US OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

The oldest Open championship of the world is still yearly run by the USCF. It attracts nearly a thousand participants in many sections. The 112th US Open took place last August in Orlando. The record of victories is held by Pal Benko with 8 victories followed by Reuben Fine, 7 victories and Arthur Bisguier, 5 victories.

The champions were: 1900 Louis Uedemann, 1901 N.M. MacLeod, 1902 Louis Uedemann, 1903 Max Judd, 1904 Stasch Mlotkowski, 1905 E.F. Schrader, 1906 George Wolbrecht, 1907 Einar Michelsen, 1908 E.P. Elliott, 1909 Oscar Chajes, 1910 George Wolbrecht, 1911 Charles Blake, 1912 E.P. Elliott, 1913 Bradford Jefferson Sr, 1914 Bradford Jefferson Sr, 1915 Jackson Showalter, 1916 Edward Lasker, 1917 Edward Lasker, 1918 Boris Kostic, 1919 Edward Lasker, 1920 Edward Lasker, 1921 Edward Lasker, 1922 Samuel Factor, 1923 Stasch Mlotkowski, Norman Whitaker, 1924 Carlos Torre, 1925 Abraham Kupchik, 1926 Leon Stolzenberg, 1927 Albert Margolis, 1928 Leon Stolzenberg, 1929 Herman Hahlbohm, 1930 Samuel Factor, Norman Whitaker, 1931 Samuel Reshevsky, 1932 Reuben Fine, 1933 Reuben Fine, 1934 Reuben Fine, Samuel Reshevsky, 1935 Reuben Fine, 1936 I.A. Horowitz, 1937 D.S. Polland, 1938 I.A. Horowitz, Isaac Kashdan, 1939 Reuben Fine, 1940 Reuben Fine, 1941 Reuben Fine, 1942 Herman Steiner, Dan Yanofsky, 1943 I.A. Horowitz, 1944 Samuel Reshevsky, 1945 Anthony Santasiere, 1946 Herman Steiner, 1947 Isaac Kashdan, 1948 Weaver W. Adams, 1949 Albert Sandrin Jr, 1950 Arthur Bisguier, 1951 Larry Evans, 1952 Larry Evans, 1953 Donald Byrne, 1954 Larry Evans, Arturo Pomar, 1955 Nicolas Rossolimo, 1956 Arthur Bisguier, 1957 Robert Fischer, Arthur Bisguier, 1958 E. Cobo-Arteaga, 1959 Arthur Bisguier, 1960 Robert Byrne, 1961 Pal Benko, 1962 Antonio Medina, 1963 William Lombardy, Robert Byrne, 1964 Pal Benko, 1965 Pal Benko, William Lombardy, 1966 Pal Benko, Robert Byrne, 1967 Pal Benko, 1968 Bent Larsen, 1969 Pal Benko, Arthur Bisguier, Milan Vukcevich, 1970 Bent Larsen, 1971 Walter Browne, Larry Evans, 1972 Walter Browne, 1973 Norman Weinstein, 1974 Pal Benko, Vlastimil Hort, 1975 Pal Benko, William Lombardy, 1976 Anatoly Lein, Leonid Shamkovich, 1977 Leonid Shamkovich, Andy Soltis, Timothy Taylor, 1978 Joseph Bradford, 1979 Florin Gheorghiu, 1980 John Fedorowicz, Florin Gheorghiu, 1981 Florin Gheorghiu, Larry Christiansen, Jeremy Silman, Nick de Firmian, John Meyer, 1982 Andrew Soltis, William Martz, 1983 Larry Christiansen, Viktor Korchnoi, 1984 Roman Dzindzichashvili, Sergey Kudrin, 1985 Yasser Seirawan, Boris Spassky, Joel Benjamin, 1986 Larry Christiansen, 1987 Lev Alburt, 1988 Dimitry Gurevich, 1989 Lev Alburt, 1990 Yasser Seirawan, 1991 Michael Rohde, V. Akopyan, 1992 Gregory Kaidanov, 1993 Alexander Shabalov, 1994 Georgi Orlov, Dmitry Gurevich, Ben Finegold, Smbat Lputian, Leo Kaushansky, Albert Chow, 1995 Alex Yermolinsky, 1996 Gabriel Schwartzman, 1997 Alex Yermolinsky, 1998 Judit Polgar, Boris Gulko, 1999 Alex Yermolinsky, Alexander Goldin, Eduard Rozentalis, Alexander Shabalov, Gabriel Schwartzman, Michael Mulyar, 2000 Alex Yermolinsky, 2001 Joel Benjamin, Fabian Doettling, Alexander Stripunsky, Alek Wojtkiewicz, 2002 Gennadi Zaitshik, Evgeniy Najer, 2003 Alexander Shabalov, 2004 Ildar Ibragimov, Alexander Onischuk, Rodrigo Vasquez, Alex Wojtkiewicz, Renier Gonzalez, Andranik Matikozyan and Marcel Martinez, 2005 Vadim Milov and Joel Benjamin, 2006 Yuri Shulman, 2007 Boris Gulko, 2008 Alexander Shabalov and Rad Milovanovic, 2009 Dimitry Gurevich, 2010 Alejandro Ramirez, 2011 Alex Lenderman, 2012 Manuel León Hoyos, Dmitry Gurevich and John Daniel Bryant, 2013 Josh Friedel, Mackenzie Molner and Julio Sadorra, 2014 Conrad Holt, 2015 Alexander Shabalov, 2016 Alexander Shabalov, 2017 Alex Lenderman, 2018 Timur Gareyev, 2019 Illya Nyzhnyk.