pgn Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires

35 Mar del Plata and selected Buenos Aires tournaments will be presented. The classical events start with three South American championships in Mar del Plata.
Argentine chess improved immensely, when many players had to stay in Buenos Aires after the Olympiad, due to the outbreak of World War II. Main immigrants were Najdorf, Stahlberg and Eliskases. Strong international tournaments could be organized. The new events helped them in their survival and gave a fine training. Other European players joined them from 1947. Masters such as Euwe, Szabo, O'Kelly and Pomar had a hard time in Argentina. Gligoric was the first outsider who won.

Roberto Grau (1900 - 1944)	The Casino in Mar del Plata was used as a tournament hall from 1941

Often a handful of Europeans or Americans participated among the Latin Americans.

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Miguel Najdorf

Winners of the tournaments

Mar del Plata 1928: Grau Mar del Plata 1934: Schwartzman Mar del Plata 1936: Pleci Buenos Aires 1939: Keres and Najdorf Mar del Plata 1941: Stahlberg Buenos Aires 1941: Stahlberg and Najdorf Mar del Plata 1942: Najdorf Mar del Plata 1943: Najdorf Mar del Plata 1944: Pilnik and Najdorf Mar del Plata 1945: Najdorf Buenos Aires 1945: Najdorf Mar del Plata 1946: Najdorf Mar del Plata 1947: Najdorf Buenos Aires/La Plata 1947: Stahlberg Mar del Plata 1948: Eliskases Buenos Aires/La Plata 1948: Najdorf

Mar del Plata 1949: Rossetto Mar del Plata 1950: Gligoric M.d.P. 1951: Julio Bolbochan and Eliskases M.d.P. 1952: Julio Bolbochan and Rossetto Mar del Plata 1953: Gligoric