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Robert Gruchacz

Number of games in database: 73
Years covered: 1970 to 1987
Last FIDE rating: 2335
Overall record: +13 -30 =30 (38.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (16) 
    B77 B20 B45 B33 B82
 Ruy Lopez (5) 
    C69 C60 C80
 French Defense (5) 
    C02 C11 C10 C16 C17
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (14) 
    B40 B33 B39 B51 B41
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   E Schiller vs R Gruchacz, 1986 1/2-1/2
   G Garcia vs R Gruchacz, 1978 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Midwest Masters (1985)
   Lone Pine (1978)
   Lone Pine (1976)


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ROBERT GRUCHACZ
(born Nov-30-1953, died Mar-07-2006, 52 years old) United States of America

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Robert Gruchacz was awarded the title of IM in 1980. He won the New Jersey State Championship in 1970 and 1971.

References: (1) http://njscf.org/history/list-of-ne...

Last updated: 2025-03-08 01:32:28

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 73  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Gruchacz vs E Schiller ½-½371970New York Junior ChampionshipB20 Sicilian
2. R Gruchacz vs S Sloan  0-1261970Eastern Amateur ChampionshipB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
3. R Gruchacz vs E Bersbach  0-124197172nd US OpenC21 Center Game
4. D R Jacobs vs R Gruchacz  1-022197172nd US OpenB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
5. M Diesen vs R Gruchacz  0-132197273rd US OpenB98 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. R Gruchacz vs A Soltis  ½-½231976Marshall ChampionshipB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
7. R Gruchacz vs P Biyiasas  1-0451976Lone PineC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
8. Najdorf vs R Gruchacz  1-0431976Lone PineA08 King's Indian Attack
9. K Rogoff vs R Gruchacz 1-0411976Lone PineA13 English
10. R Gruchacz vs C Barnes  1-0921976Lone PineB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
11. J L Watson vs R Gruchacz  1-0451976Lone PineA22 English
12. R Gruchacz vs M Sisniega  0-1651976Lone PineB56 Sicilian
13. D Fritzinger vs R Gruchacz  ½-½341976Lone PineB40 Sicilian
14. R Gruchacz vs Seirawan  1-0471978Hastings Challengers 1977/78C02 French, Advance
15. V Zaltsman vs R Gruchacz  1-0471978Lone PineA30 English, Symmetrical
16. R Gruchacz vs Lombardy  1-0441978Lone PineC69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
17. Westerinen vs R Gruchacz  1-0481978Lone PineB40 Sicilian
18. R Gruchacz vs Z Mestrovic  0-1421978Lone PineB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
19. S Odendahl vs R Gruchacz  1-0301978Lone PineA04 Reti Opening
20. G Garcia vs R Gruchacz 0-1341978Lone PineB33 Sicilian
21. R Gruchacz vs W Morris  0-1401978Lone PineC26 Vienna
22. R Gruchacz vs J Fedorowicz  ½-½101978Lone PineB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
23. R Balinas vs R Gruchacz  ½-½161978Lone PineB33 Sicilian
24. E Schiller vs R Gruchacz  ½-½171979HuntingtonE12 Queen's Indian
25. A Soltis vs R Gruchacz  1-0411979Goldwater-Marshall TournamentB40 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-15-06  Caissanist: IM Robert Gruchacz has died. Here is the obituary from the Chicago Tribune:

Robert S. Gruchacz of Scottsdale, Arizona passed away March 7, 2006. Bob was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 30, 1953. He is survived by his wife, Jean, and mother, Nola. Bob was a graduate of St. Peter's Prep and also Columbia University. After college, he played chess in Europe for five years. He was an International Master in Chess. In 1981 he moved to Chicago and traded on the Chicago Options Exchange until 1999. Bob was full of life and loved by all.

Aug-15-06  belgradegambit: Robert Gruchacz along with Salvatore Matera, Gary Klein, and Julius Loftson were Columbia's championship team at the Pan-American Intercollegiate in 1971. Gruch was a classmate of mine at Columbia. We had a dorm chess championship (Carmen) and I played Gruch in the last round for the championship and lost badly. My favorite remembrance of him was at a tournament in New York. He was playing an ending with N + pawns versus N + pawns in a closed position. I gave him a look like "why are you playing on in a drawn position?" Later I saw his winning plan. After an inaccuracy by his oppponent, he shrewdly sacrificed his knight for 2 pawns and won.
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  GrahamClayton: 1970 and 1971 New Jersey state champion, and =1st Illinois Open Champion in 1985.

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