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US Open 1976, Fairfax
Compiled by Phony Benoni
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<77th US Open
Fairfax, Virginia
August 15-27, 1976>

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Schedule

Round 1: Sunday, August 15
Round 2: Monday, August 16
Round 3: Tuesday, August 17
Round 4: Wednesday, August 18
Round 5: Thursday, August 19
Round 6: Friday, August 20
Round 7: Sunday, August 22
Round 8; Monday, August 23
Round 9: Tuesday, August 24
Round 10: Wednesday, August 25
Round 11: Thursday, August 26
Round 12: Friday, August 27

The time control was 50 moves in 2½ hours, followed by 20 moves an hour. Rounds were played at 7:00 PM, with adjournments the following morning.

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Crosstable

I have no full crosstable at this time, and have compiled the following from available games and other information. If you can provide a crosstable or additional information, please leave a note in my forum at http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...


1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Aliabadi, Moe 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: Kopec-L 11: 12: Avram, Herbert MD 1: 2: 3: W-Hepner 4: 5: W-Greene 6: 7: W-Orton 8: 9: 10: W--Sherwin 11: 12: L-Meyer Baczynskyj, Boris PA 1: 2: W-Gold,M 3: 4: L-Hudson,J 5: Nekvasil-W 6: 7: 8: L-Lindsay 9: Phelps-W 10: 11: Chandler-W 12: Balinas, Ramon ND 1: L-Lein 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Barnes, Craig N CA 1: 2: 3: L-Sperling ,G 4: 5: D-Trapp 6: 7: 8: Ginsburg-W 9: L-Martz 10: Strenzwilk-W 11: 12: Watson-L

Barney 1: 2: 3: 4: L-Taylor, Terry 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Barr, Donald R VA 1: 2: 3: Silman-D 4: 5: 6: 7: Braunlich-W 8: 9: 10: 11: Costigan,R-D 12: Beckman, Tom VA 1: 2: 3: L-Winslow 4: Sterngold-W 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Sands-D Beers, Harold Dwight MD 1:L-Burger 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Benjamin, Joel NY 1: 2: 3: W-Throop 4: Fedorowicz-L 5: 6: DeFirmian-D 7: 8: Taylor,Tim-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Benko, Pal NJ 9.5 1: Cohen-W 2: 3: 4: D-Senkiewicz 5: Gruchacz-D 6: 7: Greenlaw-W 8: W-Sherwin 9: Powell-D 10: W-Meyer 11: Browne-D 12: D-Lombardy

Bernard, Harvey PA 1: 2: 3: Tisdall-L 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: L-Winslow 12: Bernstein, Sidney Norman 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Wiseman-L 6: 7: 8: L-Stein 9: 10: 11: 12: Bisguier, Arthur NY 9.0 1: Sepidel-W 2: D-Jacobson 3: 4: 5: 6: D-Grenlaw 7: 8: L-Powell 9: Shapiro,D-W 10: L-Blocker 11: 12: W-Blonarovych

Biyiasas, Peter CN 1: W-Buckley 2: Cornell-W 3: W-Pamiljens 4: McDaniel-D 5: 6: Shaffer-W 7: D-Lein 8: Fedorowicz-L 9::L-Davis,B 10: 11: D-Odendahl 12: Cha-D Blocker, Calvin OH 9.0 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: strenzwilk-W 7: D-Ginsburg 8: 9: W-Hanken 10: Bisguier-W 11: D-Lein 12: Shamkovich-L

