4th GLC Chess Challenge :: London 1986

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 pts Berger + = -
1. IM Flear, Glenn Curtis 2485 ENG ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 50.25 5 7 1
2. GM Chandler, Murray Graham 2535 ENG ½ ● 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 8 49.25 5 6 2
3. GM Short, Nigel David 2585 ENG ½ 0 ● ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 48.25 4 8 1
4. GM Ribli, Zoltán 2585 HUN ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 46.25 2 11 0
5. GM Nunn, John Denis Martin 2585 ENG ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7½ 45.00 4 7 2
6. GM Portisch, Lajos 2610 HUN ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ● ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 7 47.50 3 8 2
7.-8. GM Polugaevsky, Lev 2575 URS 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 7 44.50 3 8 2
7.-8. GM Spassky, Boris 2610 FRA ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 44.50 1 12 0
9. GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon 2560 ENG 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 37.75 1 10 2
10. GM Vaganian, Rafael 2645 URS 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ● ½ 0 1 1 6 35.00 3 6 4
11. GM Larsen, Bent 2575 DEN ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ● 0 1 0 5½ 36.00 3 5 5
12. GM Plaskett, Harold James 2435 ENG 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 ● 0 1 5 30.50 5 0 8
13. IM Dlugy, Maxim 2545 USA 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ● ½ 4 24.75 1 6 6
14. GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan 2525 ENG 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ● 4 24.50 2 4 7

Flear was a late substitute for Karpov/Dorfman and won the tournament, scoring a GM norm with two rounds to spare.
The round 9 Flear-Plaskett game was played early on 15 March because Flear was getting married on 22 March.





Round by round results

1st round — 11th March 1986
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2535 1 - 0 2645 URS GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Nunn, John Denis Martin ENG 2585 ½ - ½ 2610 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2575 ½ - ½ 2585 HUN GM Ribli, Zoltán
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2610 0 - 1 2525 ENG GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2585 1 - 0 2435 ENG GM Plaskett, Harold James
GM Larsen, Bent DEN 2575 ½ - ½ 2560 ENG GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon
IM Dlugy, Maxim USA 2545 0 - 1 2485 ENG IM Flear, Glenn Curtis
1.-4. Flear, Chandler, Short, Mestel — 1; 5.-10. Ribli, Nunn, Polugaevsky, Spassky, Speelman, Larsen — ½; 11.-14. Portisch, Vaganian, Plaskett, Dlugy — 0;



2nd round — 12th March 1986
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2535 1 - 0 2585 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon ENG 2560 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Nunn, John Denis Martin
GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan ENG 2525 ½ - ½ 2575 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
IM Flear, Glenn Curtis ENG 2485 ½ - ½ 2610 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2610 ½ - ½ 2545 USA IM Dlugy, Maxim
GM Vaganian, Rafael URS 2645 ½ - ½ 2585 HUN GM Ribli, Zoltán
GM Plaskett, Harold James ENG 2435 1 - 0 2575 DEN GM Larsen, Bent
1. Chandler — 2; 2.-3. Flear, Mestel — 1½; 4.-10. Short, Ribli, Nunn, Polugaevsky, Spassky, Speelman, Plaskett — 1; 11.-14. Portisch, Vaganian, Larsen, Dlugy — ½;



3rd round — 13th March 1986
GM Larsen, Bent DEN 2575 0 - 1 2535 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Nunn, John Denis Martin ENG 2585 1 - 0 2435 ENG GM Plaskett, Harold James
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2575 1 - 0 2485 ENG IM Flear, Glenn Curtis
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2610 ½ - ½ 2610 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2585 ½ - ½ 2645 URS GM Vaganian, Rafael
IM Dlugy, Maxim USA 2545 ½ - ½ 2560 ENG GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon
GM Ribli, Zoltán HUN 2585 1 - 0 2525 ENG GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan
1. Chandler — 3; 2.-4. Ribli, Nunn, Polugaevsky — 2; 5.-9. Flear, Short, Spassky, Speelman, Mestel — 1½; 10.-13. Portisch, Vaganian, Plaskett, Dlugy — 1; 14. Larsen — ½;



4th round — 14th March 1986
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2535 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Nunn, John Denis Martin
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2610 ½ - ½ 2575 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon ENG 2560 ½ - ½ 2610 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2585 1 - 0 2575 DEN GM Larsen, Bent
GM Vaganian, Rafael URS 2645 1 - 0 2525 ENG GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan
IM Flear, Glenn Curtis ENG 2485 ½ - ½ 2585 HUN GM Ribli, Zoltán
GM Plaskett, Harold James ENG 2435 0 - 1 2545 USA IM Dlugy, Maxim
1. Chandler — 3½; 2.-5. Short, Ribli, Nunn, Polugaevsky — 2½; 6.-10. Flear, Spassky, Speelman, Vaganian, Dlugy — 2; 11.-12. Portisch, Mestel — 1½; 13. Plaskett — 1; 14. Larsen — ½;



