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The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
In the second round Calcavecchia scored a 60 (–11), which equalled the lowest score at the Phoenix Open (by Grant Waite in 1996) and subsequently matched by Mickelson in 2005 and 2013. Calcavecchia had 32 birdies in the tournament, which was also an all-time record. There have been only two double eagles in the history of the Phoenix Open.
The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion. [1] It is the oldest national chess tournament. [2] The event originated as a challenge match in 1845, but the champion has been decided by tournament play under the auspices of the USCF since 1936. [2]
The WM Phoenix Open 2023 is Feb. 6-12 at TPC Scottsdale. Here's everything to know about ticket prices, who can get in free and the concert lineup. Phoenix Open 2023: When and how to watch, what ...
1987 – Chicago, IL, March 6-8. The Midwest Masters Invitational V was organized at the Lincolnwood Hyatt in Chicago by Chief Organizer Helen Warren. 85 players played 5 FIDE-rated rounds over 3 days, with a time control of 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by 20 moves per hour. The event was open to players who have ever been rated 2200+.
In 2021 book chess board options: A Memoir of Players, Games and Engines Larry Kaufman says: > I am a strong advocate of Fischerandom (Chess960), and in 2010 I won (on tiebreak) the first and only U.S. Open Championship of that variant, so I suppose I am technically still the official U.S. Open FRC champion.
British Chess Magazine (January 1978) – Your Hundred Best Chess Tournaments To 1960 (by Ken Whyld) British Chess Magazine (August 1979) – Reflections on Montreal (by Raymond Keene ) British Chess Magazine (November 1987) – The 'Super-tournaments' in chess history (by Romelio Milian Gonzalez)
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