[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Black "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bf4 d6 7.Qc1 Kh7 8.Qc2 
Nbd7 9.Rd1 c6 10.h4 Nh5 11.Bc1 Ndf6 12.e4 Qc7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 c5 15.Nb5
Qb8 16.Qe2 a6 17.Na3 cxd4 18.g4 Nxg4 19.Nxg4 f5 20.Nh2 e5 21.Nc2 Be6 22.
Bg2 Qc7 23.b3 Rad8 24.Kf1 e4 25.Ne1 Be5 26.Kg1 d3 27.Qd2 Nf4 28.Bf1 Qe7 
29.Qxf4 Bxf4 30.Bxf4 Qxh4 31.Ng2 Qh5 32.Ne3 g5 33.Nhg4 Qxh1+ 34.Kxh1 gxf4 
35.Bg2 fxe3 36.Nxe3 Kg7 37.f4 Kf6 38.Kh2 Rd7 39.Rd2 Rg8 40.Bh3 Rdg7 41.Nf1
Rc7 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Sherwin, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.d3 a6 8.Ne1 d6 
9.Nc2 Bd7 10.Bd2 Rb8 11.a4 Ne8 12.Rb1 Nc7 13.b4 cxb4 14.Nxb4 Nxb4 15.Rxb4 
b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.cxb5 Nxb5 18.Nxb5 Rxb5 19.Rxb5 Bxb5 20.Qb3 Bd7 21.Rc1 
Qb8 22.Qb7 Qxb7 23.Bxb7 Bg4 24.f3 Be6 25.Kf2 Rb8 26.Rc7 Bd4+ 27.Be3 Bxe3+ 
28.Kxe3 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 O-O 8.Nh3 Nbd7 9.
O-O Ne5 10.b3 Ne8 11.Bd2 b6 12.Qc1 Bd7 13.f4 Ng4 14.Ng5 Nc7 15.h3 Nh6 16.
e4 f5 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Bxe5 19.Nf3 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Black "Turner, Abe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 Na5 
9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nf1 Nc4 13.b3 Nb6 14.Ne3 g6 15.h3 Bd7 
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.c4 Rfe8 18.Bb2 Bd6 19.a4 bxa4 20.bxa4 Bc6 21.Bc3 Nbd7 22.
Nd5 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Nh5 24.a5 Nhf6 25.Nd2 Reb8 26.Nc4 Rb5 27.Ba4 Rab8 28.f4 
Re8 29.Bxb5 axb5 30.Nxd6 Qxd6 31.fxe5 Nxe5 32.a6 Nfd7 33.Qe2 b4 34.Bxe5 
Nxe5 35.Rec1 Ra8 36.a7 c4 37.Rxc4 Nxc4 38.Qxc4 Qb6+ 39.Kh2 Rxa7 40.Rxa7 
Qxa7 41.Qxb4 Qe3 42.Qb8+ Kg7 43.Qe5+ Kg8 44.d6 Qd2 45.Qe8+ Kg7 46.Qc6 Qf4+
47.Kg1 Qe3+ 48.Kh1 f5 49.Qd5 Qc1+ 50.Kh2 Qf4+ 51.Kg1 Qc1+ 52.Kf2 Qc2+ 53.
Kg3 f4+ 54.Kf3 Qc3+ 55.Kxf4 Qc1+ 56.Kf3 Qc3+ 57.Kf2 Qf6+ 58.Kg1 Qf4 59.d7 
Qe3+ 60.Kf1 Qc1+ 61.Kf2 Qb2+ 62.Kg3 Qb8+ 63.e5 Qd8 64.Kh2 h5 65.Qd6 Kh6 
66.e6 h4 67.e7 Qa5 68.d8=Q Qe5+ 69.Qxe5 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Black "Kramer, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Ng3 b6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.O-O 
a6 9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Ne5 Bc8 12.Re1 Nxb3 13.axb3 Bb7 14.c4 Bd6 15.Qe2
O-O 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Rad1 bxc4 18.bxc4 h6 19.Bd2 a5 20.Bc3 Bb4 21.Bxb4 axb4 
22.Qe3 Qd6 23.f3 Ra5 24.Nd3 Rd8 25.Nc5 Bc6 26.Nge4 Bxe4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 28.
fxe4 c5 29.d5 e5 30.Rf1 Ra2 31.Rf2 Rda8 32.Rdf1 f6 33.h4 Ra1 34.h5 R8a2 
35.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 36.Kh2 Qe7 37.Qh3 Ra8 38.Rd2 Qd6 39.Qe6+ Qxe6 40.dxe6 Kf8 
41.Rd7 Ra2 42.b3 Rb2 43.Kg3 Rxb3+ 44.Kg4 Re3 45.g3 b3 46.Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.O-O O-O-O 8.
Be3 Nd5 9.a4 Nxe3 10.fxe3 f6 11.Nd2 e6 12.Na2 Ne5 13.b4 Qb6 14.c4 c6 15.c5
Qc7 16.Be2 Ng6 17.Nc3 e5 18.d5 cxd5 19.Nxd5 Qc6 20.e4 Nf4 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.
Qc2 g5 23.Nb3 f5 24.exf5 Bg7 25.Bb5 Qf6 26.Bxd7+ Rxd7 27.Rac1 Rf8 28.c6 
bxc6 29.Nc5 Rc7 30.Ne6 Qxf5 31.Qc4 Rff7 32.Rfd1 Bf6 33.Nxc7 Rxc7 34.b5 c5 
35.Rd5 Be5 36.Rxc5 Qd7 37.Rxc7+ Bxc7 38.Qc6 Qd4+ 39.Kh1 Qb6 40.Qe8+ Kb7 
41.Qc6+ Qxc6 42.Rxc6 g4 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Bg2 Be7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e3 Be6 6.Nd5 Qd7 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 
Bf5 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.Nxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O O-O 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Bg5 Ne4 15.
Bf4 Bg6 16.Bxe4 Bxe4 17.Re1 Bg6 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Rxe5 Rae8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Qd2 Re4 22.f3 Re7 23.Re1 h6 24.Rxe7 Qxe7 25.Kg2 Bb1 26.b4 a5 27.a3 axb4 
28.axb4 Qe5 29.Nb5 Bf5 30.c5 g5 31.d6 cxd6 32.Nxd6 Be6 33.Ne4 g4 34.Kf2 
gxf3 35.Nc3 Qf5 36.h4 Qh3 37.Kxf3 Qg4+ 38.Kf2 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Black "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.O-O 
Be7 9.Kh1 d6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Qe2 Rc8 12.Nf3 O-O 13.Ng5 h6 14.Nh3 Nb4 15.Rf3 
Nxd3 16.cxd3 d5 17.Rg3 dxe4 18.dxe4 Qc4 19.Qf3 Bc6 20.Nf2 Rfd8 21.Re1 Kf8 
22.Bc1 b5 23.b3 Qc5 24.Bb2 Qh5 25.a3 Qxf3 26.Rxf3 Rd2 27.Bc1 Rc2 28.Kg1 
Bc5 29.Nb1 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramer, George"]
[Black "Sherwin, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.a3 a6 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bb2 b6 
9.e4 Bb7 10.f3 Be7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Bd6 13.h3 Nh5 14.f4 Nxf4 15.Ncb5 axb5
16.Nxb5 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Qc6 18.Qg4 e5 19.Rad1 Bc7 20.Rd5 d6 21.Rfd1 Bc8 22.