Blonarovych, Lev VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Bisguier-L Bolton, James Michael CT 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: W-hilo 6: 7: 8: 9: W-Silverman 10: 11: 12: Braunlich, Tom OK 1: Browne-L 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: L-Barr 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Browne, Walter Shawn CA 9.5 1: W-Braunlich 2: Gibbons-W 3: W-Schutt 4: 5: W-Sperling, G 6: Winslow-D 7: W-Green 8: Tisdall-W 9: 10:Eberlein-W 11: D-Benko 12: Martz-D Bubon, John VA 1: L-Watson 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Buckley, John P MD 1: Biyiasas-L 2: 3 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Burger, Karl NY 71: Beers-W 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Other games: Lindsay (L) Burns, Robert OH 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: W-Donnelly 7: 8: 9: L-Eberlein 10: 11: 12: Burris, David E DE 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: L-DeFirmian 10: 11: 12: Bury ,Michael J MD 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: L-Sands 12: Carey, Clarence 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: L-Moody 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Carlson, Curtis CO 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: W-Pozarek Carpenter, Arthur DC 1: 2: 3: 4: Kirsch-L 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Cha, Moon H VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: D-Biyiasas Chandler, Don, Jr NY 1: 2: 3: 4: L-Shipman 5: 6: 7: Powell-L 8: Hathawan-W 9: W-Kopec 10: Taylor,Tim-L 11: L-Baczynskyj 12:

Chernin, Oliver HI 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: Eisen-W 12: Ciamarra, Michael MD 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: W-Moody 11: 12: Clayton, Kenneth R DC 1: 2: 3: 4: Kopec-L 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Clifford 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: McCormick-L 10: 11: 12: Cohen 1: L-Benko 2: 3: 4: 5: Hook-W 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Entry may cover multiple persons.. Cohen, Lew 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: Costigan-W 8: W-Gruchacz 9: 10: 11: 12: Collier, Phil 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: Karch-W 8: L-Senkiewicz 9: 10: 11: 12: Conner, Sam VA 1: 2: Strenzwilk-D 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: Lynch-W 9: 10: 11: 12: Conway 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: Pincus-L 12: Cooper 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: Delaney-W 12: Coopersmith, Gary MD 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: Strenzwilk-L 12: Cornell, Ray PA 1: 2: L-Biyiasas 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Cossette, Michael VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Wright-W 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: W-Karch 11: 12: Costigan 1: 2: Roll-W 3: W-Whiteman 4: 5: 6: 7: L-Cohen,L 8: Odendahl-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Entry may cover multiple persons. Costigan, Richard PA 1: 2: 3: 4: Lein-L 5: L-Kitces 6: 7: 8: 9: L-Strenzwilk s10: 11: Barr-D 12: Costigan, Thomas J PA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: W-tangborn 12: Kopec-L Cottell, Anthony NJ 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: L-Sands 11: 12: Davis, Barry B NY 1: 2: 3: Eisen-W 4: L-Lombardy 5: Eidemiller-L 6: 7: 8: W-Trapp 9: Biyiasas-W 10: L-Fedorowicz 11: 12: W-Strenzwilk

Davis, Loal W CA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: L-Henley 9: 10: 11: 12: DeFirmian, Nick CA 9.0 1: Wiggin-W 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: D-Benjamin 7: Hanken-L 8: 9: Burris-W 10: 11: 12: Lindsay (D) Delaney, Michael MA 1: 2: 3: 4: Maley-L 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: L-Cooper 12: Delaume, Richard VA 1: 2: 3: Terry-W 4: W-Silverman 5: 6: L-Lombardy 7: 8: 9: Jacobson-W 10: 11: 12: Demers, Rex NC 1: 2: L-Wozney 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Denker, Arnold FL 9.0 1: W-Hatfield 2: 3: 4: Mouzon-W 5: D-Green 6: Gould-W 7: D-Fedorowicz 8: Winslow-L 9: W-Savereide 10: Sweeney-W 11: W-Taylor,Tim 12: Lein-L

