** 1949 US Open Chess Champ. - Omaha **
** 50th US Open Chess Championship - 1949 **
"Golden Jubilee" Open
Fontenelle Hotel; Omaha, Nebraska
July 11-23, 1949
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Directed by: Hermann Helms; New York, NY
Glenn Hartleb, Erie, PA
Carl Cohen; Miami, FL
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Open
Winners: 1st - Albert Sandrin - 10 - $500.00
2nd - A.E. Santasiere - 9.5 - $250.00
3rd - Larry Evans - 9 - $125.00
4th - Glen Hartleb - 8 - $37.50
Arthur Bisguier - 8 - $37.50
Paul Poschel - 8 - $37.50
J.F. Donovan - 8 - $37.50
George Krauss - 8 - inlaid chess board
Rapid Transit: 1st G. Kramer - 7.5 - $20
7/16/49 10rds 2nd J. Shaffer - 7
3rd L. Evans - 7
4th L. Magee - 4.5
5th A. Bisguier - 4.5
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"Chess Review": "The 50th U. S. Chess Federation Open Championship held at
Omaha's Fontenelle Hotel, was won by Albert Sandrin of Chicago.
The 26-year-old master was undefeated in scoring 10-2 in the
70-man Swiss system event. Half a point behind and also
unbeaten was Anthony Santasiere of New York who held the title
in 1945, Larry Evans, winner of the New York State and
Marshall Chess Club championships, finished in third place with
9-3. ...
The event was sponsored by the U.S. Chess Federation,
the Omaha YMCA Chess Club, and the Nebraska Chess Association.
Herman Helms was tournament director. Alfred Ludwig,
Jack Spence, Howard Ohman and Kenneth Anderson were members of
the local committee.
Absence of some of the country's top-ranking masters,
including defending champion Weaver Adams, seriously weakened
the tournament, but no one can say that Sandrin did not meet
the best opposition present. He played each of the nine
experts who were ranked below him in the final standings;
no other player met more than seven of these players.
Certainly, Albert Sandrin showed that he has the stuff of
which champions are made."
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Crosstable: ** 50th US Open Chess Championship - 1949 - Omaha, NE **
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Tot
01 A. Sandrin IL W08 W60 W18 W05 D03 W07 D02 D04 W10 W09 D06 W17 10
02 A. Santasiere NY D11 W44 W42 W30 D09 W21 D01 D03 W04 D06 W10 W05 9.5
03 L. Evans NY W23 D22 W26 W41 D01 W31 W10 D02 D07 W21 L05 W09 9
04 G. Hartleb PA W56 W37 D50 D21 W15 D05 W24 D01 L02 D25 W12 D06 8
05 A. Bisguier NY W27 W09 W20 L01 W34 D04 L12 W35 W23 D07 W03 L02 8
06 P. Poschel IL W48 D62 L10 W27 W35 L09 W13 W18 W11 D02 D01 D04 8
07 J. Donovan NY W16 W17 D31 W58 D10 L01 W30 W20 D03 D05 D14 D08 8
08 G. Krauss NY L01 W36 W53 D31 L24 W33 L18 W38 W27 W32 W23 D07 8
09 P. LeCornu MI W43 L05 W37 W20 D02 W06 W41 L10 W12 L01 W21 L03 7.5
10 G. Kramer NY W54 D58 W06 W25 D07 W22 L03 W09 L01 W34 L02 D14 7.5
11 R. Martin CA D02 D19 W40 L14 W51 W34 W22 D23 L06 L12 W27 W21 7.5
12 E. McCormick NJ W47 L30 L63 W57 W17 W15 W05 D21 L09 W11 L04 W24 7.5
13 J. Mayer KY D45 W39 D22 L23 W19 D29 L06 D33 D40 W37 W28 W26 7.5
