Héctor Decio Rossetto (8 September 1922 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina – 23 January 2009 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian chess player. He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and the Grandmaster title in 1960. He was a five-time Argentine Champion (1942, 1944, 1947, 1962, and 1972). Rossetto won the Mar del Plata chess tournament in 1949 and again in 1952 (shared with Julio Bolbochán). He also won in Mar del Plata (KIM) 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, Hermann Pilnik, Carlos Guimard, Julio Bolbochán, and young Oscar Panno. References External links Hector Rossetto rating card at FIDE Visa with photo 1947 Visa with photo 1952 Visa with photo 1961 Falleció Héctor Rossetto 1922 births 2009 deaths Argentine chess players Chess grandmasters 20th-century chess players People from Bahía Blanca