- Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament
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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 # Player Native Country Chosen Country 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total Berger 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 12.5 3 Erich Eliskases Austria
Argentina
½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11.5 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 9.5 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 9.5 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 9.5 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 7.5 14 Ilmar Raud Estonia
Argentina
0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½ 6.5 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 5.5 17 Victor Winz Germany/
Palestine
Argentina
0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 x ½ 4.5 18 Sonja Graf Germany
United States
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x 2.5 References
- ^ http://www.kwabc.org/Texte/SonjaGraf02_2007.pdf
- ^ http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/a.htm
- ^ "List of players who remained in Argentina in 1939 (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1256086152719168.
- ^ http://www.mdpajedrez.org.ar/arch800/magistrales/IV_1941.htm
Categories:- Chess competitions
- Chess in Argentina
- 1941 in chess
- Mar del Plata
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