Najdorf, Miguel
Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997) was a Polish-born Argentine grandmaster and one of the world's elite players throughout the 1940s and 1950s, immortalized through the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defense, one of the most popular and combative openings in chess history. A prolific competitor who defeated every World Champion from Euwe to Fischer, Najdorf also set world records in blindfold simultaneous chess, playing 45 opponents at once in 1947.
Total Games
1604
Wins
723
Draws
679
Losses
202
45.1% wins42.3% draws12.6% losses
Most Played Openings
E69 - King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line39E19 - Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line31E14 - Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System24E68 - King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation21E94 - King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation21E67 - King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Debrecen Defense21E64 - King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav System20D45 - Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line19E92 - King's Indian Defense: Exchange Variation19E95 - King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation18
Featured Games
1-0
Keres, Paul vs Najdorf, Miguel
Gothenburg Interzonal
1955
View Print1-0
Najdorf, Miguel vs Spassky, Boris V
Gothenburg Interzonal
1955
View Print0-1
Tartakower, Saviely vs Najdorf, Miguel
Saltsjobaden Interzonal
1948
View Print0-1
Lasker, Edward vs Najdorf, Miguel
Havana
1952
View Print1-0
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Najdorf, Miguel
America m
1952
View Print1-0
Fischer, Robert James vs Najdorf, Miguel
Varna olm
1962
View Print1-0
Tal, Mihail vs Najdorf, Miguel
Bled
1961
View Print1-0
Rabar, Braslav vs Najdorf, Miguel
Gothenburg Interzonal
1955
View Print1-0
Najdorf, Miguel vs Timman, Jan H
Buenos Aires
1980
View Print0-1
Najdorf, Miguel vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
America m
1952
View PrintGames (1604)
Search & Filter All Games →Luna, Julio vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Mar del Plata op 1967 B83
Suarez, JM. vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Mar del Plata op 1967 E94
Najdorf, Miguel vs Vidal, Ramon
1-0Mar del Plata op 1967 E73
Heidenfeld, Wolfgang vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1La Habana olm prel 1966 B23
Najdorf, Miguel vs Johannessen, Svein
0-1La Habana olm fin-A 1966 A87
Najdorf, Miguel vs Unzicker, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2Santa Monica 1966 E59
Najdorf, Miguel vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0Santa Monica 1966 D22
Clarke, Peter H vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2La Habana olm prel 1966 E99
Najdorf, Miguel vs Minev, Nikolay N
1-0La Habana olm fin-A 1966 E14
Donner, Jan Hein vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2Santa Monica 1966 E72
Najdorf, Miguel vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2La Habana olm fin-A 1966 A72
Ivkov, Borislav vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2Santa Monica 1966 E19
Unzicker, Wolfgang vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2Santa Monica 1966 B83
Najdorf, Miguel vs Donner, Jan Hein
1-0Santa Monica 1966 D22
Ivkov, Borislav vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1La Habana olm fin-A 1966 A65
Pachman, Ludek vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2La Habana olm fin-A 1966 E92
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2La Habana olm fin-A 1966 E90
Cobo Arteaga, Eldis vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1La Habana olm fin-A 1966 E92
Najdorf, Miguel vs Letelier, Rene
1-0La Habana olm prel 1966 E74
Gheorghiu, Florin vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1La Habana olm fin-A 1966 B81
Najdorf, Miguel vs Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
1/2-1/2La Habana olm fin-A 1966 D48
Reinhardt, Enrique Heinrich vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Buenos Aires 1965 B99
Najdorf, Miguel vs Bolbochan, Julio
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1965 D36
Cruz, Raul vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Mar del Plata 1965 E24
Benko, Pal C vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1965 E17
Najdorf, Miguel vs Pilnik, Herman
1-0Mar del Plata 1965 D90
Schweber, Samuel vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Buenos Aires 1965 A35
Stein, Leonid vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Mar del Plata 1965 B96
Sanguinetti, Renato vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1965 B88
Najdorf, Miguel vs Rubinetti, Jorge A
1-0Buenos Aires 1965 E91
Najdorf, Miguel vs Wexler, Bernardo
1-0Buenos Aires 1965 E18
Panno, Oscar vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Mar del Plata 1965 A14
Najdorf, Miguel vs Bielicki, Carlos
1-0Mar del Plata 1965 A14
Garcia, Raimundo vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1965 A42
Rossetto, Hector vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1965 E92
Najdorf, Miguel vs Cafure, Emilio
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1965 E69
Najdorf, Miguel vs Behrensen, Jorge
1-0Mar del Plata 1965 D16
Najdorf, Miguel vs Garcia, Raimundo
1-0Mar del Plata 1965 A75
Najdorf, Miguel vs Gheorghiu, Florin
1-0Mar del Plata 1965 D27
Foguelman, Alberto vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Mar del Plata 1965 E90
Palermo, Vicente vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Mar del Plata 1965 B87
Scanavino, Eduardo vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Buenos Aires 1965 B99
Najdorf, Miguel vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1965 E35
Najdorf, Miguel vs Cruz, Raul
1/2-1/2Buenos Aires 1965 E97
Panno, Oscar vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0Buenos Aires 1965 B49
Najdorf, Miguel vs Bolbochan, Jacobo
1-0Buenos Aires 1965 E95
Najdorf, Miguel vs Sanguineti, Raul
1-0Buenos Aires 1965 E04
Pilnik, Herman vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1Buenos Aires 1964 E82
Najdorf, Miguel vs Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb
1-0ARG-ch 1964 E54
Najdorf, Miguel vs Olivera, Alfredo
1-0Buenos Aires 1964 A99