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 3 1936 4 1941 Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden)
5 1942 6 1943 7 1944
8 1945 9 1946 10 1947 11 1948 12 1949 13 1950 Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia)
14 1951
15 1952
16 1953 17 1954 18 1955 19 1956
20 1957 Paul Keres (Soviet Union)
21 1958 Bent Larsen (Denmark)
22 1959 Luděk Pachman (Czechoslovakia)
23 1960
Robert Fischer (United States)
24 1961 25 1962 26 1964 27 1965 28 1966 29 1969
30 1971 31 1976
32 1982 Jan Timman (Netherlands)
33 1989 34 1990 35 1997 Fernando Braga (Italy)
36 2001
Mar del Plata Open Chess Tournament
edit# Year Winner 1 1967 2 1969 René Letelier (Chile)
3 1970 Lothar Schmid (Germany)
4 1971 5 1972 6 1973 7 1974 8 1975 9 1976 10 1977 11 1978 12 1979 13 1980 14 1983 15 1984 16 1985 17 1986 18 1987 19 1988 20 1989 21 1990 22 1991 23 1992 24 1993
Julio Granda (Peru)
25 1994 26 1995 27 1996 28 1997 29 1998 30 1999 31 2000 32 2001 33 2002 34 2003 Suat Atalık (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
35 2004 36 2005 José F. Cubas (Paraguay)
37 2006 38 2007 Andrés Rodríguez (Uruguay)
50 2019 53 2024 Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (Norway)
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