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Miguel Najdorf

Miguel Najdorf

Polish-Argentine chess player (1910–1997)
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🗓️ 15 April 1910

Miguel Najdorf 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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