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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
United States Championship Tournament

Samuel Reshevsky13/16(+10 -0 =6)[games]
Reuben Fine12.5/16(+10 -1 =5)[games]
Albert Simonson10/16(+8 -4 =4)[games]
Albert Pinkus10/16(+6 -2 =8)[games]
Isaac Kashdan9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Arnold Denker9.5/16(+7 -4 =5)[games]
Abraham Kupchik9.5/16(+6 -3 =7)[games]
George Shainswit7.5/16(+2 -3 =11)[games]
David Polland7.5/16(+4 -5 =7)[games]
Sidney Bernstein7.5/16(+5 -6 =5)[games]
Fred Reinfeld7.5/16(+1 -2 =13)[games]
Herbert Seidman7/16(+4 -6 =6)[games]
Weaver Adams7/16(+5 -7 =4)[games]
Milton Loeb Hanauer6/16(+2 -6 =8)[games]
Matthew Green6/16(+2 -6 =8)[games]
Philip Reinhold Geffe (Woliston)3/15(+2 -11 =2)[games]
Gustav Littman2/16(+0 -12 =4)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
United States Championship (1940)

Round 5 Kashdan-Woliston was an unplayed forfeit.

More information can be found here: Game Collection: 1940 US Championship.

 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 135  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W Adams vs Fine  0-1361940United States ChampionshipB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
2. Reshevsky vs H Seidman  ½-½651940United States ChampionshipE44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2
3. S Bernstein vs Shainswit  ½-½191940United States ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
4. Kashdan vs Kupchik 1-0371940United States ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
5. D Polland vs A Simonson 0-1361940United States ChampionshipA28 English
6. A Pinkus vs F Reinfeld  ½-½411940United States ChampionshipC99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd
7. G Littman vs M Green  ½-½481940United States ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
8. M L Hanauer vs P R Geffe ½-½801940United States ChampionshipA38 English, Symmetrical
9. Shainswit vs Denker 1-0361940United States ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. Fine vs Kashdan  ½-½561940United States ChampionshipD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. A Simonson vs Reshevsky  ½-½371940United States ChampionshipE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
12. Kupchik vs A Pinkus  ½-½521940United States ChampionshipD73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3
13. Denker vs G Littman 1-0311940United States ChampionshipC01 French, Exchange
14. M Green vs M L Hanauer  ½-½311940United States ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. P R Geffe vs D Polland  1-0281940United States ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
16. H Seidman vs W Adams 1-0351940United States ChampionshipC86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack
17. A Pinkus vs Fine  ½-½571940United States ChampionshipC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
18. W Adams vs A Simonson 0-1221940United States ChampionshipC24 Bishop's Opening
19. Reshevsky vs P R Geffe 1-0461940United States ChampionshipC10 French
20. G Littman vs S Bernstein  0-1441940United States ChampionshipB88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack
21. Kashdan vs H Seidman  1-0241940United States ChampionshipD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
22. D Polland vs M Green  0-1411940United States ChampionshipB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
23. M L Hanauer vs Denker  ½-½361940United States ChampionshipA22 English
24. F Reinfeld vs Kupchik  ½-½391940United States ChampionshipD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
25. Fine vs F Reinfeld 1-0671940United States ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 135  PGN Download
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