1986 World Open Philadelphia

[Wayne Komer]

1986 World Open Philadelphia

October 12, 2019

The USCF is posting old tournament crosstables at:

http://www.chesstour.com/cross.html

For the Continental Chess Association the page says this:

Also posted is the complete crosstable of the Open Section of the 1986 World Open, which included 14 of the top 100 players in the world. It was 9 rounds and took place July 2-6, 1986.

I am posting the participants, scores and prize list because of all the familiar names. The Canadians are in bold:

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Number		Player		Title		State		Rating		Score		Prize
-												-
-				-	-		-		-		-
1		Nick De Firmian		GM		CA		2613		7.5		$20,931
2		Yasser Seirawan		GM		WA		2658		7		$3,314
3		John Fedorowicz		IM		NY		2652		7		$3,314
4		Igor Ivanov		IM		CAN		2604		7		$3,314
5		Maxim Dlugy		IM		NY		2602		7		$3,314
6		Stefan Djurich		GM		YUG		2586		7		$3,314
7		Patrick Wolff		FM		MA		2472		7		$3,314
8		Lev Alburt		GM		NY		2653		6.5		$453
9		Dmitry Gurevich		GM		NY		2629		6.5		$453
10		Joel Benjamin		IM		NY		2607		6.5		$453
11		Eric Lobron		GM		GER		2605		6.5		$523
12		Walter Browne		GM		CA		2566		6.5		$453
13		Anatoly Lein		GM		NJ		2556		6.5		$453
14		James Rizzitano		IM		MA		2516		6.5		$453
15		Vincent McCambridge		IM		NC		2511		6.5		$453
16		Helgi Olafsson		GM		ICE		2510		6.5		$523
17		Zlatko Klaric		GM		YUG		2420/1		6.5		$523
18		Viswanathan Anand		IM		IND		2404/1		6.5		$453
19		Ian Findlay		FM		CAN		2378		6.5		$453
20		Gyula Sax		GM		HUN		2765/10		6		$523
21		Michael Rohde		IM		NY		2629		6		$119
22		Yehuda Gruenfeld		GM		ISR		2602		6		$523
23		Sergey Kudrin		GM		CT		2581		6		$119
24		Michael Wilder		IM		NJ		2565		6		$119
25		Boris Kogan		IM		GA		2562		6		$119
26		Joseph Bradford		FM		TX		2547		6		$119
27		Ivan Farago		GM		HUN		2544		6		$523
28		Pal Benko		GM		NJ		2542		6		$119
29		Margeir Petursson		IM		ICE		2537		6		$119
30		Ian Rogers		GM		AUS		2526		6		$523
31		Jonathan Schroer		IM		NY		2524		6		$119
32		Roman Pelts		FM		CAN		2489		6		$119
33		Calvin Blocker		IM		OH		2486		6		$119
34		Jay Bonin		IM		NY		2481		6		$119
35		Johann Hjartarson		GM		ICE		2466		6		$523
36		Gildardo Garcia		IM		COL		2464		6		$119
37		Anthony Volovich				NY		2441		6		$119
38		Craig Mar				CA		2439		6		$119
39		Edward Formanek		IM		PA		2436		6		$119
40		Igor Shtern				TX		2347		6		$3,925
41		Orest Popovych		FM		NJ		2301		6		$3,925
42		Victor Frias		IM		NY		2583		5.5
43		Kamran Shirazi		IM		CA		2557		5.5
44		Cris Ramayrat				CA		2543		5.5
45		Leonid Bass		IM		NY		2534		5.5
46		William Lombardy		GM		NY		2511		5.5
47		Samuel Reshevsky		GM		NY		2497		5.5
48		Richard Delaune		FM		VA		2475		5.5
49		Stuart Rachels		FM		AL		2475		5.5
50		Timothy Taylor		IM		NY		2454		5.5
51		Vivek Rao				PA		2437		5.5
52		Larry Remlinger		FM		CA		2436		5.5
53		Danny Edelman				NY		2402		5.5
54		Christopher Chase				MA		2402		5.5
55		Joseph Fang				NH		2397		5.5		$374
56		Eugene Curtin				IRL		2380		5.5		$374
57		Doug Eckert				MO		2376		5.5		$374
58		Alex Dunne				PA		2375		5.5		$374
59		Hitech Compx				PA		2339		5.5		$374
60		Glenn Johnstone				CAN		2310		5.5		$374
61		David Mark				NY		2240		5.5		$374
62		Todd Southam				CAN		2204		5.5		$374
63		Michael Brooks		FM		MO		2517		5
64		Leonid Shamkovich		GM		NY		2503		5
65		Vitaly Zaltsman		IM		NY		2494		5
66		Jay Whitehead		FM		CA		2479		5
67		Ionut Buzbuchi				GER		2477		5
68		Alexander Fishbein				CO		2451		5
69		Ilya Gurevich		FM		MA		2448		5
70		Jean Hebert		IM		CAN		2447		5
71		Benjamin Finegold				MI		2446		5
72		Beat Zueger		IM		SUI		2427		5
73		John Cline				TX		2403		5
74		Walter Shipman		IM		NY		2403		5
75		David Griego				RI		2400		5
76		Daniel Shapiro		FM		NY		2365		5
77		Asa Hoffmann		FM		NY		2378		5
78		Aviv Friedman				ISR		2368		5
79		Guillermo Rey				CA		2359		5
80		Dario Alzate		IM		COL		2350/1		5
81		Lawrence Klein				DE		2338		5
82		Robert Reynolds				NY		2308		5
83		Emory Tate				MD		2289		5
84		Alex Sherzer				MD		2288		5
85		Michael Feinstein				NC		2275		5

