Buenos Aires Circulo International 1939

Najdorf and Keres share first in Buenos Aires
2–19 October 1939 · Buenos Aires
Shared first (Keres, Najdorf) — 8½/11
Event Index 66 GAMES

Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres shared first in the 1939 Buenos Aires Círculo International with 8½/11. Gideon Ståhlberg and Moshe Czerniak finished a point and a half behind in the complete twelve-player tournament.

A shared international title

Najdorf and Keres each scored 8½. Ståhlberg and Czerniak shared the next place on 7, with Paulino Frydman and Carlos Guimard another half-point back on 6½.

All eleven rounds

Twelve players met once each, 66 games in all. Every pairing is here, and the standings match the historical table.

Final standings

8½/11
Shared first (Keres, Najdorf) — 8½/11
# Player Score Record
=1 Keres, Paul 8½/11 +7 -1 =3 games
=1 Najdorf, Miguel 8½/11 +7 -1 =3 games
=3 Czerniak, Moshe 7/11 +6 -3 =2 games
=3 Stahlberg, Gideon 7/11 +4 -1 =6 games
=5 Guimard, Carlos Enrique 6½/11 +5 -3 =3 games
=5 Frydman, Paulino 6½/11 +4 -2 =5 games
7 Grau, Roberto 5½/11 +2 -2 =7 games
8 Luckis, Marcos 5/11 +3 -4 =4 games
=9 Benko, Francisco 3½/11 +3 -7 =1 games
=9 Gershman, Jose 3½/11 +3 -7 =1 games
11 Graf Stevenson, Sonja 2½/11 +1 -7 =3 games
12 Palau, Luis Argentino 2/11 +1 -8 =2 games

Cross Table

Player 123456789101112
1 Keres, Paul 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1
2 Najdorf, Miguel 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1
3 Czerniak, Moshe 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0
4 Stahlberg, Gideon ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
5 Guimard, Carlos Enrique 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1
6 Frydman, Paulino ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1
7 Grau, Roberto ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1
8 Luckis, Marcos 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½
9 Benko, Francisco 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½
10 Gershman, Jose 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
11 Graf Stevenson, Sonja 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1
12 Palau, Luis Argentino 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.

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