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    Hermann Pilnik (8 January 1914, Stuttgart, Germany – 12 November 1981, Caracas, Venezuela) was a German-born Argentine chess Grandmaster. In 1929, he won...
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    for 4th–6th at Santiago (scoring 7½/12) behind Ivkov, Pachman, and Herman Pilnik. At the Zürich International Tournament, spring 1959, Fischer finished...
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  • tournament in 1943 (Miguel Najdorf won), took 15th at Mar del Plata 1944 (Herman Pilnik and Najdorf won), and tied for 14–16th at Mar del Plata/Buenos Aires...
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  • place, behind Markas Luckis (LTU) and Hermann Pilnik (GER) in ARG-ch 20th Mayor in 1941) 1942 Hermann Pilnik (former German, then Argentine citizen) won...
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  • won), tied for 9–10th in 1941 (Markas Luckis won), took 13th in 1945 (Herman Pilnik won), shared 5th in 1947 (Héctor Rossetto won), took 5th in 1948 (Julio...
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  • Pilnik Variation, after 6...b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0, where 9.Re1 would transpose to the Pilnik, with the Marshall successfully avoided (which the Pilnik...
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    Herman Steiner (April 15, 1905 – November 25, 1955) was an American chess player, organizer, and columnist. He won the U.S. Chess Championship in 1948...
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  • Reshevsky  United States 10.5, 2. Reuben Fine  United States 9, 3. Hermann Pilnik  Argentina 8.5, 4. Israel Horowitz  United States 8, 5. Isaac Kashdan  United...
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    Miguel Najdorf, Julio Bolbochán, Carlos Guimard, Héctor Rossetto, Hermann Pilnik  West Germany 40½ Wolfgang Unzicker, Lothar Schmid, Gerhard Pfeiffer, Ludwig...
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  • (Netherlands, born 1969) Harry Nelson Pillsbury (US, 1872–1906) Hermann Pilnik (Germany, Argentina, 1914–1981) Karol Piltz (Poland, 1903–1939) Albert Pinkus...
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