The victory of 20-year-old <Arthur Bisguier> helped ushered in a couple of new trends in the US Open. A new generation was reaching the top, taking over as thoroughly as in the Fine/Reshevsky days of the 1930s. Outside of Reshevsky's first place tie in 1955, nobody who played in the US Open before 1946 would ever win the tournament again.

Also, the 120 player turnout reversed a recent trends of stagnating attendance and smashed the previous record of 86 at Corpus Christi. It seemed the tournament was becoming one regular players could look forward to as well as the Masters.

While the tournament did get coverage in the local news, there were a few odd angles. Bisguier was upset in round 2 by local player Lester Spitzley, probably a weak Class A player by today's ratings. Reported the <Detroit News>: "Spitzley won easily over Bisguier, teen-age player..."

Hopefully, they knew better a couple of weeks later!

                            1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   11   12
1   Arthur Bisguier        W117 L 74 D 29 W 33 W 50 W 75 D  9 W 41 W  6 W  3 W  4 D  8 9.5
2   Hermann Victor Hesse   W 50 W 35 W 44 L 12 W 58 L  5 L 21 W 61 W 77 W 43 W 26 W 19 9.0
3   Jeremiah F Donovan     W 17 W 37 W 24 D  8 W 14 W 10 D  4 D 12 D 27 L  1 W 45 D  7 8.5
4   Larry Melvyn Evans     W 43 W 70 W 22 W 41 W 12 W  8 D  3 L  7 D 10 W 19 L  1 D  6 8.5
5   Leon Stolzenberg       D 20 W113 D 15 W 34 W  6 W  2 L  7 D 19 W 16 D 11 W 28 D 10 8.5
6   Weaver Warren Adams    W 86 W 47 W 18 L 14 L  5 W 25 W 24 W 21 L  1 W 34 W 12 D  4 8.5
7   Walter Shipman         W 29 W103 W 74 W  9 L 10 D 27 W  5 W  4 D 12 D 18 D 21 D  3 8.5
8   Robert H Steinmeyer    W 92 W 30 W 28 D  3 W 75 L  4 W 14 D 26 D 11 W 27 D 10 D  1 8.5
9   Herman Steiner         W 73 W 89 W 51 L  7 D 18 W 22 D  1 D 17 L 26 W 24 W 42 W 21 8.5
10  Anthony Santasiere     W116 W 72 D 75 W 56 W  7 L  3 D 13 W 34 D  4 W 12 D  8 D  5 8.5
11  George Mortimer Kramer W108 W 80 L 12 W 82 W 20 D 13 W 56 D 27 D  8 D  5 D 18 W 22 8.5
12  Hans Berliner          W 59 W 34 W 11 W  2 L  4 W 15 W 41 D  3 D  7 L 10 L  6 W 30 8.0
13  Maurice Fox            W 40 D 36 D 39 W 51 W 28 D 11 D 10 D 18 D 43 D 22 D 14 W 29 8.0
14  Albert Pinkus          D 42 W 79 W 55 W  6 L  3 W 32 L  8 W 48 L 18 W 36 D 13 W 28 8.0
15  Paul Poschel           W 32 W 71 D  5 D 31 W 47 L 12 D 28 D 29 W 25 L 21 W 61 W 26 8.0
16  Ariel Mengarini        W115 L 75 W 46 D 23 W 53 W 59 L 27 W 45 L  5 W 38 D 17 W 18 8.0
17  Jack Soudakoff         L  3 W104 W 91 W 66 D 59 L 56 W 23 D  9 D 47 W 57 D 16 W 34 8.0
18  Eliot Sanford Hearst   W 57 W 26 L  6 W 30 D  9 D 19 W 77 D 13 W 14 D  7 D 11 L 16 7.5
19  Adolf Jay Fink         D 38 W 21 W 36 L 75 W 60 D 18 W 51 D  5 W 44 L  4 W 20 L  2 7.5
20  Paul Tautvaisas        D  5 W 83 W 35 D 45 L 11 W 49 D 22 W 50 L 28 W 47 L 19 W 44 7.5
21  Phil Le Cornu          D113 L 19 W 79 W102 W 23 D 26 W  2 L  6 W 30 W 15 D  7 L  9 7.5
22  Joseph Shaffer         W 33 W 76 L  4 W 37 D 26 L  9 D 20 W 86 W 59 D 13 W 27 L 11 7.5
23  Walter Grombacher      D 83 D 94 W 80 D 16 L 21 W 65 L 17 W 39 D 29 D 37 W 40 W 42 7.5
24  Robert Coveyou         W 91 W 68 L  3 W 70 L 41 W 30 L  6 D 59 W 64 L  9 W 74 W 51 7.5
25  George Krauss          L 68 W100 L 58 W 91 W 70 L  6 W 67 W 74 L 15 W 31 D 51 W 45 7.5
26  David Hamburger        W109 L 18 W 64 W 39 D 22 D 21 W 35 D  8 W  9 D 28 L  2 L 15 7.0
27  Carl Hesse             L 55 W118 W 63 W 88 W 31 D  7 W 16 D 11 D  3 L  8 L 22 D 38 7.0
28  Attilio Di Camillo     W 48 W 64 L  8 W 52 L 13 W105 D 15 W 56 W 20 D 26 L  5 L 14 7.0
29  E J Van Sweden         L  7 W 90 D  1 D 49 W 94 L 51 W 55 D 15 D 23 W 77 W 43 L 13 7.0
30  Max Guze               W 54 L  8 W 89 L 18 W 63 L 24 W 62 W 35 L 21 W 33 W 36 L 12 7.0
31  Howard Ridout          W 88 D 49 W 60 D 15 L 27 L 35 L 33 W 63 W 50 L 25 W 78 W 62 7.0
32  William M Byland       L 15 W 98 D 50 W 76 W 37 L 14 D 47 L 36 D 58 D 39 W 77 W 61 7.0
33  Lewis J Isaacs         L 22 W 62 D 92 L  1 W 87 D 50 W 31 L 75 W 78 L 30 W 57 W 56 7.0
34  Homer W Jones          W 81 L 12 W 72 L  5 W 40 W 61 W 74 L 10 W 75 L  6 W 41 L 17 7.0
35  Jerry Sullivan         W105 L  2 L 20 W 98 W 92 W 31 L 26 L 30 D 87 W 48 W 52 D 37 7.0
36  John Ragan             W118 D 13 L 19 L 53 W103 D 46 W 57 W 32 W 41 L 14 L 30 W 66 7.0
37  Lee Magee              W 93	L  3 W103 L 22 L 32 W111 L 66 W 68 W 86 D 23 W 67 D 35 7.0
38  Edgar Thomas McCormick D 19 L 42 W 99 L 54 W115 W 53 L 59 W 79 W 66 L 16 W 80 D 27 7.0
39  Karl Burger            W119 D 55 D 13 L 26 W100 L 74 W 91 L 23 D 80 D 32 W 84 W 53 7.0
40  Thomas Jenkins         L 13 W 85 L 66 W106 L 34 W 82 W105 L 43 W 84 W 64 L 23 W 59 7.0
41  Edmund Nash            W110 W 46 W 67 L  4 W 24 W 45 L 12 L  1 L 36 W 62 L 34 D 50 6.5
42  George Eastman         D 14 W 38 L112 L 60 L 61 W110 W 71 W 76 W 48 W 44 L  9 L 23 6.5
43  Gisela Kahn Gresser    L  4 L 52 W 97 W 96 W 80 W 58 D 48 W 40 D 13 L  2 L 29 D 70 6.5
44  Harlow Bussey Daly     W 85 W 53 L  2 L 74 W 71 W 86 D 45 W 66 L 19 L 42 W 54 L 20 6.5
45  George Miller          D 77 W 65 W102 D 20 W 74 L 41 D 44 L 16 W 53 W 56 L  3 L 25 6.5
46  Alfred Ludwig          W 84 L 41 L 16 W101 D 68 D 36 L 73 D 70 W 49 W 66 D 56 D 47 6.5
47  Rafael Cintron         W100 L  6 W106 W 94 L 15 D 66 D 32 W 49 D 17 L 20 D 53 D 46 6.5
48  Paul Adams             L 28 D 99 W101 W 92 W 54 D 77 D 43 L 14 L 42 L 35 W 69 W 68 6.5
49  James T Sherwin        W107 D 31 L 56 D 29 W102 L 20 W 69 L 47 L 46 W 79 D 58 W 67 6.5
50  C C Crittenden         L  2 W120 D 32 W 55 L  1 D 33 W 58 L 20 L 31 W 85 W 75 D 41 6.5
51  Howard Ohman           W111 W 82 L  9 L 13 W 99 W 29 L 19 L 53 W102 W 75 D 25 L 24 6.5
52  R Eckhardt             L 67 W 43 W116 L 28 L 66 W 94 D 54 W 82 L 56 W 55 L 35 W 85 6.5
53  Reuben Buskager        W 65 L 44 D 76 W 36 L 16 L 38 W 94 W 51 L 45 W 60 D 47 L 39 6.0
54  Curt Justin Brasket    L 30 W 57 D 68 W 38 L 48 D 55 D 52 D 78 L 67 W 89 L 44 W 88 6.0
55  Glenn E Hartleb        W 27 D 39 L 14 L 50 W 89 D 54 L 29 D 67 W 73 L 52 D 68 W 79 6.0
56  Jack O'Keefe           W114 D 60 W 49 L 10 W 81 W 17 L 11 L 28 W 52 L 45 D 46 L 33 6.0
