It was a good time to leave Europe. In February of 1932 hints of what was to come were taking place. A conference began in Geneva. The main issue was the demand made by Germany to abolish the part of the Treaty of Versailles that had disarmed the country. The French were vehemently opposed.
When the German presidential election was held Paul von Hindenburg ws reelected, defeating Hitler. In April, the German Chancellor Heinrich Bruning banned the SA and the SS because they were chiefly responsible for the wave of political violence in Germany.
Nothing is known of Wexler’s early chess career and his first known games seem to be in 1951 when he tied for 6th and 7th places (out of 23) with Jacobo Bolbochan at the Zonal tournament in Mar del Plata. The event was won by Julio Bolbochan and Erich Eliskases.
He remained very active in Argentine chess throughout the 1950s and in 1959, Wexler won the Argentine Championship in Buenos Aires. He also participated in almost all the international tournaments in Buenos Aires in the 1950s and ‘60s. Wexler played for Argentina in three Chess Olympiads in 1956, 1960 and 1984.
He retired as a court official and died in Buenos Aires on June 30. 1988. His last known game was played in 1987
In the following hair raising game from the 1953 Argentine Championship he defeats Albert Fogulaman (1923-2013, 80 years old) who was awarded the IM title in 1963. In 1966, Fodulman tied with Henrique Mecking, Julio Bolbochan and Oscar Panno in the South American Zonal tournament/ Mecking won the playoff. The game was far fro perfect, but that only adds to its enjoyment.
Alberto Foguelman–Bernardo Wexler0–1B83Argentine Chp, Buenos AiresBuenos Aires1953Stockfish 16
Sicilian Scheveningen 1.e4 c5 2.f3 c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 d6 6.e3 e6 In the Scheveningen black setting up a small center with Pawns on d6
and e6. 7.e2 In this, the main line, white plans to build up a K-side
attack, typically by means of g2–g4–g5, Qd1–e1–h4, Bg2, Qh5, Rf3–h3,
etc. Black aims for ato counter on the Q-side using the semi-open c-file, or
strike in the center. e7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 a6 10.h1 c7 11.e1 xd4 12.xd4 b5 13.g3 b7 14.e5 While this can hardly be called bad, it is,
perhaps, a bit premature. White usually plays 14.a3 14.d3 g6 15.a3 h5 16.f2 xf4 17.xf4 e5 and black has a slight advantage. Yu,R (2548)-Wang,Y
(2717) China 2014 14...e8 14...dxe5 as in Kushagra,M (2395)-Arabidze,M
(2422) chess.com INT 2022 is playable and resulted in equal chance after 15.xe5 b6 16.f3 xf3 15.d3 d5 This is too ambitious. 15...dxe5 with full equality. 16.xe5 b6 17.e4 f6 18.c3 b4 Travenec,I (2196) -Stranz,R (2196) Vienna AUT 2012 15...d8 is equally playable. Travenec,I (2196) -Stranz,R (2196) Vienna 2012
continued 16.f5 dxe5 17.xe5 d6 18.xd6 and now black should have
rcaptured with the R and not the Q. xd6 18...xd6 19.fxe6 xg3 19...xe6 20.h4 with a decisive advantage. 20.hxg3 fxe6 21.xh7+ xh7 22.xf8 19.fxe6 xe6 is completely even. 16.f5 exf5± 17.xf5 g6 18.h5
This lets black off the hook. 18.e2 g7 19.f3 ae8 20.af1 e6 21.c3
White has the more active position. 18...g7 19.h6 It looks like white
has serious threats on the h-file, but looks are deceiving. The position is
one of headf whirling complicatiosn. d7 And, after this white
does have serious (devisive) threat on the h-file! 19...e6 is a must play.
20.e2 This simply does not work... 20.h3 xd4 21.xh7 xe5 guards
against the mate and black has won material and is clearly winning. 20...g5 21.h3 c8 22.c3 a5 A nice P offer. 23.xb5 c5 24.d3 d4 White is
under a lot of pressure. 20.e6 Now its' white's turn to let his opponent
off the hook! 20.f1 ae8 21.d1 a5 22.e3 c8 23.h4 In spite of all
black's pieces huddled arounf the K white is winning. Here's a sample line... e6 24.f5 xd4 25.fh5 d6 26.exd6 xe3 27.xe3 e8 28.f2 f3 29.gxf3 h3+ 30.g1 gxh5 31.xh5 f6 32.g2+ xg2+ 33.xg2 e6 34.xh7 White has
a won ending. 20...xe6 This is the correct capture. 20...xe6 21.f5 e8 22.xe6 fxe6 23.xh7 e5 23...xh7 24.h3+ mates 24.h3 exd4 25.h6 f6 26.xb7 f7 27.xd5 g7 28.xg6 f8 28...xb7 29.f6+ 29.xf7+ xf7 30.xf7 xf7 White is winning. 31.f1+ 21.e1 d6 22.h3 Somewhat
better would have been 22.Be5 then reposition the N with Ne2 f6 This move
is the only one that saves the game! 22...e6 23.xh7 xd4 24.h8+ g7 25.h6+ f6 26.h7 f5 27.xf5 xf5 28.h3+ g5 29.e3+ f4 30.h4+ f5 31.xf7+ g4 32.xf4+ h5 33.h7# 23.xh7 h5 24.xf6 xf6 25.xh5 gxh5 26.xh5 fe8 27.f1 g7 The air has cleared and the materially
unbalanced position coukld go either way. 28.xd5 Voluntrily walking into a
pin for the sake of winjning a P is, if not fatal. very risky. Best was 28.Ne2 e6 Bringing the R into play. White's best move is now one that looks like it
might be the worst! 29.f3 This loses for real. 29.h3
This looks horribly weakening, but black's advantage is now minimal after ae8 30.e4 h6 30...xe4 31.f6+ f8 32.d7+ e7 32...g8 33.f6+ with a
repitition. Even f8 34.h7+ draws. e7 This loses, so black has to
rtepeat moves. 35.c5+ e6 36.g5+ d7 37.d1+ d4 38.xd4+ 33.c5+ d8 33...xd7 34.d1+ d4 35.xd4+ wins 34.b6+ c8 35.c5+ draws 31.f3 ee6 32.e7+ 29...d8 30.f4 30.f6+ is tricky, but black should be
able to sidestep all the tricks. xf6 31.g3 xd3 The only move that will
win! 31...g6 results in equal chances. 32.xg6 fxg6 33.xg6 d1+ 34.xd1 xg6 A crazy position! 32.xg7+ xg7 33.h3 g3 34.e2 e6 35.f2 xg2 30...xf3 31.h7+ h8 White resigned. 31...xh7 32.g5+ g7 33.xd8+ h7 and black is winning. 31...h8 white can only wait fort he
nate in 7 to unfold. 32.d3+ xh5 33.xe6 fxe6 34.g1 xd3 35.cxd3 f3 36.g3 e5 37.f1 e2+ 38.g1 g2# 0–1
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