| 58th US Open (1957) |
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<1957 US Open
Cleveland, Ohio
August 5-17, 1957>
At the time, the big story of this tournament was the triumph of 14-year-old Bobby Fischer. Forgotten is another tiebreak controversy, possibly even worse than the 1955 near fiasco between Rossolimo and Reshevsky. Arthur Bisguier was originally proclaimed the winner, and was driving back to New York with the first place trophy before a recalculation gave the title to Fischer instead. Bisguier later wrote an article for Chess Review (October 1957, pp. 297-298) in which he did his best to be sportmanslike and praise Fischer copiously, but his bitterness with the tournament officials and tiebreaking systems in general was apparent. Another first in this tournament was the initial appearance at the US Open of Jerry Hanken. Anybody who knew Jerry was not allowed to forget this. But you want a real piece of irony? Hanken's first round opponent was Anthony Santasiere, who held the record at that time for most US Opens played in. -----
Of course, there was another story or two. The event drew 175 players from 23 states, the District of Columbia, Mexico, and Canada. A player from the last of these could have been the 176th, but he didn't show and missed a chance he no doubt later regretted to beat up on Fischer in round 1. 1953 US Open Champion Donald Byrne held the lead until losing to Fischer in round 9 and dropping into a tie with brother Robert. He overtook Fischer the next round, with Robert Byrne and Bisguier a half-point behind. Both leaders won in round 11, Byrne defeating his brother in the process. Bisguier remained in position a half-point behind, and took his chance to beat Byrne in round 12 and finish tied with Fischer, who drew with Walter Shipman. The event was directed, as was becoming customary, by Georges Koltanowski. -----
The crosstable published in the Chess Life issue of September 20, 1957, contained a large number of errors and gaps. This reconstruction in based largely on work done by <TheFocus>, who accounted for the major problems and probably saved what little hair I have left. I have fixed a few minor remaining errors and made one larger revision to account for the pairings in some known games. And if anyone knows who the mysterious player #167 is, we would both thank you heartily! Note: in the following crosstable, a series of dashes (<---->) indicates an unpaired game, usually due to withdrawal. (<+>) and (<->) indicate forfeit wins and losses. (<Bye>) is a full-point bye assigned by the director, normally due to having an odd number of players. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 Robert James Fischer +176 W103 D 28 W132 D 2 W113 W 54 W 5 W 3 D 4 W 14 D 7 10.0
2 Arthur Bisguier W 42 W114 W 74 D 10 D 1 L 14 W 41 W 18 W 32 W 36 W 11 W 3 10.0
3 Donald Byrne W 45 W155 W 99 W 12 W 37 D 13 W 72 W 14 L 1 W 15 W 4 L 2 9.5