14 S. Baron NY W38 L25 D59 W11 L58 W50 D31 W37 D41 W35 D07 D10 7.5
15 L. Magee *NE D51 D40 W69 W15 L04 L12 L17 W42 D29 W31 W35 W23 7.5
16 R. Pohle MO L07 D27 W39 W62 D55 L37 D19 W50 D25 W18 D26 D20 7
17 H. Hickman PA W55 L07 W68 L22 L12 W43 W15 W24 L21 W29 W25 L01 7
18 B. Schmidt MI W53 W59 L01 W26 D30 L24 W08 L06 D32 L16 W33 W22 7
19 J. Spence *NE D32 D11 L33 W36 L13 W67 D16 L29 D60 W54 W48 W34 7
20 S. Shaw FL W36 W65 L05 L09 W68 W53 D25 L07 L35 W44 W34 D16 7
21 M. Fleischer NY W26 W38 D41 D04 W23 L02 W37 D12 W17 L03 L09 L11 6.5
22 H. Daly MA W57 D03 D13 W17 W25 L10 L11 W26 L34 D28 W40 L18 6.5
23 R. Larson PA L03 W54 W50 W13 L21 W32 W27 D11 L05 W24 L08 L15 6.5
24 L. Isaacs IL W35 L34 D60 W59 W08 W18 L04 L17 W31 L23 W36 L12 6.5
25 A. Ludwig *NE W67 W14 W34 L10 L22 W62 D20 D41 D16 D04 L17 D29 6.5
26 N. Bernstein NY 6.5 41 J. Shaffer IL 5.5 56 F. Condon OK 4
27 J. Ragan MO 6.5 42 A. Neal OK 5.5 57 W. Winston AL 4
28 J. Belzer *NE 6.5 43 C. Winston TX 5.5 58 G. Koelsche MN 3.5
29 M. Rosenthal NY 6 44 G. Roitstein *NE 5 59 J. Penquite IA 3.5
30 J. Stull KS 6 45 D. Saxton *NE 5 60 A. Murphy NY 3.5
31 W. Byland PA 6 46 O. Bain CAN 5 61 M. Semb WI 3.5
32 A. Block IL 6 47 A. Montano FL 5 62 W. Young PA 3.5
33 W. Grombacher IL 6 48 J. Reinhart IL 5 63 K. Grover NY 3
34 R. Berg IL 6 49 T. Jenkins MI 5 64 J. Weingart IA 3
35 R. Cintron PR 6 50 J. McCord MA 5 65 G. Halsey *NE 3
36 C. Sharp ME 6 51 H. Stanbridge IL 4.5 66 Ms C. Jones OH 3
37 D. Ackerman *NE 6 52 K. Anderson *NE 4.5 67 J. Gibson FL 2.5
38 R. Volmar MO 6 53 A. Rangrow CA 4.5 68 C. King OH 2
39 H. Underwood *NE 6 54 N. Wilder NY 4.5 69 F. Graves TX 2.5
40 H. Goodman IL 5.5 55 J. Creighton TX 4 70 R. Paynter *NE 2.5
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USCF: "At the annual U.S.C.F business meeting Paul Giers of Syracuse,
New York was elected president to succeed Elbert Wagner of Chicago who
retired after 4.5 years of service. Edward I. Treend of Detroit was
elected Secretary-Treasurer. A bid was received by the executive
committee to hod the 1950 meeting at Detroit, Michigan, but it awaits
formal acceptance by the new officers." Other officers
Frank Graves TX (vice pres), W. Byland PA (vice pres)
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Financial Statement of the Proceeds of the 50th US Open: July 25, 1949
Income: Entry fees $720.00
Donations 805.00
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Total Income $1525.00
Expenditures: Cash prizes $1035.00
Merchandise prizes 47.20
Tournament Director fees 100.00
Prize for rapid transit 15.00
3000 Advance publicity folders 75.72
Game score sheets 40.00
Engraving for folders 9.39
Letterhead Stationary 18.90
Master score chart 11.50
Letter service 3.75
Fontenelle Hotel & Banquet 100.97
Typewriter rental 3.00
Miscellaneous expenditures 58.57
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Total expenditures $1525.00
Statement rendered by ALFRED C. LUDWIG, Chairman, Finance Committee
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Games:
