek"] [Black "Kim S Commons"] [ECO "B62"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2 e6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 b5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.Kb1 Qc7 13.h3 O-O 14.g4 Rfc8 15.Rhg1 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 b4 17.Ne2 e5 18.g5 hxg5 19.fxe5 Nh7 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.h4 g4 22.e5 Qc6 23.Nf4 Nf8 24.Qe2 Qh6 25.Be3 Bc5 26.Nd5 Bxe3 27.Nxe3 a5 28.Bf5 Be6 29.Nxg4 Qf4 30.Nf6+ 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "D45"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 dxc4 9.bxc4 e5 10.O-O Re8 11.a4 Qe7 12.Rb1 e4 13.Nd2 Nf8 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 c5 16.Bd3 Ng6 17.Kh1 a6 18.Bd2 Rb8 19.a5 Bd7 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 cxd4 22.exd4 Rec8 23.Qb3 f6 24.Bb4 Nf4 25.Rfe1 Qf8 26.Bc4 Kh8 27.Bd2 Qf7 28.Rbc1 Qh5 29.Re4 Nxg2 30.Bd3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bernard Zuckerman"] [Black "Kenneth Regan"] [ECO "B29"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.c3 d6 8.Bd3 dxe5 9.Nxe5 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bd6 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Qf6 13.Qh5 g6 14.Bg5 Qxf2+ 15.Kxf2 gxh5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Be7 Bxe7 18.Rxe7 Be6 19.Rc7 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Rc1 Rb8 22.b3 Bd7 23.Rc5 Kg7 24.Ra5 Rb7 25.Ke3 h6 26.Ba6 Rc7 27.Kf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qf3 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Be6 7.cxd5 Bxd5 8.Qf4 c5 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bc4 Bxc4 11.Qxc4 e6 12.Rb1 Qd7 13.Qg4 O-O-O 14.O-O Qd3 15.Ba3 Qa6 16.Bb2 c4 17.Rfe1 Rd7 18.Nd4 h5 19.Qg5 g6 20.Qf6 Rg8 21.a4 Bc5 22.Nb5 Qxa4 23.Nd6+ Bxd6 24.exd6 Qc2 25.Ba3 Qxd2 26.Red1 Qe2 27.h3 Qe4 28.Qg5 Qf5 29.Qe3 Qe5 30.Qf3 Rgd8 31.Rxb7 Rxb7 32.Qxc6+ Kb8 33.d7+ Rdxd7 34.Bd6+ Rxd6 35.Qe8+ Kc7 36.Qxf7+ Kc6 37.Qe8+ Rdd7 38.f4 Qc5+ 39.Kh2 Qe7 40.Qc8+ Rdc7 41.Qh8 Rb5 42.Qa8+ Kb6 43.Qb8+ Rb7 44.Qc8 a5 45.Rd8 Rc5 46.Qa8 Qc7 47.Rd4 Qb8 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "0-1"] [White "William James Lombardy"] [Black "James Tarjan"] [ECO "E60"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.a4 a5 8.O-O Na6 9.h3 O-O 10.Ne5 Be6 11.e4 Qc8 12.Kh2 Rd8 13.Qe2 Rxd4 14.Be3 c5 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.Nd5 d3 17.Qf3 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxe5 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Rae1 Rd8 21.Qxb7 d2 22.Rd1 Nc5 23.Qb5 Nb3 24.Rb1 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 d1=Q 26.Rxd1 Rxd1 27.Rc2 Nd4 28.Qe8+ Kg7 29.Rb2 Nb3 30.h4 h5 31.Qb8 Kh7 32.Qf4 Rd4 33.Qf3 Rd2 34.Rxd2 Nxd2 35.Qc3 Qe2 36.Qxa5 Qxf2 37.Qc3 Nf1+ 38.Kh1 Nxg3+ 39.Kh2 Nf1+ 40.Kh1 Ne3 41.Bb7 Qf1+ 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Kim S Commons"] [Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 d5 8.Bb2 c5 9.Nbd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.exd4 Re8 13.Rfd1 Bf8 14.h3 g6 15.Qe3 Nh5 16.g4 Ng7 17.Nf1 f6 18.Ng3 Qd7 19.Qf4 Bd6 20.Qe3 Qf7 21.Bf1 Ne7 22.Bg2 g5 23.Ne2 Ng6 24.Rc2 Bf4 25.Nxf4 Nxf4 26.Bf1 h5 27.Ne1 Qg6 28.Rdc1 hxg4 29.hxg4 e5 30.Nd3 dxc4 31.bxc4 exd4 32.Nxf4 gxf4 33.Qxd4 Qxg4+ 34.Kh2 Re3 35.f3 Rxf3 36.Bg2 Rh3+ 37.Kg1 Rg3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Anatoly Lein"] [Black "Lubomir