Héctor Rossetto

Chess Player

1922 – 2009

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Who was Héctor Rossetto?

Héctor Decio Rossetto was one of the best chess players in Argentine history.

He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960.

He was a five-time Argentine Champion. Rossetto won the Mar del Plata chess tournament in 1949 and again in 1952. He also won in Mar del Plata in 1962.

He was the director of the 1978 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires.

After Miguel Najdorf he was the most important Argentine chess player of his time.

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Born
Sep 8, 1922
Bahía Blanca
Also known as
  • Hector Rossetto
Children
Nationality
  • Argentina
Lived in
  • Bahía Blanca
Died
Jan 23, 2009
Buenos Aires

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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