The tournament, organized as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the New York State Chess Association, was played at the Hotel Onondaga in Syracuse, New York from August 13-25.

In general, the games were begun at 7:00 P.M. with adjournments scheduled for the next day. To fit 15 rounds into a 13 day schedule, extra afternoon rounds were added on August 15 and August 20. The time control was 36 moves in two hours, followed by 18 moves in one hour.

Originally the tournament contained 16 players, but I.S. Turover withdrew after losing to Arthur Dake in round 1 and the game was cancelled. <Crosstable>

                             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
1  Samuel Reshevsky          X ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0
2  Isaac Kashdan             ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10.5
3  Arthur Dake               0 ½ X ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10.0
4  Reuben Fine               ½ ½ ½ X ½ 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10.0
5  Abraham Kupchik           ½ ½ ½ ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1  9.5
6  Israel Albert Horowitz    0 0 0 1 1 X ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1  8.5
7  Herman Steiner            0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1  8.0
8  Mario Monticelli          0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ X ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1  6.5
9  Fred Reinfeld             ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ X ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1  6.0
10 Anthony Santasiere        0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ X 1 1 ½ 1 1  6.0
11 Arnold Denker             0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 0 ½ 0 ½  5.0
12 Jakob Adolf Seitz         0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 X 1 1 1  5.0
13 Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1  4.5
14 Erving Tholfsen           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ X 1  3.0
15 Robert E Martin           0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X  0.5

Round 1 (Monday, August 13): Monticelli 1/2 Steiner; Reinfeld 0 Kupchik*; Denker 0 Santasiere*; Tholfsen 0 Horowitz; Fine 1 Seitz*; Kashdan 1 Araiza*; Martin 0 Reshevsky*; Dake: Bye (win over Turover cancelled)

Round 2 (Tuesday, August 14): Steiner 0 Reshevsky*; Araiza 1 Martin; Seitz 1/2 Kashdan*; Horowitz 1 Fine*; Santasiere 0 Dake*; Kupchik 1 Denker; Monticelli 1/2 Reinfeld; Tholfsen: Bye

Round 3 (Wednesday, August 15): Reinfeld 0 Steiner; Denker 1 Monticelli*; Dake 1/2 Kupchik; Tholfsen 0 Santasiere*; Kashdan 1 Horowitz*; Martin 0 Seitz; Reshevsky 1 Araiza*; Fine: Bye

Round 4 (Wednesday, August 15): Steiner 1/2 Araiza; Seitz 0 Reshevsky*; Horowitz 1 Martin; Santasiere 0 Fine*; Kupchik 1 Tholfsen*; Monticelli 0 Dake; Reinfeld 1 Denker*; Kashdan: Bye

Round 5 (Thursday, August 16): Denker 1 Steiner*; Dake 1 Reinfeld; Tholfsen 0 Monticelli; Fine 1/2 Kupchik*; Kashdan 1/2 Santasiere; Reshevsky 1 Horowitz*; Araiza 0 Seitz; Martin: Bye

Round 6 (Friday, August 17): Steiner 1 Seitz; Horowitz 1/2 Araiza; Santasiere 1 Martin; Kupchik 1/2 Kashdan; Monticelli 0 Fine*; Reinfeld 1/2 Tholfsen; Denker 1 Dake*; Reshevsky: Bye

Submitted 10/8/2016

Herman Steiner - Jakob Adolf Seitz

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 a6 8.g3 Bd7 9.Bg2 e5 10.Nf3 Bc6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Rfd1 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 0-0-0 16.Rac1 Kb8 17.Nxf6 gxf6 18.Nh4 Kc7 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nf5 Nb6 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Nxh6 Rd2 23.Nxf7 Rxe2 24.h4 Kd7 25.h5 Ke7 26.Rxc6 Rxb2 27.Rc7+ Nd7 28.Rxd7+ Kxd7 29.h6 e4 30.h7 e3 31.fxe3 Source: Los Angeles Times, October 7, 1934. 1-0

Round 7 (Saturday, August 18): Dake 1/2 Steiner; Tholfsen 1 Denker*; Fine 1 Reinfeld*; Kashdan 1 Monticelli*; Martin 0 Kupchik; Reshevsky 1 Santasiere*; Seitz 0 Horowitz; Araiza Munoz: Bye

Round 8 (Saturday, August 18): Steiner 1/2 Horowitz ; Santasiere 1/2 Araiza; Kupchik 1/2 Reshevsky*; Monticelli 1 Martin; Reinfeld 0 Kashdan; Denker 1 Fine*; Dake 1 Tholfsen*; Seitz: Bye

The first few moves of Reinfeld - Kashdan are available: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 0-0 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.Qxb5 Na5 13.Bc2 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Qxe4 15.Qxa5 Qxb1 16.d3 Qxd3 17.Qxc7 Bxf3, and Blac eventually won. Sources Isaac Kashdan / Lahde, p. 167; Practical Chess Openings, p. 362.

Sunday, August 19 reserved for adjournments

Round 9 (Monday, August 20): Tholfsen 0 Steiner; Fine 1/2 Dake*; Kashdan 1 Denker*; Martin 0 Reinfeld; Reshevsky 1 Monticelli*; Araiza 0 Kupchik; Seitz 0 Santasiere; Horowitz: Bye

Round 10 (Tuesday, August 21): Santasiere 0 Horowitz; Kupchik 1 Seitz*; Monticelli 1/2 Araiza; Reinfeld 1/2 Reshevsky*; Denker 1/2 Martin; Dake 1/2 Kashdan; Tholfsen 0 Fine*; Steiner: Bye

Round 11 (Tuesday, August 21): Fine 1 Steiner*; Kashdan 1 Tholfsen*; Martin 0 Dake; Reshevsky 1 Denker*; Araiza 1/2 Reinfeld; Seitz 1/2 Monticelli; Horowitz 1 Kupchik*; Santasiere: Bye

Round 12 (Wednesday, August 22): Steiner 1 Santasiere; Monticelli 1 Horowitz*; Reinfeld 1 Seitz; Denker 1/2 Araiza; Dake 0 Reshevsky*; Tholfsen 1 Martin; Fine 1/2 Kashdan*; Kupchik: Bye

Round 13 (Thursday, August 23): Kashdan 1/2 Steiner; Martin 0 Fine; Reshevsky 1 Tholfsen*; Araiza 0 Dake; Seitz 1 Denker; Horowitz 1/2 Reinfeld; Santasiere 1/2 Kupchik; Monticelli: Bye

Round 14 (Friday, August 24): Steiner 1/2 Kupchik; Monticelli 1 Santasiere; Denker 0 Horowitz; Dake 1 Seitz; Tholfsen 1/2 Araiza; Fine 1/2 Reshevsky*; Kashdan 1 Martin; Reinfeld: Bye

Round 15 (Saturday, August 25): Martin 0 Steiner; Reshevsky 1/2 Kashdan*; Araiza 0 Fine; Seitz 1 Tholfsen*; Horowitz 0 Dake; Santasiere 1/2 Reinfeld; Kupchik 1/2 Monticelli; Denker: Bye

The first few moves of Araiza - Fine are available: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.Qg3 f6 8.Bf4 g5 9.Bd2 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5, and Black eventually won. Sources: Reuen Fine / Woodger, p. 61; Modern Chess Openings.

Thanks to <Resignation Trap> and <Calli> for their help in finding these games. Although it's not complete, I hope this collection can serve as a starting point for further research.

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Sources

"Los Angeles Times", October 7, 1934.

"New York Times", August 14-26, 1934. Daily reports.