A Walter Browne Classic

Here is a famous game by Browne that was played in the 1975 US championship in the college town of Oberlin, Ohio. At the time this tournament was played, I was living a few miles from Oberlin and so got to witness the entire tournament.  It was quite a thrill as the small town made a big deal out of the event and we spectators got to interact with some of the best U.S. players of the day. Newspaper clipping.

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 1. Browne      x ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1  8½- 4½
 2. Rogoff      ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½  8 - 5
 3. Vukcevich   ½ ½ x ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½  7½- 5½
 4. Byrne, R.   0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½  7 - 6
 5. Reshevsky   ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½  7 - 6
 6. Lombardy    ½ 1 1 ½ ½ x ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½  6½- 6½
 7. Bisguier    ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½  6½- 6½
 8. Tarjan      ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ x 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½  6½- 6½
 9. Commons     ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 x ½ 1 0 1 1  6½- 6½
10. Kavalek     ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x 0 ½ ½ ½  5½- 7½
11. Peters      ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 x ½ 0 ½  5½- 7½
12. Mednis      0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ x ½ ½  5½- 7½
13. Grefe       0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ x 1  5½- 7½
14. Benko       0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 x  5 - 8