28th US Championship and World Championship Zonal; 1981
July 9-30
South Bend, IN


                  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
 1. Browne        x ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 0  9 - 5
 2. Seirawan      ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1  9 - 5
 3. Christiansen  0 ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1  8½- 5½
 4. Kavalek       ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½  8½- 5½
 5. Reshevsky     ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  8½- 5½
 6. Shamkovich    0 ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1  7½- 6½
 7. Byrne, R.     ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½  7 - 7
 8. Peters        0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1  7 - 7
 9. Lein          ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ x 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½  6½- 7½
10. Alburt        0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 x ½ 1 1 1 0  6 - 8
11. Kogan         ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 0 1  6 - 8
12. Tarjan        0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 x 1 ½ 1  6 - 8
13. Benjamin      1 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 x ½ ½  5½- 8½
14. Fedorowicz    0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ x 0  5 - 9
15. Kudrin        1 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 x  5 - 9
    Evans                     0   0

  • As a result of this tournament, Walter Browne and Yasser Seirawan qualified for the 1982 Interzonals.

  • Larry Christiansen, Lubosh Kavalek, and Sammy Reshevsky tied for the final Interzonal spot, and played off in Jacksonville:
                  1  2  3
    Christiansen xx ½½ ½½  2-2
    Reshevsky    ½½ xx ½½  2-2
    Kavalek      ½½ ½½ xx  2-2
    

  • With all the Playoff games drawn, Christiansen won the final spot, owing to better tiebreak points.

  • Larry Evans withdrew from the tournament after 2 rounds. Since he did not complete half his schedule, both of his completed games were anulled.

  • This was the final US Championship for 8-time Champion Sammy Reshevsky, and 5-time Champion Larry Evans.


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