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US Open 1976, Fairfax, VA
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Phony Benoni's signature project here at chessgames was the US Open:

Game Collection: US Open Tournament Index

Despite his massive efforts, he was unable to fully build out the full set of collections, partially due to lack of available information but also due to lack of available time. In memory of PB, I have tried to add what I could to one of his smaller collections:

Game Collection: US Open 1976, Fairfax

The 77th US Open was held in Fairfax, VA 15-27 Aug 1976 at George Mason University with a prize fund of $10,100 USD and 566 players. The event used the traditional 12-round schedule, with one game per evening and a rest day between Rounds 6 and 7. The time control was 50 moves in 150 minutes and then 20 moves in 60 minutes.

Leonid Shamkovich and Anatoly Lein shared first. Shamkovich gave up his first draw in Round 6 to Fedorowicz. Lein gave up his first draw in Round 7 to Biyiasas. The two Soviets then had a quick draw with each other in Round 8. Both also drew with Lombardy (Lein in Round 10 and Shamkovich in Round 11), who finished tied for 3rd-9th.

event coverage <Chess Life> Nov 1976, p 610-612

10 POINTS $1675 USD each 1 Leonid Shamkovich W221 W49 W69 W74 W39 D10 W7 D2 D4 W11 D3 W14 2 Anatoly Lein W218 W105 W234 W55 W11 W37 D40 D1 W10 D3 D14 W12 . 9.5 POINTS $450 USD each 3 William Lombardy W193 W144 W54 W27 L10 W70 W56 W17 W24 D2 D1 D6 4 Walter Browne W172 W99 W140 D43 W116 D24 W25 W37 D1 W39 D6 D5 5 William Martz W220 W233 W81 D391 W46 W16 D38 D18 W28 D8 W10 D4 6 Pal Benko W142 W229 W371 D46 D391 W13 W48 W38 D11 W18 D4 D3 7 John Watson W261 W138 D83 W68 W33 W26 L1 D167 W29 W47 D25 W28 8 Ronald Henley W243 W86 L168 W170 W30 W140 D74 W117 W60 D5 D34 W24 9 Larry D. Evans W231 L112 W142 W178 W51 D371 W54 D50 W78 D13 W60 W25 . 9 POINTS $20 USD each 10 John Fedorowicz W403 W141 W133 W80 W3 D1 D12 W40 L2 W27 L5 W45 11 Charles Powell W452 W259 W52 W13 L2 W65 W115 W15 D6 L1 D41 W42 -- TOP VIRGINIAN $100 USD 12 Arnold Denker W279 W523 W53 W67 D25 W44 D10 L24 W85 W42 W21 L2 13 Fred Lindsay W423 W208 W186 L11 W62 L6 W170 W20 W32 D9 W31 D19 -- 1-2 EXPERT $350 USD 14 Calvin Blocker W309 W559 W61 D75 D70 W77 D66 W45 W41 W15 D2 L1 15 Arthur Bisguier W321 D353 W300 W83 W41 D48 W29 L11 W43 L14 W50 W47 16 Thomas Wozney W520 W244 D95 W121 W63 L5 D77 W184 D30 D66 W67 W41 17 Danny Kopec W349 W171 W169 W50 D26 D75 W43 L3 L115 W94 W126 W55 18 John Meyer W219 L170 W241 W259 W168 W184 W36 D5 W74 L6 D45 W34 19 Nick DeFirmian W276 D287 W238 W91 D250 D80 L41 W89 W304 W33 W44 D13 20 Boris Baczynskyj W433 W225 W304 L26 W59 D54 D80 L13 W120 WF W115 W43 21 Timothy Taylor W157 W216 L250 W281 L133 W217 W120 W80 W75 W115 L12 W46 22 Jeffrey Kastner W284 W215 W23 D112 D110 W133 L37 L51 W233 W93 W116 W38 -- 1-2 EXPERT $350 23 Arthur Smith W327 W372 L22 D530 L239 W154 W155 W180 W240 D74 W56 W39 -- 1 CLASS A $500 USD . 