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89 - Herman Pilnik


was born in Stuttgart 's January 8, 1914, 15 years and won the national championship. The following year (1930) emigrated to Argentina, a country of which he obtained citizenship in the following years.
Its international chess career began in 1942 with a 10th place in New York, a 2nd place in Mar del Plata, and the victory in the Argentine championship.
In 1944, in Mar del Plata, was the first ex aequo with Najdorf, and in the summer of 1945 was the 3rd Pan-American Tournament at the Hollywood-Los Angeles, won by Sammy Reshevsky.
In 1950 he was deployed as a "first reserve" of the Argentine team of Dubrovnik Olympics, winning the individual gold medal (+6 -1 = 3) and the silver medal as a team.
This result earned him the title of Master Internzionale.
Stopping in Europe in 1951 and won the tournament in Beverwijk to Vienna, and in 1952 won in Belgrade. That same year he played in the fourth chess Olympics in Helsinki (+6 -1 = 7), where the Argentine team won the silver medal.
In view of the remarkable results achieved at the individual level, the FIDE made him a Grand Master in the same 1952.
In 1954, the Amsterdam Olympics, played once again in the fourth board (+3 -2 = 2) and Argentina won the silver medal team. In individual tournaments, won Pilnik to Stuttgart in 1954, his hometown.
In 1956 he was again fourth Argentine chess Olympics in Moscow (+7 = 3 -3), and came in 10th place in the Candidates Tournament in Amsterdam. In 1958, finally, he played first board for Argentina (+5 -2 = 8) Olympics of Monaco of Bavaria, where the team won the bronze medal.
traveled a lot, and ended up settling in Caracas (Venezuela), where he became a chess teacher at the local military academy.
He died in Caracas November 12, 1981.
The following section shows his skills as a striker, although opposite to another famous "attacker."
Pilnik - Najdorf (Mar del Plata, 1942): 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 d: e4 4. C: e4 Nf6 5. C: F6 + e: f6 6. c3 Ad6 7. Bd3 00 8. DH5! (without ceremony ...) g6 9. Dh4 c5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Ah6 f5 12. AG5 DB6 13. 00! c: d4 14. c: d4 Re8? (infelice. .. Here began the troubles of the Black, although it is difficult to predict) 15. AC4! h5 16. Tae1 TE4 17. CF4! Q: d4 (and now?) 18. T: f e4: e4 19. C: h5! (the beginning of a formidable combination) g: h5 20. AF6! DC5 (can not afford either the failure of D in G5, or the taking of PH5) 21. Td1! Rf8 22. b4! C: b4 23. DG3! (the combination of pointe) Bg4 24. T: CD3 d6 25. A: DC1 d3 + 26. Af1 TC8 27. D h3: f1 + (Najdorf try the last card) 28. RH2 dc1 29. h: g4 h: g4 30. Q: DH6 g4 + 31. RG3 TC3 + 32. f3, Black leaves.
Bella!