title: Mar del Plata chess tournament
text: # Mar del Plata chess tournament
  
  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. 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
  
      #YearWinner 11928 Roberto Grau (Argentina) 21934 Aaron Schwartzman (Argentina) 31936 Isaías Pleci (Argentina) 41941 Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) 51942 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 61943 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 71944 Hermann Pilnik (Argentina) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 81945 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 91946 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 101947 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 111948 Erich Eliskases (Argentina) 121949 Héctor Rossetto (Argentina) 131950 Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) 141951 Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) Erich Eliskases (Argentina) 151952 Héctor Rossetto (Argentina) Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) 161953 Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) 171954 Oscar Panno (Argentina) 181955 Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia) 191956 Julio Bolbochán (Argentina) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 201957 Paul Keres (Soviet Union) 211958 Bent Larsen (Denmark) 221959 Luděk Pachman (Czechoslovakia) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 231960 Boris Spassky (Soviet Union) Robert Fischer (United States) 241961 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 251962 Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union) 261964 Héctor Rossetto (Argentina) 271965 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 281966 Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union) 291969 Oscar Panno (Argentina) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 301971 Lev Polugaevsky (Soviet Union) 311976 Raúl Sanguinetti (Argentina) Victor Brond (Argentina) 321982 Jan Timman (Netherlands) 331989 Marcelo Tempone (Argentina) 341990 Marino Alejandro Cid (Argentina) 351997 Fernando Braga (Italy) 362001 Juan Facundo Pierrot (Argentina) Rubén Felgaer (Argentina)
  
  ## Mar del Plata Open Chess Tournament
  
      #YearWinner 11967 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 21969 René Letelier (Chile) 31970 Lothar Schmid (Germany) 41971 Raúl Ocampo (Argentina) 51972 Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina) 61973 Lothar Schmid (Germany) 71974 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 81975 Jaime Emma (Argentina) 91976 Aldo Emilio Seidler (Argentina) 101977 Ricardo Poleschi (Argentina) 111978 Aldo Emilio Seidler (Argentina) 121979 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) 131980 Carlos Lago (Argentina) 141983 Luis Marcos Bronstein (Argentina) 151984 Marcelo Tempone (Argentina) 161985 Jorge Rubinetti (Argentina) 171986 Oscar Panno (Argentina) 181987 Roberto Cifuentes (Chile) 191988 Oscar Panno (Argentina) 201989 Pablo Zarnicki (Argentina) 211990 Roberto Cifuentes (Chile) 221991 Marcelo Tempone (Argentina) 231992 Sergio Carlos Giardelli (Argentina) 241993 Bent Larsen (Denmark) Julio Granda (Peru) 251994 Oscar Panno (Argentina) 261995 Sergio Slipak (Argentina) 271996 Fabian Fiorito (Argentina) 281997 Fernando Braga (Italy) 291998 Alfredo Giaccio (Argentina) 301999 Sergio Slipak (Argentina) 312000 Martín Labollita (Argentina) 322001 Sergio Slipak (Argentina) 332002 Fabián Fiorito (Argentina) 342003 Suat Atalık (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 352004 Pablo Lafuente (Argentina) 362005 José F. Cubas (Paraguay) 372006 Diego Flores (Argentina) 382007 Andrés Rodríguez (Uruguay)
  