[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1950.11.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Gudmundsson, Gudbjartur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1950.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rc1 a6 12. Ne5 b5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qb1 h6 15. f4 Qb6 16. Ne2 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Rf1 Bg5 20. Rf3 f5 21. Qc1 b4 22. Nf4 Rc8 23. Qe1 Nf8 {Schulte-Geers,N (2180)-Biastoch,B (2346) Karlsruhe GER 2026 ½-½ (52)}) 9... Bb7 10. Ne5 $1 (10. e4 $143) ({RR} 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O-O a5 15. a4 b5 16. Rhg1 bxa4 17. bxa4 c5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Ne5 Bxc5 20. g4 Rfd8 21. g5 hxg5 22. Rxg5 Bd4 23. Rdg1 Ne8 24. Bh7+ Kf8 {Santos Ruiz,M (2581)-Namitbir,S (2363) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (39)}) 10... g6 $146 (10... Re8 {?Sf8, Sd7, f6}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. f4 c5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rhg1 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. g4 Bb4 22. Rg3 Rc7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. Re3 Ba6 25. Qxe4 {Gireada,D (2205)-Danilov,V (2300) Baile Tusnad 1999 0-1 (36)}) 11. f4 Ne8 {?f6} 12. O-O-O f6 $2 (12... Ng7 $142) (12... Nxe5 $142) 13. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 14. Bxg6 Bd6 $1 (14... f5 15. g4 fxg4 16. Rdg1 Ndf6 17. h3 gxh3 $2 18. Bf7+ $1 $18) 15. f5 e5 (15... Qe7 $1) (15... Ng7 $2 16. fxe6 Nxe6 17. Qf5 Qe7 18. Qg4 Ng7 19. Qh3 Ne6 20. Bh7+ Kg7 21. Bf5) 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Qg4 $1 Qg7 (17... Ng7 18. Qh3) 18. Ne2 $1 {?Sg3-h5} exd4 19. exd4 Nc7 (19... Qh6+ 20. Kb1 Ng7 $2 21. Bc1 $1 Qh8 (21... Qg5 22. Qh3 $1)) 20. Kb1 Rfe8 21. Ng3 Re7 (21... Bxg3 22. hxg3 Re4 23. Qh5 {?Th3, Td1-h1, Lc1-h6 +-} Nf8 $4 24. Bf7+ $18) 22. Nh5 Qh8 23. Rhe1 (23. Bh7+ Kf8 $1) 23... Rxe1 (23... Kf8 24. Bc1 {?25.Lf4}) 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25. Bc1 $1 Rd8 (25... Ne8 26. Bf4 Be7 27. Qe2 $18) (25... Bb4 26. Bf4 Ne8 27. Qg3 $1 Bxe1 28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Bf7+ $1 $18) 26. Bf4 $1 Ne5 (26... Nb8 27. Bxd6+ Rxd6 28. Qe2 {? 29.De7+-, 29.De8+-}) 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxf6 $1 Bxf4 (28... Qxf6 29. Bxe5 $18) (28... Bxf6 29. Bxc7) 29. Nh7+ Kg8 30. Bf7+ 1-0 [Event "Havana"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "17"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Cobo Arteaga, Eldis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1952.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 ({RR} 10. a4 Qe7 11. a5 Rab8 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bf1 Bb4 15. axb6 axb6 16. Ra7 Qe8 17. Rda1 c5 18. Na2 dxc4 19. Nxb4 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Ra8 23. Bb5 Rxa7 24. Rxa7 Qf8 {Vidit,S (2726)-Karjakin,S (2752) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (89)}) 10... dxe4 ({RR} 10... e5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf3 Qc5 19. Qc3 Rae8 20. b4 Qe7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Nxd5 Rxc3 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rd8+ {Skembris,S (2353)-Siegert,G (2131) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2024 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 10... e5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 Nfg4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rad1 Qh4 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 Qe4 19. Bd3 Qf3 20. Rfe1 dxc4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 cxb3 23. axb3 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 25. Nd6 {Najdorf,M-Casas,F Buenos Aires 1949 1-0 (61)}) 11. Nxe4 Be7 12. Ng3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 {½-½ (16) Dobos,J (2273)-Dudas,E (2154) Hungary 2015}) 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. Ne5 N6d7 16. f4 c5 17. f5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxd1 19. Bxd1 exf5 20. Qxf5 Bh4 21. Ne4 Bc8 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. g3 Be7 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. e6 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxe7 Qd4+ 29. Nf2 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-10 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Helsinki"] [Date "1952.08.17"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Aleman Dovo, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1952.08.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FIN"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Argentina"] [BlackTeam "Cuba"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"] [BlackTeamCountry "CUB"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 g6 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. O-O e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bb2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Bd7 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Qa3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rc5 a6 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc3 {Harikrishna,P (2674)-Gundavaa,B (2237) Doha 2006 ½-½ (67)}) ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Qb8 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. h3 Re8 14. Rfe1 e5 15. Ng5 g6 16. Nce4 Bb4 17. Rec1 exd4 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bxd4 Qd6 20. a3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 Qxa3 22. Bxf6 Qd6 23. Bb2 {Sauve,R (1915)-Doyon,S (1741) Ste Foy 2014 1-0 (36)}) 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb2 b6 $146 ({RR} 10... Bf8 11. Rad1 Bg7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 b6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bb7 18. c5 Rad8 19. f4 Bf8 20. b4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qa5 22. Qb3 Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rb8 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Qc4 {Borger,A (2093)-Tochtrop,L (2060) Germany 2008 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 10... Bf8 11. Rad1 Bg7 12. Rfe1 Qa5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Rf4 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qe2 Bc8 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Ba5 g5 22. Rxf6 Qxf6 23. Qh5 h6 24. Ng4 Qe7 25. Nxh6+ {Trapl,J (2375)-Sviridov,V (2200) Karvina 1981 1-0}) 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14. Qe2 Bf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Be7 17. f4 Qc7 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. h4 Rad8 20. h5 c5 21. Bc2 Rd2 22. Rf2 Red8 23. Bc3 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Bg7 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. a4 a5 27. Rh1 Rd7 28. Rh3 Qd8 29. Qe2 Qe7 30. Qe3 Qd8 31. g4 Qe8 32. f5 exf5 33. gxf5 Re7 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. Rg3 Re6 36. Qg5 Qf8+ 37. Kg1 Bh6 38. Qg4 Bc8 39. Bf5 Be3+ 40. Kh2 Qh6+ 41. Qh3 Kf8 42. Qxh6+ Bxh6 43. Bxe6 Bxe6 44. Rxg6 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-09"] [Site "Dubrovnik"] [Date "1950.08.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Poulsen, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1950.08.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Argentina"] [BlackTeam "Denmark"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"] [BlackTeamCountry "DEN"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rae1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f4 exf3 15. Bxf3 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. e4 Ne6 ({RR} 17... f6 18. e5 fxe5 19. Nce4 Bc7 20. dxe5 Ng6 21. c5 Rf8 22. Nd6 b6 23. Qe4 Be6 24. Qxc6 bxc5 25. N2e4 Rab8 26. Bc3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bb6 28. a4 c4+ 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Rd1 h6 31. a5 Be3 32. Nf6+ {Najdorf,M-Kotov,A Budapest 1950 ½-½ (40)}) 18. Nd1 Qg5 $146 ({RR} 18... Bf4 19. d5 Qh4 20. g3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Kh1 Nf4 23. Ne3 Bh3 24. Nf3 Rxe4 25. Rf2 Ng2 26. Qxe4 Nxe1 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 f6 29. Re2 fxe5 30. Rxe1 b5 31. dxc6 {½-½ (31) Aramuni,J-Toth,C Curitiba 1987}) 19. e5 Bb4 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Nxg4 Bxd2 22. Re4 h5 23. Rd1 Bf4 24. Nf2 Be3 25. Qe2 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Nc5 27. Re3 Qg6 28. Ba3 Nd7 29. Rf1 c5 30. Rg3 Qe6 31. d5 Qe7 32. Bb2 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Rh3 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Re5 37. Rxh5+ Rxh5 38. Qxh5+ Kg8 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. h3 Kh7 41. Qh5+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-19"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1956.03.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Gondim, Jose"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1956.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 8... c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rac1 a6 13. Qb3 Bf8 14. Be2 {½-½ (14) Abeln,M (2380)-Van der Wiel,J (2508) Haarlem 2006}) 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bb8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Rf3 a6 18. Nd4 Ba7 19. Bc3 Rc8 20. Rg3 Bxd4 21. exd4 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd2 Qe7 {Madajczak,P (2157)-Dylong,A (2253) Krakow POL 2026 ½-½ (31)}) 9... Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qa5 11. f4 c5 12. O-O a6 13. Rf3 b5 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Rh3 Nf8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 c4 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Rf1 Be4 20. Qd1 Qb7 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Red8 23. Qe1 Rac8 24. Rf2 {Krajewski,W (2199)-Mueller,W (1900) Bad Woerishofen 2001 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. f4 h6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rf3 Kh8 13. Nxf7+ {1-0 (13) Schmid,S (1690)-Hein,S (1506) Nuremberg 2004}) 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Nf8 12. O-O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be7 14. Be2 b5 15. Bf3 Qb6 16. Kb1 Bb7 17. h4 c5 18. h5 a5 19. h6 g6 20. Be1 a4 21. Bh4 Bxh4 22. Rxh4 a3 23. Rd6 Qc7 24. b3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qa5 26. Rh1 Rec8 27. Ne4 c4 28. Rc1 cxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Rc8+ 31. Kd1 b4 32. Rd2 Qb5 33. Qd3 Qc6 34. Ke2 Qc1 35. Qb3 Rb8 36. Qa4 Qc7 37. Qa6 Rb6 38. Qa5 Qb8 39. Kf2 Kh8 40. Kg3 Kg8 41. Rd4 g5 42. fxg5 f5 43. Nf6+ Kf7 44. Nd7 Nxd7 45. Rxd7+ Kg6 46. Qxb6 Qxb6 47. Kh4 f4 48. Kg4 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-09"] [Site "Dubrovnik"] [Date "1950.09.07"] [Round "13"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Skold, Kristian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1950.08.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Argentina"] [BlackTeam "Sweden"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"] [BlackTeamCountry "SWE"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 b4 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. a5 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf4 b3 14. Qe2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bb4+ 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. O-O O-O 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. Qd3 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ra3 Rb4 23. Rxb3 Rxa4 24. Rc1 Nd5 25. g3 h6 26. Qc2 Rb4 27. Rxb4 Qxb4 {Khanukov,B (2329)-Klovans,J (2455) Halle 2004 0-1 (45)}) 13... Rc8 14. Qb1 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qb7 Qd6 20. Rec1 Ra8 21. Rc6 Rfb8 22. Rxd6 Rxb7 23. Rc6 Rd7 24. Kf1 h6 25. Ke2 Ne4 26. Be3 Rd5 27. Ne5 Nd6 28. Rc5 Nb5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Rc1 Bd6 31. Kd3 Nc7 32. Nd7 Rd8 33. Nb6 Kf8 34. Rc6 Ke7 35. Bd2 Rb8 36. Rxc7+ Bxc7 37. Nxd5+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-11"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1948.03.31"] [Round "17"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1948.