1980 United States Invitational Championship at Thiel College Tapa blanda - 1980

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania: Chess Enterprises, 1980. Pb, staple-bound, 112pp, b/w photos. Good+, small chip base of spine, otherwise very good and clean. Around 80 games, many annotated. The joint winners were Evans, Christiansen and Browne in a field of 14 which also included Seirawan and Benko.. Soft Cover. Good.

111+[1 ad] pages with frontispiece, diagrams, tables, photographs and index. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Introduction by Tim Redman. Signed by Larry Christiansen. (Lusis: 1890) First edition.The 1980 United States Closed Chess Tournament was held at Thiel College. This championship was sharply defined by the battle between two chess generations, that of the forties and that of the Fischer era of the late sixties and early seventies. Bisguier, Byrne and Evans met the new stars, Browne, Christiansen and Seirawn. The old guard held its own. Also this tournament saw the participation of three russian emigres, who had expressed their intention of remaining in this country. Mark Diesen suffered a bad fall after the third round, and after treatment at Greenville hospital was forced to withdraw and his score was not considered in the results. The contest ended in a three way tie for first place with Larry Evans, Walter Browne and Larry Chistiansen with +7 1/2. closely… Leer más