Héctor Decio Rossetto (September 8, 1922, Bahia Blanca, Argentina - 23 January, 2009, Buenos Aires) 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 (1942, 1944, 1947, 1962, and 1972).[1] Rossetto won Mar del Plata in 1949 and again in 1952 (shared with Julio Bolbochán).
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.
References
External links
- FIDE rating card for Héctor Rossetto
- Héctor Rossetto player profile at ChessGames.com
- OlimpBase
- Fallecio Héctor Rossetto obit (Spanish)
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