4 Robert Eugene Byrne W 43 W 69 W 15 D 8 W 10 D 5 D 24 W 9 W 23 D 1 L 3 W 17 9.0
5 Edmar J Mednis W 81 W 58 D 18 W 33 W 25 D 4 W 37 L 1 W 13 D 7 D 6 W 15 9.0
6 Anthony Santasiere W 83 W 31 D 33 L 59 W 47 W 20 W 29 D 24 D 11 W 16 D 5 W 13 9.0
7 Walter Shipman W 88 D132 W 16 D 28 W 59 D 15 D 36 W 54 W 22 D 5 W 25 D 1 9.0
8 Gilbert Ramirez W125 W 27 W 29 D 4 L 9 L 36 W 30 W 38 L 16 W 61 W 33 W 24 8.5
9 Ivan Theodorovich W 63 W131 W 79 D 19 W 8 L 72 W 27 L 4 W 55 L 17 W 31 W 21 8.5
10 Paul Brandts W110 W 52 W 34 D 2 L 4 D 26 W114 L 32 W 37 W 40 D 17 W 27 8.5
11 Anthony Saidy D127 W 30 W115 L 25 W 56 W 55 W132 W 71 D 6 D 14 L 2 W 32 8.5
12 Saul Wanetick W 80 W 68 W 75 L 3 D 38 L 29 W 88 W 28 L 17 W 47 W 42 W 25 8.5
13 Hans Berliner W 82 W 86 W 41 W 26 W 71 D 3 L 14 D 15 L 5 W 22 W 19 L 6 8.0
14 William G Addison W123 D 46 D 47 W 79 W 75 W 2 W 13 L 3 W 19 D 11 L 1 D 16 8.0
15 Orest Popovych W169 W 21 L 4 W 73 W114 D 7 W 99 D 13 W 72 L 3 W 23 L 5 8.0
16 Lev Blonarovych D 30 W118 L 7 W127 W 60 L 27 W 46 W 77 W 8 L 6 W 28 D 14 8.0
17 Morton Siegel W 49 D156 D 54 L 88 W117 W 43 D 38 W 27 W 12 W 9 D 10 L 4 8.0
18 John A Hudson W 70 W117 D 5 D 20 W 31 L 24 W 45 L 2 D 61 D 30 W 50 W 43 8.0
19 Attilio Di Camillo W 39 W100 W 32 D 9 D 72 L 54 W 75 W113 L 14 W 43 L 13 W 40 8.0
20 John T Westbrock W 91 D 56 W127 D 18 D 26 L 6 W 65 D 39 D 40 D 71 W 82 W 36 8.0
21 Louis Szedlacsek W160 L 15 W108 L 57 W 49 W 61 L113 W 75 W 34 W 26 W 36 L 9 8.0
22 Charles Henin W119 L 29 W 82 W 68 L113 W 86 W 50 W 99 L 7 L 13 W 41 W 38 8.0
23 Gerald Kensell Fielding D121 L115 W116 W137 W 77 W101 W 58 W 26 L 4 D 31 L 15 W 52 8.0
24 John W Collins L 52 W112 W 56 W 61 W 58 W 18 D 4 D 6 L 36 W 42 D 32 L 8 7.5
25 Victor Guala W 64 W 76 D 55 W 11 L 5 L132 W 60 W115 W 33 W 29 L 7 L 12 7.5
26 Lawrence Lipking W134 W120 W 36 L 13 D 20 D 10 W 31 L 23 W 74 L 21 W 46 D 34 7.5
27 James R Schroeder W162 L 8 W169 D 74 W 42 W 16 L 9 L 17 W 78 W 54 W 29 L 10 7.5
28 Rudolf Pitschak W101 W 40 D 1 D 7 D 48 D 30 D 73 L 12 W 62 W 84 L 16 W 57 7.5
29 Bozidar Pehnec W142 W 22 L 8 D 42 W 74 W 12 L 6 W 73 W 71 L 25 L 27 W 59 7.5
30 Raymond Allen Weinstein D 16 L 11 D 49 W170 W 79 D 28 L 8 W156 W 53 D 18 D 44 W 69 7.5
31 Boris Garfinkel W147 L 6 W 53 W 39 L 18 W 63 L 26 W133 W113 D 23 L 9 W 64 7.5
32 Erich Watkinson Marchand W106 W126 L 19 W 89 L 54 W 83 W 62 W 10 L 2 W 72 D 24 L 11 7.5
33 Jeremiah F Donovan W102 W 95 D 6 L 5 W 83 W 48 D 71 D 40 L 25 W 76 L 8 W 63 7.5
34 Robert Coveyou W 92 W172 L 10 L101 L 39 W100 W119 W150 L 21 W 48 W 74 D 26 7.5
35 Leslie F Ault W128 W139 W102 L 71 L 57 L114 W109 D 58 D 73 D 60 W104 W 87 7.5
36 Kenneth Smith W124 W 61 L 26 D 60 W 76 W 8 D 7 W 44 W 24 L 2 L 21 L 20 7.0
37 Geza Fuster W157 W 78 W 57 W 48 L 3 W 45 L 5 L 72 L 10 W 68 L 52 W 73 7.0
38 Albert Martin W107 L 79 W 67 W 85 D 12 D 59 D 17 L 8 D 60 W 77 W 66 L 22 7.0
39 David Grimshaw L 19 W 90 W173 L 31 W 34 W 78 D 76 D 20 D 50 D 44 D 57 D 47 7.0
