OlimpBase :: 9th Louis D. Statham Tournament, Lone Pine, CA 1979

9th Louis D. Statham Tournament :: Lone Pine, CA 1979

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Final standings


pos.	name	Elo	flag	pts	games			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
pos.	name	Elo	flag	pts	+	=	-	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.-4.	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540		6½	4	5	0	47 1	32 1	11 ½	2 ½	7 1	13 ½	9 ½	5 ½	18 1
1.-4.	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515		6½	4	5	0	62 1	27 ½	46 1	1 ½	12 1	6 ½	11 ½	9 1	4 ½
1.-4.	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2560		6½	4	5	0	55 1	45 ½	14 ½	27 1	11 ½	20 1	5 ½	13 1	8 ½
1.-4.	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600		6½	4	5	0	43 ½	38 1	45 ½	14 1	5 ½	24 ½	23 1	11 1	2 ½
5.-10.	GM Lombardy, William James	2520		6	3	6	0	34 1	48 ½	30 ½	40 1	4 ½	12 1	3 ½	1 ½	6 ½
5.-10.	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535		6	3	6	0	40 1	37 1	29 ½	11 ½	35 1	2 ½	13 ½	8 ½	5 ½
5.-10.	IM Ree, Hans	2480		6	4	4	1	57 1	25 ½	28 1	15 ½	1 0	36 1	18 ½	24 1	9 ½
5.-10.	GM Larsen, Bent	2620		6	4	4	1	49 1	11 0	59 1	35 ½	26 ½	30 1	16 1	6 ½	3 ½
5.-10.	GM Šahović, Dragutin	2520		6	5	2	2	66 1	35 0	38 1	45 1	52 1	16 1	1 ½	2 0	7 ½
5.-10.	IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda	2430		6	4	4	1	31 ½	16 ½	18 ½	28 ½	39 0	58 1	36 1	37 1	26 1
11.-22.	Seirawan, Yasser	2485		5½	3	5	1	64 1	8 1	1 ½	6 ½	3 ½	25 1	2 ½	4 0	14 ½
11.-22.	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor	2695		5½	4	3	2	17 1	14 ½	21 1	29 1	2 0	5 0	45 1	20 ½	13 ½
11.-22.	IM Kaplan, Julio	2460		5½	3	5	1	28 ½	70 1	25 ½	31 1	15 1	1 ½	6 ½	3 0	12 ½
11.-22.	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman	2485		5½	3	5	1	58 1	12 ½	3 ½	4 0	38 1	39 ½	25 1	26 ½	11 ½
11.-22.	GM Shamkovich, Leonid	2495		5½	3	5	1	42 1	63 1	35 ½	7 ½	13 0	17 ½	27 1	19 ½	20 ½
11.-22.	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535		5½	4	3	2	50 ½	10 ½	53 1	48 1	23 1	9 0	8 0	46 1	21 ½
11.-22.	Peters, Jack	2475		5½	3	5	1	12 0	42 1	58 1	24 ½	18 ½	15 ½	21 ½	29 ½	39 1
11.-22.	GM Tarjan, James Edward	2525		5½	4	3	2	48 0	34 1	10 ½	69 1	17 ½	47 1	7 ½	33 1	1 0
11.-22.	Morris, Walter	2345		5½	3	5	1	37 0	47 1	63 1	26 ½	29 ½	31 1	24 ½	15 ½	22 ½
11.-22.	IM Diesen, Mark	2460		5½	3	5	1	61 ½	23 ½	71 1	36 1	25 ½	3 0	52 1	12 ½	15 ½
11.-22.	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard	2445		5½	3	5	1	59 ½	56 1	12 0	61 ½	46 1	52 ½	17 ½	49 1	16 ½
11.-22.	GM Pachman, Ludek	2510		5½	4	3	2	54 1	46 ½	27 ½	23 0	47 0	66 1	48 1	38 1	19 ½
23.-33.	De Firmian, Nick	2415		5	3	4	2	26 ½	20 ½	41 1	22 1	16 0	29 1	4 0	30 ½	33 ½
23.-33.	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485		5	3	4	2	38 0	54 1	66 1	17 ½	37 1	4 ½	19 ½	7 0	27 ½
23.-33.	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560		5	3	4	2	69 1	7 ½	13 ½	30 1	20 ½	11 0	14 0	34 ½	47 1
23.-33.	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2490		5	2	6	1	23 ½	61 1	48 ½	19 ½	8 ½	35 ½	34 1	14 ½	10 0
23.-33.	IM Ólafsson, Helgi	2440		5	3	4	2	52 1	2 ½	22 ½	3 0	72 1	33 ½	15 0	45 1	24 ½
23.-33.	Odendahl, Steven	2370		5	3	4	2	13 ½	44 1	7 0	10 ½	41 ½	32 ½	46 0	48 1	49 1
23.-33.	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly	2470		5	3	4	2	53 1	72 1	6 ½	12 0	19 ½	23 0	47 1	17 ½	30 ½
23.-33.	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440		5	3	4	2	51 ½	67 1	5 ½	25 0	58 1	8 0	50 1	23 ½	29 ½
23.-33.	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540		5	3	4	2	10 ½	50 ½	43 1	13 0	49 ½	19 0	51 ½	52 1	46 1
23.-33.	GM Rajković, Dušan	2460		5	4	2	3	65 1	1 0	36 0	53 1	34 ½	28 ½	38 0	62 1	51 1
23.-33.	GM Benko, Pal	2495		5	3	4	2	71 ½	36 ½	50 1	52 0	48 1	27 ½	35 1	18 0	23 ½
