US Championship 1957/58 |
The 10th United States Chess Championship tournament was held in New York City at the end of the year 1957. Fourteen of the US' strongest masters and grandmasters were invited to compete. Among the participants was a veritable who's who of former American champions, including Samuel Reshevsky, Arthur Bisguier, and Arnold Denker. Filling out the rest of the field was a number of players from the prestigious Third Rosenwald Trophy (1956), including a fourteen year old prodigy named Bobby Fischer. Fischer was already gaining recognition from several brilliant wins as the next generation of American chess grandmastery. However, the next generation had already arrived as Fischer dominated this, his inaugural championship, scoring wins against over half the field and finishing with 10½/13, a full point over seven-time former American champion Reshevsky. He became the youngest person ever to win the US crown, and the following year would become the youngest person to become a grandmaster. It was the beginning of a career that would culminate in Fischer becoming world champion and earning a place as one of the greatest players in history. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1st Fischer * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10½
2nd Reshevsky ½ * 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½
3rd Sherwin 0 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9
4th Lombardy 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 7½
5th Berliner ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 7
=6th Feuerstein 0 0 1 ½ 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 6½
=6th Denker ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 6½
=6th Mednis 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½
9th Seidman ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 1 0 0 6
=10th Bernstein 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 0 5
=10th Bisguier 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 ½ 1 5
=12th Turner ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ 4½
=12th Di Camillo 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 4½
14th Kramer 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 * 3 The US Championship (1958/59) was the 11th championship for this crown.Original collection: Game Collection: US Championship 1957/58, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Fischer vs A Feuerstein |
  | 1-0 | 44 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | A07 King's Indian Attack |
2. Mednis vs Bisguier |
 | ½-½ | 40 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | C59 Two Knights |
3. Denker vs Seidman |
 | ½-½ | 44 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
4. Lombardy vs S Bernstein |
 | 1-0 | 35 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | A56 Benoni Defense |
5. A Di Camillo vs Reshevsky |
 | 0-1 | 40 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation |
6. G Kramer vs Berliner |
 | 0-1 | 36 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | B33 Sicilian |
7. J Sherwin vs A Turner |
 | 1-0 | 41 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
8. S Bernstein vs A Di Camillo |
 | 1-0 | 56 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | C47 Four Knights |
9. Bisguier vs Lombardy |
 | 1-0 | 21 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
10. Berliner vs Mednis |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
11. J Sherwin vs G Kramer |
| 1-0 | 61 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
12. Reshevsky vs Denker |
 | 1-0 | 43 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | A04 Reti Opening |
13. A Turner vs A Feuerstein |
| ½-½ | 53 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | A15 English |
14. Seidman vs Fischer |
 | ½-½ | 28 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | B98 Sicilian, Najdorf |
15. Denker vs S Bernstein |
| 0-1 | 22 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | A15 English |
16. Mednis vs J Sherwin |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 |
17. A Feuerstein vs Seidman |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | A07 King's Indian Attack |
18. A Di Camillo vs Bisguier |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation |
19. G Kramer vs A Turner |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | C30 King's Gambit Declined |
20. Fischer vs Reshevsky |
  | ½-½ | 57 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | B41 Sicilian, Kan |
21. Lombardy vs Berliner |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | E70 King's Indian |
22. A Turner vs Seidman |
| 0-1 | 48 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 |
23. Bisguier vs Denker |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 |
24. Reshevsky vs A Feuerstein |
 | 1-0 | 26 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | A05 Reti Opening |
25. G Kramer vs Mednis |
 | 0-1 | 22 | 1957 | US Championship 1957/58 | C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line |
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Jan-14-16 | | chessgamer2000: just noticed something.Fischer's. game with Feuerstein (a sicilian) with Bobby playing white took 44 moves.his game with Bernstein (a sicilian)with Bobby as black took 44 moves.they were different variations though |
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Jan-14-16
 | | TheFocus: Wow! I once played a Sicilian and it drew in 44 moves. |
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Aug-03-18
 | | FSR: <TheFocus> That's how it is with Sicilians. 44 moves - no more, no less. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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Sep-22-18
 | | thegoodanarchist: Note that Fischer was NOT a GM when he won this tournament. Can you imagine a non-GM winning a US Championship today? Of course, the GM title is more common nowadays. In this tournament, maybe Samuel Reshevsky was the only GM? Let's see... According to cg.com, here are the players' titles: James T Sherwin unknown (IM in 1958)
William James Lombardy IM 1957
Hans Berliner unknown (IM in 1968)
Arthur Feuerstein none
Arnold Denker IM 1950
Edmar J Mednis unknown (GM in 1980)
Herbert Seidman U.S. Senior Master
Sidney Norman Bernstein none
Arthur Bisguier GM 1957
Abe Turner none
Attilio Di Camillo none
George Mortimer Kramer none
So, two GMs, two future GMs, two IMs, and two future IMs, and one SM Not bad, but weak by today's standard. |
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Sep-22-18
 | | TheFocus: <tga> <So, two GMs, two future GMs, two IMs, and two future IMs, and one SM> And not to be overlooked, but William Lombardy was the Junior World Champion at the time. |
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