The absolute correspondence championship of the United States Chess Federation : 1976-2010

This collection of games, most of them annotated, features the United States Chess Federation's premiere invitational tournament--the Absolute Championship. Features include statistical results of participants from 1976 through 2010, results of many opening variations as played in the Absolutes, yearly crosstables, biographical details of all winners and information on all participants, and indexes of players, opening variations and ECO codes. Cover 1 Table of Contents 8 Introduction 10 Abbreviations 12 The Inauguration of the Absolute Correspondence Championship 13 Absolute Directors 14 Statistics for the 1976 to 2010 Participants 16 The 1976 Absolute Tournament 20 The 1977 Absolute Tournament 27 The 1978 Absolute Tournament 33 The 1979 Absolute Tournament 42 The 1980 Absolute Tournament 50 The 1981 Absolute Tournament 58 The 1982 Absolute Tournament 68 The 1983 Absolute Tournament 79 The 1984 Absolute Tournament 85 The 1985 Absolute Tournament 91 The 1986 Absolute Tournament 97 The 1987 Absolute Tournament 106 The 1988 Absolute Tournament 114 The 1989 Absolute Tournament 124 The 1990 Absolute Tournament 133 The 1991 Absolute Tournament 143 The 1992 Absolute Tournament 152 The 1993 Absolute Tournament 165 The 1994 Absolute Tournament 175 The 1995 Absolute Tournament 183 The 1996 Absolute Tournament 192 The 1997 Absolute Tournament 199 The 1998 Absolute Tournament 209 The 1999 Absolute Tournament 224 The 2000 Absolute Tournament 234 The 2001 Absolute Tournament 242 The 2002 Absolute Tournament 251 The 2003 Absolute Tournament 262 The 2004 Absolute Tournament 273 The 2005 Absolute Tournament 282 The 2006 Absolute Tournament 293 The 2007 Absolute Tournament 307 The 2008 Absolute Tournament 315 The 2009 Absolute Tournament 326 The 2010 Absolute Tournament 336 Index of Openings (Traditional Names) 344 Index of Openings (ECO Codes) 345 Player Index 347 "This collection of the games features the United States Chess Federation's premiere invitational tournament. Biographical details of the participants, opening statistics and yearly crosstables offer insight to the games. Features include statistical results, results of many opening variations, biographies of all winners and information on all participants, and indexes of players, opening variations and ECO codes"--Provided by publisher.