United States Chess Championship
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 Grefe23 1974 Walter Browne 24 1975 Walter Browne 25th 1977 Walter Browne 26th 1978 Lubomir Kavalek 27 1980 Walter Browne
Larry Christiansen
Larry Evans28 1981 Walter Browne
Yasser Seirawan29 1983 Walter Browne
Larry Christiansen
Roman Dzindzichashvili30th 1984 Lev Alburt 31 1985 Lev Alburt 32 1986 Yasser Seirawan 33 1987 Joel Benjamin
Nick de Firmian34 1988 Michael Wilder 35 1989 Roman Dzindzichashvili
Stuart Rachel's
Yasser Seirawan36 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 Yermolinsky40 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 Ivanov42 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
- ↑ The Chief Judge noted in the match between Reshevsky and thinkers set a timeout thinker, although in fact Reshevsky the reflection period had passed.
- ^ William Lombardy , David Daniels: US Championship Chess. David McKay, 1975, ISBN 0-679-13042-X , p. 22.
- ^ 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 .
Web links
- https://uschesschamps.com/ Official website of the US Chess Championship
- https://livestream.com/STLChessClub/events/8142332 - Live stream of the 2018 US Chess Championship
- https://saintlouischessclub.org/ - St. Louis Chess Club, Missouri, USA
- 2009 US Championship official site ( Memento from December 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )