| 31st US Chess championship :: Estes Park, CO 1985 |
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| pos. | name | seed | Elo | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | pts | + | = | - |
| 1. | GM Alburt, Lev | (3) | |
● | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 9½ | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2. | IM Benjamin, Joel | (9) | |
½ | ● | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
| =3. | GM Christiansen, Larry | (1) | |
0 | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |
| =3. | GM Kavalek, Lubomir | (10) | 2555 | |
½ | ½ | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| =5. | IM Fedorowicz, John | (6) | 2520 | |
0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| =5. | IM Kogan, Boris | (12) | 2500 | |
½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ● | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| =7. | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | (5) | 2530 | |
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ● | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| =7. | IM Dlugy, Maxim | (11) | 2485 | |
½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ● | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| =9. | IM De Firmian, Nick | (7) | 2540 | |
0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5½ | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| =9. | IM Kudrin, Sergey | (2) | 2485 | |
0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ● | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| =9. | IM Shirazi, Kamran | (14) | 2400 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| =12. | GM Gurevich, Dmitry | (13) | |
0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ● | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 1 | 7 | 5 | |
| =12. | FM Wolff, Patrick | (4) | 2305 | |
½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ● | 1 | 4½ | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 14. | McCambridge, Vincent | (8) | 2465 | |
1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ● | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Coverage in February 1986 Chess Life.
| 1st round | |||||||||
| GM Christiansen, Larry | (1) | |
1 - 0 | |
(14) | IM Shirazi, Kamran | |||
| GM Gurevich, Dmitry | (13) | |
½ - ½ | |
(2) | IM Kudrin, Sergey | |||
| IM Kogan, Boris | (12) | |
½ - ½ | |
(3) | GM Alburt, Lev | |||
| IM Dlugy, Maxim | (11) | |
2485 | ½ - ½ | 2305 | |
(4) | FM Wolff, Patrick | |
| GM Kavalek, Lubomir | (10) | |
2555 | ½ - ½ | 2530 | |
(5) | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |
| IM Benjamin, Joel | (9) | |
½ - ½ | |
(6) | IM Fedorowicz, John | |||
| McCambridge, Vincent | (8) | |
2465 | ½ - ½ | 2540 | |
(7) | IM De Firmian, Nick | |
| 1. Christiansen — 1; 2.-13. Alburt, Benjamin, Kavalek, Fedorowicz, Kogan, Browne, Dlugy, De Firmian, Kudrin, Gurevich, Wolff, McCambridge — ½; 14. Shirazi — 0; | |||||||||
| 2nd round | |||||||||
| IM Shirazi, Kamran | (14) | |
2400 | 1 - 0 | 2465 | |
(8) | McCambridge, Vincent | |
| IM De Firmian, Nick | (7) | |
½ - ½ | |
(9) | IM Benjamin, Joel | |||
| IM Fedorowicz, John | (6) | |
2520 | ½ - ½ | 2555 | |
(10) | GM Kavalek, Lubomir | |
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | (5) | |
2530 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | |
