1986 in chess

Events in chess in 1986.

Events

Nigel Short won the Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1986, held in January.{{Cite web |title=All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess |url=https://history.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tournament?id=49&type=standings |access-date=2021-03-11 |website=history.tatasteelchess.com}}
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.{{Cite web |title=World Championship 33th-KK3 1986 - 365Chess.com Tournaments |url=https://www.365chess.com/tournaments/World_Championship_33th-KK3_1986/20065 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=www.365chess.com}}

Women's world champion Maia Chiburdanidze defended her title for the fourth time in the Women's World Chess Championship 1986, held in Sofia. {{Cite web |title=1986 Chiburdanidze - Akhmilovskaya : World Chess Championship (women) |url=https://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/86wo$wix.htm |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=www.mark-weeks.com}}

Gabriel Flom - 27 January
Valeriy Aveskulov - 31 January{{Cite web |title=Aveskulov, Valeriy |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14109743 |access-date=2021-08-22 |website=ratings.fide.com}}
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