34.-44.	Bradford, Joseph			4½	3	3	3	5 0	18 0	55 1	44 1	32 ½	60 1	26 0	25 ½	43 ½
34.-44.	Fedorowicz, John	2405		4½	3	3	3	73 1	9 1	15 ½	8 ½	6 0	26 ½	33 0	39 0	59 1
34.-44.	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2380		4½	3	3	3	41 ½	33 ½	32 1	20 0	63 1	7 0	10 0	55 ½	60 1
34.-44.	IM Soltis, Andrew	2445		4½	3	3	3	19 1	6 0	51 ½	59 1	24 0	61 ½	39 1	10 0	40 ½
34.-44.	Van der Sterren, Paul	2400		4½	4	1	4	24 1	4 0	9 0	73 1	14 0	63 1	32 1	22 0	44 ½
34.-44.	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545		4½	4	1	4	46 0	62 1	40 0	51 1	10 1	14 ½	37 0	35 1	17 0
34.-44.	GM Ostojić, Predrag	2410		4½	2	5	2	6 0	68 1	39 1	5 0	60 ½	49 ½	41 ½	44 ½	37 ½
34.-44.	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475		4½	1	7	1	36 ½	71 ½	23 0	50 ½	28 ½	62 1	40 ½	51 ½	42 ½
34.-44.	GM Janošević, Dragoljub	2400		4½	3	3	3	15 0	17 0	64 0	54 ½	70 1	53 1	60 ½	57 1	41 ½
34.-44.	IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius	2435		4½	3	3	3	4 ½	51 ½	31 0	58 0	64 1	50 0	71 1	61 1	34 ½
34.-44.	IM Weinstein, Norman	2465		4½	2	5	2	70 ½	28 0	56 ½	34 0	51 ½	65 1	59 1	40 ½	38 ½
45.-57.	IM Grefe, John	2400		4	2	4	3	68 1	3 ½	4 ½	9 0	61 ½	59 1	12 0	27 0	50 ½
45.-57.	IM Barle, Janez	2420		4	3	2	4	39 1	22 ½	2 0	60 ½	21 0	71 1	28 1	16 0	31 0
45.-57.	IM Pétursson, Margeir	2420		4	4	0	5	1 0	19 0	54 1	67 1	22 1	18 0	29 0	65 1	25 0
45.-57.	IM Böhm, Hans	2410		4	3	2	4	18 1	5 ½	26 ½	16 0	33 0	72 1	22 0	28 0	64 1
45.-57.	Strauss, David	2345		4	3	2	4	8 0	64 1	52 0	56 1	31 ½	40 ½	61 1	21 0	28 0
45.-57.	Van der Wiel, John			4	1	6	2	16 ½	31 ½	33 0	41 ½	65 ½	43 1	30 0	60 ½	45 ½
45.-57.	Root, Douglas			4	1	6	2	30 ½	43 ½	37 ½	39 0	44 ½	69 1	31 ½	41 ½	32 0
45.-57.	Paolozzi, Marcos			4	3	2	4	27 0	BYE 1	49 1	33 1	9 0	21 ½	20 0	31 0	55 ½
45.-57.	McCambridge, Vincent			4	3	2	4	29 0	55 1	16 0	32 0	67 ½	42 0	68 1	56 ½	63 1
45.-57.	Rind, Bruce	2410		4	3	2	4	22 0	24 0	47 0	42 ½	73 1	57 ½	55 0	58 1	65 1
45.-57.	IM Formanek, Edward	2410		4	3	2	4	3 0	53 0	34 0	62 0	BYE 1	67 1	54 1	36 ½	52 ½
45.-57.	IM Day, Lawrence	2375		4	2	4	3	60 ½	21 0	44 ½	49 0	66 0	70 1	69 ½	53 ½	62 1
45.-57.	Watson, John	2375		4	3	2	4	7 0	58 0	68 1	71 ½	59 0	54 ½	72 1	42 0	61 1
58.-60.	Benjamin, Joel	2320		3½	3	1	5	14 0	57 1	17 0	43 1	30 0	10 0	64 ½	54 0	69 1
58.-60.	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2370		3½	3	1	5	21 ½	60 1	8 0	37 0	57 1	45 0	44 0	69 1	35 0
58.-60.	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph	2415		3½	1	5	3	56 ½	59 0	72 1	46 ½	40 ½	34 0	42 ½	50 ½	36 0
61.-68.	Rigó, János	2385		3	1	4	4	20 ½	26 0	65 1	21 ½	45 ½	37 ½	49 0	43 0	57 0
61.-68.	Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2435		3	3	0	6	2 0	39 0	67 0	55 1	68 1	41 0	63 1	32 0	56 0
61.-68.	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2440		3	3	0	6	67 1	15 0	19 0	64 1	36 0	38 0	62 0	71 1	53 0
61.-68.	Whitehead, Paul	2365		3	2	2	5	11 0	49 0	42 1	63 0	43 0	68 ½	58 ½	66 1	48 0
61.-68.	IM Wilder, Michael			3	2	2	5	32 0	69 ½	61 0	70 1	50 ½	44 0	66 1	47 0	54 0
61.-68.	Blocker, Calvin	2435		3	3	0	6	9 0	73 1	24 0	72 0	56 1	22 0	65 0	64 0	70 1
61.-68.	Youngworth, Perry	2275		3	2	2	5	63 0	30 0	62 1	47 0	53 ½	55 0	70 0	68 ½	71 1
61.-68.	IM Denker, Arnold	2330		3	2	2	5	45 0	40 0	57 0	BYE 1	62 0	64 ½	53 0	67 ½	72 1
69.-70.	Silman, Jeremy	2370		2½	1	3	5	25 0	65 ½	70 1	18 0	71 ½	51 0	56 ½	59 0	58 0
69.-70.	GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean	2365		2½	2	1	6	44 ½	13 0	69 0	65 0	42 0	56 0	67 1	72 1	66 0
71.-72.	Whitehead, Jay	2235		2	0	4	5	33 ½	41 ½	20 0	57 ½	69 ½	46 0	43 0	63 0	67 0
71.-72.	Thibault, James			2	2	0	7	BYE 1	29 0	60 0	66 1	27 0	48 0	57 0	70 0	68 0
73.	Ayyar, Rajan			1	1	0	4	35 0	66 0	BYE 1	38 0	54 0

