MAR DEL PLATA
City in Argentina which hosts a famous International Tournament since 1926. It was primary set up as a huge Round Robin tournament, but progressively the system was replaced with an Open since 1967. Roberto Grau from France was the first winner. Miguel Najdorf had the biggest record of victories – his first one was in 1942. In 1982 and for some years the tournament was sponsored by the newspaper Clarin.
The winners were: 1926 Grau, 1934 Schwartzman, 1936 Pleci, 1941 Ståhlberg, 1942 Najdorf, 1943 Najdorf, 1944 Najdorf, 1945 Najdorf, 1946 Najdorf, `947 Najdorf, 1948 Eliskases, 1949 Rossetto, 1950 Gligoric, 1951 J. Bolbochan, 1952 J. Bolbochan, 1953 Gligoric, 1954 Panno, 1955 Ivkov, 1956 J. Bolbochan, 1957 Keres, 1958 Larsen, 1959 Najdorf, 1960 Spassky, 1961 Najdorf, 1962 Polugaevsky, 1965 Najdorf, 1966 Smyslov, 1967 Najdorf. 1968 Najdorf, 1969 Letelier, 1970 L. Schmit, 1971 Polugaevsky, 1972 Rubinetti, 1973 L. Schmid, 1974 Najdorf, 1975 Emma, 1976 Sanguinetti, 1977 Poleischi, 1978 Seidler, 1979 Najdorf, 1980 Lago, 1983 L. Bronstein, 1984 Tempone, 1985 Rubinetti, 1986 Panno, 1987 Cifuentes, 1988 Panno, 1989 Zarnicki, 1990 Cifuentes, 1991 Tempone, 1992 Giardelli. 1993 Larsen and Granda, 1994 Panno, 1995 Slipak, 1996 Fiorito, 1997 Braga, 1998 Giaccio, 1999 Slipak, 2000 Labollita, 2001 Slipak, 2002 Fiorito, 2003 Atalik, 2004 Lafuente, 2006 Flores, 2007 Rodriguez, 2008 Alonso, 2009 Alonso, 2010 Flores, 2011 Flores, 2012 Mareco, 2013 Krysa, 2014 Mareco, 2015 Barbosa, 2016 Flores, 2017 Bachmann, 2018 Tristan, 2019 Flores.
