The fourth Mar del Plata chess tournament was held in the city of

Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...

, Argentina, in March 1941. The first three Mar del Plata international tournaments (1928, 1934, 1936) were regarded as the third, fourth, and sixth South American Chess Championship (''Torneo Sudamericano''), respectively. The first ''Torneio Sulamericano'' took place in Montevideo (Carrasco), Uruguay, in 1921/22. After the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939, many participants had decided to stay in Argentina due to outbreak of

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. The 1941 Mar del Plata tournament therefore included eleven refugees from

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and two players affected by issues arising out of the British Mandate of Palestine. The results and standings:

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