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 2 of 5
- 1976 vs Haukur Angantysson Black Reykjavik E94 0-1
- 1976 vs Vladimir S Antoshin Black Reykjavik D00 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Robert E Byrne Black Haifa ol (Men) B85 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Larry Mark Christiansen Black Lone Pine B50 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Kim S Commons Black Lone Pine B42 0-1
- 1976 vs Edward W Formanek Black Lone Pine B48 0-1
- 1976 vs John A Grefe Black Lone Pine C41 1-0
- 1976 vs Robert Gruchacz White Lone Pine A08 1-0
- 1976 vs Gunnar K Gunnarsson White Reykjavik E02 1-0
- 1976 vs Ingi Randver Johannsson Black Reykjavik E95 0-1
- 1976 vs Raymond D Keene Black Reykjavik E95 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Salvatore Matera White Reykjavik A49 1-0
- 1976 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Reykjavik D66 1-0
- 1976 vs Helgi Olafsson Black Reykjavik E69 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Margeir Petursson White Reykjavik E14 1-0
- 1976 vs Leonid Shamkovich White Lone Pine D86 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Gudmundur Sigurjonsson White Reykjavik E69 1-0
- 1976 vs Jeremy D Silman White Lone Pine E14 1-0
- 1976 vs Bjorn Thorsteinsson White Reykjavik E05 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Jan Timman Black Haifa ol (Men) A19 1-0
- 1976 vs Jan Timman Black Reykjavik E31 0-1
- 1976 vs Eugenio Torre White Haifa ol (Men) E64 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Reykjavik E54 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Milan R Vukcevich Black Reykjavik C41 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Reykjavik D37 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Luis Barea Black ARG-ch B82 0-1
- 1975 vs Victor Brond White ARG-ch E51 1-0
- 1975 vs Luis Bronstein White ARG-ch A04 0-1
- 1975 vs Rolando Canepa Black ARG-ch E67 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ernesto Casas White ARG-ch D02 1-0
- 1975 vs Oscar Cuasnicu White ARG-ch A61 1-0
- 1975 vs Hector De la Vega Black ARG-ch A48 0-1
- 1975 vs Jaime Emma Black ARG-ch B51 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Raimundo Garcia White ARG-ch E97 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Sergio C Giardelli White ARG-ch E57 1-0
- 1975 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Netanya E63 0-1
- 1975 vs Vladimir M Liberzon White Netanya E63 0-1
- 1975 vs Elias Miana Black ARG-ch A08 0-1
- 1975 vs Carlos Paglilla White ARG-ch D18 1-0
- 1975 vs Oscar Panno Black ARG-ch D19 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black ARG-ch C41 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs I. Rodriguez Black ARG-ch B83 0-1
- 1975 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black ARG-ch E81 0-1
- 1975 vs Nestor Sampaolesi White ARG-ch A41 1-0
- 1975 vs Raul Sanguineti White ARG-ch B27 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Jorge Szmetan White ARG-ch E69 1-0
- 1974 vs Rosendo Carrean Balinas Black Nice olm fin-A B23 0-1
- 1974 vs Robert E Byrne White Nice olm fin-A D36 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Victor Ciocaltea Black Nice olm fin-A B99 0-1
- 1974 vs John Grantley Cooper Black Nice olm fin-A E91 1-0
- 1974 vs William R Hartston Black Nice olm fin-A C41 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Borislav Ivkov White Nice olm fin-A A04 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Vlastimil Jansa White Nice olm fin-A A16 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca White Nice olm fin-A A05 0-1
- 1974 vs Pertti Poutiainen Black Nice olm fin-A C41 1-0
- 1974 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Nice olm fin-A D78 1-0
- 1974 vs Georgios Trikaliotis White Nice olm prel A56 1-0
- 1974 vs Dan Uddenfeldt White Nice olm fin-A E63 1-0
- 1974 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Nice olm fin-A B51 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Heinz Wirthensohn White Nice olm prel E69 1-0
- 1973 vs Ulf Andersson White Hoogovens B80 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Haji Ardiansyah White Manila E62 1-0
- 1973 vs Yuri S Balashov White Hoogovens E14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mario Campos Lopez Black Buenos Aires CA A48 1-0
- 1973 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso White Manila D90 1-0
- 1973 vs Carlos Cuartas White Buenos Aires CA E97 1-0
- 1973 vs Oscar Cuasnicu Black Buenos Aires CA B84 1-0
- 1973 vs Edgar De Castro Black Manila E92 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Hoogovens A77 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jaime Emma Black Buenos Aires CA A15 0-1