5th round — 17th March 1986
IM Dlugy, Maxim USA 2545 0 - 1 2535 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Nunn, John Denis Martin ENG 2585 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2575 ½ - ½ 2560 ENG GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2610 1 - 0 2435 ENG GM Plaskett, Harold James
GM Ribli, Zoltán HUN 2585 ½ - ½ 2610 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
GM Larsen, Bent DEN 2575 ½ - ½ 2645 URS GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan ENG 2525 0 - 1 2485 ENG IM Flear, Glenn Curtis
1. Chandler — 4½; 2.-6. Flear, Short, Ribli, Nunn, Polugaevsky — 3; 7.-10. Portisch, Spassky, Speelman, Vaganian — 2½; 11. Dlugy — 2; 12. Mestel — 1½; 13.-14. Larsen, Plaskett — 1;



6th round — 18th March 1986
GM Larsen, Bent DEN 2575 1 - 0 2585 ENG GM Nunn, John Denis Martin
GM Plaskett, Harold James ENG 2435 1 - 0 2575 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2535 0 - 1 2610 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2585 ½ - ½ 2545 USA IM Dlugy, Maxim
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2610 ½ - ½ 2525 ENG GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan
GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon ENG 2560 ½ - ½ 2585 HUN GM Ribli, Zoltán
GM Vaganian, Rafael URS 2645 0 - 1 2485 ENG IM Flear, Glenn Curtis
1. Chandler — 4½; 2. Flear — 4; 3.-5. Short, Ribli, Portisch — 3½; 6.-9. Nunn, Polugaevsky, Spassky, Speelman — 3; 10.-11. Vaganian, Dlugy — 2½; 12.-14. Larsen, Plaskett, Mestel — 2;



7th round — 19th March 1986
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2575 ½ - ½ 2535 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Nunn, John Denis Martin ENG 2585 1 - 0 2645 URS GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2610 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
IM Flear, Glenn Curtis ENG 2485 ½ - ½ 2610 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan ENG 2525 ½ - ½ 2560 ENG GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon
IM Dlugy, Maxim USA 2545 0 - 1 2575 DEN GM Larsen, Bent
GM Ribli, Zoltán HUN 2585 1 - 0 2435 ENG GM Plaskett, Harold James
1. Chandler — 5; 2.-3. Flear, Ribli — 4½; 4.-6. Short, Nunn, Portisch — 4; 7.-9. Polugaevsky, Spassky, Speelman — 3½; 10. Larsen — 3; 11.-13. Vaganian, Dlugy, Mestel — 2½; 14. Plaskett — 2;



8th round — 20th March 1986
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2535 ½ - ½ 2585 HUN GM Ribli, Zoltán
GM Nunn, John Denis Martin ENG 2585 1 - 0 2545 USA IM Dlugy, Maxim
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2585 1 - 0 2575 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
GM Larsen, Bent DEN 2575 1 - 0 2610 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Vaganian, Rafael URS 2645 ½ - ½ 2610 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon ENG 2560 0 - 1 2485 ENG IM Flear, Glenn Curtis
GM Plaskett, Harold James ENG 2435 1 - 0 2525 ENG GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan
1.-2. Flear, Chandler — 5½; 3.-5. Short, Ribli, Nunn — 5; 6.-8. Portisch, Spassky, Larsen — 4; 9.-10. Polugaevsky, Speelman — 3½; 11.-12. Vaganian, Plaskett — 3; 13.-14. Dlugy, Mestel — 2½;



9th round — 15th - 22nd March 1986
GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan ENG 2525 0 - 1 2535 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2610 1 - 0 2585 ENG GM Nunn, John Denis Martin
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2575 1 - 0 2575 DEN GM Larsen, Bent
GM Ribli, Zoltán HUN 2585 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2610 ½ - ½ 2560 ENG GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon
IM Dlugy, Maxim USA 2545 0 - 1 2645 URS GM Vaganian, Rafael
1.-2. Flear, Chandler — 6½; 3.-4. Short, Ribli — 5½; 5.-6. Nunn, Portisch — 5; 7.-8. Polugaevsky, Spassky — 4½; 9.-11. Speelman, Vaganian, Larsen — 4; 12. Plaskett — 3; 13.-14. Dlugy, Mestel — 2½;



10th round — 23rd March 1986
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2535 ½ - ½ 2485 ENG IM Flear, Glenn Curtis
GM Nunn, John Denis Martin ENG 2585 ½ - ½ 2575 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
IM Dlugy, Maxim USA 2545 ½ - ½ 2610 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2585 1 - 0 2525 ENG GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan
GM Plaskett, Harold James ENG 2435 0 - 1 2610 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
GM Vaganian, Rafael URS 2645 1 - 0 2560 ENG GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon
GM Larsen, Bent DEN 2575 ½ - ½ 2585 HUN GM Ribli, Zoltán
1.-2. Flear, Chandler — 7; 3. Short — 6½; 4. Ribli — 6; 5.-7. Nunn, Portisch, Spassky — 5½; 8.-9. Polugaevsky, Vaganian — 5; 10. Larsen — 4½; 11. Speelman — 4; 12.-13. Plaskett, Dlugy — 3; 14. Mestel — 2½;