40 James L Harkins W175 L 28 W 84 L 75 W102 W 68 W 57 D 33 D 20 L 10 W 71 L 19 7.0
41 Henry Gross W104 W 77 L 13 L 54 W 67 W 64 L 2 L 50 W 87 W 51 L 22 W 74 7.0
42 Don Richardson L 2 W134 W151 D 29 L 27 D 56 W 95 W 59 W 45 L 24 L 12 W 89 7.0
43 Simon Delgado Ramirez L 4 L 85 W16Z W122 W103 L 17 W 56 W114 W 48 L 19 W 55 L 18 7.0
44 Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz W161 W 51 L 71 L 45 W 95 W106 W 59 L 36 D 54 D 39 D 30 D 49 7.0
45 Ross Sprague L 3 W109 W111 W 44 W 81 L 37 L 18 W 66 L 42 D 67 D 84 + 71 7.0
46 Steven J Shaw W150 D 14 L 48 L 65 W104 W 47 L 16 D 64 W 85 W113 L 26 W 95 7.0
47 Harry Fajans D118 W135 D 14 D 77 L 6 L 46 W 90 W 63 W 99 L 12 W102 D 39 7.0
48 Richard Kause W144 W113 W 46 L 37 D 28 L 33 W101 D 57 L 43 L 34 W116 W123 7.0
49 Leslie H Ault L 17 D128 D 30 L 86 L 21 W144 W162 W117 D 56 W 78 W 54 D 44 7.0
50 Marshall Rohland W116 L 71 D 65 D118 W169 W109 L 22 W 41 D 39 D 55 L 18 W 84 7.0
51 Austin H Hobson W165 L 44 W 66 L114 W100 L 58 W 97 L 74 W 81 L 41 W 80 W 77 7.0
52 Robert Durkin W 24 L 10 W100 D 99 L 55 L 77 W102 W134 D115 W114 W 37 L 23 7.0
53 Warren Rayle L 72 W130 L 31 D104 W135 L 69 W 93 W124 L 30 D 70 W105 W 75 7.0
54 Igor Garais D135 W121 D 17 W 41 W 32 W 19 L 1 L 7 D 44 L 27 L 49 W102 6.5
55 J Glenn Waltz W148 W136 D 25 L 72 W 52 L 11 W 87 W 69 L 9 D 50 L 43 D 62 6.5
56 Algirdas Nasvytis W164 D 20 L 24 W 70 L 11 D 42 L 43 W161 D 49 W 96 L 59 W 99 6.5
57 Joseph G Sullivan W137 W 60 L 37 W 21 W 35 L 71 L 40 D 48 D 77 W 95 D 39 L 28 6.5
58 J Norman Cotter W 90 L 5 W 87 W120 L 24 W 51 L 23 D 35 L112 D 83 D 70 W 82 6.5
59 Claude Fred Tears W111 W171 D 72 W 6 L 7 D 38 L 44 L 42 D 86 W126 W 56 L 29 6.5
60 Jean Cohn W153 L 57 W155 D 36 L 16 W 70 L 25 W101 D 38 D 35 L 63 W103 6.5
61 Charles R Heising W170 L 36 W161 L 24 W119 L 21 W 82 W 79 D 18 L 8 D 67 D 65 6.5
62 Guthrie McClain W122 L 72 D 63 D 64 W118 W133 L 32 D112 L 28 D 80 W 91 D 55 6.5
63 Dale A Brandreth L 9 W138 D 62 D 78 W137 L 31 D 84 L 47 W106 W105 W 60 L 33 6.5
64 Adam J Smith L 25 W167 D 78 D 62 W 90 L 41 D134 D 46 D100 W 99 W 76 L 31 6.5
65 Kurt L Loening L 74 W163 D 50 W 46 L132 W123 L 20 D107 L 66 W117 W121 D 61 6.5
66 Richard Ling L 99 W159 L 51 L125 W142 W 80 W 89 L 45 W 65 W 73 L 38 D 67 6.5
67 Tim Anderson W159 L 99 L 38 W148 L 41 W126 D 78 D 88 W 75 D 45 D 61 D 66 6.5
68 Jack F Shaw W105 L 12 W133 L 22 W 85 L 40 D156 W120 D 76 L 37 D 81 W100 6.5
69 Glenn E Hartleb W 85 L 4 W157 L 81 D115 W 53 W155 L 55 L 84 W119 W100 L 30 6.5
70 Leighton Allen L 18 W143 D 76 L 56 W121 L 60 W149 D 86 D133 D 53 D 58 W 83 6.5
71 Allen Kaufman W 87 W 50 W 44 W 35 L 13 W 57 D 33 L 11 L 29 D 20 L 40 - 45 6.0
72 Karl Burger W 53 W 62 D 59 W 55 D 19 W 9 L 3 W 37 L 15 L 32 ---- ---- 6.0
73 Robert B M Potter W 84 L168 W107 L 15 W 80 W112 D 28 L 29 D 35 L 66 W122 L 37 6.0
74 Bruno Schmidt W 65 W 94 L 2 D 27 L 29 D125 W106 W 51 L 26 W 79 L 34 L 41 6.0
75 Edgar Thomas McCormick W139 W145 L 12 W 40 L 14 W 81 L 19 L 21 L 67 W134 W 90 L 53 6.0
