TOURNAMENT
US Championship 1936 — New York
1936 · New York (Hotel Astor)
Samuel Reshevsky won the first USCF-run US Championship with 11½/15, half a point clear of Simonson
Format
Tournament
Dates
1936
Venue
New York (Hotel Astor)
Games
116
◈Final Standings
The standings below are the historical final result. Only 116 of the 120 games played survive in our source; the remaining 4 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reshevsky, Samuel Herman | 11½/15 | +10 -2 =3 | games → |
| 2 | Simonson, Albert Charles | 11/15 | +9 -2 =4 | games → |
| =3 | Fine, Reuben | 10½/15 | +7 -1 =7 | games → |
| =3 | Treysman, George Nelson | 10½/15 | +9 -3 =3 | games → |
| 5 | Kashdan, Isaac | 10/15 | +9 -4 =2 | games → |
| =6 | Dake, Arthur William | 9/15 | +6 -3 =6 | games → |
| =6 | Kupchik, Abraham | 9/15 | +5 -2 =8 | games → |
| 8 | Kevitz, Alexander | 7½/15 | +5 -5 =5 | games → |
| 9 | Horowitz, Israel Albert | 7/15 | +4 -5 =6 | games → |
| 10 | Factor, Samuel D | 6½/15 | +5 -7 =3 | games → |
| =11 | Denker, Arnold Sheldon | 6/15 | +4 -7 =4 | games → |
| =11 | Steiner, Herman | 6/15 | +5 -8 =2 | games → |
| 13 | Bernstein, Sidney Norman | 5/15 | +2 -7 =6 | games → |
| 14 | Hanauer, Milton Loeb | 4½/15 | +2 -8 =5 | games → |
| =15 | Adams, Weaver Warren | 3/15 | +3 -12 =0 | games → |
| =15 | Morton, Harold | 3/15 | +1 -10 =4 | games → |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reshevsky, Samuel Herman | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Simonson, Albert Charles | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Fine, Reuben | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Treysman, George Nelson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | · | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Kashdan, Isaac | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Dake, Arthur William | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Kupchik, Abraham | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Kevitz, Alexander | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Horowitz, Israel Albert | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | · | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | · | 1 | 0 | ½ | |
| 10 | Factor, Samuel D | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 11 | Denker, Arnold Sheldon | 0 | 0 | ½ | · | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 12 | Steiner, Herman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Bernstein, Sidney Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | · | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Hanauer, Milton Loeb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | · | |
| 15 | Adams, Weaver Warren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Morton, Harold | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | · | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's per-game results against the column player (in round order). ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).