CHESS PLAYER

Miguel Najdorf

1910 - 1997

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Miguel Najdorf ( NY-dorf; born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf; 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Najdorf has received more than 279,241 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Najdorf is the 29th most popular chess player (down from 26th in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Polish Chess Player.

Miguel Najdorf is most famous for his contribution to the game of chess. He was a Polish-Argentinian chess grandmaster and a chess writer. Najdorf was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1910 and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1997. He was an International Master from 1951 and a Grandmaster from 1953. Najdorf is known for his contributions to opening theory, especially for the Sicilian Defense. Najdorf also introduced the Najdorf Variation in the Sicilian Defense.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Miguel Najdorf ranks 29 out of 461. Before him are Siegbert Tarrasch, Akiba Rubinstein, Richard Réti, Johannes Zukertort, David Bronstein, and Mikhail Chigorin. After him are Savielly Tartakower, Vera Menchik, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Bent Larsen, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Carl Schlechter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Miguel Najdorf ranks 64. Before him are August Landmesser, Imi Lichtenfeld, Tancredo Neves, Lobsang Rampa, Pavel Batitsky, and John Sturges. After him are Eero Saarinen, Karel Zeman, A. J. Ayer, Tjalling Koopmans, Kim Yong-sik, and Chico Xavier. Among people deceased in 1997, Miguel Najdorf ranks 70. Before him are Marco Ferreri, Barbara, Son Sen, George Wald, Mate Boban, and Maria Prymachenko. After him are André Franquin, Fela Kuti, Uzi Narkiss, Ernst Wilimowski, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, and Alparslan Türkeş.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Miguel Najdorf ranks 293 out of 1,694. Before him are Siemomysł (922), Stanislav Kosior (1889), Adam Czerniaków (1880), Viktor Ullmann (1898), Kurt Masur (1927), and Hyacinth of Poland (1185). After him are Mateusz Morawiecki (1968), Stefan Czarniecki (1599), Jan Karski (1914), Otto Mueller (1874), Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865), and Sophie of Pomerania (1498).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Poland

Among chess players born in Poland, Miguel Najdorf ranks 7. Before him are Emanuel Lasker (1868), Adolf Anderssen (1818), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Akiba Rubinstein (1880), and Johannes Zukertort (1842). After him are Szymon Winawer (1838), Edward Lasker (1885), Grigory Levenfish (1889), Daniel Harrwitz (1823), Valery Salov (1964), and Monika Soćko (1978).

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