The event was held in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...

, immediately after the 8th Chess Olympiad

8th Chess Olympiad

The 8th Chess Olympiad, organised by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs , comprised an 'open' tournament, as well as a Women's World Championship contest...

, from August 21 to September 19, 1939. The tournament was played between 2nd and 19 October 1939 at the Círculo de Ajedrez, the main chess club in the city. Play took place at the club's long-time premises at Bartolomé Mitre 670, with rounds starting at 20.30 hours in the evening. All participants, except of Paul Keres

Paul Keres

Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

, had decided to stay in Argentina due to outbreak of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

.

The results and standings:

Buenos Aires (Circulo) 1939

#	Player	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1-2	Miguel Najdorf Miguel Najdorf Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation....		x	1	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	8.5
1-2	Paul Keres Paul Keres Paul Keres , was an Estonian chess grandmaster, and a renowned chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....		0	x	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	8.5
3-4	Gideon Ståhlberg Gideon Ståhlberg Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess grandmaster.He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nordic champion in 1929, and held it until 1939....		½	½	x	0	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	7
3-4	Moshe Czerniak Moshe Czerniak -Biography:In 1930 Moshe Czerniak took ninth at Warsaw in an event won by Paulino Frydman. In 1934 Czerniak emigrated from Poland to Palestine . In April 1935, he tied for 7th–8th in Tel Aviv . He was Palestinian Champion in 1936 and 1938. In April 1939, he played in the First Lasker Chess Club...	Palestine (mandate)	0	0	1	x	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	0	7
5-6	Paulino Frydman Paulino Frydman Paulino Frydman was a Polish chess master.-Biography:...		½	½	0	½	x	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	6.5
5-6	Carlos Guimard Carlos Guimard Carlos Enrique Guimard was an Argentine chess Grandmaster. He was born in Santiago del Estero.-Biography:Guimard was thrice Argentine Champion. In 1936, he won the ARG-ch 15 Mayor, and in 1937 a match for the title against Roberto Grau . In 1937/38, he won a match against Luis Piazzini...		½	0	0	0	½	x	½	1	1	1	1	1	6.5
7	Roberto Grau Roberto Grau Roberto Gabriel Grau was an Argentine chess master.Grau played in many Argentine championships. In 1921/22, he tied for 3rd-4th . In 1922, he tied for 2nd-3rd . In 1923/24, he tied for 2nd-4th...		0	½	½	½	½	½	x	½	1	0	½	1	5.5
8	Markas Luckis Markas Luckis Markas Luckis was a Lithuanian–Argentine chess master.-Biography:Luckis was born in Lithuania. He twice won the Kaunas City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1928...		1	0	½	0	1	0	½	x	0	1	½	½	5
9-10	José Gerschman José Gerschman José Gerschman was an Argentine chess master.He played four times in Argentine Chess Championship . He took 15th in 1937 , took 19th in 1938 , tied for 2nd-4th in 1939 and took last place in a play-off triangular tournament for the title , and took 13th in 1940 José Gerschman (born c. 1910) was...		0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	x	0	1	1	3.5
9-10	Francisco Benkö Francisco Benkö Francisco Benkö was a German–Argentine chess master and problemist.He was born in Berlin into a Jewish family. His father, Richard Wilhelm Benkö, came from Hungary, and his mother, Alice Josephine Helene Pick, from Austria...		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	x	1	½	3.5
11	Sonja Graf Sonja Graf Sonja Graf was a German chess master who also lived in Argentina and the United States. She was the Women's World Sub-Champion, two-time winner of the U.S...		0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	x	1	2.5
12	Luis Argentino Palau Luis Argentino Palau Luis Argentino Palau was an Argentine chess master.He played for Argentina in three Chess Olympiads.* In 1924 at 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris ;* In 1927 at 1st Chess Olympiad in London ;...		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	x	2