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sandrin, A., IL"]
[Black "Krauss, G., NY"]
[ECO "E72"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.e4 c6 7.Nge2 e5
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.h3 Qe7 11.O-O Nc5 12.Qc2 Ne6 13.Rad1 Nh5
14.f4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Rxd4 Nxg3 18.Rfd1 Nh5
19.Qf2 Qc7 20.Ne2 Be6 21.b3 Ng7 22.Qh4 Rae8 23.Ng3 Qa5 24.R1d2 Bc8
25.f5 gxf5 26.exf5 Bxf5 27.Nxf5 Qxf5 28.Be4 Qh5 29.Qg3 Re5
30.Rg2 Qh6 31.Qxe5 f6 32.Qg3 Rf7 33.Rd8+ Rf8 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8
35.Qxg7+ Qxg7 36.Rxg7 Kxg7 37.Kf2 1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bisguier, A., NY"]
[Black "Ragan, J., MO"]
[ECO "B29"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5
7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd7 11.O-O-O Bc6 12.Rg1 f6
13.f4 e6 14.Bc4 Bd6 15.g3 Ke7 16.Rge1 Bd7 17.Re2 h5 18.Red2 h4
19.Bxf6+ gxf6 20.Rxd6 Rad8 21.gxh4 e5 22.fxe5 fxe5 23.h5 Rxh5
24.Bb5 Bxb5 25.Rxd8 Rxh2 26.R8d5
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bisguier, A., NY"]
[Black "Shaw, S., FL"]
[ECO "C12"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4
8.Qg4 g6 9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.dxc5 Qe7 13.Rab1 Qxc5
14.Nd4 Nxe5 15.Qf4 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Qe7 17.Nf3 b6 18.Rhe1 Bd7 19.Qd4 f6
20.Re3 Kf7 21.Rbe1 Qa3 22.Ke2 Rac8 23.c4 Qxa2+ 24.Kf1 Rc5 25.Ra1 Qb3
26.Rxa7 Ke7 27.Rxe6+ Kxe6 28.Qg4+
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sandrin, A., IL"]
[Black "Bisguier, A., NY"]
[ECO "A09"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nc6 4.Bxc4 e5 5.Nc3 f5 6.Qb3 Nh6 7.Bb5 e4
8.Ne5 Bd7 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe6+ Be7 12.Qxc6+ Kf7 13.h3 Bd6
14.d3 exd3 15.Qc4+ Kf8 16.Qxd3 Qg5 17.O-O Rd8 18.Qe2 Qh4 19.Rd1 g5
20.Nb5 g4 21.Nxd6 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 cxd6 23.e4 gxh3 24.g3 Rg8 25.Kh1 Qf6
26.Bxh6+ Qxh6 27.exf5 Rg7 28.Re1 Rf7 29.Qe8+ Kg7 30.Re7 Qh5 31.g4 Rxe7
32.Qxh5 1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Evans, L., NY"]
[Black "Sandrin, A., IL"]
[ECO "E49"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5
8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Ne2 cxd4 10.exd4 Bg4 11.f3 Bh5 12.O-O Bg6 13.c4 Qa6
14.Bxg6 hxg6 15.c5 O-O 16.Re1 Re8 17.Bf4 Nc6 18.Bg3 Re3 19.Bf2 Rxa3
20.Rxa3 Qxa3 21.Qb1 Nd8 22.Nf4 Qa4 23.Re7 Kf8 24.Re2 Qd7 25.Qa2 Nc6
26.Nd3 Ne8 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.Rxe5 Nc7 29.Bg3 f6 30.Re1 Nb5 31.Bd6+ Nxd6
32.Qxd5 Rd8 33.cxd6 Qxd6 34.Qxb7 Qxd4+ 35.Kh1 Re8 36.Rxe8+ Kxe8
37.h3 Kf8 38.Qb8+ Kf7 39.Qb3+ Ke7 40.Qb7+ Qd7 41.Qb4+ Kf7 42.Qb3+ Kf8
43.Qb8+ Ke7 44.Qb4+ Ke6 45.Qg4+ Kd6 46.Qd4+ Kc6 47.Qa4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "McCord, J., MA"]
[Black "Penquite, J., IA"]
[ECO "C44"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7
7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qb5 Re8 11.O-O Rxe4 12.Qd5+ Re6
13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Nd2 Kg7 15.Nf3 Re4 16.a3 Bg4 17.Qb3 b6 18.Rad1 Qf7
