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| ROUND ORDER | PLAYERS | RESULT | MOVES | OPENINGS | ROUND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940.05.05 |
Kashdan, Isaac
vs
Denker, Arnold Sheldon
|
1-0 | 60 | Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1940.05.05 |
Fine, Reuben
vs
Seidman, Herbert
|
1-0 | 37 | Queen's Indian Defense: Euwe Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1940.05.05 |
Pinkus, Albert Sidney
vs
Green, Matthew
|
1/2-1/2 | 38 | Alekhine Defense | ROUND 7 |
| 1940.05.05 |
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
vs
Shainswit, George
|
1/2-1/2 | 30 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense | ROUND 7 |
| 1940.05.05 |
Polland, David S
vs
Littman, G
|
1/2-1/2 | 54 | French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation | ROUND 7 |
| 1940.05.06 |
Hanauer, Milton Loeb
vs
Polland, David S
|
0-1 | 42 | Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1940.05.06 |
Littman, G
vs
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
|
0-1 | 62 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line | ROUND 8 |
| 1940.05.06 |
Green, Matthew
vs
Reinfeld, Fred
|
1/2-1/2 | 26 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack | ROUND 8 |
| 1940.05.06 |
Bernstein, Sidney Norman
vs
Kashdan, Isaac
|
1/2-1/2 | 64 | Slav Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1940.05.06 |
Denker, Arnold Sheldon
vs
Pinkus, Albert Sidney
|
1-0 | 19 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation | ROUND 8 |
| 1940.05.06 |
Woliston, Philip
vs
Kupchik, Abraham
|
0-1 | 37 | Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense | ROUND 8 |
| 1940.05.06 |
Simonson, Albert Charles
vs
Fine, Reuben
|
0-1 | 57 | Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred | ROUND 8 |
| 1940.05.06 |
Shainswit, George
vs
Adams, Weaver Warren
|
1/2-1/2 | 17 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line | ROUND 8 |
| 1940.05.08 |
Seidman, Herbert
vs
Simonson, Albert Charles
|
0-1 | 36 | Philidor Defense | ROUND 9 |
| 1940.05.08 |
Adams, Weaver Warren
vs
Littman, G
|
1-0 | 27 | French Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1940.05.08 |
Pinkus, Albert Sidney
vs
Bernstein, Sidney Norman
|
1/2-1/2 | 40 | Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1940.05.08 |
Fine, Reuben
vs
Woliston, Philip
|
1-0 | 38 | Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1940.05.08 |
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
vs
Hanauer, Milton Loeb
|
1-0 | 37 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1940.05.08 |
Kupchik, Abraham
vs
Green, Matthew
|
1-0 | 89 | Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation | ROUND 9 |
| 1940.05.08 |
Kashdan, Isaac
vs
Shainswit, George
|
1-0 | 26 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Bd3 Line | ROUND 9 |
| 1940.05.08 |
Reinfeld, Fred
vs
Denker, Arnold Sheldon
|
1/2-1/2 | 33 | Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System | ROUND 9 |
| 1940.05.09 |
Woliston, Philip
vs
Seidman, Herbert
|
0-1 | 39 | Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1940.05.09 |
Shainswit, George
vs
Pinkus, Albert Sidney
|
0-1 | 27 | Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack | ROUND 10 |
| 1940.05.09 |
Hanauer, Milton Loeb
vs
Adams, Weaver Warren
|
1/2-1/2 | 23 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian | ROUND 10 |
| 1940.05.09 |
Green, Matthew
vs
Fine, Reuben
|
0-1 | 60 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Milner-Barry Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1940.05.09 |
Bernstein, Sidney Norman
vs
Reinfeld, Fred
|
1/2-1/2 | 27 | Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation | ROUND 10 |
| 1940.05.09 |
Polland, David S
vs
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
|
0-1 | 47 | Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line | ROUND 10 |
| 1940.05.09 |
Littman, G
vs
Kashdan, Isaac
|
1/2-1/2 | 56 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Panov System | ROUND 10 |
| 1940.05.09 |
Denker, Arnold Sheldon
vs
Kupchik, Abraham
|
1/2-1/2 | 55 | Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System | ROUND 10 |
| 1940.05.11 |
Fine, Reuben
vs
Denker, Arnold Sheldon
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1940.05.11 |
Kupchik, Abraham
vs
Bernstein, Sidney Norman
|
1/2-1/2 | 49 | Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1940.05.11 |
Pinkus, Albert Sidney
vs
Littman, G
|
1-0 | 31 | French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1940.05.11 |
Adams, Weaver Warren
vs
Polland, David S
|
0-1 | 36 | Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1940.05.11 |
Reinfeld, Fred
vs
Shainswit, George
|
1/2-1/2 | 21 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Variation, Flohr Line | ROUND 11 |
| 1940.05.11 |
Seidman, Herbert
vs
Green, Matthew
|
1/2-1/2 | 28 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Zurich Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1940.05.11 |
Kashdan, Isaac
vs
Hanauer, Milton Loeb
|
1-0 | 71 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1940.05.11 |
Simonson, Albert Charles
vs
Woliston, Philip
|
1-0 | 40 | Sicilian Defense: Closed, Fianchetto Variation | ROUND 11 |
| 1940.05.12 |
Shainswit, George
vs
Kupchik, Abraham
|
1/2-1/2 | 44 | King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation | ROUND 12 |
| 1940.05.12 |
Littman, G
vs
Reinfeld, Fred
|
0-1 | 37 | Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation | ROUND 12 |
| 1940.05.12 |
Bernstein, Sidney Norman
vs
Fine, Reuben
|
0-1 | 49 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Zurich Variation | ROUND 12 |
| 1940.05.12 |
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
vs
Adams, Weaver Warren
|
1-0 | 62 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense | ROUND 12 |
| 1940.05.12 |
Hanauer, Milton Loeb
vs
Pinkus, Albert Sidney
|
0-1 | 39 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation, Knight Defense | ROUND 12 |
| 1940.05.12 |
Denker, Arnold Sheldon
vs
Seidman, Herbert
|
1-0 | 26 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation | ROUND 12 |
| 1940.05.12 |
Green, Matthew
vs
Simonson, Albert Charles
|
0-1 | 36 | Slav Defense: Exchange Variation | ROUND 12 |
| 1940.05.12 |
Polland, David S
vs
Kashdan, Isaac
|
1/2-1/2 | 24 | Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Ultra-Delayed Exchange Variation | ROUND 12 |
| 1940.05.13 |
Kupchik, Abraham
vs
Littman, G
|
1-0 | 20 | Zukertort Opening | ROUND 13 |
| 1940.05.13 |
Woliston, Philip
vs
Green, Matthew
|
0-1 | 61 | Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 13 |
| 1940.05.13 |
Kashdan, Isaac
vs
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
|
0-1 | 55 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack, Delayed Castling Line | ROUND 13 |
| 1940.05.13 |
Seidman, Herbert
vs
Bernstein, Sidney Norman
|
1-0 | 38 | Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 13 |
| 1940.05.13 |
Pinkus, Albert Sidney
vs
Polland, David S
|
1/2-1/2 | 29 | Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense | ROUND 13 |