January 12, 1969 Los Angeles Times Chess by Isaac Kashdan

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Chess by Isaac Kashdan 12 Jan 1969, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Panno Tops Najdorf In Argentine Tourney
The strongest tournament of the year in South America was held in Buenos Aires, Argentine, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Y.M.C.A. Chess Club in that city.
With four grandmasters in the 12-man round robin, competition was keen, especially for the top prize. Going down to the wire were Oscar Panno and Miguel Najdorf, with the former just beating out his older rival.
Panno won eight games, drew two and lost to Samuel Schweber for a total of 9-2.
Najdorf also lost only once, to Miguel Quinteros, while drawing three and winning seven, to win up with 8½-2½.
Schweber, who was the only undefeated player in the event, but won only two games while drawing nine, tied for third place with Hector Rossetto. Each finished with 6½-4½.
Other final standings were: Quinteros, 6-5; Vicente Palermo and Jorge Rubinetti, 5½-5½; Raimundo Garcia, 5-6; Carlos Guimard, 4½-6½; Raul Ocampo, 3½-7½; Alberto Foguelman, 3-8, and Oscar Cuasnicu, 2½-8½.
Najdorf outplayed Quinteros in the early part of their game, gaining a strong passed pawn. Then came a curious error.
With his 26th move Najdorf allowed Quinteros to give up a second pawn, which put Najdorf's bishop completely out of play. Quinteros took full advantage by opening lines in the center. Najdorf finally decided to give up the bishop, but this did not help.
Najdorf's best game was against Rossetto. He developed an attack against the black king, and carried it through in classical sacrificial style.
The games follow, with others from the tournament:

Miguel Najdorf vs Miguel A Quinteros
Buenos Aires (1968)
Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation (A81) 0-1

Miguel Najdorf vs Hector Decio Rossetto
Buenos Aires (1968)
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation Keres Variation (A23) 1-0

Vicente Palermo vs Miguel Najdorf
Buenos Aires (1968), rd 7
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation (B80) 0-1

Alberto Foguelman (white) vs. Raul Ocampo (black)
Buenos Aires (1968)
King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Fianchetto

Descriptive 1. P-Q4 N-KB3 2. P-QB4 P-KN3 3. N-KB3 B-N2 4. P-KN3 O-O 5. B-N2 P-Q3 6. O-O QN-Q2 7. N-B3 P-K4 8. Q-B2 P-B3 9. R-Q R-K 10. P-N3 Q-B2 11. P-KR3 P-QR4 12. B-K3 PxP 13. NxP RxB 14. PxR N-B4 15. R-KB Q-K2 16. Q-Q2 Q-K4 17. N-B3 QxP 18. Q-K N-R4 19. R-B BxP! 20. QxQ NxQ 21. BxB BxN 22. R-KB2 N(6)-K5 23. R-N2 K-B 24. R-N N-Q7 25. R-Q N(7)-K5 26. R-N B-N5 27. N-Q4 B-Q7 28. N-B2 N-B6 29. R-R K-K2 30. B-N4 P-R5 31. R-N3 NxNP! 32. R-KB NxRP 33. P-K4 P-R4 34. R(3)-KB3 R-KB 35. B-R3 N-N5 36. NxN BxN 37. R-Q N-B4 38. R-N B-Q7 39. R-R3 R-QR 40. K-N2 B-R3 41. K-B3 K-B3 42. P-K3 K-K4 43. B-B P-KN4 44. B-Q3 P-N5ch 45. K-K2 B-N2 46. B-B2 B-B3 47. K-B2 P-R5 48. K-N2 P-R6ch 49. K-N3 R-KN 50. BxP NxPch 51. K-R2 K-K3 52. R-R2 B-K4ch 53. K-R P-N6 0-1

Algebraic 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. b3 Qc7 11. h3 a5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Rxe3 14. fxe3 Nc5 15. Rf1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qxg3 18. Qe1 Nh5 19. Rc1 Bxh3! 20. Qxg3 Nxg3 21. Bxh3 Bxc3 22. Rf2 Ne4 23. Rg2 Kf8 24. Rb1 Nd2 25. Rd1 Nde4 26. Rb1 Bb4 27. Nd4 Bd2 28. Nc2 Nc3 29. Ra1 Ke7 30. Bg4 a4 31. Rg3 Nxb3! 32. Rf1 Nxa2 33. e4 h5 34. Rgf3 Rf8 35. Bh3 Nb4 36. Nxb4 Bxb4 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Rb1 Bd2 39. Ra3 Ra8 40. Kg2 Bh6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. e3 Ke5 43. Bf1 g5 44. Bd3 g4+ 45. Ke2 Bg7 46. Bc2 Bf6 47. Kf2 h4 48. Kg2 h3+ 49. Kg3 Rg8 50. Bxa4 Nxe4+ 51. Kh2 Ke6 52. Ra2 Be5+ 53. Kh1 g3 0-1

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