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Dallas (1957) Held at the Hotel Adolphus (1) in Dallas 30 November - 16 December 1957. David Bronstein was invited, but the US State Department denied his visa application in retaliation for restrictions placed on travel by Americans in the USSR. Evans was invited as a replacement. Dallas was a closely contested event, (2) with all players who finished in the top half sharing the lead at some point. Larsen took the early lead, and remained at least tied for first until he lost to Gligoric in Round 9. Szabo was part of the four-way tie for first at the end of Round 8, but he drew all of his remaining games, so was unable to keep up with the leaders. Gligoric had an early loss in Round 3 to Szabo and Reshevsky had a late loss in Round 12 to Yanofsky. Once Larsen and Szabo fell off the pace, it was a race between Gligoric and Reshevsky for the second half of the tournament, with the two of them never being more than a half game apart. Both won their Round 13 game and drew their final game, so they shared first place. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 Gligoric XX ½½ 0½ ½1 1½ ½1 ½½ ½1 8.5 2 Reshevsky ½½ XX ½½ ½½ ½0 01 11 11 8.5 3 Szabo 1½ ½½ XX ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ 1½ 7.5 4 Larsen ½0 ½½ ½½ XX 1½ 01 10 1½ 7.5 5 Yanofsky 0½ ½1 ½½ 0½ XX 10 ½½ ½1 7.0 6 Olafsson ½0 10 1½ 10 01 XX ½½ 0½ 6.5 7 Najdorf ½½ 00 ½½ 01 ½½ ½½ XX 0½ 5.5 8 Evans ½0 00 0½ 0½ ½0 1½ 1½ XX 5.0 In a side event, Pal Benko won a match with local master Kenneth Ray Smith (publisher of Chess Digest), 5½-1½. (1) http://hoteladolphus.com/ (2) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dall... Original collection: Game Collection: Dallas, 1957, by User: Resignation Trap. Introduction written by User: crawfb5.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Szabo vs Reshevsky ½-½ 58 1957 Dallas E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 2. Larsen vs Najdorf 1-0 54 1957 Dallas E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 3. Evans vs Gligoric   ½-½ 19 1957 Dallas E70 King's Indian 4. Yanofsky vs F Olafsson 1-0 27 1957 Dallas B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 5. Gligoric vs Larsen ½-½ 61 1957 Dallas B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 6. Najdorf vs Szabo   ½-½ 26 1957 Dallas E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 7. Yanofsky vs Evans   ½-½ 85 1957 Dallas C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. F Olafsson vs Reshevsky 1-0 43 1957 Dallas E46 Nimzo-Indian 9. Szabo vs Gligoric   1-0 26 1957 Dallas E79 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 10. Reshevsky vs Najdorf 1-0 33 1957 Dallas E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 11. Larsen vs Yanofsky 1-0 81 1957 Dallas E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 12. Evans vs F Olafsson 1-0 42 1957 Dallas A07 King's Indian Attack 13. F Olafsson vs Najdorf   ½-½ 47 1957 Dallas B32 Sicilian 14. Yanofsky vs Szabo   ½-½ 42 1957 Dallas B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 15. Evans vs Larsen 0-1 28 1957 Dallas D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 16. Gligoric vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 24 1957 Dallas E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 17. Szabo vs Evans 1-0 64 1957 Dallas D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Larsen vs F Olafsson 0-1 59 1957 Dallas E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 19. Najdorf vs Gligoric ½-½ 18 1957 Dallas E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 20. Reshevsky vs Yanofsky   ½-½ 55 1957 Dallas E97 King's Indian 21. F Olafsson vs Gligoric   ½-½ 13 1957 Dallas E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 22. Evans vs Reshevsky 0-1 41 1957 Dallas E12 Queen's Indian 23. Larsen vs Szabo   ½-½ 53 1957 Dallas D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. Yanofsky vs Najdorf   ½-½ 20 1957 Dallas B32 Sicilian 25. Szabo vs F Olafsson 0-1 23 1957 Dallas D71 Neo-Grunfeld  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-21-12    wordfunph: <In a side event, Pal Benko won a match with local master Kenneth Smith (publisher of Chess Digest).> score please? Dec-22-12    crawfb5: Benko won 5.½-1.½ <NY Times, 12/17/1957>. I added it to the introduction. Dec-22-12    wordfunph: <crawfb5> thank you. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited. 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