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🏆 GLC Chess Challenge (1986)

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The GLC Chess Challenge was the fourth and last in the biannual series of tournaments which started with the ... [more]

Player: Bent Larsen

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Larsen vs Speelman  ½-½321986GLC Chess ChallengeB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
2. Plaskett vs Larsen 1-0391986GLC Chess ChallengeB30 Sicilian
3. Larsen vs Chandler 0-1461986GLC Chess ChallengeA20 English
4. Short vs Larsen  1-0341986GLC Chess ChallengeB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
5. Larsen vs Vaganian  ½-½441986GLC Chess ChallengeA15 English
6. Larsen vs Nunn 1-0431986GLC Chess ChallengeC24 Bishop's Opening
7. Dlugy vs Larsen  0-1581986GLC Chess ChallengeE15 Queen's Indian
8. Larsen vs Portisch 1-0281986GLC Chess ChallengeB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. Polugaevsky vs Larsen  1-0291986GLC Chess ChallengeE16 Queen's Indian
10. Larsen vs Ribli  ½-½201986GLC Chess ChallengeA30 English, Symmetrical
11. J Mestel vs Larsen  1-0331986GLC Chess ChallengeB56 Sicilian
12. Larsen vs G Flear ½-½661986GLC Chess ChallengeD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. Spassky vs Larsen  ½-½431986GLC Chess ChallengeA07 King's Indian Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-26-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Still one of the biggest upset wins in international tournament history.
Dec-01-19  spingo: Aside from Flear's result, which I believe coincided with his marriage, Plaskett's performance was considered unusual by the chess press. Thirteen games, +5 -8 and no draws. The kind of results people had 100 years earlier.

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