Bernardo Wexler

Bernardo Wexler (in full Francisco José Bernardo Wexler) (April 1, 1925) – 1992) was an Argentine chess master.

Biography

Born to Jewish parents in Bucharest, Romania, he emigrated from to Argentina at the age of 7. His chess career began after World War II.

In 1951, Wexler tied for 6-7th in Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires (zonal; Erich Eliskases and Julio Bolbochán won). In 1952, he took 2nd, behind Alfredo Rebizzo, in Rosario. In 1952, he tied for 11-13th in Mar del Plata (Bolbochán and Héctor Rossetto won). In 1953, Wexler took 17th in Mar del Plata (Svetozar Gligorić won). In 1954, he tied for 7-9th in Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires (zonal; Oscar Panno won). In 1955, he took 9th in Mar del Plata (Borislav Ivkov won). In 1955, he tied for 4-5th in Buenos Aires (ARG-ch; Miguel Najdorf won). In 1957, he tied for 13-16th in Mar del Plata (Paul Keres won).

In 1959, Wexler won, ahead of Alberto Foguelman, 37th Argentine Championship in Buenos Aires. In 1959, he won, followed by Rossetto, Carlos Guimard, etc., in Buenos Aires. In 1959, he took 7th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf and Luděk Pachman won). In 1960, he took 5th in Asuncion (Gligorić and László Szabó won). In 1960, he took 3rd in Bariloche (Raúl Sanguineti won). In 1960, he took 6th in Mar del Plata (Boris Spassky and Robert James Fischer won). In 1960, he tied for 13-16th in Buenos Aires (Viktor Korchnoi and Samuel Reshevsky won).

In 1960, he tied for 3rd-5th in São Paulo (zonal; Bolbochán won). In 1961, he took 3rd, behind Eugenio German and Rodrigo Flores, in São Paulo (zonal; playoff). In 1961, he took 12th in Mar del Plata (Najdorf won). In 1962, he tied for 7-8th in Mar del Plata (Raimundo Garcia won). In 1964, he tied for 12-14th in Buenos Aires (Tigran Petrosian and Keres won). In 1965, he took 3rd in Chacabuco (Jorge Pelikán won).

Wexler played for Argentina in three Chess Olympiads: in 1956, at second reserve board in the 12th Olympiad in Moscow (+1 –3 =0); in 1960, at third board in the 14th Olympiad in Leipzig (+4 –5 =6); in 1964, at fourth board in the 16th Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+6 –2 =5).

Awarded the International Master title in 1959.

He reached his top rating at October 1960 , with 2549 points (93th in the world)

External links

* [http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S142172000000111000000000033110100 Bernardo Wexler at the chessmetrics]

Notable chess games

* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?black&Wexler,Bernardo Marcos Luckis vs Bernardo Wexler, Mar del Plata 1951, zonal, King’s Indian, E72, 0-1]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1101353 Bernardo Wexler vs Miguel Najdorf, Buenos Aires 1955, ARG-ch, Grünfeld Defense, Exchange, Simagin's Improved Variation, D86, 1-0]
* [http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?setplayer?white&Wexler,Bernardo Bernardo Wexler vs Alexander Kotov, Mar del Plata 1957, Pirc Defense, Classical System, B08, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1420347 Bernardo Wexler vs Raimundo Garcia, Buenos Aires 1959, Dutch Defense, Leningrad, Matulovic Variation, A89, 1-0]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1041173 Erich Eliskases vs Bernardo Wexler, Mar del Plata 1960, English, Symmetrical, A34, 0-1]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044531 Bernardo Wexler vs Robert James Fischer, Buenos Aires 1960, English, Bremen System, A16, 1-0]