| Mar del Plata (1960) |
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The 23rd Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina (1) from March 29th to April 15th. Among the longtime participants of the event and the field of Argentinian masters, four grandmasters were invited to compete. Bobby Fischer was participating on behalf of the United States for the second time, while the Soviet Union sent David Bronstein and Boris Spassky to represent them, and Fridrik Olafsson journeyed from Iceland. While neither player was new to international chess, the 17-year-old Fischer and the 23-year-old Spassky drew a great deal of attention to themselves by dominating the event, tying for first with 13½/15. Spassky beat Fischer in their game and went undefeated, but Fischer's results were not lost on the Soviets who saw him as a threat to their long domination of international chess. The final standings and crosstable:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts
=1 Spassky * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 13½
=1 Fischer 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13½
3 Bronstein ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11½
4 Olafsson 0 0 ½ * 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10½
5 Bazan 0 0 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9
6 Wexler ½ 0 0 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8½
7 Letelier 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 8
=8 Incutto 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½
=8 Redolfi 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 6½
=8 Foguelman 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 * 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 6½
=11 Bielicki 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6
=11 Eliskases 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 6
=13 Marini ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 4
=13 Alvarez 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 4
=13 Gadia 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 * 0 4
16 Saadi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * 2
(1) Wikipedia article: Mar del Plata chess tournamentOriginal collection: Game Collection: Mar del Plata 1960 by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 51. Fischer vs F Olafsson |
  | 1-0 | 42 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 52. B Wexler vs O Bazan |
| 0-1 | 25 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | A15 English |
| 53. O Gadia vs A Foguelman |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 54. Letelier vs R A Redolfi |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | A33 English, Symmetrical |
| 55. L Marini vs C Bielicki |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | A16 English |
| 56. J L Alvarez del Monte vs C Incutto |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation |
| 57. Bronstein vs J L Alvarez del Monte |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 58. O Bazan vs Fischer |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 59. Spassky vs Eliskases |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line |
| 60. A Foguelman vs J Saadi |
| ½-½ | 45 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 61. C Incutto vs Letelier |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | A21 English |
| 62. F Olafsson vs O Gadia |
| 1-0 | 51 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line |
| 63. R A Redolfi vs L Marini |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B30 Sicilian |
| 64. C Bielicki vs B Wexler |
| 0-1 | 37 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 65. Letelier vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | C45 Scotch Game |
| 66. Eliskases vs A Foguelman |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line |
| 67. Fischer vs C Bielicki |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 68. J L Alvarez del Monte vs Spassky |
| 0-1 | 24 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 |
| 69. O Gadia vs O Bazan |
| 0-1 | 29 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 70. L Marini vs C Incutto |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation |
| 71. J Saadi vs F Olafsson |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | A30 English, Symmetrical |
| 72. B Wexler vs R A Redolfi |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 73. Bronstein vs L Marini |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation |
| 74. F Olafsson vs Eliskases |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B10 Caro-Kann |
| 75. R A Redolfi vs Fischer |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1960 | Mar del Plata | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
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| Nov-24-12 | | Benzol: At the time this tournament was played Spassky and Fischer were the two youngest grandmasters in the world. Spassky later wrote an interesting article on Fischer based on his observations of him in this tournament. |
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Nov-25-12
 | | Sneaky: Spassky vs Fischer, 1960 was, of course, that famous King's Gambit game that cost Fischer the clear first place thereby inspiring him to write his famous tract "A Bust to the King's Gambit". |
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Mar-08-14
 | | offramp: Spassky, Fischer, Bronstein and Olafsson were all top-class players. As they say in the great big state of Texas: "Of the rest of the competitors it is hardly necessary to speak." |
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| Mar-18-14 | | Caissanist: Argentina was one of the strongest chess countries in the world at the time, but for some reason only one of their top players (Eliskases) participated in this event. Seems strange, since they had so few opportunities to play against top foreigners. |
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Jul-22-15
 | | Diademas: Argentina vs The Rest of The World: 5-43
Any other examples of a major round-robin tournament were 13.5/15 was not enough for clear first? |
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Sep-25-15
| | offramp: <Diademas: ...Any other examples of a major round-robin tournament were 13.5/15 was not enough for clear first?> There was a similar result at St Petersburg (1909) where Rubinstein & Lasker ran away from the field which was strong and included Duras, Vidmar & Schlechter. Both finished on 14.5/18. Seperately,I think it's odd that Eliskases didn't do a bit better. Probably just a run of bad form. |
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Sep-25-15
 | | moronovich: <Seperately,I think it's odd that Eliskases didn't do a bit better. Probably just a run of bad form.> Wasn´t he getting old and had peaked several years ago ? |
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| Feb-19-16 | | A.T PhoneHome: The infamous first encounter between two child prodigies, Fischer the American and Spassky the Soviet Russian, took place in this edition of Mar del Plata. Considering the aforementioned fact, this tournament had something symbolic to offer. Fischer's first game against Spassky, a loss here, lost him the tournament, but Fischer's last 'official' game against Spassky, a win, clinched him the World Championship of chess. I find this fact to have undeniable beauty and mysterious appeal to it. Spassky's win prompted Fischer to use his blade of journalism. |
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