8.5 POINTS 24 Elliott Winslow W285 W479 W78 D250 W119 D4 W76 W12 L3 D35 W30 L8 25 Matthew Green W437 W103 W152 W168 D12 D336 L4 W169 W250 W37 D7 L9 26 John Hudson W322 W253 W137 W20 D17 L7 W49 L39 D61 D86 W106 W76 27 Barry Davis W180 W485 W89 L3 W72 L76 W102 W165 W40 L10 D37 W77 28 Craig Barnes W286 W148 L116 W103 D165 W106 W53 W66 L5 W77 W76 L7 29 Frank Murphy W385 L187 W219 W151 W124 W79 L15 W69 L7 W64 D53 W84 30 Harvey Bernard W340 W92 L37 W201 L8 W235 W175 W55 D16 W167 L24 W74 31 Orest Popovych W501 W182 L59 W137 D93 W61 W371 L60 W101 W81 L13 W83 32 Karl Burger W291 D238 D255 W181 W486 W81 D75 D34 L13 D78 W79 W109 33 John Rather W296 W212 D62 W145 L7 L49 W204 W415 W110 L19 W176 W86 34 Herbert Avram W288 D199 W237 L475 W290 W190 W52 D32 W132 W38 D8 L18 35 Michael Proschan D549 W257 D111 D247 W222 D136 W178 W114 W58 D24 D39 D44 36 Sidney Bernstein W441 W247 L112 W337 W122 W174 L18 L76 D99 W216 W165 W97 . 8 POINTS 37 Jonathan Tisdall W387 W128 W30 W85 W166 L2 W22 L4 W50 L25 D27 D65 38 James Sherwin W272 W248 W79 D63 W57 W42 D5 L6 W67 L34 W66 L22 39 Robert Eberlein W348 W178 W51 W59 L1 W169 D78 W26 W167 L4 D35 L23 40 Peter Biyiasas W241 W88 W65 D57 W45 W113 D2 L10 L27 W129 D74 D53 41 Jerome Hanken W319 D320 W199 W164 L15 W88 W19 W113 L14 W79 D11 L16 42 Thomas Sweeney W274 W108 W135 W98 D336 L38 W68 D78 W116 L12 W51 L11 43 Danny Shapiro W364 W183 W120 D4 D90 W129 L17 W149 L15 W124 W72 W72 44 Peter Gould W295 W217 D165 W95 W475 L12 W83 D75 D51 W68 L19 D35 45 Peter Thompson D189 W139 W158 W353 L40 W89 W84 L14 W168 W52 D18 L10 46 Michael Senkiewicz W454 W209 W242 D6 L5 L82 W62 W152 W121 D53 W149 L21 47 Lev Blonarovych W342 L137 W221 W497 D52 W236 D63 W65 W64 L7 W70 L15 48 Sam Greenlaw W230 W174 W84 D110 W112 D15 L6 D81 D91 W119 D54 D68 49 Ivan Romanenko W270 L1 W180 W186 D234 W33 L26 W107 L68 W143 W143 D54 -- 2-8 CLASS A $28.58 USD 50 Kenneth Clayton W191 W368 W170 L17 D100 W144 W171 D9 L37 W88 L15 W110 51 John Nardandrea -- 2-8 CLASS A $28.58 USD 52 William Orton -- 2-8 CLASS A $28.58 USD 53 Moon Cha 54 Rodney Malpert 55 Thomas Costigan 56 Brian Hulse 57 Andrew McDaniel 58 William Hook 59 Kalju Nekvasil 60 Walter Morris 61 Alan Pincus -- 2-8 CLASS A $28.58 USD 62 Oliver Chemin -- 1-2 PREMIER $350 USD 63 Kenneth Holroyd 64 Lewis Cohen -- 2-8 CLASS A $28.58 USD 65 John Pamiljens 66 Mark Ginsburg 67 Harold Mouzon 68 Matthew Looks 69 Eric Tangborn 70 Richard Delaune 71 Curtis Carlson -- 2-8 CLASS A $28.58 USD 72 Mark Eidemiller -- 2-8 CLASS A $28.58 USD 73 Peter Cook -- 1-2 PREMIER $350 USD . 