1980's South America - Hospitalized?

Hi,

Does anybody remember this?  I believe it was in the 1980's - perhaps Argentina? (but pretty sure South America) - it was a world chess championship (or some world class) match.  One of the games (out of 6?) had gone into its 3rd day (i think) and one of the players had to be taken off to hospital for fatique or some stress related problem.

Do you know who?  when?  where?

It's bugging me that i can't remember this.  Hope someone can help.

Regards,

john

(Bahamas)

I really hope someone has an answer just to knock RoseQueen down a notch.  Harsh!

If one of the players were hospitalized due to fatigue, a knowledgeable chess historian, such as our resident expert batgirl, would know about it.

Looks like Karpov was hospitalized in the 1984 World Championship.  Lost 22 pounds over the course of the match and the FIDE canceled it due to concern of the health of the players.

Found this:   here

The 1984 World Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov had the most controversial finish to a competitive match ever. After 9 games, Karpov was ahead 4-0 in a "first to 6 wins" match. Kasparov got inspiration from a Russian poet before each game, and battled Karpov into 17 successive draws. Karpov won the next game before Kasparov fought back with another series of draws until game 32 when Kasparov managed his first win against the World Champion. At this point, Karpov who was 12 years older than Kasparov, was close to exhaustion, and not looking like the player who started the match. Kasparov won games 47 and 48 to bring the score to 5-3 in Karpov's favor. Then the match was ended without result by the President of FIDE, Florencio Campomanes, although both players wanted to continue the match. Campomanes cited the health of the two players, which had been put under strain by the length of the match, as his reason for the decision. Karpov had lost 22 pounds over the course of the match and had been hospitalized several times.

The guy you're looking for is probably Enrique Mecking. He won the interzonals twice 1973 (Brazil) and the Manilla interzonal in 76'.

At the beginning of Rio de Janeiro’s Interzonal in 1979, in which he could achieve his third straight victory in Interzonals, he followed medical advice and left the tournament after the 2nd round. Mecking suddenly disappeared from international chess for several decades. His mysterious disease was called myasthenia gravis which affects the nervous system and muscles.