Qg3 f6 23.Bc1 Kh8 24.Nxc7 Qxc7 25.Rxd6 Nc6 26.b5 Na5 27.a4 Nxc4 28.Rc6 Qf7
29.Qc3 Be6 30.Ba3 Rfd8 31.Rc1 Rxa4 32.Bb4 h6 33.Qb3 Raa8 34.R6xc4 Bxc4 35.
Rxc4 Rac8 36.Rxc8 Qxb3 37.Rxd8+ Kh7 38.Be1 Qxb5 39.Rd1 Qe2 40.Ra1 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bg5 Ne7 6.Nc3 c6 7.Bd3 f6 8.Bh4 
Bf5 9.Bg3 O-O 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.O-O Nd7 12.Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Turner, Abe"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O e5 8.Qc2 Re8 
9.Rd1 Qe7 10.d5 c5 11.a3 Na6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Nd2 Nf4 16.
Nf1 g4 17.Ne3 Qg5 18.Nb5 Rd8 19.Bf1 h5 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Nf5 Be5 22.Bd3 Qf6 
23.Rab1 Kh8 24.Qd2 Re8 25.Re1 b6 26.Red1 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Black "Byrne, Donald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.Bc4 a5 10.Bb3 Bd7 11.a4 Qc8 12.g4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be6 14.g5 Nh5 15.Bxg7
Kxg7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Qc5 18.O-O-O Rab8 19.Rhe1 Rfc8 20.Re3 b5 21.Rc3 
Qb6 22.axb5 Qxb5 23.Rb3 Qc5 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Bb3 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Black "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Nxe5 Qe7 5.Nd3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Nxe4 7.Qe2 O-O 8.
Bb2 Re8 9.O-O-O Qd8 10.Re1 d5 11.f3 Nd6 12.Qf2 Rxe1+ 13.Qxe1 Nd7 14.Nf4 
Nb6 15.Bd3 Qg5 16.Qe3 Bd7 17.h4 Qh6 18.g4 Ndc4 19.g5 Qd6 20.Bxc4 Re8 21.
Qd4 c5 22.Ba3 cxd4 23.Bxd6 Nxc4 24.Bc5 dxc3 25.dxc3 b6 26.Bd4 Bc6 27.h5 
Ne5 28.h6 g6 29.Re1 f6 30.gxf6 Nxf3 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.Nxd5 Kf7 33.Kd1 Bc6 
34.Nb4 Bb7 35.Be3 Kxf6 36.c4 g5 37.c5 bxc5 38.Bxc5 a5 39.Nd3 Kg6 40.Bf8 
Ba6 41.Nc5 Bc4 42.a4 g4 43.Nb3 g3 44.Nd2 Ne5 45.Ke1 Bd5 46.Bd6 g2 47.Kf2 
Ng4+ 48.Kg1 Nxh6 49.Bc7 Kg5 50.Bxa5 Kh4 51.Bb6 Kh3 52.a5 Nf5 53.Nb1 Bb7 
54.Bf2 h5 55.Nc3 h4 56.a6 Bc6 57.Ne2 Kg4 58.Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Re8 
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bg5 Rf8 12.Bd3 h6 13.Be3 Rd8 14.Nd5 Ne8 15.h3 
Be6 16.Rfd1 Nb8 17.Be2 Na6 18.c5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nb4 20.Bc4 e4 21.Ne1 Bxb2 
22.Rab1 Bc3 23.a3 Bxe1 24.axb4 Bc3 25.Bxh6 b6 26.Rb3 Bf6 27.Be3 Be7 28.Bb5
bxc5 29.bxc5 Rab8 30.Bc4 Rxb3 31.Bxb3 Nf6 32.g4 a5 33.Kf1 a4 34.Bc4 a3 35.
Bf4 Ne8 36.d6 cxd6 37.c6 Rc8 38.Bb5 Bf6 39.g5 Bg7 40.Rd2 Bb2 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Turner, Abe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 Bb7 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Rfc1 Rc8 14.Rxc8 Qxc8 15.
a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nd5 17.Bd2 Qc6 18.Ra1 Qb6 19.Na5 Ba8 20.b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Black "Kramer, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.g3 dxe4 5.dxe4 e5 6.Ngf3 Bc5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.O-O 
Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe2 a6 11.c3 Qe7 12.b4 Ba7 13.a4 Nd7 14.Ba3 Nd8 15.Nc4 O-O
16.Ne3 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 b5 18.c4 Nb6 19.cxb5 axb5 20.axb5 Nb7 21.Rfc1 Rfc8 22.
Nh4 f6 23.Nf5 Qe8 24.Bf1 Bg6 25.g4 Bxf5 26.exf5 Nd6 27.Rc6 Qf7 28.Bb2 Rxa1
29.Bxa1 Ra8 30.Bb2 Ra2 31.Rxd6 cxd6 32.Qxb6 h6 33.Qc6 d5 34.Bg2 e4 35.Bd4 
Rd2 36.Qc5 Kh7 37.b6 Qb7 38.Qc7 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Nb6 8.a4 a5
9.h3 Nc6 10.d5 Nb4 11.Nc3 e6 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.dxe6 Qxe6 14.Nb5 Na6 15.Nbd4 
Qd7 16.Qd2 Nxa4 17.Bh6 c5 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nb5 Qxd2 20.Nxd2 Re8 21.Bf3 Rd8 
22.Rxa4 Rxd2 23.Rxa5 Rxb2 24.Nd6 Rb8 25.Re1 Rb6 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Re7 Rc7 
28.Rxc7 Nxc7 29.Rxc5 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sherwin, James"]
[Black "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Be6 4.Bg2 c6 5.d3 Be7 6.e4 f5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.
Nf3 fxe4 10.dxe4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7 13.h4 Nc5 14.Bh3 Qa5 15.Rb1 
Qb4 16.O-O Qxc4 17.Re1 Qf7 18.b4 Ne6 19.b5 Nd4 20.Qd1 Bd8 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.
Be3 O-O 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Qxd4 Bb6 25.Qd2 Rae8 26.Re2 Nh5 27.Rxb6 axb6 28.
Qxd6 Qf3 29.Qxc6 Nf4 30.gxf4 Qxh3 31.Nd5 Qg4+ 32.Kf1 Qxh4 33.Re3 Rxe4 34.
Nf6+ Qxf6 35.Qxf6 Rxf6 36.Rxe4 Kf7 37.Kg2 Re6 38.Rb4 Rc6 39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Rb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Sherwin, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 
d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Rfd1 O-O 12.Ne5 c6 13.Nd3 Re8 14.b4 Nf6 15.
Qb2 Bd6 16.a4 Qe7 17.e3 Rad8 18.Qb3 h5 19.b5 c5 20.dxc5 bxc5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 
22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Bxg3 24.Qxh5 Bd6 25.Qg4 Qc7 26.Rac1 Bxh2+ 27.Kf1 Bd6 
28.Ke2 Be5 29.Rxc5 Qd6 30.Qc4 Bf6 31.Rc6 Qh2 32.Qc3 Rxe3+ 33.Kxe3 Bxc3 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Bg5 c5 8.Qd2 Qa5
9.O-O-O a6 10.Kb1 Re8 11.h4 b5 12.Nd5 Qxd2 13.Bxd2 Nxd5 14.cxd5 cxd4 15.
