With only 16 players, this was the smallest turnout of the open era. Some big names and regulars came, but there was very little local representation. In fact, you have to wonder why they even bothered having preliminary sections at all, since everyone wound up playing 14 or 15 games anyway. By the way, the tournament director was L. Walter Stephens.

Preliminary Section 1

                             1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Reuben Fine                X 1 ½ ½ 1 1 4.0 Championship
2 Joseph Lyon Rauch          0 X 1 ½ 1 1 3.5 Championship
3 Bruno Schmidt              ½ 0 X 1 1 1 3.5 Championship
4 Llelwellyn Walter Stephens ½ ½ 0 X 0 1 2.0 Championship
5 Dorothy Williams           0 0 0 1 X 1 2.0 
6 Kirk D Holland             0 0 0 0 0 X 0.0 Class A

Preliminary Section 2

                              1 2 3 4 5
1 Herman Steiner              X 1 1 1 1 4.0 Championship
2 Boris Blumin                0 X 1 1 1 3.0 Championship
3 Frederic S Anderson         0 0 X 1 1 2.0 Championship
4 Ward Mayhew Parker Mitchell 0 0 0 X 1 1.0 Class A
5 C W McClure                 0 0 0 0 X 0.0 Class A

Preliminary Section 3

                           1 2 3 4 5
1 Weaver Warren Adams      X ½ ½ 1 1 3.0 Championship
2 Erich Watkinson Marchand ½ X ½ ½ 1 2.5 Championship
3 George Sturgis           ½ ½ X ½ 1 2.5 Championship
4 Charles M Burton         0 ½ ½ X ½ 1.5 Class A
5 David Ehrlich            0 0 0 ½ X 0.5 Class A

Championship

                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1  Reuben Fine                X 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8.0
2  Herman Steiner             0 X 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 6.5
3  Weaver Warren Adams        0 1 X 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 6.0
4  Boris Blumin               ½ ½ 1 X 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 5.5
5  Frederic S Anderson        ½ 0 1 1 X 0 0 ½ 1 1 5.0
6  Erich Watkinson Marchand   0 0 0 0 1 X 1 1 1 1 5.0
7  Bruno Schmidt              0 0 0 1 1 0 X 0 1 1 4.0
8  Joseph Lyon Rauch          0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 X 1 ½ 3.5
9  Llelwellyn Walter Stephens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 1.0
10 George Sturgis             0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 X 0.5

Class A

1 Charles M Burton            6.5/10
2 Ward Mayhew Parker Mitchell 6.5/10
3 David Ehrlich               6.0/10
4 Byron B Price               5.0/10
5 Kirk D Holland              3.5/10
6 C W McClure                 2.5/10

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Sources:

Chess Results 1941-1945 / Gino di Felice, p. 45.

Reuben Fine : a comprehensive record of an American Chess Career, 1929-1951 / Aidan Woodger. Jefferson, NC : McFarland, 2004.

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