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 3 of 5
- 1970 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Black Buenos Aires E69 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Oscar Panno White Buenos Aires E57 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Siegen olm E52 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca Black Siegen olm A33 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch White Siegen olm D90 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Buenos Aires A56 0-1
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires B80 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Hector Rossetto White Buenos Aires E09 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Buenos Aires E59 1-0
- 1970 vs Samuel Schweber Black Buenos Aires B53 1-0
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Buenos Aires E56 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Duncan Suttles White Siegen olm A41 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Buenos Aires E49 0-1
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal Black Belgrade URS-World B80 1-0
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal White Belgrade URS-World D41 1-0
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal Black Belgrade URS-World B48 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal White Belgrade URS-World E69 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Buenos Aires D90 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Siegen olm D90 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Siegen olm E68 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Jose Luis Alvarez Black Mar del Plata zt B43 0-1
- 1969 vs Milko G Bobotsov Black Palma de Mallorca A56 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Luis Bronstein White Mar del Plata zt A24 1-0
- 1969 vs Helder Camara Black Mar del Plata zt E46 0-1
- 1969 vs J. Canobra White Mar del Plata zt A81 1-0
- 1969 vs Mato Damjanovic White Palma de Mallorca A39 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Jesus Diez del Corral White Palma de Mallorca E91 1-0
- 1969 vs Raimundo Garcia Black Mar del Plata zt E67 1-0
- 1969 vs Toledo Garcia Black Mar del Plata zt E95 0-1
- 1969 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Palma de Mallorca E42 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Palma de Mallorca E56 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Bent Larsen Black Palma de Mallorca D42 1-0
- 1969 vs Henrique Mecking Black Palma de Mallorca E93 1-0
- 1969 vs Henrique Mecking Black Mar del Plata zt B24 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Antonio Angel Medina Garcia White Palma de Mallorca A26 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Ismael Mendivil White Mar del Plata zt E73 1-0
- 1969 vs Oscar Panno Black Palma de Mallorca E42 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Oscar Panno Black Mar del Plata zt E46 0-1
- 1969 vs Bruno Parma White Palma de Mallorca C55 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Jonathan Penrose Black Palma de Mallorca B48 0-1
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White Palma de Mallorca D18 0-1
- 1969 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca White Palma de Mallorca D47 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Mar del Plata zt B07 1-0
- 1969 vs Victorio Riego Prieto White Mar del Plata zt E95 1-0
- 1969 vs Antonio Rocha White Mar del Plata zt E55 1-0
- 1969 vs Orestes Rodriguez Vargas White Mar del Plata zt A81 1-0
- 1969 vs Hector Rossetto White Mar del Plata zt A25 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Mar del Plata zt B25 0-1
- 1969 vs Samuel Schweber Black Mar del Plata zt B41 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Carlos Silva Black Mar del Plata zt B23 0-1
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White Palma de Mallorca D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Laszlo Szabo White Palma de Mallorca E41 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Roman Toran Albero Black Palma de Mallorca A25 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Palma de Mallorca A07 1-0
- 1969 vs Herman C Van Riemsdijk White Mar del Plata zt A29 1-0
- 1968 vs Rosendo Carrean Balinas White Lugano ol (Men) E44 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Milko G Bobotsov Black Lugano ol (Men) E11 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Oscar Cuasnicu White Buenos Aires D31 1-0
- 1968 vs Eduardo Figueroa Black ARG-ch sf-A B25 0-1
- 1968 vs Alberto Foguelman White Buenos Aires D48 1-0
- 1968 vs Raimundo Garcia White ARG-ch E92 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Raimundo Garcia Black ARG-ch sf-A A04 0-1
- 1968 vs Raimundo Garcia Black Buenos Aires C88 0-1
- 1968 vs Raimundo Garcia White Sen-Jun A63 1-0
- 1968 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Lugano ol (Men) D59 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Lugano ol (Men) E92 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Carlos E Guimard White ARG-ch D48 1-0
- 1968 vs Carlos E Guimard Black Buenos Aires D05 0-1
- 1968 vs Vlastimil Hort White Lugano ol (Men) D58 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Carlos Incutto Black ARG-ch E69 0-1
- 1968 vs Jerzy Kostro Black Lugano ol (Men) B47 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Lugano ol (Men) A03 0-1
- 1968 vs O. Molteni White ARG-ch sf-A B56 1-0
- 1968 vs Raul2 Ocampo Black ARG-ch E92 0-1
- 1968 vs Raul2 Ocampo Black Buenos Aires D91 0-1
- 1968 vs Vicente Palermo Black Buenos Aires B80 0-1
- 1968 vs Vicente Palermo Black ARG-ch B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Oscar Panno Black Sen-Jun E53 1-0
- 1968 vs Oscar Panno Black Buenos Aires B38 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Oscar Panno White ARG-ch A88 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Jorge Pelikan White ARG-ch B79 1-0
- 1968 vs Jorge Pelikan White ARG-ch sf-A A88 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Buenos Aires A81 0-1
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Lugano ol (Men) E87 1-0
- 1968 vs Hector Rossetto Black ARG-ch B71 0-1
- 1968 vs Hector Rossetto White Buenos Aires A23 1-0
- 1968 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Buenos Aires E55 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black ARG-ch B85 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White ARG-ch sf-A E74 1-0
- 1968 vs Raul Sanguineti White ARG-ch E54 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Raul Sanguineti Black Sen-Jun E90 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Samuel Schweber White Sen-Jun E54 1-0
- 1968 vs Samuel Schweber White Buenos Aires E94 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Samuel Schweber White ARG-ch A81 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Lugano ol (Men) D59 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Lugano ol (Men) A37 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Lugano ol (Men) E54 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lauro Varas Black ARG-ch sf-A E55 0-1
- 1968 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky Black Lugano ol (Men) E53 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs M. Armas Black Mar del Plata op E94 0-1