76 Emil Roethler W167 L 25 D 70 W110 L 36 W 94 D 39 W136 D 68 L 33 L 64 D 96 6.0
77 George Miller W141 L 41 W144 D 47 L 23 W 52 W124 L 16 D 57 L 38 W101 L 51 6.0
78 Sonja Graf-Stevenson W140 L 37 D 64 D 63 W 92 L 39 D 67 W118 L 27 L 49 D 97 W104 6.0
79 Zoltan Szabo W158 W 38 L 9 L 14 L 30 W 91 W 92 L 61 W 97 L 74 L 95 W126 6.0
80 Sandor Tresz L 12 W162 L113 W129 L 73 L 66 W111 D 94 W124 D 62 L 51 W131 6.0
81 Eva Aronson L 5 W148 W104 W 69 L 45 L 75 L112 W137 L 51 W111 D 68 D 93 6.0
82 Lewis J Isaacs L 13 W149 L 22 W108 L112 W137 L 61 W122 W150 W115 L 20 L 58 6.0
83 Jerome B Hanken L 6 W147 W146 W103 L 33 L 32 L133 D 96 W108 D 58 W114 L 70 6.0
84 Robin Ault L 73 W124 L 40 L119 W146 W157 D 63 W127 W 69 L 28 D 45 L 50 6.0
85 George Baumanis L 69 W 43 W131 L 38 L 68 L134 W129 W109 L 46 L 91 W130 W118 6.0
86 Walter Grombacher W130 L 13 L120 W 49 W129 L 22 D118 D 70 D 59 L104 D108 W114 6.0
87 Alfred A Krumins L 71 W122 L 58 W139 W 91 D115 L 55 D105 L 41 W118 W123 L 35 6.0
88 Elliott E Stearns L 7 W129 W136 W 17 D101 L 99 L 12 D 67 L 95 L116 W127 W119 6.0
89 Antonio Higuera L100 W 92 W 91 L 32 L106 W169 L 66 L 95 W120 W136 W115 L 42 6.0
90 Gerald D Johnson L 58 L 39 W152 W161 L 64 D103 L 47 W128 D101 W 92 L 75 W121 6.0
91 Jack Gersho L 20 W164 L 89 W173 L 87 L 79 D138 D 98 W130 W 85 L 62 W116 6.0
92 Hugo Krumins L 34 L 89 W143 W131 L 78 W111 L 79 W116 L105 L 90 W129 W128 6.0
93 David ReVeal L168 D105 W121 L 94 W128 L124 L 53 L102 W142 W156 W107 D 81 6.0
94 Robert LeBel W138 L 74 D145 W 93 L 99 L 76 D116 D 80 D134 L121 W117 W115 6.0
95 Phil W Morrell W173 L 33 L106 W136 L 44 W170 L 42 W 89 W 88 L 57 W 79 L 46 6.0
96 Mary Selensky ---- ---- W160 L155 W110 D122 D103 D 83 W129 L 56 W133 D 76 6.0
97 Theodor Popov L145 L161 L170 W143 W147 W117 L 51 W125 L 79 D123 D 78 W122 6.0
98 Donald Zaas L113 L144 D140 L135 W166 W104 L120 D 91 L117 W159 W139 W125 6.0
99 Jack O'Keefe W 66 W 67 L 3 D 52 W 94 W 88 L 15 L 22 L 47 L 64 W120 L 56 5.5
100 Willa White Owens W 89 L 19 L 52 W144 L 51 L 34 W148 W106 D 64 W103 L 69 L 68 5.5
101 John W Harvey L 28 W175 W117 W 34 D 88 L 23 L 48 L 60 D 90 W137 L 77 D109 5.5
102 Thomas A Jenkins L 33 W152 L 35 W146 L 40 D120 L 52 W 93 W136 W133 L 47 L 54 5.5
103 Edward D Stepans W108 L 1 W119 L 83 L 43 D 90 D 96 D126 W138 L100 W110 L 60 5.5
104 Fred Cramer L 41 W154 L 81 D 53 L 46 L 98 W160 W147 W148 W 86 L 35 L 78 5.5
105 Moe Moss L 68 D 93 L110 L116 W140 W139 W123 D 87 W 92 L 63 L 53 D108 5.5
106 Alpen Murphy L 32 W141 W 95 L113 W 89 L 44 L 74 L100 L 63 D135 W157 W140 5.5
107 Harold E Snyder L 38 W158 L 73 W150 W156 D155 L115 D 65 L114 D125 L 93 W136 5.5
108 Joseph P Lee L103 W123 L 21 L 82 W138 L156 W141 D119 L 83 W139 D 86 D105 5.5
109 James C Ream L155 L 45 W159 W126 W157 L 50 L 35 L 85 L111 W163 W134 D101 5.5
110 L Klavins L 10 D116 W105 L 76 L 96 W135 L150 W149 L126 W158 L103 W138 5.5
111 Kalman Farkas L 59 W165 L 45 L117 W144 L 92 L 80 W153 W109 L 81 D136 W133 5.5
