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Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf in 1973
Full nameMojsze Mendel Najdorf
CountryPoland (before 1940)
Argentina (after 1940)
Born(1910-04-15)15 April 1910
Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, Russian Empire
Died4 July 1997(1997-07-04) (aged 87)
Málaga, Spain
TitleGrandmaster (1950)
Peak rating2540 (July 1972)
Peak rankingNo. 42 (July 1972)

Miguel Najdorf (/ndɔːrf/ NY-dorf; born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf;[a] 15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) 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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