The tournament, organized as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the New York State Chess Association, was played at the Hotel Onondaga in Syracuse, New York from August 13-25.In general, the games were begun at 7:00 P.M. with adjournments scheduled for the next day. To fit 15 rounds into a 13 day schedule, extra afternoon rounds were added on August 15 and August 20. The time control was 36 moves in two hours, followed by 18 moves in one hour.
Originally the tournament contained 16 players, but I.S. Turover withdrew after losing to Arthur Dake in round 1 and the game was cancelled.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
1 Samuel Reshevsky X ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.0
2 Isaac Kashdan ½ X ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10.5
3 Arthur Dake 0 ½ X ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10.0
4 Reuben Fine ½ ½ ½ X ½ 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 10.0
5 Abraham Kupchik ½ ½ ½ ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9.5
6 Israel Albert Horowitz 0 0 0 1 1 X ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8.5
7 Herman Steiner 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 8.0
8 Mario Monticelli 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ X ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6.5
9 Fred Reinfeld ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ X ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6.0
10 Anthony Santasiere 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ X 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.0
11 Arnold Denker 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 0 ½ 0 ½ 5.0
12 Jakob Adolf Seitz 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 X 1 1 1 5.0
13 Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1 4.5
14 Erving Tholfsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ X 1 3.0
15 R E Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 0.5
Since only 45 of the 105 games from this tournament have been located, the following list of pairings and scores is provided to help in following the action. A game that is available will be indicated by an asterisk (*). If you know of any others, please leave a note on my forum.Round 1 (Monday, August 13): Monticelli 1/2 Steiner; Reinfeld 0 Kupchik*; Denker 0 Santasiere*; Tholfsen 0 Horowitz; Fine 1 Seitz*; Kashdan 1 Araiza*; Martin 0 Reshevsky*; Dake: Bye (win over Turover cancelled)
Round 2 (Tuesday, August 14): Steiner 0 Reshevsky*; Araiza 1 Martin; Seitz 1/2 Kashdan*; Horowitz 1 Fine*; Santasiere 0 Dake*; Kupchik 1 Denker; Monticelli 1/2 Reinfeld; Tholfsen: Bye
Round 3 (Wednesday, August 15): Reinfeld 0 Steiner; Denker 1 Monticelli*; Dake 1/2 Kupchik; Tholfsen 0 Santasiere*; Kashdan 1 Horowitz*; Martin 0 Seitz; Reshevsky 1 Araiza*; Fine: Bye
Round 4 (Wednesday, August 15): Steiner 1/2 Araiza; Seitz 0 Reshevsky*; Horowitz 1 Martin; Santasiere 0 Fine*; Kupchik 1 Tholfsen*; Monticelli 0 Dake; Reinfeld 1 Denker*; Kashdan: Bye
Round 5 (Thursday, August 16): Denker 1 Steiner*; Dake 1 Reinfeld; Tholfsen 0 Monticelli; Fine 1/2 Kupchik*; Kashdan 1/2 Santasiere; Reshevsky 1 Horowitz*; Araiza 0 Seitz; Martin: Bye
Round 6 (Friday, August 17): Steiner 1 Seitz; Horowitz 1/2 Araiza; Santasiere 1 Martin; Kupchik 1/2 Kashdan; Monticelli 0 Fine*; Reinfeld 1/2 Tholfsen; Denker 1 Dake*; Reshevsky: Bye
Round 7 (Saturday, August 18): Dake 1/2 Steiner; Tholfsen 1 Denker*; Fine 1 Reinfeld*; Kashdan 1 Monticelli*; Martin 0 Kupchik; Reshevsky 1 Santasiere*; Seitz 0 Horowitz; Araiza Munoz: Bye
Round 8 (Sunday, August 19): Steiner 1/2 Horowitz ; Santasiere 1/2 Araiza; Kupchik 1/2 Reshevsky*; Monticelli 1 Martin; Reinfeld 0 Kashdan; Denker 1 Fine*; Dake 1 Tholfsen*; Seitz: Bye
Round 9 (Monday, August 20): Tholfsen 0 Steiner; Fine 1/2 Dake*; Kashdan 1 Denker*; Martin 0 Reinfeld; Reshevsky 1 Monticelli*; Araiza 0 Kupchik; Seitz 0 Santasiere; Horowitz: Bye
Round 10 (Monday, August 20): Santasiere 0 Horowitz; Kupchik 1 Seitz*; Monticelli 1/2 Araiza; Reinfeld 1/2 Reshevsky*; Denker 1/2 Martin; Dake 1/2 Kashdan; Tholfsen 0 Fine*; Steiner: Bye
Round 11 (Tuesday, August 21): Fine 1 Steiner*; Kashdan 1 Tholfsen*; Martin 0 Dake; Reshevsky 1 Denker*; Araiza 1/2 Reinfeld; Seitz 1/2 Monticelli; Horowitz 1 Kupchik*; Santasiere: Bye
Round 12 (Wednesday, August 22): Steiner 1 Santasiere; Monticelli 1 Horowitz; Reinfeld 1 Seitz; Denker 1/2 Araiza; Dake 0 Reshevsky*; Tholfsen 1 Martin; Fine 1/2 Kashdan*; Kupchik: Bye
Round 13 (Thursday, August 23): Kashdan 1/2 Steiner; Martin 0 Fine; Reshevsky 1 Tholfsen*; Araiza 0 Dake; Seitz 1 Denker; Horowitz 1/2 Reinfeld; Santasiere 1/2 Kupchik; Monticelli: Bye
Round 14 (Friday, August 24): Steiner 1/2 Kupchik; Monticelli 1 Santasiere; Denker 0 Horowitz; Dake 1 Seitz; Tholfsen 1/2 Araiza; Fine 1/2 Reshevsky*; Kashdan 1 Martin; Reinfeld: Bye
Round 15 (Saturday, August 25): Martin 0 Steiner; Reshevsky 1/2 Kashdan*; Araiza 0 Fine; Seitz 1 Tholfsen*; Horowitz 0 Dake; Santasiere 1/2 Reinfeld; Kupchik 1/2 Monticelli; Denker: Bye
Thanks to <Resignation Trap> and <Calli> for their help in finding these games. Although it's not complete, I hope this collection can serve as a starting point for further research.
Original collection: Game Collection: Syracuse 1934, by User: Phony Benoni
