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On July 16, 1934, in Chicago, Alekhine set the new world record by playing 32 blindfold games, [8] with 19 wins, 4 losses, and 9 draws. Edward Lasker was the referee for this event. Then the world record was set by George Koltanowski on 20 September 1937, in Edinburgh, who played 34 chess games simultaneously while blindfolded.
The Najdorf Variation [1] (/ ˈ n aɪ d ɔːr f / NY-dorf) of the Sicilian Defence is one of the most popular, reputable, and deeply studied of all chess openings. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Modern Chess Openings calls it the " Cadillac " or " Rolls-Royce " of chess openings. [ 4 ]
Miguel Najdorf (/ n aɪ d ɔːr f / 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.
Najdorf may refer to: Miguel Najdorf, Polish-born Argentine chess grandmaster; Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation, chess opening used by Miguel Najdorf
I would like to see this page revert. Describing the Taimanov-Najdorf game as a "Taimanov-Narjdof (sic) match" is not only a grotesque misspelling but also a misuse of the term "match" in a chess context. One game from a tournament isn't a "match." Bill-on-the-Hill 03:37, 24 August 2005 (UTC) Feel free to fix the article yourself.
The line was most famously played in game 7 [1] and game 11 [2] of the 1972 World Chess Championship match between Fischer and Spassky. In both games Fischer played Black and grabbed the pawn. In the first, he reached a secure position with a comfortable material advantage but only secured a draw.
Detroit quarterback Jared Goff delivered a near-perfect performance in “passing the test” and helped the NFC take a 14-7 lead over the AFC during the opening night of the Pro Bowl Games on ...
The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the National Park Service: the settlement house Hull House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick C. Robie House, the Lorado Taft Midway Studios, and the site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction. The NPS first ...