To check on any Spokane Chess Club sponsored rated event held since 1991, check our affiliate’s games listed on the USCF website.įourteen players turned out for a night of quick chess action directed by Ben Shedlock. He died on September 16, 1994.Stories and Cross Tables from Recent Area Eventsįor cross tables from our weekend events or the city and club championship tourneys, please see the appropriate event link. He is the only person to win the US Junior Championship three times in a row. In 1959, Robin Ault (born Dec 23, 1941), of New Jersey, won the 14th 13th annual U.S. He tied for 3rd-4th place in the 1959 US Junior Championship. In 1960-61, he took 3rd place in the US championship. Junior Championship, held in Homestead, Florida. In 1958, Raymond Allen Weinstein (born April 25, 1941) won the 13th annual U.S. His USCF rating after the event was 2298. He defeated James Bennett (1725), Andrew Schoene (1842), Ronald Thacker (1888), William Haines (1950), Stephen Sholomson (2233), Mike Bredhoff (2000), Robert Walker (1780), and Leonard Hill (2038). His only draw was to Gilbert Ramirez (2222) in round 5. Junior Championship, held at the Spreckels Dairy Company in San Francisco. In 1957, Bobby Fischer won the 12th annual U.S. Henin and Feuerstein tied for 2nd-3rd place.
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For his efforts he was given a portable typewriter. Junior Champion and the youngest chess master (2321 rating after the event) up to that time. Fischer was 13 years and 4 months old, making him the youngest U.S. He defeated Carl Grossguth (2022), William Whisler (1882), Sydney Geller (2150), George Baylor (2014), Charles Weldon (1927), Steve Friedman (Unr), Kenneth Blake (1877), and David Kerman (1927. He lost to Charles Henin (2265) in round 6, drew with Arthur Feuerstein (2150) in round 1, and won all his other games. Junior Championship, held at the Franklin Mercantile Chess Club in Philadelphia.
In July 1956, Bobby Fischer (born March 3,1943) won the 11th U.S. At age 12, he was the youngest participant. This was Bobby Fischer’s first US Junior Championship. Junior Championship, held in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1955, Charles Kalme (born Nov 15, 1939), of Philadelphia, won the U.S. He also won the Canadian Junior Chess Championship. Junior Championship, held in Long Beach, California. Siemms (born Sep 7, 1935), of Toronto, Canada, won the U.S. In 1954, Saul tied for 3r-4th in the US Junior Championship. John Penquite and Martin Harrow tied for 2nd-3rd place with 7 out of 10. Junior Championship, held in Kansas City. He has won the Minnesota State Chess Championship a record 16 times. In 1952, Curt Justin Brasket (born Dec 7, 1932), of Minneapolis, won the U.S. He received a PhD in Education and Jewish history from Ohio State University. In 1954, he took 8th-9th place in the US Chess Championship. Junior Championship, held in Philadelphia. In 1951, Saul Philip Wachs (born Dec 24, 1931), of Philadelphia, won the U.S. He later gave up the game in the late 1950s. In 1957, he won the California State Championship. In 1950, James Cross (born in 1930) of Glendale, California, won the U.S.
He won it on tiebreaks over Larry Evans (2nd) and James Cross (3rd). There were 50 players from 17 states in the event.īisguier also won it in 1949, held in Fort Worth, Texas (38 players from 15 states).
He won on Sonnenborn-Berger tiebreaks over Frank Anderson (1928-1980) of Toronto, Canada. Junior Championship Tournament, held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (directed by George Koltanowski).
In July 1948, Arthur Bisguier (born Oct 8, 1929) won the 3rd annual U.S. In 1958, he played in the New Jersey Open and took 1st place as the top New Jersey resident (the event was won by Tibor Weinberger). On July 31, 1950, Friedman appeared on the first USCF rating list at 2284. The youngest was Ross Siemms of Toronto (the USCF opened the event up to Canadian players), who was 11 years old. There were 45 players from 18 states in the event, all under 21. Jim Cross and Larry Evans tied for 2nd-3rd place. Larry Friedman also won in it in 1947, held in Cleveland. He was the 1945 Junior Champion of Cleveland. In 1945, Friedman took 4th place in the Ohio State Championship while a sophomore at Shaw High School in Cleveland. That would change to under 21 in later events. There were 32 players from 14 states in the event, including Larry Evans, Jim Cross, Paul Poschel, Richard Kujoth, George and Harald Miller, and Eugene Levin. Hans Berliner and Philip LeCornu tied for 2nd-3rd. The winner that year was 16-year-old Larry Friedman of Cleveland. Junior Open (called the USCF National Junior Chess Championship) in July, 1946, at the Lawson YMCA in Chicago. Chess Federation (USCF) organized its first U.S.