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Héctor Rossetto

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Héctor Rossetto
Full nameHéctor Decio Rossetto
CountryArgentina
Born8 September 1922 (1922-09-08)
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Died23 January 2009 (2009-01-24) (aged 86)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
TitleGrandmaster (1960)
Peak rating2465 (July 1972)

Héctor Decio Rossetto (8 September 1922 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina – 23 January 2009 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine chess player.

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

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  1. ^ "Major Tournaments and Argentine Chess Championships (notes in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Mar del Plata KIM 1962". 365Chess.com. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  3. ^ "1964 Amsterdam Interzonal : 1964-66 cycle : World Chess Championship".
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