Mar del Plata, Argentina, 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 edit
# Year Winner 1 1928 
Roberto Grau (Argentina)
2 1934 Aaron Schwartzman (Argentina)
3 1936 Isaías Pleci (Argentina)
4 1941 
Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden)
5 1942 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
6 1943 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
7 1944 Hermann 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 Héctor Rossetto (Argentina)
13 1950 
Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia)
14 1951 Julio Bolbochán (Argentina)
Erich Eliskases (Argentina)
15 1952 Héctor 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 1964 Héctor Rossetto (Argentina)
27 1965 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
28 1966 Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)
29 1969 Oscar Panno (Argentina)
Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
30 1971 Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union)
31 1976 Raúl Sanguinetti (Argentina)
Victor Brond (Argentina)
32 1982 
Jan Timman (Netherlands)
33 1989 Marcelo Tempone (Argentina)
34 1990 Marino Alejandro Cid (Argentina)
35 1997 
Fernando Braga (Italy)
36 2001 Juan Facundo Pierrot (Argentina)
Rubén Felgaer (Argentina)
Mar del Plata Open Chess Tournament edit
# 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 Emilio Seidler (Argentina)
10 1977 Ricardo Poleschi (Argentina)
11 1978 Aldo Emilio Seidler (Argentina)
12 1979 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
13 1980 Carlos Lago (Argentina)
14 1983 Luis Marcos 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 Carlos 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)
50 2019 Diego Flores (Argentina)
53 2024 
Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (Norway)
External links edit
References edit
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- 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 Gligorić (2003), King's Indian Defence – Mar Del Plata Variation, Batsford, ISBN 978-0-7134-8767-1