GLC Chess Challenge (1986) (games of Bent Larsen)

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🏆 GLC Chess Challenge (1986)

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 Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening
1. Larsen vs Speelman ½-½ 32 1986 GLC Chess Challenge B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4

2. Plaskett vs Larsen 1-0 39 1986 GLC Chess Challenge B30 Sicilian

3. Larsen vs Chandler 0-1 46 1986 GLC Chess Challenge A20 English

4. Short vs Larsen 1-0 34 1986 GLC Chess Challenge B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack

5. Larsen vs Vaganian ½-½ 44 1986 GLC Chess Challenge A15 English

6. Larsen vs Nunn 1-0 43 1986 GLC Chess Challenge C24 Bishop's Opening

7. Dlugy vs Larsen 0-1 58 1986 GLC Chess Challenge E15 Queen's Indian

8. Larsen vs Portisch 1-0 28 1986 GLC Chess Challenge B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

9. Polugaevsky vs Larsen 1-0 29 1986 GLC Chess Challenge E16 Queen's Indian

10. Larsen vs Ribli ½-½ 20 1986 GLC Chess Challenge A30 English, Symmetrical

11. J Mestel vs Larsen 1-0 33 1986 GLC Chess Challenge B56 Sicilian

12. Larsen vs G Flear ½-½ 66 1986 GLC Chess Challenge D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav

13. Spassky vs Larsen ½-½ 43 1986 GLC Chess Challenge A07 King's Indian Attack

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Jun-26-19
   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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