7.5 POINTS 74 Steven Odendahl 75 Edward Nathan Kitces 76 Kurt Stein 77 Denis Strenzwilk 78 Thomas Beckman 79 Carl Diesen 80 Joel Benjamin 81 Lawrence Stevens 82 Paul Harless 83 Richard Robinson 84 Walter Buehl 85 Diane Savereide 86 Marvin Winfree 87 Richard Kause 88 Ray Cornell 89 David Eisen 90 Peter Sarnak 91 Leroy Taylor 92 Gary Coopersmith 93 Richard Faber 94 Moe Aliabadi 95 Richard Noel 96 George Hardman 97 Mark Hancick 98 Homer Jones 99 Wilson Gibbins 100 Marvin Cooper Michael Goldenberg 102 Eugene Glick 103 Rex Naylor 104 Josiah Lynch 105 Anthony Miller 106 Michael Cossette 107 Craig Tilbury 108 David Sands 109 James Bolton . 7 POINTS 110 Daniel Scoones 111 Sam Conner 112 Mike Wiseman 113 Joseph Shaffer 114 Jonathan Josephs 115 Donald Chandler 116 Barry Sperling 117 Loal Wm. Davis 118 Mark Papenhausen -- 1 BOOSTER $400 USD 119 Louis Golder 120 Lee Phelps 121 Donald Barr 122 James Ellis 123 Stephen Pozarek 124 Michael Dost 125 Richard Costigan 126 Bruce Gold 127 Dean Hart 128 Matthew Grinberg 129 Anthony Laster 130 Harold Edison Price 131 Ruth Orton 132 Jeff Byerly 133 James Harkins 134 Beijan Assar 135 Stanley Fink 136 Stephen Whiteman 137 Thomas Gindin 138 George Thomas 139 Daniel Patterson 140 Raymond Schutt 141 James Baker 142 Benjamin Cohen 143 Tomas Thrush 144 Edmund Nash 145 Sidney Magram 146 Wayne Conway 147 Joshua Standig 148 George Mirijanian 149 Frank Teuton 150 A. R. Blagrove -- 1 UNRATED $200 USD 151 Mark Molstakis 152 Philip Collier 153 Richard Kaner 154 William Quanrud 155 Wilbert Brown 156 Miloslav Nekvasil 157 Paul McCoy 158 Sterling Smith 159 Paul Roney 160 John Fritzvold 161 Les Leroy Smith 162 Moshe Fluk 163 Frank Harris . 6.5 POINTS 164 Mark Hathaway 165 David Trapp 166 Viktors Pupols 167 Robert Burns 168 Bruce Leverett 169 Gary Forman 170 Alan Miskin 171 Henry Steinbach 172 Tom Braunlich 173 Karl Nilson 174 Martin Merado 175 Richard Harris 176 Edward Frumkin 177 Ben Goldberg 178 Paul Moore 179 Dennis Smith -- 2-6 BOOSTER $40 USD 180 Glen Murphy 181 Vincent Moore 182 David Slack 183 Stephen Miller 184 Matthew Cushing 185 Charles Dulin -- 2-6 BOOSTER $40 USD 186 Kevin Hillock -- 2-6 BOOSTER $40 USD 187 Peter Grieve 188 Bruce Wright 189 Scott Laird 190 Gerald Gross 191 James Williams 192 Stanley Scheiner 193 David Wolford 194 Philip Dorsey 195 Michael Bast 196 Ravi Mani 197 John Struss -- 2-6 BOOSTER $40 USD 198 Edgar McCormick 199 Gary Sperling 200 Ruth Donnelly 201 Joseph Yao 202 J. Timothy Sage 203 Rick Linden 204 J. Silverman 205 Mark Allen 206 John Loyte 207 R. C. Roll 208 Susan Sterngold 209 Bruce Fletcher 210 Steven Mitlitzky 211 Frank Rollins 212 Patrick Kelly 213 John McKeon 214 Karl Schwamb 215 David Schwartz 216 Daniel Glazer 217 Robert Batoff 218 Ramon Balinas 219 Michael Rice 220 Samuel Riley 221 David Long 222 T. Ralph Mikell 223 Arunas Simonaitis 224 Richard Robertson -- 2-6 BOOSTER $40 USD 225 Matthew Gold 226 John Dodge 227 William Vaughn 228 Stanley Robertson 229 Craig Hartigan 230 Rick Newman 231 George French 232 Michael Delaney . 