Miguel Najdorf
Classical era · Argentina · 1910–1997
Stranded in Argentina by the war; gave his name to the most analysed Sicilian of all.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
374Wins
475Draws
151Losses
61%Score
1938–1996Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Reshevsky | 51 | 10 | 22 | 19 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 29 | 3 | 23 | 3 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 16 | 1 | 9 | 6 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Garry Kasparov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1996 vs Arnold S Denker White Staunton mem E91 1-0
- 1996 vs Carlos E Guimard White Staunton mem D63 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Staunton mem B23 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Juan Carlos De las Heras Black Mar del Plata op B85 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Gustavo Kanefsck Black Mar del Plata op B80 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Paulo Leal White Mar del Plata op E69 1-0
- 1994 vs Mariano Loiterstein Black Mar del Plata op E15 0-1
- 1994 vs Juan Palmisano Black Mar del Plata op E81 0-1
- 1994 vs Facundo Quiroga White Mar del Plata op E53 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Luis Ernesto Rodi White Mar del Plata op A81 1-0
- 1994 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Mar del Plata op E16 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Diego Valerga White Mar del Plata op E12 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Diego Adla White ARG-ch A80 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Alfredo Giaccio Black ARG-ch B86 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Guillermo Llanos Black ARG-ch A02 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Santiago Mellano White ARG-ch E68 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Oscar Panno White ARG-ch E54 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Miguel A Quinteros White ARG-ch A81 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Jorge Rosito Black ARG-ch B96 1-0
- 1991 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black ARG-ch A46 1-0
- 1991 vs Roberto Servat Black ARG-ch B81 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Guillermo Soppe White ARG-ch D36 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Diego Adla White ARG-ch E06 1-0
- 1989 vs Carlos Bielicki White ARG-ch E12 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Luis Bronstein Black ARG-ch B83 0-1
- 1989 vs Daniel H Campora Black ARG-ch B80 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Daniel Contin Black ARG-ch A16 0-1
- 1989 vs Sergio C Giardelli Black ARG-ch E06 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Pablo Glavina White ARG-ch A75 0-1
- 1989 vs Jorge H Gomez Baillo White ARG-ch D66 1-0
- 1989 vs Alejandro Needleman Black ARG-ch E94 0-1
- 1989 vs Carlos Paglilla White ARG-ch B08 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Oscar Panno White ARG-ch B39 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Jorge Luis Rodriguez Black ARG-ch E99 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White ARG-ch D19 0-1
- 1989 vs Carlos Schuster Black ARG-ch E69 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Roberto Servat Black ARG-ch E39 1-0
- 1989 vs Guillermo Soppe Black ARG-ch E12 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Diego Walicki White ARG-ch A34 1-0
- 1988 vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada White Buenos Aires A13 1-0
- 1988 vs Oscar Cuasnicu Black Buenos Aires C94 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Zenon Franco Ocampo Black Buenos Aires E12 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Sergio C Giardelli White Buenos Aires D24 1-0
- 1988 vs Julio E Granda Zuniga Black Buenos Aires E13 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Alejandro Hoffman Black Buenos Aires E14 1-0
- 1988 vs Gilberto Milos White Buenos Aires D78 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Carlos Paglilla White Buenos Aires E01 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Oscar Panno White Buenos Aires D35 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Pablo Ricardi White Buenos Aires A12 1-0
- 1988 vs Sergio Slipak Black Buenos Aires A04 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Jorge Szmetan White Buenos Aires A65 0-1
- 1988 vs Marcelo Tempone White Buenos Aires B27 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Henry Urday Black Buenos Aires C41 0-1
- 1988 vs Cristobal Valiente Black Buenos Aires A49 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Claudio Amado White Buenos Aires D40 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Oscar Cuasnicu White Buenos Aires A37 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Tomas Darcyl Black Buenos Aires C26 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Sergio C Giardelli Black Buenos Aires A49 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Juan C Hase Black Buenos Aires B40 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Bent Larsen Black Buenos Aires E18 1-0
- 1983 vs Oscar Panno White Buenos Aires A30 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Samuel Schweber Black Buenos Aires B22 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Sergio Slipak White Buenos Aires E41 1-0
- 1983 vs Jorge Szmetan White Buenos Aires A49 0-1
- 1983 vs Marcelo Tempone Black Buenos Aires A26 0-1
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson White Bugojno D25 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson Black Mar del Plata E19 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Fernando Braga White Mar del Plata A09 1-0
- 1982 vs Zenon Franco Ocampo White Mar del Plata E16 1-0
- 1982 vs Carlos Garcia Palermo Black Mar del Plata D29 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Sergio C Giardelli Black Mar del Plata A11 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Bugojno E65 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Robert Huebner White Bugojno A41 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Bugojno C41 0-1
- 1982 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Bugojno E93 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Mar del Plata E12 1-0
- 1982 vs Garry Kasparov Black Bugojno E12 1-0
- 1982 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Bugojno E15 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen Black Bugojno D31 1-0
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Mar del Plata E11 0-1
- 1982 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Bugojno E01 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Oscar Panno Black Mar del Plata D65 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Bugojno E05 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Mar del Plata A13 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Bugojno D67 1-0
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch White Mar del Plata D27 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Mar del Plata D37 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Yasser Seirawan White Mar del Plata E15 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky Black Bugojno B20 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Timman Black Mar del Plata C85 1-0
- 1982 vs Jan Timman White Bugojno A77 0-1
- 1980 vs E. Alvarez White ARG-ch A34 1-0
- 1980 vs Ulf Andersson Black Buenos Aires E92 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Buenos Aires B82 1-0
- 1980 vs Alfredo Bass White ARG-ch B38 1-0
