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🏆 Rio de Janeiro (1946)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Miguel Najdorf, Walter Oswaldo Cruz, Joao de Souza Mendes, Erich Eliskases, Thomas Pompeu Accioly Borges, Oswaldo Cruz Filho, Heitor Moutinho Ribas

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Rio de Janeiro (1946)

Only a few games are available. Najdorf won with 8.5 / 9.

Source: [brasilbase-1].

 page 1 of 1; 3 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Eliskases vs T P Accioly Borges 0-1381946Rio de JaneiroE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
2. O Cruz Filho vs Eliskases  0-1351946Rio de JaneiroE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
3. O Cruz Filho vs Najdorf  0-1341946Rio de JaneiroE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-08-24  Alan McGowan: The February 1947 issue of El Ajedrez Argentino (p40) gave brief reports on two 1946 tournaments in Rio de Janeiro. The results:

Rio de Janeiro: Torneo "Alejandro Alekhine"

E. Eliskases 8; Dr J.T. Mangini 7; Dr W.O. Cruz and Dr J. de Souza Mendes 6; J. Schreibman 5; Dr O. Cruz (h) and and C. Netto 4½; J.A. Gondim 2; A. Teofilo 1½; L.L Teixeira ½.

Rio de Janeiro: Torneo organizado por las entidades Fluminense F.C.C. Olimpico y C. de Ajedrez de Rio de Janeiro bajo el patrocinio de la Federacion Metropolitana de Ajedrez.

Najdorf 8½; Eliskases 7½; Dr W.O. Cruz 6; Dr A. Borges 4½; Dr J. de Souza Mendes and T. Vasconcellos 4; J. Schreibman 3½; Dr J.T. Mangini 3; Dr O. Cruz (h) 2½; H. Ribas 1½.

No dates are given for the events.

Nov-08-24  stone free or die: A snippet view of BCM (1966) p144 shows Eliskases winning the first <Alekhine Memorial (1e - 1946)>

<April 24 - May 15, 1946>

Nov-08-24  stone free or die: I think the second 1946 tournament can be found here:

https://brasilbase.pro.br/tb1946rj....

<Dec 16 - Dec 29, 1946>

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