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The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion. [1] It is the oldest national chess tournament. [2] The event originated as a challenge match in 1845, but the champion has been decided by tournament play under the auspices of the USCF since 1936. [2]
Men's singles final. The final featured defending champion Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. Murray won in 5 sets 7-6 (12-10) 7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2. The match was noted for having several long rallies, with the longest being 54 strokes. [4] [5] The match lasted 4 hours and 54 minutes which tied a record for a US Open final.
Open Game. An Open Game (or Double King's Pawn Opening) is a generic term for a family of chess openings beginning with the moves: White has moved the king's pawn two squares and Black has replied in kind. The result is an Open Game. Other responses to 1.e4 are termed Semi-Open Games or Single King's Pawn Games.
Mixed doubles. Melanie Oudin and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but were defeated by Sania Mirza and Colin Fleming in the second round. Ekaterina Makarova and Bruno Soares won the title, defeating Květa Peschke and Marcin Matkowski in the final 6–7 (8–10), 6–1, [12–10]. Kim Clijsters played her final professional match before ...
The World Open chess tournament is an annual open chess tournament usually held in Philadelphia. The inaugural event was held in New York in 1973 with 732 players, and was won by Walter Browne . The tournament is divided into different sections, with typically 100–200 players in the top section. The 1986 edition had as many as 1507 ...
The 2012 US Open was a tennis tournament played on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park, of Queens, New York City, United States. It was played from August 27 to September 10. [ 1] As a result of adverse weather conditions on September 8, which included a full evacuation of the ...
Andy Murray defeated the defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final, 7–6 (12–10), 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2012 US Open. It was his first major title, following four previous runner-up finishes.