[Wayne Komer]

1986 World Open Philadelphia

October 12, 2019

Crosstable continued
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86 Steven Barry MA 2273 5 87 Tarek Hassan NY 2255 5 88 Stephen Sandager NM 2247 5 89 David Lees MA 2238 5 90 Stuart Wagman FM USA 2201 5 91 Thomas Patton TX 2084 5 92 Jozsef Pinter PA 2555/1 4.5 93 Arthur Bisguier GM NY 2472 4.5 94 Gregory Markzon NY 2369 4.5 95 Mark Ritter NY 2366 4.5 96 Billy Colias IN 2349 4.5 97 Errol Liebowitz VA 2342 4.5 98 Vinny Puri CAN 2341 4.5 99 Paul Cornelius PA 2329 4.5 100 Stephen Stoyko NJ 2326 4.5 101 David Levin NJ 2305 4.5 102 Edward Allen NJ 2289 4.5 103 Joseph Veach NJ 2284 4.5 104 Craig Jones PA 2283 4.5 105 Brian McCarthy NY 2272 4.5 106 David Filipovich CAN 2265 4.5 107 Stephen Tarin NC 2256 4.5 108 Irene Aronoff WFM NY 2252 4.5 109 Richard Koepcke CA 2250 4.5 110 Graham Cooper ME 2232 4.5 111 Mark Coles GA 2231 4.5 112 Sidney Bernstein NY 2228 4.5 113 Karl Schleinkofer PA 2225 4.5 114 Douglas Bellizzi NY 2220 4.5 115 David Rupel WA 2200 4.5 116 Eric Cooke TX 2173 4.5 117 Robert Isaacs NJ 2168 4.5 118 Lael Kaplan DC 2072 4.5 119 Eugene Meyer IM VA 2564 4 120 Steven Odendahl IM MD 2530 4 121 Bryon Nickoloff IM CAN 2505 4 122 John Readey OH 2438 4 123 Miles Ardaman FL 2426 4 124 Alfred Carlin LA 2399 4 125 Maria Ivanka WGM HUN 2339 4 126 Eric Schiller IL 2334 4 127 Peter Pelts IL 2331 4 128 Charles Diebert OH 2324 4 129 Kenneth Potts PA 2303 4 130 Tom Braunlich WA 2299 4 131 Gary Krahenbuhl NY 2296 4 132 Sunil Weeramantry FM SRI 2290 4 133 Mark Hoshor IL 2286 4 134 William Hook IVB 2282 4 135 Mark Meeres NY 2272 4 136 Klaus Pohl SC 2271 4 137 Craig Roll PA 2260 4 138 Robin Gerard CAN 2258/9 4 139 Paul Merdjanian CA 2253 4 140 Ariel Mengarini NY 2252 4 141 Malcolm Pein ENG 2230/10 4 142 Denis Strenzwilk MD 2230 4 143 David Tew FL 2222 4 144 Andrew Serotta PA 2218 4 145 Lee Rutkowski NJ 2184 4 146 Charlie Leach PA 2148 4 147 Michael Dreiger NE 2107 4 148 Peter Dauvergne CAN 2101 4 149 John Roush WV 2090 4 150 Michael Podol PA 2034 4

[Wayne Komer]