(11) | IM Dlugy, Maxim | |
| FM Wolff, Patrick | (4) | |
2305 | ½ - ½ | 2500 | |
(12) | IM Kogan, Boris | |
| GM Alburt, Lev | (3) | |
1 - 0 | |
(13) | GM Gurevich, Dmitry | |||
| IM Kudrin, Sergey | (2) | |
½ - ½ | |
(1) | GM Christiansen, Larry | |||
| 1.-2. Alburt, Christiansen — 1½; 3.-12. Benjamin, Kavalek, Fedorowicz, Kogan, Browne, Dlugy, De Firmian, Kudrin, Shirazi, Wolff — 1; 13.-14. Gurevich, McCambridge — ½; | |||||||||
| 3rd round | |||||||||
| IM Kudrin, Sergey | (2) | |
2485 | 1 - 0 | 2400 | |
(14) | IM Shirazi, Kamran | |
| GM Christiansen, Larry | (1) | |
0 - 1 | |
(3) | GM Alburt, Lev | |||
| GM Gurevich, Dmitry | (13) | |
1 - 0 | |
(4) | FM Wolff, Patrick | |||
| IM Kogan, Boris | (12) | |
2500 | 1 - 0 | 2530 | |
(5) | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |
| IM Dlugy, Maxim | (11) | |
½ - ½ | |
(6) | IM Fedorowicz, John | |||
| GM Kavalek, Lubomir | (10) | |
2555 | ½ - ½ | 2540 | |
(7) | IM De Firmian, Nick | |
| IM Benjamin, Joel | (9) | |
1 - 0 | |
(8) | McCambridge, Vincent | |||
| 1. Alburt — 2½; 2.-4. Benjamin, Kogan, Kudrin — 2; 5.-10. Christiansen, Kavalek, Fedorowicz, Dlugy, De Firmian, Gurevich — 1½; 11.-13. Browne, Shirazi, Wolff — 1; 14. McCambridge — ½; | |||||||||
| 4th round | |||||||||
| IM Shirazi, Kamran | (14) | |
0 - 1 | |
(9) | IM Benjamin, Joel | |||
| McCambridge, Vincent | (8) | |
2465 | ½ - ½ | 2555 | |
(10) | GM Kavalek, Lubomir | |
| IM De Firmian, Nick | (7) | |
0 - 1 | |
(11) | IM Dlugy, Maxim | |||
| IM Fedorowicz, John | (6) | |
½ - ½ | |
(12) | IM Kogan, Boris | |||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | (5) | |
½ - ½ | |
(13) | GM Gurevich, Dmitry | |||
| FM Wolff, Patrick | (4) | |
0 - 1 | |
(1) | GM Christiansen, Larry | |||
| GM Alburt, Lev | (3) | |
1 - 0 | |
(2) | IM Kudrin, Sergey | |||
| 1. Alburt — 3½; 2. Benjamin — 3; 3.-5. Christiansen, Kogan, Dlugy — 2½; 6.-9. Kavalek, Fedorowicz, Kudrin, Gurevich — 2; 10.-11. Browne, De Firmian — 1½; 12.-14. Shirazi, Wolff, McCambridge — 1; | |||||||||
| 5th round | |||||||||
| GM Alburt, Lev | (3) | |
1 - 0 | |
(14) | IM Shirazi, Kamran | |||
| IM Kudrin, Sergey | (2) | |
1 - 0 | |
(4) | FM Wolff, Patrick | |||
| GM Christiansen, Larry | (1) | |
½ - ½ | |
(5) | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||
| GM Gurevich, Dmitry | (13) | |
½ - ½ | |
(6) | IM Fedorowicz, John | |||
| IM Kogan, Boris | (12) | |
2500 | ½ - ½ | 2540 | |
(7) | IM De Firmian, Nick | |
| IM Dlugy, Maxim | (11) | |
2485 | 1 - 0 | 2465 | |
(8) | McCambridge, Vincent | |
| GM Kavalek, Lubomir | (10) | |
½ - ½ | |
(9) | IM Benjamin, Joel | |||
| 1. Alburt — 4½; 2.-3. Benjamin, Dlugy — 3½; 4.-6. Christiansen, Kogan, Kudrin — 3; 7.-9. Kavalek, Fedorowicz, Gurevich — 2½; 10.-11. Browne, De Firmian — 2; 12.-14. Shirazi, Wolff, McCambridge — 1; | |||||||||
| 6th round | |||||||||
| IM Shirazi, Kamran | (14) | |
2400 | 0 - 1 | 2555 | |
(10) | GM Kavalek, Lubomir | |
| IM Benjamin, Joel | (9) | |
½ - ½ | |
(11) | IM Dlugy, Maxim | |||
| McCambridge, Vincent | (8) | |
2465 | 0 - 1 | 2500 | |
(12) | IM Kogan, Boris | |
| IM De Firmian, Nick | (7) | |
1 - 0 | |
(13) | GM Gurevich, Dmitry | |||
| IM Fedorowicz, John | (6) | |
½ - ½ | |
(1) | GM Christiansen, Larry | |||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | (5) | |
2530 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | |
