Miguel Najdorf (/naɪdɔːrf/ NY-dorf; born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish–Argentine chess grandmaster. Originally from...

Polish-Argentine grandmaster Miguel Najdorf, although he was not the first strong player to play the variation. Many players have relied on the Najdorf (notably Bobby...

Najdorf may refer to: Miguel Najdorf, Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation, chess opening used by Miguel Najdorf...

prise, played 36.Ng5?? and resigned after 36...Nxd6. This game between Miguel Najdorf and Bobby Fischer from the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup is an example where...

Reuben Fine, Salo Flohr, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Andor Lilienthal, Miguel Najdorf, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Gideon Ståhlberg, and László Szabó...

the world-class players Petrosian, Keres, Gligorić, Efim Geller, and Miguel Najdorf among the other participants. Tal played in a total of six Candidates'...

Argentinian GM Miguel Najdorf in 25 moves. Fischer actually did it in 24, becoming the only player to beat Najdorf in the tournament. Najdorf lost the game...

Polish Immortal is the name given to a chess game between Glucksberg and Miguel Najdorf played in Warsaw. The game is celebrated because of Black's sacrifice...

Bobby Fischer's score card from his round 3 game against Miguel Najdorf in the 1970 Chess Olympiad...

top players, including Alexander Alekhine, Bent Larsen, Paul Morphy, Miguel Najdorf, and Hikaru Nakamura have used it with success. Its most notable use...

Miguel Najdorf: Mar del Plata 1941 (ahead of Najdorf and Erich Eliskases), Buenos Aires 1941 (tied with Najdorf), Buenos Aires 1947 (ahead of Najdorf...

Paris. In 1954, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Miguel Najdorf, behind René Letelier, at Montevideo at age 72. Najdorf protested that it was unfair to play such...

Rudolf Spielmann, Samuel Reshevsky, Reuben Fine, David Bronstein, and Miguel Najdorf. Arpad Elo, the inventor of the scientific rating system employed by...

and 1950s by players such as Isaac Boleslavsky, Alexander Kotov, and Miguel Najdorf. Reuben Fine, one of the world's leading players during this time period...

quality of the games, and books on the tournament by David Bronstein and Miguel Najdorf that are regarded as among the best tournament books ever written. In...

Andor Lilienthal (USSR) Géza Maróczy (Hungary) Jacques Mieses (England) Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) Viacheslav Ragozin (USSR) Samuel Reshevsky (USA) Akiba Rubinstein...

Munz, Polish-American pianist Miguel Najdorf, Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster of Jewish origin, famous for his Najdorf Variation Mieczysław Niedziałkowski...

he beat former world champion Max Euwe. He also won games against Miguel Najdorf, Joaquim Durao and Ludek Pachman. He never became an International Master—he...

Fischer, and Mikhail Tal, with prominent grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi, Miguel Najdorf, Efim Geller, John Nunn, Svetozar Gligorić, Wolfgang Uhlmann, and Ilya...

played many of the world's top players, and had a plus record against Miguel Najdorf (+1 −0 =2). He beat Max Euwe with the black pieces in Dubrovnik in 1950...

at New York 1948 with 8/9, ahead of Miguel Najdorf, Max Euwe, and Hermann Pilnik. Fine drew a match against Najdorf at 4–4 at New York 1949. He participated...

final position resulting more than 15 moves later. 1929: Glucksberg vs Miguel Najdorf, Warsaw. In this game, dubbed the 'Polish Immortal', Black sacrifices...

for 2nd–5th places at Mar del Plata 1961 with 11½/15, behind winner Miguel Najdorf. On that same South American trip, he dominated a small but strong event...

games and lost 10 over a period of 13 hours. Later Miguel Najdorf broke that record twice. Najdorf's first record in Rosario, Argentina, in 1943, was against...

continent has produced some great players such as Argentine Miguel Najdorf (known for the Najdorf Variation), and Brazilians Henrique Mecking (3rd best in...

Keres Alexander Alekhine 1944 Mar del Plata Hermann Pilnik Miguel Najdorf La Plata Miguel Najdorf Kyiv Salo Flohr USSR Chess Championship Moscow Mikhail Botvinnik...

1950, Unzicker shared the prize for best top-board score (+9−1=4) with Miguel Najdorf for his performance on first board for the West German team at the Dubrovnik...

just 17 moves. Edward Lasker unsuccessfully used the opening against Miguel Najdorf, resigning after 42 moves. In 1952, Isaac Boleslavsky tried the opening...

tournament in Montevideo as clear first ahead of joint Ossip Bernstein and Miguel Najdorf, beating both in their individual game. He played in many Chilean Chess...

the Free World" between Reshevsky and Polish-Argentine grandmaster Miguel Najdorf. An additional five games were played in Mexico City and five more in...