Ba5 d3 16.Nf4 Ne5 17.Bxd3 Bd7 18.Be2 f5 19.h5 fxe4 20.hxg6 Nxg6 21.Nxg6 
hxg6 22.fxe4 Rf8 23.Rhf1 Be5 24.Kc2 Kg7 25.Kb3 Rxf1 26.Rxf1 Rc8 27.Bd2 Rc7
28.Ba5 Rc8 29.Bd2 Rc7 30.a3 Rc8 31.Rc1 Rxc1 32.Bxc1 Bd4 33.Kb4 Bb6 34.Bg5 
Kf7 35.Kc3 a5 36.Kd3 Bc5 37.Kc3 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.c3 f6 
9.exf6 Bxf6 10.Bb5 Ne7 11.O-O Ng6 12.Bg3 Rf7 13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.Nc5 b6 15.Nd3
Re7 16.Re1 Rc8 17.h4 Be8 18.h5 Nf8 19.Nfe5 h6 20.b4 Nh7 21.Nf4 c5 22.Neg6 
Bxg6 23.Nxg6 Re8 24.bxc5 bxc5 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Re3 cxd4 27.cxd4 Qxa2 28.Be5 
Rc2 29.Ra3 Qxa3 30.Qxc2 Qa6 31.Qc7 Qd3 32.Ra1 a6 33.Rc1 Bxe5 34.dxe5 Nf8 
35.Nf4 Qb5 36.Rc6 Qb1+ 37.Kh2 Qe4 38.g3 Qf3 39.Qa7 d4 40.Rc7 Qxf2+ 41.Ng2 
Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramer, George"]
[Black "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.e4 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 
Rxd8 9.e5 Nfd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Ndxe5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Rd1 Bg4 14.Rxd8+ 
Rxd8 15.Bf1 Nd3+ 16.Bxd3 Rxd3 17.Bxc5 b6 18.Bb4 a5 19.Ba3 Bxc3+ 20.bxc3 
Rxc3 21.Bb2 Rc2 22.Bd4 Rxa2 23.Bxb6 Be6 24.Bd4 Bxc4 25.Nf3 Rc2 26.Kd1 Ra2 
27.Nd2 Be6 28.Re1 h6 29.Re5 Kh7 30.Bc3 a4 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Kc1 g5 33.g4 Kg6
34.Kb1 Ra3 35.Kb2 Rxc3 36.Kxc3 h5 37.h3 hxg4 38.hxg4 a3 39.Ne4 e5 40.Kb3 
Kf7 41.Nxg5+ 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Black "Byrne, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bg7 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.Bc4 a5 10.h4 Ne5 11.Be2 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.h5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.b3 Qf7 18.Rd1 Rd8 19.Qc1 Bd7 20.a4 e5 21.Ne2 e4 
22.O-O exf3 23.Rxf3 Qe6 24.Nf4 Qe4 25.Bb6 Bg4 26.Bxd8 Bd4+ 27.Kh2 Bxf3 28.
gxf3 Qxf3 29.Rf1 Qg4 30.Be7 g5 31.Qd1 Qxd1 32.Rxd1 Be5 33.Bxg5 h6 34.Bxh6 
Kf7 35.Rd7+ Kf6 36.Bg7+ Kf5 37.Bxe5 Kxe5 38.Nd3+ Ke4 39.Nc5+ Kf3 40.Nxb7 {
Time forfeit} 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turner, Abe"]
[Black "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O Bd6 10.e4 e5 11.d5 cxd5 12.Nxb5 Nc5 13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.Bb5+ Kf8 
15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Re1 f6 17.Bc4 Rd8 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.Be3 a5 20.Qc2 Ne6 21.
Red1 Kf7 22.b3 g6 23.Rac1 Qa6 24.Nd2 Rc8 25.Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Black "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 a5 4.b5 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 e5 8.c5 e4 9.
Ng5 dxc5 10.Nc3 Nfd7 11.h4 h6 12.Ngxe4 f5 13.Qb3+ Rf7 14.Ng5 hxg5 15.Bd5 
Qe7 16.hxg5 Nb6 17.O-O-O c4 18.Qc2 Be6 19.Bxb7 Ra7 20.Rh4 Rxb7 21.Rdh1 Qb4
22.Nd5 Qxb2+ 23.Qxb2 Bxb2+ 24.Kxb2 Rg7 25.Nf6+ Kf7 26.Rh8 N8d7 27.Ne8 Rg8 
0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Turner, Abe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Ng3 
O-O 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Ba2 Rd8 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb2 b6 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.Re1 Bb7 15.c4
Ne5 16.Qe2 Ng6 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Bc3 Bc6 19.Red1 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.dxc5 
dxc5 9.Be3 Qa5 10.Nd5 e6 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Qc1 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16.b3 Rd8 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Rb8 20.Qa3 b6 21.Rad1 a6 
22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Bf4 f5 25.Qc1 Bb7 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.Qe3 b5 28.
cxb5 axb5 29.a4 bxa4 30.Nxa4 Rb5 31.Nb2 c4 32.Nxc4 h5 33.Bxe5 Bxe5 34.f4 
Bg7 35.Qxe6+ Kh7 36.Rd7 Qc5+ 37.Kg2 Rxb3 38.Qf7 Rxg3+ 39.Kxg3 Qg1+ 40.Kf3 
Qf1+ 41.Ke3 Qxh3+ 42.Kf2 Qh4+ 43.Kg2 Qg4+ 44.Kf1 Qxf4+ 45.Ke1 Qg3+ 46.Kd1 
Qb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Kramer, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.c3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3
Bd6 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.c4 b6 13.Be2 a5 14.Rdg1 Bb4 15.Qd1 
Nf5 16.g4 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Bc5 18.Qd2 c6 19.g5 hxg5 20.Nxg5 cxd5 21.cxd5 Bf5 
22.Bd3 Rfd8 23.Bxf5 Qxf5 24.e4 Qc8 25.Kb1 Bxg1 26.Rxg1 Ra7 27.Qf2 Rd6 28.
Qg3 Rg6 29.Qh4 Rh6 30.Qg3 Rc7 31.a3 Qe8 32.Qf2 b5 33.Qd2 Qd8 34.Rd1 b4 35.
axb4 axb4 36.Nf3 Rb7 37.Nxe5 Qe8 38.Nc4 Qxe4+ 39.Qd3 Qxd3+ 40.Rxd3 b3 41.
Na5 Rd7 42.Nxb3 Rh5 43.Rd2 Rdxd5 44.Rc2 Rd1+ 45.Ka2 Rh1 46.Nd4 R1xh2 47.
Rc8+ Kh7 48.Ka3 Rd5 49.Nb3 g5 50.Rc7 Kg6 51.Nc5 g4 52.Rc8 Kf5 53.b4 g3 54.
Rf8 f6 55.Rg8 g2 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sherwin, James"]
[Black "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.O-O d5 
9.Ne5 b5 10.cxb5 cxb5 11.Nxb5 Qe8 12.Nc3 Qxa4 13.Nxa4 Bxe2 14.Re1 Bb5 15.
Nc5 Nc6 16.Nxe6 Bb4 17.Nxf8 Bxe1 18.Be3 Ba5 19.a4 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Bc4 21.exf6
Kxf8 22.Rc1 Bb3 23.Rc5 Bb6 24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.fxg7+ Kg8 26.Rxd5 Bxe3 27.fxe3 
Rb8 28.Rb5 Rxb5 29.axb5 Kxg7 30.Kf2 Kf6 31.Kf3 Ke5 32.e4 h5 33.Ke3 Kd6 34.
