TOURNAMENT

US Championship 1965/66 — New York

1965 · New York
Bobby Fischer won on 8½/11, a point clear of Robert Byrne and Reshevsky
Format
Tournament
Dates
1965
Venue
New York
Games
63

Final Standings

8½/11
Bobby Fischer won on 8½/11, a point clear of Robert Byrne and Reshevsky

The standings below are the historical final result. Only 63 of the 66 games played survive in our source; the remaining 3 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.

# Player Score Record Games
1 Fischer, Robert James /11 +8 -2 =1
=2 Byrne, Robert Eugene /11 +5 -1 =5
=2 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman /11 +5 -1 =5
=4 Addison, William G /11 +4 -2 =5
=4 Zuckerman, Bernard /11 +3 -1 =7
6 Rossolimo, Nicolas 6/11 +4 -3 =4
=7 Evans, Larry Melvyn 5/11 +4 -5 =2
=7 Benko, Pal C 5/11 +3 -4 =4
=7 Saidy, Anthony Fred 5/11 +4 -5 =2
=10 Burger, Karl 3/11 +1 -6 =4
=10 Bisguier, Arthur Bernard 3/11 +0 -5 =6
12 Suttles, Duncan /11 +1 -7 =3

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112
1 Fischer, Robert James 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Byrne, Robert Eugene 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1
3 Reshevsky, Samuel Herman 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1
4 Addison, William G ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0
5 Zuckerman, Bernard 0 ½ ½ ½ · ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1
6 Rossolimo, Nicolas 0 0 ½ ½ · 1 1 0 1 1 ½
7 Evans, Larry Melvyn 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1
8 Benko, Pal C 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 · 1
9 Saidy, Anthony Fred 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ·
10 Burger, Karl 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1
11 Bisguier, Arthur Bernard 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 · ½ ½ ½
12 Suttles, Duncan 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 · 0 ½

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).