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Richard Costigan

Number of games in database: 71
Years covered: 1976 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2301
Highest rating achieved in database: 2312
Overall record: +14 -39 =18 (32.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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A46 Queen's Pawn Game (8 games)
D02 Queen's Pawn Game (7 games)
A53 Old Indian (6 games)
A44 Old Benoni Defense (4 games)
D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav (3 games)
A48 King's Indian (3 games)
A43 Old Benoni (2 games)
A45 Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
B01 Scandinavian (2 games)
C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin (2 games)

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RICHARD COSTIGAN
(born Aug-08-1959, 65 years old) United States of America

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He is an IM. Twin brother of Thomas Costigan.

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 71  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Miller vs R Costigan  1-03719762nd Hartford OpenA44 Old Benoni Defense
2. M Ginsburg vs R Costigan 1-0181977USATEA35 English, Symmetrical
3. Seirawan vs R Costigan 1-029197778th US OpenA28 English
4. R Costigan vs K Spraggett  1-028197778th US OpenB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
5. R Costigan vs L Day  0-14619808th World OpenB06 Robatsch
6. J Fedorowicz vs R Costigan  ½-½47198614th World OpenA53 Old Indian
7. R Costigan vs F Behrhorst  0-1391987Toronto Winter FestB02 Alekhine's Defense
8. M Wilder vs R Costigan  1-0501987Toronto Winter FestA53 Old Indian
9. L Witt vs R Costigan  ½-½231987Toronto Winter FestA07 King's Indian Attack
10. J Pajak vs R Costigan  1-0381987Toronto Winter FestB33 Sicilian
11. I L Thomas vs R Costigan  1-0591987Toronto Winter FestB32 Sicilian
12. R Costigan vs K Spraggett  0-1601987Toronto Winter FestA46 Queen's Pawn Game
13. R Stone vs R Costigan  ½-½611987Toronto Winter FestD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
14. R Costigan vs L Day 1-0491987Toronto Winter FestA46 Queen's Pawn Game
15. R Pelts vs R Costigan  ½-½191987Toronto Winter FestA15 English
16. R Costigan vs B Nickoloff  ½-½461987Toronto Winter FestD02 Queen's Pawn Game
17. R Costigan vs I Findlay  1-0461987Toronto Winter FestD02 Queen's Pawn Game
18. R Costigan vs Reshevsky  0-136198715th World OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
19. A Soltis vs R Costigan  1-0491988Bermuda International OpenC77 Ruy Lopez
20. L Leow vs R Costigan  ½-½81989PhiladelphiaC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
21. M Shahade vs R Costigan  1-0341989PhiladelphiaA43 Old Benoni
22. R Costigan vs B Rind  0-1331989PhiladelphiaB24 Sicilian, Closed
23. G Garcia vs R Costigan  1-0321989PhiladelphiaC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
24. R Szmetan vs R Costigan  1-0321989PhiladelphiaA53 Old Indian
25. R Costigan vs L Baquero  0-1531989PhiladelphiaD02 Queen's Pawn Game
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-21-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Breunor: He was a good friend when we were in college - both his brother and he were terrific and friendly people as well as master strength chess players.

Part of the Pan-American college championship team in 1977.

Feb-21-18  Granny O Doul: He was also part of the all-Costigan US Amateur Team champs in, maybe 1983?
Jun-20-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: This game, from the 1977 US Open n Columbus, Ohio, will be in the database eventually. But I wanted to display it here because of the unusual castled position:

Richard Chess - Thomas Costigan
78th US Open Columbus, OH
ROund 5, 8/11/1977:

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Nxd5 Qxd5 5.Qf3 Qc5 6.c3 e5 7.Qe3 Be6 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.d4 Qb6 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Qxe5 Bd6 12.Bb5+ c6 13.Qxd6 Qxb5 14.b3 Rd8 15.Qa3 Qd3 16.Be3 Qxc3+ 17.Ke2 Qc2+ 18.Kf1 f6 19.Re1 Kf7 20.Qxa7 Rd7 21.h3 Bd5 22.Kg1 Qg6 23.Rh2 Re8 24.Qa5 Rde7 25.Qd2 f5 26.Rf1


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26...Qh5 27.Bf4 Qe2 28.Qxe2 Rxe2 29.Be5 Rxa2 30.Rb1 Rea8 31.Rh1 Rd2 32.b4 Raa2 33.Bg3 f4 34.Bxf4 Rxf2 35.Be3 Rxg2+ 36.Kf1 Bc4+ Source: Tournament bulletin, round 5. 0-1

Jun-21-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Breunor: Phony,

This looks like it was a game of his twin brother Thomas Corrigan.

Jun-21-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Breunor: Sorry, that Thomas Costigan (annoying auto-correct at work).
Jun-21-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <Breunor> Sorry, my mistake. Should have put this on Thomas' page.

I'm having some truble with the 1976 US OPen in Fairfax because the bulletin editors did not always distinguish wh between them..

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