6 POINTS 233 Kevin Donnelly 234 Oscar Shapiro 235 Thomas Throop -- 2-3 UNRATED $50 USD 236 Michael Bury 237 Duffy Hepner 238 Joseph Lux 239 Tom Litrenta 240 Dennis Fried 241 John Buckley 242 Eli Jaffe 243 Thomas Engle 244 Rex Demers 245 Barry Johnson 246 James Becker 247 Paul Glass 248 Ruth Cardoso 249 Robert Olsen 250 Richard Fauber 251 Robert Tomkinson 252 David Dickey 253 Fred Reams 254 Earl Schara 255 Paul Neuer 256 William Karr 257 Win Harrington 258 Sidney Robertson 259 Thomas Taaffe 260 John Campbell 261 John Bubon 262 Thomas Connelly 263 John Barnard 264 Jon Paul 265 Leonard Kauftheil -- 2-3 UNRATED $50 USD 266 Andrew Lazarus 267 William Kemp -- 1-3 NOVICE $100 USD 268 Gregory Anderson -- 1-3 NOVICE $100 USD 269 Herbert Nagin 270 Dennis Reissig 271 Jim Carr 272 John Edmonds 273 Jeff Motter 274 Peter Innis 275 James Hatch 276 Craig Wiggin 277 Frank Ganoczy 278 Robert Chapin 279 Robert Hatfield 280 William Clark 281 Ray Satterlee 282 Elliot Weinberg 283 Roger Branch 284 Ronald Bourassa 285 Paul Tomaino 286 Talbot Selby 287 David Alkalay 288 Alan Phipps 289 Michael Thomas -- 1-3 NOVICE $100 USD 290 Charles Greene 291 H. Dwight Beers 292 George Waterholter 293 Michael Brago 294 David Stearman 295 Ramon Paterno 296 Robert Donaldson 297 Jimmy Takagi 298 Jonathan Ortiz . 5.5 POINTS 299 Edward Hudson 300 Stephen Koleszar 301 Zoltan Bartok 302 George Cunningham 303 Steve Spriggs 304 Eric Burris 305 Robert Karch 306 Michael Hammett 307 L. Michael Weiss 308 Edward McLaughlin 309 Thomas Jenkins 310 Vitro Cortese 311 Linn Applega te 312 Michael Vitale 313 Irvin Cheek 314 Edwin Faust 315 Mark Weinberg 316 Michael Monroe 317 Edward Green 318 Terence Wendel 319 David Gertler 320 Alan Clifford 321 Thomas Speidel 322 Charles Ashmore 323 Dale McDaniel 324 Rich Bellezza 325 Cleo Mooday 326 Paul Nagao 327 Mark Kopelow 328 Dan Dlugas 329 Christopher Lewis 330 Paul Flignor -- CLASS E $20 USD 331 Karl Barth 332 Kevin O'Brien 333 Wilson Bage 334 Lary Rust 335 Joseph McLellan 336 Walter Shipman 337 Fred Cramer 338 Jonathan Matthews 339 Daniel Togasaki 340 David Mann 341 Phil Michels 342 John Dickover 343 James Little 344 Donald Thackrey 345 Vernon Zeigner 346 Myron Hill 347 Edward Rudzik 348 Ronald Hulett 349 William Hayes 350 Clarence Beverly . 5 POINTS 351 John Mingos 352 Robert Dybing 353 William Jacobson 354 James Witkowski 355 L. Martin Gazik 356 David Jaeger 357 Leo McGill 358 Michael Ciamarra 359 Kenneth Phillips 360 Duke Stableford 361 A. Carpenter 362 Judy Hulse 363 Anthony Cottell 364 Andrew Margrave 365 Karl Peterson 366 Darrel Lotz 367 Gerald Hewitt 368 Schuyler Jackson 369 Suhui Lim 370 M. Montana 371 Jacob Mayer 372 Bruce Ackman 373 Michael Hayden 374 