Round by round results

1st round — 25th March 1979
	Peters, Jack	2475	0 - 1	2695	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor
	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2490	½ - ½	2415	De Firmian, Nick
	IM Formanek, Edward	2410	0 - 1	2560	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
	Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2435	0 - 1	2515	GM Liberzon, Vladimir
	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2380	½ - ½	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	1 - 0	2420	IM Pétursson, Margeir
	IM Barle, Janez	2420	1 - 0	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
	Watson, John	2375	0 - 1	2480	IM Ree, Hans
	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	1 - 0		Strauss, David
	IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius		½ - ½	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	1 - 0		Silman, Jeremy
	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540	½ - ½		IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
	GM Ostojić, Predrag		0 - 1	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535	½ - ½		Van der Wiel, John
	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	1 - 0		Bradford, Joseph
	Blocker, Calvin		0 - 1	2520	GM Šahović, Dragutin
	Rind, Bruce		0 - 1	2510	GM Pachman, Ludek
	Whitehead, Paul		0 - 1	2485	Seirawan, Yasser
	Van der Sterren, Paul	2400	1 - 0	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
	IM Ólafsson, Helgi	2440	1 - 0		Paolozzi, Marcos
	Root, Douglas		½ - ½	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
	Odendahl, Steven		½ - ½	2460	IM Kaplan, Julio
	GM Tarjan, James Edward		0 - 1	2410	IM Böhm, Hans
	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		½ - ½	2370	IM Shirazi, Kamran
	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman		1 - 0	2320	Benjamin, Joel
	Youngworth, Perry		0 - 1	2440	GM Nikolić, Stanimir
	IM Diesen, Mark		½ - ½	2385	Rigó, János
	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph		½ - ½	2375	IM Day, Lawrence
	Whitehead, Jay	2235	½ - ½		GM Benko, Pal
	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		1 - 0		GM Janošević, Dragoljub
	IM Soltis, Andrew		1 - 0		Morris, Walter
	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		1 - 0		McCambridge, Vincent
	IM Wilder, Michael		0 - 1		GM Rajković, Dušan
	Fedorowicz, John		1 - 0		Ayyar, Rajan
	GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean		½ - ½		IM Weinstein, Norman
	IM Grefe, John		1 - 0		IM Denker, Arnold
	Thibault, James		1 BYE
1.-25. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Lombardy, Sosonko, Ree, Larsen, Šahović, Seirawan, Kortschnoj, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Pachman, Miles, Ólafsson, Zaltsman, Rajković, Fedorowicz, Soltis, Van der Sterren, Grefe, Barle, Böhm, Nikolić, Thibault — 1; 26.-49. Hort, Gruenfeld, Kaplan, Lein, Diesen, Bisguier, De Firmian, Sigurjónsson, Odendahl, Ligterink, Browne, Benko, Chandler, Christiansen, Van Riemsdijk, Weinstein, Van der Wiel, Root, Day, Shirazi, Matera, Rigó, Balinas, J.Whitehead — ½; 50.-73. Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Biyiasas, Bradford, Quinteros, Ostojić, Janošević, Pétursson, Strauss, Paolozzi, McCambridge, Rind, Formanek, Watson, Benjamin, Zlotnikov, P.Whitehead, Wilder, Blocker, Youngworth, Denker, Silman, Ayyar — 0;