Dickinson 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: McCoy-L 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Diesen, Carl E MD 1: 2: 3: Sherwin-L 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Dlugas, Daniel F MI 5.5 1: Loss 2: Win 3: Win 4: Draw 5: Loss 6: Win 7: Loss 8: Win 9: Loss 10: Win 11: Loss 12: Withdrew Other games: W-Mooday Dodge, John H VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: L-Hancock 11: 12: Donnelly, Kevin NY 1: 2: Martz-L 3: 4: 5: 6: Burns-L 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Dorsey, Philip NY 1: 2: L-Shipman 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Dost, Richard CA 1: 2: 3: Hook-W 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Dullin, John MA 1: 2: 3: 4: W-Miller 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Eberlein, Robert MD 1: 2: 3: 4: W-Nekvasil 5: Shamkovich-L 6: 7: 8: 9: Burns-W 10: L-Browne 11: 12: L-Smith,A Edmonds, John VA 1: Sherwin-L 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Eidemiller, Mark B PA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: L-Davis,B 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Eisen, David VA 1: 2: 3: L-Davis,B 4: 5: 6: 7: W-Litrenta 8: 9: 10: 11: L-Chernin 12: Ellis, James S WI 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: Kause-W 11: 12: Evans, Larry David NY 9.5 1: French-W 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: D-Mayer 7: 8: 9: 10: Lindsay (D) 11: Morris-W 12: W-Green Fauber, Richard E CA 1: 2: 3: 4: Winslow-D 5: 6: Hulse-L 7: 8: Pupols-W 9: L-Green 10: 11: 12: Faust, Edwin M NJ 1: 2: 3: 4: W-Sands 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Fedorowicz, John NY 9.0 1: 2: 3: 4: W-Benjamin 5: Lombardy-W 6: D-Shamkovich 7: Denker-D 8: W-Biyiasas 9: L-Lein 10: Davis,B-W 11: L-Martz 12: Thompson-W

Forman, Gary Robert NY 1: 2: 3: L-Kopec 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: French, George VA 1: L-Evans 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Fried, Dennis NY 1: 2: 3: Jones-L 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: Smith,A-L 10: 11: 12: Fritsvold, John D WI 1: 2: 3: L-Savereide 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Frumkin, Edward A NY 1: 2: 3: Gruchacz-L 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Ganoczy, Frank 1: Shipman-L 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Gavalis, Theodore MD 1: 2: L-Moody 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Gibbins 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Other games: Togasaki-L Gibbons, Bart VA 1: 2: L-Browne 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Ginsburg, Mark 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: Blocker-D 8: L-Barnes 9: Weiss-W 10: D-Wozney 11:Sherwin-L 12: Giodin 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: Kitces-L 12: Gold, Bruce NY 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: L-Kopec 12: Gold, Matthew NJ 1: 2: Baczynskyj-L 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: Sperling,B-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Goldenberg, Michael MD 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: L-Popovych 10: 11: 12: Golder, Louis VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: L-Winslow 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: Greenlaw-L 11: 12: Gould, Peter VA 1: 2: 3: 4: W-Noel 5: 6: L-Denker 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Green, Matthew NY 1: 2: Naylor-W 3: 4: 5: Denker-D 6: 7: Brpwme-L 8: 9: Fauber-W 10: 11: 12: Evans-L Greene, Charles DC 1: 2: 3: 4: D-Thrush 5: Avram-L 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Greenlaw, Sam DC 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Wiseman-W 6: Bisguier-D 7: :=Bemlp 8: 9: 10: W-Golder 11: 12: Grieve, Peter J UT 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: D-Moody 9: 10: 11: 12: Grinberg, Matthew VA 1: 2: 3: Moody-W 4: 5: 6: 7: L-Savereide 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Gruchacz, Robert NJ 1: 2: 3: W-Frumkin 4: Martz-D 5: D-Benko 6: 7: 8: Cohen, L-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Hancock 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: Dodge-W 11: 12: Hanken, Jerome B CA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: W-DeFirmian 8: 9: Blocker-L 10: 11: 12: Harkins, Jzames L OH 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: W-Taylor,Tim 6: 7: 8: Rollins-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Harris 1: 2: Peterson,K-L 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: L-Van Tilbury 10: 11: 12: Note: Entry may cover more than one person Hartigan, Craig MI 6.5 1: Win 2: Loss 3: Win 4: Krohn-L 5: Win 6: Loss 7: Win 8: Sage-L 9: Win 10:Win 11: Draw 12: Withdrew Hatfield, Robert 1: L=Demler 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Hathaway, John 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: L-Chandler 9: 10: 11: 12: Hayden, Richard MA 1: 2: 3: Kitces-L 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Hayes, William P NY 1: L-Kopec 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Henley, Ron W TX 9.5 1: 2: Winfree-W 3: L-Leverett 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: Davis,L-W 9: W-Morris 10: Martz-D 11: 12: Winslow-W Hepner, Duffy MI 6.0 1: Draw 2: Win 3: Avram-L 4: Win 5: Win 6: Loss 7: Draw 8: Win 9: Loss 10: Loss 11: Win 12: Loss Other games: Tomaino-W Herman, Ted NE 1: 2: Winslow-L 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: Williams-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Hess, Peter D NV 1: 2: Odendahl-L 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Holroyd, Kenneth VA 1: Moody-W 2: 3: 4: D-Sherwin 5: Wozney-L 6: 7: 8: D-Shipman 9: 10: 11: 12: Hook, William NY 1: 2: 3: L-Dost 4: 5: L-Cohen 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Hudson, Edward N VA 1: 2: W-Thrush 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Hudson, John A CO 1: 2: 3: 4: Baczynskyj-W 5: D-Kopec 6: Watson-L 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Hulse, Brian NY 1: 2: 3: Scoones-L 4: 5: 6: W-Fauber 7: Lombardy-L 8: W-Nekvasil 9: 10: 11: Smith,A-L 12: Jackson, Edward S NJ 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: Hulse-L 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Jacobson, William OH 1: 2: Bisguier-D 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: L-Delaume 10: 11: 12: Jenkins, Thomas A MI 5.5 1: Loss 2: Win 3: Loss 4: Win 5: Loss 6: Win 7: Loss 8: Win 9: Loss 10: Draw 11: Loss 12: W-Snow Jones 1: 2: 3: W-Fried 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Jonsson, Jon E VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: Moody-L 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Josephs, Jonathan NY 1: 2: 3: 4: Sperling,G-L 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Karch, Robert wA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: L-Collier 8: 9: 10:Cossette-L 11: 12: Kastner, Jeffrey M NY 9.0 1: 2: 3: D-Wiseman 4: 5: 6: 7: Tisdall-L 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: W-Sherwin Kause, Richard OH 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: L-Ellis 11: 12: Kelly, Patrick WV 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: Moody-W 10: 11: 12: Kirsch, John M VA 1: 2: 3: 4: W-Carpenter 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Kitces, Edward N VA 1: 2: 3: W0Hayden 4: 5: Costigan,R-W 6: Kopec-D 7: 8: 9: L-Taylor,TIm 10: 11: W-Giodin 12: Kopec, Danny NY 1:Hayes-W 2: W-Steinbach 3: Forman-W 4: W-Clayton 5: Hudson,J-D 6: D-Kitces 7: Shapiro,D-W 8: L-Lombardy 9: Chandler-L 10: W-Aliabadi 11: Gold,B-W 12: W-Costigan,T

