| 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 |
| 51. J de Souza Mendes vs M S Grunberg |
| 1-0 | 53 | 1959 | Santiago | E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System |
| 52. Pilnik vs J Salas Romo |
| 1-0 | 58 | 1959 | Santiago | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 53. Fischer vs R Flores Alvarez |
 | ½-½ | 62 | 1959 | Santiago | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 54. L Sanchez vs Pachman |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1959 | Santiago | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 55. R Flores Alvarez vs Pilnik |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1959 | Santiago | A56 Benoni Defense |
| 56. Letelier vs L Sanchez |
| ½-½ | 58 | 1959 | Santiago | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 57. J Salas Romo vs W Ader Hausman |
| 1-0 | 21 | 1959 | Santiago | E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 58. C Jauregui vs Fischer |
 | 1-0 | 40 | 1959 | Santiago | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 59. M S Grunberg vs Ivkov |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1959 | Santiago | A15 English |
| 60. Pachman vs J de Souza Mendes |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1959 | Santiago | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 61. Ivkov vs Pachman |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1959 | Santiago | B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation |
| 62. W Ader Hausman vs R Flores Alvarez |
| ½-½ | 33 | 1959 | Santiago | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 63. J de Souza Mendes vs Letelier |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1959 | Santiago | C07 French, Tarrasch |
| 64. Pilnik vs C Jauregui |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1959 | Santiago | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 65. L Sanchez vs J Salas Romo |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1959 | Santiago | C00 French Defense |
| 66. R Sanguineti vs M S Grunberg |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1959 | Santiago | B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening |
| 67. Letelier vs Ivkov |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1959 | Santiago | A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation |
| 68. J Salas Romo vs J de Souza Mendes |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1959 | Santiago | A61 Benoni |
| 69. Pachman vs R Sanguineti |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1959 | Santiago | A15 English |
| 70. C Jauregui vs W Ader Hausman |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1959 | Santiago | A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation |
| 71. R Flores Alvarez vs L Sanchez |
| ½-½ | 52 | 1959 | Santiago | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 72. Fischer vs Pilnik |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1959 | Santiago | B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack |
| 73. R Sanguineti vs Letelier |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1959 | Santiago | B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 |
| 74. L Sanchez vs C Jauregui |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1959 | Santiago | C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 75. Ivkov vs J Salas Romo |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1959 | Santiago | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
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