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1946 Denker-Steiner match
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For links to other post-Marshall and pre-Fischer US championship collections, see Game Collection: US championship tournaments (meta).

Although this is listed as a <playoff> match in all the online sources I have consulted (including this one), it was played months <before> the 1946 US championship tournament, which Reshevsky won. Denker finished 5-6th and Steiner finished 7th.

Held at the Griffith Park Auditorium in Los Angeles 5-19 May 1946. Time limit was 40 moves in two and a half hours and 16 moves per hour thereafter. Reuben Fine served as match referee. The prize fund was $2000 with 60% to the winner and 40% to the loser.

Denker accumulated a nearly insurmountable lead at the start of the match, scoring 3.5 out of the first four games. Steiner won Game 5, but the remaining five games were all drawn, giving Denker a 6-4 win.

Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Denker 1 1 = 1 0 = = = = = 6 Steiner 0 0 = 0 1 = = = = = 4 Denker +1 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2

Game 1 -- 4 May 1946
H Steiner vs Denker, 1946
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 2 -- 6 May 1946
Denker vs H Steiner, 1946
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 3 -- 8 May 1946
H Steiner vs Denker, 1946
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 4 -- 9 May 1946
Denker vs H Steiner, 1946
(A15) English, 32 moves, 1-0

Game 5 -- 10 May 1946
H Steiner vs Denker, 1946
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 77 moves, 1-0

Game 6 -- 12 May 1946
Denker vs H Steiner, 1946
(A13) English, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 7 -- 13 May 1946
H Steiner vs Denker, 1946
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 8 -- 15 May 1946
Denker vs H Steiner, 1946
(A04) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 9 -- 17 May 1946
H Steiner vs Denker, 1946 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 10 -- 19 May 1946
Denker vs H Steiner, 1946
(D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

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