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1945 Hollywood
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These 5 games appear to be unavailable:

Round 4 Pilnik/Rossetto
Round 12 Horowitz/Araiza Munoz
Round 12 Fine/Rossetto
Round 13 Fine/Horowitz
Round 13 Araiza Munoz/Broderman

The Pan-American Chess Championship was played 29 July - 12 Aug 1945 at the Hollywood Athletic Club. Adams and Cruz were several days late due to transportation delays and Pilnik was in an accident on the way, so a number of early round games had to be played at a later date. Seidman forfeited several of his last games due to his having to return to military service.

Newspaper coverage I was able to find was incomplete, so I had to piece together round-by-round pairings through multiple sources and process of elimination. If anyone finds any errors, let me know and I will correct them.

Round 1 -- 29 July 1945
H Rossetto vs I A Horowitz, 1945 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1

Round 1 -- -- played
Reshevsky vs Pilnik, 1945
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 40 moves, 1-0

Round 1 -- 29 July 1945
Kashdan vs J Camarena, 1945 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0

Round 1 -- 29 July 1945
Fine vs J Broderman, 1945 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Round 1 --
H Steiner vs W O Cruz, 1945
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 66 moves, 1-0

Round 1 --
J Araiza Munoz vs H Seidman, 1945
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 2 -- -- played
W O Cruz vs Kashdan, 1945
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 2 -- 30 July 1945
H Seidman vs Fine, 1945 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 51 moves, 0-1

Round 2 --
J Camarena vs Reshevsky, 1945
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

Round 2 --
Pilnik vs J Araiza Munoz, 1945
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 43 moves, 1-0

Round 2 --
J Broderman vs H Rossetto, 1945
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 2 --
W Adams vs H Steiner, 1945 
(C26) Vienna, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 3 -- 31 Aug 1945
I A Horowitz vs J Broderman, 1945
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0

Round 3 -- 9 Aug 1945 -- played late
Fine vs Pilnik, 1945 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 3 --
Kashdan vs W Adams, 1945 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0

Round 3 --
Reshevsky vs W O Cruz, 1945
(D54) Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation, 34 moves, 1-0

Round 3 --
H Rossetto vs H Seidman, 1945 
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 38 moves, 1-0

Round 3 --
J Araiza Munoz vs J Camarena, 1945 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1-0

Round 4 --
H Seidman vs I A Horowitz, 1945
(C59) Two Knights, 43 moves, 0-1

Round 4 --
J Camarena vs Fine, 1945
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 0-1

Round 4 -- 1 Aug 1945
W Adams vs Reshevsky, 1945 
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 44 moves, 0-1

Round 4 --
H Steiner vs Kashdan, 1945
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 60 moves, 0-1

Round 4 --
W O Cruz vs J Araiza Munoz, 1945
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 5 -- 02 Aug 1945
Fine vs W O Cruz, 1945 
(A19) English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 5 --
I A Horowitz vs Pilnik, 1945
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 5 --
Reshevsky vs H Steiner, 1945 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0

Round 5 --
H Rossetto vs J Camarena, 1945
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

Round 5 --
J Araiza Munoz vs W Adams, 1945
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 80 moves, 1-0

Round 5 --
J Broderman vs H Seidman, 1945
(B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 47 moves, 0-1

Round 6 -- 3 Aug 1945
J Camarena vs I A Horowitz, 1945 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1

Round 6 -- 3 Aug 1945
Kashdan vs Reshevsky, 1945 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 0-1

Round 6 --
W Adams vs Fine, 1945 
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1

Round 6 --
Pilnik vs J Broderman, 1945
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 23 moves, 1-0

Round 6 --
W O Cruz vs H Rossetto, 1945
(B54) Sicilian, 57 moves, 0-1

Round 6 --
H Steiner vs J Araiza Munoz, 1945
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 65 moves, 1-0

Round 7 -- 5 Aug 1945
I A Horowitz vs W O Cruz, 1945
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 7 -- 5 Aug 1945
Fine vs H Steiner, 1945 
(D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

Round 7 --
J Araiza Munoz vs Kashdan, 1945
(A22) English, 101 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 7 --
H Seidman vs Pilnik, 1945
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 36 moves, 0-1

Round 7 --
J Broderman vs J Camarena, 1945
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 7 --
H Rossetto vs W Adams, 1945
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 0-1

Round 8 -- 6 Aug 1945
W Adams vs I A Horowitz, 1945 
(C28) Vienna Game, 71 moves, 1-0

Round 8 -- 6 Aug 1945
Kashdan vs Fine, 1945 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 63 moves, 0-1

Round 8 --
Reshevsky vs J Araiza Munoz, 1945
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 40 moves, 1-0

Round 8 --
H Steiner vs H Rossetto, 1945
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1

Round 8 --
W O Cruz vs J Broderman, 1945
(A15) English, 60 moves, 0-1

Round 8
J Camarena vs H Seidman, 1945
(A48) King's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

Round 9 -- 8 Aug 1945
H Seidman vs W O Cruz, 1945
(C52) Evans Gambit, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 9 --
I A Horowitz vs H Steiner, 1945
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

Round 9 -- 8 Aug 1945
Fine vs Reshevsky, 1945 
(D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 9 -- 8 Aug 1945
H Rossetto vs Kashdan, 1945
(D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 53 moves, 0-1

Round 9 --
Pilnik vs J Camarena, 1945
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 31 moves, 1-0

Round 9 --
J Broderman vs W Adams, 1945
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1

Round 10 --
Kashdan vs I A Horowitz, 1945
(D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 10 -- 9 Aug 1945
J Araiza Munoz vs Fine, 1945
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 10 --
Reshevsky vs H Rossetto, 1945
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 10 --
W O Cruz vs Pilnik, 1945
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 10 --
W Adams vs H Seidman, 1945
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 38 moves, 1-0

Round 10 --
H Steiner vs J Broderman, 1945
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Round 11 --
I A Horowitz vs Reshevsky, 1945
(E17) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 11 --
J Broderman vs Kashdan, 1945
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 11 --
Pilnik vs W Adams, 1945 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 37 moves, 1-0

Round 11 --
H Rossetto vs J Araiza Munoz, 1945
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 11 --
J Camarena vs W O Cruz, 1945 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 39 moves, 0-1

Round 12 --
Reshevsky vs J Broderman, 1945 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Round 12 --
H Steiner vs Pilnik, 1945
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round 12 --
W Adams vs J Camarena, 1945
(C10) French, 50 moves, 1-0

Round 13 -- 12 Aug 1945
Pilnik vs Kashdan, 1945
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 45 moves, 1-0

Round 13 --
W O Cruz vs W Adams, 1945
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0

Round 13 --
J Camarena vs H Steiner, 1945
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

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