57  Myron Fleischer        L 18 L 54 W 62 L 81 W 64 W 63 L 36 W 60 W 76 L 17 L 33 W 89 6.0
58  James Michael Bolton   ---- W 93 W 25 W 86 L  2 L 43 L 50 W 89 D 32 L 67 D 49 W 74 6.0
59  Herbert Hickman        L 12 W110 W 73 W 67 D 17 L 16 W 38 D 24 L 22 L 61 W 86 L 40 6.0
60  Charles Sharp          W 69 D 56 L 31 W 42 L 19 L 76 W106 L 57 W 65 L 53 D 64 W 80 6.0
61  Paul Quillen           W 98 L 67 L 82 W103 W 42 L 34 W 90 L  2 W 69 W 59 L 15 L 32 6.0
62  James R Schroeder      L112 L 33 L 57 W 85 W 78 W100 L 30 W 91 W 74 L 41 W 65 L 31 6.0
63  Kenneth R Jones        L 82 W111 L 27 W 69 L 30 L 57 W 92 L 31 W 99 W 84 L 85 W 77 6.0
64  Norman C Wilder        W104 L 28 L 26 D115 L 57 W101 W 70 W105 L 24 L 40 D 60 W 76 6.0
65  Clayton Walker         L 53 L 45 W118 D 87 W106 L 23 D 84 W 90 L 60 W 88 L 62 W 86 6.0
66  Rea B Hayes            L 74 W 87 W 40 L 17 W 52 D 47 W 37 L 44 L 38 L 46 W 90 L 36 5.5
67  James E Barry          W 52 W 61 L 41 L 59 L105 W 80 L 25 D 55 W 54 W 58 L 37 L 49 5.5
68  Walter Mann            W 25 L 24 D 54 L 77 D 46 W 81 L 86 L 37 W 94 W 76 D 55 L 48 5.5
69  Carl Weberg            L 60 L116 W 83 L 63 W 96 W 71 L 49 D 73 L 61 W 72 L 48 W 95 5.5
70  Lucille Kellner        W 97 L  4 W 71 L 24 L 25 D 73 L 64 D 46 L 79 W119 W 87 D 43 5.5
71  Raymond Vollmar        W 99 L 15 L 70 W 72 L 44 L 69 L 42 D 85 D 91 W107 D 93 W 90 5.5
72  Edwin M Faust          W 95 L 10 L 34 L 71 L 91 W 99 L 78 W 93 D 90 L 69 W103 W 92 5.5
73  John Broadus Holt      L  9 W119 L 59 L105 W118 D 70 W 46 D 69 L 55 L 80 D 92 W 98 5.5
74  Lester Spitzley        W 66 W  1 L  7 W 44 L 45 W 39 L 34 L 25 L 62 W 83 L 24 L 58 5.0
75  John B Payne           W106 W 16 D 10 W 19 L  8 L  1 D 76 W 33 L 34 L 51 L 50 ---- 5.0
76  Charles T Morgan       W 87 L 22 D 53 L 32 W 93 W 60 D 75 L 42 L 57 L 68 W 82 L 64 5.0
77  Mark Eucher            D 45 L105 W 84 W 68 W 82 D 48 L 18 W102 L  2 L 29 L 32 L 63 5.0
78  Norman Zemke           L 80 L 86 W 90 L 89 L 62 W 87 W 72 D 54 L 33 W 95 L 31 D 83 5.0
79  Robert Morris          D 94 L 14 L 21 W 84 L 86 W 97 D 80 L 38 W 70 L 49 W 91 L 55 5.0
80  A H Hobson             W 78 L 11 L 23 W107 L 43 L 67 D 79 W101 D 39 W 73 L 38 L 60 5.0
81  H C Underwood          L 34 L 92 W104 W 57 L 56 L 68 L 85 W 98 L 89 L 97 W 94 W 93 5.0
82  Lionel Joyner          W 63 L 51 W 61 L 11 L 77 L 40 W109 L 52 L 95 W104 L 76 W100 5.0
83  Howard Fleat           D 23 L 20 L 69 L113 L101 W103 W107 L 87 W100 L 74 W108 D 78 5.0
84  Julius Goodman         L 46 D101 L 77 L 79 W 85 W104 D 65 W 88 L 40 L 63 L 39 W 99 5.0
85  E Forry Laucks         L 44 L 40 D 95 L 62 L 84 W108 W 81 D 71 W106 L 50 W 63 L 52 5.0
86  James H Ricard         L  6 W 78 W117 L 58 W 79 L 44 W 68 L 22 L 37 W 87 L 59 L 65 5.0
87  Arthur Montano         L 76 L 66 W108 D 65 L 33 L 78 W104 W 83 D 35 L 86 L 70 W109 5.0
88  Alpen Murphy           L 31 W 95 W107 L 27 L113 L 90 W111 L 84 W 92 L 65 W100 L 54 5.0
89  J V Reinhart           W120 L  9 L 30 W 78 L 55 L 91 W100 L 58 W 81 L 54 W 99 L 57 5.0
90  William A Bills        ---- L 29 L 78 W108 W 98 W 88 L 61 L 65 D 72 W 91 L 66 L 71 4.5
