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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
United States Championship Tournament

Larry Evans7.5/12(+5 -2 =5)[games]
Larry Christiansen7.5/12(+4 -1 =7)[games]
Walter Browne7.5/12(+5 -2 =5)[games]
Leonid Shamkovich7/12(+3 -1 =8)[games]
Yasser Seirawan6.5/12(+4 -3 =5)[games]
Vitaly F Zaltsman6/12(+3 -3 =6)[games]
Anatoly Lein6/12(+1 -1 =10)[games]
Pal Benko5.5/12(+1 -2 =9)[games]
Peter Biyiasas5/12(+2 -4 =6)[games]
Joseph Bradford5/12(+3 -5 =4)[games]
Jack Peters5/12(+4 -6 =2)[games]
Robert Byrne5/12(+0 -2 =10)[games]
Arthur Bisguier4.5/12(+0 -3 =9)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
United States Championship (1980)

Mark Diesen was injured in a fall and forced to withdraw from the tournament after three rounds. Since he did not complete half his schedule, the results were annulled. Diesen's games are here: USA-ch+ (1980).

Source: http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp....

 page 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 78  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. L Evans vs A Bisguier  1-0631980United States ChampionshipA28 English
52. Seirawan vs L Christiansen 0-1321980United States ChampionshipA17 English
53. V Zaltsman vs Benko  ½-½121980United States ChampionshipD85 Grunfeld
54. A Lein vs J Peters  1-0591980United States ChampionshipB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
55. J Peters vs R Byrne  ½-½151980United States ChampionshipB25 Sicilian, Closed
56. Benko vs L Evans ½-½91980United States ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
57. A Lein vs Seirawan 0-1411980United States ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
58. Browne vs P Biyiasas  1-0621980United States ChampionshipE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
59. A Bisguier vs Shamkovich  ½-½521980United States ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
60. J Bradford vs V Zaltsman  0-1401980United States ChampionshipE00 Queen's Pawn Game
61. P Biyiasas vs A Bisguier  ½-½291980United States ChampionshipC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
62. Seirawan vs J Peters 1-0351980United States ChampionshipA19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
63. Shamkovich vs Benko 1-0311980United States ChampionshipA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
64. R Byrne vs Browne  ½-½231980United States ChampionshipB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
65. L Evans vs J Bradford  ½-½601980United States ChampionshipA17 English
66. V Zaltsman vs L Christiansen  ½-½541980United States ChampionshipE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
67. A Lein vs V Zaltsman  ½-½811980United States ChampionshipB56 Sicilian
68. L Christiansen vs L Evans  ½-½261980United States ChampionshipE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
69. J Peters vs Browne  0-1371980United States ChampionshipB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
70. Benko vs P Biyiasas  0-1391980United States ChampionshipA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
71. A Bisguier vs R Byrne  ½-½181980United States ChampionshipE78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3
72. J Bradford vs Shamkovich  ½-½381980United States ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
73. R Byrne vs Benko ½-½101980United States ChampionshipB42 Sicilian, Kan
74. L Evans vs A Lein ½-½451980United States ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
75. V Zaltsman vs Seirawan 1-0671980United States ChampionshipA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
 page 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 78  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-22-22  Ninas Husband: This tournament was held in Greenville, PA. I have never heard of that town. :(
Nov-22-22  Ninas Husband: At least this tournament as a game collection. The 1981 championship does not. Several games from that tournament are missing, including the game between Browne and Seirawan, who tied for first. HUH?
Nov-22-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: I've just made it:

United States Championship (1981).

Nov-22-22  Ninas Husband: <Stonehenge> Thank you. I don't care if you're only 18 inches tall, you're da bomb! :)
Nov-28-22  Ninas Husband: I just went through the database, and I can now tell you that the 1985, 1990, 1997, 1998, and 1999 US Championships also do not have games collections. Thank you.
Nov-28-22  Ninas Husband: I finally found our where Greenville, PA is. It is a town of less that 8,000 people in 1980 in Western PA. Why was the US Chess Championship held THERE? I guess Hahira, GA was booked! :)
Nov-29-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Good deal on local hotel rooms? It's expensive to hold a chess tournament in midtown Manhattan.
Nov-29-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: I count...8 guys who were born here or were mostly raised in the USA? Seems like a different lifetime.
Nov-29-22  Ninas Husband: Wow, <HeMateMe>. Did I ever tell you how funny you're NOT!
Nov-29-22  Ninas Husband: <HeMateMe> Betcha didn't even get the Hahira reference! :)
Nov-30-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Nina, you have my permission to go F* yourself. Have a nice day.
Nov-30-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: I recognized all the names here except Bradford. Pre-internet it was possible for a player to sneak up on you.
Nov-30-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: During my playing days, I got to face off with four of the participants (Browne, Shamkovich, Benko and Bisguier).
Nov-30-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Excellent! I'm guessing benko was a tuff nutt to crack, vast experience against world class players.

What was Browne like, did you get to talk to him?

Nov-30-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Diesen fell down a flight of stairs and received multiple injuries.

Lubosh Kavalek declined his invitation to compete due to business commitments. He was then able to play, but the participants and schedule had already been confirmed.

The $10,000 first prize was equally split between Browne, Evans and Christiansen, each receiving $3333.34.

Dec-01-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Kavalek is a Czech, yes? Did he legally emigrate here or did the fellow defect, escape the Czech regime, the post WWII communist Czech regime?
Dec-05-22  Ninas Husband: <HeMateMe> <Nina, you have my permission to go F* yourself.>? Nina's my WIFE, you Nimrod! #mensareject :)
Dec-05-22  Ninas Husband: <HeMateMe> Whaddaya mean, <Good deal on local hotel rooms?> Greenville is so small it doesn't even have a Bed and Breakfast. It has a Futon and Donut! :)
Dec-05-22  Ninas Husband: My sources tell me that the 1980 US Championship was supposed to be held in Moscow, ID, but President Carter announced a boycott! :)
Dec-05-22  Ninas Husband: <HeMateMe> <Kavalek is a Czech, yes? Did he legally emigrate here or did the fellow defect> What difference does it make?!? :( I have more to say on that subject, but perhaps THAT discussion belongs on Ken Rogoff's page! :)
Dec-05-22  Ninas Husband: <GrahamClayton> <The $10,000 first prize was equally split between Browne, Evans and Christiansen, each receiving $3333.34.> $3333.34 times 3 equals $10,000.02! Where did the extra 2 cents come from? Pocket change? Found beneath the cushions in the hotel lobby? Somebody should have hired Jim Rockford to solve this mystery! :)
Jun-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: One of the more evenly contested US Championship tournaments, with just 3 points separating winners Evans, Christiansen and Browne from last-placed Bisguier.

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