2nd round — 26th March 1979
	Seirawan, Yasser	2485	1 - 0	2620	GM Larsen, Bent
	IM Ree, Hans	2480	½ - ½	2560	GM Miles, Anthony John
	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	½ - ½	2440	IM Ólafsson, Helgi
	IM Böhm, Hans	2410	½ - ½	2520	GM Lombardy, William James
	GM Pachman, Ludek	2510	½ - ½	2420	IM Barle, Janez
	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor	2695	½ - ½		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2560	½ - ½		IM Grefe, John
	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535	1 - 0		IM Soltis, Andrew
	GM Šahović, Dragutin	2520	0 - 1		Fedorowicz, John
	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2440	0 - 1		GM Shamkovich, Leonid
	Thibault, James		0 - 1		IM Zaltsman, Vitaly
	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600	1 - 0	2400	Van der Sterren, Paul
	GM Rajković, Dušan		0 - 1	2540	GM Gheorghiu, Florin
	Rigó, János	2385	0 - 1	2490	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur
	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475	½ - ½	2235	Whitehead, Jay
	Van der Wiel, John		½ - ½	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
	De Firmian, Nick	2415	½ - ½		IM Diesen, Mark
	IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda		½ - ½	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
	GM Benko, Pal		½ - ½	2380	IM Chandler, Murray Graham
	IM Kaplan, Julio	2460	1 - 0		GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean
	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2370	1 - 0		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
	IM Day, Lawrence	2375	0 - 1		GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
	IM Weinstein, Norman		0 - 1		Odendahl, Steven
	Root, Douglas		½ - ½		IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440	1 - 0		Youngworth, Perry
	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545	1 - 0	2435	Zlotnikov, Mikhail
	Benjamin, Joel	2320	1 - 0	2375	Watson, John
	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485	1 - 0		Rind, Bruce
	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		0 - 1	2475	Peters, Jack
	McCambridge, Vincent		1 - 0	2410	IM Formanek, Edward
	IM Pétursson, Margeir	2420	0 - 1		Morris, Walter
	Bradford, Joseph		0 - 1		GM Tarjan, James Edward
	IM Denker, Arnold		0 - 1		GM Ostojić, Predrag
	Strauss, David		1 - 0		Whitehead, Paul
	Silman, Jeremy		½ - ½		IM Wilder, Michael
	Ayyar, Rajan		0 - 1		Blocker, Calvin
	Paolozzi, Marcos		1 BYE
1.-6. Gheorghiu, Sosonko, Seirawan, Shamkovich, Zaltsman, Fedorowicz — 2; 7.-25. Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Ree, Kortschnoj, Kaplan, Reshevsky, Bisguier, Pachman, Miles, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Odendahl, Ligterink, Grefe, Barle, Böhm, Shirazi — 1½; 26.-55. Larsen, Šahović, Gruenfeld, Lein, Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Diesen, De Firmian, Biyiasas, Browne, Rajković, Benko, Chandler, Soltis, Van der Sterren, Quinteros, Ostojić, Christiansen, Van Riemsdijk, Strauss, Van der Wiel, Root, Paolozzi, McCambridge, Benjamin, Nikolić, Blocker, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 1; 56.-62. Weinstein, Day, Matera, Rigó, Wilder, Silman, Balinas — ½; 63.-73. Bradford, Janošević, Pétursson, Rind, Formanek, Watson, Zlotnikov, P.Whitehead, Youngworth, Denker, Ayyar — 0;

3rd round — 27th March 1979
	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	½ - ½	2485	Seirawan, Yasser
	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		½ - ½	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		½ - ½		Fedorowicz, John
	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	½ - ½	2460	IM Kaplan, Julio
	IM Ólafsson, Helgi	2440	½ - ½	2510	GM Pachman, Ludek
	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	½ - ½	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2490	½ - ½	2410	IM Böhm, Hans
	IM Barle, Janez	2420	0 - 1	2515	GM Liberzon, Vladimir
	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		0 - 1	2695	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor
	IM Grefe, John		½ - ½	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman		½ - ½	2560	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
	Odendahl, Steven		0 - 1	2480	IM Ree, Hans
	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	1 - 0	2370	IM Shirazi, Kamran
	De Firmian, Nick	2415	1 - 0	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
	Peters, Jack	2475	1 - 0	2320	Benjamin, Joel
	GM Ostojić, Predrag		1 - 0	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540	1 - 0		IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535	1 - 0		McCambridge, Vincent
	Van der Sterren, Paul	2400	0 - 1	2520	GM Šahović, Dragutin
	Blocker, Calvin		0 - 1	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
	Morris, Walter		1 - 0	2440	GM Nikolić, Stanimir
	IM Diesen, Mark		1 - 0	2235	Whitehead, Jay
	GM Tarjan, James Edward		½ - ½		IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
	Van der Wiel, John		0 - 1		GM Benko, Pal
	IM Soltis, Andrew		½ - ½		Root, Douglas
	Paolozzi, Marcos		1 - 0		Strauss, David
	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2380	1 - 0		GM Rajković, Dušan
	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph		1 - 0		Thibault, James
	IM Wilder, Michael		0 - 1	2385	Rigó, János
	IM Day, Lawrence	2375	½ - ½		IM Weinstein, Norman
	GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean		0 - 1		Silman, Jeremy
	Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2435	0 - 1		Youngworth, Perry
	IM Formanek, Edward	2410	0 - 1		Bradford, Joseph
	Rind, Bruce		0 - 1	2420	IM Pétursson, Margeir
	Watson, John	2375	1 - 0		IM Denker, Arnold
	Whitehead, Paul		1 - 0		GM Janošević, Dragoljub
	Ayyar, Rajan		1 BYE
1.-9. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Sosonko, Ree, Seirawan, Kortschnoj, Shamkovich, Zaltsman, Fedorowicz — 2½; 10.-34. Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Larsen, Šahović, Kaplan, Reshevsky, Lein, Peters, Morris, Diesen, Pachman, De Firmian, Biyiasas, Miles, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Ligterink, Browne, Benko, Chandler, Ostojić, Grefe, Böhm, Paolozzi — 2; 35.-45. Gruenfeld, Tarjan, Bisguier, Odendahl, Soltis, Barle, Root, Shirazi, Matera, Rigó, Silman — 1½; 46.-66. Rajković, Bradford, Van der Sterren, Quinteros, Christiansen, Van Riemsdijk, Weinstein, Pétursson, Strauss, Van der Wiel, McCambridge, Day, Watson, Benjamin, Nikolić, P.Whitehead, Blocker, Youngworth, J.Whitehead, Thibault, Ayyar — 1; 67.-68. Wilder, Balinas — ½; 69.-73. Janošević, Rind, Formanek, Zlotnikov, Denker — 0;

