Najdorf, Miguel

classical era

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

Most Faced Opponents

Reshevsky, Samuel Herman51 gamesRossetto, Hector31 gamesGuimard, Carlos E29 gamesGligoric, Svetozar29 gamesPanno, Oscar29 gamesPilnik, Herman26 gamesStahlberg, Gideon25 gamesSzabo, Laszlo23 gamesRubinetti, Jorge A21 gamesBolbochan, Julio19 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
1-0

Keres, Paul vs Najdorf, Miguel

Gothenburg Interzonal

1955

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1-0

Najdorf, Miguel vs Spassky, Boris V

Gothenburg Interzonal

1955

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0-1

Tartakower, Saviely vs Najdorf, Miguel

Saltsjobaden Interzonal

1948

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FCGFCG
0-1

Lasker, Edward vs Najdorf, Miguel

Havana

1952

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FCGFCG
1-0

Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Najdorf, Miguel

America m

1952

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FCGFCG
1-0

Fischer, Robert James vs Najdorf, Miguel

Varna olm

1962

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FCGFCG
1-0

Tal, Mihail vs Najdorf, Miguel

Bled

1961

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FCGFCG
1-0

Rabar, Braslav vs Najdorf, Miguel

Gothenburg Interzonal

1955

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FCGFCG
1-0

Najdorf, Miguel vs Timman, Jan H

Buenos Aires

1980

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0-1

Najdorf, Miguel vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman

America m

1952

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Games (1604)

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Najdorf, Miguel vs Rodi, Luis Ernesto
1-0
Mar del Plata op 1994 A81
Loiterstein, Mariano vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1
Mar del Plata op 1994 E15
Llanos, Guillermo vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1991 A02
Rubinetti, Jorge A vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0
ARG-ch 1991 A46
Najdorf, Miguel vs Quinteros, Miguel A
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1991 A81
Giaccio, Alfredo vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1991 B86
Najdorf, Miguel vs Adla, Diego
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1991 A80
Najdorf, Miguel vs Soppe, Guillermo
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1991 D36
Najdorf, Miguel vs Mellano, Santiago
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1991 E68
Servat, Roberto vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1991 B81
Najdorf, Miguel vs Panno, Oscar
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1991 E54
Rosito, Jorge vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0
ARG-ch 1991 B96
Soppe, Guillermo vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1989 E12
Najdorf, Miguel vs Paglilla, Carlos
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1989 B08
Najdorf, Miguel vs Panno, Oscar
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1989 B39
Najdorf, Miguel vs Rubinetti, Jorge A
0-1
ARG-ch 1989 D19
Rodriguez, Jorge Luis vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1989 E99
Needleman, Alejandro vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1
ARG-ch 1989 E94
Giardelli, Sergio C vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1989 E06
Servat, Roberto vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0
ARG-ch 1989 E39
Campora, Daniel H vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1989 B80
Najdorf, Miguel vs Glavina, Pablo
0-1
ARG-ch 1989 A75
Najdorf, Miguel vs Walicki, Diego
1-0
ARG-ch 1989 A34
Najdorf, Miguel vs Gomez Baillo, Jorge H
1-0
ARG-ch 1989 D66
Contin, Daniel vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1
ARG-ch 1989 A16
Najdorf, Miguel vs Adla, Diego
1-0
ARG-ch 1989 E06
Najdorf, Miguel vs Bielicki, Carlos
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1989 E12
Schuster, Carlos vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
ARG-ch 1989 E69
Najdorf, Miguel vs Milos, Gilberto
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 D78
Valiente, Cristobal vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 A49
Cuasnicu, Oscar vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 C94
Najdorf, Miguel vs Tempone, Marcelo
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 B27
Najdorf, Miguel vs Szmetan, Jorge
0-1
Buenos Aires 1988 A65
Franco Ocampo, Zenon vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 E12
Najdorf, Miguel vs Paglilla, Carlos
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 E01
Hoffman, Alejandro vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0
Buenos Aires 1988 E14
Najdorf, Miguel vs Giardelli, Sergio C
1-0
Buenos Aires 1988 D24
Najdorf, Miguel vs Panno, Oscar
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 D35
Urday, Henry vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1
Buenos Aires 1988 C41
Slipak, Sergio vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 A04
Najdorf, Miguel vs Ricardi, Pablo
1-0
Buenos Aires 1988 A12
Granda Zuniga, Julio E vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1988 E13
Najdorf, Miguel vs Cifuentes Parada, Roberto
1-0
Buenos Aires 1988 A13
Hase, Juan C vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1983 B40
Giardelli, Sergio C vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1983 A49
Darcyl, Tomas vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1983 C26
Najdorf, Miguel vs Cuasnicu, Oscar
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1983 A37
Tempone, Marcelo vs Najdorf, Miguel
0-1
Buenos Aires 1983 A26
Najdorf, Miguel vs Szmetan, Jorge
0-1
Buenos Aires 1983 A49
Schweber, Samuel vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Buenos Aires 1983 B22
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