TOURNAMENT

US Championship 1960/61 — New York

1960 · New York
Bobby Fischer won unbeaten on 9/11, two points clear of Lombardy
Format
Tournament
Dates
1960
Venue
New York
Games
55

Final Standings

9/11
Bobby Fischer won unbeaten on 9/11, two points clear of Lombardy

The standings below are the historical final result. Only 55 of the 66 games played survive in our source; the remaining 11 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.

# Player Score Record Games
1 Fischer, Robert James 9/11 +7 -0 =4
2 Lombardy, William James 7/11 +5 -2 =4
3 Weinstein, Raymond Allen /11 +4 -2 =5
=4 Bisguier, Arthur Bernard 6/11 +4 -3 =4
=4 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman 6/11 +2 -1 =8
=4 Sherwin, James T 6/11 +3 -2 =6
7 Kalme, Charles I 5/11 +2 -3 =6
=8 Benko, Pal C /11 +2 -4 =5
=8 Berliner, Hans Jack /11 +3 -5 =3
=8 Byrne, Robert Eugene /11 +3 -5 =3
=8 Saidy, Anthony Fred /11 +3 -5 =3
12 Seidman, Herbert /11 +0 -6 =5

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112
1 Fischer, Robert James 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1
2 Lombardy, William James 0 0 ½ ½ · 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
3 Weinstein, Raymond Allen 0 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ · 1 · ½
4 Bisguier, Arthur Bernard 0 ½ 0 · ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½
5 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman ½ ½ 0 · ½ ½ · 1 · 1 ½
6 Sherwin, James T 0 · ½ ½ ½ ½ · 1 · ½ 1
7 Kalme, Charles I ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 · · ½ ½
8 Benko, Pal C ½ ½ ½ 0 · · 0 · 1 0 1
9 Berliner, Hans Jack 0 0 · 1 0 0 · · 0 1 1
10 Byrne, Robert Eugene ½ 0 0 0 · · · 0 1 0 ½
11 Saidy, Anthony Fred 0 0 · 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1
12 Seidman, Herbert 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 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).