4th round — 28th March 1979
	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	½ - ½	2540	GM Gheorghiu, Florin
	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535	½ - ½	2485	Seirawan, Yasser
	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor	2695	1 - 0		IM Zaltsman, Vitaly
	IM Ree, Hans	2480	½ - ½		GM Shamkovich, Leonid
	Fedorowicz, John		½ - ½	2620	GM Larsen, Bent
	GM Pachman, Ludek	2510	0 - 1	2415	De Firmian, Nick
	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2560	1 - 0	2440	IM Ólafsson, Helgi
	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440	0 - 1	2560	GM Miles, Anthony John
	IM Kaplan, Julio	2460	1 - 0	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
	IM Böhm, Hans	2410	0 - 1	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485	½ - ½	2475	Peters, Jack
	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600	1 - 0		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
	GM Ostojić, Predrag		0 - 1	2520	GM Lombardy, William James
	GM Šahović, Dragutin	2520	1 - 0		IM Grefe, John
	Morris, Walter		½ - ½	2490	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur
	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2380	0 - 1		IM Diesen, Mark
	GM Benko, Pal		0 - 1		Paolozzi, Marcos
	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2370	0 - 1		IM Soltis, Andrew
	Rigó, János	2385	½ - ½		GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
	IM Barle, Janez	2420	½ - ½		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
	IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda		½ - ½		Odendahl, Steven
	Silman, Jeremy		0 - 1		GM Tarjan, James Edward
	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545	1 - 0		Root, Douglas
	Whitehead, Jay	2235	½ - ½	2375	Watson, John
	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475	½ - ½		Van der Wiel, John
	IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius		0 - 1	2320	Benjamin, Joel
	Youngworth, Perry		0 - 1	2420	IM Pétursson, Margeir
	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2440	1 - 0		Whitehead, Paul
	Strauss, David		1 - 0	2375	IM Day, Lawrence
	IM Weinstein, Norman		0 - 1		Bradford, Joseph
	Ayyar, Rajan		0 - 1	2400	Van der Sterren, Paul
	Thibault, James		1 - 0		Blocker, Calvin
	GM Rajković, Dušan		1 - 0		McCambridge, Vincent
	IM Wilder, Michael		1 - 0		GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean
	Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2435	1 - 0	2410	IM Formanek, Edward
	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		½ - ½		Rind, Bruce
	IM Denker, Arnold	2330	1 BYE
1. Kortschnoj — 3½; 2.-18. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Sosonko, Ree, Šahović, Seirawan, Kaplan, Shamkovich, Lein, Diesen, De Firmian, Miles, Fedorowicz, Paolozzi — 3; 19.-26. Larsen, Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Biyiasas, Sigurjónsson, Zaltsman, Soltis — 2½; 27.-51. Gruenfeld, Reshevsky, Bisguier, Pachman, Ólafsson, Odendahl, Ligterink, Browne, Rajković, Benko, Bradford, Chandler, Van der Sterren, Quinteros, Ostojić, Grefe, Barle, Pétursson, Böhm, Strauss, Benjamin, Matera, Rigó, Nikolić, Thibault — 2; 52.-59. Christiansen, Van der Wiel, Root, Watson, Shirazi, Wilder, Silman, J.Whitehead — 1½; 60.-69. Van Riemsdijk, Weinstein, McCambridge, Day, Zlotnikov, P.Whitehead, Blocker, Youngworth, Denker, Ayyar — 1; 70.-72. Janošević, Rind, Balinas — ½; 73. Formanek — 0;

