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Third Rosenwald Trophy (1956) This was the third tournament of a series which was made possible through a philanthropic contribution by Lessing Julius Rosenwald. Rosenwald was Chairman of Sears from 1932-1939 and later became a collector of rare books and art. Rosenwald's father, Julius Rosenwald, was instrumental in the education and chess career of Samuel Reshevsky. The Rosenwald Trophy tournaments later officially became the U.S. Championship events. Despite a first-round loss to Donald Byrne, Reshevsky clinched first place with one round to spare. This tournament was also the first true test of skill for the 13-year old U.S. Junior Champion, Bobby Fischer. In spite of his lukewarm performance, Bobby attracted attention with his famous brilliancy D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956, "The Game of the Century". The game E Hearst vs Mednis, 1956 witnessed a double forfeit because Hearst's time ran out and Mednis was disqualified for failure to keep up his scoresheet. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Reshevsky * 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 2 Bisguier 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7 3 Feuerstein ½ ½ * 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 4 Mednis 0 ½ 1 * 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 6 5 Bernstein 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 6 Byrne 1 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 0 0 1 0 1 5½ 7 Turner 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 0 1 1 ½ 5½ 8 Fischer 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 0 ½ ½ 4½ 9 Seidman ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 4½ 10 Hearst 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 * 0 1 4 11 Pavey 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 4 12 Shainswit 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 3 Original collection: Game Collection: Third L. J. Rosenwald Trophy Tournament, 1956, by User: Resignation Trap.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Bisguier vs Fischer 1-0 33 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3 2. E Hearst vs S Bernstein   ½-½ 92 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 3. E Mednis vs A Turner 1-0 79 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 4. Shainswit vs A Feuerstein 0-1 29 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A65 Benoni, 6.e4 5. M Pavey vs H Seidman   ½-½ 33 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy B03 Alekhine's Defense 6. D Byrne vs Reshevsky 1-0 40 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A65 Benoni, 6.e4 7. A Turner vs Fischer 1-0 50 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 8. S Bernstein vs A Bisguier   1-0 42 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy B23 Sicilian, Closed 9. A Feuerstein vs E Hearst   1-0 39 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. H Seidman vs Shainswit 1-0 14 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy C01 French, Exchange 11. Reshevsky vs M Pavey 1-0 26 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A08 King's Indian Attack 12. E Mednis vs D Byrne 1-0 27 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 13. D Byrne vs A Turner   1-0 46 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 14. A Bisguier vs A Feuerstein ½-½ 40 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 15. Fischer vs S Bernstein ½-½ 56 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy C70 Ruy Lopez 16. M Pavey vs E Mednis   ½-½ 25 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy E60 King's Indian Defense 17. Shainswit vs Reshevsky   0-1 40 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A34 English, Symmetrical 18. E Hearst vs H Seidman   1-0 57 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy C42 Petrov Defense 19. A Turner vs S Bernstein   1-0 77 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. Reshevsky vs E Hearst   1-0 37 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 21. E Mednis vs Shainswit   0-1 29 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 22. D Byrne vs M Pavey   0-1 41 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 23. H Seidman vs A Bisguier   0-1 33 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy A07 King's Indian Attack 24. A Feuerstein vs Fischer ½-½ 31 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 25. A Bisguier vs Reshevsky   0-1 33 1956 Third Rosenwald Trophy C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jun-13-13    WannaBe: From reading "End Game", by Brady, I never realize/knew that the <Game of the Century> was 'merely' a local tournament. Jun-14-13    PhilFeeley: <WannaBe> Not only that, but one of his only two wins! Jun-14-13    syracrophy: <PhilFeeley> And it's only this kind of extraordinary events that make this sort of tournaments worth remembering! Sep-21-14    Mudphudder: Was this tournament played at the Marshall Chess Club, NYC? Jan-27-15    Susan 707: I love the ending moves Apr-09-16    Captain Hindsight: <1956: "America Peaked Back Then And We've Been In Decline Ever Since"> http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-... Nov-04-19    chessrookstwo: Was a classic game, booby style 👍 Nov-04-19    ughaibu: <Was a classic game, booby style> As far as your one-liners go, this is easily the best, but which game are you referring to? Nov-05-19    keypusher: <WannaBe: From reading "End Game", by Brady, I never realize/knew that the <Game of the Century> was 'merely' a local tournament.> In <Profile of a Prodigy>, Brady describes it (IIRC) as the unofficial U.S. championship, which looks about right when you see who was playing. Apr-13-21    MissScarlett: I'm going to amend the crosstable to reflect the double forfeit in E Hearst vs Mednis, 1956. As that drops Mednis down a place, it'll require a little more surgery. I note that the crosstable in Brady's <Profile of a Prodigy> errs, not with this game, but in wrongly scoring Mednis-Shainswit as drawn instead of 0-1 Jan-06-22    jerseybob: <Mudphudder: Was this tournament played at the Marshall Chess Club, NYC?> No, at the Manhattan. 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! 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