- 1973 vs Bertus F Enklaar Black Hoogovens B22 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Raimundo Garcia Black Buenos Aires CA A15 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Manila D87 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Manila A75 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Robert G Hartoch Black Hoogovens E69 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Hoogovens D40 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Borislav Ivkov White Manila E91 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Manila C41 1-0
- 1973 vs Kick Langeweg White Hoogovens E14 1-0
- 1973 vs Bent Larsen Black Manila E99 1-0
- 1973 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Hoogovens A41 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Manila D76 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs William James Lombardy Black Manila A13 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Renato Naranja White Manila E62 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vicente Palermo Black Buenos Aires CA A03 0-1
- 1973 vs Herman Pilnik White Buenos Aires CA A77 0-1
- 1973 vs Albin Planinec Black Hoogovens B99 1-0
- 1973 vs Caesar G Poch White Buenos Aires CA A35 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Manila B40 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Hans Ree Black Hoogovens D37 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Zoltan Ribli White Hoogovens A10 1-0
- 1973 vs Orestes Rodriguez Vargas White Buenos Aires CA A75 1-0
- 1973 vs Hector Rossetto White Mar del Plata op B15 1-0
- 1973 vs Hector Rossetto White Buenos Aires CA E14 0-1
- 1973 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Buenos Aires CA E32 1-0
- 1973 vs Samuel Schweber Black Buenos Aires CA B40 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Hoogovens A49 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jorge Szmetan White Buenos Aires CA D31 1-0
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White Hoogovens E62 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Stefano Tatai Black Manila B41 1-0
- 1973 vs Eugenio Torre White Manila A75 1-0
- 1973 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Hoogovens B99 1-0
- 1973 vs Max Wotulo White Manila E14 1-0
- 1973 vs Coenraad Zuidema White Hoogovens D59 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Jose Luis Agdamus White Buenos Aires CA E92 1-0
- 1972 vs Antonio Anelli Black Mar del Plata op B22 0-1
- 1972 vs Francisco Benko White Zarate op A04 1-0
- 1972 vs Luis Carames White Mar del Plata op E62 1-0
- 1972 vs Carbone White Buenos Aires CA A06 1-0
- 1972 vs Oscar Cuasnicu White Buenos Aires CA A63 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Roberto Debarnot Black Buenos Aires CA E50 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Jaime Emma Black Zarate op B87 0-1
- 1972 vs Alberto Foguelman Black Mar del Plata op E67 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Horacio Garcia Black Zarate op B09 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Raimundo Garcia White Buenos Aires CA B37 1-0
- 1972 vs Ernesto Giudici Black Zarate op B88 0-1
- 1972 vs Eduardo Gorgues White Zarate op D53 1-0
- 1972 vs Juan C Hase Black Zarate op B93 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Carlos Eleodoro Juarez Black Buenos Aires CA B86 1-0
- 1972 vs Fernando Lida Garcia White Mar del Plata op A77 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Oscar Panno Black Mar del Plata op E09 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Herman Pilnik Black Buenos Aires CA B85 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Herman Pilnik White Mar del Plata op D66 1-0
- 1972 vs Hector Rossetto White Buenos Aires CA A56 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Zarate op A09 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Buenos Aires CA E02 0-1
- 1972 vs Samuel Schweber White Buenos Aires CA E62 1-0
- 1972 vs Samuel Schweber White Zarate op D79 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Roberto Silva Nazzari White Mar del Plata op A08 1-0
- 1972 vs Fernando Steinbaum White Mar del Plata op D16 1-0
- 1972 vs Jorge Szmetan Black Buenos Aires CA B82 0-1
- 1972 vs Eduardo Vasta Black Mar del Plata op B82 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Ulf Andersson Black Hastings7172 B53 0-1
- 1971 vs Ulf Andersson White Hoogovens E95 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Eduardo Asfora Black Tucuman tt B99 1-0
- 1971 vs George Steven Botterill White Hastings7172 D94 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Victor Brond Black Mar del Plata E30 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Walter S Browne Black Mar del Plata B99 0-1