5th round — 29th March 1979
	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	1 - 0	2695	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor
	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	½ - ½	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535	1 - 0	2415	De Firmian, Nick
	Seirawan, Yasser	2485	½ - ½	2560	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	1 - 0	2480	IM Ree, Hans
	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	½ - ½		IM Diesen, Mark
	Fedorowicz, John		0 - 1	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
	Paolozzi, Marcos		0 - 1	2520	GM Šahović, Dragutin
	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		0 - 1	2460	IM Kaplan, Julio
	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	½ - ½	2490	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur
	IM Soltis, Andrew		0 - 1	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
	GM Tarjan, James Edward		½ - ½	2475	Peters, Jack
	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		½ - ½		Morris, Walter
	IM Pétursson, Margeir	2420	1 - 0	2510	GM Pachman, Ludek
	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2440	0 - 1	2380	IM Chandler, Murray Graham
	Benjamin, Joel	2320	0 - 1	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
	IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda		0 - 1	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540	½ - ½		Strauss, David
	IM Ólafsson, Helgi	2440	1 - 0		Thibault, James
	IM Böhm, Hans	2410	0 - 1		GM Benko, Pal
	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		1 - 0	2420	IM Barle, Janez
	IM Grefe, John		½ - ½	2385	Rigó, János
	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman		1 - 0	2400	Van der Sterren, Paul
	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph		½ - ½		GM Ostojić, Predrag
	Odendahl, Steven		½ - ½	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
	Bradford, Joseph		½ - ½		GM Rajković, Dušan
	Watson, John	2375	0 - 1	2370	IM Shirazi, Kamran
	Whitehead, Jay	2235	½ - ½		Silman, Jeremy
	Van der Wiel, John		½ - ½		IM Wilder, Michael
	Root, Douglas		½ - ½		IM Weinstein, Norman
	IM Denker, Arnold		0 - 1	2435	Zlotnikov, Mikhail
	Blocker, Calvin		1 - 0	2375	IM Day, Lawrence
	Whitehead, Paul		0 - 1		IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
	McCambridge, Vincent		½ - ½		Youngworth, Perry
	Rind, Bruce		1 - 0		Ayyar, Rajan
	GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean		0 - 1		GM Janošević, Dragoljub
	IM Formanek, Edward	2410	1 BYE
1.-6. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Sosonko, Šahović, Kaplan, Lein — 4; 7.-14. Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Seirawan, Kortschnoj, Diesen, Biyiasas, Miles — 3½; 15.-33. Ree, Larsen, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Bisguier, De Firmian, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Benko, Fedorowicz, Chandler, Quinteros, Pétursson, Paolozzi — 3; 34.-44. Odendahl, Browne, Rajković, Bradford, Soltis, Ostojić, Grefe, Strauss, Shirazi, Matera, Rigó — 2½; 45.-61. Gruenfeld, Pachman, Van der Sterren, Christiansen, Van Riemsdijk, Barle, Böhm, Van der Wiel, Root, Benjamin, Zlotnikov, Nikolić, Wilder, Blocker, Silman, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 62.-67. Janošević, Weinstein, McCambridge, Rind, Watson, Youngworth — 1½; 68.-72. Formanek, Day, P.Whitehead, Denker, Ayyar — 1; 73. Balinas — ½;

6th round — 1st April 1979
	GM Šahović, Dragutin	2520	1 - 0	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535	½ - ½	2515	GM Liberzon, Vladimir
	IM Kaplan, Julio	2460	½ - ½	2540	GM Gheorghiu, Florin
	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor	2695	0 - 1	2520	GM Lombardy, William James
	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600	½ - ½	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
	Seirawan, Yasser	2485	1 - 0	2560	GM Miles, Anthony John
	IM Diesen, Mark		0 - 1	2560	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440	0 - 1	2620	GM Larsen, Bent
	IM Ree, Hans	2480	1 - 0	2380	IM Chandler, Murray Graham
	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545	½ - ½		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
	De Firmian, Nick	2415	1 - 0		IM Zaltsman, Vitaly
	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2490	½ - ½		Fedorowicz, John
	GM Benko, Pal		½ - ½	2440	IM Ólafsson, Helgi
	Peters, Jack	2475	½ - ½		GM Shamkovich, Leonid
	IM Pétursson, Margeir	2420	0 - 1		GM Tarjan, James Edward
	Paolozzi, Marcos		½ - ½		GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
	Morris, Walter		1 - 0	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2370	0 - 1		IM Grefe, John
	Rigó, János	2385	½ - ½		IM Soltis, Andrew
	Bradford, Joseph		1 - 0		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
	Strauss, David		½ - ½		GM Ostojić, Predrag
	GM Rajković, Dušan		½ - ½		Odendahl, Steven
	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475	1 - 0	2435	Zlotnikov, Mikhail
	IM Barle, Janez	2420	1 - 0	2235	Whitehead, Jay
	GM Pachman, Ludek	2510	1 - 0		Blocker, Calvin
	Thibault, James		0 - 1	2410	IM Böhm, Hans
	Benjamin, Joel	2320	0 - 1		IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
	Van der Sterren, Paul	2400	1 - 0	2440	GM Nikolić, Stanimir
	IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius		0 - 1		Van der Wiel, John
	Silman, Jeremy		0 - 1		Root, Douglas
	IM Weinstein, Norman		1 - 0		IM Wilder, Michael
	Rind, Bruce		½ - ½	2375	Watson, John
	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		1 - 0		McCambridge, Vincent
	Youngworth, Perry		0 - 1	2410	IM Formanek, Edward
	IM Denker, Arnold		½ - ½		Whitehead, Paul
	IM Day, Lawrence	2375	1 - 0		GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean
	Ayyar, Rajan
1. Šahović — 5; 2.-8. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Lombardy, Sosonko, Seirawan, Kaplan — 4½; 9.-16. Hort, Ree, Larsen, Lein, Tarjan, Morris, De Firmian, Biyiasas — 4; 17.-31. Kortschnoj, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Peters, Diesen, Bisguier, Miles, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Benko, Bradford, Fedorowicz, Quinteros, Grefe, Paolozzi — 3½; 32.-49. Gruenfeld, Pachman, Odendahl, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Rajković, Chandler, Soltis, Van der Sterren, Ostojić, Christiansen, Barle, Pétursson, Böhm, Strauss, Van der Wiel, Root, Rigó — 3; 50.-54. Browne, Janošević, Weinstein, Shirazi, Matera — 2½; 55.-67. Van Riemsdijk, Rind, Formanek, Day, Watson, Benjamin, Zlotnikov, Nikolić, Wilder, Blocker, Silman, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 68.-71. McCambridge, P.Whitehead, Youngworth, Denker — 1½; 72. Ayyar — 1; 73. Balinas — ½;

