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🏆 87th US Open (1986)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Samuel Reshevsky, Boris Spassky, Boris Gulko, John Fedorowicz, Larry Christiansen, Alexander Chernin, Joel Benjamin, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Dmitry Gurevich, Lev Alburt, Gildardo Garcia, Michael Wilder, Alex Sherzer, Victor Frias Pablaza, Stuart Rachels, Kamran Shirazi, Arthur Bisguier, Jorge Armando Gonzalez Rodriguez, Miles Ardaman, Craig Mar, William Kelleher, Anatoly Volovich, Andrew Karklins, Walter Shipman, David Griego, Daniel E Shapiro, William Wharton, David H Levin, Orest Popovych, George Kramer, Konstantin Dolgitser, Thomas Colure, Denis Strenzwilk, Joseph Waxman, Adam L Colby, Sidney J Rubin, S Szablak, Dennis Bowe, Edward Epp, Walton, Larry Smith, Bill Chesney, W Geoffrey Mc Auliffe, Arthur Aikin, Gary Kitts, John Wygrecki, Fidelity (Computer), Duffy Hepner, David Moody, Ramesh Sheth, James Kulbacki

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
87th US Open (1986)

Larry Christiansen won with 10 / 12.

Source: The British Chess Magazine 1986, p. 214-215.

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 57  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Mar vs S Rubin  1-023198687th US OpenD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
2. A Aikin vs W G Mc Auliffe  0-120198687th US OpenD00 Queen's Pawn Game
3. M Ardaman vs V Frias Pablaza 0-120198687th US OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
4. Alburt vs B Chesney  1-066198687th US OpenE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
5. Chernin vs B Chesney  1-044198687th US OpenD61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack
6. B Chesney vs D Griego  1-038198687th US OpenB83 Sicilian
7. B Chesney vs M Wilder  1-047198687th US OpenB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
8. D Gurevich vs Tseshkovsky  1-020198687th US OpenA34 English, Symmetrical
9. Spassky vs K Shirazi  1-048198687th US OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
10. Fidelity vs K Shirazi 0-135198687th US OpenC23 Bishop's Opening
11. Gulko vs A Sherzer  1-026198687th US OpenA57 Benko Gambit
12. J Wygrecki vs W Shipman  ½-½22198687th US OpenC37 King's Gambit Accepted
13. A Volovich vs D Gurevich  ½-½14198687th US OpenA03 Bird's Opening
14. B Chesney vs Gulko 0-141198687th US OpenC16 French, Winawer
15. L Smith vs B Chesney  0-116198687th US OpenA02 Bird's Opening
16. Gulko vs D Gurevich  ½-½39198687th US OpenA57 Benko Gambit
17. S Szablak vs Spassky  0-142198687th US OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
18. Walton vs Alburt 1-057198687th US OpenA75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4
19. L Christiansen vs D Moody 1-019198687th US OpenA25 English
20. Chernin vs Alburt  1-036198687th US OpenA15 English
21. Reshevsky vs D Bowe  1-042198687th US OpenE43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation
22. G Garcia vs O Popovych  1-036198687th US OpenB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
23. L Christiansen vs D Gurevich  1-034198687th US OpenA80 Dutch
24. Spassky vs D Hepner 1-016198687th US OpenB23 Sicilian, Closed
25. G Kitts vs Gulko 0-118198687th US OpenC03 French, Tarrasch
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