Krohn, Terry VA 1: 2: 3: 4: W-Hartigan 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Lein, Anatoly 10.0 1: Balinas-W 2: W-Miller 3: Shapiro,O-W 4: W-Costigan, R 5: Powell-W 6: W-Tisdall 7: Biyiasas-D 8: D--Shamkovich 9: Fedorowicz-W 10: 11: Blocker-D 12: W-Denker

Leverett, Bruce W PA 1: 2: 3: Henley-W 4: 5: Meyer-L 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Lindsay, Fred MI 9.0 1: Win 2: Win 3: Win 4: L-Powell 5: Win 6: Loss 7: Win 8: Baczynskyj-W 9: Win 10: Evans (D) 11: W-Popovych 12: DeFirmian (D) Other games: Burger (W) Litrenta, Thomas NY 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: Eisen-L 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Lombardy, William James NJ 9.5 1: W-Wolford 2: Nash-W 3: W-Malpert 4: Davis,B-W 5: L-Fedorowicz 6: Delaume-W 7: W-Hulse 8: Kopec-W 9: W-Winslow 10: 11: D-Shamkovich 12: Benko-D

Long, David MD 1: Shamkovich-L 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Lynch 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: L-Collier 9: 10: 11: 12: Magram, SIdney MD 1: 2: D-Pozarek 3: McCormick 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Maley, Peter 1: 2: 3: 4: W-Delaney 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Malpert, Rodney NE 1: 2: 3: Lombardy-L 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Martz, William E WI 9.5 1: Riley-W 2: W-Donnelly 3: Stevens-W 4: D-Gruchacz 5: Senkiewicz-W 6: W-Wozney 7: Sherwin-D 8: D-Meyer 9: Barnes-W 10: D-Henley 11: Fedorowicz-W 12: D-Browne