(2) | IM Kudrin, Sergey | |
| FM Wolff, Patrick | (4) | |
½ - ½ | |
(3) | GM Alburt, Lev | |||
| 1. Alburt — 5; 2.-4. Benjamin, Kogan, Dlugy — 4; 5.-7. Christiansen, Kavalek, Kudrin — 3½; 8.-9. Fedorowicz, De Firmian — 3; 10.-11. Browne, Gurevich — 2½; 12. Wolff — 1½; 13.-14. Shirazi, McCambridge — 1; | |||||||||
| 7th round | |||||||||
| FM Wolff, Patrick | (4) | |
2305 | 0 - 1 | 2400 | |
(14) | IM Shirazi, Kamran | |
| GM Alburt, Lev | (3) | |
1 - 0 | |
(5) | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |||
| IM Kudrin, Sergey | (2) | |
2485 | 0 - 1 | 2520 | |
(6) | IM Fedorowicz, John | |
| GM Christiansen, Larry | (1) | |
1 - 0 | |
(7) | IM De Firmian, Nick | |||
| GM Gurevich, Dmitry | (13) | |
½ - ½ | |
(8) | McCambridge, Vincent | |||
| IM Kogan, Boris | (12) | |
½ - ½ | |
(9) | IM Benjamin, Joel | |||
| IM Dlugy, Maxim | (11) | |
2485 | ½ - ½ | 2555 | |
(10) | GM Kavalek, Lubomir | |
| 1. Alburt — 6; 2.-5. Benjamin, Christiansen, Kogan, Dlugy — 4½; 6.-7. Kavalek, Fedorowicz — 4; 8. Kudrin — 3½; 9.-10. De Firmian, Gurevich — 3; 11. Browne — 2½; 12. Shirazi — 2; 13.-14. Wolff, McCambridge — 1½; | |||||||||
| 8th round | |||||||||
| IM Shirazi, Kamran | (14) | |
1 - 0 | |
(11) | IM Dlugy, Maxim | |||
| GM Kavalek, Lubomir | (10) | |
2555 | ½ - ½ | 2500 | |
(12) | IM Kogan, Boris | |
| IM Benjamin, Joel | (9) | |
1 - 0 | |
(13) | GM Gurevich, Dmitry | |||
| McCambridge, Vincent | (8) | |
½ - ½ | |
(1) | GM Christiansen, Larry | |||
| IM De Firmian, Nick | (7) | |
2540 | 1 - 0 | 2485 | |
(2) | IM Kudrin, Sergey | |
| IM Fedorowicz, John | (6) | |
0 - 1 | |
(3) | GM Alburt, Lev | |||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | (5) | |
1 - 0 | |
(4) | FM Wolff, Patrick | |||
| 1. Alburt — 7; 2. Benjamin — 5½; 3.-4. Christiansen, Kogan — 5; 5.-6. Kavalek, Dlugy — 4½; 7.-8. Fedorowicz, De Firmian — 4; 9.-10. Browne, Kudrin — 3½; 11.-12. Shirazi, Gurevich — 3; 13. McCambridge — 2; 14. Wolff — 1½; | |||||||||
| 9th round | |||||||||
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | (5) | |
2530 | ½ - ½ | 2400 | |
(14) | IM Shirazi, Kamran | |
| FM Wolff, Patrick | (4) | |
2305 | ½ - ½ | 2520 | |
(6) | IM Fedorowicz, John | |
| GM Alburt, Lev | (3) | |
1 - 0 | |
(7) | IM De Firmian, Nick | |||
| IM Kudrin, Sergey | (2) | |
2485 | ½ - ½ | 2465 | |
(8) | McCambridge, Vincent | |
| GM Christiansen, Larry | (1) | |
½ - ½ | |
(9) | IM Benjamin, Joel | |||
| GM Gurevich, Dmitry | (13) | |
0 - 1 | |
(10) | GM Kavalek, Lubomir | |||
| IM Kogan, Boris | (12) | |
2500 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | |
(11) | IM Dlugy, Maxim | |
| 1. Alburt — 8; 2. Benjamin — 6; 3.-5. Christiansen, Kavalek, Kogan — 5½; 6. Dlugy — 5; 7. Fedorowicz — 4½; 8.-10. Browne, De Firmian, Kudrin — 4; 11. Shirazi — 3½; 12. Gurevich — 3; 13. McCambridge — 2½; 14. Wolff — 2; | |||||||||
| 10th round | |||||||||
| IM Shirazi, Kamran | (14) | |
1 - 0 | |
(12) | IM Kogan, Boris | |||
| IM Dlugy, Maxim | (11) | |
½ - ½ | |
(13) | GM Gurevich, Dmitry | |||
| GM Kavalek, Lubomir | (10) | |
½ - ½ | |
(1) | GM Christiansen, Larry | |||
| IM Benjamin, Joel | (9) | |
1 - 0 | |
(2) | IM Kudrin, Sergey | |||
| McCambridge, Vincent | (8) | |
1 - 0 | |
(3) | GM Alburt, Lev | |||
| IM De Firmian, Nick | (7) | |
2540 | 0 - 1 | 2305 | |
(4) | FM Wolff, Patrick | |
