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Santiago (1959) 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 participants from the Americas included sixteen year old Bobby Fischer from the United States, Joćo 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. The tournament was an important one for Fischer as he was still just beginning to compete in international events. Though he scored as many wins as the two first place finishers, Ivkov and Pachman at seven wins each, he suffered four losses while only drawing one game to finish +4 at the final to tie for 4th-6th place. 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 occurs in Pachman vs Fischer, 1959 (Round 6), L A 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.  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 78  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Fischer vs L A Sanchez 1-0 53 1959 Santiago C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. Pilnik vs W Ader Hausman 1-0 33 1959 Santiago B98 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Letelier vs M S Grunberg   ½-½ 41 1959 Santiago E91 King's Indian 4. C Jauregui vs J de Souza Mendes 1-0 18 1959 Santiago A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 5. J Salas Romo vs R Sanguineti   0-1 41 1959 Santiago E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 6. R Flores Alvarez vs Ivkov   ½-½ 41 1959 Santiago A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 7. J de Souza Mendes vs Fischer 0-1 76 1959 Santiago E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 8. M S Grunberg vs J Salas Romo   1-0 45 1959 Santiago A91 Dutch Defense 9. L A Sanchez vs Pilnik   ½-½ 50 1959 Santiago E91 King's Indian 10. Pachman vs Letelier   1-0 43 1959 Santiago B23 Sicilian, Closed 11. R Sanguineti vs R Flores Alvarez   ½-½ 29 1959 Santiago D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 12. Ivkov vs C Jauregui   ½-½ 29 1959 Santiago E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 13. Pilnik vs J de Souza Mendes   ½-½ 46 1959 Santiago B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. C Jauregui vs R Sanguineti   ½-½ 23 1959 Santiago A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 15. W Ader Hausman vs L A Sanchez   ½-½ 39 1959 Santiago C78 Ruy Lopez 16. J Salas Romo vs Pachman   ½-½ 43 1959 Santiago D94 Grunfeld 17. R Flores Alvarez vs M S Grunberg   1-0 67 1959 Santiago C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense 18. Fischer vs Ivkov 0-1 52 1959 Santiago C16 French, Winawer 19. Pachman vs R Flores Alvarez 1-0 36 1959 Santiago E97 King's Indian 20. M S Grunberg vs C Jauregui   1-0 41 1959 Santiago A13 English 21. J de Souza Mendes vs W Ader Hausman   0-1 30 1959 Santiago E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 22. Letelier vs J Salas Romo   ½-½ 57 1959 Santiago D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. Ivkov vs Pilnik 1-0 46 1959 Santiago D85 Grunfeld 24. R Sanguineti vs Fischer 1-0 55 1959 Santiago E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 25. Pilnik vs R Sanguineti   ½-½ 23 1959 Santiago C07 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 78    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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