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase} d5 ({RR} 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O {½-½ (9) Livaic,L (2569)-Nakamura,H (2760) Chess.com INT 2022}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O ({RR} 5... h6 6. Bh4 O-O {½-½ (9) Spata,G (2376)-Tristan,L (2526) Villa Constitucion ARG 2023}) 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nf6 ({RR} 9... Nxc3) 10. a3 ({RR} 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 ({RR} 13. Qe2) 13... Nxc5 14. Ne5 Ncd7 15. Qd4 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Bd7 17. Nd5 ({RR} 17. Qc7 Rab8) 17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bb5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Bf3 Ba6 21. h3 ({RR} 21. Qd4 e5 22. Qxa7 Qb4) 21... b6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd4 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Qc7 {Kotov,A-Najdorf,M Groningen 1946 MCL [ChessBase] ½-½ (47)}) 10... Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 10... c6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. Re1 exd4 15. exd4 Qd6 16. Ba2 Nb6 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Qf3 Bh7 19. Rcd1 Rad8 20. h4 Qc7 21. g4 Nfd5 22. Ne4 f6 23. Nd3 f5 24. Nec5 fxg4 25. Qxg4 {Levitt,J (2465)-Bykhovsky,A (2500) Maratea 1991 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 10... a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qb3 c6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O Kh8 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Na4 Ne4 17. b4 g5 18. Nc5 Nexc5 19. bxc5 g4 20. Nd2 Qg5 21. e4 Nf8 22. f4 Qh5 23. f5 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nh7 25. Nd6 {Arutinian,D (2552)-Danielian,O (2515) Cappelle la Grande 2007 1-0 (35)}) 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfd1 dxc4 15. Bxc4 c5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Ba6 Bc6 18. e4 Rab8 19. Bd3 Ba8 20. Bb1 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rbc8 22. h3 Nc5 23. Qe3 Qb7 24. f3 Qe7 25. Ba2 Nh5 26. e5 Bb7 27. Ncb5 Qh4 28. Nd6 Nf4 29. Kh2 Rb8 30. b4 Ncd3 31. Rc2 Qh5 32. Nxb7 Rxb7 33. Nc6 Rc7 34. b5 Rdd7 35. Rcd2 Qg5 36. g3 Nxe5 37. gxf4 Rxd2+ 38. Rxd2 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-11"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1948.03.26"] [Round "13"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Denker, Arnold Sheldon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1948.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bb2 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. c5 Bf8 17. Bc4 Be6 $146 ({RR} 17... Nf4 18. Ng5 Be6 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 g6 21. Rae1 Bg7 22. g3 Nd5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Qf7 25. Qe2 Rxe6 26. Qxe6 Rd8 27. Qe4 Kf8 28. Qh4 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Qf4+ Kg8 32. Bc1 {Swapnil,S (2389)-Gurpreet,S (2187) Nagpur 2008 1-0 (63)}) 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Re8 21. Bc1 e5 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rd8 24. dxe5 Rd5 25. Be3 Be7 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. e6 a5 28. g3 Qc8 29. Bd4 Nf8 30. Qe3 Kg8 31. Kg2 h6 32. Bb2 Qe8 33. Rg4 Ng6 34. Qe4 Kh7 35. Ne5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 h5 37. Rf4 Bxc5 38. Bb2 Kh6 39. Rf7 Bf8 40. e7 Bxe7 41. Qe3+ 1-0 [Event "Vina del Mar"] [Site "Vina del Mar"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Cristia, Jose Maria"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1945.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CHI"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Re8 13. e4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. Rfe1 ({RR} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. f3 Kf8 21. Rd2 Ke8 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Kf2 c5 24. Ke3 Rc7 25. Rd5 Ke7 26. R1d2 f6 27. Kf4 Ra6 28. b3 Ke6 29. h4 g5+ {Fayard,A (2181)-Roos,L (2275) Durres ALB 2026 ½-½ (48)}) 15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf8 $146 ({RR} 16... Ne5 17. Bb3 Qh4 18. h3 Bd7 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Rf1 c5 21. Ne2 Bb5 22. Bd5 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 b6 24. f4 Nc6 25. Re3 Nd4 26. Kh2 Kf8 27. a4 Rcd8 28. Bc4 Qe7 29. e5 Nf5 30. Ree1 Nd4 31. Qg3 {Farago,S (2320)-Szurovszky,E (2330) Budapest 1986 1-0 (67)}) ({RR} 16... Ne5 17. Bb3 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Qc7 20. Qg3 Qd6 21. Re3 Kf8 22. Rae1 f6 23. f4 Nd7 24. Qg6 {1-0 (24) Ebralidze,A (2157)-Dotiashvili,V (1697) Batumi 2014}) 17. e5 a6 18. b4 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. Rac1 a5 22. b5 c5 23. a4 b6 24. Rcd1 Rad8 25. Rd6 Qb8 26. Qg3 Rxd6 27. exd6 Ng5 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Qd3+ g6 30. d7 1-0 [Event "Pan American Team-ch01"] [Site "Tucuman"] [Date "1971.11.02"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1971.10.30"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Rc1 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Bf5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. dxc5 ({RR} 13. Bxd7 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qxd7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rfc8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Nd4 h6 19. h3 Re8 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Bc8 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Re5 24. Rc1 Rxf5 25. Rc7 Rf6 26. Rxa7 Rc6 27. Ra8+ Kh7 {Ma,L (2211)-Romero Barkouk,R (1717) Maia POR 2023 1-0 (45)}) 13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nxc5 15. Qd4 g6 $146 ({RR} 15... Rfd8 16. Rfc1 g6 17. b4 Ne6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. h4 Rac8 20. Rc7 Rxc7 21. Rxc7 Rd7 22. Rc3 f6 23. Qf4 Kg7 24. h5 Qe7 25. a3 Rd6 26. Nd4 Rd7 27. Qg4 Kf7 28. Qh3 Kg7 29. f3 f5 30. Qg3 {Georgiev,V (2538)-Alanic,M Guingamp 2000 1-0 (40)}) 16. Bh3 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 a5 18. g3 Qd6 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Nd4 Rad8 23. b3 Rd6 24. Nb5 Rf6 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Nxc7 Re7 27. Nb5 Ba6 28. Bf1 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Rd6 30. Rd1 Re4 31. Rc2 a4 32. bxa4 Nxa4 33. Bc6 Kg7 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Re5 36. e4 Nc5 37. f3 Re7 38. Rb2 Na4 39. Rb4 Ra7 40. Bb3 b5 41. Bxa4 bxa4 42. a3 h5 43. h4 Kf6 44. Kf2 Ra6 45. Ke3 Ra8 46. Rc4 Ra7 47. Kd3 Rd7+ 48. Kc2 Ra7 49. f4 Ke6 50. Kc3 Kd6 51. Kb4 Ra8 52. Kb5 Ke6 53. Rxa4 Rb8+ 54. Kc4 Rg8 55. Rb4 Rc8+ 56. Kd4 Ra8 57. Rb6+ Ke7 58. Rb3 1-0 [Event "Barcelona"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1946.11.13"] [Round "5"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1946.11.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Qb1 exd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Qd6 17. Qe4 Bd7 18. Bc2 $146 ({RR} 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qd3 Rac8 {½-½ (20) Westhues,R (1649)-Noering,A (1798) Germany 2013}) 18... f5 19. Bb3+ Kh7 20. Qh4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Rxf6 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Rce3 f4 24. Re7 Nc8 25. Bc2+ Kg8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Re8+ Rf8 28. Bb3+ Rd5 29. Bxd5+ cxd5 30. Re5 Nb6 31. h4 g6 32. Re6 Kf7 33. Rd6 Kg7 34. Ne5 Rf6 35. Rd8 Re6 36. b3 g5 37. a4 a5 38. Kh2 gxh4 39. Kh3 Kf6 40. Kg4 h3 41. gxh3 1-0 [Event "Wertheim Memorial"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1951.06.09"] [Round "5"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "1951.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bb2 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Rfe1 Qa5 15. c5 Bf4 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 $146 ({RR} 17... fxe6 18. g3 Bh6 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Bc1 Bxc1 21. Raxc1 Qc7 22. Re2 Rad8 23. Rce1 h6 24. Qa4 b5 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rc1 c5 27. Nb5 Qb7 28. Qb3 cxd4 29. Nbxd4 Rd6 30. Nb5 Rc6 31. Rce1 Re7 32. Nbd4 {Papin,V (2476)-Sadhwani,R (2339) Moscow 2018 1-0 (60)}) 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. g3 Bc7 20. Qb3 Nf8 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Rd1 b5 23. Nce4 Nd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. cxd6 Qd8 26. Ne4 Nd7 27. Rc1 Qa5 28. Kg2 Qb6 29. Nc5 Qd8 30. Re1 Nf8 31. Ne4 a5 32. Ba3 a4 33. Qc2 Qb6 34. Bc5 Qb7 35. Ng5 Nf6 36. f4 Qc8 37. Nf3 Nd5 38. Kf2 Nd7 39. Ng5 N5f6 40. Kg2 Nf8 41. Kh2 Qd7 42. Nf3 Qc8 43. Ba3 Nd5 44. Bc5 Nd7 45. Ng5 N5f6 46. Rxe6 Rxe6 47. Nxe6 Nxc5 48. Nxc5 Qd8 49. Ne4 Nxe4 50. Qxe4 Qd7 51. d5 c5 52. Qe6+ Qxe6 53. dxe6 Kf8 54. f5 b4 55. g4 b3 56. axb3 axb3 57. g5 b2 58. d7 Ke7 59. f6+ gxf6 60. gxf6+ Kxe6 61. d8=Q b1=Q 62. Qe7+ Kd5 63. f7 Qc2+ 64. Kg3 Qd3+ 65. Kh4 Qd4+ 66. Kh5 1-0 [Event "Zonal-7 South America"] [Site "Mar del Plata/ Buenos Aires"] [Date "1954.05.10"] [Round "21"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Estrada Degrandi, Walter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1954.04.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 Bb4 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Ndf6 $146 ({RR} 12... Kh8 13. a4 Rf6 14. Ba3 Rh6 15. Qe2 Nc3 16. Qe1 Ne4 17. Qb4 c5 18. dxc5 a5 19. Qe1 Nexc5 20. Rd1 b6 21. Bb2 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Bb7 23. Qc3 Rg6 24. Be2 Bd5 25. g3 Rc8 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 {Bodiroga,P (2406)-Cabarkapa,S (2219) Novi Sad 2010 1-0 (51)}) 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. f3 Nd6 15. a4 Be8 16. Ba3 Bg6 17. a5 Rc8 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rfc1 Rfd8 20. a6 Nf7 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. axb7 Qxb7 24. Bc5 Ra8 25. Ba6 Qd7 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Rc3 Nd8 28. Qg3 Kf7 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Re6 31. Bf4 Ne8 32. b4 Re7 33. h4 Nf6 34. Kf2 Rd7 35. Be5 Ng8 36. Rh1 Ne7 37. h5 Kg8 38. hxg6 Nxg6 39. Bg3 Ne7 40. Rb1 Nf7 41. b5 cxb5 42. Rxb5 Nd6 43. Rbc5 Ne8 44. Bh4 Kf7 45. Bb5 Rd6 46. Bxe7 Kxe7 47. Bc6 Rad8 48. Ra3 Kf6 49. Rxa7 g6 50. Raa5 Nc7 51. Bb7 R8d7 52. f4 Kg7 53. Bc6 Re7 54. Bxd5 Rb6 55. Bc4 Ne8 56. Re5 Rc7 57. Rxe8 Rb2+ 58. Kf3 Rxc4 59. Ra7+ Kf6 60. d5 1-0 [Event "Sao Paulo"] [Site "Sao Paulo"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Rossetto, Hector"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1957.