Kd4 Ke6 35.h3 f6 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Kd6 38.b3 Ke6 39.Kd3 Kd6 40.Kd4 Ke6 
41.b4 Kd6 42.e5+ fxe5+ 43.Ke4 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2
c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.h3 b6 13.f4 e6 14.Qe1 Na5 15.Bd3 f5 
16.e5 Bb7 17.Qf2 c4 18.Bb1 Nc6 19.Kh2 Ne7 20.Rg1 Qc6 21.Bd2 h5 22.Bc2 b5 
23.a4 a6 24.Ra1 Nd5 25.Qg3 Kf7 26.Rgc1 Bh6 27.Bd1 Rg8 28.h4 Rab8 29.Ng1 
Qd7 30.Nh3 Bc6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Bf3 Ne7 33.Ra6 Ra8 34.Rca1 Rxa6 35.Rxa6 
Bxf3 36.Qxf3 Nd5 37.Qd1 Rc8 38.Qa1 Rc6 39.Ra5 Rc7 40.Qa3 Rb7 41.Ra8 b4 42.
cxb4 Nc7 43.Ra7 Nb5 44.Rxb7 Qxb7 45.Qa5 Ke8 46.Be3 Kd7 47.Qa2 Qc6 48.Qf2 
Ke8 49.Qa2 Bf8 50.Qf2 Be7 51.Kg3 Qe4 52.Kh2 Nc3 53.Qg3 Ne2 54.Qxg6+ Kd7 
55.d5 Qxe3 56.Qxe6+ Ke8 57.Qg8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Black "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2
c5 9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 O-O 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Rf7 13.Nf5 Nf8 14.Be3 a5 15.Qh5 
Bxf5 16.Qxf5 Qd7 17.Qf2 Bd6 18.Bxc5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Ne6 20.Qf2 a4 21.Rad1 b5 
22.Ne3 a3 23.b3 b4 24.Nd5 Rb8 25.c3 bxc3 26.Nxc3 f5 27.d4 fxe4 28.Qe3 
Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Rf8+ 30.Kg1 Qf7 31.d5 Ng5 32.h4 Nf3+ 33.gxf3 Qg6+ 34.Qg5 
Qb6+ 35.Kh1 exf3 36.Ne4 f2 37.Kg2 Qb5 38.Ng3 Qe8 39.Rf1 Qe1 40.Qg4 Qd2 41.
Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Black "Byrne, Donald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O 
Bd7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.f4 Qc8 11.h3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Bf3 Rd8 14.Rad1 e5 15.
Bf2 b5 16.a3 a5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Qxd8+ Qxd8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Bb6 Rd2 21.
Bxa5 Rxc2 22.Rf2 Rc1+ 23.Kh2 Bh6 24.g3 Be3 25.Re2 Bg1+ 26.Kg2 Bd4 27.Rd2 
Bxc3 28.Bxc3 Nxe4 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 31.Kf2 f6 32.Rd7+ Kg8 33.Rd8+ 
Kf7 34.Rd7+ Ke6 35.Rxh7 g5 36.Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramer, George"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qb3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 
O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Na5 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.cxd4 Be6 13.Rd1 Qd7 14.Ne5 Rfc8 
15.Qb2 Qa4 16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Bxb5 Nc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Nxc4 Rxc4 20.Bb2 Rc2 
21.Rab1 b6 22.Kf1 e6 23.Rdc1 Rac8 24.Ke1 Bf8 25.Kd1 R2c4 26.Kd2 f5 27.Kd3 
b5 28.a4 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Rxc1 30.Bxc1 bxa4 31.Kc4 a6 32.Bd2 Kf7 33.Bc3 Ke8 
34.d5 exd5+ 35.Kxd5 Kd7 36.Kc4 a3 37.Kb3 Ke6 38.Bd2 Kd5 39.Bc3 Ke4 40.Kc4 
g5 41.h3 h5 42.Bf6 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.Bg5 a2 45.Bf6 Be7 46.Bd4 Bh4 47.g3 
Be7 48.Kb3 Bc5 49.Bf6 Kf3 50.Kxa2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.b3 f6 7.Bb2 fxe5 8.dxe5 
Be7 9.Bb5 O-O 10.O-O Ndb8 11.a3 Bd7 12.Bd3 Be8 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bf7 15.
b4 Re8 16.Qb3 Bf8 17.Ne4 h6 18.Rad1 Nd7 19.Rd2 Qc8 20.Qc2 Nb6 21.Ba2 Bg6 
22.Bb1 Kh8 23.Nh4 Bh7 24.Qb3 Rd8 25.Rfd1 Rxd2 26.Rxd2 Qe8 27.Nf3 Rd8 28.
Bc2 Rxd2 29.Nexd2 Qd7 30.Bxh7 Kxh7 31.Qc2+ Kg8 32.Qe4 a6 33.Kf1 Qd5 34.
Qxd5 Nxd5 35.g3 Kf7 36.Ke2 g5 37.Kd3 Nce7 38.Ke4 Nf5 39.Ne1 c5 40.bxc5 
Bxc5 41.Nd3 Be7 42.g4 Ng7 43.Nc4 Ne8 44.Na5 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Black "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Nc3 Ne7 6.Nb5 Nbc6 7.Nxd6+ Qxd6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9.O-O f6 10.c3 g5 11.b4 Ng6 12.Nxg5 Bd7 13.Nf3 O-O-O 14.a4 Rdg8 
15.g3 h5 16.Re1 h4 17.b5 hxg3 18.fxg3 Na5 19.Ba3 Qe6 20.Bb4 Qe3+ 21.Kh1 
Bg4 22.Nh4 Qe4+ 23.Bf3 Nxh4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.gxh4 Nc4 26.Rxe4 Bxd1 27.Rxd1 
f5 28.Rf4 Ne3 29.Rd3 Nd5 30.Rxf5 Nxb4 31.cxb4 Rxh4 32.Rf7 Rd8 33.Rc3 Rd7 
34.Rf8+ Rd8 35.Rxd8+ Kxd8 36.Rc4 Kd7 37.Kg2 Kd6 38.Kg3 Rh7 39.h4 Kd5 40.
Rc5+ Kxd4 41.Kg4 b6 42.Rc6 Kd5 43.h5 a6 44.h6 axb5 45.axb5 Re7 46.Kg5 Kd4 
47.Kg6 Re1 48.h7 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Turner, Abe"]
[Black "Sherwin, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D99"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 
Nfd7 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qb3 Nb6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Bh5 14.f4 Bxe2 
15.Nxe2 c6 16.f5 cxd5 17.h4 Qc7 18.h5 gxf5 19.Rg1 Kh8 20.exd5 Rg8 21.h6 
Be5 22.Qd3 f4 23.Rxg8+ Rxg8 24.Bd4 Nxd5 25.Qe4 Bxd4 26.Rxd4 Nf6 27.Qxf4 
Qxf4 28.Rxf4 Rg6 29.Rc4 Rxh6 30.Rc7 Nd5 31.Rxb7 Ra6 32.a3 Kg7 33.Ng3 Kg6 
34.Ke2 h5 35.Kf3 f5 36.Rd7 e6 37.Nf1 Ra4 38.Ng3 h4 39.Nf1 Rf4+ 40.Kg2 a5 
41.Ra7 h3+ 42.Kg1 Rg4+ 43.Kh1 Rg2 44.Ne3 Nxe3 45.fxe3 Rxb2 46.e4 f4 47.
Rxa5 f3 48.Rc5 Rb1+ 49.Kh2 f2 50.Rc2 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "0"]

0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 d6 4.Nf4 Nf6 5.Bc4 e6 6.f3 a6 7.a4 Qc7 8.d3 Bd7 
9.O-O Be7 10.Bd2 Na5 11.Ba2 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Nce2 O-O 14.c3 c4 15.d4 e5 
16.Nh3 Bxh3 17.gxh3 d5 18.f4 exd4 19.e5 d3 20.exf6 dxe2 21.Qxe2 Bxf6 22.
