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Phillips & Drew GLC Kings (1984) During the 1980's the city of London experienced a chess renaissance that made it the premier chess capital of the West. The culmination of this activity was to host the first half of the Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Rematch (1986). The other events that helped London achieve this status included the USSR vs. Rest of the World (1984) match and a series of tournaments sponsored by the stock-broking firm Phillips & Drew (the others being Phillips & Drew Kings (1980) and Phillips & Drew Kings (1982)). This 1984 event was a fourteen player Category 14 tournament that was sponsored by both Phillips & Drew and the Greater London Council (GLC). It was also the first ever all GM tournament to be held in the United Kingdom. It ran from the 26th of April to the 11th of May and was held in the County Hall, London. County Hall, London, England, 26 April - 11 May 1984 Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 1 Karpov 2700 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 9 2 Chandler 2515 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 8 3 Polugaevsky 2615 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 8 4 Timman 2610 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½ 5 Ribli 2610 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 6 Seirawan 2525 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 7 7 Korchnoi 2635 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6½ 8 Vaganian 2630 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 9 Andersson 2630 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 10 Miles 2615 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 5½ 11 Speelman 2495 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5½ 12 Mestel 2540 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 5 13 Nunn 2600 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 5 14 Torre 2565 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 5 The Round 3 Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1984 game won the brilliancy prize which consisted of a Countdown electronic chess clock presented by Mr Gareth Williams. The main source for this collection was the Phillips & Drew GLC tournament booklet published by Robert Wade. Previous edition: Phillips & Drew Kings (1982). Next: GLC Chess Challenge (1986). Original collection: Game Collection: 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings Tt by User: Benzol. Thanks to <Tabanus> and <Chessical> for finding the dates on which the rounds took place.  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Speelman vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 21 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings E16 Queen's Indian 2. Ulf Andersson vs Karpov ½-½ 25 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 3. Chandler vs E Torre 1-0 33 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 4. Timman vs A J Mestel   1-0 31 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings A53 Old Indian 5. Nunn vs Ribli   ½-½ 22 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 6. Polugaevsky vs Seirawan 1-0 44 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings E20 Nimzo-Indian 7. Miles vs Vaganian   0-1 44 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings A34 English, Symmetrical 8. Karpov vs Chandler 1-0 37 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 9. E Torre vs Timman   ½-½ 42 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings A48 King's Indian 10. Ribli vs Vaganian   1-0 41 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 11. Nunn vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 20 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 12. Seirawan vs Speelman   1-0 60 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Korchnoi vs Miles   ½-½ 45 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 14. A J Mestel vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 15 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings A13 English 15. Speelman vs A J Mestel   ½-½ 15 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 16. Vaganian vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 65 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings A13 English 17. Miles vs Seirawan   ½-½ 22 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 18. Polugaevsky vs E Torre 1-0 33 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 19. Chandler vs Nunn   1-0 40 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings B07 Pirc 20. Timman vs Karpov 0-1 26 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings C45 Scotch Game 21. Ulf Andersson vs Ribli ½-½ 19 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings E12 Queen's Indian 22. Nunn vs Timman   ½-½ 49 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 23. Ribli vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 22 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings E16 Queen's Indian 24. E Torre vs Speelman ½-½ 84 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 25. Ulf Andersson vs Chandler   0-1 43 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings D30 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Apr-03-14    wordfunph: 12 scoresheets of Tony Miles from the 1984 Philips & Drew closed tournament in London, sold for EUR 93.17 http://www.gmsquare.com/cgi-bin/auc... Apr-14-14    zanzibar: Held in GLC County Hall, where GLC = Greater London Council. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greate... Since the Council helped sponsor the event, along with brokerage Phillips & Drew, they desire their fair share of the event title. Apr-14-14    zanzibar: And it might be mentioned that Polugaevsky vs Torre won the Brilliancy Prize for the tournament. I couldn't find mention of this in the ~7 pages of kibitzing, but it be there. Oct-29-16    allan.dinglasan: The only defeat of Karpov was dealth by our very own Eugene Torre. Apr-29-17    keypusher: Great result for Murray Chandler and the place where Korchnoi and Karpov played each other in a tournament for the first time since Korchnoi's defection. NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! 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