Mayer, Jack VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: Evans-D 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: McCabe, Greg IA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: Moody-L 12: McCormick, Edgar Thomas NY 1: 2: 3: L-Magram 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: W-Clifford 10: 11: 12: McCoy, Robert 1: L-Taylor, Tim 2: 3: 4: 5: W-Dickinson 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: McDaniel, Andrew OH 1: 2: 3: 4: D-Biyiasas 5: Sherwin-L 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Meyer, John Cornford NY 1: W-Rice 2: 3: 4: 5: W-Leverett 6: 7: 8: Martz-D 9: W-Odendahl 10: Benko-L 11: 12: Avram-W Miller 1: 2: 3: Stableford-L 4: Dullin-L 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Miller, Anthony CT 1: 2: Lein-L 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Mirijanian, George MA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: W-Smith,D 9: 10: 11: 12: Mitlitzky, Steven NY 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: L-Strenzwilk 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Moffat, Richard MI 5.0 1: Loss 2: Win 3: Loss 4: Win 5: Loss 6: Loss 7: Loss 8: Loss 9: Loss 10: Win 11: Win 12: Win Mooday, Cleo IN 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Other games: Dlugas-L Moody, David MI 5.0 1: L-Holroyd 2: Gavilas-W 3: L-Grinberg 4: Wright,P-D 5: W-Carey 6: Naylor-L 7: W-Jonsson 8: Grieve-D 9: L-Kelly 10: Ciamarra-L 11: W-McCabe 12: LStearman-L

Morris 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: Henley-W 10: 11: L-Evans 12: Mouzon, Harold VA 1: 2: 3: Porter-W 4: L-Denker 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Murphy 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: L-Watson 10: 11: 12: Nash, Edmund DC 1: 2: L-Lombardy 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Naylor, Rex MD 1: 2: L-Green 3: 4: 5: 6: W-Moody 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Nekvasil, Kalju 1: 2: 3: W-Popovych 4: Eberlein-L 5: L-baczynskyj 6: 7: 8: Hulse-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Noel, Richard W OH 1: 2: 3: 4: Gould-L 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Odendahl, Steven M MD 1: 2: W-Hess 3: Orton-W 4: L-Shamkovich 5: 6: W-Rogan 7: 8: W-Costigan 9: Meyer-L 10: 11: Biyiasas-D 12: Orton, Wiliam R 1: 2: 3: L-Odendahl 4: 5: 6: 7: Avram-L 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Pamiljens, John NY 1: 2: 3: L-Biyiasas 4: 5: 6: L-Powell 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Papenhausen, Mark OH 1: L-Strenzwilk 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Peterson, Karl A VA 1: 2: W-Harris 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Phelps 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: L-Baczynskyj 10: 11: 12: Philo, Michael MD 1: Tisdall-L 2: 3: 4: 5: Bolton-L 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Pincus, Alan NJ 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: Popovych-L 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: W-Conway 12: Popovych, Orest NJ 1: 2: W-Slack 3: Nekvasil-L 4: 5: 6: W-Pincus 7: 8: 9: Goldenberg-W 10: 11: Lindsay-L 12: Porter, Warren B MS 1: 2: 3: L-Mouzon 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Powell, Charles VA 1: 2: 3: 4: Lindsay-w 5: L-Lein 6: Pamiljens-W 7: W-Chandler 8: Bisguier-W 9: D-Benko 10: Shamkovich-L 11: 12: Sweeney-W

