TOURNAMENT

US Championship 1958/59 — New York

1958 · New York
Fischer won with 8½/11
Format
Tournament
Dates
1958
Venue
New York
Games
66

Final Standings

8½/11
Fischer won with 8½/11
# Player Score Record Games
1 Fischer, Robert James /11 +6 -0 =5
2 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman /11 +5 -1 =5
3 Sherwin, James T /11 +4 -2 =5
4 Evans, Larry Melvyn 6/11 +5 -4 =2
=5 Bisguier, Arthur Bernard 6/11 +3 -2 =6
=5 Byrne, Donald 6/11 +3 -2 =6
=5 Lombardy, William James 6/11 +3 -2 =6
8 Benko, Pal C /11 +3 -3 =5
9 Byrne, Robert Eugene 4/11 +1 -4 =6
10 Kalme, Charles I 4/11 +0 -3 =8
=11 Mednis, Edmar John 3/11 +0 -5 =6
=11 Weinstein, Raymond Allen 3/11 +0 -5 =6

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112
1 Fischer, Robert James 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
2 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
3 Sherwin, James T 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½
4 Evans, Larry Melvyn ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1
5 Bisguier, Arthur Bernard 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½
6 Byrne, Donald ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
7 Lombardy, William James ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1
8 Benko, Pal C ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1
9 Byrne, Robert Eugene ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
10 Kalme, Charles I 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
11 Mednis, Edmar John 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½
12 Weinstein, Raymond Allen 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½

Each cell shows the row player's per-game results against the column player (in round order). ● = same player.