TOURNAMENT
US Championship 1977 — Mentor
1977 · Mentor
Walter Browne won the US Championship at Mentor with 9/13, half a point clear of Robert Byrne
Format
Tournament
Dates
1977
Venue
Mentor
Games
90
◈Final Standings
The standings below are the historical final result. Only 90 of the 91 games played survive in our source; the remaining 1 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Browne, Walter Shawn | 9/13 | +6 -1 =6 | games → |
| 2 | Byrne, Robert Eugene | 8½/13 | +5 -1 =7 | games → |
| =3 | Reshevsky, Samuel Herman | 7½/13 | +4 -2 =7 | games → |
| =3 | Grefe, John Alan | 7½/13 | +5 -3 =5 | games → |
| =5 | Lein, Anatoly | 7/13 | +2 -1 =10 | games → |
| =5 | Zuckerman, Bernard | 7/13 | +2 -1 =10 | games → |
| 7 | Tarjan, James Edward | 6½/13 | +2 -2 =9 | games → |
| =8 | Christiansen, Larry Mark | 6/13 | +3 -4 =6 | games → |
| =8 | Matera, Salvatore Joseph | 6/13 | +2 -3 =8 | games → |
| =10 | Ghizdavu, Dumitru | 5½/13 | +2 -4 =7 | games → |
| =10 | Peters, Jack | 5½/13 | +1 -3 =9 | games → |
| =10 | Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic | 5½/13 | +3 -5 =5 | games → |
| 13 | Soltis, Andrew E | 5/13 | +2 -5 =6 | games → |
| 14 | Fedorowicz, John P | 4½/13 | +2 -6 =5 | games → |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Browne, Walter Shawn | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Byrne, Robert Eugene | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Reshevsky, Samuel Herman | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Grefe, John Alan | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Lein, Anatoly | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Zuckerman, Bernard | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | · | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 7 | Tarjan, James Edward | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Christiansen, Larry Mark | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | |
| 9 | Matera, Salvatore Joseph | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Ghizdavu, Dumitru | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | · | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 11 | Peters, Jack | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 12 | Shamkovich, Leonid Alexandrovic | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Soltis, Andrew E | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | Fedorowicz, John P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 |
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).