| IM Fedorowicz, John | (6) | |
2520 | ½ - ½ | 2530 | |
(5) | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |
| 1. Alburt — 8; 2. Benjamin — 7; 3.-4. Christiansen, Kavalek — 6; 5.-6. Kogan, Dlugy — 5½; 7. Fedorowicz — 5; 8.-9. Browne, Shirazi — 4½; 10.-11. De Firmian, Kudrin — 4; 12.-13. Gurevich, McCambridge — 3½; 14. Wolff — 3; | |||||||||
| 11th round | |||||||||
| IM Fedorowicz, John | (6) | |
2520 | 1 - 0 | 2400 | |
(14) | IM Shirazi, Kamran | |
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | (5) | |
1 - 0 | |
(7) | IM De Firmian, Nick | |||
| FM Wolff, Patrick | (4) | |
2305 | 1 - 0 | 2465 | |
(8) | McCambridge, Vincent | |
| GM Alburt, Lev | (3) | |
½ - ½ | |
(9) | IM Benjamin, Joel | |||
| IM Kudrin, Sergey | (2) | |
½ - ½ | |
(10) | GM Kavalek, Lubomir | |||
| GM Christiansen, Larry | (1) | |
1 - 0 | |
(11) | IM Dlugy, Maxim | |||
| GM Gurevich, Dmitry | (13) | |
½ - ½ | |
(12) | IM Kogan, Boris | |||
| 1. Alburt — 8½; 2. Benjamin — 7½; 3. Christiansen — 7; 4. Kavalek — 6½; 5.-6. Fedorowicz, Kogan — 6; 7.-8. Browne, Dlugy — 5½; 9.-10. Kudrin, Shirazi — 4½; 11.-13. De Firmian, Gurevich, Wolff — 4; 14. McCambridge — 3½; | |||||||||
| 12th round | |||||||||
| IM Shirazi, Kamran | (14) | |
1 - 0 | |
(13) | GM Gurevich, Dmitry | |||
| IM Kogan, Boris | (12) | |
½ - ½ | |
(1) | GM Christiansen, Larry | |||
| IM Dlugy, Maxim | (11) | |
2485 | ½ - ½ | 2485 | |
(2) | IM Kudrin, Sergey | |
| GM Kavalek, Lubomir | (10) | |
½ - ½ | |
(3) | GM Alburt, Lev | |||
| IM Benjamin, Joel | (9) | |
½ - ½ | |
(4) | FM Wolff, Patrick | |||
| McCambridge, Vincent | (8) | |
2465 | 0 - 1 | 2530 | |
(5) | GM Browne, Walter Shawn | |
| IM De Firmian, Nick | (7) | |
½ - ½ | |
(6) | IM Fedorowicz, John | |||
| 1. Alburt — 9; 2. Benjamin — 8; 3. Christiansen — 7½; 4. Kavalek — 7; 5.-7. Fedorowicz, Kogan, Browne — 6½; 8. Dlugy — 6; 9. Shirazi — 5½; 10. Kudrin — 5; 11.-12. De Firmian, Wolff — 4½; 13. Gurevich — 4; 14. McCambridge — 3½; | |||||||||
| 13th round | |||||||||
| IM De Firmian, Nick | (7) | |
2540 | 1 - 0 | 2400 | |
(14) | IM Shirazi, Kamran | |
| IM Fedorowicz, John | (6) | |
2520 | ½ - ½ | 2465 | |
(8) | McCambridge, Vincent | |
| GM Browne, Walter Shawn | (5) | |
0 - 1 | |
(9) | IM Benjamin, Joel | |||
| FM Wolff, Patrick | (4) | |
0 - 1 | |
(10) | GM Kavalek, Lubomir | |||
| GM Alburt, Lev | (3) | |
½ - ½ | |
(11) | IM Dlugy, Maxim | |||
| IM Kudrin, Sergey | (2) | |
2485 | ½ - ½ | 2500 | |
(12) | IM Kogan, Boris | |
| GM Christiansen, Larry | (1) | |
½ - ½ | |
(13) | GM Gurevich, Dmitry | |||
| 1. Alburt — 9½; 2. Benjamin — 9; 3.-4. Christiansen, Kavalek — 8; 5.-6. Fedorowicz, Kogan — 7; 7.-8. Browne, Dlugy — 6½; 9.-11. De Firmian, Kudrin, Shirazi — 5½; 12.-13. Gurevich, Wolff — 4½; 14. McCambridge — 4; | |||||||||
| 31st US Chess championship | |
| Dates: | 20th October - 6th November 1985 |
| City: | Estes Park, CO (United States) |
| Venue: | |
| Organizers: | US Chess Federation |
| Chief Arbiter: | |
| Players participating: | 14 (incl. 5 GMs, 7 IMs, 1 FM) |
| Games played: | 91 |
| Competition format: | Round Robin |
| Tie-breaks: | none |
| Time control: | |
| Website: | http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamps/us/1985.htm |
| Other websites: | https://uscf1-nyc1.aodhosting.com/CL-AND-CR-ALL/CL-ALL/1986/1986_02.pdf |
| PGN game file: | usa-1985.pgn |