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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Buenos Aires (Clarin) Tournament
Ulf Andersson9/13(+5 -0 =8)[games]
Oscar Panno8.5/13(+4 -0 =9)[games]
Vasily Smyslov8.5/13(+4 -0 =9)[games]
Rafael Vaganian8.5/13(+5 -1 =7)[games]
Walter Browne8/13(+5 -2 =6)[games]
Florin Gheorghiu8/13(+3 -0 =10)[games]
Roman Dzindzichashvili6/13(+2 -3 =8)[games]
Miguel Najdorf6/13(+1 -2 =10)[games]
Jorge Szmetan5.5/13(+3 -5 =5)[games]
Miguel Quinteros5/13(+1 -4 =8)[games]
Raymond Keene5/13(+0 -3 =10)[games]
Qi Jingxuan5/13(+2 -5 =6)[games]
Carlos Garcia Palermo4.5/13(+1 -5 =7)[games]
Eugenio Torre3.5/13(+1 -7 =5)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1978)

Right after the Buenos Aires olympiad (25 October - 12 November), Miguel Najdorf got the morning newspaper Clarín to disburse big bucks for this tournament. Its success allowed him to step it up with a large budget also for Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1979). The tournament was opened by BA Mayor Osvaldo Cacciatore* and play took place in the 3rd floor of Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires# at Esmeralda 660. Playing time was 5-10 pm. The room could take only a few spectators, but Clarín disposed some other locations with wall demonstration boards where the games were shown and explained to the press and public.

According to the tournament book, the players were peaceful in the first rounds probably because of fatigue after the olympiad. However, competition hardened towards the end. After 10 rounds it looked like Vaganian would win, but then he lost with White to the champion of China Qi Jingxuan in round 11. In round 12 it was Qi's turn to lose with White, to the winner, the 27-year-old rising star Ulf Andersson from Sweden.

The last round game between Dzindzichashvili and Qi Jingxuan was not played. Qi did not turn up and forfeited the point.

Banco Ciudad, Buenos Aires, 14 November - 1 December 1978

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Pts  Prizes
  1 Andersson        * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1  9   5000 USD
 =2 Panno            ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1  8½  3167
 =2 Smyslov          ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1  8½  3167
 =2 Vaganian         ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1  8½  3167
 =5 Browne           0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1  8   1900
 =5 Gheorghiu        ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½  8   1900
 =7 Dzindzichashvili ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1  6   1500
 =7 Najdorf          ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½  6   1500
  9 Szmetan          0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1  5½  1200
=10 Quinteros        ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 0  5    667
=10 Keene            ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½  5    667
=10 Qi Jingxuan      0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½  5    667
 13 Garcia Palermo   0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½  4½   500
 14 Torre            0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ *  3½   500 USD
Photo of participants: https://web.archive.org/web/2016022...

Tournament Director: Carlos Enrique Guimard, with FIDE representative Jorge Sanguineti as leader of the Appeals Committee.

Tournament books: Los magistrales de Clarín I-II 1978-79 (Buenos Aires 1980. 194 p.) (first half not seen); Internationales Schachmeisterturnier "Clarin" Buenos Aires 1978 by Albert Becker (M. A. Lachaga, Argentina 1978. 60 p.) (with round dates). There were daily reports in Clarín, but only one is available online: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_T3uK8_azX....

Original collection: Game Collection: Buenos Aires (Clarin) 1978 by User: Tabanus. *Wikipedia article: Osvaldo Cacciatore.#Wikipedia article: Bank of the City of Buenos Aires.

 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Quinteros vs Andersson  ½-½241978Buenos Aires (Clarin)E00 Queen's Pawn Game
2. Najdorf vs Dzindzichashvili  ½-½231978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A30 English, Symmetrical
3. J Szmetan vs Gheorghiu  0-1491978Buenos Aires (Clarin)B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
4. Browne vs Keene ½-½341978Buenos Aires (Clarin)B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
5. Qi Jingxuan vs E Torre ½-½651978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A07 King's Indian Attack
6. C Garcia Palermo vs Vaganian 0-1301978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A34 English, Symmetrical
7. Panno vs Smyslov ½-½191978Buenos Aires (Clarin)D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
8. Vaganian vs J Szmetan  1-0531978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A04 Reti Opening
9. Keene vs Gheorghiu  ½-½161978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A53 Old Indian
10. Smyslov vs Qi Jingxuan 1-0731978Buenos Aires (Clarin)E03 Catalan, Open
11. E Torre vs Najdorf ½-½221978Buenos Aires (Clarin)E96 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line
12. Browne vs Panno ½-½241978Buenos Aires (Clarin)D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
13. Andersson vs C Garcia Palermo 1-0731978Buenos Aires (Clarin)E17 Queen's Indian
14. Dzindzichashvili vs Quinteros  ½-½381978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8
15. Gheorghiu vs Vaganian  ½-½231978Buenos Aires (Clarin)C15 French, Winawer
16. Najdorf vs Smyslov  ½-½231978Buenos Aires (Clarin)E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
17. Panno vs Keene  ½-½161978Buenos Aires (Clarin)E12 Queen's Indian
18. Qi Jingxuan vs Browne  ½-½661978Buenos Aires (Clarin)B23 Sicilian, Closed
19. Quinteros vs E Torre 0-1411978Buenos Aires (Clarin)E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
20. J Szmetan vs Andersson  0-1691978Buenos Aires (Clarin)B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
21. C Garcia Palermo vs Dzindzichashvili  ½-½411978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
22. Dzindzichashvili vs J Szmetan  ½-½411978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A30 English, Symmetrical
23. Andersson vs Gheorghiu  ½-½171978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A36 English
24. Panno vs Qi Jingxuan  1-0361978Buenos Aires (Clarin)A21 English
25. Browne vs Najdorf 1-0591978Buenos Aires (Clarin)E17 Queen's Indian
 page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  PGN Download
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