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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 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Fischer vs J Emma ½-½ 46 1959 Mar del Plata B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 2. H Rossetto vs Ivkov   ½-½ 32 1959 Mar del Plata A40 Queen's Pawn Game 3. Najdorf vs J de Souza Mendes 1-0 31 1959 Mar del Plata D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 4. Pilnik vs L A Sanchez   ½-½ 44 1959 Mar del Plata C78 Ruy Lopez 5. R Sanguineti vs Pachman 0-1 71 1959 Mar del Plata E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 6. R Shocron vs Letelier   ½-½ 63 1959 Mar del Plata E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 7. B Wexler vs J Bolbochan   ½-½ 25 1959 Mar del Plata E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 8. L A Sanchez vs Fischer ½-½ 41 1959 Mar del Plata E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 9. Ivkov vs B Wexler   1-0 40 1959 Mar del Plata E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 10. Letelier vs Najdorf   ½-½ 41 1959 Mar del Plata E77 King's Indian 11. Pachman vs Pilnik 1-0 30 1959 Mar del Plata E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 12. J Emma vs H Rossetto   0-1 28 1959 Mar del Plata C56 Two Knights 13. J de Souza Mendes vs R Sanguineti   ½-½ 43 1959 Mar del Plata D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 14. R A Redolfi vs R Shocron   0-1 33 1959 Mar del Plata A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Fischer vs Pachman 0-1 56 1959 Mar del Plata C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 16. J Bolbochan vs Ivkov   ½-½ 49 1959 Mar del Plata C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 17. Najdorf vs R A Redolfi ½-½ 67 1959 Mar del Plata E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 18. Pilnik vs J de Souza Mendes 1-0 33 1959 Mar del Plata C78 Ruy Lopez 19. R Sanguineti vs Letelier   1-0 49 1959 Mar del Plata C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 20. H Rossetto vs L A Sanchez   ½-½ 56 1959 Mar del Plata E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 21. B Wexler vs J Emma   ½-½ 39 1959 Mar del Plata A07 King's Indian Attack 22. J de Souza Mendes vs Fischer 0-1 38 1959 Mar del Plata E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 23. J Emma vs J Bolbochan 1-0 30 1959 Mar del Plata A36 English 24. Letelier vs Pilnik 1-0 28 1959 Mar del Plata E91 King's Indian 25. Pachman vs H Rossetto   ½-½ 74 1959 Mar del Plata B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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