Bb1 Nb3 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Bc2 Nxd2 25.Qxd2 Rd8 26.Re1 g6 27.f5 d4 28.fxg6 
hxg6 29.cxd4 Bxd4+ 30.Kh1 Bg1 31.Qg2 Qxh2+ 32.Qxh2 Bxh2 33.Re2 Bf4 34.Kg2 
Bc1 35.Be4 Kg7 36.Bc6 b4 37.Rc2 Rd2+ 38.Rxd2 Bxd2 39.Bd5 c3 40.bxc3 bxc3 
41.Bb3 Kf6 42.Kf3 Ke5 43.Ke2 f5 44.h4 Ke4 45.Ba4 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.Be3 Ng4 
9.Bg5 f6 10.Bc1 Kh8 11.d5 Ne7 12.Ng5 Nh6 13.Ne6 Bxe6 14.dxe6 Qc8 15.Nd5 
Neg8 16.f4 c6 17.e7 Rf7 18.Nc3 Qc7 19.g4 Nxe7 20.h4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Qb6+ 22.
Kh1 Rd8 23.Qd2 Nhg8 24.Na4 Qc7 25.Rad1 Nc8 26.c5 Qe7 27.Bf3 Bf8 28.Kg2 Qe8
29.Qc3 dxc5 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Nxc5 Qe7 32.b4 a5 33.a3 axb4 34.axb4 Bg7 35.
Qb3 Qe8 36.Rd1 b6 37.Ne6 Rd7 38.Nxg7 Kxg7 39.Rc1 Na7 40.Qb2 Qe6 41.e5 f5 
42.gxf5 gxf5 43.Be3 Ne7 44.Bxb6 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Kramer, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nc3 b5 
9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.a4 c4 12.axb5 cxb3 13.bxc6 Qxc6 14.Bd2 Nd5 15.Nxd5
Qxd5 16.Ra5 Qd8 17.Qc4 Bd5 18.Qa4+ Qd7 19.Ra1 Qxa4 20.R5xa4 Bb7 21.Bc3 Rb8
22.Nd2 Bc8 23.Rc4 Bd6 24.Nxb3 Bd7 25.Nc5 Bb5 26.Nb7 Kd7 27.Nxd6 Kxd6 28.
Rc5 f6 29.f3 Rhc8 30.Rh5 h6 31.Rh3 Rc4 32.Rg3 Rb7 33.e4 Ra4 34.Rc1 Be8 35.
f4 Bc6 36.Re1 Be8 37.Rd3 Ke7 38.g4 Bb5 39.Rd2 Rc4 40.f5 Bd7 41.h3 Kf7 42.
fxe6+ Kxe6 43.d5+ Kd6 44.e5+ fxe5 45.Bxe5+ Kc5 46.Bxg7 h5 47.Bf8+ Kb5 48.
gxh5 Bxh3 49.h6 Rf7 50.Bg7 Bf5 51.d6 Rf4 52.Re7 Bd7 53.Rxf7 Rxf7 54.Rf2 
1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sherwin, James"]
[Black "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A97"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.d4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Re1 Ne4 
9.Qc2 Qg6 10.Be3 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 Nc6 12.c5 dxc5 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Bxd4 Bd7 16.Red1 Be8 17.Bc5 Bxc5 18.Qxc5 Qf6 19.Bxc6 Bxc6 20.Qxc6 f4 21.
Qxc7 fxg3 22.Qxg3 Rab8 23.Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Black "Turner, Abe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 
9.a4 b4 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nbd2 Be7 13.e5 Nfd7 14.Nc4 Nc6 15.Bf4 O-O
16.Bc2 Nc5 17.Nd6 d3 18.Bxd3 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Bxd6 20.Ng5 g6 21.exd6 Qa5 22.
Qh3 h5 23.Ne4 Nb8 24.Nf6+ Kg7 25.d7 Nc6 26.Ne8+ Raxe8 27.dxe8=Q Rxe8 28.
Rd7 Bc8 29.Rc7 Nd4 30.Qe3 e5 31.Rxc8 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.b3 Be7 
9.Bb2 O-O 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 c5 12.Ng3 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Qc7 14.Re1 Rad8 15.Bf1
Rfe8 16.Qe2 a6 17.a3 Nc5 18.Rad1 Qf4 19.b4 Nce4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.g3 Qh6 22.
Bg2 f5 23.f3 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Ng5 25.h4 Nf7 26.Qxe6 Qxe6 27.Rxe6 f4 28.Rd7 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Black "Sherwin, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 
9.d3 Qd7 10.Nbd2 g5 11.Nf1 g4 12.hxg4 Bxg4 13.N1h2 b5 14.Nxg4 Qxg4 15.Nh2 
Qg6 16.Bb3 Rg8 17.Qf3 Nd8 18.a4 b4 19.a5 bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne6 21.Rb1 h5 22.d4 
Ng4 23.Bd5 Rd8 24.Nxg4 hxg4 25.Qf5 g3 26.Qxg6 gxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Rxg6 28.Rd1 
Bh4+ 29.Kf1 Rf6+ 30.Ke2 Rf2+ 31.Kd3 Rxg2 32.Rb7 Kd7 33.Rf1 Rf2 34.Rxf2 
Bxf2 35.Ra7 exd4 36.Bxe6+ fxe6 37.cxd4 e5 38.Be3 Bxe3 39.Kxe3 exd4+ 40.
Kxd4 Kc6 41.e5 dxe5+ 42.Kxe5 Rd5+ 43.Ke4 Rxa5 44.Kd4 Kb6 45.Ra8 Rb5 46.Kc3
a5 47.Rb8+ Ka6 48.Ra8+ Kb7 49.Rh8 c6 50.Rh4 Kb6 51.Rg4 Rb1 52.Rg8 Ka7 53.
Rg7+ Rb7 54.Rg5 Ka6 55.Rg6 Kb5 56.Rg5+ Kb6 57.Rf5 Rb8 58.Rg5 Ra8 59.Kb3 
Rd8 60.Rh5 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Black "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Be7 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Nb6 10.Ne2 Bd7 11.O-O h5 12.a3 a5 13.b3 Kf8 14.g3 a4 15.b4 Na7 16.
h3 Rc8 17.g4 hxg4 18.hxg4 Nb5 19.Ra2 g6 20.Rf2 Nc4 21.Bc2 Nb6 22.Bd3 Nc4 
23.Bc2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramer, George"]
[Black "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.d5 g6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.Ng3 h5 8.h4 Nh7 
9.Be2 Bf6 10.Bxh5 gxh5 11.Nxh5 Rg8 12.Ng3 Ndf8 13.h5 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.
Qd2 Bg4 16.Nce2 Nf6 17.Qxg5 Rxg5 18.h6 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 Kd7 20.Kf3 N8h7 21.Rh4
Rag8 22.Rah1 Rg4 23.Nh5 Rxh4 24.Nxf6+ Nxf6 25.Rxh4 Ke7 26.g3 Rh8 27.g4 Nh7
28.Ke3 Kf6 29.f4 exf4+ 30.Kxf4 Kg6 31.b4 f6 32.c5 Ng5 33.a4 Re8 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Byrne, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 
O-O 9.O-O-O Be6 10.Kb1 Qa5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bc4 Nd8 13.Nd5 Qxd2 14.Nxf6+ 
Bxf6 15.Rxd2 Be5 16.Rd3 Rc8 17.Bb3 b6 18.Bd2 Kh8 19.g3 Rc7 20.f4 Bg7 21.
