European Grand Prix 1986

PARIS OPEN 1986

# Name Country Pts
  1 David Shaman USA

(+1.5/3)

  2 Graham Brightwell Great Britain (+1.5/3)
  3 Brian Rose USA ?
  4 Paolo Ghirardato Italy ?
   Luigi Puzzo Italy ?
   Peter Bhagat Great Britain ?
  Imre Leader Great Britain ?
  8 Francesco Marconi Italy ?
  9 Augusto Brusca Italy ?
  Bernard Daunas France ?
  André Bracchi France ?
  Jean-François Puget France ?
  Paul Ralle France ?
14 Joel Feinstein Great Britain ?
  Henrik Vallund Denmark ?
  Paul Smith Great Britain ?
17 Philippe Juhem France ?
  Aubrey de Grey Great Britain ?
  Olivier Thill France ?
20 Marc Tastet France ?
21 Jean-Christophe Weil France ?
  Bintsa Andriani France ?
  John Lysons Great Britain ?
24 Per Erik Wahlberg Sweden ?
25 Jean-Philippe Laligand France ?
  Bruno Militello Italy ?
  Jean-Manuel Mascort France ?
  Phil Greenberg USA ?

The fourth and final stage of the inaugural EGP season was held in Paris on August 30th and 31st 1986.

The venue was the same as the 1983 WOC, the top floor of the Hotel Concorde La Fayette with splendid views of Paris.  With 28 players representing 7 different countries, the Paris Open was the best attended tournament of the circuit.

US champion David Shaman defeated Graham Brightwell in the finals by the narrowest of margins (35-29, 30-34, 32-32). 

As for the EGP season finale it could hardly have been more exciting with Imre Leader overtaking Jean-François Puget in the overall standings by a single EGP point!