Samuel Reshevsky defeated Donald Byrne 7–3 in a ten-game match at the Manhattan Chess Club. The first six games were drawn before Reshevsky won each of the final four, producing a +4 −0 =6 match score.
A level match breaks open
Neither player won during the first six rounds. Reshevsky broke through in game seven and repeated the result in games eight, nine and ten to transform a level match into a four-point victory.
Game four was provisionally forfeited when Byrne did not appear, but the ruling was withdrawn and the game was subsequently played. Contemporary accounts document time controls, sealed moves and repeated adjournments, establishing ten genuine classical games and no separate forfeit result.
Cross table
1 win · ½ draw · 0 loss — click a game number to replay it.