| Santiago (1959) |
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The second Torneo de Arturo Alesandri Palma was held from April 20th to May 6th, 1959 in Santiago, Chile. Thirteen grandmasters and masters from Europe and the Americas competed in the round robin event. The participants from Europe included Borislav Ivkov from Yugoslavia and Ludek Pachman from Czechoslovakia. The players from the Americas included sixteen year old Bobby Fischer from the United States, João de Souza Mendes from Brazil, Luis Augusto Sanchez from Venezuela, Herman Pilnik and Raul Sanguineti from Argentina, and Walter Ader Hausman, Rodrigo Flores Alvarez, Carlos Jauregui, Rene Letelier Martner, Julio Salas Romo and Moises Stekel Grunberg from Chile. This was an important tournament for Fischer, who was just beginning to compete in international events. He won as many games (seven) as tournament co-winners Ivkov and Pachman, but lost four games while drawing only one, finishing in a tie for 4th-6th place at +3. The final standings and crosstable:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
=1 Ivkov * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 9
=1 Pachman ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9
3 Pilnik 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 8
=4 Sanchez 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7½
=4 Sanguineti 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 7½
=4 Fischer 0 0 1 1 0 * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 7½
=7 Flores-Alvarez ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 6
=7 Jauregui ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 1 0 1 1 6
=9 Letelier Martner 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4
=9 Salas Romo 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ * 0 1 1 4
=11 Stekel Grunberg 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 * ½ 0 3½
=11 Ader Hausman ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 3½
13 Souza Mendes 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 * 2½
A trio of interesting stories took place: in Pachman vs Fischer, 1959 (Round 6), L Sanchez vs Pachman, 1959 (Round 9) (uncorking Fischer's idea of f4 on the 10th move before Pachman could get any deeper into his own idea) and C Jauregui vs Fischer, 1959 (Round 10) (all were white wins). Fischer and Pachman were sparring with each others' opening preparation for the tournament. The amicable pair had toured just a couple of weeks previously, after the Mar del Plata (1959) tournament wrapped up to enjoy a short vacation.Original collection: Game Collection: Santiago 1959, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Fischer vs L Sanchez |
  | 1-0 | 53 | 1959 | Santiago | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 2. Pilnik vs W Ader Hausman |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1959 | Santiago | B98 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 3. C Jauregui vs J de Souza Mendes |
| 1-0 | 18 | 1959 | Santiago | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 4. M S Grunberg vs J Salas Romo |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1959 | Santiago | A91 Dutch Defense |
| 5. Pachman vs Letelier |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1959 | Santiago | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 6. R Flores Alvarez vs M S Grunberg |
| 1-0 | 67 | 1959 | Santiago | C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense |
| 7. R Sanguineti vs Fischer |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1959 | Santiago | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 8. Ivkov vs Pilnik |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1959 | Santiago | D85 Grunfeld |
| 9. M S Grunberg vs C Jauregui |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1959 | Santiago | A13 English |
| 10. Pachman vs R Flores Alvarez |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1959 | Santiago | E97 King's Indian |
| 11. L Sanchez vs J de Souza Mendes |
| 1-0 | 45 | 1959 | Santiago | A68 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack |
| 12. R Flores Alvarez vs Letelier |
| 1-0 | 66 | 1959 | Santiago | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 13. Fischer vs M S Grunberg |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1959 | Santiago | C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation |
| 14. Pachman vs Fischer |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1959 | Santiago | E10 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 15. Ivkov vs L Sanchez |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1959 | Santiago | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 16. J Salas Romo vs R Flores Alvarez |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1959 | Santiago | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 17. R Sanguineti vs W Ader Hausman |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1959 | Santiago | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 18. C Jauregui vs J Salas Romo |
| 1-0 | 88 | 1959 | Santiago | A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 |
| 19. Fischer vs Letelier |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1959 | Santiago | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 20. Pachman vs W Ader Hausman |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1959 | Santiago | E82 King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation |
| 21. R Sanguineti vs J de Souza Mendes |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1959 | Santiago | A15 English |
| 22. R Flores Alvarez vs C Jauregui |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1959 | Santiago | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 23. Pilnik vs J Salas Romo |
| 1-0 | 58 | 1959 | Santiago | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 24. L Sanchez vs Pachman |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1959 | Santiago | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 25. J de Souza Mendes vs M S Grunberg |
| 1-0 | 53 | 1959 | Santiago | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
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