- 1967 vs Istvan Bilek Black Moscow B71 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Milko G Bobotsov Black Moscow E75 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Victor Brond Black Mar del Plata op E30 0-1
- 1967 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow A36 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Hector De la Vega White Mar del Plata op E05 1-0
- 1967 vs Miroslav Filip White Moscow A40 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Alberto Foguelman White Mar del Plata op E40 1-0
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Moscow E94 1-0
- 1967 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Moscow D86 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Aivars Gipslis White Moscow E11 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Moscow E19 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Paul Keres White Moscow E19 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Julio Luna Black Mar del Plata op B83 0-1
- 1967 vs Ludek Pachman Black Moscow E55 0-1
- 1967 vs R. Pasiuk White Mar del Plata op D46 1-0
- 1967 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Moscow D42 1-0
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White Moscow D63 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs R. Rollansky White Mar del Plata op D19 1-0
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow D79 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow A48 1-0
- 1967 vs Leonid Stein White Moscow E94 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs JM. Suarez Black Mar del Plata op E94 0-1
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow A43 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Moscow E97 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Ramon Vidal White Mar del Plata op E73 1-0
- 1966 vs Peter H Clarke Black La Habana olm prel E99 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Eldis Cobo Arteaga Black La Habana olm fin-A E92 0-1
- 1966 vs Jan Hein Donner White Santa Monica D22 1-0
- 1966 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Santa Monica E72 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer White La Habana olm fin-A A79 0-1
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black Santa Monica B44 1-0
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer White Santa Monica A72 1-0
- 1966 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black La Habana olm fin-A B81 0-1
- 1966 vs Wolfgang Heidenfeld Black La Habana olm prel B23 0-1
- 1966 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Santa Monica E19 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Borislav Ivkov White Santa Monica D22 1-0
- 1966 vs Borislav Ivkov Black La Habana olm fin-A A65 0-1
- 1966 vs Svein Johannessen White La Habana olm fin-A A87 0-1
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Santa Monica E99 1-0
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White La Habana olm fin-A D31 0-1
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black La Habana olm prel E07 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Santa Monica E74 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Rene Letelier White La Habana olm prel E74 1-0
- 1966 vs Nikolay N Minev White La Habana olm fin-A E14 1-0
- 1966 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black La Habana olm fin-A E90 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Ludek Pachman Black La Habana olm fin-A E92 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black La Habana olm fin-A D71 1-0
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White Santa Monica E64 0-1
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Santa Monica A05 1-0
- 1966 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca White La Habana olm fin-A D48 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black La Habana olm fin-A D79 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch White Santa Monica E14 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black Santa Monica E69 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Santa Monica E43 1-0
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Santa Monica E55 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White Santa Monica D59 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black Santa Monica D78 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White La Habana olm fin-A A72 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Santa Monica B83 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Santa Monica E59 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Yuri L Averbakh White Mar del Plata E35 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Jorge Behrensen White Mar del Plata D16 1-0
- 1965 vs Pal C Benko Black Mar del Plata E17 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Carlos Bielicki White Mar del Plata A14 1-0
- 1965 vs Jacobo Bolbochan White Buenos Aires E95 1-0
- 1965 vs Julio Bolbochan White Mar del Plata D36 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Emilio Cafure White Buenos Aires E69 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Raul Cruz White Buenos Aires E97 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Raul Cruz Black Mar del Plata E24 0-1
- 1965 vs Alberto Foguelman Black Mar del Plata E90 0-1
- 1965 vs Raimundo Garcia White Mar del Plata A75 1-0
- 1965 vs Raimundo Garcia Black Buenos Aires A42 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Mar del Plata D27 1-0
- 1965 vs Vicente Palermo Black Mar del Plata B87 0-1
- 1965 vs Oscar Panno Black Mar del Plata A14 0-1
- 1965 vs Oscar Panno Black Buenos Aires B49 1-0
- 1965 vs Herman Pilnik White Mar del Plata D90 1-0
- 1965 vs Enrique Heinrich Reinhardt Black Buenos Aires B99 0-1
- 1965 vs Hector Rossetto Black Mar del Plata E92 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Buenos Aires E91 1-0
- 1965 vs Raul Sanguineti White Buenos Aires E04 1-0
- 1965 vs Renato Sanguinetti Black Mar del Plata B88 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Eduardo Scanavino Black Buenos Aires B99 0-1
- 1965 vs Samuel Schweber Black Buenos Aires A35 0-1
- 1965 vs Leonid Stein Black Mar del Plata B96 0-1
- 1965 vs Bernardo Wexler White Buenos Aires E18 1-0
- 1964 vs Jorge Behrensen Black ARG-ch A64 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Carlos Bielicki White Buenos Aires E52 1-0
- 1964 vs Julio Bolbochan Black Buenos Aires E69 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Francisco Burgalat White ARG-ch E67 1-0
- 1964 vs Robert E Byrne White Buenos Aires E93 0-1
- 1964 vs R. Calneggia White ARG-ch D24 1-0
- 1964 vs Raul Cruz Black ARG-ch D58 1-0
- 1964 vs Juan Carlos De las Heras White ARG-ch E63 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Jorge Dubin White ARG-ch D78 1-0
- 1964 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White ARG-ch E54 1-0
- 1964 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Buenos Aires E69 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Miroslav Filip White Buenos Aires D58 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Alberto Foguelman Black Buenos Aires E92 0-1
- 1964 vs Raimundo Garcia Black ARG-ch B22 0-1
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