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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Santiago Tournament
Borislav Ivkov9/12(+7 -1 =4)[games]
Ludek Pachman9/12(+7 -1 =4)[games]
Herman Pilnik8/12(+6 -2 =4)[games]
Luis Sanchez7.5/12(+5 -2 =5)[games]
Raul Sanguineti7.5/12(+5 -2 =5)[games]
Bobby Fischer7.5/12(+7 -4 =1)[games]
Rodrigo Flores Alvarez6/12(+3 -3 =6)[games]
Carlos Jauregui6/12(+5 -5 =2)[games]
Rene Letelier Martner4/12(+1 -5 =6)[games]
Julio Salas Romo4/12(+3 -7 =2)[games]
Moises Stekel Grunberg3.5/12(+2 -7 =3)[games]
Walter Ader Hausman3.5/12(+1 -6 =5)[games]
Joao de Souza Mendes2.5/12(+1 -8 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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 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.

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 78  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Fischer vs L Sanchez 1-0531959SantiagoC92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
2. J Salas Romo vs R Sanguineti  0-1411959SantiagoE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
3. Pilnik vs W Ader Hausman 1-0331959SantiagoB98 Sicilian, Najdorf
4. Letelier vs M S Grunberg  ½-½411959SantiagoE91 King's Indian
5. C Jauregui vs J de Souza Mendes 1-0181959SantiagoA32 English, Symmetrical Variation
6. R Flores Alvarez vs Ivkov  ½-½411959SantiagoA62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation
7. M S Grunberg vs J Salas Romo  1-0451959SantiagoA91 Dutch Defense
8. R Sanguineti vs R Flores Alvarez  ½-½291959SantiagoD91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
9. L Sanchez vs Pilnik  ½-½501959SantiagoE91 King's Indian
10. Pachman vs Letelier  1-0431959SantiagoB23 Sicilian, Closed
11. Ivkov vs C Jauregui  ½-½291959SantiagoE59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line
12. J de Souza Mendes vs Fischer 0-1761959SantiagoE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
13. J Salas Romo vs Pachman  ½-½431959SantiagoD94 Grunfeld
14. Fischer vs Ivkov 0-1521959SantiagoC16 French, Winawer
15. W Ader Hausman vs L Sanchez  ½-½391959SantiagoC78 Ruy Lopez
16. R Flores Alvarez vs M S Grunberg  1-0671959SantiagoC94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense
17. C Jauregui vs R Sanguineti  ½-½231959SantiagoA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
18. Pilnik vs J de Souza Mendes  ½-½461959SantiagoB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
19. J de Souza Mendes vs W Ader Hausman  0-1301959SantiagoE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
20. Pachman vs R Flores Alvarez 1-0361959SantiagoE97 King's Indian
21. Letelier vs J Salas Romo  ½-½571959SantiagoD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. M S Grunberg vs C Jauregui  1-0411959SantiagoA13 English
23. Ivkov vs Pilnik 1-0461959SantiagoD85 Grunfeld
24. R Sanguineti vs Fischer 1-0551959SantiagoE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
25. W Ader Hausman vs Ivkov ½-½361959SantiagoA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
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