The chess games of Robert Gruchacz

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Robert Gruchacz

Number of games in database: 30
Years covered: 1970 to 1987
Last FIDE rating: 2335

Overall record: +5 -15 =10 (33.3%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (7)
    B45 B56 B41 B77 B29
Ruy Lopez (4)
    C69 C60

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (6)
    B33 B40 B39 B98

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ROBERT GRUCHACZ (born Nov-30-1953, died Mar-07-2006, 52 years old) United States of America	[what is this?]
IM (1980) Gruchacz won the state of New Jersey championship in 1970 and 1971. References: (1) http://njscf.org/history/list-of-ne...

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. R Gruchacz vs E Schiller	½-½	37	1970	New York Junior Championship	B20 Sicilian
2. R Gruchacz vs S Sloan	0-1	26	1970	Eastern Amateur Championship	B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
3. M Diesen vs R Gruchacz	0-1	32	1972	73rd US Open	B98 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. R Gruchacz vs P Biyiasas	1-0	45	1976	Lone Pine	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
5. Najdorf vs R Gruchacz	1-0	43	1976	Lone Pine	A08 King's Indian Attack
6. K Rogoff vs R Gruchacz	1-0	41	1976	Lone Pine	A13 English
7. R Gruchacz vs C N Barnes	1-0	92	1976	Lone Pine	B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
8. J L Watson vs R Gruchacz	1-0	45	1976	Lone Pine	A22 English
9. R Gruchacz vs M Sisniega	0-1	65	1976	Lone Pine	B56 Sicilian
10. D Fritzinger vs R Gruchacz	½-½	34	1976	Lone Pine	B40 Sicilian
11. V Zaltsman vs R Gruchacz	1-0	47	1978	Lone Pine	A30 English, Symmetrical
12. R Gruchacz vs Lombardy	1-0	44	1978	Lone Pine	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
13. H Westerinen vs R Gruchacz	1-0	48	1978	Lone Pine	B40 Sicilian
14. R Gruchacz vs Z Mestrovic	0-1	42	1978	Lone Pine	B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
15. S Odendahl vs R Gruchacz	1-0	30	1978	Lone Pine	A04 Reti Opening
16. G Garcia vs R Gruchacz	0-1	34	1978	Lone Pine	B33 Sicilian
17. R Gruchacz vs W Morris	0-1	40	1978	Lone Pine	C26 Vienna
18. R Gruchacz vs Fedorowicz	½-½	10	1978	Lone Pine	B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
19. R C Balinas vs R Gruchacz	½-½	16	1978	Lone Pine	B33 Sicilian
20. E Schiller vs R Gruchacz	½-½	17	1979	Huntington	E12 Queen's Indian
21. R Gruchacz vs Joel Benjamin	½-½	44	1979	New York Marshall	C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
22. R Gruchacz vs Miles	0-1	48	1980	USA	B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
23. Alburt vs R Gruchacz	½-½	60	1980	New York (USA)	B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation
24. R Gruchacz vs Joel Benjamin	0-1	34	1980	Philidor International	B02 Alekhine's Defense
25. R Gruchacz vs L Shamkovich	½-½	34	1980	New York (USA)	B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen


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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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