Pozarek, Stephen NJ 1: 2: Magram-D 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Carlson-L Price, Harold 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: L-Trapp 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Proschan, Michael FL 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: Winslow-D 11: 12: Pruitt, Carvin A MI 4.5 1: Loss 2: Draw 3: Win 4: Loss 5: Win 6: Loss 7: Loss 8: Win 9: Loss 10: Loss 11: Win 12: Withdrew Pupols, Viktors WA 1: 2: Silverman-W 3: 4: 5: Tisdall-L 6: 7: 8: L-Fauber 9: 10: 11: 12: Quanrud, Bill VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Rather, John C MD 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: L-Watson 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Rice, Michael OH 1: Meyer-L 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Riley, Samuel VA 1: L-Martz 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Robinson, Richard 1: 2: 3: D-Watson 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Rogan, Marvin IL 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: Odendahl-L 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Roll, Ronald C MD 1: 2: L-Costigan 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Rollins, Frank MD 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: W-Harkins 9: 10: 11: 12: Romanenko, Ivan NJ 1: 2: L-Shamkovich 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: W-Thrush 11: 12: Sage, J Timothy PA 1: 2: 3: L-Strenzwilk 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: W-Hartigan 9: 10: 11: 12: Sands, David VA 1: 2: 3: 4: Faust-W 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: Cottell-W 11: W-Bury 12: D-beckman Savereide, Diane CA 7.5 1: 2: 3: Fritsvold-W 4: L-Tisdall 5: 6: 7: Grinberg-W 8: W-Silman 9: Denker-L 10: 11: 12: Schutt, Raymond W CA 1: 2: 3: Browne-L 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Scoones, Dan 1: 2: 3: W-Hulse 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Senkiewicz, Mike 1: 2: 3: 4: Benko-D 5: L-Martz 6: 7: 8: Collier-W 9: 10: 11: 12: Taylor,Tim-L Shaffer, Joseph OH 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: L-Biyiasas 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovich 10.0 1: W-Long 2: Romanenko_W 3: W-Tangborn 4: Odendahl-W 5: W-Eberlein 6: Fedorowitcz-D 7: W-Watson 8: Lein-D 9: 10: W-Powell 11: Lombardy-D 12: W-Blocker Shapiro, Daniel NY 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: L-Kopec 8: 9: L-Bisguier 10: 11: 12: Shapiro, Oscar DC 1: 2: 3: L-Lein 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Sherwin, James T NY 1: W-Edmonds 2: 3: W-Diesen 4: Holroyd-D 5: W-McDaniel 6: 7: D-Martz 8: Benko-L 9: 10: Avram-L 11: W-Ginsburg 12: Kastner-L Shipman, Walter NY 1: W-Ganoczy 2: Dorsey-W 3: 4: Chandler-W 5: 6: 7: 8: Holroyd-D 9: 10: 11: 12: Silman, Jeremy CA 1: W-Quanrud 2: 3:D-Barr 4:Strenzwilk -D 5: 6: 7: 8: Savereide-L 9: Withdrew 10: Withdrew 11: Withdrew 12: Withdrew

Silverman, Jonathan VA 1: 2: L-Pupols 3: 4: Delaume-L 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: Bolton-L 10: 11: 12: Slack, David R DC 1: 2: Popovych-W 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Smith, Arthur L 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: W-Fried 10: 11: W-Hulse 12: Eberlein-W Smith, David M 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: Mirijanian-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Smith, Les LeRoy MI 7.0 1: Loss 2: Loss 3: Win 4: Loss 5: Draw 6: Win 7: Win 8: Win 9: Loss 10: Draw 11: Win 12:Win Smith, Sterling 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: Strenzwilk-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Snow, Peter B VA 4.5 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Jenkins-L Speidel, Thomas FL 1: L-Bisguier 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Sperling 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: L-Sweeney 10: 11: 12: Sperling, Barry 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: W-Gold,M 9: 10: 11: 12: Sperling, Gary H 1: 2: 3: Barnes-W 4: w-Josephs 5: Browne-L 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Stableford 1: 2: 3: W-Miller 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Stearman, David MD 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: w-Moody Stein, Kurt W IL 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: L-Winslow 8: Bernstein-W 9: 10: 11: 12: Steinbach, Henry VA 1: 2: Kopec-L 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Sterngold, Susan WI 1: 2: 3: 4: L-Beckman 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Stevens, Nick CT 1: 2: 3: L-Martz 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Strenzwilk, Denis NY 1:Papenhausen-W2: D-Conner 3: Sage-W 4: D-Silman 5: MItlitzky-W 6: L-Blocker 7: Wozney-D 8: W-Smith,S 9: Costigan,R-W 10: L-Barnes 11:W-Coopersmith12: Davis,B-L

