U.S. Open Chess Championship
The U.S. Open Championship is an open national chess championship that has been held in the United States annually since 1900.
Contents
1 History
2 Winners
3 See also
4 References
History
The tournament was originally the championship of the Western Chess Association, and was called the Western Open. In 1934 the Western Chess Association became the American Chess Federation and the tournament became the American Chess Federation congress. In 1939, that organization merged into the United States Chess Federation (USCF) and the tournament became the U.S. Open.
In early years the tournament was usually small, and most years play was conducted as round robin. In some years it had to be divided into preliminary and final sections.
It grew larger starting in 1934, necessitating use of different formats. In 1946 the Swiss System was used for preliminary rounds, and in 1947 and subsequent years the tournament was held as a single section paired by the Swiss System.
For many years, the tournament had 12 or 13 rounds and lasted two weeks. After experimentation with various less-demanding formats, in recent years it has usually been nine rounds; the 2015 tournament was nine rounds in nine days.
Tournament participation grew through the 1950s and 1960s. Milwaukee 1953 had 181 entrants, setting a new record for the tournament. Cleveland 1957 had 184 players, and San Francisco 1961 set another attendance record with 198 players. The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229.
The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi, who had played in the last two World Championship matches.
In the 2000s, the fields were over 400 to 500 entries. The tournament began in some editions to decline both in attendance and importance, and often many winners are involved in a tie for first, especially since the mid 1990s.
The cash prizes awarded were large for their time and added to the tournament's popularity. In 1962, the entry fee was $20, with a first prize of $1000, second prize $500, third $300, fourth $200, fifth $100, sixth through tenth $50 and eleventh through fifteenth $25. The Women's Open Champion won $200, and the women's runner-up $100. Additional cash prizes were awarded to the top women, the top junior, and for the best scores in the Expert, A, B, and C classes. The 2016 guaranteed prize fund was $40,000, with $8000 for first place.
Winners
No. Year Location Champions 1 1900 Excelsior, Minnesota
Louis Uedemann2 1901 Excelsior, Minnesota
Nicholas MacLeod3 1902 Excelsior, Minnesota
Louis Uedemann4 1903 Chicago
Max Judd5 1904
St. Louis, Missouri
Stasch Mlotkowski6 1905 Excelsior, Minnesota
Edward F. Schrader7 1906 Chicago
George H. Wolbrecht8 1907 Excelsior, Minnesota
Einar Michelsen9 1908 Excelsior, Minnesota
Edward P. Elliot10 1909 Excelsior, Minnesota
Oscar Chajes11 1910 Chicago
George. H. Wolbrecht12 1911 Excelsior, Minnesota
Charles Blacke13 1912 Excelsior, Minnesota
Edward P. Elliot14 1913 Chicago
Bradford B. Jefferson15 1914 Memphis, Tennessee
Bradford B. Jefferson16 1915 Excelsior, Minnesota
Jackson Showalter17 1916 Chicago
Edward Lasker18 1917 Lexington, Kentucky
Edward Lasker19 1918 Chicago
Bora Kostić20 1919 Cincinnati
Edward Lasker21 1920 Memphis, Tennessee
Edward Lasker22 1921 Cleveland, Ohio
Edward Lasker23 1922 Louisville, Kentucky
Samuel Factor24 1923 San Francisco
Stasch Mlotkowski, Norman Whitaker25 1924 Detroit
Carlos Torre26 1925 Cedar Point, Ohio
Abraham Kupchik27 1926 Chicago
Leon Stolzenberg28 1927 Kalamazoo, Michigan
Albert Charles Margolis29 1928 South Bend, Indiana
Leon Stolzenberg30 1929 St. Louis, Missouri
Herman H. Hahlbohm31 1930 Chicago
Samuel Factor, Norman Whitaker32 1931 Tulsa, Oklahoma
Samuel Reshevsky33 1932 Minneapolis
Reuben Fine34 1933 Detroit
Reuben Fine35 1934 Chicago
Reuben Fine, Samuel Reshevsky36 1935 Milwaukee
Reuben Fine37 1936 Philadelphia
Israel A. Horowitz38 1937 Chicago
David Polland39 1938 Boston
Israel A. Horowitz, Isaac Kashdan40 1939 New York City
Reuben Fine41 1940 Dallas
Reuben Fine42 1941 St. Louis, Missouri
Reuben Fine43 1942 Dallas
Herman Steiner, Daniel Yanofsky44 1943 Syracuse, New York
Israel A. Horowitz45 1944 Boston
Samuel Reshevsky46 1945 Peoria, Illinois
Anthony Santasiere47 1946 Pittsburgh
Herman Steiner48 1947 Corpus Christi, Texas
Isaac Kashdan49 1948 Baltimore
Weaver W. Adams50 1949 Omaha, Nebraska
Albert Sandrin Jr.51 1950 Detroit
Arthur Bisguier52 1951 Fort Worth, Texas
Larry Evans53 1952 Tampa, Florida
Larry Evans54 1953 Milwaukee
Donald Byrne55 1954 New Orleans