Ray Spring 375 David Moody 376 John Maddox 377 Larry Pyla 378 Greg McCabe 379 Henry Buckman 380 Samuel Lane 381 Matthew Cahill 382 Rick Brockman 383 Peter Maley 384 Joseph Parker 385 William Keogh 386 Stuart Harper 387 Michael Philo 388 Patricia Regan 389 A. F. Downey 390 Robert Hollern 391 Robert Gruchacz 392 Phillip Kane 393 Jeremy Silman 394 Richard Moffat 395 Andrew Meglis 396 Alfred Tolins 397 John Carruthers 398 Alan Benjamin 399 Diane Slack 400 Steve Furlong 401 Sherman Ponder 402 Beverly Gilley 403 Arthur Gropp 404 Lane Jennings 405 Charles Carden . 4.5 POINTS 406 Terry Krohn 407 Charles Jones 408 Jack Joyner 409 Francis Riley 410 Marty Grenn 411 A. D. Adams 412 Richard Iannicca 413 Peter Snow 414 Tom Remmers 415 Marvin Rogan 416 Steven Bounds 417 Thomas Stoddard 418 Glenn Tillman 419 Gordon Scott 420 Gregory Nees 421 Sharon Evans 422 Gerald Bidlack 423 Rene Stolbach 424 David Lubold 425 D. J. Kaufman 426 Robert Maoloney 427 C. Bachmayer 428 David Trapp 429 Thomas Cizauskas 430 David Silverman 431 James McDowell 432 Bruce Taylor 433 William Neitzel 434 Raymond Hardy 435 Harry Weaver 436 Clarence Carey 437 David Radick 438 Larry Luxenberg 439 Mike Finn 440 Frank Abarno 441 John Anderson 442 Willa Owens 443 Carvin Pruitt 444 Chris Pumarejo 445 John McCann 446 John Ohman 447 John Oden 448 Dick Stableford 449 James Chastain 450 Larry Brindza 451 Jody Rapport . 4 POINTS 452 James Wright 453 Glen Gross 454 Robert Diday 455 Dayne Nix 456 S. W. Wheatland 457 Robert Boyd 458 Dennis Hunter 459 George Lewis 460 Martin Jacowitz 461 Karen Hewitt 462 Brett Thompson 463 David Cromartie 464 Barry Foster 465 James Ream 466 Arthur Levine 467 Joseph Collins 468 Lucius Hughes 469 Lisa Smith 470 Paul Woodall 471 Henry Plaisance 472 Michael Karch 473 Fernando Morales 474 Bill Predmore 475 Cornelio Nolasco 476 William Smith 477 Ralph Miller 478 Manuel Parodi 479 Ted Herman 480 Charles Miller 481 Laurence Hampton 482 Evelyn Cunningham 483 Milan Mark Walker 484 T. E. Shoemaker 485 James Ledford 486 Vincent Livermore 487 Donald Cotten . 3.5 POINTS 488 Kevin Ledzian 489 Mark Eckert 490 Dominic Toffolo 491 Polly Peterson 492 Jon Jonsson 493 Jerry Taylor 494 Alfredo Lopez 495 Richard Lisenby 496 Richard Miller 497 Jim Mulder 498 Robert Mercy 499 Robert Jennings 500 Donald Hunt 501 Hans Poschmann 502 Richard Tangy 503 Gregory Brian Rudolph 504 Geoffrey Wyatt 505 Paige Holder 506 Richard Wendrock 507 Karl Baldwin 508 Casmir Finley 509 Nathaniel Coleburn 510 William Nyman 511 Robert Rippen . 3 POINTS 512 Joseph Viggiano 513 Camilo Iregui 514 Bernard Esarey 515 James Dixon 516 Charles Wright 517 George Stone 518 Dana Chatellier 519 Timothy French 520 Fred Bindman 521 Bruce Newman 522 Harold Pearlstein 523 Antonio Angel 524 Ronald Harvey 525 Benjamin Sotelo 526 Wilmer Vandergrift 527 Miner Patton 528 Joseph McCabe 529 Warren Porter 530 Arthur Menius 531 Andrew Shapiro 532 Gary Deuser 533 Willard Hess 534 Richard Terry 535 James Melbourne . 