Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-Argentine chess grandmaster. Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there. He was a leading world player in the 1940s and 1950s, and is also known for the Najdorf Variation, one of the most popular chess openings.

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Tournaments won by Miguel Najdorf

Tournament Year Location
Mar del Plata Open Chess Tournament 1979 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
South African Open 1976 aurthurs seat hotel, sea point. cape town
Mar del Plata Open Chess Tournament 1974 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1969 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Mar del Plata Open Chess Tournament 1967 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1965 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Capablanca Memorial 1962 Havana (Cuba)
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1961 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1959 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1956 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Havana 1952 Havana
Amsterdam 1950 Amsterdam
Buenos Aires/La Plata 1948 Buenos Aires/La Plata
Venice 1948 Venice
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1947 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1946 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1945 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Buenos Aires 1945 Buenos Aires
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1944 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
La Plata 1944 La Plata
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1943 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Mar del Plata International Chess Tournament 1942 Mar del Plata (Argentina)
Miguel Najdorf

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Born: Friday, April 15, 1910
Died: Friday, July 4, 1997

Daily puzzles with Miguel Najdorf

B. Glucksberg - Miguel Najdorf
Warsaw
1930
Black to win
Anatoly Karpov - Miguel Najdorf
Mar del Plata
1982
White to checkmate
Miguel Najdorf - Carlos E Guimard
Mar del Plata
1946
White to win
Max Euwe - Miguel Najdorf
14th olm qual. group 2, Leipzig GDR
1960.10.18
Black to win

Puzzles with Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf - Petar Trifunovic
Opatija m, Opatija
1949
Black to draw
Pablo Ricardi - Miguel Najdorf
ARG-ch 60th, Buenos Aires
1986
Black to defend
Pablo Ricardi - Miguel Najdorf
ARG-ch 60th, Buenos Aires
1986
Black to defend
Reuben Fine - Miguel Najdorf
New York m, New York
1949
White to win
Miguel Najdorf - Robert Gruchacz
Lone Pine op, Lone Pine
1976.03.08
White to win
Antonio Anelli - Miguel Najdorf
Mar del Plata op, Mar del Plata
1972
White to win
Miguel Najdorf - Jose Maria Carbone
Buenos Aires CA, Buenos Aires
1972
White to checkmate
Henrique Mecking - Miguel Najdorf
Mar del Plata
1971.03.30
White to win
Miguel Najdorf - Alberto Foguelman
Mar del Plata op, Mar del Plata
1967
White to win
Miguel Najdorf - Wolfgang Heidenfeld
Torremolinos
1961
Black to win
Miguel Najdorf - Wolfgang Heidenfeld
Torremolinos
1961
Black to win
Rene Letelier Martner - Miguel Najdorf
Montevideo
1954
White to win
Rene Letelier Martner - Miguel Najdorf
Montevideo
1954
White to win
Rene Letelier Martner - Miguel Najdorf
Montevideo
1954
White to win
Laszlo Szabo - Miguel Najdorf
Buenos Aires
1970
Black to win
Miguel Najdorf - D. Bozzini
Rosario blindfold sim, Rosario
1943.10.09
White to win
Miguel Najdorf - Paulino Frydman
Buenos Aires Circulo, Buenos Aires
1941
Black to defend
Reuben Fine - Miguel Najdorf
New York m, New York
1949
Black to defend