1986 GLC Chess Challenge, Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool St, London, 11-27 March

1986 GLC Chess Challenge		Nat'y	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	Elo +/-	Prize
1	Glenn C Flear	ENG	2485m	&;	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	8½	+34	£5000
2	Murray G Chandler	ENG	2535g	½	&;	1	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	8	+20	£2500
3	Nigel D Short	ENG	2585g	½	0	&;	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	8	+10	£2500
4	John DM Nunn	ENG	2585g	½	½	½	&;	½	½	0	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	7½	+5	£1250
5	Zoltan Ribli	HUN	2585g	½	½	½	½	&;	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	7½	+5	£1250
6	Lev Polugaevsky	USSR	2575g	1	½	0	½	½	&;	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	7	+2	£700
7	Lajos Portisch	HUN	2610g	½	1	½	1	½	½	&;	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	7	-4	£700
8	Boris Spassky	USSR	2610g	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	&;	½	½	½	1	½	½	7	-4	£700
9	Jonathan S Speelman	USSR	2560g	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	&;	0	½	1	½	½	6	-5	£450
10	Rafael A Vaganian	USSR	2645g	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	&;	½	0	1	1	6	-21	£450
11	Bent Larsen	DEN	2575g	½	0	0	1	½	0	1	½	½	½	&;	0	1	0	5½	-13	£350
12	H James Plaskett	ENG	2435g	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	&;	0	1	5	+8	£300
13	Maxim Dlugy	USA	2545m	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	1	&;	½	4	-23	£225
14	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG	2525g	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	1	0	½	&;	4	-18	£225

Average Elo: 2561, Category 13, GM norm = 7½, IM norm = 5. First GM norm for Glenn Flear.
Brilliancy Prize (£1000): Chandler-Vaganian.
Grading Prize (£400): Flear +3.4 points over expected score.
The double rest days over the weekend of 15-16 March was so some of the players could take part in the Bundesliga.

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1986 GLC Chess Masters, Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool St, London, 11-27 March

1986 GLC Masters		Nat'y	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total	Elo +/-
1	Jonathan Levitt	ENG	2395m	&;	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	10½	+14
2	Neil R McDonald	ENG	2320	½	&;	0	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	10½	+45
3	Bruno Carlier	NED	2315	½	1	&;	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	10	+40
4	Mark JL Orr	IRL	2330f	0	1	½	&;	½	1	1	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	10	+35
5	Simon JB Knott	ENG	2320	½	½	1	½	&;	0	½	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	9	+23
6	Gavin Crawley	ENG	2335	½	0	1	0	1	&;	0	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	8½	+11
7	Joseph G Gallagher	ENG	2325	0	½	0	0	½	1	&;	1	0	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	8	+5
8	Byron A Jacobs	ENG	2295f	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	8	+17
9	Mark L Condie	SCO	2425m	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	&;	0	1	½	1	½	½	½	7½	-22
10	Patrick Carton	IRL	2295	½	0	½	0	1	0	½	0	1	&;	1	0	½	½	½	1	7	+1
11	Stephen R Mannion	SCO	2260	0	0	0	1	1	½	0	0	0	0	&;	1	½	1	1	1	7	+13
12	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2375m	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	½	1	0	&;	½	0	0	½	6	-27
13	John G Nicholson	ENG	2320	½	0	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	&;	1	½	½	6	-22
14	Teresa Needham	ENG	2120wm	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	1	0	&;	½	1	5	+23
15	Susan K Walker (Lalic)	ENG	2220wm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	1	½	½	&;	½	4	-21
16	Simon C Le Blancq	GCI	2410	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	&;	3	-64

Average Elo 2321, Category 3, IM norm = 10½. Neil McDonald obtained his first IM norm.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
18 October 1998	File first uploaded as a zipped file.
12 July 2022	Updated with a viewer and crosstable. The games now have dates. Note that, whilst updating this material, I discovered a game from the Masters that had previously been posted here with a wrong result. The correct result is Arkell 0-1 Mannion (rd 8 - not ½-½ as previously given here. It's still wrong on Mega Database 2022).