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg3 Nxc3 ({RR} 9... c5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 N7f6 12. O-O b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. f3 Rxc3 18. Bh7+ Nxh7 19. Rxc3 Bb4 20. Rc7 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Nf6 22. Qc3 Ba6 23. Rxa7 Qxa2 24. h3 {Erigaisi,A (2778)-Duda,J (2733) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (85)}) 10. bxc3 c5 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. Ne5 Qxa2 15. O-O Qd5 16. c4 Qd8 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Ng4 Kf8 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. d5 exd5 23. Qh7 Re6 24. Bf5 Ke7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Bh4 Kf7 {Zaid,L (2365)-Shushkovsky,S Kharkov 1980 1-0 (38)}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Nf6 14. O-O b6 15. Rab1 Ba6 16. c4 Rac8 17. Qe2 Qa4 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Qe8 20. Qf3 Bd6 21. Rbc1 Be7 22. Bf4 Nh7 23. Bb1 Nf8 24. Qg3 Bg5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qa3 f6 27. Qxa6 fxe5 28. dxe5 Qc6 29. h3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxc4 31. Qxa7 Qe2 32. Rf1 b5 33. f4 gxf4 34. Rxf4 Qh5 35. Rf1 Rd8 36. Qe7 Re8 37. Qb7 b4 38. Qxb4 Qxe5 39. Qb7 Qh5 40. a4 Nh7 41. a5 Qc5+ 42. Kh1 Rf8 43. Bxh7+ Kxh7 44. Qe4+ Kh8 45. Ra1 Qc3 46. Qa4 Rf4 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qe2 Bf6 $146 ({RR} 9... b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Rac1 a6 16. Bb1 g6 17. h3 Rc8 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf8 20. Ne5 Bg7 21. Nxc6 {½-½ (21) Kramer,H-Kieninger,G Beverwijk 1951}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Be4 Qd6 14. g3 Bf6 15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne5 Rfc8 18. Qb5 Na5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qd7 Nc5 21. dxc5 Qxe5 22. c6 h5 23. Rd6 Qxb2 24. Rad1 {Carlsen,M (2842)-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. a3 {½-½ (12) Grigoriants,S (2552)-Korpa,B (2543) Darfo Boario Terme ITA 2025}) ({RR} 9... Ndb4 10. Bb1 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be4 e5 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Nd5 Bd8 18. b4 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. b5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Bxb7 Bb6 {½-½ (23) Wexler,B-Pinzon Solis,F Mar del Plata 1952}) 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Rb1 Qxc5 13. Rb5 Qe7 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 g6 17. Be4 Rac8 18. c4 Rc7 19. Rb3 Nb4 20. Ba3 a5 21. Rfb1 Rfc8 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rxb4 b5 24. Bd5 bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxc4 Qc5 27. Bb3 Qa3 28. Qd1 Be7 29. g3 Bd6 30. Qd5 1-0 [Event "Venice"] [Site "Venice"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Castaldi, Vincenzo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O Bf6 10. Ne4 ({RR} 10. Be3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Bb1 b6 15. Nc3 Ba6 16. Rf2 Rc8 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Qf3 f6 19. Qh3 g6 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Qh3 Qd6 24. e4 Rce8 {Naiditsch,A (2708)-Ernst,S (2556) Wijk aan Zee 2013 1-0 (82)}) ({RR} 10. Be4 O-O 11. Qd3 h6 12. a3 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bc1 Rac8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Bb1 Nce7 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Ne5 Qd5 22. f3 Nxd4 23. Qf2 Qc5 24. Nd3 Qc7 {Imanaliev,T (2164)-Khurkhumal,O Kazan RUS 2024 1-0 (41)}) 10... h6 11. Re1 $146 ({RR} 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bc2 g5 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. b4 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe7 18. Qxg4 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Ra2 Rhg8 21. Qc4+ Kb8 22. Bb2 Qg5 23. Be4 Ka8 24. g3 Rc8 25. Qd4 Nc3 {Varga,D (2270)-Balogh,M (2217) Slovakia 2009 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Rc1 Bc6 16. a3 Rd8 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Bb4 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Be4 Ba4 21. Rd2 Qb5 22. Qxb5+ Bxb5 23. Bd6 Bc6 24. b4 a6 25. f3 Kd7 {Adzima,M (2042)-Moravek,I (1782) Slovakia 2006 ½-½ (33)}) 11... O-O 12. Bb1 Qb6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. b3 Rd8 15. Bb2 Rd5 16. Bd3 Nb4 17. Bc4 Rd8 18. Qd2 Nbd5 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. a4 a5 21. h4 Be8 22. Rad1 Qb4 23. Qc1 Rac8 24. Ba3 Qb6 25. Qd2 Qa7 26. g4 Nd7 27. g5 hxg5 28. Ng4 N7f6 29. Nxf6+ Nxf6 30. Be7 gxh4 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Qf4 Qb8 33. Qxh4 b5 34. axb5 Bxb5 35. Re3 Kf8 36. Rg3 Bc6 37. Re1 Bd5 38. Re5 Ke7 39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Qf4 Qb5 41. Rxd5 Qxd5 42. Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qc5+ Kg8 44. Qxd5 Nxd5 45. Kf1 Kf8 46. Ke2 Ke7 47. Kd3 g6 48. Kc4 Kd6 49. Kb5 Ne7 50. Rc3 f5 51. Kxa5 Nc6+ 52. Ka4 Nxd4 53. b4 e5 54. b5 Nxb5 55. Kxb5 Kd5 56. Rg3 Ke4 57. Kc4 f4 58. Ra3 g5 59. f3+ Kf5 60. Ra5 1-0 [Event "Palma de Mallorca Gran Torneo-05"] [Site "Palma de Mallorca"] [Date "1969.12.06"] [Round "12"] [White "Larsen, Bent"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1969.11.23"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Bg5 g6 14. Rad1 ({RR} 14. Rfe1 Nd5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. h4 Nf6 19. Ng3 Rd7 20. Ba4 Nxd4 21. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Nxd7 23. Rcd1 Bd5 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. Qc3 Nh5 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bh6 Qd7 28. Ng3 Ng7 {Gallagher,J (2490)-Brunner,L (2495) Switzerland 1994 1-0 (63)}) 14... Nd5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rfe1 Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 16... Bf6 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bb3 Nce7 20. Ba4 Rf8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Qd2 f6 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Nf5 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. h3 Qe7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bb3 Kg7 29. Nc3 Qd6 30. Ne4 Qf4 31. Qe2 {Huber,M (2342)-Wohlfahrt,H (2329) Graz AUT 2023 0-1 (64)}) ({RR} 16... Bf6 17. Ne4 Bg7 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bb3 Nce7 20. Ba4 Rf8 21. Rc1 Qd8 22. Qd2 f6 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Nf5 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. h3 Qe7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bb3 Kg7 29. Nc3 Qd6 30. Ne4 Qf4 31. Qe2 {Huber,M (2342)-Wohlfahrt,H (2329) Graz AUT 2023 0-1 (64)}) 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. c4 Qh5 19. Bc1 Bf6 20. h3 Rad8 21. d5 exd5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. cxd5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. d6 Rd8 26. Bb3 b5 27. f4 Qc5+ 28. Be3 Qc6 29. Bd5 Qd7 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. d7 a5 32. Qd6 Kg7 33. f5 b4 34. fxg6 Qe4 35. Bb6 1-0 [Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"] [Site "Belgrade"] [Date "1970.03.31"] [Round "2.9"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2590"] [Annotator "Najdorf/Tal"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1970.03.29"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "World"] [BlackTeam "Soviet Union"] [BlackTeamCountry "URS"] [TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 (7... Be7 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 {Tal=:T}) 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10... Nf6 {Najdorf=:N}) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 (13... h6 $2 14. Qe2 {N}) 14. Bh6 (14. Qd2 {N}) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 (15. Bb5 {Botvinnik-Szabo/Groningen/ 1946}) (15. h4 Bxh4 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Nxh4 Qh5 {T}) 15... Rc8 (15... Bf6 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Ng5 {T}) 16. h4 $146 (16. Rac1 Qc7 17. h4 Na5 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 h5 22. Qg3 f5 23. Bf4 Kf7 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Qg5 Bd5 26. Qh6 Ke8 27. Qh7 {1-0 (27) Portisch,L-O'Kelly de Galway,A Malaga 1964}) 16... Na5 (16... Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Bg5 $40 {+- N/T}) 17. Ng5 (17. h5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Be4 Qh5 21. Kg2 Nc4 22. Qc1 Ba3 23. Qf4 Bd6 $10 {N}) (17. Ne5 Bxh4 {T}) 17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 (19. Re3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rg3 e5 $1 {N}) 19... Nc4 (19... Rxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. hxg6 Rxd3 $1) 20... Qxg5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxh5 23. Re5 {T}) 20. Bxc4 $146 (20. Qf4 h6 $1 (20... Nb2 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4 $18 {T}) 21. Nh3 (21. Ne4 g5 22. Qg3 Qc7 {T} 23. Qf3 f5 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxb7 Rc7 $17) (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxh6 Qf6 $1 {N} 23. Re2 Qg7 {T}) 21... g5 22. Qg3 Nb2) ({RR} 20. Qf4 h6 21. Ne4 g5 22. Qc1 Kg7 23. f4 g4 24. f5 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 exf5 26. Rf4 Nd6 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Qc7 {½-½ (28) Langeweg,K (2450)-Farago,I (2420) Amsterdam 1976}) 20... Rxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qf4 {P 23. h4 P e1-e3-h3 T} Qd5 (22... Kg7 $2 23. Qxf7+ $1 {N}) 23. f3 (23. Ne4 Qf5 {T}) 23... Kg7 24. Ne4 (24. Re5 Qd7 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Rae1 Bd5 27. R5e3 Qc7 $10 {N}) 24... Qf5 {Najdorf offered a draw. Tal refused.} (24... f6 25. Kf2 {N} (25. Nd6 e5 $1)) 25. Qg3 (25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. d5 $1 {T}) 25... Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qa5 (26... Qh5 27. Re3 Rh8 28. Rf1 {N}) 27. Re3 Rfc8 28. Rf1 (28. Rc1 Rxd4 {T}) 28... Rxc3 29. Ref3 $1 {N} R8c7 (29... Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8) 30. Qf4 $1 {N} Kg8 (30... Rd7 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qh2+ $10 {T}) 31. Qd6 $1 {T} (31. Qf6 Rd7 {T}) 31... Rxf3 (31... Qg5 $1 {N} 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxa7 $10 {N} Qe3+ 35. Kh1 $1 {T} (35. Kh2 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Rc7)) 32. Qd8+ $1 (32. Rxf3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 {T}) 32... Kg7 33. Rxf3 {P 34. c7, 34. f6, h3 +- N} Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rc3 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kh7 (36... Kh5 37. g4+ Kh4 38. Qh6+ Kxg4 39. Rf4# {T}) 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ Kh7 (38... Kh5 39. g4+ Kh4 40. Qh6+ $18 {N}) 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh5 $18 {adjourned} 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qf4+ Kh7 44. Rf1 Qe2 (44... Qe3 45. Qh4+ Kg7 (45... Qh6 46. Rf7+ {T}) 46. Rf4 $1 {N/T}) 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh5 (46... Kg5 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qe5+ Kh6 49. Rf4 Qe1 50. Rg4 Kh7 51. Qf6 $18 {N}) 47. Rf4 Qe1 48. Qh8+ Kg5 49. Qe5+ Kh6 50. Rg4 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-10 Final A"] [Site "Helsinki"] [Date "1952.08.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1952.08.21"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FIN"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Argentina"] [BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"] [BlackTeamCountry "YUG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. e3 Be7 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb4 15. Rc1 O-O 16. O-O Na5 17. Nd4 Nc4 18. Qe2 Rac8 19. a4 Bc5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Nxb2 23. Rc2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 {Caruana,F (2792)-Tari,A (2641) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Bc5 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Bb4 17. Qd3 Qxb2 18. a4 Ba5 19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Nbd4 Bb6 21. Qb5 Bd7 22. Qxd5 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxa4 24. Qc4 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 {Gunasti,L (1998)-Gudovanyi,L (2151) Belgrade SRB 2026 0-1}) 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxh4 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Qf6 24. Rd2 {½-½ (24) Nguyen,H (2449)-Farago,I (2410) Hungary 2016}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O h6 15. Bf4 c5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Rac1 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Na4 Qb7 20. b3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Ba3 22. Rc7 Qd5 23. Rxa7 g5 24. Bc7 Ne4 25. Qc2 Bc5 26. Ra5 Rc8 27. Nxc5 {Gagunashvili,M (2584)-Lortkipanidze,N (2416) Tbilisi 2021 1-0 (32)}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Ncb5 Ne4 18. Qe1 Nf6 19. a3 h6 20. Bd3 Bg4 21. Rd2 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Rc8 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qd6 26. h3 Bd7 27. b4 Kf8 28. Qc3 Ne8 29. Bf5 Kg8 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Qc5 a6 32. g4 g6 33. Nb3 Qe6 34. Qa7 Nd6 35. Nc5 Qf6 36. Kg2 d4 37. e4 Qe7 38. f3 d3 39. Nxd3 Nxe4 40. Qe3 Qe6 41. Qxe4 1-0 [Event "Hoogovens"] [Site "Wijk aan Zee"] [Date "1971.01.15"] [Round "4"] [White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1971.01.