Miguel Najdorf won the second Grau Memorial in Buenos Aires with 10/12. Gideon Ståhlberg and Carlos Guimard shared second on 9 in a thirteen-player round-robin whose complete 78-game record survives here.
Najdorf by a point
Najdorf's 10/12 put him alone in first. Ståhlberg and Guimard each scored 9, with Paul Michel and Moshe Czerniak tied a further half-point back on 8½.
The full memorial
Thirteen players completed every pairing, with one bye in each of the thirteen rounds. The archive holds all 78 games and its standings agree with the historical crosstable.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Najdorf, Miguel | 10/12 | +9 -1 =2 | games |
| =2 | Stahlberg, Gideon | 9/12 | +8 -2 =2 | games |
| =2 | Guimard, Carlos Enrique | 9/12 | +7 -1 =4 | games |
| =4 | Michel, Paul | 8½/12 | +8 -3 =1 | games |
| =4 | Czerniak, Moshe | 8½/12 | +7 -2 =3 | games |
| =6 | Pelikan, Jorge | 7/12 | +6 -4 =2 | games |
| =6 | Maderna, Carlos Hugo | 7/12 | +5 -3 =4 | games |
| 8 | Benko, Francisco | 5/12 | +3 -5 =4 | games |
| 9 | Rauch, Meir | 4½/12 | +4 -7 =1 | games |
| 10 | Hand, Guillermo Antonio | 4/12 | +4 -8 =0 | games |
| 11 | Lynch, Julio | 3½/12 | +3 -8 =1 | games |
| =12 | De Ronde, Chris F | 1/12 | +0 -10 =2 | games |
| =12 | Falcon, Enrique | 1/12 | +0 -10 =2 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Najdorf, Miguel | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Stahlberg, Gideon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Guimard, Carlos Enrique | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Michel, Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Czerniak, Moshe | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Pelikan, Jorge | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Maderna, Carlos Hugo | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Benko, Francisco | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 9 | Rauch, Meir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Hand, Guillermo Antonio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | Lynch, Julio | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 12 | De Ronde, Chris F | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 13 | Falcon, Enrique | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.