Héctor Decio Rossetto (8 September 1922 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina – 23 January 2009 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine chess player.
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| Full name | Héctor Decio Rossetto |
| Country | Argentina |
| Born | 8 September 1922 Bahía Blanca, Argentina |
| Died | 23 January 2009 (aged 86) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Title | Grandmaster (1960) |
| Peak rating | 2465 (July 1972) |
He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960.
He was a five-time Argentine Champion (1942, 1944, 1947, 1962, and 1972). [1] Rossetto won the Mar del Plata chess tournament in 1949 and again in 1952 (shared with Julio Bolbochán). He also won in Mar del Plata (KIM) in 1962.[2] In 1964, he qualifield for the Interzonal Tournament in Amsterdam.[3]
He was the director of the 1978 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires.
He was a player from the "golden age" of chess in Argentina, led by Miguel Najdorf, with Erich Eliskases, Hermann Pilnik, Carlos Guimard, Julio Bolbochán, and young Oscar Panno.
References
edit- ^ "Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
- ^ "Mar del Plata KIM 1962". 365Chess.com. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
- ^ "1964 Amsterdam Interzonal : 1964-66 cycle : World Chess Championship".
External links
edit- Hector Rossetto rating card at FIDE Archived 12 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- Hector Rossetto player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Héctor Rossetto FIDE rating history at OlimpBase.org
- Héctor Decio Rossetto Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
- Visa with photo 1947
- Visa with photo 1952
- Visa with photo 1961
- Falleció Héctor Rossetto (in Spanish)
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