Author: Ludek Pachman (1924-2003) and Samuel Herman Reshevsky signed
Year: 1960
Publisher: Federation Argentina de Ajedrez
Place: Buenos Aires
(10 1/2" x 6 3/4") original carbon score sheet in Ludek Pachman's hand with score and signed on the front by both contestants Ludek Pachman and Samuel Herman Reshevsky. Played July 9 Round 13, Nimzo-Indian, Reshevsky variation (E46), 25 moves, of the tournament which was won by Reshevsky.
This tournament to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the May Revolution took place in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Medicine. The best of East and West shared first place, while Argentinian masters Guimard and Rossetto gained the GM title. Nineteen contestants vied for the honors. Shared first place was Viktor Korchnoi and Samuel Reshevsky with a score of 13. In sole third Laszlo Szabo a point behind with a score of 12. Larry Melvyn Evans, Carlos Enrique Guimard, Hector Decio Rossetto and Mark Taimanov tied for fourth at eleven. Fridrik Olafsson and Wolfgang Unzicker a hlaf point behind shared eighth. In sole ninth was Svetozar Gligoric with 10 points. Pal Benko and Wolfgang Uhlmann shared tenth with scores of 9. In eleventh a four way tie Robert James Fischer, Ludek Pachman, Bernardo Wexler and Borislav Ivkov at 8.5. At seventeen Fischer experienced the only failure in his competitive career at the Buenos Aires Tournament (1960), finishing with 8½/19 (+3-5=11), far behind winners Viktor Korchnoi and Samuel Reshevsky with 13/19.
Condition:
Edge wear with fold at center, and two punch holes to the side else a very good copy.