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Argentine Championship 1997 The shock winner of the 71st Championships of Argentina, a Category 9 all play all event, which started on April 15th in Buenos Aires was fm Guillermo Malbran rated 2355. He held on to win in spite of losing 2 games in the final 5 rounds to win on tie break from Alejandro Hoffman an equally surprising challenger on ten points. Maxim Sorokin (3rd with 9.5 points) and Hugo Spangenberg (2590 7th with 8 points and who lost to the winner in the 13th round) were the pre-event favourites. The organiser was the Club Athletico Boca Juniors. Source: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 119  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Szmetan vs J Gomez Baillo   0-1 76 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 2. S Alonso vs P Zarnicki   ½-½ 34 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 3. A Giaccio vs G Soppe   1-0 41 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 C64 Ruy Lopez, Classical 4. C Dolezal vs F Fiorito   0-1 31 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 B20 Sicilian 5. G Malbran vs J Seminara   ½-½ 20 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 B50 Sicilian 6. P Ricardi vs H Spangenberg   ½-½ 14 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 7. S Slipak vs A Hoffman   ½-½ 55 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 A57 Benko Gambit 8. M Sorokin vs M Ginzburg   ½-½ 24 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 A09 Reti Opening 9. F Fiorito vs J Szmetan   ½-½ 44 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 C24 Bishop's Opening 10. J Gomez Baillo vs G Malbran   0-1 63 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 B15 Caro-Kann 11. P Zarnicki vs S Slipak   ½-½ 37 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 C49 Four Knights 12. A Hoffman vs A Giaccio   ½-½ 58 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 A00 Uncommon Opening 13. P Ricardi vs S Alonso   1-0 53 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 A15 English 14. J Seminara vs M Sorokin   0-1 34 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 C77 Ruy Lopez 15. G Soppe vs C Dolezal   1-0 28 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 A10 English 16. H Spangenberg vs M Ginzburg   1-0 45 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 A04 Reti Opening 17. J Szmetan vs G Soppe   0-1 35 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. M Sorokin vs J Gomez Baillo   ½-½ 22 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 19. A Giaccio vs P Zarnicki   ½-½ 21 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 C42 Petrov Defense 20. S Alonso vs H Spangenberg   ½-½ 18 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 B56 Sicilian 21. C Dolezal vs A Hoffman   0-1 47 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 22. M Ginzburg vs J Seminara   ½-½ 45 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 A10 English 23. G Malbran vs F Fiorito   ½-½ 54 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 24. S Slipak vs P Ricardi   ½-½ 38 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. A Hoffman vs J Szmetan   1-0 30 1998 Argentine Championship 1997 B07 Pirc  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 119    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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