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Mar del Plata Tournament

Miguel Najdorf10.5/14(+7 -0 =7)[games]
Ludek Pachman10.5/14(+8 -1 =5)[games]
Borislav Ivkov10/14(+7 -1 =6)[games]
Bobby Fischer10/14(+8 -2 =4)[games]
Rene Letelier Martner9/14(+7 -3 =4)[games]
Hector Rossetto8/14(+5 -3 =6)[games]
Bernardo Wexler7.5/14(+3 -2 =9)[games]
Luis Sanchez7/14(+3 -3 =8)[games]
Raul Sanguineti7/14(+4 -4 =6)[games]
Jaime Emma5.5/14(+3 -6 =5)[games]
Jacobo Bolbochan4.5/14(+1 -6 =7)[games]
Herman Pilnik4.5/14(+3 -8 =3)[games]
Ruben Shocron4/14(+2 -8 =4)[games]
Joao de Souza Mendes4/14(+3 -9 =2)[games]
Rodolfo Argentino Redolfi3/14(+2 -10 =2)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Mar del Plata (1959)

The 22nd Torneo Internacional de Ciudad Mar del Plata was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 23rd to April 10th, 1959. Fifteen chess masters and grandmasters from Europe and the Americas were invited to compete in the round robin event. Among the notable participants were sixteen year old grandmaster Bobby Fischer from the United States, Borislav Ivkov from Yugoslavia, Rene Letelier Martner from Chile, Ludek Pachman from Czechoslovakia, and Miguel Najdorf who led eight of his fellow Argentinian chess masters in the field. Najdorf and Pachman tied for first place with +7 each at the final. Fischer managed to match Pachman's eight wins, but lost an additional game more than the Czech grandmaster, which was only good enough for shared 3rd-4th with grandmaster Ivkov.

The final standings and crosstable:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pts =1 Najdorf * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 10½ =1 Pachman ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 10½ =3 Ivkov 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 10 =3 Fischer ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10 5 Letelier ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9 6 Rossetto 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 7 Wexler ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ =8 Sanchez 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 7 =8 Sanguineti 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7 10 Emma ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 1 0 ½ 5½ =11 Bolbochan 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 4½ =11 Pilnik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 1 1 4½ =13 Shocron ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 4 =13 Souza-Mendes 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 * 1 4 15 Redolfi ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 * 3

Pachman and Fischer took a travel tour to Santiago (1959) that was held soon afterwards in neighboring Chile.

Original collection: Game Collection: Mar del Plata 1959, by User: suenteus po 147.

 page 2 of 2; games 26-30 of 30  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. J de Souza Mendes vs Letelier  0-1271959Mar del PlataD06 Queen's Gambit Declined
27. Pilnik vs Ivkov 0-1391959Mar del PlataB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
28. R A Redolfi vs J de Souza Mendes  0-1621959Mar del PlataB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
29. R Shocron vs Pachman 0-1231959Mar del PlataE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
30. J Emma vs Pilnik  0-1461959Mar del PlataA80 Dutch
 page 2 of 2; games 26-30 of 30  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-29-24  notyetagm: Wow, no comments.
Jul-30-24  karik: <notyet> I hadn't seen your comments lately so I thought you might have reached GM title...
Sep-21-24  notyetagm: <karik> I have not played a rated chess game since 2016.

I have an injury that restricts my travel now so I do not play in clubs any more like I used to so I spend less time on chess.

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