1986 in chess
Events in chess in 1986.
Events
- Nigel Short won the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1986, held in January.28 July – 8 October. World champion Garry Kasparov defended his title 12½ - 11½ against challenger Anatoly Karpov in the 1986 World Championship in London and Leningrad.
- Women's world champion Maia Chiburdanidze defended her title for the fourth time in the Women's World Chess Championship 1986, held in Sofia.
Births
- Gabriel Flom - 27 January
- Valeriy Aveskulov - 31 January
- Luca Shytaj - 3 February
- Andrei Murariu - 17 February
- Levan Pantsulaia - 26 February
- Alexandre Danin - 14 March
- Anuar Ismagambetov - 21 March
- Saptarshi Roy - 21 March
- Boris Grachev - 27 March
- Alexey Kim - 5 April
- Tatiana Kosintseva - 11 April
- Pavel Anisimov - 19 April
- Levon Babujian - 8 May
- Pentala Harikrishna - 10 May
- Vugar Gashimov - 24 July