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 5 of 5
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Dallas E40 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Dallas B47 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs J. Hollmann White Sao Paulo E54 1-0
- 1957 vs C. Humerez White Rio de Janeiro zt A34 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Carlos Incutto White Mar del Plata E62 1-0
- 1957 vs Paul Keres Black Mar del Plata B66 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Alexander Kotov White Mar del Plata E55 1-0
- 1957 vs Bent Larsen White Dallas A61 1-0
- 1957 vs Bent Larsen Black Dallas E94 1-0
- 1957 vs Rene Letelier Black Rio de Janeiro zt E80 0-1
- 1957 vs R. Lisboa White Sao Paulo A54 1-0
- 1957 vs William James Lombardy Black Mar del Plata E67 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs M. Madeira de Lei Black Rio de Janeiro zt E86 0-1
- 1957 vs Jose Thiago Mangini Black Mar del Plata B92 0-1
- 1957 vs Jose Thiago Mangini White Rio de Janeiro zt E43 1-0
- 1957 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Dallas B73 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Dallas E89 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Oscar Panno White Mar del Plata E90 0-1
- 1957 vs Oscar Panno White Rio de Janeiro zt B16 1-0
- 1957 vs Jose Perez Alcocer Black Rio de Janeiro zt A04 1-0
- 1957 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Dallas E42 1-0
- 1957 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Dallas E19 0-1
- 1957 vs Hector Rossetto Black Mar del Plata A15 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Hector Rossetto White Sao Paulo D56 1-0
- 1957 vs Hector Rossetto White Rio de Janeiro zt E07 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Fernando Rubio Aguado Black Mar del Plata E95 0-1
- 1957 vs Fernando Rubio Aguado Black Rio de Janeiro zt E26 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Fernando Rubio Aguado White Sao Paulo B63 1-0
- 1957 vs Raul Sanguineti White Mar del Plata D94 1-0
- 1957 vs Raul Sanguineti Black Rio de Janeiro zt B22 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Raul Sanguineti White Sao Paulo A37 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Dallas E69 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Laszlo Szabo White Dallas E59 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Luiz Tavares da Silva Black Rio de Janeiro zt A24 0-1
- 1957 vs Bernardo Wexler Black Mar del Plata E69 0-1
- 1957 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky Black Dallas B38 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky White Dallas E64 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs J. Zacharias Black Sao Paulo A68 0-1
- 1956 vs Walter Ader Hausman White Montevideo E45 1-0
- 1956 vs Jose Luis Alvarez del Monte Black Montevideo E63 0-1
- 1956 vs Ion Balanel Black Moscow olm fin-A E89 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Lorenzo Bauza Black Montevideo A48 0-1
- 1956 vs Jorge Behrensen Black Mar del Plata B26 0-1
- 1956 vs Jacobo Bolbochan Black Mar del Plata A48 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Julio Bolbochan Black Mar del Plata A34 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Moscow olm fin-A A37 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Alekhine mem E42 1-0
- 1956 vs David Bronstein White Alekhine mem E69 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Ronaldo Cantero White Montevideo E64 1-0
- 1956 vs Victor Ciocaltea White Alekhine mem E60 1-0
- 1956 vs Joao De Souza Mendes White Montevideo A21 1-0
- 1956 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Mar del Plata E52 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Montevideo E68 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Moscow olm fin-A E19 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Alekhine mem E64 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Harry Golombek White Moscow olm fin-A E07 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Harry Golombek White Alekhine mem E43 1-0
- 1956 vs Gondim White Mar del Plata D45 1-0
- 1956 vs Gregorio Idigoras Guisasola White Mar del Plata E81 1-0
- 1956 vs Pedros Santos Isain Black Montevideo B96 0-1
- 1956 vs Paul Keres Black Alekhine mem B68 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Bent Larsen Black Moscow olm fin-A E08 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Alfredo Olivera White Montevideo D35 1-0
- 1956 vs Alfredo Olivera Black Mar del Plata D00 0-1
- 1956 vs Ludek Pachman Black Alekhine mem A26 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Nikola Padevsky Black Alekhine mem E89 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Jorge Pelikan Black Mar del Plata A26 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Argentino Rodolfo Redolfi White Mar del Plata A60 1-0
- 1956 vs Enrique Heinrich Reinhardt White Mar del Plata E40 1-0
- 1956 vs Hector Rossetto White Mar del Plata E69 1-0
- 1956 vs Hector Rossetto White Montevideo E44 1-0
- 1956 vs Fernando Rubio Aguado Black Montevideo B99 0-1
- 1956 vs Raul Sanguineti Black Mar del Plata A26 1-0
- 1956 vs R. Sapre White Moscow olm prel E62 1-0
- 1956 vs Ruben Shocron White Mar del Plata E59 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Bogdan Sliwa White Alekhine mem D41 1-0
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Alekhine mem E65 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Alekhine mem A36 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Laszlo Szabo White Alekhine mem E64 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Alekhine mem A36 1-0
- 1956 vs V. Toth Black Mar del Plata E30 0-1
- 1956 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Alekhine mem E99 1-0
- 1956 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Alekhine mem A30 1-0
- 1956 vs Fernand Wantz Black Moscow olm prel C86 0-1
- 1956 vs Bernardo Wexler Black Mar del Plata E59 0-1
- 1956 vs Zubieta White Montevideo A34 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs David Bronstein Black Gothenburg Interzonal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Efim Geller Black Gothenburg Interzonal B96 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Mar del Plata E64 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Paul Keres Black Gothenburg Interzonal B98 1-0
- 1955 vs Tigran Petrosian White Gothenburg Interzonal D59 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Boris Spassky White Gothenburg Interzonal E62 1-0
- 1954 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Amsterdam olm E65 1-0
- 1954 vs David Bronstein White ARG-URS D71 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs David Bronstein Black ARG-URS B86 0-1
- 1954 vs David Bronstein Black ARG-URS B95 1-0
- 1954 vs David Bronstein White ARG-URS A55 0-1