7th round — 2nd April 1979
	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	½ - ½	2520	GM Šahović, Dragutin
	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2560	½ - ½	2520	GM Lombardy, William James
	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	½ - ½	2485	Seirawan, Yasser
	IM Kaplan, Julio	2460	½ - ½	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	1 - 0	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
	De Firmian, Nick	2415	0 - 1	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485	½ - ½		Morris, Walter
	GM Tarjan, James Edward		½ - ½	2480	IM Ree, Hans
	IM Grefe, John		0 - 1	2695	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor
	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	0 - 1		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2490	1 - 0		Bradford, Joseph
	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		1 - 0	2440	IM Ólafsson, Helgi
	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		½ - ½	2475	Peters, Jack
	IM Diesen, Mark		1 - 0		Paolozzi, Marcos
	Fedorowicz, John		0 - 1		GM Benko, Pal
	IM Soltis, Andrew		1 - 0	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
	IM Böhm, Hans	2410	0 - 1	2510	GM Pachman, Ludek
	GM Ostojić, Predrag		½ - ½	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2380	0 - 1		IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
	Van der Wiel, John		0 - 1	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		1 - 0	2420	IM Pétursson, Margeir
	Odendahl, Steven		0 - 1	2420	IM Barle, Janez
	Rigó, János	2385	0 - 1		Strauss, David
	Root, Douglas		½ - ½	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
	Van der Sterren, Paul	2400	1 - 0		GM Rajković, Dušan
	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2370	0 - 1		IM Weinstein, Norman
	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph		½ - ½		GM Janošević, Dragoljub
	Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2435	1 - 0	2440	GM Nikolić, Stanimir
	IM Formanek, Edward	2410	1 - 0		Rind, Bruce
	Watson, John	2375	1 - 0		Thibault, James
	IM Day, Lawrence	2375	½ - ½		Silman, Jeremy
	Whitehead, Jay	2235	0 - 1		IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius
	IM Wilder, Michael		1 - 0		Blocker, Calvin
	Whitehead, Paul		½ - ½	2320	Benjamin, Joel
	McCambridge, Vincent		1 - 0		IM Denker, Arnold
	GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean		1 - 0		Youngworth, Perry
	Ayyar, Rajan
1. Šahović — 5½; 2.-10. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Sosonko, Larsen, Seirawan, Kaplan — 5; 11.-20. Ree, Kortschnoj, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Tarjan, Morris, Diesen, Biyiasas, Sigurjónsson, Benko — 4½; 21.-32. Gruenfeld, Lein, Peters, Bisguier, Pachman, De Firmian, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Soltis, Van der Sterren, Barle, Strauss — 4; 33.-43. Miles, Ólafsson, Bradford, Fedorowicz, Quinteros, Ostojić, Christiansen, Weinstein, Grefe, Root, Paolozzi — 3½; 44.-58. Odendahl, Browne, Rajković, Chandler, Janošević, Van Riemsdijk, Pétursson, Böhm, Van der Wiel, Formanek, Watson, Matera, Rigó, Zlotnikov, Wilder — 3; 59.-63. McCambridge, Day, Benjamin, Shirazi, Silman — 2½; 64.-69. Rind, Nikolić, P.Whitehead, Blocker, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 70.-72. Youngworth, Denker, Balinas — 1½; 73. Ayyar — 1;

8th round — 3rd April 1979
	GM Šahović, Dragutin	2520	0 - 1	2515	GM Liberzon, Vladimir
	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535	½ - ½	2620	GM Larsen, Bent
	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600	1 - 0	2485	Seirawan, Yasser
	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	½ - ½	2540	GM Gheorghiu, Florin
	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2560	1 - 0	2460	IM Kaplan, Julio
	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485	0 - 1	2480	IM Ree, Hans
	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor	2695	½ - ½		IM Diesen, Mark
	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman		½ - ½	2490	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur
	Morris, Walter		½ - ½		GM Shamkovich, Leonid
	GM Benko, Pal		0 - 1		GM Tarjan, James Edward
	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440	½ - ½	2415	De Firmian, Nick
	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535	1 - 0	2420	IM Barle, Janez
	GM Pachman, Ludek	2510	1 - 0	2400	Van der Sterren, Paul
	Peters, Jack	2475	½ - ½		IM Zaltsman, Vitaly
	IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda		1 - 0		IM Soltis, Andrew
	Strauss, David		0 - 1		GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
	Bradford, Joseph		½ - ½	2560	GM Miles, Anthony John
	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545	1 - 0		Fedorowicz, John
	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475	½ - ½		Root, Douglas
	IM Ólafsson, Helgi	2440	1 - 0		IM Grefe, John
	IM Weinstein, Norman		½ - ½		GM Ostojić, Predrag
	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540	1 - 0		Paolozzi, Marcos
	IM Formanek, Edward	2410	½ - ½	2380	IM Chandler, Murray Graham
	Odendahl, Steven		1 - 0	2410	IM Böhm, Hans
	IM Pétursson, Margeir	2420	1 - 0		IM Wilder, Michael
	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		1 - 0	2375	Watson, John
	IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius		1 - 0	2385	Rigó, János
	Van der Wiel, John		½ - ½		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
	GM Rajković, Dušan		1 - 0	2435	Zlotnikov, Mikhail
	Silman, Jeremy		0 - 1	2370	IM Shirazi, Kamran
	McCambridge, Vincent		½ - ½	2375	IM Day, Lawrence
	Benjamin, Joel	2320	0 - 1		Rind, Bruce
	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2440	1 - 0	2235	Whitehead, Jay
	Blocker, Calvin		0 - 1		Whitehead, Paul
	Thibault, James		0 - 1		GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean
	Youngworth, Perry		½ - ½		IM Denker, Arnold
	Ayyar, Rajan
1.-3. Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort — 6; 4.-10. Gheorghiu, Lombardy, Sosonko, Ree, Larsen, Šahović, Tarjan — 5½; 11.-22. Gruenfeld, Seirawan, Kortschnoj, Kaplan, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Lein, Morris, Diesen, Bisguier, Pachman, Sigurjónsson — 5; 23.-30. Peters, De Firmian, Biyiasas, Ólafsson, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Benko, Quinteros — 4½; 31.-46. Miles, Odendahl, Browne, Rajković, Bradford, Soltis, Van der Sterren, Ostojić, Christiansen, Janošević, Van Riemsdijk, Weinstein, Barle, Pétursson, Strauss, Root — 4; 47.-54. Fedorowicz, Chandler, Grefe, Van der Wiel, Paolozzi, Formanek, Shirazi, Matera — 3½; 55.-64. Böhm, McCambridge, Rind, Day, Watson, Rigó, Zlotnikov, Nikolić, P.Whitehead, Wilder — 3; 65.-67. Benjamin, Silman, Balinas — 2½; 68.-72. Blocker, Youngworth, Denker, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 73. Ayyar — 1;

