The United States Junior Open Chess Championship, 1946–2016

For 70 years the U.S. Chess Federation has held the U.S. Junior Open, featuring young players under 21. This book is the first to focus on the formative years of these juniors, many of whom became the outstanding masters of the United States. Each chapter contains an annotated game of the winner of the championship and brief identifications of the notable players. Crosstables are included where available.

Alex Dunne is the United States Chess Federation correspondence chess director, author of more than a dozen chess books and frequent contributor to Chess Life. He is a FIDE Master, Life Master and ICCF Correspondence Chess Master. He lives in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

Alex Dunne
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 180
Bibliographic Info: tables, diagrams, index
Copyright Date: 2017
pISBN: 978-1-4766-6881-9
eISBN: 978-1-4766-2891-2
Imprint: McFarland

Table of Contents


Preface 1

1946 Chicago, Illinois 3

1947 Cleveland, Ohio 5

1948 Oak Ridge, Tennessee 8

1949 Fort Worth, Texas 12

1950 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 14

1951 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 16

1952 Omaha, Nebraska 18

1953 Kansas City, Missouri 21

1954 Long Beach, California 23

1955 Lincoln, Nebraska 26

1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 28

1957 San Francisco, California 30

1958 Homestead, Florida 33

1959 Omaha, Nebraska 34

1960 West Orange, New Jersey 37

1961 Dayton, Ohio 40

1962 Tucson, Arizona 43

1963 State College, Pennsylvania 45

1964 Towson, Maryland 47

1965 Boston, Massachusetts 51

1966 Minneapolis, Minnesota 53

1967 Raleigh, North Carolina 56

1968 Cleveland, Ohio 58

1969 Boston, Massachusetts 62

1970 Minneapolis, Minnesota 63

1971 Portland, Oregon 64

1972 St. Paul, Minnesota 67

1973 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 69

1974 Lancaster, Pennsylvania 72

1975 San Diego, California 74

1976 Storrs, Connecticut 77

1977 Las Cruces, New Mexico 78

1978 Seattle, Washington 81

1979 East Lansing, Michigan 84

1980—No tournament 88

1981 Abington, Pennsylvania 88

1982 Crossville, Tennessee 89

1983 St. Paul, Minnesota 93

1984 St. Louis, Missouri 94

1985 Berkeley, California 97

1986 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 98

1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 100

1988 St. Louis, Missouri 102

1989 Murray, Kentucky 103

1990 Charlotte, North Carolina 105

1991 Bloomington, Indiana 107

1992 Bradford, Pennsylvania 108

1993 Berkeley, California 110

1994 Bloomington, Indiana 112

1995 Bloomington, Indiana 114

1996 Terre Haute, Indiana 117

1997 Bloomington, Indiana 118

1998 Ithaca, New York 121

1999 Tucson, Arizona 124

2000 Baltimore, Maryland 127

2001 Tulsa, Oklahoma 128

2002 Dallas, Texas 132

2003 New York, New York 134

2004 Lindsborg, Kansas 137

2005 Mason, Ohio 138

2006 Dallas, Texas 140

2007 Tampa, Florida 143

2008 Lindsborg, Kansas 145

2009 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 146

2010 Houston, Texas 149

2011 Houston, Texas 152

2012 Houston, Texas 155

2013 Tarrytown, New York 158

2014 Houston, Texas 161

2015 Schaumburg, Illinois 163

2016 New Orleans, Louisiana 166

Index 169

“A wonderful written book…Dunne did his best to find a game of every junior championship and included a brief biography of the winner of each event in this eye catching read…magnificent”—Chessbooks.nl; “It is clear that Dunne has a great love for the US Junior Open tournament…. The analysis is direct and without long or involved variations…. recommended”—Mind’s Eye Press.