112 Peter J Harvey D115 L 24 W135 D156 W 82 L 73 W 81 D 62 W 58 ---- ---- ---- 5.5
113 Charles Witte W 98 L 48 W 80 W106 W 22 L 1 W 21 L 19 L 31 L 46 ---- ---- 5.0
114 Thomas Ellison W149 L 2 W125 W 51 L 15 W 35 L 10 L 43 W107 L 52 L 83 L 86 5.0
115 Edmund Nash D112 W 23 L 11 W145 D 69 D 87 W107 L 25 D 52 L 82 L 89 L 94 5.0
116 Michael DiLillo L 50 D110 L 23 W105 L155 W128 D 94 L 92 W144 W 88 L 48 L 91 5.0
117 John R Beitling W143 L 18 L101 W111 L 17 L 97 W130 L 49 W 98 L 65 L 94 W147 5.0
118 Maxwell Sokoler D 47 L 16 W128 D 50 L 62 W130 D 86 L 78 D121 L 87 W146 L 85 5.0
119 Spencer H Van Gelder L 22 W142 L103 W 84 L 61 W148 L 34 D108 W127 L 69 D128 L 88 5.0
120 Lawrence C Gilden W146 L 26 W 86 L 58 L133 D102 W 98 L 68 L 89 W138 L 99 D124 5.0
121 Alex Dunne D 23 L 54 L 93 W140 L 70 L149 W139 W162 D118 W 94 L 65 L 90 5.0
122 Aladar Burgyan L 62 L 87 W142 L 43 W151 D 96 D127 L 82 W158 W124 L 73 L 97 5.0
123 Joseph J Chavayda L 14 L108 W138 D141 W127 L 65 L105 W142 W156 D 97 L 87 L 48 5.0
124 Philip G Haley L 36 L 84 W167 W151 D125 W 93 L 77 L 53 L 80 L122 W135 D120 5.0
125 Edwin M Faust L 8 W150 L114 W 66 D124 D 74 L136 L 97 W135 D107 D126 L 98 5.0
126 E Raymond Glover W152 L 32 L137 L109 W162 L 67 W131 D103 W110 L 59 D125 L 79 5.0
127 Ninus Aronson D 11 W151 L 20 L 16 L123 W145 D122 L 84 L119 W162 L 88 +144 5.0
128 Virgil Rizzo L 35 D 49 L118 W158 L 93 L116 W173 L 90 W145 W140 D119 L 92 5.0
129 Donald R Seifert L132 L 88 W154 L 80 L 86 W174 L 85 W141 L 96 W148 L 92 W146 5.0
130 Julius Goodman L 86 L 53 W165 L169 W131 L118 L117 W163 L 91 W144 L 85 W145 5.0
131 Lucille Kellner W163 L 9 L 85 L 92 L130 W165 L126 L146 W164 W147 W137 L 80 5.0
132 John Rinaldo W129 D 7 W156 L 1 W 65 W 25 L 11 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 4.5
133 Robert C Eastwood L136 W170 L 68 W147 W120 L 62 W 83 L 31 D 70 L102 L 96 L111 4.5
134 William Rebold L 26 L 42 W163 L157 W160 W 85 D 64 L 52 D 94 L 75 L109 D137 4.5
135 Paul Ligtvoet D 54 L 47 L112 W 98 L 53 L110 D158 W166 L125 D106 L124 W160 4.5
136 Armstrong Chinn W133 L 55 L 88 L 95 W173 W163 W125 L 76 L102 L 89 D111 L107 4.5
137 Richard W Noel L 57 W153 W126 L 23 L 63 L 82 W146 L 81 W147 L101 L131 D134 4.5
138 Mildred Morrell L 94 L 63 L123 W152 L108 W164 D 91 W140 L103 L120 W142 L110 4.5
139 Edward Westing L 75 L 35 W164 L 87 D149 L105 L121 W143 W146 L108 L 98 W159 4.5
140 John Ishkan L 78 L157 D 98 L121 L105 W167 W159 L138 W149 L128 W148 L106 4.5
141 Elizabeth Guala L 77 L106 W149 D123 D145 L150 L108 L129 W151 L146 D159 W158 4.5
142 Elliott Forry Laucks L 29 L119 L122 W174 L 66 D160 W163 L123 L 93 W167 L138 W157 4.5
143 James A Creighton L117 L 70 L 92 L 97 D158 L159 W152 L139 L167 W151 W154 W153 4.5
144 Sara Kaufman L 48 W 98 L 77 L100 L111 L 49 W154 W157 L116 L130 W149 -127 4.0
145 James B Reynolds W 97 L 75 D 94 L115 D141 L127 L147 D158 L128 D149 W163 L130 4.0
146 John Hasenstaub L120 W166 L 83 L102 L 84 W153 L137 W131 L139 W141 L118 L129 4.0
