| Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1979) |
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The event was sponsored by the newspaper Clarín, and is also known as the 2nd Clarin Tournament. It followed up the success of Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1978), and was continued next year with Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1980). The playing venue was Casacuberta Salon (1) of the Teatro General San Martín (2) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (3) Together with huge pictures of Miguel Najdorf and Roberto Grau, the theatre had an exhibition of about 100 objects to commemorate the 1939 Buenos Aires Olympiad and the players who decided to stay in Argentina during the War. (3) In addition to local players, the foreign masters included Spassky (ranked World #3), Larsen (#7), and Petrosian (#10). Tournament Director: Carlos Guimard. FIDE category: 11 (GM norm 7½, IM norm 6, FM norm 4 points). (3) An impressive performance by 69-year-old Najdorf. For Petrosian (6 points only) the tournament was a kind of warm-up before the Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal (1980). "The great Danish master, Bent Larsen, didn't have a very successful 1979. He failed to make the Candidates' matches, scored only 50 percent at Tilburg (1979), and perhaps the worst blow of all, finished last at Montreal (1979). Dead last is not dead, though, and Larsen appeared fully recovered." (4) He won by a staggering three points, ceding only 4 draws in 13 rounds. Teatro General San Martín, Buenos Aires, 26 November - 14 December 1979 Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts
1 GM Larsen 2620 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11
=2 GM Najdorf 2515 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8
=2 GM Miles 2560 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8
=2 GM Andersson 2560 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8
=2 GM Spassky 2640 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8
=6 GM Gheorghiu 2540 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½
=6 GM Ivkov 2525 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 7½
8 GM Quinteros 2545 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½
=9 GM Petrosian 2610 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 6
=9 GM Panno 2545 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 6
=11 GM Lombardy 2520 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 0 5
=11 Franco 2360 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 ½ 5
13 FM Tempone 2200 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 3
14 IM Rubinetti 2430 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1½
Tournament books: Los magistrales de Clarín I-II 1978-79 (Buenos Aires 1980. 194 p.); Second Clarin Tournament. Buenos Aires 1979 by Tony Miles (The Chess Player, Nottingham 1980. 56 p.); 3 points' forspring by Bent Larsen (Samlerens Forlag, Copenhagen 1980. 128 p.). The Spanish book has round dates. There was no bulletin, but daily reports in Clarín.(1) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe....
(2) Wikipedia article: Teatro General San Mart%C3%ADn.
(3) The Spanish tournament book.
(4) Orlando Lester in Boston Herald, 20 January 1980. p. 40. Original collection: Game Collection: Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1979 by User: Tabanus.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 26. Andersson vs M J Tempone |
  | 1-0 | 31 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A15 English |
| 27. Ivkov vs Spassky |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A56 Benoni Defense |
| 28. J Rubinetti vs Larsen |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | B10 Caro-Kann |
| 29. Spassky vs Quinteros |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3 |
| 30. Panno vs Miles |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A10 English |
| 31. Gheorghiu vs Z Franco Ocampos |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | D85 Grunfeld |
| 32. Larsen vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 56 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | C28 Vienna Game |
| 33. M J Tempone vs Ivkov |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 |
| 34. Petrosian vs J Rubinetti |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 35. Lombardy vs Andersson |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
| 36. Larsen vs Petrosian |
| 1-0 | 65 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A12 English with b3 |
| 37. J Rubinetti vs Spassky |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | E07 Catalan, Closed |
| 38. Quinteros vs M J Tempone |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 39. Ivkov vs Lombardy |
| ½-½ | 59 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 |
| 40. Miles vs Gheorghiu |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A36 English |
| 41. Najdorf vs Z Franco Ocampos |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | D85 Grunfeld |
| 42. Andersson vs Panno |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 |
| 43. Spassky vs Larsen |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation |
| 44. M J Tempone vs J Rubinetti |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A04 Reti Opening |
| 45. Petrosian vs Najdorf |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
| 46. Z Franco Ocampos vs Miles |
| 0-1 | 36 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 47. Panno vs Ivkov |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A14 English |
| 48. Gheorghiu vs Andersson |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 49. Lombardy vs Quinteros |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A10 English |
| 50. Larsen vs M J Tempone |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1979 | Buenos Aires (Clarin) | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
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| Apr-11-16 | | Joseph Blackcape: Pretty surprising to see Petrosian not only to draw with a 2360 Franco, but at least it was a quick draw in the last round. The real weird thing is him losing (and resigning before an unavoidable mate) to a 2200 FM Tempone, who only scored 2 point in the other 12 games. As a warm up it probably didn't work for him too well either, since next he lost the match with Korchnoi without winning even 1 game too. |
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Jun-02-19
 | | Fusilli: The tournament was the result of Najdorf unrelenting efforts to promote chess in Argentina. He convinced the Clarin newspaper to fund the series of Clarin tournaments in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In promoting this tournament, he frequently referred to it as having seven world champions on its roster: Spassky and Petrosian, regular champions; Panno, Ivkov, Gheorghiu and Lombardy, world junior champions; and Tempone, world U-16 champion in 1979. The fans were a bit let down by the large number of draws in 25 moves or less, but Larsen more than compensated for it with his unwavering fighting spirit and great chess. |
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Apr-20-23
 | | FSR: One of Larsen's greatest victories, winning by an astonishing three points. |
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| Apr-22-24 | | VictorVonDoom: Larsen wins against the world champions Spassky and Petrosian, gets revenge on Ulf Andersson who defeated him 4 years ago. He also defeated world chess championship candidate Borislav lvkov and 2 time Mar Del Plata tournament winner Oscar Panno. He also won against another Argentine chess player Miguel Quinteros, who played credibly in the chess olympiad 1976. Along with this, he drew against top players like Najdorf, Lombardy and Gheorghiu. According to chessmetrics historical player ratings, the average player rating was around 2630. And since Larsen went undefeated in this tournament, He has been given a tournament performance of 2800! What a performance by Larsen when he was almost past his prime. |
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| May-21-25 | | Petrosianic: This was definitely the Linares 1994 of Larsen's career. He was even about the same age Karpov was. |
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| May-21-25 | | areknames: I agree with the above posters. Staggering performance by Larsen. |
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May-24-25
 | | offramp: Larsen was "+9" and the next best score was '+3". |
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