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. a4 h6 17. h3 Rfd8 18. a5 bxa5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Qxa5 Qb6 21. Qa3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ra8 23. Qe7 Bc6 24. d5 Ba4 25. Bc4 Qc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Ba2 Bb3 28. Bb1 Nd7 29. Nd4 Rb8 30. Rc7 {Dreev,A (2623)-Dominguez Perez,L (2756) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (42)}) 16. Qe3 $146 ({RR} 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qg3 h6 18. d5 e5 19. Bb5 Rcd8 20. Rc1 a6 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Rc3 Qd6 23. Nh4 g6 24. Rec1 Kh7 25. Nf3 f5 26. Rc6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rc7 28. Rxc7+ Qxc7 29. h4 fxe4 30. Nd2 Qc1+ {Mirzoev,E (2480)-Amanov,Z (2338) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 16. h3 h6 17. a4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. a5 Qa3 20. Ra1 Qc3 21. Qe3 bxa5 22. Rec1 Qb2 23. Rcb1 Qc3 24. Bb5 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Red8 26. Bd3 Ba8 27. Rxa5 Rc3 28. Ne1 Nf6 29. e5 Nd5 30. Kf2 Rc7 {Paravyan,D (2593)-Bukreev,S (2385) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (78)}) ({RR} 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Nf8 18. Nd4 g6 19. f4 a6 20. f5 b5 21. Qh6 Qb6 22. Bb1 Rc4 23. Qe3 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Ng6 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kg7 27. h4 Rxd4 28. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nf8 30. Rg4+ Kh6 {Bonin,J (2203)-Manukyan,A (2151) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (41)}) 16... Rc3 17. e5 Qc7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rd8 21. h4 Qe7 22. Qg4 Ra3 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bb3 a5 25. d5 a4 26. dxe6 axb3 27. exf7+ Kh8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. axb3 Qe7 30. e6 Ra6 31. f4 h6 32. f5 Nh7 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Qf4 Nf6 35. Qc7 Qb4 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qxa8 Qd4+ 38. Kf1 Qf4+ 39. Ke2 Qe5+ 40. Kd1 1-0 [Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1956.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [Annotator "Chekhov,Valery A"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1956.10.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Najdorf/Tal} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 (6. e4 $5) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. dxc5) 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 ({RR} 10... Nf6) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Qe2) 14. Bh6 ({RR} 14. Qd2) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 (15. h4 $5) ({RR} 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Ng5 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne4 Na5 20. Rc1 Red8 21. Ng3 Qf4 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rac8 24. Nd2 h5 25. g3 Qf5 26. h4 Qd5 27. Ne4 Nc4 28. Qf3 Qf5 29. Qe2 Nd6 {Szczurek,K (2151)-Patrelakis,E (2281) Tornelo INT 2021 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 15. Bb5) ({RR} 15. h4 Bxh4 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Nxh4 Qh5) 15... Rc8 (15... Bf6 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Qe3 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rac8 $13 {Nejkirh,O-Fuchs,R/Sofia/1957/}) ({RR} 15... Bf8 16. h4 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf6 18. Be4 Rac8 19. h5 Re7 20. Re3 Na5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Nh2 Nc4 24. Rh3 Qg7 25. Qh4 Nd6 26. Ng4 g5 27. Qg3 Nf5 28. Qd3 Rbc7 29. Qd2 Nh4 30. f4 {Lerner,K (2560)-Van Wely,L (2655) Germany 1998 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 15... Bf6 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Ng5) 16. Rac1 (16. h4 Na5 ({RR} 16... Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Bg5) 17. Ng5 ({RR} 17. h5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Be4 Qh5 21. Kg2 Nc4 22. Qc1 Ba3 23. Qf4 Bd6) ({RR} 17. Ne5 Bxh4) 17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 ({RR} 19. Re3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rg3 e5) 19... Nc4 $13 {Naidorf,M-Tal,M/Belgrade/1970/} ({RR} 19... Rxc3 20. Qxc3 ({RR} 20. hxg6 Rxd3) 20... Qxg5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxh5 23. Re5) {RR} 20. Qf4 h6 ({RR} 20... Nb2 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4) 21. Nh3 ({RR} 21. Ne4 g5 22. Qg3 Qc7 23. Qf3 f5 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxb7 Rc7) ({RR} 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxh6 Qf6 23. Re2 Qg7) 21... g5 22. Qg3 Nb2) ({RR} 16. h4 Na5 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qf4 Qd5 ({RR} 22... Kg7 23. Qxf7+) 23. f3 ({RR} 23. Ne4 Qf5) 23... Kg7 24. Ne4 ({RR} 24. Re5 Qd7 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Rae1 Bd5 27. R5e3 Qc7) 24... Qf5 ({RR} 24... f6 25. Kf2 ({RR} 25. Nd6 e5)) 25. Qg3 ({RR} 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. d5) 25... Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qa5 ({RR} 26... Qh5 27. Re3 Rh8 28. Rf1) 27. Re3 Rfc8 28. Rf1 ({RR} 28. Rc1 Rxd4) 28... Rxc3 29. Ref3 R8c7 ({RR} 29... Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8) 30. Qf4 Kg8 {Najdorf,M (2570)-Tal,M (2590) Belgrade 1970 MCL [Najdorf/Tal] 1-0 (50)} ({RR} 30... Rd7 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qh2+) {RR} 31. Qf6 Rd7) 16... Qc7 $6 (16... Bf6 17. Qf4 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Qc7 $13 {Pachman,L-Kozma,J/CSR/1959/}) 17. h4 $1 $16 Bf6 $146 ({RR} 17... Na5 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 h5 22. Qg3 f5 23. Bf4 Kf7 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Qg5 Bd5 26. Qh6 Ke8 27. Qh7 {1-0 (27) Portisch,L-O'Kelly de Galway,A Malaga 1964}) ({RR} 17... Na5 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 h5 22. Qg3 f5 23. Bf4 Kf7 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Qg5 Bd5 26. Qh6 Ke8 27. Qh7) 18. h5 e5 $6 (18... Ne7 19. Ne5 $36) 19. d5 Ne7 20. c4 Rcd8 21. Ng5 Nf5 22. Ne4 Be7 (22... Bg7 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6) 23. Bg5 Kg7 24. h6+ $1 $18 Kh8 (24... Kg8 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rd7 27. Bxf5 $18) 25. Nf6 Rf8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qc3 (27. Qc3 Rg8 (27... Bd6 28. Qg3 $1 {? ?f4/}) 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Ba3 (29... Bd6 30. Nxg8 Bxe5 31. Bxd8) 30. Nxg8 Bxc1 31. Bxd8 $18) 1-0 [Event "ARG-ch33"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1955.11.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D57"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1955.11.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Kramnik,Vladimir} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Be2 Nb4 $146 ({RR} 14... Na5 15. Qb2 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Rc3 Rd6 19. Qa3 c5 20. Rac1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 c4 22. Bg4 Rc7 23. h3 a6 24. Be2 Rdc6 25. Qa4 Qd8 26. d5 Rd6 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 b5 29. Rc8 {Horowitz,I-Guimard,C Havana 1952 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 14... b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Qb2 Rac8 18. h3 ({RR} 18. Rc3 c5 19. Qa3 Kf8) 18... c5 19. dxc5 ({RR} 19. Qa3 Kf8 20. dxc5 Rd5) 19... Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxc5 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. Nd4 Qg5 ({RR} 22... Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Qc3) ({RR} 22... Qf6 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kh7 26. Bd3+ g6 27. Rc7) 23. Bg4 Qd5 ({RR} 23... Nc4 24. Rxc4 Qd5 25. Bf3 Qxc4 26. Bxb7) ({RR} 23... h5 24. Bf3) 24. Bf3 Qd7 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 ({RR} 25... Qxb7 26. Nf5) 26. Nc6 Ra8 ({RR} 26... Qd2 27. Qxd2 ({RR} 27. Qa3) 27... Rxd2 28. Ne7+) 27. Qd4 Nc5 ({RR} 27... Qxd4 28. exd4) ({RR} 27... Qe6 28. Qc4 Qe8) 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rd1 {Kramnik,V (2710)-Lutz,C (2595) Germany 1994 CBM 043 [Kramnik,Vladimir] 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 14... Bg4 15. O-O) ({RR} 14... Be6 15. Qxb7 Nb4 16. O-O Bxa2 17. Rfc1 Rdc8 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Qb5 c5 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 a5 23. Bb5 Rc8 24. Nd7 Ra8 25. Nb6 Ra7 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. g3 Bf3 28. Be2 Bc6 29. Bd1 {Zubov,A (2598)-Abdusattorov,N (2627) Chess.com INT 2021 ½-½ (90)}) ({RR} 14... Na5 15. Qc3 b6 16. Rc1 c6 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Qb2 Rdc8 21. Ne1 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. h3 Rd8 24. Ne5 Rd6 25. Bf3 Qd8 26. Qa3 Rf6 27. d5 c5 28. e4 Rd6 29. Ng4 {Reshevsky,S-Horowitz,I Havana 1952 1-0 (49)}) 15. O-O Nd5 16. Rfc1 c6 17. Rab1 Bf5 18. Rb2 Rab8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 Kh8 21. Bf3 Be6 22. Qa4 Bf5 23. Rb3 Nxe3 24. Re1 b5 25. Qa6 Rb6 26. Rxe3 Rxa6 27. Rxe7 Rxa2 28. g4 Bh7 29. Nb4 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-08 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.08.27"] [Round "4"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Thomas, George Alan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D57"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1939.08.24"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Poland"] [BlackTeam "England"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Qf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 a5 {Vogel,R (2471)-Paravyan,D (2599) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 8. e3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 Nb6 13. Bb3 c5 14. a4 a5 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bd7 20. e5 Nf5 21. Rxb7 Qa3 22. d5 Qxa4 {Osipi,J (2166)-Dos Santos,G (1619) Curitiba BRA 2026 1-0 (32)}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Qb3 Qd6 $146 ({RR} 10... c6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bf5 16. Rfc1 Rad8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne4 19. Rab1 Rd5 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Ne5 f6 22. Qxe4 fxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Qa4 a5 25. Qb3+ {Flohr,S-Donner,J Wageningen 1958 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... c6 11. e3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. a4 c5 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. a5 Be6 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. a6 Nxc5 19. axb7 Nxb7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Bb5 Ne4 22. Rfc1 a5 23. c4 Qe5 24. Nc6 Qg5 25. f4 {Guo Qi (2369)-Du,Y (1929) Fuling CHN 2023 1-0 (33)}) 11. e3 Nc6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ng6 16. Rfc1 c6 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Qa4 a6 19. Rab1 b5 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Nd2 Ne7 22. Qc5 Qe6 23. Rc2 Rfd8 24. Be4 Nd5 25. Bf3 f5 26. Nb3 f4 27. Re1 fxe3 28. fxe3 Nf4 29. Qc3 Nd5 30. Qd2 Qe7 31. Na5 Ba8 32. Nxc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Nb4 34. Rc3 Rb6 35. a3 Nd5 36. Qa2 Qf7 37. Rc8 Rbd6 38. Bxd5 Qxd5 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8 40. Qxd5+ Rxd5 41. Kf2 Rd6 42. Rc1 Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Ke2 Rb6 45. Ra7 g5 46. e4 g4 47. Ke3 Kg5 48. Rg7+ Kh5 49. e5 a5 50. Kd3 b4 51. axb4 Rxb4 52. e6 a4 53. Rf7 Rb1 54. Ra7 Kg6 55. Rxa4 Kf6 56. d5 Rd1+ 57. Ke4 Rd2 58. Ra8 Rxg2 59. Rf8+ Ke7 60. Rf7+ Kd6 61. Rd7+ Kc5 62. Kf4 h5 63. e7 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Pilnik, Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D44"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Rg8 12. h4 Bb7 ({RR} 12... Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 Qa5 15. gxf7+ Kd8 16. Rh8 Nxc3 17. Qd2 b4 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Rc1 Kc7 21. Rxf8 Nxf8 22. Bxc4 Kd7 23. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Ke7 25. Ra3 a6 26. Ra4 Nd7 27. Bxa6 {Belov,V (2608)-Ivanisevic,I (2588) Playchess.com INT 2006 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 12... Rxg5 13. hxg5 Nd5 14. g6 Qa5 15. gxf7+ Kd8 16. Qf3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Kc7 18. Bg2 Bb7 19. Kf1 b4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Rh6 Nf8 22. a3 Bc3 23. Rb1 Rc8 24. Rh8 Qxa3 25. Rxf8 Qxf8 26. Qxc3 Qxf7 27. Qxc4 {Wang,S (2460)-Sanchez Alvares,K (2232) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. exf6 O-O-O 15. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 15. O-O Ne5 16. dxe5 Rxd1 17. Raxd1 b4 18. Ne4 Qa5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qxa2 21. Rfd1 Qxb2 22. Bh3 c3 23. Bxe6+ Kc7 24. Rd7+ Kb6 25. Be3+ c5 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Bxf7 c2 28. Bd5+ Kb6 29. Rc1 Rd8 {Drews,R (1955)-Benend,A (1880) Hockenheim 1994 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 15. O-O Ne5 16. Qh5 Rxg5 17. hxg5 Rxd4 18. Rae1 Bd6 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxf7 Qc5 21. g6 {1-0 (21) Komarov,D (2568)-Ivanovic,B (2502) Niksic 2000}) 15... Qxd4 16. O-O Ne5 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Ne4 c5 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 Bd5 21. Qe2 Qb7 22. Rfc1 Nc6 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd5 26. Rac1 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 a6 28. Qe4 Kd7 29. Kh2 Rd8 30. Bf4 Qb6 31. b4 Rc8 32. Qd3+ Ke8 33. Qd6 Qa7 34. Bh6 Rc7 35. Qf8+ Kd7 36. Qxf7+ Kc8 37. Qxe6+ Kb7 38. f7 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-08 Final A"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.09.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Cruz, Walter Oswaldo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D57"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1939.09.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Poland"] [BlackTeam "Brazil"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "BRA"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Qd6 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. Rab1 Qxb4 18. cxb4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20. b5 a6 21. b6 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 cxb6 23. Rxb6 Rc7 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. h4 Bd5 26. f3 Be6 {Aravindh,C (2723)-Liyanage,R (2410) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (41)}) 12... c5 13. Qa3 b6 14. O-O a5 $146 ({RR} 14... Be6 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Rac1 Qc6 17. Qb2 c4 18. Bb1 Bg4 19. Qc2 f5 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg6+ 22. Kf1 Qh5 23. Ke2 b5 24. Rg1 Rf6 25. Rg3 Re8 26. Rcg1 Re7 27. Kd2 {½-½ (27) Duarte,F-Saboya,F Rio de Janeiro 1974}) 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. c4 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. d5 Nf6 20. Bd3 Qd6 21. Rab1 Rb7 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. Ne5 Re8 24. f4 Bc8 25. Qd3 b5 26. cxb5 Qxd5 27. Qxd5 Nxd5 28. Be4 Nc3 29. Bxb7 Bxb7 30. Rbc1 Nxa2 31. Rxc5 f6 32. Nf3 Be4 33. b6 f5 34. Rxa5 Nb4 35. b7 Rb8 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. bxa8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "October Revolution 50years"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1967.05.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Petrosian, Tigran V"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [Annotator "Dolmatov,Sergey"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1967.05.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 {Dolmatov,Sergey} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 ({RR} 6. e4) 6... Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 ({RR} 10... Bf6) 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe2 ({RR} 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bc2) 12... Bb7 ({RR} 12... Nb4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bxh7+ ({RR} 14. Qe4 Nxd3 15. Qxa8 Nxe1 16. Rxe1 Qd7) 14... Kxh7 15. Qe4+ Kg8 16. Qxa8 Nc2 17. Qxa7) 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nfd5 (15... Nbd5 16. Qd3 ({RR} 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qh3 Rxc3 19. f3) 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qh3 $14) ({RR} 15... Nbd5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qh3 Bf8 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Bd2 Nxc3 22. bxc3 b5 23. Bd3 a6 24. Rb1 Rc7 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxd4 27. Ba5 Rxc4 28. Rxb7 Rc5 29. Bc7 Qd5 30. Ra7 {Ivanovic,B (2500)-Karpov,A (2770) Podgorica 1996 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 15... Nbd5 16. Rd3 Ba6 ({RR} 16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ba6 18. c4) 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3) ({RR} 17... exd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rh3 Bxe2 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bd3+ Bh4) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rh3 Bxe2 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 {½-½ (20) Bobotsov,M-Petrosian,T Moscow 1967 MCL [Dolmatov,Sergey]}) 16. Bd2 Nf6 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. c4 $14) 17. Qe3 Nfd5 $146 (17... Nbd5 18. Qh3 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 $14) ({RR} 17... Qd6 18. Qh3 Rfe8 19. Bg5 g6 20. Qh4 Nh5 21. a3 Nd5 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. g4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Nhf4 25. Qh6 Re7 26. g5 {½-½ (26) Maenhout,T (2357)-Eliet,N (2410) Belgium 2011}) 18. Qh3 f5 19. a3 Na6 20. Ba2 $16 Nac7 21. Ne2 Bg5 22. Qd3 Bxd2 (22... Ba6 23. Qg3 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qd6 $14) 23. Qxd2 Ne8 $2 (23... Qd6 $5) 24. Nd3 $1 g5 $6 (24... Nec7 25. Nef4 Qd6 26. Re5 $14) 25. Nc3 $16 Ng7 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 (27... Qxd5 28. Qxg5 Qxd4 29. Ne5 Qxb2 30. Rd7 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 $18) 28. Re5 a5 29. Rde1 $16 f4 (29... Rc4 $5 30. Re7 f4 31. Qe2 Qd6 32. Qg4 Qf6) 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qe2 $1 $18 f3 33. Qe3 fxg2 34. Rxg5 Re8 35. Ne5 1-0 [Event "Montevideo"] [Site "Montevideo"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Salomon, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URU"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 g6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ba6 $146 ({RR} 13... Qb6 14. b3 f5 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Qc2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 18. Bc4 Na5 19. Qe5 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Ba6 21. Rd6 {1-0 (21) Istratescu,A (2543)-Dittmar,P (2226) Basel 2020}) ({RR} 13... Rb8 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. b3 f5 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Qe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ba6 21. Rbb1 Rfd8 {½-½ (21) Minev,N-Dely,P Sinaia 1964}) 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bb2 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Be2 20. Rdc1 Rd5 21. Bc3 Rfd8 22. Be4 R5d6 23. f3 f5 24. Bc2 Kf7 25. Kf2 Bd3 26. Bd1 Rc6 27. Ra2 c4 28. Bd4 c3 29. Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Bb1 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 32. Bxd2 Bxa3 33. Be2 Bb2 34. Bc4+ Kf6 35. Ke2 g5 36. Bb4 Be5 37. h3 h5 38. Kd2 Bb2 39. Bc5 a5 40. Bb6 a4 1-0 [Event "Grau Memorial-02 Circulo de Ajedrez"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1945.05.26"] [Round "12"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Hand, Guillermo Antonio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D57"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1945.05.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Anand,Viswanathan} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. Rc1) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 Nc6 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. c5 b6 14. Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 ({RR} 15. Rxc5 Nd7 16. Rxc7 Rdb8) 15... Nd7 16. Bb5 Bg4 17. Bxd7 ({RR} 17. Nd2 Qg5 ({RR} 17... c6 18. Bxc6 Rac8 19. Bxd7 cxd4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bxc8 Qxa3 22. Bxg4 dxe3)) 17... Rxd7 18. Qxc5 ({RR} 18. Rxc5 Qe4 19. Ke2 Rd6 ({RR} 19... Re8 20. Rhc1 Rd6 21. h3 Bxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qxd4) 20. h3 Bc8 21. Rhc1 Ba6+ 22. Kd1 Qg6) ({RR} 18. Ne5 cxd4 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Nc6 ({RR} 20. Nxg4 h5) 20... Re6 21. h3 Bh5 22. Nxd4 Ra6 23. Rxc7 Rxa2 24. O-O a5) 18... Qe4 19. Rg1 Re8 ({RR} 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Qc6 Rb8 22. Qxh6 g6 23. Qf4 ({RR} 23. Rg3 Qh1+ 24. Kd2 Rb2+ 25. Rc2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Rd6) 23... Qxf4 24. exf4) ({RR} 19... f6 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 22. Rg3 Qe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rg4 Re8 25. Rf4) 20. Qb5 ({RR} 20. Ne5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. h3 ({RR} 22. Qb4 Qxe5 23. h3 c5 24. Qxc5 d3) 22... dxe3 23. hxg4 ({RR} 23. Qxe3 Qb4+ 24. Kf1 Qb5+ 25. Ke1 Rd3 26. Qxd3 ({RR} 26. hxg4 Rxe3+ 27. fxe3 Qa5+ 28. Kf2 Qxa2+ 29. Kf3 Qd5+ 30. Kf2 Qxe5 31. Rc4 Qb2+ 32. Kf3 a5 33. Rgc1 a4 34. R4c2 ({RR} 34. Rxc7 a3) 34... Qf6+ 35. Ke2 Qg5 36. Ra2 Qxg4+ 37. Kf2) ({RR} 26. Qe4 Qb2) 26... Qxd3 27. hxg4 c5) ({RR} 23. fxe3 Rd3 24. Kf2 Bxh3 ({RR} 24... Rd2+ 25. Kg3 Be6) 25. gxh3 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 h5) 23... exf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qf4+ 25. Ke1 Rd4 26. Qc3 Re4+ 27. Kd1 Qf2) ({RR} 20. Ke2 f5) 20... Rdd8 21. Qe2 Rb8 ({RR} 21... c5 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf5 24. dxc5 ({RR} 24. Rxc5 Rb8 25. Rc1 Rec8) 24... d4 25. Rg3 d3 26. Qd2 Re5 27. e4) 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 ({RR} 23. Qxf3 Qxd4) 23... Qf5 24. f4 ({RR} 24. Rg3 Rb1 25. Rxb1 ({RR} 25. Kd1 Rxc1+ 26. Kxc1 Rb8 27. Qc2 Qe6) 25... Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Qxa2 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Kg2 Rb2 29. Qf1 Qc4 ({RR} 29... a5 30. Qa6)) 24... Rb1 25. Rxb1 ({RR} 25. Qd1 Reb8 26. Kd2 R8b2+ 27. Kc3 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Rb6 ({RR} 28... Rxf2 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg1+ Kf8 31. Qxf2 Qxh3 32. f5) 29. Kd2 Qxh3) 25... Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Ke2 {Topalov,V (2803)-Anand,V (2800) Nanjing 2010 CBM 139 [Anand,Viswanathan] 0-1 (33)} {RR} Rb2+ 28. Kf3 Qxa2 29. Qf1) ({RR} 12... c5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Nc6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Qa3 cxd4 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc6 {½-½ (21) Aczel,G (2450)-Aveskulov,V (2475) Budapest HUN 2026}) 13. cxd5 Qb4+ 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Kd2 $146 ({RR} 15. Rc1 Nxd5 16. Bc4 c6 17. O-O Be6 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Nd3 b6 20. Rfd1 Kf8 21. Ba6 Rc7 22. e4 Ne7 23. d5 Bc8 24. Nb4 Bxa6 25. d6 Be2 26. dxe7+ Kxe7 27. Re1 Rd2 28. Nd5+ Kd7 29. Nxc7 Kxc7 {Vidmar,M-Vidmar,M Ljubljana 1938 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 15. Rc1 Nxd5 16. Bc4 c6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Ke2 Nb6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rc5 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Rbc1 Rd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Kd3 Kf7 {½-½ (25) Neikirkh,O-Tsvetkov,A Novi Sad 1945}) 15... Nxd5 16. Rc1 c6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. a3 Rac8 19. Rc2 Nf6 20. Rhc1 Bd5 21. Nh4 Be4 22. f3 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rd5 24. Rc5 Rcd8 25. Nf5 Kf8 26. e4 R5d7 27. d5 g6 28. Nd4 cxd5 29. e5 Ne4 30. Rc8 Ng5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rc7 Ke8 33. Rxb7 Rd7 34. Rb8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Nc6+ Kc7 37. Nxa7 Ne6 38. g3 Kb6 39. Nc8+ Kc7 40. Ne7 1-0 [Event "ARG-ch45 Final"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1968.03.24"] [Round "6"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1968.03.