19.Bh6+ Kg8 20.Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.Ng5+ 1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sandrin, A., IL"]
[Black "Santasiere, A., NY"]
[ECO "D95']
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 e6 7.Be2 Nc6
8.O-O Na5 9.Qa4 Nxc4 10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.Qxc4 c6 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.Ne4 Nb6
14.Qc2 Re8 15.Rad1 Nd5 16.Ne5 f6 17.Nc4 e5 18.Ned6 Re6 19.dxe5 fxe5
20.e4 Qc7 21.Ba5 b6 22.exd5 cxd5 23.Rxd5 bxa5 24.Nb5 Qc6 25.Rd8+ Bf8
26.Ne3 Qxc2 27.Nxc2 Bb7 28.Rxa8 Bxa8 29.Ne3 Rb6 30.a4 Bc6 31.Nxa7 Bxa4
32.Ra1 Bd7 33.Nc4 Rb7 34.Rxa5 Be6 35.Nxe5 Rxb2 36.f4 Bb4 37.Rb5 Bf5
38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Nac6 Bc5+ 40.Kh1 Rf2 41.Rb7+ Kh6 42.h3 Be3 43.Rb3 Rf1+
44.Kh2 Bxf4+ 45.g3 Bxe5 46.Nxe5 Rf2+ 47.Kg1 Re2 48.Nf7+ Kg7 49.Ng5 h6
50.Rb7+ Kf6 51.Nh7+ Ke6 52.Nf8+ Kd5 53.g4 Be4 54.Rd7+ Kc4 55.Rd6 g5
56.Rxh6 Kd3 57.Ne6 Ke3 58.Nxg5 Rg2+ 59.Kf1 1/2-1/2
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bisguier, A., NY"]
[Black "McCormick, E., NJ"]
[ECO "B14"]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.d4 cxd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O
8.O-O b6 9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Qe2 dxc4 13.bxc4 Re8
14.Rfe1 Nb4 15.Bb1 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Qd6 17.Ne4 Qf4 18.Kh1 Rc7 19.a3 Nc6
20.d5 exd5 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Rg1+ Kf8 23.Bxh7 Qxh2+ 24.Kxh2 Bd6+
25.Kh1 Rxe2 26.Bxf6 Ne7 27.cxd5 Rxf2 28.Bxe7+ Kxe7 29.Rge1+ Kf6
30.Be4 Bc5 31.Rc2 Rxc2 32.Bxc2 Bxa3 33.Be4 Rc1 34.Rxc1 Bxc1 35.Kg2 Ke5
36.Kf2 Kd4 37.d6 b5 38.Ke2 Kc3 39.Bd5 a5 40.d7 Bg5 41.f4 Bd8
42.Bxf7 a4 43.Kd1 Kb2 44.0-1
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Krauss, G., NY"]
[Black "Vollmar, R., MO"]
[ECO "C44"]
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 dxc3 5.Bc4 h6 6.O-O d6 7.Nxc3 Nf6
8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Rd1 Na5 10.Qb4 Nxc4 11.Qxc4 Qc6 12.Qd3 Bg4 13.Nd4 Qd7
14.f3 Be6 15.Be3 Be7 16.f4 c5 17.Ndb5 Bg4 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Bxd1
20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Qe2 Qg4 22.Rxd8+ Bxd8 23.Nd6+ Kd7 24.Qb5+ Ke6
25.Qxb7 Nd7 26.Qd5+ Ke7 27.Qxf7# 1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sandrin, A., IL"]
[Black "Kramer, G., NY"]
[ECO "E44"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 d6
8.Bd3 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 e5 11.Nfe2 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5
14.Qc2 g6 15.Rd1 exd4 16.Nxd4 Bd6 17.Bb2 Qg5 18.f4 Qg4 19.e4 Bb7
20.Ne2 f6 21.b4 Rae8 22.Rf1 Re7 23.Qc4+ Kg7 24.Rf3 b5 25.Qc2 c5
26.Rg3 Qe6 27.e5 fxe5 28.f5 Qd5 29.Nf4 Qc6 30.Ne6+ Kg8 31.Nxf8 Nxf8
32.fxg6 h6 33.Rf1 c4 34.Qf2 Rg7 35.Qf7+ 1-0
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Bisguier, A., NY"]
[Black "Larsen, R., PA"]
[ECO "C76"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.O-O g6 7.d4 Bg7
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qe2 Qe7 10.Bc2 Nf6 11.b3 Nd8 12.Ba3 c5 13.b4 b6
