Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf
Miguel Najdorf in 1973
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)
Peak ranking	No. 42 (July 1972)

Miguel Najdorf (/naɪdɔːrf/ NY-dorf; born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf)^[a] (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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