- 1980 vs Fernando Braga Black ARG-ch B53 0-1
- 1980 vs Luis Bronstein Black ARG-ch B51 0-1
- 1980 vs Walter S Browne Black Buenos Aires E12 0-1
- 1980 vs Oscar Cuasnicu Black ARG-ch B83 0-1
- 1980 vs Roberto Debarnot Black ARG-ch E94 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Sergio C Giardelli Black ARG-ch A25 1-0
- 1980 vs Sergio C Giardelli White Buenos Aires A30 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Buenos Aires E18 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Anatoly Karpov White Buenos Aires D41 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Buenos Aires D40 1-0
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen White Buenos Aires E09 0-1
- 1980 vs Mario Leskovar White ARG-ch A30 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Buenos Aires B81 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Buenos Aires E68 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Oscar Panno White Buenos Aires E14 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Miguel A Quinteros White ARG-ch A46 0-1
- 1980 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Buenos Aires D41 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Alfredo Roca Black ARG-ch A16 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White ARG-ch A64 0-1
- 1980 vs Samuel Schweber White ARG-ch B06 0-1
- 1980 vs Jorge Szmetan Black ARG-ch B64 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Jan Timman White Buenos Aires A30 1-0
- 1979 vs Ulf Andersson White Clarin E14 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Miguel Bernat Black Konex E94 0-1
- 1979 vs Walter S Browne Black Konex E17 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Jesus Diez del Corral White Konex A57 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Jaime Emma White Mar del Plata GP2 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Jaime Emma White Konex A30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Zenon Franco Ocampo White Clarin D85 1-0
- 1979 vs Zenon Franco Ocampo White Mar del Plata GP2 D85 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Ruben Gallego Black Mar del Plata GP2 B42 0-1
- 1979 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Clarin A30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs K. Held Black Mar del Plata GP2 E61 0-1
- 1979 vs Borislav Ivkov White Clarin D59 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Konex D36 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen Black Clarin C28 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Vladimir M Liberzon Black Konex C41 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Konex B48 1-0
- 1979 vs William James Lombardy Black Clarin E39 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Carlos Alejandro Martinez White Mar del Plata GP2 E63 1-0
- 1979 vs Anthony J Miles White Konex D25 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Anthony J Miles White Clarin E14 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Oscar Panno White Clarin A07 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Clarin E49 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Clarin C95 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Konex A37 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Emilio Ramirez Black Mar del Plata GP2 B80 0-1
- 1979 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Mar del Plata GP2 A72 0-1
- 1979 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Konex A28 0-1
- 1979 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Clarin B22 0-1
- 1979 vs Samuel Schweber White Konex E96 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Boris Spassky Black Clarin B42 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Jorge Szmetan White Konex A49 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Marcelo Tempone Black Clarin E18 0-1
- 1979 vs Marcelo Tempone White Mar del Plata GP2 D70 1-0
- 1979 vs Francisco RT Trois Black Konex E84 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs N. Vives White Mar del Plata GP2 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Ulf Andersson Black Clarin A49 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Ulf Andersson Black Hoogovens A26 0-1
- 1978 vs Walter S Browne Black Clarin E18 1-0
- 1978 vs Helder Camara White Sao Paulo A29 1-0
- 1978 vs Oscar Humberto Castro Rojas Black Sao Paulo B22 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Josif D Dorfman Black Sao Paulo E19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili White Clarin A30 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White Sao Paulo E45 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Rubens A Filguth Black Sao Paulo B51 0-1
- 1978 vs Carlos Garcia Palermo Black Clarin B50 0-1
- 1978 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Clarin E19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Sao Paulo D25 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Hoogovens E62 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Raymond D Keene White Clarin A04 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Hoogovens A30 1-0
- 1978 vs Henrique Mecking White Hoogovens A16 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Anthony J Miles White Hoogovens A34 0-1
- 1978 vs Oscar Panno Black Hoogovens A11 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Oscar Panno White Clarin E19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hoogovens A17 1-0
- 1978 vs Qi Jingxuan Black Clarin E05 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Sao Paulo E40 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Clarin A49 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Hans Ree White Hoogovens A21 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Alexandru Sorin Segal White Sao Paulo E17 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Vasily Smyslov White Clarin E19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Vasily Smyslov White Sao Paulo D27 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Gennadi Sosonko Black Hoogovens E05 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Gennadi Sosonko Black Sao Paulo E05 1-0
- 1978 vs Jaime Sunye Neto Black Sao Paulo A24 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jorge Szmetan White Clarin E96 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jan Timman White Hoogovens A43 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Eugenio Torre Black Clarin E96 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Clarin A43 0-1
- 1978 vs Paul Van der Sterren White Hoogovens A32 1-0
- 1978 vs Dirk D Van Riemsdijk Black Sao Paulo B81 1-0
- 1978 vs Herman C Van Riemsdijk White Sao Paulo D07 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Claudio Amado Black Club Argentino E96 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Francisco Benko White Club Argentino E14 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Oscar Cuasnicu White Club Argentino D47 1-0
- 1977 vs Raimundo Garcia White Club Argentino E19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Oscar Panno Black Club Argentino B38 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Hector Rossetto White Club Argentino E05 1-0
- 1977 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Club Argentino B80 0-1
- 1977 vs Raul Sanguineti White Club Argentino A37 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Samuel Schweber Black Club Argentino B83 1-0
- 1977 vs A. Seidler White Club Argentino A71 1-0
- 1977 vs Jorge Szmetan Black Club Argentino+ B42 1/2-1/2
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