Rf3 Nc6 22.c3 Ne5 23.Rff1 Nc4 24.Bc1 b5 25.h4 a5 26.h5 Kg8 27.hxg6 hxg6 
28.a3 Rfc8 29.g4 a4 30.Ba2 Kf7 31.f5 gxf5 32.gxf5 e5 33.Rfg1 Rh8 34.Rxh8 
Bxh8 35.Rd1 e6 36.Bxc4 Rxc4 37.Rxd6 exf5 38.exf5 Rh4 39.Rb6 Bg7 40.Rxb5 
Rh1 41.Kc2 e4 42.Be3 Rh2+ 43.Kc1 Rh1+ 44.Kc2 Rh2+ 45.Kb1 Rh1+ 46.Ka2 Re1 
47.Rb7+ Kg8 48.Bd4 Bxd4 49.cxd4 Rd1 50.Rd7 Kf8 51.f6 Rd2 52.Kb1 e3 53.Kc1 
Rd3 54.Re7 Rxd4 55.Rxe3 Kf7 56.Rf3 Rd6 57.Rf4 Ra6 58.Kc2 Rc6+ 59.Kd3 Ra6 
60.Kc4 Rb6 61.Kc3 Ra6 62.Kb4 Ra7 63.Kb5 Ra8 64.Rxa4 Rb8+ 65.Ka5 Rxb2 66.
Rf4 Rb8 67.a4 Ra8+ 68.Kb6 Rb8+ 69.Kc7 Rb1 70.a5 Rc1+ 71.Kb7 Rb1+ 72.Ka7 
Rb5 73.a6 Rb1 74.Ka8 Rb2 75.a7 Rb1 76.Re4 Rb2 77.Re7+ Kxf6 78.Rb7 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Turner, Abe"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4 Nc6 8.Be2 
Nd7 9.Be3 Nb6 10.Qd3 Bg4 11.Rd1 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 e5 13.d5 Nd4 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.
Ne2 c5 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.O-O c5 18.b3 Qc7 19.g3 Bh6 20.Bg2 Rad8 21.f4 Rfe8 
22.Rc1 Bg7 23.Kh1 Kh8 24.Ng1 a5 25.Nf3 c4 26.bxc4 Na4 27.Nd2 Nc5 28.Qf3 d3
29.Rfd1 Bb2 30.Rb1 Bc3 31.e5 Bxd2 32.Rxd2 Rd4 33.Qc6 Qxc6 34.Bxc6 Red8 35.
Bd5 Ne4 36.Rbd1 Nxd2 37.Rxd2 R8xd5 38.cxd5 Rxd5 39.Kg2 Rc5 40.Kf3 Rc2 41.
Ke3 Rc4 42.Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B28"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "209"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 e5 7.Na3 Nge7 8.Nc4 O-O 
9.Nd6 Qc7 10.Nxc8 Raxc8 11.d3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Re1 Rcd8 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bd2
Kh7 16.Rad1 f5 17.a3 Rd7 18.Bc1 Rfd8 19.Nd2 Nce7 20.Nf1 Qd6 21.Bf3 Bf6 22.
Qe2 b5 23.h4 Kg7 24.Nd2 Nc7 25.Nb3 Ne6 26.Qc2 Rh8 27.Bg2 g5 28.hxg5 hxg5 
29.Qe2 Nd5 30.Na1 Kg6 31.Nc2 Rdh7 32.c4 Ne7 33.b4 Nc6 34.bxc5 Qxc5 35.Bb2 
g4 36.cxb5 axb5 37.d4 Nexd4 38.Nxd4 Nxd4 39.Bxd4 exd4 40.Qd3 Qc4 41.Re2 
Qxd3 42.Rxd3 Rc7 43.Rd1 Rd8 44.Bf1 Rc3 45.Rb2 Rxa3 46.Rxb5 d3 47.Bg2 d2 
48.Rd5 Rxd5 49.Bxd5 Bg5 50.Kf1 Kf6 51.Ke2 Ke5 52.Bc6 Kd4 53.Bd7 Ra5 54.
Rxd2+ Bxd2 55.Kxd2 Rc5 56.Ke2 Ke4 57.Ba4 Rc3 58.Bd1 Kd4 59.Ba4 Ra3 60.Bd7 
Ra2+ 61.Ke1 Ke4 62.Bc6+ Kd3 63.Bb5+ Kc2 64.Bd7 Ra5 65.Ke2 Re5+ 66.Kf1 Kd2 
67.Bc8 Ra5 68.Bd7 Re5 69.Bc8 Rc5 70.Bd7 Kd3 71.Be6 Ke4 72.Kg2 Rc1 73.Bd7 
Rc7 74.Ba4 Kd3 75.Bb3 Re7 76.Kf1 Kd2 77.Ba4 Re1+ 78.Kg2 Re4 79.Bd7 Re5 80.
Kf1 Kd3 81.Kg2 Ke2 82.Bc8 Ke1 83.Kg1 Rc5 84.Bd7 Ke2 85.Kg2 Kd3 86.Be6 Ke4 
87.Bd7 Rc7 88.Ba4 f4 89.gxf4 Kxf4 90.Bb3 Rd7 91.Ba4 Rd6 92.Bb5 Rd2 93.Kf1 
Rc2 94.Ba6 Rc1+ 95.Kg2 Rc7 96.Bd3 Rc6 97.Kf1 Rd6 98.Bb5 Kg5 99.Kg2 Kh4 
100.Bc4 Rd2 101.Kf1 Kg5 102.Bb5 Rc2 103.Bd3 Rb2 104.Be4 Kf4 105.Bc6 
1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Black "Kramer, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.e3 Nf6 7.Be2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Qb6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Qc2 Qc7 14.Rac1 Bb7 
15.Na4 Nd7 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bf5 Nf8 18.Qe2 Bd6 19.f4 Qe7 20.Rf3 f6 21.Rc2 Re8 
22.Qf2 c5 23.Rh3 Rad8 24.Rc1 Bc8 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Rd1 c4 27.Nc3 cxb3 28.
Nxd5 Qb7 29.Qf3 Qf7 30.axb3 Nh7 31.Qg4 Rc2 32.Bc3 Bc5 33.Qf5 Re2 34.Qd3 
Ra2 35.Qc4 Bf8 36.Rg3 Kh8 37.b4 Qh5 38.Re1 Ra4 39.Qb5 Ra3 40.Nc7 Qxb5 41.
Nxb5 Rb3 42.e4 Bxb4 43.Bxb4 Rxb4 44.Nd6 Re7 45.Rc1 Rb8 46.Rc4 Nf8 47.h4 a5
48.Ra3 Ra7 49.Rca4 Rb1+ 50.Kh2 Rd1 51.Nb5 Rb7 52.Rxa5 Ng6 53.g3 Ne7 54.Ra2
Nc6 55.Ra8+ Kh7 56.Nc3 Re1 57.Rc8 Nd4 58.h5 g6 59.Rc4 Rc1 60.Rxd4 Rxc3 61.
Rd6 Kg7 62.e5 fxe5 63.Rxg6+ Kh7 64.fxe5 Re3 65.Raa6 Rb2+ 66.Kh3 Rxe5 67.
Ra7+ Kh8 68.Rxh6+ Kg8 69.Rc6 Re8 70.g4 Kf8 71.Kh4 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 c5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O d6 8.d3 Rb8 
9.h3 a6 10.a4 Ne8 11.Be3 Nc7 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.a5 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 
Bxd4 16.Qxd4 Bc6 17.b4 b5 18.axb6 Ne6 19.Qe3 Qxb6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nd4 
22.Qxe7 Nc2 23.c5 Qxb4 24.Rxa6 dxc5 25.Rc6 Nd4 26.Rc7 c4 27.Re1 Nf5 28.