147 Richard Kontra L 31 L 83 W153 L133 L 97 W151 W145 L104 L137 L131 W162 L117 4.0
148 William R Trinks L 55 L 81 W158 L 67 W165 L119 L100 W151 L104 L129 L140 W162 4.0
149 Myron Hill L114 L 82 L141 W154 D139 W121 L 70 L110 L140 D145 L144 W166 4.0
150 Leonard Bryan L 46 L125 W166 L107 W161 W141 W110 L 34 L 82 ---- ---- ---- 4.0
151 Willis J Liske Bye L127 L 42 L124 L122 L147 W165 L148 L141 L143 W173 W167 4.0
152 Ernest N Nitschke L126 L102 L 90 L138 L153 L158 L143 L167 Bye W173 W164 W163 4.0
153 Vincent S Hayward L 60 L137 L147 L160 W152 L146 W164 L111 L162 W165 W167 L143 4.0
154 Lee F Schwartz L171 L104 L129 L149 L164 Bye L144 W173 W160 L157 L143 Bye 4.0
155 Anthony Pabon W109 L 3 L 60 W 96 W116 D107 L 69 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 3.5
156 Walter Litwinczuk W174 D 17 L132 D112 L107 W108 D 68 L 30 L123 L 93 ---- ---- 3.5
157 Samson Zilius L 37 W140 L 69 W134 L109 L 84 L161 L144 D159 W154 L106 L142 3.5
158 Jerry Spann L 79 L107 L148 L128 D143 W152 D135 D145 L122 L110 W166 L141 3.5
159 John Spencer L 67 L 66 L109 L163 D167 W143 L140 W160 D157 L 98 D141 L139 3.5
160 Ralph G Houghton L 21 L169 L 96 W153 L134 D142 L104 L159 L154 Bye W165 L135 3.5
161 Robert B Leewright L 44 W 97 L 61 L 90 L150 W166 W157 L 56 ---- ---- ---- ---- 3.0
162 Eleanor Canonge L 27 L 80 L 43 W164 L126 W173 L 49 L121 W153 L127 L147 L148 3.0
163 Marta Krumins L131 L 65 L134 W159 W174 L136 L142 L130 W166 L109 L145 L152 3.0
164 Anne Soloman L 56 L 91 L139 L162 W154 L138 L153 W165 L131 L166 L152 W173 3.0
165 Norda Troy L 51 L111 L130 W167 L148 L131 L151 L164 W173 L153 L160 Bye 3.0
166 Robert D Offenberg L172 L146 L150 Bye L 98 L161 W167 L135 L163 W164 L158 L149 3.0
167 Mena Schwartz L 76 L 64 L124 L165 D159 L140 L166 W152 W143 L142 L153 L151 2.5
168 Leon Stolzenberg W 93 W 73 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 2.0
169 William Batchelder L 15 W160 L 27 W130 L 50 L 89 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 2.0
170 Andrew Kraus L 61 L133 W 97 L 30 Bye L 95 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 2.0
171 Abraham Croll W154 L 59 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.0
172 William A Radspinner W166 L 34 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.0
173 Juliette DeMeo L 95 Bye L 39 L 91 L136 L162 L128 L154 L165 L152 L151 L164 1.0
174 Walter Otteson L156 ---- ---- L142 L163 L129 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 1.0
175 Donald Gregg L 40 L101 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 0.0
176 Horst Kemper - 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 0.0
MILESTONES10: James A Creighton, Jeremiah F Donovan Sources
Chess Life, September 5, 1957, pp. 1-2; September 20, 1957, pp. 8-9. PREVIOUS: 57th US Open (1956). NEXT: Game Collection: US Open 1958, Rochester. SEE ALSO: Game Collection: US Open Tournament Index. Original collection: Game Collection: US Open 1957, Cleveland, by User: Phony Benoni.