1986 World Open Philadelphia

October 12, 2019

Crosstable continued

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Number		Player		Title		State		Rating		Score
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151		David Carter				VT		2337		3.5
152		Philip Collier				VA		2325		3.5
153		Steven A Taylor				NY		2294		3.5
154		James A Mills Jr				IN		2288		3.5
155		Renard Anderson				CA		2284		3.5
156		Macon Shibut				VA		2270		3.5
157		Bruce Gold				NJ		2269		3.5
158		Oliver Chernin				NY		2249		3.5
159		Anatoly Verkhovsky				NY		2229		3.5
160		Marcelo Carrion				DC		2226		3.5
161		Hanon Russell				CT		2225		3.5
162		Erich Marchand				NY		2216		3.5
163		Kenneth P Thomas				IL		2211		3.5
164		Gregory Fishbein				NY		2208		3.5
165		Dewey Maynard				GA		2201		3.5
166		Victor Dzera				CAN		2201/1		3.5
167		Vincent Moore				DC		2174		3.5
168		Marco Robert				NY		2160		3.5
169		Paul Fielding				PA		2150		3.5
170		Frank Romano				NY		2139		3.5
171		Richard La Rose				NY		2133		3.5
172		William Harris Jr				OH		2125		3.5
173		Mike Blankenau				NE		2115		3.5
174		Fred Birkhimer				OH		2106		3.5
175		Douglas Caldwell				PA		2088		3.5
176		John Mac Arthur				NE		2065		3.5
177		Thomas Cantin				MA		2017		3.5
178		Thomas Costigan				MA		2404		3
179		Steven Greanias				VA		2301		3
180		Steven Mayer				VA		2267		3
181		Inna Izrailov		WFM		NY		2223		3
182		Kiran Shamrao				PA		2200		3
183		Alan Kobernat				CA		2166		3
184		Carl Adamec				NY		2164		3
185		Thomas Maser				CA		2162		3
186		Paul Simon				CAN		2130		3
187		Peter Chubinsky				MA		2122		3
188		George Trammell				OK		2118		3
189		Thomas Cunningham				TX		2116		3
190		David Zardus				NY		2066		3
191		Martin Merado				NY		2035		3
192		Mike Sheaf				OH		2029		3
193		Brad Peterson				NM		1977/5		3
194		Naoko Takemoto				JPN		1929		3
195		John Kawano				IL		1903		3
196		John Upper				CAN		1762		3
197		Jeff Sarwer				NY		1633		3
198		Jeffrey Kastner		FM		AZ		2351		2.5
199		Valentin Kavnatsky				MI		2313		2.5
200		Floyd Boudreaux				MD		2266		2.5
201		William Peterson				NJ		2235		2.5
202		Gregg Stanley				CT		2216		2.5
203		Patrick Wharton				NY		2215/12		2.5
204		Jack Mayer				VA		2208		2.5
205		Colin Mac Rae				MD		2191		2.5
206		George Eichhorn				IA		2023		2.5
207		John Norman				DE		1932		2.5
208		Mitchell Robison				NM		1725		2.5
209		Jerry Kearns				VA		2406		2
210		Andrew Karklins		FM		IL		2362		2
211		Boris Belopolsky				MA		2357		2
212		Karl Burger		IM		GA		2336		2
213		Jerome Hanken				CA		2257		2
214		Norman Rogers				PA		2181		2
215		David A Collins				NJ		1962		2
216		Roger Pedersen				NY		1955		2
217		Tania Kranich				NY		1867		2
218		David Stearman				MD		1836		2
219		David A Bryan				MD		1763		2
220		Keith Roussell				NJ		1731		2
221		Robert D Wade				PA		1625		2
222		Larry Tapper				NJ		2303		1.5
223		Jordan Feig				NY		2223		1.5
224		Leigh Walker				NJ		2112		1.5
225		Joseph Hanlon				NY		1887		1.5
226		Mark Pifer				CA		1750		1.5
227		Bruce Leverett				PA		2409		1
228		Guy House				KY		1664		1
229		Julia Sarwer				NY		1225		1

[Hugh Brodie]

#197 (Jeff Sarwer) and #229 (Julia Sarwer) were/are also Canadians. Both were under 10 years old at the time.

[Erik Malmsten]

Maybe John Upper can share some memories of this event. I played in an earlier World Open in Philadelphia and it was packed. Upon arrival, Mrs Southam was wowed by the lobby full of chess players.

I recognize over10 GMs/IMs who had played in Canadian swisses.

Anand was young. How old was Reshevsky when he played in his last tournament?

[Hugh Brodie]

Reshevsky was born in 1911 (as was Botvinnik). The most recent games I have for him were in Moscow, 1991 (he died in 1992).

[Hans Jung]

Id forgotten how strong Ian Findlay was at the time. Very impressive.

[Ian Findlay]

Id forgotten how strong Ian Findlay was at the time. Very impressive.

Thanks Hans. My first and only IM norm. I had a 2600 performance rating but only played players to make IM norm possible. I remember beating Pinter Shirazi, and Ramayrat and draws with Igor Ivanov, Gruenfeld. Sadly this norm expired.