Qxb4 Rxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Black "Turner, Abe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Qe2 e6 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Bf4 Nxe4 8.
dxe4 Qa5+ 9.c3 e5 10.Bg3 Be7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Be2 Bf6 13.O-O Re8 14.Nd2 Qc7 
15.Nc4 Nb6 16.Ne3 Bg5 17.Ng4 Bf4 18.Bh4 h5 19.Ne3 g6 20.Rad1 Bh6 21.Bg3 
Qe7 22.h4 Bf4 23.Rd3 Be6 24.Rfd1 Rad8 25.b3 Rxd3 26.Qxd3 Qa3 27.Rd2 Qe7 
28.Rd1 Qa3 29.Rd2 Qe7 30.Rd1 Bxg3 31.fxg3 Nd7 32.Nc4 Nf6 33.Kh1 Bxc4 34.
Qxc4 Qa3 35.b4 Qb2 36.Bf3 Qf2 37.Kh2 Qb6 38.Rd6 Kg7 39.Qd3 Qc7 40.a3 Nd5 
41.Rxd5 cxd5 42.exd5 Qd6 43.c4 b6 44.Qc3 Rc8 45.Qd3 f5 46.Be2 e4 47.Qe3 
Qe5 48.a4 Rc7 49.a5 bxa5 50.bxa5 Rf7 51.Kg1 Kh7 52.Kf2 f4 53.gxf4 Rxf4+ 
54.Kg1 Qa1+ 55.Kh2 Rxh4+ 56.Kg3 Qe1+ 57.Qf2 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sherwin, James"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.c3 b6 8.O-O 
Bb7 9.Qb1 c5 10.b4 c4 11.Bc2 Re8 12.a4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Nf3
Re8 16.Qd1 Qc8 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd4 a6 19.Qd2 Bg7 20.Bd1 Qc7 21.Bf3 Rad8 
22.a5 b5 23.Rad1 Qe5 24.Rfe1 f5 25.g3 Kh8 26.Bg2 Qf6 27.Qc2 Rd7 28.Re2 
Red8 29.Kf1 Kg8 30.Ke1 Kf7 31.Kd2 Kg8 32.Kc1 Rd6 33.Kb2 R6d7 34.Red2 Qf7 
35.Rc1 Qe7 36.Qd1 Rd6 37.Qh1 R6d7 38.h4 h5 39.Rcd1 Kh7 40.Kc2 Qe5 41.Ne2 
1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1961.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Black "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 
9.Qd2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxe4 11.Bxd8 Nxd2 12.Bxc7 Nxc4 13.O-O-O Ndb6 14.b3 Ne5 
15.Bxd6 Rd8 16.Bc7 Rxd4 17.Rxd4 Nc6 18.Rd3 Bf5 19.Re3 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Nd5 21.
Rxc6 bxc6 22.Ba5 Nf4 23.Bf3 Nd3+ 24.Kd2 Nxf2 25.Bxc6 Rc8 26.Rc1 Be4 27.
Bxe4 Nxe4+ 28.Kd1 Nf2+ 29.Kd2 Ne4+ 30.Kd1 Nf2+ 31.Kd2 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Black "Byrne, Donald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e5 6.d3 d6 7.Rb1 Nge7 8.a3 a5 9.
O-O O-O 10.Ne1 Be6 11.Nc2 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bxd5 Qxd5 15.Ne3
Qe6 16.Bd2 Rfd8 17.f4 exf4 18.Rxf4 Bd4 19.Re4 Qa2 20.Kg2 f5 21.Rf4 b5 22.
a4 bxa4 23.Nc4 Qb3 24.Qe1 Re8 25.Kf1 Ne5 26.Nxe5 Rxe5 27.Bc3 Rae8 28.Bxd4 
Rxe2 29.Qc3 cxd4 30.Rxd4 Rxh2 31.Kg1 Rc2 32.Qxa5 Qe6 33.Qd5 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 
Re3 35.Rd7 Rxg3+ 36.Kh1 Rgg2 37.Re1 Rge2 38.Rxe2 Rxe2 39.Rb7 Rd2 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Sherwin, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e5 8.Bg5 h6 9.
Bh4 Qc7 10.Nd2 Nh7 11.f3 a6 12.a3 Nd7 13.Bf2 f5 14.b4 f4 15.Rb1 Nhf6 16.
Qb3 b6 17.O-O Rf7 18.bxc5 bxc5 19.Qa4 Bb7 20.Rb2 Nf8 21.Rfb1 Bc8 22.Qc6 
Ra7 23.Rb6 Rd7 24.Qxc7 Raxc7 25.Nb3 Ne8 26.Na5 Bf6 27.Rb8 Rg7 28.Ra8 Nd7 
29.Na4 Kf7 30.Nb6 Nxb6 31.Rxb6 Rg8 32.Rc6 Bd7 33.Rxe8 Bxc6 34.Rxg8 Be8 35.
Rxe8 Kxe8 36.Bd1 Rc8 37.Ba4+ Kf7 38.Nb7 Be7 39.Be1 Rb8 40.Bc6 g5 41.Kf2 h5
42.h3 g4 43.hxg4 hxg4 44.fxg4 Rh8 45.Ba5 Rh1 46.g5 Rc1 47.Bc7 Rc2+ 48.Ke1 
Rc1+ 49.Kd2 Bxg5 50.Nxd6+ Kg6 51.Be8+ Kg7 52.Bd8 Rg1 53.Bxg5 Rxg2+ 54.Kd3 
Rxg5 55.Nf5+ Kf6 56.d6 Rg1 57.d7 Ke6 58.Nd4+ Ke7 59.Nc6+ Kf8 60.d8=Q 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Black "Benko, Pal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 e6 8.O-O 
Ngf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.c4 O-O 11.b3 Qa5 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qe2 b5 14.Bd2 Qa6 15.c5
Qb7 16.h4 Rfe8 17.Bg5 Bf8 18.Rac1 Nd5 19.h5 gxh5 20.Nxh5 f6 21.Bd2 e5 22.
dxe5 Nxe5 23.Ng3 Nd7 24.Qxe8 Rxe8 25.Rxe8 Kf7 26.Re2 Nxc5 27.Nd4 Nd3 28.
Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Black "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nbd2 Rb8 8.a4 a6 
9.h3 b5 10.c3 Bb7 11.Ne1 b4 12.c4 d6 13.f4 Nd7 14.Kh2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.
Ndf3 e6 17.Ra2 Qe7 18.b3 Kh8 19.Nc2 Rg8 20.Be3 Bf6 21.Bf2 Rg6 22.Rg1 Rbg8 
23.Ne3 Qg7 24.Bh1 Qh6 25.Bg2 Ba8 26.Qf1 Ne7 27.Ne1 d5 28.cxd5 e5 29.fxe5 
Nxe5 30.d6 f4 31.gxf4 Qxf4+ 32.Kh1 Nf5 33.Nxf5 Qxf5 34.Kh2 Bxg2 35.Rxg2 
Rxg2+ 36.Qxg2 Rxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Nxd3 38.Nxd3 Qxd3 39.Bg3 Qd5+ 40.Kg1 Qxb3 41.
Rg2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramer, George"]
[Black "Turner, Abe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bd2 O-O 6.Rc1 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nf3 
d5 9.a3 Be7 10.e3 a6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2 Bd6 13.O-O Qe7 14.b4 Bg4 15.Nd4 
Bd7 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Re1 Rfe8 18.Bf1 Rad8 19.g3 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 h6 8.Bh4 Bd7
9.O-O-O Nc6 10.Qe2 Qb6 11.Nb3 g5 12.Bg3 Ne5 13.h4 Rg8 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.f3 
Qc7 16.Qe3 b5 17.Qd4 Rb8 18.a3 Be7 19.Be2 Bc8 20.Kb1 Nfd7 21.Rh6 Bf8 22.