11th round — 24th March 1986
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2610 ½ - ½ 2535 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Ribli, Zoltán HUN 2585 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Nunn, John Denis Martin
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2575 1 - 0 2545 USA IM Dlugy, Maxim
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2610 ½ - ½ 2645 URS GM Vaganian, Rafael
IM Flear, Glenn Curtis ENG 2485 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon ENG 2560 1 - 0 2435 ENG GM Plaskett, Harold James
GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan ENG 2525 1 - 0 2575 DEN GM Larsen, Bent
1.-2. Flear, Chandler — 7½; 3. Short — 7; 4. Ribli — 6½; 5.-8. Nunn, Portisch, Polugaevsky, Spassky — 6; 9. Vaganian — 5½; 10. Speelman — 5; 11. Larsen — 4½; 12. Mestel — 3½; 13.-14. Plaskett, Dlugy — 3;



12th round — 25th March 1986
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2535 ½ - ½ 2560 ENG GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon
GM Nunn, John Denis Martin ENG 2585 1 - 0 2525 ENG GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2610 ½ - ½ 2575 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
GM Short, Nigel David ENG 2585 ½ - ½ 2610 FRA GM Spassky, Boris
GM Vaganian, Rafael URS 2645 0 - 1 2435 ENG GM Plaskett, Harold James
GM Larsen, Bent DEN 2575 ½ - ½ 2485 ENG IM Flear, Glenn Curtis
IM Dlugy, Maxim USA 2545 ½ - ½ 2585 HUN GM Ribli, Zoltán
1.-2. Flear, Chandler — 8; 3. Short — 7½; 4.-5. Ribli, Nunn — 7; 6.-8. Portisch, Polugaevsky, Spassky — 6½; 9.-10. Speelman, Vaganian — 5½; 11. Larsen — 5; 12. Plaskett — 4; 13.-14. Dlugy, Mestel — 3½;



13th round — 27th March 1986
GM Plaskett, Harold James ENG 2435 1 - 0 2535 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
IM Flear, Glenn Curtis ENG 2485 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Nunn, John Denis Martin
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2575 ½ - ½ 2645 URS GM Vaganian, Rafael
GM Speelman, Jonathan Simon ENG 2560 ½ - ½ 2585 ENG GM Short, Nigel David
GM Spassky, Boris FRA 2610 ½ - ½ 2575 DEN GM Larsen, Bent
GM Mestel, Andrew Jonathan ENG 2525 ½ - ½ 2545 USA IM Dlugy, Maxim
GM Ribli, Zoltán HUN 2585 ½ - ½ 2610 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
1. Flear — 8½; 2.-3. Chandler, Short — 8; 4.-5. Ribli, Nunn — 7½; 6.-8. Portisch, Polugaevsky, Spassky — 7; 9.-10. Speelman, Vaganian — 6; 11. Larsen — 5½; 12. Plaskett — 5; 13.-14. Dlugy, Mestel — 4;







Information

4th GLC Chess Challenge
Dates: 11th - 27th March 1986
City: London (England)
Venue: Great Eastern Hotel
Organizers: Greater London Council
Tournament Director: Raymond Keene (ENG); Stewart Reuben (ENG)
Chief Arbiter: IA Robert Wade (ENG)
Arbiters: Les Blackstock (SCO)
Players participating: 14 (incl. 12 GMs, 2 IMs)
Games played: 91
Competition format: Round Robin
Tie-breaks: 1. Sonnerborn-Berger
Time control:
Website: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=96464
Other websites: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_%26_Drew_Kings
http://chesstales.blogspot.com/2007/05/chess-in-attic-march-1986.html
PGN game file: philips-1986.pgn





Tournament Review

The 1986 GLC Chess Challenge was the fourth and final event in the biannual London series that began with Phillips & Drew Kings 1980. Phillips & Drew had withdrawn as sponsor, and the tournament was funded mainly by the Greater London Council. Because the GLC itself ceased to exist on 31 March 1986, the venue moved from County Hall to the Hamilton Room of the Great Eastern Hotel near Liverpool Street station.

Raymond Keene and Stewart Reuben directed the event. A place had been reserved for Anatoly Karpov, winner in 1982 and 1984, but he chose to play SWIFT Brussels instead. Iossif Dorfman agreed to replace him but then withdrew. Glenn Flear, then an IM and one of the lowest-rated players in the field, accepted at short notice on condition that he could have 22 March free for his wedding to Christine Flear. The round 9 game Flear-Plaskett was therefore played one week early.

Flear lost only one game, drew seven games against the stars, defeated top seed Vaganian and four others, and scored a GM norm with two rounds to spare. He won the tournament on 8.5/13 and took the £5,000 first prize plus a rating prize. Chandler and Short shared second place on 8/13. Chandler's win over Vaganian won the £1,000 brilliancy prize.

Sources include chessgames.com, CHESS magazine, British Chess Magazine, New York Times coverage by Robert Byrne, and Roger Coathup's Chess in the Attic article.