Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament

The fourth Mar del Plata chess tournament was held in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina, in March 1941.[1] The first three Mar del Plata international tournaments (1928, 1934, 1936) were regarded as the third, fourth, and sixth South American Chess Championship (Torneo Sudamericano), respectively. The first Torneio Sulamericano took place in Montevideo (Carrasco), Uruguay, in 1921/22.[2]

After the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939, many participants had decided to stay in Argentina due to outbreak of World War II. The 1941 Mar del Plata tournament therefore included eleven refugees from Europe and two players affected by issues arising out of the British Mandate of Palestine.[3]


The results and standings:[4]

Mar del Plata 1941
# PlayerNative Country Chosen Country 123456789101112131415161718TotalBerger
1 Gideon Ståhlberg  Sweden  Sweden x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 13
2 Miguel Najdorf  Poland  Argentina ½ x ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 12½
3 Erich Eliskases  Austria  Argentina ½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11½
4 Ludwig Engels  Germany  Brazil ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 11 87.75
5 Paulino Frydman  Poland  Argentina ½ 0 ½ ½ x 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 80.50
6 Moshe Czerniak  Poland/ Palestine  Israel ½ 0 0 ½ 1 x ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1 73.25
7 Movsas Feigins  Latvia  Argentina 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ x 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 70.25
8 Carlos Guimard  Argentina  Argentina 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 x 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 69.75
9 Julio Bolbochán  Argentina  Argentina 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 x 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9
10 Paul Michel  Germany  Argentina 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 x ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 61.75
11 Franciszek Sulik  Poland  Australia ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 8 61.00
12 Juan Vinuesa  Argentina  Argentina ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 x ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 8 57.75
13 Jacobo Bolbochán  Argentina  Argentina 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ 1 1 1 1
14 Ilmar Raud  Estonia  Argentina 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½
15 Juan Traian Iliesco  Romania  Argentina ½ 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 x ½ 0 ½ 6
16 Markas Luckis  Lithuania  Argentina 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 ½
17 Victor Winz  Germany/ Palestine  Argentina 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 x ½
18 Sonja Graf  Germany  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x

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