GM Miguel Najdorf

Russian EmpireRussian Empire
Born 1910
Wikipedia

Miguel Najdorf was a Polish-born Argentine Grandmaster who settled in South America after World War II prevented his return to Poland. One of the world's leading players throughout the 1940s and 1950s, he is immortalized through the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian Defence, which remains one of the most popular and deeply analyzed openings in chess history.

Miguel Najdorf

Associated Openings

As White

D40Semi-Tarrasch Defence22 games
D41Semi-Tarrasch Defence: 1.d4 d5 2.c4...... 5.cxd520 games
E19Queen's Indian Defence: 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2... 9.Qxc314 games
E64King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... c511 games
E57Nimzo-Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... cxd42 games

As Black

E68King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 8.e430 games
E67King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... Nbd722 games
E19Queen's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 9.Qxc318 games
E95King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 8.Re117 games
E69King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 9.h316 games
D75King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... c56 games
D81King's Indian Defence: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4...... 4.Qb34 games

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