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Hector Rossetto
H Rossetto 
Photo courtesy of mgradio.com.ar 

Number of games in database: 1,045
Years covered: 1935 to 2000
Last FIDE rating: 2285
Highest rating achieved in database: 2420
Overall record: +387 -285 =373 (54.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (90) 
    A45 A46 D02 D05 D04
 Sicilian (80) 
    B50 B90 B20 B56 B40
 King's Indian (47) 
    E95 E94 E80 E97 E60
 English (21) 
    A15 A10 A18 A13 A17
 King's Indian Attack (19) 
    A07
 French Defense (19) 
    C00 C18 C15 C12 C14
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (52) 
    B33 B32 B95 B43 B91
 Ruy Lopez (43) 
    C62 C61 C79 C64 C74
 French Defense (39) 
    C05 C18 C17 C03 C19
 Orthodox Defense (34) 
    D55 D66 D63 D50 D51
 Queen's Pawn Game (34) 
    A40 A46 D02 E10 D05
 English (33) 
    A13 A15 A14 A10 A16
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Rossetto vs R Cardoso, 1958 1-0
   H Rossetto vs R Martins Lisboa, 1957 1-0
   H Rossetto vs Stahlberg, 1947 1/2-1/2
   H Rossetto vs J Behrensen, 1958 1-0
   V Palermo vs H Rossetto, 1965 0-1
   H Rossetto vs Euwe, 1947 1-0
   Fischer vs H Rossetto, 1958 1/2-1/2
   H Rossetto vs Aguilar, 1935 1-0
   H Rossetto vs J Canepa, 1942 1-0
   H Rossetto vs Benko, 1960 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Rio de Janeiro (1952)
   Mar del Plata (1949)
   Fortaleza Zonal (1963)
   Mar del Plata (1952)
   Argentine Championship (1955)
   Rio de Janeiro Zonal (1957)
   Sao Paulo (1979)
   Mar del Plata (1950)
   Mar del Plata (1948)
   Mar del Plata (1961)
   Pan American Championship (1968)
   Club Argentino (1955)
   Mar del Plata / Buenos Aires Zonal (1954)
   Buenos Aires (1960)
   Mar del Plata Zonal (1951)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Kribuf's favorite games by Kribuf
   Mar del Plata 1959 by suenteus po 147
   Pan-American Chess Congress, Hollywood,1945 by Phony Benoni
   1945 Hollywood by crawfb5


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HECTOR ROSSETTO
(born Sep-08-1922, died Jan-22-2009, 86 years old) Argentina

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Hector Decio Rossetto was born in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Awarded the IM title in 1950 and the GM title in 1960, he was Argentine champion in 1942, 1944, 1947, 1961 and 1972. He was also Champion of South America at Fortaleza, zt 1963.

Rossetto won the Mar del Plata chess tournament in 1949 and again in 1952 (shared with Julio Bolbochan ). He also won in Mar del Plata (KIM) in 1962.

Wikipedia article: Héctor Rossetto

Last updated: 2022-07-04 07:29:26

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 page 1 of 42; games 1-25 of 1,045  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Rossetto vs Aguilar 1-0261935Bahia BlancaB03 Alekhine's Defense
2. H Rossetto vs Graf-Stevenson 1-0381940ch19 MayorC45 Scotch Game
3. H Rossetto vs A Liebstein 0-1411941MontevideoC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
4. M Luckis vs H Rossetto  1-0361941MontevideoD96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
5. H Rossetto vs L Roux Cabral  1-0431941MontevideoC58 Two Knights
6. Eliskases vs H Rossetto 1-0281941MontevideoD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
7. H Rossetto vs J C Balparda  ½-½821941MontevideoA07 King's Indian Attack
8. H Rossetto vs A Olivera  1-0621941MontevideoC07 French, Tarrasch
9. J Canepa vs H Rossetto  0-1601941MontevideoC05 French, Tarrasch
10. H Rossetto vs P Santos Isain  1-0411941MontevideoC58 Two Knights
11. S Ledesma Iglesias vs H Rossetto  0-1191941MontevideoC00 French Defense
12. H Rossetto vs A Pons  1-0771941MontevideoD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. L Engels vs H Rossetto  ½-½401941MontevideoC12 French, McCutcheon
14. H Rossetto vs C Guimard  ½-½411942ARG-ch mE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
15. H Rossetto vs C Guimard  ½-½401942ARG-ch mA97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
16. H Rossetto vs C Guimard  1-0391942ARG-ch mA40 Queen's Pawn Game
17. H Rossetto vs C Guimard 1-0741942ARG-ch mE08 Catalan, Closed
18. C Guimard vs H Rossetto  0-1381942ARG-ch mA46 Queen's Pawn Game
19. J Bolbochan vs H Rossetto  1-0411942Mar del PlataC12 French, McCutcheon
20. J Pelikan vs H Rossetto  ½-½291942Mar del PlataA04 Reti Opening
21. C Guimard vs H Rossetto  ½-½171942ARG-ch mD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. C Guimard vs H Rossetto  1-0571942ARG-ch mE17 Queen's Indian
23. H Rossetto vs C Guimard 1-0341942ARG-ch mA44 Old Benoni Defense
24. C Guimard vs H Rossetto  1-0341942ARG-ch mC50 Giuoco Piano
25. H Rossetto vs C Guimard  1-0421942ARG-ch mE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
 page 1 of 42; games 1-25 of 1,045  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-07-03  Ribeiro: Another player from the "golden age" of chess in Argentina.
Aug-07-03  Sylvester: Was Miguel Najdorf the best player of the golden age?
Aug-07-03  Ribeiro: <Sylvester> Hard question! In the 50s, he usually was chosen to be the first player of the national team. Beyond any doubt, he has always been a VERY important figure in the chess scene of Argentina.

