Isaias Pleci
Number of games in database: 118
Years covered: 1930 to 1953
Overall record: +58 -26 =34 (63.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Orthodox Defense (7)      D51 D55 D56  Queen's Gambit Declined (6)      D37 D31 D30 D39  Queen's Pawn Game (5)      A40 D02 D04 E00 D01  Slav (5)      D13 D12 D10  Nimzo Indian (4)      E22 E23  Ruy Lopez (4)      C88 C79 C86	With the Black pieces:  Queen's Pawn Game (18)      A46 D02 D04 D00 A45  Orthodox Defense (9)      D51 D50 D63 D66 D52  Nimzo Indian (4)      E38 E22 E24 E35  Ruy Lopez (4)      C79 C88 C71  Sicilian (4)      B25 B40 B60 B29  Slav (4)      D11 D13 D17

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Pleci vs L Endzelins, 1939 1-0
   I Pleci vs G Friedemann, 1939 1-0
   Eliskases vs I Pleci, 1935 0-1
   V Winz vs I Pleci, 1935 0-1

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ISAIAS PLECI (born Oct-27-1900, died Dec-27-1980) Argentina [what is this?] Isaias Pleci was awarded the IM title in 1965 and was Argentine Champion in 1929 and 1930. He represented Argentina in the 1935, 1937, and 1939 Chess Olympiads. He won the individual gold medal at Buenos Aires 1939 and the bronze medal at Stockholm 1937. In 1936, he won, ahead of Aaron Schwartzman, in Mar del Plata (3rd it). His nickname was Tank. In 1935, at the Warsaw Chess Olympiad, Pleci claimed his game on time forfeit against Miguel Najdorf. Najdorf said he made his move just before time control, but before he could press the button, Pleci picked up the clock and ran away with it. Pleci said he couldn't forcibly stop Najdorf from making his move and writing it down on his scoresheet. The arbiters were unable to reach a verdict on who was right, so the clock decided the issue. Najdorf lost the game on time. Olimpbase biography - http://www.olimpbase.org/index.html...

page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ahues vs I Pleci   ½-½ 31 1930 Liege E14 Queen's Indian 2. I Pleci vs G A Thomas   ½-½ 40 1930 Liege E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 3. R Grau vs I Pleci   1-0 64 1930 ARG-ch m B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 4. I Pleci vs Rubinstein 0-1 54 1930 Liege C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 5. I Pleci vs Tartakower   0-1 35 1930 Liege D02 Queen's Pawn Game 6. Nimzowitsch vs I Pleci   1-0 53 1930 Liege A00 Uncommon Opening 7. I Pleci vs V Soultanbeieff 1-0 23 1930 Liege D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. Colle vs I Pleci   ½-½ 66 1930 Liege A46 Queen's Pawn Game 9. R Grau vs I Pleci   0-1 23 1930 ARG-ch m C71 Ruy Lopez 10. Weenink vs I Pleci   1-0 60 1930 Liege A45 Queen's Pawn Game 11. I Pleci vs Marshall   ½-½ 42 1930 Liege D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. R Grau vs I Pleci   0-1 27 1930 ARG-ch m C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 13. I Pleci vs R Grau   1-0 57 1930 ARG-ch m E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 14. I Pleci vs R Grau   ½-½ 82 1930 ARG-ch m E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 15. Przepiorka vs I Pleci   ½-½ 71 1930 Liege D05 Queen's Pawn Game 16. I Pleci vs R Grau   1-0 47 1930 ARG-ch m D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 17. R Grau vs I Pleci   1-0 44 1930 ARG-ch m A46 Queen's Pawn Game 18. I Pleci vs R Grau   ½-½ 61 1930 ARG-ch m D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. I Pleci vs Sultan Khan   0-1 40 1930 Liege Belgium E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann 20. I Pleci vs V Fenoglio   ½-½ 37 1931 ARG-ch m D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. I Pleci vs V Fenoglio   1-0 56 1931 ARG-ch m D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. Jacobo Bolbochan vs I Pleci 1-0 38 1931 ARG-ch m 3132 D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 23. J Lynch vs I Pleci   1-0 43 1931 Buenos Aires A46 Queen's Pawn Game 24. V Fenoglio vs I Pleci   ½-½ 53 1931 ARG-ch m D04 Queen's Pawn Game 25. I Pleci vs V Fenoglio   1-0 59 1931 ARG-ch m B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 118    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Pleci wins | Pleci loses

Jul-28-04    OlimpBase: How come there is no famous Pleci-Endzelis game?? One of most brilliant games ever played, just look: [Event "8th olm final A"] [Site "Buenos Aires ARG"] [Date "1939.09.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Pleci, Isaias ARG"] [Black "Endzelins, Lucijs LAT"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [EventDate "1939.08.24"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nd7 6.dxc5 Nxc5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Bg5+ f6 9.O-O-O+ Ke8 10.Bb5+ Kf7 11.Rd8 Be7 12.Ne5+ fxe5 13.Nd6+ Kg6 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Rxh8 a6 16.Be2 e4 17.f4 b5 18.Re8 Kf6 19.Rf8+ Kg6 20.h4 Bb7 21.h5+ 1-0 Jul-28-04    Benzol: <OlimpBase> The database is not complete. If you have games that should be in it upload them using the PGN upload utility. Jul-28-04    chessgames.com: We just added a few Pleci games to our collection including the one mentioned above, I Pleci vs L Endzelins, 1939. Enjoy. Dec-29-05    lopium: Incredible funny story from his biography!! ahahahzz!!!!!! May-09-06    BIDMONFA: Isaias Pleci PLECI, Isaias http://www.bidmonfa.com/pleci_isaia... _ May-09-06    gmgomes: About about Pleci x Najdorf. Ain´t the game available? May-09-06    EmperorAtahualpa: I can't find the PGN of the Pleci vs. Najdorf game anywhere else on Internet either: I only found these two links: http://www.ajedrezargentina.org/not... http://www.olimpbase.org/1935/1935f... What a pity! May-09-06    pawn to QB4: I've seen an account somewhere of the Pleci-Najdorf shambles. Alekhine asked Sir George Thomas "what would be the decision if that happened in England?" and got the reply "it wouldn't have happened in England!" (standards have declined over here since). Najdorf's comment on the decision he'd lost: "I wouldn't have wanted another result, playing, as we are, in Poland". Mar-03-08    whiteshark: Meseems Lüttich (Liege) 1930 was not his best tournament performance. Game Collection: Liege 1930 May-01-09    Augalv: Pleci was nicknamed the "Tank". He did not know a lot about theory, but he was an outstanding player in Argentina for many years. His secret, according to Foguelman, was his skill at simplifying the game at the right time to reach a good ending position. http://www.ajedrezargentina.org/bio...

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