14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Nbd2 Nh5 16.Nb3 Nb7 17.g3 O-O 18.Nh4 Rac8 19.Ng2 Qf6
20.Bd3 Rc6 21.Bc4 Be6 22.Bxa6 Bxb3 23.Bxb7 Rb6 24.Bxc5 Bxa2
25.Bxf8 Bxf8 26.Qxa2 Rxb7 27.Qa8 Qb6 28.Ne3 Kg7 29.Nd5 Qb2 30.Qe8 Bc5
31.Qxe5+ f6 32.Nxf6 Bxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Qxa1+ 34.Kg2 Nxf6 35.Qxf6+ Kh6
36.Rf4 Qa2+ 37.Kh3
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Sandrin, A., IL"]
[Black "LeCornu, P., MI"]
[ECO "A16"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Bg7
8.O-O O-O 9.d4 c6 10.e4 Bc4 11.Re1 Nd7 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Nd2 Ba6
14.Qb3 c5 15.e5 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nb6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.Rc5 Rxc5 19.dxc5 Nd7
20.e6 Nxc5 21.exf7+ Kh8 22.Qd5 b6 23.Bd4 Nd3 24.Rxe7 Qxd2 25.Re8 h6
26.Rxf8+ Kh7 27.Rh8+ Bxh8 28.f8=N# {"Sandrin won the brilliancy prize..."}
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.22"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evans, L., NY"]
[Black "Bisguier, A., NY"]
[ECO "A13"]
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qxc4 c5 6.Ne5 Nc6 7.Nxd7 Qxd7
8.Bg2 Nf6 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.O-O Rfd8 12.Rd1 Rac8 13.Na3 a6
14.e3 Nd5 15.Qe2 b5 16.d3 Bf6 17.Rac1 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Qe7 19.Nc2 b4
20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.a3 a5 22.axb4 axb4 23.Ne1 Na7 24.Ra1 Nb5 25.Ra5 Nc3
26.Rda1 h5 27.Ra7 Qf6 28.Ra8 Rxa8 29.Rxa8+ Kh7 30.Qc2 h4 31.f4 hxg3
32.hxg3 Qg6 33.Kg2 Rh5 34.Nf3 Qf5 35.Ra1 Qh3+ 36.Kf2 Qh2+
37.Nxh2 Rxh2+ 38.Kf3 Rxc2 39.Ra7 Rd2 40.Rxf7 Rxd3 41.Rc7 Rxe3+
42.Kxe3 Nd5+ 43.Kd3 Nxc7 44.Kc4 Na6 45.Kb5 Kg6 46.Kxa6 c4 47.bxc4 b3
48.c5 b2 49.c6 b1=Q 50.0-1 {Arthur Bisguier was reigning US Junior Champ}
[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Omaha, Nebraska"]
[Date "1949.07.23"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bisguier, A., NY"]
[Black "Santasiere, A., NY"]
[ECO "B19"]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.h4 h6
8.h5 Bh7 9.Bf4 Ngf6 10.Qd2 Nd5 11.O-O-O e6 12.Bc4 Bb4 13.c3 Nxc3
14.Qe3 Nxd1 15.Rxd1 Nb6 16.Bd3 Nd5 17.Qe5 Qf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Ne2 Bxd3
20.Rxd3 Nxf4 21.Nxf4 O-O-O 22.Rd1 Bd6 23.Nd3 Rd7 24.Kc2 Rhd8
25.Re1 Bf8 26.Re3 b6 27.b4 Rc7 28.Kc3 c5 29.dxc5 bxc5 30.b5 c4
31.Nb2 Rd5 32.a4 Rxh5 33.Nxc4 Rh1 34.Re1 Rxe1 35.Nxe1 Bc5 36.Nd3 Bb6
37.f3 Kb7 38.Kb3 Rd7 39.Kc3 a6 40.bxa6+ Kxa6 41.Nb4+ Kb7 42.a5 Bc7
43.Kb3 Rd1 44.Ka4 Bd6 45.Nxd6+ Rxd6 46.Kb5 Rd2 47.a6+ Ka7 48.Nc6+ Ka8
49.g4 Rf2 50.Nd8 Rxf3 51.Nxf7 Rh3 52.Kc6 Rh4 53.Kd6 e5 54.Ke6 e4
55.Nd6 e3 56.0-1
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Sources: "50th United States Open Championship Omaha 1949"; Jack Spence, 1949.
"Chess Review"; August, 1949; pg 228, 238.
** Special thanks to Robert Woodworth for sharing his resources.
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Edited by: Jim Jirousek, 1/30/1998, Blair, NE.