Rh7 Be7 23.Rh6 Bf8 24.Rh7 Rb7 25.Na2 Be7 26.Rh6 Bf8 27.Rh7 Ke7 28.Qc3 Qxc3
29.Nxc3 Bg7 30.Nd4 Nf8 31.Rh5 Bf6 32.a4 Nfg6 33.axb5 axb5 34.Ndxb5 Rd7 35.
Nd4 Bb7 36.Bf1 Rc8 37.Rh6 Nc4 38.Bxc4 Rxc4 39.Ndb5 Nf4 40.Bxf4 gxf4 41.
Rxd6 Rxd6 42.Nxd6 Rb4 43.Kc1 Bd4 44.Nxb7 Be3+ 45.Kb1 Rxb7 46.Nd1 Bb6 47.
Rh4 Rd7 48.Kc1 e5 49.c3 Rd8 50.b4 Be3+ 51.Nxe3 fxe3 52.Rh1 Rd3 53.Kc2 Rd2+
54.Kb3 Rxg2 55.Re1 e2 56.Kc2 Rf2 57.Kd2 Rxf3 58.Rxe2 f5 59.exf5 Kd6 60.Kc2
Kd5 61.Kb3 e4 62.Rd2+ Ke5 63.Rd8 Rxf5 64.b5 e3 65.Kc4 Kf4 66.Re8 Rf6 67.
Kd4 Rd6+ 68.Kc5 Rd1 69.b6 Rb1 70.c4 Kf3 71.Kc6 e2 72.b7 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B68"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O 
Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.e5 b4 12.exf6 bxc3 13.Qxc3 gxf6 14.Bh4 d5 15.a3 
Na5 16.Be1 Nb7 17.Nd4 Nc5 18.Nb3 Ne4 19.Qf3 f5 20.g4 fxg4 21.Qxg4 Qb6 22.
Bd3 Rc8 23.Kb1 Ba4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Bh4 Bxh4 26.Qxh4 Qc7 27.Ka1 Qe7 28.Qe1 
Bxb3 29.cxb3 f5 30.Qe2 O-O 31.Qxa6 Ra8 32.Qc4 Qf6 33.Rd6 Rfe8 34.Ka2 Rac8 
35.Rg1+ Kh8 36.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Kramer, George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 d6 5.d3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nge2 Be6 8.h3 h5 9.
Bg5 Qd7 10.Qd2 Ne7 11.Nd5 Nfg8 12.d4 f6 13.Be3 c6 14.Nxe7 Nxe7 15.d5 Bf7 
16.Nc3 cxd5 17.cxd5 h4 18.gxh4 Rxh4 19.f3 g5 20.O-O-O Ng6 21.Kb1 Ke7 22.
Ne2 Rhh8 23.Ng3 Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Seidman, Herbert"]
[Black "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Be2 b5 8.a4 b4
9.Nd5 Bb7 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nxf6+ exf6 12.O-O g6 13.Qd2 Be7 14.Qxb4 Qc7 15.
Qe1 O-O 16.Bf3 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Rfe1 Re5 19.Qd3 Rae8 20.Re2 Qb6 21.b3 
Bg7 22.Rae1 Qa7 23.c4 Qb6 24.Kf1 h5 25.Nc2 Rc8 26.Rd1 Bf8 27.Qe3 Qxe3 28.
Rxe3 Rce8 29.Rde1 Bh6 30.R3e2 g5 31.Bxh5 Bxe4 32.Rd1 Bf8 33.Nd4 Rb8 34.f3 
Ba8 35.f4 gxf4 36.Bf3 d5 37.cxd5 Bxd5 38.Rxe5 Bxf3 39.Nxf3 fxe5 40.Nxe5 
Rxb3 41.Rd8 Kg7 42.Rd7 Kf6 43.Rxf7+ Kxe5 44.Rxf8 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sherwin, James"]
[Black "Bernstein, Sidney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.a3 Ba5 
9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qe7 11.O-O Bc7 12.Ba2 Rd8 13.Rac1 a5 14.e4 e5 15.d5 Bd6
16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Na4 Ba6 18.Ng5 Rf8 19.Rfd1 Bb5 20.Nc3 Bc5 21.Nxb5 cxb5 22.
Qd3 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Bc4 Bd4 25.Qh3 h6 26.Nf3 Bxb2 27.Rb1 Bc3 28.Bxh6 
gxh6 29.Nh4 Nh7 30.Nf5 Qg5 31.Nxh6+ Kh8 32.Rxd7 Rad8 33.Nxf7+ Rxf7 34.Rxf7
Qg6 35.Qf5 Qxf5 36.Rxf5 Kg7 37.h4 Nf6 38.f3 Rd2 39.h5 Nh7 40.Kh2 Kh6 41.
Bb3 1-0

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Turner, Abe"]
[Black "Hearst, Eliot Sanford"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E27"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 
Bf5 9.Bd3 Bg6 10.Ne2 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nf4 b6 13.Ra2 Rc8 14.g4 cxd4 15.cxd4
Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Kh8 17.Rg2 Na5 18.g5 Ng8 19.g6 hxg6 20.Rxg6 Qc7 21.Rg5 Qc2 
22.Rg2 Qxd3 23.Nxd3 Rc3 24.Nb4 Nf6 25.Na2 Rc7 26.Re2 Rfc8 27.Bb2 Nc4 28.
Bc1 Na5 29.Bb2 Nc4 30.Bc1 Nd6 31.Bd2 a5 32.Rfe1 Nb5 33.Rb1 Nxa3 34.Rxb6 
Rc2 35.Nc1 Nc4 36.Ra6 Nxd2 37.Kf2 Nfe4+ 38.fxe4 Nxe4+ 39.Kf3 Rxc1 40.Rxa5 
Rf1+ 41.Kg2 0-1

[Event "14th USA-ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1962.01.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Weinstein, Raymond"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[EventDate "1961.12.17"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 b5 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.
Qxh6 Qa5 10.h4 Nbd7 11.Ne2 bxc4 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.Nf4 Nb6 14.h5 Rg8 15.hxg6 
hxg6 16.Qh3 Qg5 17.Qh6 Qxh6 18.Rxh6 d5 19.e5 Nfd7 20.e6 Nf8 21.exf7+ Kxf7 
22.Re1 Re8 23.b3 cxb3 24.axb3 Kg7 25.Rh2 Kf6 26.g4 e6 27.Nd3 Nfd7 28.f4 
Rh8 29.g5+ Kf7 30.Bh3 Kg7 31.Re3 Bc8 32.Rhe2 Nf8 33.Na4 Nxa4 34.bxa4 Re7 
35.Rb2 Rc7 36.Kd2 Kf7 37.Ke1 Ke7 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Kg2 Rb7 40.Rxb7 Bxb7 41.Nc5
Bc8 42.a5 Rh4 43.Kg3 Rh7 44.Re1 Rh5 45.Bg4 Rh7 46.Be2 Rc7 47.Bxa6 Bxa6 48.
Nxa6 Re7 49.Nc5 Nd7 50.f5 gxf5 51.Nxd7 Rxd7 52.a6 Ra7 53.Ra1 e5 54.g6 Ke6 
55.Rc1 Rxa6 56.g7 Kf7 57.dxe5 Kxg7 58.Kf4 Kg6 59.Rg1+ Kf7 60.Kxf5 c5 61.
Rh1 1/2-1/2