Larry Evans, Arturo Pomar56 1955 Long Beach, California
Nicolas Rossolimo57 1956 Oklahoma City
Arthur Bisguier58 1957 Cleveland, Ohio
Bobby Fischer, Arthur Bisguier59 1958 Rochester, Minnesota
Eldis Cobo Arteaga60 1959 Omaha, Nebraska
Arthur Bisguier61 1960 St. Louis, Missouri
Robert Byrne62 1961 San Francisco
Pal Benko63 1962 San Antonio, Texas
Antonio Medina Garcia64 1963 Chicago
William Lombardy, Robert Byrne65 1964 Boston
Pal Benko66 1965 Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Pal Benko, William Lombardy67 1966 Seattle
Pal Benko, Robert Byrne68 1967 Atlanta
Pal Benko69 1968 Aspen, Colorado
Bent Larsen70 1969 Lincoln, Nebraska
Pal Benko, Arthur Bisguier, Milan Vukcevich71 1970 Boston
Bent Larsen72 1971 Ventura, California
Walter Browne, Larry Evans73 1972 Atlantic City, New Jersey
Walter Browne74 1973 Chicago
Norman Weinstein75 1974 New York City
Pal Benko, Vlastimil Hort76 1975 Lincoln, Nebraska
Pal Benko, William Lombardy77 1976 Fairfax, Virginia
Anatoly Lein, Leonid Shamkovich78 1977 Columbus, Ohio
Leonid Shamkovich, Andy Soltis, Timothy Taylor79 1978 Phoenix, Arizona
Joseph Bradford80 1979 Chicago
Florin Gheorghiu81 1980 Atlanta
John Fedorowicz, Florin Gheorghiu82 1981 Palo Alto, California
Florin Gheorghiu, Larry Christiansen, Jeremy Silman,
Nick de Firmian, John Meyer83 1982 St. Paul, Minnesota
Andrew Soltis, William Martz84 1983 Pasadena, California
Larry Christiansen, Viktor Korchnoi85 1984 Ft. Worth, Texas
Roman Dzindzichashvili, Sergey Kudrin86 1985 Hollywood, Florida
Yasser Seirawan, Boris Spassky, Joel Benjamin87 1986 Somerset, New Jersey
Larry Christiansen88 1987 Portland, Oregon
Lev Alburt89 1988 Boston
Dmitry Gurevich90 1989 Chicago
Lev Alburt91 1990 Jacksonville, Florida
Yasser Seirawan92 1991 Los Angeles
Michael Rohde, Vladimir Akopian93 1992 Dearborn, Michigan
Gregory Kaidanov94 1993 Philadelphia
Alexander Shabalov95 1994 Chicago
Georgi Orlov, Dmitry Gurevich, Ben Finegold,
Smbat Lputian, Leo Kaushansky, Albert Chow96 1995 Concord, California
Alex Yermolinsky97 1996 Alexandria, Virginia
Gabriel Schwartzman98 1997 Kissimmee, Florida
Alex Yermolinsky99 1998 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Judit Polgár, Boris Gulko100 1999 Reno, Nevada
Alex Yermolinsky, Alexander Goldin, Eduardas Rozentalis,
Alexander Shabalov, Gabriel Schwartzman, Michael Mulyar101 2000 St. Paul, Minnesota
Alex Yermolinsky102 2001 Framingham, Massachusetts
Aleksander Wojtkiewicz, Joel Benjamin,
Alexander Stripunsky , Fabian Doettling103 2002 Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Gennadi Zaichik , Evgeniy Najer104 2003 Los Angeles
Alexander Shabalov105 2004 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Alexander Onischuk, Rodrigo Vásquez, Aleksander Wojtkiewicz,
Ildar Ibragimov, Andranik Matikozian , Renier González , Marcel Martinez106 2005 Phoenix, Arizona
Vadim Milov, Joel Benjamin107 2006 Oak Brook, Illinois
Yury Shulman108 2007 Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Boris Gulko, Sergey Kudrin, Benjamin Finegold, Alexander Shabalov,
Michael A. Rohde, Michael A. Mulyar, Anton Paolo Del Mundo109 2008 Dallas
Alexander Shabalov, Rade Milovanović , Enrico Sevillano110 2009 Indianapolis
Dmitry Gurevich, Sergey Kudrin, Alex Lenderman, Alex Yermolinsky, Jacek Stopa , Jesse Kraai111 2010 Irvine, California
Alejandro Ramirez112 2011 Orlando, Florida
Aleksandr Lenderman113 2012 Vancouver, Washington
Manuel León Hoyos, Dmitry Gurevich, John Daniel Bryant114 2013 Madison, Wisconsin
Josh Friedel, Mackenzie Molner, Julio Sadorra115 2014 Orlando, Florida
Conrad Holt116 2015 Phoenix, Arizona
Alexander Shabalov117 2016 Indianapolis, Indiana
Alexander Shabalov118 2017 Norfolk, Virginia
Aleksandr Lenderman119 2018 Middleton, Wisconsin
Timur Gareyev
See also
- U.S. Women's Open Chess Championship
- U.S. Women's Chess Championship
- U.S. Chess Championship
- American Chess Congress
References
Harkness, Kenneth (1967), Official Chess Handbook, David McKay, pp. 276–278, LCCN 66013085.mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em (History and winners list of the tournament through 1966.)
"2016 US Chess Yearbook" (PDF). uschess.org. 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2018. (winners list)
Verber, Richard (1979), "The U.S. Opens A Rich Tradition", Chess Life & Review, July 1979, p. 400 (winners and location list 1939-1979)
"US Open Tournament Index". Retrieved January 31, 2016.
Chess Life, 17 (6), pp. 128–129, June 1962 Missing or empty|title=
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2007 results at uschess.org