The chess games of Robert Gruchacz

Robert Gruchacz
Number of games in database: 26
Years covered: 1970 to 1986
Last FIDE rating: 2335
Overall record: +4 -12 =10 (34.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (7)
    B45 B29 B82 B20 B56
Ruy Lopez (4)
    C69 C60

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (5)
    B40 B33 B39

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ROBERT GRUCHACZ (born Nov-30-1953, died Mar-07-2006) United States of America	[what is this?]
He was an IM.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. R Gruchacz vs E Schiller	½-½	37	1970	New York Junior Championship	B20 Sicilian
2. K Rogoff vs R Gruchacz	1-0	41	1976	Lone Pine	A13 English
3. Najdorf vs R Gruchacz	1-0	43	1976	Lone Pine	A08 King's Indian Attack
4. D Fritzinger vs R Gruchacz	½-½	34	1976	Lone Pine	B40 Sicilian
5. R Gruchacz vs Biyiasas	1-0	45	1976	Lone Pine	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
6. R Gruchacz vs M Sisniega	0-1	65	1976	Lone Pine	B56 Sicilian
7. J L Watson vs R Gruchacz	1-0	45	1976	Lone Pine	A22 English
8. R Gruchacz vs C Barnes	1-0	92	1976	Lone Pine	B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
9. R Gruchacz vs Fedorowicz	½-½	10	1978	Lone Pine	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
10. R Gruchacz vs Z Mestrovic	0-1	42	1978	Lone Pine	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
11. H Westerinen vs R Gruchacz	1-0	48	1978	Lone Pine	B40 Sicilian
12. R Gruchacz vs W Morris	0-1	40	1978	Lone Pine	C26 Vienna
13. R C Balinas vs R Gruchacz	½-½	16	1978	Lone Pine	B33 Sicilian
14. V Zaltsman vs R Gruchacz	1-0	47	1978	Lone Pine	A30 English, Symmetrical
15. G Garcia vs R Gruchacz	0-1	34	1978	Lone Pine	B33 Sicilian
16. R Gruchacz vs Lombardy	1-0	44	1978	Lone Pine	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
17. S Odendahl vs R Gruchacz	1-0	30	1978	Lone Pine	A04 Reti Opening
18. R Gruchacz vs J Benjamin	½-½	44	1979	08, Marshall it	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 6.d4
19. E Schiller vs R Gruchacz	½-½	17	1979	Huntington	E12 Queen's Indian
20. R Gruchacz vs Dzindzichashvili	½-½	46	1980	New York	C60 Ruy Lopez
21. R Gruchacz vs Miles	0-1	48	1980	USA	B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
22. Chandler vs R Gruchacz	1-0	27	1980	Brighton (England)	E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
23. Alburt vs R Gruchacz	½-½	60	1980	New York (USA)	B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
24. R Gruchacz vs L Shamkovich	½-½	34	1980	New York (USA)	B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
25. R Gruchacz vs E Schiller	0-1	40	1986	Illinois	B41 Sicilian, Kan


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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.

Nov-12-11		GrahamClayton: 1970 and 1971 New Jersey state champion, and =1st Illinois Open Champion in 1985.

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