- 1971 vs Robert E Byrne Black Hastings7172 B84 1-0
- 1971 vs Victor Ciocaltea White Hastings7172 A49 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Jan Hein Donner White Hoogovens E45 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Pedro H Donoso Velasco Black ARG-CHI B42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Pedro H Donoso Velasco White ARG-CHI D67 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Michael J Franklin Black Hastings7172 D05 0-1
- 1971 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Mar del Plata D42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hastings7172 D79 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hoogovens D58 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs William R Hartston Black Hastings7172 E60 0-1
- 1971 vs Vlastimil Hort White Hoogovens D94 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert Huebner White Hoogovens E41 0-1
- 1971 vs Franklin Idrovo Black Tucuman tt B20 0-1
- 1971 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Hoogovens E19 1-0
- 1971 vs Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera White Tucuman tt D55 1-0
- 1971 vs Carlos Eleodoro Juarez White Mar del Plata A30 1-0
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Hastings7172 B92 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Raymond D Keene White Hastings7172 E95 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Hastings7172 D94 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Hoogovens D41 1-0
- 1971 vs Franciscus Antonius Kuijpers White Hoogovens D95 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Bojan Kurajica Black Hastings7172 B81 0-1
- 1971 vs Kick Langeweg Black Hoogovens E75 1-0
- 1971 vs Levente Lengyel Black Hoogovens E69 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Peter R Markland Black Hastings7172 A36 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Henrique Mecking Black Mar del Plata B99 1-0
- 1971 vs Henrique Mecking Black Hastings7172 B81 1-0
- 1971 vs Henrique Mecking White Hoogovens E97 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Hoogovens A49 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Oscar Panno White Mar del Plata A17 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Hoogovens E19 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Helmut Pfleger White Hastings7172 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Herman Pilnik Black Mar del Plata B92 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Albin Planinec Black Mar del Plata B42 1-0
- 1971 vs Caesar G Poch Black Mar del Plata E92 0-1
- 1971 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Mar del Plata D42 0-1
- 1971 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Mar del Plata A37 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Hans Ree White Hoogovens A77 0-1
- 1971 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Mar del Plata E49 0-1
- 1971 vs Vladimir A Savon White Mar del Plata A16 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Samuel Schweber White Mar del Plata E95 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Carlos Sumiacher Black Mar del Plata A24 0-1
- 1971 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Hastings7172 E52 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Carel Benjamin Van den Berg Black Hoogovens B80 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Jose Luis Agdamus Black Buenos Aires D94 0-1
- 1970 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White Buenos Aires A07 1-0
- 1970 vs Milko G Bobotsov Black Siegen olm A14 0-1
- 1970 vs Henry Camilleri Black Siegen olm B25 0-1
- 1970 vs Joao Cordovil White Siegen olm E91 1-0
- 1970 vs Mato Damjanovic Black Buenos Aires E70 0-1
- 1970 vs B. Donnely White Siegen olm A07 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Siegen olm B42 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Buenos Aires D41 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Raimundo Garcia White Buenos Aires E92 1-0
- 1970 vs Silvino Garcia Martinez White Siegen olm A58 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Siegen olm E67 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Buenos Aires E19 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Siegen olm E97 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Siegen olm A46 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svein Johannessen Black Siegen olm A34 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs David Neil Lawrence Levy White Siegen olm A79 1-0
- 1970 vs Henrique Mecking Black Buenos Aires E45 1/2-1/2
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