91  Guy Housewirth         L 24 W109 L 17 L 25 W 72 W 89 L 39 L 62 D 71 L 90 L 79 W101 4.5
92  R Lebzeltern           L  8 W 81 D 33 L 48 L 35 D 96 L 63 W109 L 88 W106 D 73 L 72 4.5
93  Earl Bell              L 37 L 58 L109 W110 L 76 L106 W 97 L 72 W 96 W101 D 71 L 81 4.5
94  Henry M Green          D 79 D 23 W105 L 47 L 29 L 52 L 53 W111 L 68 D 98 L 81 W104 4.5
95  James A Creighton      L 72 L 88 D 85 L 99 W108 L102 L101 W119 W 82 L 78 W107 L 69 4.5
96  V S Hayward            L102 L117 W119 L 43 L 69 D 92 D 99 L100 L 93 D103 W110 W111 4.5
97  Virgil E Vandenburg    L 70 L107 L 43 L118 Bye  L 79 L 93 L108 W119 W 81 D106 W110 4.5
98  Abraham Gaba           L 61 L 32 Bye  L 35 L 90 W115 L102 L 81 W109 D 94 W101 L 73 4.5
99  William Ginsberg       L 71 D 48 L 38 W 95 L 51 L 72 D 96 W110 L 63 W109 L 89 L 84 4.0
100 Frank Pilawski         L 47 L 25 W110 W109 L 39 L 62 L 89 W 96 L 83 W111 L 88 L 82 4.0
101 Melvin Semb            L103 D 84 L 48 L 46 W 83 L 64 W 95 L 80 W104 L 93 L 98 L 91 3.5
102 Woody Young            W 96 D112 L 45 L 21 L 49 W 95 W 98 L 77 L 51 ---- ---- ---- 3.5
103 William I Eastwood     W101 L  7 L 37 L 61 L 36 L 83 L110 L104 W108 D 96 L 72 W106 3.5
104 Howard Gaba            L 64 L 17 L 81 Bye  D107 L 84 L 87 W103 L101 L 82 W111 L 94 3.5
105 M Cohen                L 35 W 77 L 94 W 73 W 67 L 28 L 40 L 64 ---- ---- ---- ---- 3.0
106 Donald D Dann          L 75 W108 L 47 L 40 L 65 W 93 L 60 D107 L 85 L 92 D 97 L103 3.0
107 James B Gibson         L 49 W 97 L 88 L 80 D104 L109 L 83 D106 W110 L 71 L 95 L108 3.0
108 Arma O Mason           L 11 L106 L 87 L 90 L 95 L 85 W119 W 97 L103 L110 L 83 W107 3.0
109 W O Winston            L 26 L 91 W 93 L100 L111 W107 L 82 L 92 L 98 L 99 W119 L 87 3.0
110 Frank R Graves         L 41 L 59 L100 L 93 W119 L 42 W103 L 99 L107 W108 L 96 L 97 3.0
111 Paul Horend            L 51 L 63 L115 W119 W109 L 37 L 88 L 94 Bye  L100 L104 L 96 3.0
112 Angelo Sandrin         W 62 D102 W 42 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 2.5
113 A Garelick             D 21 L  5 L114 W 83 W 88 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 2.5
114 Albert Sandrin         L 56 W115 W113 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 2.0
115 L C Jackson            L 16 L114 W111 D 64 L 38 L 98 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.5
116 Robert Mekus           L 10 W 69 L 52 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.0
117 Richard Kujoth         L  1 W 96 L 86 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.0
118 W Weinstein            L 36 L 27 L 65 W 97 L 73 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.0
119 Paul Ligtvoet          L 39 L 73 L 96 L111 L110 Bye  L108 L 95 L 97 L 70 L109 ---- 1.0
120 A K Lessey             L 89 L 50 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 0.0

Chess Life, August 29, 1950;

Chess Results 1946-1950 / Gino di Felice, p. 350-351.

"Detroit 1950: The Way It Was" / Jack O'Keefe. <Michigan Chess>, August, 1992, p. 4-7.

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