- 1954 vs Max Euwe White Amsterdam olm A05 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament E70 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament E43 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Max Euwe White Candidats Tournament E43 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Max Euwe Black Candidats Tournament E61 1-0
- 1953 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament E62 0-1
- 1953 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament B92 1-0
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament E60 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament B91 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Mar del Plata E99 0-1
- 1953 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament D41 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B26 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament E62 1-0
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament E14 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m E56 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m D13 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m E56 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m E58 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m D24 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m E59 0-1
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m E97 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m E53 0-1
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m E95 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m E57 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m E97 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m E58 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m E59 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m E53 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m E58 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires m D29 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m E59 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires m D29 1-0
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats Tournament E59 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats Tournament E97 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament E43 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament A49 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Havana D36 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Helsinki olm D41 1-0
- 1952 vs Paul Keres White Helsinki olm E39 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Helsinki olm E96 1-0
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m D79 0-1
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m D29 1-0
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m E69 1-0
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m E72 0-1
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m B93 0-1
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m E39 0-1
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m D29 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m B93 1-0
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m E69 1-0
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m E39 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m E56 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m C54 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m E72 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m D42 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Havana E38 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m E39 0-1
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White America m B93 1-0
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m D29 1-0
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black America m D29 1-0
- 1951 vs Max Euwe Black Wertheim mem D28 0-1
- 1951 vs Reuben Fine White Wertheim mem D27 1-0
- 1951 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Wertheim mem D42 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament A42 0-1
- 1950 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament E29 1-0
- 1950 vs Max Euwe Black Amsterdam E19 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Amsterdam D75 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Dubrovnik olm B25 0-1
- 1950 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament E07 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament E19 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Dubrovnik olm B91 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Amsterdam B91 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament E19 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament B92 1-0
- 1950 vs Savielly Tartakower White Dubrovnik olm A55 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Bled D03 0-1
- 1950 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Amsterdam B55 0-1
- 1949 vs Reuben Fine White New York m D71 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Reuben Fine Black New York m D93 1-0
- 1949 vs Reuben Fine Black New York m D75 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Reuben Fine White New York m E44 1-0
- 1949 vs Reuben Fine White New York m E34 0-1
- 1949 vs Reuben Fine Black New York m D96 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Reuben Fine Black New York m C90 0-1
- 1949 vs Reuben Fine White New York m D26 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs David Bronstein White Saltsjobaden Interzonal A90 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Max Euwe Black Venice D72 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Max Euwe White New York D06 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Reuben Fine Black New York B91 1-0
- 1948 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Saltsjobaden Interzonal A95 1-0
- 1948 vs Savielly Tartakower White Venice D38 1-0
- 1948 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal B21 0-1
- 1947 vs Max Euwe White Buenos Aires/La Plata D42 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Max Euwe Black Buenos Aires/La Plata B85 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Max Euwe Black Mar del Plata E37 1-0
- 1946 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Groningen E35 1-0
- 1946 vs Max Euwe Black Groningen E33 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Treybal mem B85 1-0
- 1946 vs Vasily Smyslov White Groningen D94 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Savielly Tartakower White Groningen A90 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Margate E34 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Paul Keres Black Margate D36 1-0
- 1939 vs Paul Keres White Buenos Aires Circulo D94 1-0
- 1938 vs Savielly Tartakower White Lodz D30 0-1
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