| 27th US Chess championship :: Greenville, PA 1980 |
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| pos. | name | Elo | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | pts | + | = | - |
| =1. | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | 2540 | ● | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| =1. | GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2485 | 1 | ● | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7½ | 4 | 7 | 1 | ||
| =1. | GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | 2520 | ½ | ½ | ● | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 4. | IM Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ● | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 4 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 5. | GM Shamkovich, Leonid | 2515 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| =6. | GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| =6. | IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | 2460 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 8. | GM Benko, Pal | 2485 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ● | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| =9. | GM Biyiasas, Peter | 2485 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ● | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| =9. | Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ● | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| =9. | GM Byrne, Robert | 2530 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ● | ½ | ½ | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | ||
| =9. | IM Peters, John | 2465 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ● | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13. | GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ● | 4½ | 0 | 9 | 3 | ||
| DNF | IM Diesen, Mark C | ● | Withdrawn. | ||||||||||||||||||
Mark Diesen withdrew after 3 rounds and his results were annulled.
| 1st round — 11th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Benko, Pal | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2540 | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||||
| GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | 0 - 1 | 2465 | IM Peters, John | |||||
| Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | 1 - 0 | 2530 | GM Byrne, Robert | |||||
| GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2485 | 1 - 0 | 2485 | GM Biyiasas, Peter | |||||
| GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | ½ - ½ | 2515 | GM Shamkovich, Leonid | |||||
| IM Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | 1 - 0 | 2520 | GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | |||||
| IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | 2460 | BYE | |||||||
| IM Diesen, Mark C | BYE | ||||||||
| 1.-4. Christiansen, Seirawan, Bradford, Peters 1; 5.-8. Browne, Shamkovich, Lein, Benko ½; 9.-14. Evans, Zaltsman, Biyiasas, Byrne, Bisguier, Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 2nd round — 12th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Benko, Pal | |||||
| GM Biyiasas, Peter | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | GM Lein, Anatoly | |||||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | 2540 | 1 - 0 | 2305 | Bradford, Joseph M | |||||
| GM Byrne, Robert | 2530 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | |||||
| IM Peters, John | 2465 | 1 - 0 | 2460 | IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | |||||
| GM Shamkovich, Leonid | 2515 | ½ - ½ | 2510 | IM Seirawan, Yasser | |||||
| GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | 2520 | BYE | |||||||
| IM Diesen, Mark C | BYE | ||||||||
| 1. Peters 2; 2.-4. Browne, Christiansen, Seirawan 1½; 5.-8. Shamkovich, Lein, Benko, Bradford 1; 9.-11. Biyiasas, Byrne, Bisguier ½; 12.-14. Evans, Zaltsman, Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 3rd round — 13th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Benko, Pal | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2465 | IM Peters, John | |||||
| Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | ½ - ½ | 2455 | GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | |||||
| GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2485 | 1 - 0 | 2540 | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||||
| GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | ½ - ½ | 2530 | GM Byrne, Robert | |||||
| IM Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Biyiasas, Peter | |||||
| IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | 2460 | 0 - 1 | 2520 | GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | |||||
| GM Shamkovich, Leonid | 2515 | BYE | |||||||
| IM Diesen, Mark C | BYE | ||||||||
| 1.-2. Christiansen, Peters 2½; 3. Seirawan 2; 4.-7. Browne, Lein, Benko, Bradford 1½; 8.-12. Evans, Shamkovich, Biyiasas, Byrne, Bisguier 1; 13.-14. Zaltsman, Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 4th round — 15th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Benko, Pal | 2485 | 1 - 0 | 2305 | Bradford, Joseph M | |||||
| GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | |||||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | 2540 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | GM Lein, Anatoly | |||||
| GM Byrne, Robert | 2530 | ½ - ½ | 2510 | IM Seirawan, Yasser | |||||
| IM Peters, John | 2465 | 0 - 1 | 2520 | GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | |||||
| GM Shamkovich, Leonid | 2515 | ½ - ½ | 2460 | IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | |||||
| GM Biyiasas, Peter | 2485 | BYE | |||||||
| 1. Christiansen 3; 2.-4. Seirawan, Benko, Peters 2½; 5.-7. Browne, Evans, Lein 2; 8.-11. Shamkovich, Bradford, Byrne, Bisguier 1½; 12. Biyiasas 1; 13. Zaltsman ½; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 5th round — 16th June 1980 | |||||||||
| Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | 1 - 0 | 2465 | IM Peters, John | |||||
| GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Benko, Pal | |||||
| GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | 2520 | 0 - 1 | 2515 | GM Shamkovich, Leonid | |||||
| GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | ½ - ½ | 2455 | GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | |||||
| IM Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | 0 - 1 | 2540 | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||||
| IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | 2460 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Biyiasas, Peter | |||||
| GM Byrne, Robert | 2530 | BYE | |||||||
| 1. Christiansen 3½; 2.-3. Browne, Benko 3; 4.-8. Seirawan, Shamkovich, Lein, Bradford, Peters 2½; 9.-10. Evans, Bisguier 2; 11.-12. Biyiasas, Byrne 1½; 13. Zaltsman 1; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 6th round — 18th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Benko, Pal | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | GM Lein, Anatoly | |||||
| GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | ½ - ½ | 2510 | IM Seirawan, Yasser | |||||
| GM Biyiasas, Peter | 2485 | 0 - 1 | 2520 | GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | |||||
| Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | 1 - 0 | 2485 | GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | |||||
| GM Byrne, Robert | 2530 | ½ - ½ | 2460 | IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | |||||
| IM Peters, John | 2465 | 1 - 0 | 2515 | GM Shamkovich, Leonid | |||||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | 2540 | BYE | |||||||
| 1.-4. Christiansen, Benko, Bradford, Peters 3½; 5.-8. Browne, Evans, Seirawan, Lein 3; 9.-10. Shamkovich, Bisguier 2½; 11. Byrne 2; 12.-13. Zaltsman, Biyiasas 1½; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 7th round — 19th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2485 | 1 - 0 | 2465 | IM Peters, John | |||||
| GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | 2520 | 1 - 0 | 2530 | GM Byrne, Robert | |||||
| GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | ½ - ½ | 2305 | Bradford, Joseph M | |||||
| IM Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Benko, Pal | |||||
| GM Shamkovich, Leonid | 2515 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Biyiasas, Peter | |||||
| IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | 2460 | 0 - 1 | 2540 | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||||
| GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | BYE | |||||||
| 1. Christiansen 4½; 2.-5. Browne, Evans, Benko, Bradford 4; 6.-8. Seirawan, Lein, Peters 3½; 9. Shamkovich 3; 10. Bisguier 2½; 11.-12. Biyiasas, Byrne 2; 13. Zaltsman 1½; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 8th round — 21st June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | 0 - 1 | 2460 | IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | |||||
| Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | 0 - 1 | 2510 | IM Seirawan, Yasser | |||||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | 2540 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | |||||
| GM Byrne, Robert | 2530 | ½ - ½ | 2515 | GM Shamkovich, Leonid | |||||
| GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | GM Lein, Anatoly | |||||
| IM Peters, John | 2465 | 1 - 0 | 2485 | GM Biyiasas, Peter | |||||
| GM Benko, Pal | 2485 | BYE | |||||||
| 1. Christiansen 5; 2.-5. Browne, Evans, Seirawan, Peters 4½; 6.-8. Lein, Benko, Bradford 4; 9. Shamkovich 3½; 10.-12. Zaltsman, Byrne, Bisguier 2½; 13. Biyiasas 2; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 9th round — 22nd June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Biyiasas, Peter | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2530 | GM Byrne, Robert | |||||
| GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | 2520 | 1 - 0 | 2455 | GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | |||||
| GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | 1 - 0 | 2465 | IM Peters, John | |||||
| IM Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | 0 - 1 | 2485 | GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | |||||
| GM Shamkovich, Leonid | 2515 | 1 - 0 | 2540 | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||||
| IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | 2460 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Benko, Pal | |||||
| Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | BYE | |||||||
| 1. Christiansen 6; 2. Evans 5½; 3. Lein 5; 4.-8. Browne, Seirawan, Shamkovich, Benko, Peters 4½; 9. Bradford 4; 10.-11. Zaltsman, Byrne 3; 12.-13. Biyiasas, Bisguier 2½; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 10th round — 23rd June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Benko, Pal | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | |||||
| GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | ½ - ½ | 2515 | GM Shamkovich, Leonid | |||||
| Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | 0 - 1 | 2460 | IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | |||||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | 2540 | 1 - 0 | 2485 | GM Biyiasas, Peter | |||||
| GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | 0 - 1 | 2510 | IM Seirawan, Yasser | |||||
| IM Peters, John | 2465 | ½ - ½ | 2530 | GM Byrne, Robert | |||||
| GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2485 | BYE | |||||||
| 1.-2. Christiansen, Evans 6; 3.-4. Browne, Seirawan 5½; 5.-8. Shamkovich, Lein, Benko, Peters 5; 9.-10. Zaltsman, Bradford 4; 11. Byrne 3½; 12. Bisguier 3; 13. Biyiasas 2½; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 11th round — 25th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Biyiasas, Peter | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2455 | GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | |||||
| GM Byrne, Robert | 2530 | ½ - ½ | 2540 | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||||
| GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | 2520 | ½ - ½ | 2305 | Bradford, Joseph M | |||||
| IM Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | 1 - 0 | 2465 | IM Peters, John | |||||
| GM Shamkovich, Leonid | 2515 | 1 - 0 | 2485 | GM Benko, Pal | |||||
| IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | 2460 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | |||||
| GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | BYE | |||||||
| 1.-3. Christiansen, Evans, Seirawan 6½; 4.-5. Browne, Shamkovich 6; 6.-8. Lein, Benko, Peters 5; 9.-10. Zaltsman, Bradford 4½; 11. Byrne 4; 12. Bisguier 3½; 13. Biyiasas 3; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 12th round — 26th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Benko, Pal | 2485 | 0 - 1 | 2485 | GM Biyiasas, Peter | |||||
| GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | 2455 | ½ - ½ | 2530 | GM Byrne, Robert | |||||
| Bradford, Joseph M | 2305 | ½ - ½ | 2515 | GM Shamkovich, Leonid | |||||
| GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2485 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | |||||
| GM Lein, Anatoly | 2520 | ½ - ½ | 2460 | IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | |||||
| IM Peters, John | 2465 | 0 - 1 | 2540 | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||||
| IM Seirawan, Yasser | 2510 | BYE | |||||||
| 1.-3. Browne, Christiansen, Evans 7; 4.-5. Seirawan, Shamkovich 6½; 6. Lein 5½; 7.-10. Zaltsman, Benko, Bradford, Peters 5; 11. Byrne 4½; 12.-13. Biyiasas, Bisguier 4; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 13th round — 28th June 1980 | |||||||||
| GM Biyiasas, Peter | 2485 | 1 - 0 | 2305 | Bradford, Joseph M | |||||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | 2540 | ½ - ½ | 2455 | GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard | |||||
| GM Byrne, Robert | 2530 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Benko, Pal | |||||
| GM Evans, Larry Melvyn | 2520 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | GM Lein, Anatoly | |||||
| GM Shamkovich, Leonid | 2515 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | GM Christiansen, Larry Mark | |||||
| IM Zaltsman, Vitaly F | 2460 | 1 - 0 | 2510 | IM Seirawan, Yasser | |||||
| IM Peters, John | 2465 | BYE | |||||||
| 1.-3. Browne, Christiansen, Evans 7½; 4. Shamkovich 7; 5. Seirawan 6½; 6.-7. Lein, Zaltsman 6; 8. Benko 5½; 9.-12. Biyiasas, Bradford, Byrne, Peters 5; 13. Bisguier 4½; 14. Diesen 0; | |||||||||
| 27th US Chess championship | |
| Dates: | 11th - 29th June 1980 |
| City: | Greenville, PA (United States) |
| Venue: | |
| Organizers: | US Chess Federation |
| Chief Arbiter: | |
| Players participating: | 14 (incl. 9 GMs, 4 IMs) |
| Games played: | 78 |
| Competition format: | Round Robin |
| Tie-breaks: | none |
| Time control: | |
| Website: | http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamps/us/1980.htm |
| PGN game file: | usa-1980.pgn |