Mar del Plata chess tournament

Mar del Plata has a rich history of chess tournaments, including their international chess tournament and open tournament. There is also an annual city tournament, which had its first edition in 1946, and reached its 62nd edition in 2007.

The international tournament started off in 1928, but only in the period from 1941 to 1970 was it a truly international tournament with considerable reputation. After 1970, only seven international tournaments have been played.^[1] The 1951, 1954, 1969 and 2001 editions were zonal tournaments. There was also a zonal tournament for women in Mar del Plata, in 1969, won by the Brazilian Ruth Cardoso. Silvia Kot from Argentina placed second.

In 1967 the first edition of the open tournament was organized. In 1969 it became an annual event.

The Mar del Plata Variation of the King's Indian Defence (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 0–0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0–0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7) is named after a game played in 1953 at the 16th international tournament between Miguel Najdorf and Svetozar Gligorić.

Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament

#	Year	Winner
1	1928	Roberto Grau (Argentina)
2	1934	Aaron Schwartzman (Argentina)
3	1936	Isaias Pleci (Argentina)
4	1941	Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden)
5	1942	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
6	1943	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
7	1944	Herman Pilnik (Argentina) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
8	1945	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
9	1946	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
10	1947	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
11	1948	Erich Eliskases (Argentina)
12	1949	Hector Rossetto (Argentina)
13	1950	Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia)
14	1951	Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) Erich Eliskases (Argentina)
15	1952	Hector Rossetto (Argentina) Julio Bolbochán (Argentina)
16	1953	Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia)
17	1954	Oscar Panno (Argentina)
18	1955	Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia)
19	1956	Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
20	1957	Paul Keres (Soviet Union)
21	1958	Bent Larsen (Denmark)
22	1959	Luděk Pachman (Czechoslovakia) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
23	1960	Boris Spassky (Soviet Union) Robert Fischer (United States)
24	1961	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
25	1962	Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union)
26	1965	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
27	1966	Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)
28	1969	Oscar Panno (Argentina) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
29	1971	Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union)
30	1976	Raúl Sanguinetti (Argentina) Victor Brond (Argentina)
31	1982	Jan Timman (Netherlands)
32	1989	Marcelo Tempone (Argentina)
33	1990	Marino Alejandro Cid (Argentina)
34	1997	Fernando Braga (Italy)
35	2001	Juan Facundo Pierrot (Argentina) Ruben Felgaer (Argentina)

Mar del Plata Open Chess Tournament

#	Year	Winner
1	1967	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
2	1969	René Letelier (Chile)
3	1970	Lothar Schmid (Germany)
4	1971	Raúl Ocampo (Argentina)
5	1972	Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina)
6	1973	Lothar Schmid (Germany)
7	1974	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
8	1975	Jaime Emma (Argentina)
9	1976	Aldo Seidler (Argentina)
10	1977	Ricardo Poleschi (Argentina)
11	1978	Aldo Seidler (Argentina)
12	1979	Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
13	1980	Carlos Lago (Argentina)
14	1983	Luis Bronstein (Argentina)
15	1984	Marcelo Tempone (Argentina)
16	1985	Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina)
17	1986	Oscar Panno (Argentina)
18	1987	Roberto Cifuentes (Chile)
19	1988	Oscar Panno (Argentina)
20	1989	Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina)
21	1990	Roberto Cifuentes (Chile)
22	1991	Marcelo Tempone (Argentina)
23	1992	Sergio Giardelli (Argentina)
24	1993	Bent Larsen (Denmark) Julio Granda (Peru)
25	1994	Oscar Panno (Argentina)
26	1995	Sergio Slipak (Argentina)
27	1996	Fabian Fiorito (Argentina)
28	1997	Fernando Braga (Italy)
29	1998	Alfredo Giaccio (Argentina)
30	1999	Sergio Slipak (Argentina)
31	2000	Martín Labollita (Argentina)
32	2001	Sergio Slipak (Argentina)
33	2002	Fabián Fiorito (Argentina)
34	2003	Suat Atalık (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
35	2004	Pablo Lafuente (Argentina)
36	2005	José F. Cubas (Paraguay)
37	2006	Diego Flores (Argentina)
38	2007	Andrés Rodríguez (Uruguay)

External links

Portal page of chess in Mar del Plata:
Winners of the international tournament of Mar del Plata:
Winners of the open tournament of Mar del Plata:
Winners of the city tournament Mar del Plata:

References

↑ http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/magistrales.htm

Crowther, Mark (5 April 1999), THE WEEK IN CHESS 230: XXX Mar del Plata Open, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (24 April 2000), THE WEEK IN CHESS 285: XXXI Mar del Plata Open, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (16 April 2001), THE WEEK IN CHESS 336: XXXII Mar del Plata Open, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (1 April 2002), THE WEEK IN CHESS 386: XXXIII Mar del Plata Open, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (21 April 2003), THE WEEK IN CHESS 441: XXXIV Mar del Plata Open, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (17 April 2006), THE WEEK IN CHESS 597: XXXVII Mar del Plata Open, London Chess Center
Crowther, Mark (9 April 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 648: XXXVIII Mar del Plata Open, London Chess Center
Golombek, Harry, ed. (1977), "Mar del Plata Tournaments", Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
Svetozar Gligoric (2003), King's Indian Defence - Mar Del Plata Variation, Batsford, ISBN 978-0-7134-8767-1

Major recurring international chess tournaments
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Recently cancelled	Alekhine Memorial (1956–2013 irregular) Acropolis International chess tournament (1968–2009) Aerosvit chess tournament (2006–2008) Amber chess tournament (1992–2011) Howard Staunton Memorial Tournament (2003–2009) Linares International Chess Tournament (1978–2010) M-Tel Masters (2005–2009) North Sea Cup (chess) (1976–2008) Pearl Spring chess tournament (2008–2010) Reggio Emilia chess tournament (1947–2012)
Major past	American Chess Congress (1857–1923) Carl Schlechter Memorial Tournament (1923–1996) DSB Congress (1879–1932) General Government chess tournament (1940–1944) IBM international chess tournament (1961–1981) Konex chess tournament (1977–1994) Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament (1907–1938) Lone Pine International (1971–1981) Mar del Plata chess tournament (1928–2001) Max Euwe Memorial Tournament (1987–1996) Monte Carlo chess tournament (1901–1904; 1967–1969) Netanya chess tournament (1961–1983) Palma de Mallorca (1965-1972) Phillips & Drew Kings (1980–1986) Piatigorsky Cup (1963–1966) San Sebastián chess tournament (1911–1912) Silesian Chess Congress (1922–1939) Tilburg chess tournament (1977–1998) Triberg chess tournament (1914–1917)
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