2.5 POINTS 536 G. Delgado 537 Ted Gavalis 538 Dion Redman 539 Richard Peacock 540 John Kirsch 541 Edward O'Laughlin 2 POINTS 542 Alfred Carr 543 Steve Watson 544 Rivah Russell 545 Nadja Kalfel 546 Robert Ring 547 Frances Barney 548 Theodore Ku 549 William Krieger 550 R. S. Dickinson 551 Peter Medek . 1.5 POINTS 552 William Lee 553 John Power 554 Norman Miller 555 Douglas Photaidis . 1 POINT 556 Keith Barney 557 Charles Bradley 558 Daniel Fuson 559 Brian Edwards 560 Enriqui Schroder . 0.5 POINTS 561 Gary Black 562 Michael Cashen 563 Chester Eddington . 0 POINTS 564 Tommy Bryant 565 James Scholland 566 Myron Lieberman

Round 1 -- 15 Aug 1976
Browne vs T Braunlich, 1976
(E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 30 moves, 1-0
Round 3 -- 17 Aug 1976
Benjamin vs T Throop, 1976
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
Round 3 -- 17 Aug 1976
P Biyiasas vs J Pamiljens, 1976
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Round 3 -- 17 Aug 1976
H Avram vs D Hepner, 1976
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 37 moves, 1-0
Round 4 -- 18 Aug 1976
J Fedorowicz vs Benjamin, 1976
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Round 5 -- 19 Aug 1976
Lombardy vs J Fedorowicz, 1976
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 51 moves, 0-1
Round 6 -- 20 Aug 1976
J Fedorowicz vs Shamkovich, 1976
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 6 -- 20 Aug 1976
A Lein vs J Tisdall, 1976
(B30) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0
Round 6 -- 20 Aug 1976
B Hulse vs R E Fauber, 1976
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0
Round 6 -- 20 Aug 1976
E Winslow vs Browne, 1976
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 7 -- 22 Aug 1976
Shamkovich vs J L Watson, 1976
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0
Round 7 -- 22 Aug 1976
M Grinberg vs D Savereide, 1976
(A16) English, 33 moves, 0-1
Round 9 -- 24 Aug 1976
Lombardy vs E Winslow, 1976
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 23 moves, 1-0
Round 10 -- 25 Aug 1976
H Avram vs J Sherwin, 1976
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 38 moves, 1-0
Round 10 -- 25 Aug 1976
A Bisguier vs C Blocker, 1976
(C16) French, Winawer, 74 moves, 0-1
Round 12 -- 27 Aug 1976
A Lein vs Denker, 1976
(E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
Round 12 -- 27 Aug 1976
P Thompson vs J Fedorowicz, 1976
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 21 moves, 0-1
Benko vs J Meyer, 1976
(E74) King's Indian, Averbakh, 6...c5, 53 moves, 1-0
Benko vs J Sherwin, 1976
(A28) English, 27 moves, 1-0
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