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. R Durkin vs J W Collins |
 | 1-0 | 34 | 1957 | 58th US Open | A00 Uncommon Opening |
| 2. E E Stearns vs W Shipman |
| 0-1 | 47 | 1957 | 58th US Open | C25 Vienna |
| 3. R Sprague vs D Byrne |
 | 0-1 | 29 | 1957 | 58th US Open | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
| 4. K Smith vs P Haley |
| 1-0 | 20 | 1957 | 58th US Open | B07 Pirc |
| 5. E Mednis vs E Aronson |
| 1-0 | 21 | 1957 | 58th US Open | E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno |
| 6. C Henin vs S Van Gelder |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1957 | 58th US Open | D50 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 7. G Hartleb vs G Baumanis |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1957 | 58th US Open | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 8. J Hanken vs Santasiere |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1957 | 58th US Open | D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 |
| 9. G Fuster vs S Zilius |
| 1-0 | 20 | 1957 | 58th US Open | D21 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 10. E M Faust vs G Ramirez |
| 0-1 | 31 | 1957 | 58th US Open | A48 King's Indian |
| 11. S Delgado Ramirez vs R Byrne |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1957 | 58th US Open | B56 Sicilian |
| 12. A Bisguier vs D Richardson |
| 1-0 | 65 | 1957 | 58th US Open | E70 King's Indian |
| 13. H Berliner vs L Isaacs |
| 1-0 | 54 | 1957 | 58th US Open | A52 Budapest Gambit |
| 14. R Ault vs R Potter |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1957 | 58th US Open | A02 Bird's Opening |
| 15. Leighton Allen vs J Hudson |
| 0-1 | 15 | 1957 | 58th US Open | C18 French, Winawer |
| 16. A G Murphy vs E Marchand |
| 0-1 | 69 | 1957 | 58th US Open | B20 Sicilian |
| 17. Fischer vs E Stepans |
| 1-0 | 25 | 1957 | 58th US Open | B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 18. R Weinstein vs A Saidy |
| 0-1 | 50 | 1957 | 58th US Open | A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O |
| 19. Santasiere vs B Garfinkel |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1957 | 58th US Open | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 20. P Morrell vs J F Donovan |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1957 | 58th US Open | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
| 21. A Kaufman vs M Rohland |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1957 | 58th US Open | B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 22. J Hudson vs J R Beitling |
| 1-0 | 20 | 1957 | 58th US Open | B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack |
| 23. C Heising vs K Smith |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1957 | 58th US Open | E61 King's Indian |
| 24. W Grombacher vs H Berliner |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1957 | 58th US Open | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 25. T Ellison vs A Bisguier |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1957 | 58th US Open | A06 Reti Opening |
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| Jan-11-17 | | Helios727: Did Bobby's first opponent lose by default? Or how do you make sense out of the conflicting numbers, and the fact that the top scoreboard shows Bisguier with a score of 10 and Bobby with 9? Yet Bobby won on a tiebreaker? |
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 | | perfidious: Fischer's first opponent was a no-show, as noted in the account of the tournament. |
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 | | Tabanus: Plain Dealer, 7 Aug. 1957 p. 7: In results of rd. 2 we find "Adam Smith, Butte, Mont., 1; <Mena Schwartz>, Cleveland, 0. Plain Dealer, 11 Aug. 1957 p. 12-C: In results of rd. 5 we find "John Ishkan, Fairfield, Conn., 1, <Mena Schwartz>, Cleveland, 0. So no. 167 is Mena Schwartz. |
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 | | Phony Benoni: <Helios727> Yes, Fischer won his first game by forfeit. The crosstable uses "+ and "=" to indicate wins and losses on forfeit/. The scoreboard at the top is automatically compiled from actual games in the database. That's why Fischer comes up a game short. Since many games are not available, most players in the scoreboard have less than 12 games listed. <Tabanus> Thanks; I'll fix things u tonight. Unfortunately, it looks like I don't have access to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which is a pity. The crosstable in "Chess LIfe" was a mess -- that's where <Unknown layer> game from in the first place -- and I'd welcome any information to double check it. |
