chessgames.com
Members · Prefs · Laboratory · Collections · Openings · Endgames · Sacrifices · History · Search Kibitzing · Kibitzer's Café · Chessforums · Tournament Index · Players · Kibitzing

🏆 Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1979)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
The event was sponsored by the newspaper ... [more]

Player: Bent Larsen

 page 1 of 1; 13 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Larsen vs Andersson 1-0411979Buenos Aires (Clarin)A00 Uncommon Opening
2. Ivkov vs Larsen 0-1351979Buenos Aires (Clarin)A15 English
3. Larsen vs Quinteros 1-0741979Buenos Aires (Clarin)E90 King's Indian
4. J Rubinetti vs Larsen 0-1401979Buenos Aires (Clarin)B10 Caro-Kann
5. Larsen vs Najdorf  ½-½561979Buenos Aires (Clarin)C28 Vienna Game
6. Larsen vs Petrosian 1-0651979Buenos Aires (Clarin)A12 English with b3
7. Spassky vs Larsen 0-1391979Buenos Aires (Clarin)B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
8. Larsen vs M J Tempone 1-0401979Buenos Aires (Clarin)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
9. Lombardy vs Larsen  ½-½711979Buenos Aires (Clarin)B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
10. Larsen vs Panno 1-0411979Buenos Aires (Clarin)D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
11. Gheorghiu vs Larsen  ½-½401979Buenos Aires (Clarin)D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
12. Larsen vs Z Franco Ocampos 1-0231979Buenos Aires (Clarin)A15 English
13. Miles vs Larsen ½-½561979Buenos Aires (Clarin)A14 English
  REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Larsen wins | Larsen loses  

Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-11-16  Joseph Blackcape: Pretty surprising to see Petrosian not only to draw with a 2360 Franco, but at least it was a quick draw in the last round. The real weird thing is him losing (and resigning before an unavoidable mate) to a 2200 FM Tempone, who only scored 2 point in the other 12 games. As a warm up it probably didn't work for him too well either, since next he lost the match with Korchnoi without winning even 1 game too.
Jun-02-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: The tournament was the result of Najdorf unrelenting efforts to promote chess in Argentina. He convinced the Clarin newspaper to fund the series of Clarin tournaments in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

In promoting this tournament, he frequently referred to it as having seven world champions on its roster: Spassky and Petrosian, regular champions; Panno, Ivkov, Gheorghiu and Lombardy, world junior champions; and Tempone, world U-16 champion in 1979.

The fans were a bit let down by the large number of draws in 25 moves or less, but Larsen more than compensated for it with his unwavering fighting spirit and great chess.

Apr-20-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: One of Larsen's greatest victories, winning by an astonishing three points.
Apr-22-24  VictorVonDoom: Larsen wins against the world champions Spassky and Petrosian, gets revenge on Ulf Andersson who defeated him 4 years ago. He also defeated world chess championship candidate Borislav lvkov and 2 time Mar Del Plata tournament winner Oscar Panno. He also won against another Argentine chess player Miguel Quinteros, who played credibly in the chess olympiad 1976.

Along with this, he drew against top players like Najdorf, Lombardy and Gheorghiu.

According to chessmetrics historical player ratings, the average player rating was around 2630.

And since Larsen went undefeated in this tournament, He has been given a tournament performance of 2800!

What a performance by Larsen when he was almost past his prime.

May-21-25  Petrosianic: This was definitely the Linares 1994 of Larsen's career. He was even about the same age Karpov was.
May-21-25  areknames: I agree with the above posters. Staggering performance by Larsen.
May-24-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Larsen was "+9" and the next best score was '+3".

NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion.

Please observe our posting guidelines:

  1. No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language.
  2. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts.
  3. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members.
  4. Nothing in violation of United States law.
  5. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members.
  6. No trolling.
  7. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited.
  8. Do not degrade Chessgames or any of it's staff/volunteers.

Please try to maintain a semblance of civility at all times.

Blow the Whistle

See something that violates our rules? Blow the whistle and inform a moderator.


NOTE: Please keep all discussion on-topic. This forum is for this specific tournament only. To discuss chess or this site in general, visit the Kibitzer's Café.

Messages posted by Chessgames members do not necessarily represent the views of Chessgames.com, its employees, or sponsors.
All moderator actions taken are ultimately at the sole discretion of the administration.

Spot an error? Please suggest your correction and help us eliminate database mistakes!

Copyright 2001-2025, Chessgames Services LLC