But, to complicate things a bit, there were the "rising star" Oscar Panno (who has a very good record against Najdorf in the aforementioned decade), the very strong Julio Bolbochán, Pilnik...:-)

Aug-07-03  Sylvester: It says Hector Rossetto started playing in 1941. When did the golden age begin?
Aug-08-03  Ribeiro: <Sylvester> This "golden age" is just a personal opinion...:-) I feel that the 50s were certainly a great moment, some think that Argentina was the second force in the chess world. But these concepts are fuzzy, I do not want to coin terms or definitions.
Jul-11-04  molinov: In a book called "Brillant Argentine games" by Guillermo Puiggrós there is a game that Rosetto played in 1935, aged twelve, that he thought was amongst his best. Game Héctor Rossetto-Pedro Aguilar. Site:Bahia Blanca, 1935 1. e4 Nf6
2. e5 Nd4
3. c4 Nb6
4. d4 d3
5. f4 dxe5
6. fxe5 Bf5
7. Nc3 e6
8. Be3 Nc6
9. Be2 Qd2
10. Nf3 0-0-0
11. 0-0 Bg4
12. Nd2 Bf5
13. Nb3 f6
14. exf6 gxf6
15. a4 Rg8
16. a5 Qg7
17. Rf7 Nd7
18. Bf3 Nde5
19. a6 Bg4
20. axb7 Kb8
21. Bxc6 Nxc6
(21. ... Bxd1 22. dxe5 winning)
22. d5 exd5
23. fxe5 Qe7
24. dxc6 Rxd1
25. Nxd1 Qxe6
26. Nxe6
1-0.
Rossetto thought that maybe he was better as a youngster than as a grown man. I played against him in a simul that he played at my school. It was in 1998, when I was 12. There was a moment in which he had destroyed all the other kids and it was just him and I in the caffeteria. My memory tells me the game was a bit over 30 moves. He won fairly easy, but said that I had resigned before it was time to. The opening was a Two Knights. I am not sure if he is still alive.
Jul-12-04  vonKrolock: <molinov>: i believe this help to answer your question :<FEDERACION ARGENTINA DE AJEDREZ. LISTADO ELO-FIDE (Julio 2004) ROSSETTO, Hector> more details in www.ajedrezvirtual.com.ar/ Contenidos/FADA/ArgElo010704.htm
Jan-15-05  activechess: Rossetto el mas grande de todos!!
Sep-08-06  BIDMONFA: Hector Rossetto

ROSSETTO, Hector D.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/rossetto_he...
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Dec-06-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: It appears that Rosetto is the GM playing in this picture, with Che Guevara observing: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/200...
Jan-24-09  molinov: Rossetto passed away yesterday. He was 86 years old. May he rest in peace.
Jan-25-09  Augalv: R.I.P. GM Hector Rossetto.
Jan-27-09  Eastfrisian: According to this article: http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar... he died already on 22.01.2009. TWIC has this date, too. R.I.P.
Jan-27-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Another well known GM gone.
RIP GM Rossetto.
Jan-27-09  capanegra: RIP GM Rossetto. Descanse en paz, Maestro.

<Fusilli> Indeed it is Rossetto playing with Black while Che Guevara is observing behind him at the Capablanca memorial in 1964. The game is actually S Garcia-Martinez vs H Rossetto, 1964 and the picture seems to be taken after 9…Rd7

Apr-21-09  myschkin: . . .

Bio/Review in German :

http://schach-und-kultur.com/?p=866

- If you don't mind have a look at the pics anyway! -

.

Article in Spanish:

"Héctor Decio Rossetto: caballero del tablero"

http://www.chessbase.com/ESPANOLA/n...

Apr-22-09  vonKrolock: A key tournament victory, the South American Zonal in Fortaleza 1963, complete with crosstable and games - online grâces to A. Nóbrega and his brasilbase site http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/rot196...
May-10-09  Augalv: http://www.tabladeflandes.com/frank...
Sep-11-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Chessical: The gentlemen in the centre of the photograph with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall is actually the American master Herman Steiner and not Hector Rossetto.

For pictures of the Hollywood stars of the 1940s with both Steiner and Rosetto see:

- http://sbchess.sinfree.net/Hollywoo...

Sep-11-09  vonKrolock: ... and, being in <SBC> article linked above by <Chessical> You can search for M Dietrich as a kibitzer in one of Rossetto's games in Hollywood
Jan-22-16  TheFocus: Rest in peace, Hector Rossetto.

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