Miguel Najdorf
Polish-Argentine chess player (1910–1997) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Miguel Najdorf (/naɪdɔːrf/ NY-dorf; born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf)[lower-alpha 1] (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. He was a leading world player in the 1940s and 1950s, and is also known for the Najdorf Variation, one of the most popular chess openings.
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Miguel Najdorf | |
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Full name | Mojsze Mendel Najdorf |
Country | Poland (before 1940) Argentina (after 1940) |
Born | (1910-04-15)15 April 1910 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire |
Died | 4 July 1997(1997-07-04) (aged 87) Málaga, Spain |
Title | Grandmaster (1950) |
Peak rating | 2540 (July 1972) |
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