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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
72nd US Open Tournament

Walter Browne10/12(+9 -1 =2)[games]
Larry Evans10/12(+9 -1 =2)[games]
Samuel Reshevsky9.5/12(+7 -0 =5)[games]
Lubomir Kavalek9.5/12(+8 -1 =3)[games]
William Lombardy9.5/12(+9 -2 =1)[games]
Hans Ree9.5/12(+7 -0 =5)[games]
Pal Benko9/12(+6 -0 =6)[games]
Arnold Denker9/12(+8 -2 =2)[games]
Karl Burger9/12(+8 -2 =2)[games]
Ross Stoutenborough9/12(+8 -2 =2)[games]
Anthony Saidy9/12(+7 -1 =4)[games]
Leroy Dubeck9/12(+8 -2 =2)[games]
Craig Chellstorp9/12(+7 -1 =4)[games]
James Tarjan9/12(+8 -2 =2)[games]
Wesley Burgar9/12(+7 -1 =4)[games]
Florin Gheorghiu8.5/12(+7 -2 =3)[games]
Walter Cunningham8.5/12(+7 -2 =3)[games]
Laszlo Binet Tapaszto8.5/12(+8 -3 =1)[games]
Andrew Karklins8.5/12(+8 -3 =1)[games]
Dennis Waterman8.5/12(+7 -2 =3)[games]
Robert Bliss8.5/12(+8 -3 =1)[games]
Tibor Weinberger8.5/12(+6 -1 =5)[games]
Kim Commons8.5/12(+8 -3 =1)[games]
Gregory DeFotis8.5/12(+7 -2 =3)[games]
Edward Formanek8.5/12(+7 -2 =3)[games]
Larry Christiansen8.5/12(+8 -3 =1)[games]
Peter Velliotes8.5/12(+6 -1 =5)[games]
C Bill Jones8.5/12(+6 -1 =5)[games]
John N Jacobs8/12(+5 -1 =6)[games]
Eric Dale Bone8/12(+7 -3 =2)[games]
Peter Biyiasas8/12(+8 -4 =0)[games]
Arthur Bisguier8/12(+7 -3 =2)[games]
* (212 players total; 180 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
72nd US Open (1971)

Not all games are available. Browne shared first prize with Evans, see Game Collection: US Open 1971, Ventura by User: Phony Benoni.

72nd Annual U.S. Open Chess Championship by Jack Spence http://www.chessdryad.com/articles/....

 page 2 of 2; games 26-42 of 42  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. H Ree vs C Chellstorp  ½-½45197172nd US OpenB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
27. J Ulrich vs A Saidy  ½-½59197172nd US OpenD97 Grunfeld, Russian
28. Reshevsky vs Browne  ½-½28197172nd US OpenA39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4
29. Kavalek vs Benko ½-½21197172nd US OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
30. M Appleberry vs Gheorghiu  ½-½11197172nd US OpenA53 Old Indian
31. T Weinberger vs J N Jacobs  ½-½48197172nd US OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
32. R D Bliss vs G DeFotis  ½-½33197172nd US OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
33. Browne vs Benko  ½-½21197172nd US OpenB15 Caro-Kann
34. E Friedman vs W Martz  ½-½59197172nd US OpenB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
35. D R Jacobs vs K Burger  ½-½60197172nd US OpenB03 Alekhine's Defense
36. R Noel vs J L Peterson  ½-½33197172nd US OpenB12 Caro-Kann Defense
37. V Radaikin vs R Ervin  ½-½28197172nd US OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
38. W Martz vs S Schwartz  ½-½24197172nd US OpenE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
39. E Formanek vs D Waterman  ½-½19197172nd US OpenB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
40. W Burgar vs A Saidy  ½-½60197172nd US OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
41. Benko vs C Chellstorp  ½-½20197172nd US OpenA58 Benko Gambit
42. Kavalek vs Reshevsky  ½-½26197172nd US OpenA04 Reti Opening
 page 2 of 2; games 26-42 of 42  PGN Download
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