Tournament

Najdorf Memorial Finals — Buenos Aires 2002

2002 · Buenos Aires
Hugo Spangenberg won the 16-player knockout finals, beating Diego Valerga 1½–½ in the title match. Juan Facundo Pierrot finished third.
Incomplete record·70 of 72 games archived

Incomplete record. This archive holds 70 of the 72 games played; 2 are missing.

Result

1½–½
Hugo Spangenberg won the 16-player knockout finals, beating Diego Valerga 1½–½ in the title match. Juan Facundo Pierrot finished third.

The archive holds 70 of the 72 finals games, including every available rapid, blitz and placement score. Both first-round scores between Spangenberg and Cristian Dolezal are unavailable in Mega2024. Four draws have only 19–29 recorded plies; their full played length is unverified. The source dates of 1–7 October and compound round labels are preserved. The qualifying open is outside this finals collection; no overall standings or round-robin grid are inferred from these scores.