United States Chess Championship

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The United States Chess Championship ( US Chess Championship for short , German  "Chess Championship of the United States " ) is an annual invitation tournament in which a master is determined among the chess players in the USA . It should not be confused with the United States Open Chess Championship , the USA's open chess championship.

From 1909 to 1936, Frank Marshall was recognized as the best player in the USA, defending his title in competitions against challengers. After he resigned voluntarily, the national champion was determined from 1936 in tournaments organized by the United States Chess Federation . Until 1999, the championship was held as a round-robin tournament with changing numbers of participants. Between 1999 and 2006, the Seattle Chess Foundation (later America's Foundation for Chess ) organized the tournament according to the Swiss system . After their withdrawal, the championship was played in 2007 and 2008 in Stillwater , Oklahoma . Since 2009, the venue has been the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis , Missouri .

Tournament winner from 1936

# year winner Remarks
1 1936 Samuel Reshevsky
2 1938 Samuel Reshevsky
3 1940 Samuel Reshevsky
- 1941 Samuel Reshevsky Reshevsky wins against Israel Albert Horowitz
4th 1942 Samuel Reshevsky A wrong decision by the tournament management leads to a tournament outcome that is undecided between Reshevsky and Isaac Kashdan . Six months later, Reshevsky wins a playoff.
5 1944 Arnold Thinker
- 1946 Arnold Thinker Denker wins against Herman Steiner
6th 1946 Samuel Reshevsky
7th 1948 Herman Steiner
8th 1951 Larry Evans
- 1952 Larry Evans Evans wins against Herman Steiner
9 1954 Arthur Bisguier
10 1957/8 Bobby Fischer At the age of 14, Fischer becomes the youngest champion of all time
11 1958/9 Bobby Fischer
12 1959/0 Bobby Fischer
13 1960/1 Bobby Fischer
14th 1961/2 Larry Evans
15th 1962/3 Bobby Fischer
16 1963/4 Bobby Fischer Fischer wins, so far unmatched, all games of the tournament
17th 1965 Bobby Fischer
18th 1966 Bobby Fischer Fischer's eighth win in his eighth participation
19th 1968 Larry Evans
20th 1969 Samuel Reshevsky
21st 1972 Robert Byrne Byrne wins against Samuel Reshevsky and Lubomir Kavalek 9 months after the actual tournament
22nd 1973 Lubomir Kavalek
John Grefe
23 1974 Walter Browne
24 1975 Walter Browne
25th 1977 Walter Browne
26th 1978 Lubomir Kavalek
27 1980 Walter Browne
Larry Christiansen
Larry Evans
28 1981 Walter Browne
Yasser Seirawan
29 1983 Walter Browne
Larry Christiansen
Roman Dzindzichashvili
30th 1984 Lev Alburt
31 1985 Lev Alburt
32 1986 Yasser Seirawan
33 1987 Joel Benjamin
Nick de Firmian
34 1988 Michael Wilder
35 1989 Roman Dzindzichashvili
Stuart Rachel's
Yasser Seirawan
36 1990 Lev Alburt Tournament in the knockout system
37 1991 Gata Kamsky Tournament in the knockout system
38 1992 Patrick Wolff
39 1993 Alexander Shabalov
Alex Yermolinsky
40 1994 Boris Gulko Gulko was the only US master and master of the Soviet Union to date
41 1995 Nick de Firmian
Patrick Wolff
Alexander Ivanov
42 1996 Alex Yermolinsky
43 1997 Joel Benjamin
44 1998 Nick de Firmian
45 1999 Boris Gulko
46 2000 Joel Benjamin
47 2002 Larry Christiansen
48 2003 Alexander Shabalov
49 2005 Hikaru Nakamura The tournament was held in 2004, but for legal reasons it is the championship of 2005
50 2006 Alexander Onischuk
51 2007 Alexander Shabalov
52 2008 Yury Shulman
53 2009 Hikaru Nakamura
54 2010 Gata Kamsky Kamsky wins the playoff against Yury Shulman
55 2011 Gata Kamsky
56 2012 Hikaru Nakamura
57 2013 Gata Kamsky Kamsky wins the playoff against Alejandro Ramírez
58 2014 Gata Kamsky Kamsky wins the playoff against Varuzhan Akobian
59 2015 Hikaru Nakamura
60 2016 Fabiano Caruana
61 2017 Wesley So So wins in the playoff against Alexander Onischuk
62 2018 Sam Shankland
63 2019 Hikaru Nakamura

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Chief Judge noted in the match between Reshevsky and thinkers set a timeout thinker, although in fact Reshevsky the reflection period had passed.
  2. ^ William Lombardy , David Daniels: US Championship Chess. David McKay, 1975, ISBN 0-679-13042-X , p. 22.
  3. ^ Arnold S. Denker: My Best Chess Games 1929-1976. Dover 1981, ISBN 0-486-24035-5 , p. 121.

swell

  • Andy Soltis , Gene H. McCormick: The United States Chess Championship 1845-1996 . 2nd Edition. McFarland, 1997, ISBN 0-7864-0248-2 .
  • Isaac Kashdan : History of the United States Chess Championship . Chess Review, November-December, 1933, reprinted in The Best of Chess Life & Review 1933–1960, 1988, ISBN 0-671-61986-1 .

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