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.
He was a player from the "golden age" of chess in Argentina, led by Miguel Najdorf, with Erich Eliskases, Herman Pilnik, Carlos Guimard, Julio Bolbochán, and young Oscar Panno.