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Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament

The fourth Mar del Plata chess tournament was held in the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina, in March 1941. 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.

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.


The results and standings:

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 12½
3 Erich Eliskases Austria Argentina ½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11½
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 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 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 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
14 Ilmar Raud Estonia Argentina 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½
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
17 Victor Winz Germany/Palestine Argentina 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 x ½
18 Sonja Graf Germany United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x
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