Kavalek"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2505"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "96"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.O-O Nf6 7.d3 a6 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.e5 Nd7 11.exd6 Bxd6 12.f5 e5 13.f6 gxf6 14.Nh4 Qc7 15.Ne4 O-O-O 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.c4 h5 18.Bd2 Re8 19.a3 Re6 20.Kh1 Nb8 21.b4 Bxe4 22.dxe4 Nc6 23.Ne3 Nd4 24.Qd1 h4 25.Nd5 Qd8 26.h3 f5 27.exf5 Rc6 28.Be3 cxb4 29.Bxd4 exd4 30.axb4 Rxc4 31.Qf3 Kb8 32.Rfb1 Bd6 33.b5 a5 34.f6 Rc5 35.Ne7 Bxe7 36.fxe7 Qxe7 37.Rxa5 Qe3 38.Qf1 Rhh5 39.Rba1 Rhf5 40.Qd1 Rf2 41.Ra8+ Kc7 42.b6+ Kxb6 43.Rb1+ Kc7 44.Ra7 Rd2 45.Raxb7+ Kd8 46.Rb8+ Ke7 47.R1b7+ Kf6 48.Qf1+ Rf2 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Edmar J Mednis"] [Black "Bernard Zuckerman"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "2460"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "85"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6 9.a4 a5 10.Qd3 exd4 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd4 Ba6 13.c4 g5 14.Bg3 d5 15.Nxc6 Bxc4 16.Qf3 dxe4 17.Qf5 Be6 18.Qe5 Nd7 19.Nxd8 Nxe5 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bxe5 e3 22.Nc3 exf2+ 23.Kh1 Rf5 24.Bg3 Raf8 25.Rad1 h5 26.h3 h4 27.Bh2 Kg7 28.g4 Rf3 29.Kg2 Kg6 30.Rd7 R8f7 31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Be5 c6 33.Ne4 Rd7 34.Nxf2 Rd2 35.Kf3 Rc2 36.Bc3 Kh6 37.Ne4 Rh2 38.Be5 Rxh3+ 39.Kg2 Re3 40.Rf6+ Kg7 41.Rf3+ Kg6 42.Rxe3 Bxe3 43.Bc7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kenneth Regan"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qc7 12.Bd3 dxe5 13.dxe5 b6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Ng5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Rxe5 f6 19.Bxf6 Rxf6 20.Bc4 Kf7 21.Rae1 Re8 22.a4 Re7 23.a5 Bc8 24.R1e3 Rc7 25.Bb3 bxa5 26.Rxa5 Kf8 27.Kf1 Rf5 28.Rxf5+ exf5 29.Ke2 f4 30.Re4 g5 31.Kd2 Rd7+ 32.Kc2 Bb7 33.Re5 h6 34.g3 Re7 35.Rxe7 Kxe7 36.Kd3 fxg3 37.fxg3 Kf6 38.Kd4 Bf3 39.c4 Ke6 40.Ba4 Kd6 41.c5+ Kc7 42.Kc4 Bc6 43.Bd1 a5 44.Bg4 Kd8 45.h4 Ke7 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Kd4 Kf6 48.Bh5 Kf5 49.Bd1 a4 50.Kc3 a3 51.Bb3 Ke5 52.Kb4 Kd4 53.Kxa3 Kxc5 54.Kb2 Kd4 55.Kc1 Ke3 56.Be6 Bf3 57.Bd7 Kf2 58.Kd2 Kxg3 59.Ke1 Bg2 60.Be6 Kh2 61.Bg4 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "14"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Norman Weinstein"] [Black "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2520"] [PlyCount "29"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.Be2 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.c3 O-O 11.Re1 Qa5 12.Nd3 Rae8 13.Bf4 Bf5 14.Bf1 Nh5 15.Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Andrew Soltis"] [Black "Larry Mark Christiansen"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "89"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 b6 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bf3 Nc6 13.Kh1 Rfd8 14.Rc1 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Bf8 16.Qe3 Rac8 17.Na4 Nd7 18.f5 exf5 19.exf5 Re8 20.Qf2 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 Ne5 22.Qd5 Qc6 23.Qd4 b5 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.Nd5 bxc4 26.bxc4 Qa4 27.f6 Qxa2 28.fxg7 Bxg7 29.Ba1 Rbc8 30.Qa7 Kh8 31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.Rxf7 Rxc4 33.Rg1 Rg4 34.Qd7 Rg8 35.Qxg4 Qxd5 36.Qd7 Qe4 37.Re7 Bf8 38.Qb7 