9th round — 4th April 1979
	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	½ - ½	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	½ - ½	2560	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	½ - ½	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
	IM Ree, Hans	2480	½ - ½	2520	GM Šahović, Dragutin
	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	1 - 0		GM Tarjan, James Edward
	IM Kaplan, Julio	2460	½ - ½	2695	GM Kortschnoj, Viktor
	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		½ - ½	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
	Morris, Walter		½ - ½	2510	GM Pachman, Ludek
	Seirawan, Yasser	2485	½ - ½		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2490	0 - 1		IM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		½ - ½		IM Diesen, Mark
	Peters, Jack	2475	1 - 0	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
	IM Ólafsson, Helgi	2440	½ - ½	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
	De Firmian, Nick	2415	½ - ½		GM Benko, Pal
	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		½ - ½	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	1 - 0	2420	IM Pétursson, Margeir
	IM Barle, Janez	2420	0 - 1	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		½ - ½	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
	Strauss, David		0 - 1		Odendahl, Steven
	IM Van Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius		½ - ½		Bradford, Joseph
	GM Ostojić, Predrag		½ - ½		IM Soltis, Andrew
	Van der Sterren, Paul	2400	½ - ½		IM Weinstein, Norman
	Root, Douglas		0 - 1		GM Rajković, Dušan
	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2380	1 - 0		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
	Fedorowicz, John		1 - 0	2370	IM Shirazi, Kamran
	Paolozzi, Marcos		½ - ½	2410	IM Formanek, Edward
	IM Grefe, John		½ - ½		Van der Wiel, John
	Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2435	0 - 1	2375	IM Day, Lawrence
	Watson, John	2375	1 - 0	2385	Rigó, János
	IM Böhm, Hans	2410	1 - 0		Whitehead, Paul
	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2440	0 - 1		McCambridge, Vincent
	Rind, Bruce		1 - 0		IM Wilder, Michael
	Benjamin, Joel	2320	1 - 0		Silman, Jeremy
	GM Balinas, Rosendo Carrean		0 - 1		Blocker, Calvin
	Whitehead, Jay	2235	0 - 1		Youngworth, Perry
	IM Denker, Arnold		1 - 0		Thibault, James
	Ayyar, Rajan
1.-4. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort — 6½; 5.-10. Lombardy, Sosonko, Ree, Larsen, Šahović, Gruenfeld — 6; 11.-22. Seirawan, Kortschnoj, Kaplan, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Lein, Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Diesen, Bisguier, Pachman — 5½; 23.-33. De Firmian, Biyiasas, Miles, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Odendahl, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Browne, Rajković, Benko — 5; 34.-44. Bradford, Fedorowicz, Chandler, Soltis, Van der Sterren, Quinteros, Ostojić, Christiansen, Janošević, Van Riemsdijk, Weinstein — 4½; 45.-57. Grefe, Barle, Pétursson, Böhm, Strauss, Van der Wiel, Root, Paolozzi, McCambridge, Rind, Formanek, Day, Watson — 4; 58.-60. Benjamin, Shirazi, Matera — 3½; 61.-68. Rigó, Zlotnikov, Nikolić, P.Whitehead, Wilder, Blocker, Youngworth, Denker — 3; 69.-70. Silman, Balinas — 2½; 71.-72. J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 73. Ayyar — 1;

Information

9th Louis D. Statham Tournament
Dates:	25th March - 4th April 1979
City:	Lone Pine, CA (United States)
Venue:
Organizers:	Louis D. Statham
Tournament Director:	Kashdan, Isaac
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating:	73 (incl. 27 GMs, 21 IMs)
Games played:	324
Competition format:	Nine round Swiss
Tie-breaks:	none
Time control:
Website:	https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=80680
Other websites:	Wikipedia
PGN game file:	lonepine-1979.pgn

Tournament Review

Rajan Ayyar withdrew after five rounds; Romanishin and Tseshkovsky were entered but cancelled by the Soviet authorities.