US Open 1974 (New York)

Hort and Benko shared the 75th US Open
11–23 August 1974 · New York, USA
Vlastimil Hort and Pal Benko tied for first on 10/12. Böhm, Bisguier, Lombardy and Timman followed on 9½.
Event Index 230 GAMES

Vlastimil Hort and Pal Benko tied for first at the 75th US Open, a 12-round Swiss that drew 543 players to New York.

The tournament

The 75th US Open was held in New York from 11 to 23 August 1974 as a 12-round Swiss. Vlastimil Hort and Pal Benko tied for first with 10 points; Böhm, Bisguier, Lombardy and Timman shared the next places on 9½.

The surviving games

The archive holds 230 available games. The published crosstable gave complete results only for the leading players, so the total number of games played cannot be recovered.

Result

10/12
Vlastimil Hort and Pal Benko tied for first on 10/12. Böhm, Bisguier, Lombardy and Timman followed on 9½.

The archive holds 230 available scores from a 543-player Swiss; the full set of played games was never published, so no complete cross-table is shown.

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