Qf5 39.Rf7 Qg6 40.Rf3 Qe6 41.Rgf1 Bg7 42.Rg3 a5 43.Rf7 Qc8 44.Qb1 Qc4 45.Rgxg7 1-0 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Edmar J Mednis"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2460"] [PlyCount "40"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 c6 5.b3 Bd6 6.Bb2 O-O 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.d4 Nxc4 12.bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rfd1 Qe7 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.Ne4 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 f6 18.Bd6 Bxd6 19.Nxd6 Rd8 20.c5 b6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Robert Eugene Byrne"] [Black "Anatoly Lein"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "99"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 g6 7.a4 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.f4 Rb8 11.Nb3 Be6 12.f5 gxf5 13.exf5 Bxb3 14.cxb3 d5 15.Bf4 d4 16.Na2 Nd5 17.Bd3 Nxf4 18.Rxf4 Bf6 19.Qh5 Ne5 20.Rd1 Kh8 21.Nc1 Rg8 22.Be4 Qc7 23.Rdf1 Rg5 24.Qe2 Rbg8 25.Nd3 Ng4 26.Rc1 Qb8 27.Kh1 Qf8 28.Bxb7 Qh6 29.g3 Ne3 30.Rh4 Qg7 31.Be4 Rxg3 32.hxg3 Bxh4 33.gxh4 Qh6 34.Qh2 Ng4 35.Qg3 Nf6 36.Qe1 Nh5 37.Bg2 Qg7 38.Rc2 f6 39.Bh3 Qf7 40.Qe6 Ng3+ 41.Kh2 Qh5 42.Rg2 Nf1+ 43.Kg1 Ng3 44.Qxe7 Qd1+ 45.Ne1 d3 46.Qxf6+ Rg7 47.Qd8+ Rg8 48.Qd4+ Rg7 49.Qd8+ Rg8 50.Qd4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Kenneth S Rogoff"] [Black "Kim S Commons"] [ECO "C91"] [WhiteElo "2520"] [BlackElo "2485"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bc8 13.dxc6 Qc7 14.Nbd2 Qxc6 15.Nf1 Bb7 16.Ng3 g6 17.a4 Nc4 18.Qe2 Rfe8 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Bd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"] [Black "William James Lombardy"] [ECO "E64"] [WhiteElo "2485"] [BlackElo "2540"] [PlyCount "102"] 1.c4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b3 Re8 9.e3 c6 10.a4 Nf8 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bb2 e4 14.Nd4 a5 15.Ba3 Re8 16.Rad1 N8d7 17.h3 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.g4 h6 20.Nde2 Nc5 21.Ng3 Ra6 22.Rd6 Ke7 23.Rdd1 Rb6 24.Rb1 Rxb3 25.Rxb3 Nxb3 26.Ngxe4 Nxe4 27.Nxe4 Rd8 28.c5 Be6 29.Rb1 Rd7 30.h4 f5 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Bh3 fxe4 33.Bxe6 Nd2 34.Bxd7 Nxb1 35.Bc8 Nc3 36.Bxb7 Kd7 37.Ba6 Nxa4 38.Kf1 Nxc5 39.Bc4 Kd6 40.Ke2 Nd7 41.Kd2 Ne5 42.Be2 c5 43.Kc3 c4 44.Bf1 Kc5 45.Bg2 Nf3 46.h5 a4 47.Bh3 a3 48.Be6 Nd2 49.Kc2 Kb4 50.Bd5 Nb3 51.Kb1 c3 0-1 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "James Tarjan"] [Black "Kenneth Regan"] [ECO "A56"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2430"] [PlyCount "38"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.h3 e5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Ne8 10.g4 Na6 11.Rg1 Nac7 12.Bd3 Rb8 13.h4 Bd7 14.a4 b6 15.h5 g5 16.Nd2 Na6 17.Be2 Nb4 18.Nf1 Nc7 19.Bd2 a6 1/2-1/2 [Event "USA-ch"] [Site "Pasadena, CA USA"] [Date "1978.06.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bernard Zuckerman"] [Black "Norman Weinstein"] [ECO "A55"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "34"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O a6 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 Bf8 11.h3 b6 12.Qc2 Bb7 13.a4 Rc8 14.d5 b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Qe2 bxc4 17.bxc4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

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