Sweeney, Thomas NY 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: Sperlling-W 10: L-Denker 11: 12: L-Powell Tangborn, ERic WA 1: 2: 3: Shamkovich-L 4: 5: 6: W-Jackson 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: Costigan,T-L 12: Taylor, Terry 1: 2: 3: 4: Barney-W 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Taylor, Timothy PA 1: McCoy-W 2: 3: 4: 5: Harkins-L 6: 7: 8: W-Benjamin 9: Kitc3s-W 10: W-Chandler 11: Denker-L 12: W-Senkiewicz

Terry, Richard R VA 1: 2: 3: L-Delaume 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Thackrey, Donald MI 5.5 1: Win 2: Loss 3: Loss 4: Draw 5: Win 6: Win 7: Did not play 8: Win 9: Loss 10: Loss 11: Loss 12: Win Thompson, Duncan MD 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: L-Fedorowicz Throop, Thomas 1: 2: 3: Benjamin-L 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Thrush, Tom NY 1: 2: Hudson,E-L 3: 4: Greene-D 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10:Romanenko-L 11: 12: Tisdall, Jonathan David NY 1: W-Philo 2: 3: W-Bernard 4: Savereide-W 5: W-Pupols 6: Lein-L 7: W-Kastner 8: L-Browne 9: 10: 11: 12: Togasaki, Daniel MI 5.5 1: Loss 2: Win 3: Draw 4: Loss 5: Draw 6: Win 7: Draw 8: Loss 9: Loss 10:Draw 11: Draw 12: Win Other games: D-Gibbins Tomaino, Paul B PA 1: L-Winslow 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Other games: L-Hepner Trapp, Edward 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Barnes-D 6: 7: Price-W 8: Davis,B-L 9: 10: 11: 12: Van Tilbury, Craig VA 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: Jarros=W 10: 11: 12: Watson, John L CO 9.5 1: Bubon-W 2: 3: Robinson-D 4: 5: Rather-W 6: W-Hudson,J 7: Shamkovich-L 8: 9:Murphy-W 10: 11: 12: W-Barnes Weiss 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: L-Ginsburg 10: 11: 12: Whiteman Stephen VA 1: 2: 3: Costigan-W 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Wiggin, Craig VA 1: L-DeFirmian 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Williams 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: W-Herman 9: 10: 11: 12: Winfree, Marvin VA 1: 2: L-Henley 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Winslow, Elliott C MO 8.5 1: Tomaino-W 2: W-Herman 3: Beckman-W 4: D-Fauber 5: Golden-W 6: D-Browne 7: Stein-W 8: W-Denker 9: Lombardy-L 10: D-Proschan 11: Bernard-W 12: L-Henley

Wiseman, Michael D IN 1: 2: 3: W-Bernstein 4: Kastner-D 5:L-Greenlaw 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Wolford, David OH 1: Lombardy-L 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Wozney, Thomas OH 1: 2: Demers-W 3: 4: 5: W-Holroyd 6: Martz-W 7: D-Strenzwilk 8: 9: 10: Ginsburg-D 11: 12: Wright, James A TN 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: L-Cossette 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12: Wright, Polly VT 1: 2: 3: 4: D-Moody 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: 11: 12:

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Addition games

I have nearly 300 additional games from this tournament which will be submitted to the database in due course. If you would like a file, please leave a note in my forum.

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Sources

Chess Life & Review, November 1976, p. 611-612; January 1977, p. 23

Gamefile from Andy Ansel

Los Angeles Times, September 26 1976; October 10, 1976

Mark Ginsburg website

Michigan Chess, October 1976, p. 22-24

New York Times, September 23, 1976; \September 30, 1976; October 3, 1976

Ohio Chess Bulletin, September/October 1976, p. 194.

Tournament bulletin

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Round 3 (Tuesday, August 17)
Benjamin vs T Throop, 1976 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Round 4 (Wednesday, August 18)
Fedorowicz vs Benjamin, 1976 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Round 6 (Friday, August 20)
B Hulse vs R E Fauber, 1976 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Round 9 (Tuesday, August 24)
Lombardy vs E Winslow, 1976 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 23 moves, 1-0

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