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Mar del Plata Zonal (1969) The Mar del Plata (South American Zonal) tournament took place from 22nd March - 12th April 1969. Najdorf and Panno qualified straight to the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) The third-place tie for the last interzonal spot was resolved in a match between Mecking and García which Mecking won by 2½—½. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Najdorf,Miguel x 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15.5/18 2. Panno,Oscar 0 x 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 15.5/18 3. Garcia,Raimundo 1 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.0/18 4. Mecking,Henrique ½ 0 ½ x 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 13.0/18 5. Rubinetti,Jorge Alberto 0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 12.0/18 6. Camara,Helder 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 11.0/18 7. Rodriguez Vargas,Orestes 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 x 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0/18 8. Quinteros,Miguel Angel 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 x 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 10.5/18 9. Schweber,Samuel ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 x ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9.5/18 10. Rossetto,Hector ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9.5/18 11. Bronstein,Luis Marcos 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 x ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 9.5/18 12. Van Riemsdijk,Herman C 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8.5/18 13. Rocha,Antonio 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7.5/18 14. Canobra,Juvenal 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 1 0 ½ 0 5.5/18 15. Riego Prieto,Victorio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 x 1 1 1 1 5.5/18 16. Garcia Toledo,Pedro 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 x ½ ½ 1 5.0/18 17. Silva Sanchez,Carlos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ x ½ 1 4.5/18 18. Alvarez del Monte,Jose Luis 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ x ½ 3.0/18 19. Mendivil Salinas,Ismael 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ x 1.5/18 Najdorf did not take up his place at the interzonal.  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 171  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Garcia vs J L Alvarez del Monte   1-0 37 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal A14 English 2. H Camara vs J Canobra   ½-½ 58 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B42 Sicilian, Kan 3. J Rubinetti vs Najdorf   0-1 41 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B25 Sicilian, Closed 4. L Bronstein vs Panno   0-1 34 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal A56 Benoni Defense 5. I Mendivil vs Quinteros   0-1 36 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B06 Robatsch 6. J L Alvarez del Monte vs J Rubinetti   ½-½ 57 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 7. L Bronstein vs S Schweber   1-0 32 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 8. H Camara vs H van Riemsdijk   1-0 32 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 9. R Garcia vs P Garcia Toledo   1-0 60 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal A34 English, Symmetrical 10. I Mendivil vs J Canobra   1-0 41 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B32 Sicilian 11. Najdorf vs H Rossetto   ½-½ 35 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal A25 English 12. A C Rocha vs O Rodriguez Vargas   1-0 44 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 13. Mecking vs H Camara   ½-½ 65 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. Panno vs A C Rocha   ½-½ 19 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal E46 Nimzo-Indian 15. V Riego vs J L Alvarez del Monte   1-0 37 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 16. O Rodriguez Vargas vs R Garcia   ½-½ 25 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 17. H Rossetto vs Quinteros   ½-½ 27 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal A25 English 18. J Rubinetti vs I Mendivil   1-0 55 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal E92 King's Indian 19. L Bronstein vs Mecking   0-1 30 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B53 Sicilian 20. H Camara vs H Rossetto   1-0 52 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal D02 Queen's Pawn Game 21. R Garcia vs Panno   0-1 33 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal C45 Scotch Game 22. I Mendivil vs V Riego   0-1 34 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B06 Robatsch 23. Najdorf vs O Rodriguez Vargas   1-0 44 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal A80 Dutch 24. Quinteros vs P Garcia Toledo   1-0 37 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal A14 English 25. A C Rocha vs J Canobra   ½-½ 71 1969 Mar del Plata Zonal B32 Sicilian  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 171    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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