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| | Tabanus: <PB> Vincent Hayward - Mena Schwartz 1-0 in rd. 11 also confirmed in Plain Dealer 16 Aug p. 5. There may be more: for most of the rounds, results are given for the leaders + most of the Cleveland players. I find no crosstable in the end. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 17 Aug 1957, p. 1:
<Young Chess Master Shows Judges Wrong> <Cleveland, Ohio - AP - When tournament directors Friday night declared defending champion Arthur B. Bisguier, 26, of New York the winner of the United States Chess federation's open tournament, 14 year old Bobby Fischer protested that there had been a mistake in the scoring.
Tournament officials spent an hour checking the complicated scoring system and then discovered that they had awarded Bisguier too many points. They reversed their decision and declared Fischer the new open champion. He is the youngest player ever to win the tournament.
Fischer and Bisguier, who was dropped into second place, split the top prize of S 1,500 under tournament rules.> Cleveland Plain Dealer, 17 Aug 1957, p. 1:
<Brooklyn Boy, 14, Wins Chess Championship> <By Emerson L. Batdorff
A 14-year-old-boy from Brooklyn, N.Y., last night won the annual United States open chess tournament here. He is the youngest winner on record.
With his crew cut hair and boyish clothing, Bobby Fischer, the champ, looked more like a fugitive from the Soap Box Derby than the chess expert he is.
Bobby didn't have much to say after his victory was announced. He had made his remarks previously, and shed a few hot tears, after a 26-year-old New Yorker was announced the winner.
Chess is an odd game in that during tournaments no one knows for sure who has won until quite a while after the last checkmate. A quick tally of the scores by the tournament committee showed that Arthur B. Bisguier, 1956 open champion, had done it again.
Bobby Complains
Bobby complained to tournament director George Koltanowski: "I played tougher players than he did!" This argument did not checkmate Koltanowski. But shortly a whiz on rules declared that Bobby had played two persons who subsequently dropped out of the tournament.
A runner was dispatched for the nearest copy of the Official Blue Book and Encyclopedia of Chess. Sure enough, this was the case and Bobby was announced the winner.
Koltanowski made the revised announcement over the public address system in the absence of Bisguier. He urged that the news be broken to the dethroned champion. Bisguier proved to be in a telephone booth calling New York with what he thought was good news.
Pandemonium did not reign among the 150 chess enthusiasts in response to either announcement, chess not being that sort of game.
Polite and appreciative applause was what the first champion got and the same was accorded to his successor. There was no whistling or stamping of feet as some contestants were still playing.> |
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Jan-14-17
 | | Fusilli: <perfidious: Fischer's first opponent was a no-show, as noted in the account of the tournament.> Imagine being that no-show opponent, and finding out later (perhaps a few years later) that you missed your opportunity to play Fischer. Bummer! |
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| Jan-14-17 | | TheFocus: Perhaps Mr. No Show had Fischer Fear? |
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Jul-27-17
 | | technical draw: Leon Stolzenberg won his first two games then decided to quit while he was ahead. Nothing like going unbeaten in the US Open. |
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Jul-27-17
| | perfidious: <Fusilli....Imagine being that no-show opponent, and finding out later (perhaps a few years later) that you missed your opportunity to play Fischer. Bummer!> Dennis Waterman, whom I know from the poker circuit, lost an opportunity to face off with Wesley So when the latter failed to appear in an event, last year or the year before. |
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| Nov-16-21 | | Helios727: Back then did they have no reserve section for lower rated players? |
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Apr-04-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: A little round of applause to Juliette DeMeo, who never quit. |
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