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Bd2 O-O ({RR} 13... Qb6 14. Qe2 b4 15. h4 h6 16. h5 a5 17. a4 Ba6 18. b3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Rfc1 Ra8 22. Rc6 Bd8 23. Rac1 Bb6 24. Be3 Ke7 25. Ne1 Rhb8 26. Nd3 Kd8 27. g4 Rc8 28. f4 {Dreev,A (2697)-Dovramadjiev,T (2342) Playchess.com INT 2006 1-0 (48)}) 14. Qb1 g6 15. Qe1 Nb8 16. Qe3 $146 ({RR} 16. Ba5 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Bb6 Nb4 20. Bb1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Bc5 a5 23. Qh6 Na6 24. Bxe7 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qxe7 26. Bd3 Nc7 27. h4 Kg7 28. Nh2 b4 29. g3 Ne8 30. Bb5 Nc7 {Roos,T (2200)-Kargoll,P (2230) Speyer 1986 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 16. Ba5 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Bb6 Nb4 20. Bb1 Kg7 21. a3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc6 23. h4 h5 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rc8 26. b4 Qe7 27. Qd3 Na7 28. g3 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Nc6 30. Ng5 a5 {Roos,T (2208)-Werner,D (2097) Germany 2014 ½-½ (34)}) 16... Re8 17. Qh6 Nd7 18. Ng5 Nf8 19. h4 f5 20. h5 Bc8 21. Nxh7 Nxh7 22. hxg6 Nf8 23. g3 Ra7 24. Rac1 Bd7 25. Be2 Bf6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Bh5 Rc8 28. Bf4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 1-0 [Event "ARG-chAbsolute Najdorf-Shocron +2-2=1"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1953.02.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Shocron, Ruben"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D52"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1953.02.03"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 e5 11. Bd3 exd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O N7f6 14. Bb1 Be6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Bxg6 Ng4 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxe6 Bxh4 22. Qxg4+ Bg5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Re5 Rg7 25. Rxg5 Re8 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Kf1 Re6 29. Re1 {Paduano,C (2211)-Frescura,D (2124) Villesse ITA 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be7 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Bxg6 Ng4 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxe6 Bxh4 22. Qxg4+ Bg5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Re5 Rg7 25. Rxg5 Re8 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Kf1 Re6 29. Re1 {Paduano,C (2211)-Frescura,D (2124) Villesse ITA 2023 1-0}) 15. Ne5 Be7 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Qd3 Nf4 19. Qc2 g5 20. Bg3 N4h5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qe2 Ng7 24. Nc4 Qd5 25. Be5 Bf8 26. Ne3 Qd7 27. Qd3 Qf7 28. g4 Rcd8 29. gxf5 Bc8 30. f6 Nh5 31. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires CC Argentino"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1977.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Cuasnicu, Oscar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1977.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "8"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. O-O Ba6 ({RR} 10... c5 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Ne4 14. Rfc1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qd5 17. e4 Qb7 18. Rc2 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nc6 Rc8 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Nxa7 {1-0 (22) Tregubov,P (2562)-Hejazipour,M (2376) Chartres FRA 2024}) 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. b3 ({RR} 12. a3 bxa3 13. b3 Qb5 14. Bxa3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 O-O 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Rc7 18. h3 Rb8 19. Nc3 Qb4 20. Qa2 Rbb7 21. Na4 Ne4 22. Rc4 Qe7 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. Rxc3 h6 25. Ra5 Qb4 26. Qa1 c5 {Lputian,S (2595)-Giorgadze,G (2580) Yerevan 1996 ½-½ (42)}) 12... Rc8 13. a3 $146 ({RR} 13. Bb2 Be7 14. a3 Qb5 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Rfc1 a5 18. Qc4 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Nb6 21. Qxb5 cxb5 22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Rc5 Ra8 24. Re1 Ra5 25. e4 Rc8 26. g3 f6 27. Rec1 Rxc5 {Tunik,G (2515)-Kravtsov,S (2265) Vladivostok 1995 1-0 (45)}) 13... bxa3 14. Bxa3 Bxa3 15. Rxa3 O-O 16. Qa1 Qb7 17. Rc1 Rc7 18. Nd2 Rfc8 19. Nc4 Qb4 20. Nab2 Rb8 21. Nd3 Qb5 22. b4 Qf5 23. f3 h5 24. e4 Qg5 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Qxa7 Rd8 27. Qa5 Nh7 28. Qxg5 Nxg5 29. h4 Nh7 30. Kf2 Nb8 31. Ke3 f5 32. Na5 fxe4 33. fxe4 Nf6 34. Ne5 Kh7 35. Naxc6 Nxc6 36. Rxc6 Rb8 37. Nd3 Ng4+ 38. Kd2 e5 39. dxe5 Ra8 40. b5 Ra5 41. b6 Rb5 42. e6 Kg6 43. Nf4+ Kh7 44. e7 $138 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-10"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1947.03.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D52"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "1947.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {RR} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O ({RR} 9. Qc2) 9... Nxg5 ({RR} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. e4 dxe4 12. Re1 f5 13. Re3) 10. Nxg5 Be7 ({RR} 10... Qd8 11. f4 Nf6 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. e4 h6 13. Nxf7 ({RR} 13. Nf3) 13... Kxf7 14. e5 g6 15. f5) 12... g6 13. Rfe1 ({RR} 13. Rae1 Bg7 14. Nf3 ({RR} 14. e4) 14... O-O 15. f5 Ne8 16. Ne2 Nd6 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. Kh1 a5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Qd8 21. Bd3 a4 22. Ne5 Ra5 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Qxg6 Qe7) ({RR} 13. e4 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4) 13... Bg7 14. b4 O-O 15. Nf3 Re8 16. h3 ({RR} 16. Ne5) 16... Qd6 17. Rab1 Re7 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. g4 f6 21. Nf3 Rae8 22. Qg3 Bf7 23. Kf2 a5 24. a3 b6 25. g5 {Istratescu,A (2592)-Duda,J (2666) Drancy 2016 CBM 172 Extra [RR] 0-1 (63)}) ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. a3 g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 Bf5 21. Qxh6+ Bh7 22. f5 Qc7 23. e6 Qe5 24. g4 Rg8 25. h3) ({RR} 10... Qd8 11. f4 Nf6 12. Qb3 h6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Bb1 Qb6 16. Qc2 Bb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Re8 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Rf3 Re7 22. Rg3 Bd7 23. Qe2 f6 24. Ng6 Nxg6 25. Bxg6 {Esposito,A-Guimard,C Mar del Plata 1951 0-1 (39)}) 11. Qh5 ({RR} 11. f4) ({RR} 11. f4 Nf8 12. Qh5 Bxg5 13. fxg5 Be6 14. g6 f6 15. gxh7+ Bf7 16. Qg4 g6 17. Rxf6 Rxh7 18. Raf1 Qc7 19. h3 Qe7 20. Nb5 cxb5 21. Bxb5+ Kd8 22. Qf3 Kc7 23. Qf4+ Kd8 24. Rd6+ Kc8 25. Rc1+ Kb8 {Korobov,A (2587)-Czerw,D (2362) chess.com INT 2025 1-0}) 11... Bxg5 12. Qxg5 O-O 13. Rab1 $146 ({RR} 13. e4 h6 14. Qg3 Nf6 15. e5 Ne8 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. f4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qg6 Qf7 21. Re1 Bg4 22. h3 Bh5 23. Qxf7+ Bxf7 24. Rde2 Rfe8 25. Re7 Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {Girya,O (2469)-Dobre,C (2314) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 13. e4 h6 14. Qg3 Nf6 15. e5 Ne8 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. f4 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qg6 Qf7 21. Re1 Bg4 22. h3 Bh5 23. Qxf7+ Bxf7 24. Rde2 Rfe8 25. Re7 Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 {Girya,O (2469)-Dobre,C (2314) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (49)}) 13... Nf6 14. b4 Qd8 15. b5 h6 16. Qf4 Bd7 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Ne2 Ne8 20. Ng3 Nd6 21. h4 Re8 22. Nh5 Re6 23. Qg3 Ne8 24. Rc5 Rd6 25. Bc2 Qe7 26. a4 Rad8 27. Rb6 Kf8 28. Rb4 Kg8 29. Bd3 Kf8 30. a5 Ra8 31. Qg4 Bd7 32. Qf4 Bc6 33. Ng3 Rf6 34. Nf5 Qd7 35. Qe5 Nd6 36. Nxd6 Qxd6 37. Rb6 Qe7 38. h5 Rd6 39. Qf5 Qf6 40. Qh7 Ke7 41. Be2 g5 42. hxg6 Qxg6 43. Bd3 Qxh7 44. Bxh7 Kd7 45. Bf5+ Ke7 46. f3 Rg8 47. Kf2 Rg5 48. Bc8 Rdg6 49. g4 h5 50. Bxb7 Bxb7 51. Rxb7+ Kf8 52. Rcc7 Rf6 53. Rb6 Re6 54. Rxe6 fxe6 55. gxh5 Rxh5 56. Rc6 Ke7 57. Rxa6 Rh2+ 58. Kg3 Ra2 59. Kf4 Kf6 60. Ra8 Ra4 61. a6 e5+ 62. Kg3 exd4 63. exd4 Kg7 64. a7 1-0 [Event "POL-ch03"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Date "1935.05.28"] [Round "2"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Sulik, Franciszek"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1935.05.19"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Gelfand,Boris The game was played later.} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 c5 ({RR} 8... b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 c5 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 h6 ({RR} 14... Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qc2+) 15. Bh4 Nxe4 ({RR} 15... Nxc5 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bc4) 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Nd2) 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Rd1 ({RR} 12. dxc5 bxc5) 12... cxd4 ({RR} 12... Qc7) 13. Bf4 Bc5 ({RR} 13... Bb7 14. Nxd4 ({RR} 14. Be5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bc5) 14... Qe8 ({RR} 14... Qc8 15. Nf5)) 14. Be5 Bb7 15. Nxd4 Nd7 16. Nb3 ({RR} 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qg4+ ({RR} 19. Rd3 Rg8) 19... Kf6 20. Qh4+ Kg6) 16... Qg5 ({RR} 16... Be7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qd3+) 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc2 f5 ({RR} 19... h6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1) 20. f3 f4 21. Bf2 e5 ({RR} 21... a5 22. a3 a4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Rd6 e5 26. Bxc5) 22. b4 Nd7 ({RR} 22... e4 23. bxc5 exf3 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qh3) ({RR} 22... Ne6 23. c5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. c6) 23. c5 {Gelfand,B (2690)-Ljubojevic,L (2605) Linares 1993 CBM 034 [Gelfand,Boris] 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. Ba6 Qc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qc2 g6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. g3 Bf8 18. Kg2 Bg7 19. Kg1 Bh8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Nf4 Nd6 22. Nd3 c5 23. dxc5 {Suvradeepta,D (2230)-Chekanov,T (2019) Sitges ESP 2025 0-1 (43)}) 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 $146 ({RR} 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nf3 f6 15. Rfd1 Nd6 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd2 Qb6 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Bb2 b5 21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Qe2 Bb4 {Granada,A (1930)-Torres,L Cali 2008 1-0 (35)}) 10... b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. f4 Rc8 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rac1 Nf8 16. Bb5 N8d7 17. Qd3 Rf8 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Rc7 20. Qd3 Nb8 21. f5 Nc6 22. Nb5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Ng4 25. Qg3 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Qe8 27. Qxg4 Qxb5 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Bh6 g6 30. e6 Re7 31. Bg5 gxf5 32. Qg3 1-0 [Event "Venice"] [Site "Venice"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Primavera, Giuseppe"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. b3 Nbd7 8. O-O c5 9. Bb2 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rad1 cxd4 ({RR} 11... a6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 f5 15. f4 b5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bb1 Qe8 18. Rd2 b4 19. g4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rdc2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Bd6 24. h3 Qe6 25. Kg2 Rc8 26. Bd4 {Owczarek,H (1842)-Polakiewicz,B (1661) Chotowa 2025 ½-½ (31)}) 12. exd4 dxc4 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. f4 g6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f5 a6 17. Qf3 Rxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qh3 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 d4 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Ne2 Nfg4 23. b4 Ne3 24. bxc5 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Nxg2 26. Be4 Ne3 27. Rxd4 {Milov,V (2676)-Vaisser,A (2554) France 2007 1-0 (41)}) 13. bxc4 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... Qb8 14. Ne5 Rd8 15. f4 a6 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. f5 Rxd4 18. Nd5 Rxd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Ng4 N8d7 22. Bxa6 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Ne5 24. Qg3 Ng6 25. Qxb8+ Rxb8 26. a4 Nh4 27. Rd2 Ra8 28. Rxd5 {Uhlmann,W-Beni,A Tel Aviv 1964 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 13... Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Re8 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Qe5 Rad8 19. Qg3 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Rd5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Bb5 Rc8 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. f3 Ke7 28. Kf2 {Ries,B-Schaper,B (2122) Dortmund 2000 ½-½ (31)}) 14. d5 Nc5 15. d6 Bxd6 16. Nb5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qf4 19. Bxf6 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 gxf6 21. Qh3 Rad8 22. Rf3 Qxc4 23. Kxh2 Qxf1 24. Rg3+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-11"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1948.03.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Pilnik, Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "1948.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Ba5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ba2 Bb6 13. Rae1 g6 $146 ({RR} 13... a5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bc7 16. Bc3 Re8 17. h3 Bd6 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qh4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Ne4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Bb1 f5 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Bc7 25. Bc5 Rd7 26. Ba2+ Kh8 27. Rfd1 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 {Bolbochan,J-German,E Mar del Plata 1952 1-0 (44)}) 14. Kh1 a5 15. e4 Bxd4 16. Bh6 Ba7 17. h3 Nh5 18. Bxf8 Nxf8 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Qc3 Bb8 21. Nh2 Kg7 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qh4+ 24. Qh3 Qxh3+ 25. gxh3 Nf6 26. f3 Bc7 27. Rd1 h6 28. Rd3 N8d7 29. Rc1 a4 30. Rcd1 Nc5 31. R3d2 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Rc2 Ra5 34. Nc3 Ne8 35. Rcd2 Ra8 36. Ne2 Nf6 37. Ng3 Ba5 38. Rc2 Bb6 39. h4 Ne8 40. h5 Ng7 41. hxg6 fxg6 42. Rcd2 Rb8 43. Ne2 Bc7 44. Rc2 Bb6 45. f4 Nxe4 46. fxe5 Nf2 47. Rf1 Rf8 48. Rc4 Nd3 49. Nf4 Nxf4+ 50. Rcxf4 Rxf4 51. Rxf4 Ne6 52. Rb4 Ba5 53. Rxb7+ Nc7 54. Ra7 Bb6 55. Rxa4 Be3 56. Kf3 Bc1 57. Rc4 Bxb2 58. Rxc6 Bxe5 59. Rxg6 Bd6 60. a4 Na6 61. Rxh6 1-0 [Event "Barcelona"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1946.11.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Wade, Robert Graham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D49"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1946.11.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. O-O Ba6 ({RR} 13... Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Be3 Qb8 17. Bd4 O-O 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Rc1 Rxa2 20. Bb1 Ra6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qd4 Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qh4 Ke7 25. g3 Ra4 26. Qxh7 Rh8 27. Qd3 Qb6 28. Rcd1 {Mamedyarov,S (2782)-Rapport,R (2763) Saint Louis 2021 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 13... Bb7 14. Qe2 gxf6 15. Bxb5 Rd8 16. a4 Rg8 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 Bb4 19. a5 Qe6 20. a6 Ba8 21. Rac1 Kf8 22. Rfd1 Nb6 23. Nh4 Qd5 24. f3 Kg7 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. Qb1 Nc4 28. Bxh7 {Marakovits,N (2291)-Ocelak,J (2257) Ceske Budejovice CZE 2025 1-0 (85)}) 14. fxg7 $146 ({RR} 14. Be4 Rd8 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Be3 gxf6 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. Rxc5 Qxc5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bf2 h5 21. b3 Nb6 22. Qa1 Qc7 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxf6 Kd7 25. f5 Rde8 26. fxe6+ Kc8 27. e7 Bb7 28. Bxb6 Qxe7 {Szabo,L-Gereben,E Budapest 1947 1-0}) 14... Bxg7 15. b4 Nf8 16. h4 Qd6 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. h5 Bf6 19. Nd2 Qxb4 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bf4 Rd8 22. a4 Qb3 23. Nd2 Qd5 24. Be4 d3 25. Qf3 Qc5 26. Rfc1 Qb4 27. axb5 Bxb5 28. Rab1 Qa3 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Be5 Rg8 31. Rc8+ Rd8 32. Bc6+ Bxc6 33. Qxc6+ Nd7 34. Rb7 1-0 [Event "Vina del Mar"] [Site "Vina del Mar"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Gutierrez, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D49"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1945.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CHI"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. O-O gxf6 14. Be4 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxd4 Rg8 17. g3 ({RR} 17. f3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Bc5 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Rad1 Nc4 21. Bf2 Qb6 22. b3 Bxd4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Rc1 Bxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rg5 26. Qxc4 Rgd5 27. Qc6+ Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Rd1+ 29. Rf1 R1d2 30. Rf2 Rd1+ {½-½ (30) Kamsky,G (2695)-Kramnik,V (2710) Linares 1994}) ({RR} 17. f3 Qd5 18. Kh1 Ra4 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Nc2 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Ke7 23. a3 Rb8 24. Rac1 Rb7 25. Nc2 Rc4 26. Ne3 Ra4 27. Nc2 Rc4 28. Ne3 Ra4 {½-½ (28) Ghazaryan,N (1757)-Vemparala,N (2016) Batumi 2022}) 17... Bc5 18. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Ke7 20. Re1 Rg4 21. Be3 Rga4 22. a3 b4 23. Bxc5+ Nxc5 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Rd5 26. Rc4 bxa3 27. Rxa4 Nxa4 28. bxa3 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Rc3 Kd6 31. Rc2 Ne4 32. Re2 f5 {Schulz,W (2144)-Eiler,J (2116) Germany 2007 0-1 (32)}) 18... Rg4 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Qe2 Re4 21. Rad1 f5 22. Ng5 Rg4 23. f4 Qb6 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Qf2 Ra8 26. Nxf7 Rxa2 27. Rd4 Rg7 28. Ng5 Re7 29. Re1 Qc6 30. Rd2 h6 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxe6+ Qxe6 33. Re2 Ra6 34. Rxe6+ Rxe6 35. Qf1 b4 36. Qb5 Rb6 37. Qxf5 b3 38. g4 Ke7 39. g5 hxg5 40. fxg5 1-0 [Event "Interzonal-01"] [Site "Saltsjobaden"] [Date "1948.07.29"] [Round "10"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Lundin, Erik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1948.07.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "IZT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 c5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Nbd7 11. a5 Bb7 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. h3 Rad8 $146 ({RR} 15... Bd5 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. Re1 Be4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Ne4 21. Red1 Qb5 22. Kf1 Rab8 23. Be1 Bf6 24. Rac1 h6 25. dxc5 Ndxc5 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. exd4 Nb3 28. Qxe4 Rbc8 29. Qd3 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 {Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2565) Wijk aan Zee 1987 1-0 (94)}) 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Rd1 Ne4 18. Ncd2 f5 19. Bc4 Rd6 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Ne5 Bf6 22. Ng4 Be7 23. b3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Bd5 25. Bb2 Rf5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rd2 h5 28. Ne5 Bf6 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Rdc2 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. R1c7 Qa8 34. f4 Rf5 35. g4 Rg6 36. g5 Rgxg5+ 37. fxg5 Rxg5+ 38. Kf1 d4 39. Qc4 Rf5+ 40. Ke1 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires YMCA ChessClub"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Foguelman, Alberto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1968.08.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 ({RR} 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nh6 Nh5 16. g3 Bc5 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. Bd2 Bd4 19. b4 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Qd6 21. Rac1 Ng7 22. a4 f5 23. axb5 f4 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. bxa6 Bxa6 26. Bc4 g5 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 {Carlsen,M (2821)-Shirov,A (2714) Biel 2011 1-0 (33)}) 13... Bc5 ({RR} 13... O-O-O 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Nc5 16. b4 h6 17. Nf3 Nd3 18. a3 g5 19. Rd1 Bg7 20. Bd2 Ng4 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. h3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rac1 Rhd8 25. Be1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Nxd1 Qa1 28. Qg4 {Huovinen,J (2268)-Ronka,E (2263) Finland FIN 2025 0-1 (38)}) 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 Ng4 $146 ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Ng5 O-O-O 17. Nxe6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Qh3 g5 22. e6 g4 23. exd7+ Rxd7 24. Qg3 Rf7 25. Be3 Bd6 26. f4 Re7 27. Bd4 b4 28. Rae1 a5 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Qf2 {Batsuren,D (2504)-Harshavardhan,G (2397) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Ng5 O-O-O 17. Nxe6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qc6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Qh3 g5 22. e6 g4 23. exd7+ Rxd7 24. Qg3 Rf7 25. Be3 Bd6 26. f4 Re7 27. Bd4 b4 28. Rae1 a5 29. Rxe7 Bxe7 30. Qf2 {Batsuren,D (2504)-Harshavardhan,G (2397) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0 (50)}) 16. Ng5 Ndxe5 17. Bf4 O-O-O 18. Be4 Qe7 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Bxe4 22. Bxe5 Bb7 23. Qa7 Qxg5 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Qxb7+ Ke8 26. Qc6+ Ke7 27. Qc5+ Kf7 28. Ne4 Qh6 29. Rf1+ Kg6 30. Bxg7 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-11"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1948.03.24"] [Round "11"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1948.03.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxf6+ ({RR} 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rc1 a5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 h6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Be3 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Qxd3 20. Qxa5 Qxe4 21. Rfe1 Qf4 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. Nxc6 Rd2 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Qb6 Rxc1 {Rupesh Reddy Y (2151)-Vasquez Schroeder,R (2446) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 h6 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. c6 Bxc6 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bg5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qe3 Bxf4 {Giustolisi,A-Najdorf,M Venice 1948 0-1 (36)}) 11... Nxf6 12. e4 ({RR} 12. a3 bxa3 13. b3 c5 14. Bxa3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Bb7 17. Ba6 Bd5 18. Qe2 Qb6 {½-½ (18) Huebner,R (2640)-Sadler,M (2624) Germany 2002}) 12... c5 13. e5 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rd1 Bb7 {½-½ (16) Meyer,A (2295)-Fleck,J (2375) Germany 1998}) ({RR} 13... Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Rb8 17. Be3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Qa5 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. b3 Rbc8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qd2 Nb8 24. Qe3 Nc6 25. Bb2 Qb5 26. Rad1 Rcd8 27. Nd6 Qa6 28. Rd2 {Dinstuhl,V (2426)-Fleck,J (2429) Germany 2006 1-0 (57)}) 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Bxh6 c4 17. Bb1 c3 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qg4 Qe8 20. bxc3 Nxc3 21. Bc2 Ba4 22. Bb3 a5 23. h4 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qb5 25. h5 Qd3 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. hxg6 Qxg6 28. Qxg6 fxg6 29. Rfe1 Bd8 30. Nd2 Nb5 31. Re4 Nc3 32. Rg4 Kg7 33. g3 Rb8 34. Kg2 Rc8 35. Ne4 Nd5 36. Nc5 Rc6 37. Nb7 Be7 38. Rxa5 Rc2 39. Re4 g5 40. Nc5 Kf7 41. Ra6 Rb2 42. Nxe6 Rxb3 43. Nxg5+ Bxg5 44. e6+ Ke8 45. Ra8+ Ke7 46. Re5 1-0 [Event "Nathanya-12 Group A"] [Site "Nathanya"] [Date "1975.06.08"] [Round "11"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Lederman, Leon S"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1975.06.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 ({RR} 12. Qh4 Nd5 13. Qg3 Qb6 14. O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 g6 16. a4 Bb7 17. Rb1 Be4 18. Rb2 Bc6 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. axb5 axb5 22. h4 Qc5 23. Nd4 Nxe5 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Rxb5 Qa3 26. Bf3 Qxc3 {Aleksandrov,A (2589)-Michalik,P (2557) Katowice 2017 1-0 (32)}) 12... Ng8 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. O-O Ne7 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qh4 Ne7 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rfd1 Qc2 20. Nd4 Qxb2 21. Nxe6+ Kf7 22. Nc7 Qxe5 23. Bh5+ Ng6 24. Nxa8 Qb8 25. Bxg6+ Kxg6 26. Qg3+ {1-0 (26) Rudolf,M (2377)-Goslawski,M (1999) Milanowek 2009}) 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Bc4 a5 20. Qd4 Na6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. e6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Qe8 24. f4 Kg8 25. Rac1 h6 26. Bh4 Bd7 27. b3 h5 28. Rfe1 Kh7 29. f5 Rf8 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. fxe6 Qa7 32. Qxa7 Rxa7 33. e7 Re8 34. Re5 Rd7 35. Rxh5+ Kg8 36. Rf5 Nc7 37. Rcf1 Ne6 38. Rd1 Nc5 39. Rdxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Nxb3 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Ke4 Nc1 44. Rxa5 Ne2 45. Re5+ Kd7 46. Rd5+ Ke6 47. Rd8 Kf7 48. Kd3 Nf4+ 49. Kc4 Nxg2 50. Bg5 Ne1 51. a5 Nf3 52. Rxe8 Kxe8 53. a6 1-0 [Event "Najdorf blindfold sim"] [Site "San Pablo"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "38"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Ricardino, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D50"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1947.01.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. e3 ({RR} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Qd6 9. Bf4 Qe7 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. g4 exf3 16. gxh5 g5 17. Bg3 Qe4 18. Qb1 Qxb1 19. Raxb1 b6 {IBattousaiI (1949)-LevyRodrigues (1841) lichess.org 2024 1-0 (32)}) 5... h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 g5 9. Bg3 a6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Rac1 Bc8 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Bf5 Qd8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxc7 Qxc7 {Sosa Suarez,N (1205)-Alamo Novoa,J Las Palmas 2015 1-0}) ({RR} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O Rb8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rab1 Bg4 15. Be2 Bh5 16. Rb2 Re6 17. c4 Rd6 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rfb1 Qe7 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 Qd6 {Alexiou,D (1586)-Kanakari,F Achaia 2012 1-0}) 7... g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Qf6 12. Rb1 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. e4 O-O 16. e5 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qe6 18. g4 Ne7 19. Rh5 Qxg4 20. Rxh6 Bf5 21. Nh2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rh5 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Rxg5+ Rg6 27. Rxg6+ Nxg6 28. g3 c6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Ke3 Re8 31. Ng4 Ne7 32. Ne5+ Kf6 33. Kxe4 Nd5 34. Kd3 Rxe5 35. dxe5+ Kxe5 36. Re1+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-18"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1955.03.14"] [Round "5"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Pilnik, Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D54"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1955.03.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 c6 14. Nf3 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 14... Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Rc8 17. Rc3 f6 18. Nd3 a5 19. Rhc1 Kf7 20. Nf4 Rd8 21. Rb3 Ra6 22. h4 Ke7 23. h5 Kd6 24. Rbc3 Ra7 25. Ng6 Rad7 26. Nh4 Kc7 27. Nf5 Kb7 28. Kf3 Re8 29. a3 {Petrosian,T-Beilin,M Moscow 1950 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 14... f6 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Ra7 18. Ne1 Rb7 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. g4 Be4 21. f3 Bg6 22. Nf4 Bh7 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 bxa5 25. bxa5 Rb5 26. Rc5 Rb7 27. Rcc1 Rc8 28. Rb1 Rb5 29. Rxb5 {Citak,S (2035)-Bayram,Y (2312) Batumi 2002 1-0 (45)}) 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. b4 a5 17. b5 c5 18. a4 Re8 19. Bg4 Rxe5 20. dxe5 Kf8 21. f4 Ke7 22. Rhd1 Nd7 23. Ke2 Rd8 24. Rd2 Nf8 25. Rcd1 Ne6 26. Bf3 Nc7 27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 hxg5 29. f5 Rh8 30. g4 f6 31. e6 Kd6 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Bxh1 c4 34. Bxd5 c3 35. Bxb7+ cxd2 36. Kxd2 Ke7 37. Bc6 Kd6 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. e4 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata)"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1941.10.18"] [Round "1"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Pilnik, Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1941.10.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Pirc,Vasja} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 Qa5 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 12. Qc2 Re8 13. c5 b6 14. Ne4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Nd6 Re7 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. Rfc1 Rd8 19. Rab1 Qa6 20. Qxc6 Qxa2 21. Qc7 Rf8 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rcb1 Qe2) ({RR} 9. Bb2 Ba3 10. Qc2 Bxb2 11. Qxb2 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. Nd2 exd4 14. exd4 Qh5 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qh6 17. c5 b6 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Qa3 bxc5 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Be2 Be6 22. f4 Bd5 23. Nd6 Qg6 {Cruz Lopez Claret,C (2305)-Pareja Perez,J (2135) Cala Galdana 1994 1-0}) ({RR} 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 b6 14. Bc3 c5 15. Qe2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rad8 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Qxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Bf3 Bxf3 {Bordes Ibanez,J (1961)-Gochev,P (1887) Benidorm 2019 0-1 (54)}) 9... dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. c5 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. c5 Bf8 ({RR} 14... Be7 15. Ng5 h6 ({RR} 15... Nf8) 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Bc4+ Kf8 18. Qg6 Nd5 19. e4) 15. Ng5 g6 16. Bc4 Re7 17. Qb3 Nb8 18. dxe5 Rxe5 ({RR} 18... Ng4 19. f4) 19. Nxf7 ({RR} 19. Bxf7+ Kg7 20. Bc3) 19... Rxc5 20. Ne5+ Kg7 21. Nd3 Rg5 22. e4 Rg4 23. f3 Rxg3 ({RR} 23... Rh4 24. Bg5) 24. hxg3 Qxg3 25. e5 Nh5 {Pirc,V-Tomovic,V Belgrade 1934 EXT 2017 [Pirc,Vasja] 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. d5 Nc5 13. e4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. Be3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Na4 Be7 18. Qc3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qxc3 20. Nxc3 Bb4 21. Rac1 f6 22. Na4 b6 23. Rc4 a5 24. Nxb6 Ba6 25. Rc6 Bxf1 {Vargas Arteaga,A (2201)-Ordonez,L Medellin 2010 1-0 (49)}) 11... g6 12. Bc4 Nh5 13. Ne4 exd4 14. exd4 Ndf6 15. Neg5 Nd5 16. Qb3 Qd8 17. Re1 h6 18. Ne4 Kh7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Ne5 Ne4 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Rxe4 Rf5 24. Rf4 Bf6 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Be3 f4 27. Qc2+ Kg7 28. Bxf4 Bxd4 29. Rd1 Bxc3 30. Qxc3+ Kg6 31. Rd3 Kh7 32. Rg3 Qf8 33. Be5 d4 34. Qxd4 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-04"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1941.03.30"] [Round "16"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Czerniak, Moshe"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1941.03.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ba6 Qb6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rac1 ({RR} 16. Qb5 Nb6 17. Na4 Nfd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rec8 20. Rac1 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Nc3 f6 23. Bg3 Rd8 24. a4 a5 25. Nb5 Kf7 26. f3 g6 27. e4 dxe4 28. Rxd8 Bxd8 29. fxe4 Nd7 30. Kf1 Be7 {Hammer,J (2665)-Hansen,C (2621) Oslo 2015 1-0 (49)}) 16... Bf8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 $146 ({RR} 17... Nb6 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Nd2 Rab8 20. Nxe4 Nxa4 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Qxa4 Re4 23. Qa5 Qc6 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. h3 Qa6 26. Qc2 Qe6 27. Qe2 f5 28. Qf3 Bd6 29. g3 Rc8 30. Rc2 Be5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Qh5 {Kozul,Z (2495)-Vucenovic,D (2162) Veli Losinj CRO 2025 1-0 (60)}) 18. Nxb5 Rac8 19. Rc2 a6 20. Nc3 Nb6 21. Kf1 Rc7 22. Ne2 Ne4 23. Nf4 Rd8 24. Ne5 Be7 25. f3 Nf6 26. Bc3 Kf8 27. Ba5 Rb7 28. Nc6 Re8 29. Nxe7 Rexe7 30. Rxc5 g5 31. Bxb6 Rxb6 32. Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Rxd5 Rxe3 35. Rxg5+ Kf6 36. Rgc5 Rbe6 37. Rc2 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rh1 39. R8c6 Rxh2 40. Rxe6+ fxe6 41. Rc6 a5 42. Rc5 a4 43. b4 a3 44. Kg1 Rh4 45. g4 1-0 [Event "Zonal-7 South America"] [Site "Mar del Plata/ Buenos Aires"] [Date "1954.04.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Panno, Oscar"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1954.04.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Bc7 10. Bd2 ({RR} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Re8 12. Bd2 {½-½ (12) Gruenberg,H (2460)-Tischbierek,R (2435) Glauchau 1987}) ({RR} 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Rad1 g6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6 Qe8 18. Bxf6+ Rxf6 19. Qxf6+ Kg8 20. Rfe1 {1-0 (20) Martinez Pintor,J (1627)-Centeno Mateos,D (1451) Madrid 2018}) 10... a6 11. Rfe1 $146 ({RR} 11. Rad1 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bf6 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bg4 20. Rde1 Bh4 21. g3 f5 22. Bg2 Be7 23. Qd3 Bc5 24. b4 Ba7 25. Re5 Qd7 {Negyesy,G-Szabo,L Budapest 1951 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rfe1 Qd8 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 h6 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Ba2 Re8 18. Nc3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 N7f6 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Ne5 Be6 22. f3 Rc8 23. Qd3 Ba5 24. Ng6 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qd6 {Taimanov,M-Botvinnik,M Moscow 1955 ½-½ (32)}) 11... e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re4 Bf5 19. Rxd4 Bg6 20. Rd1 Rfe8 21. h4 Bb6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rc4 Re7 24. Re4 Rae8 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Kf1 Kg7 27. g3 a5 28. Kg2 Bc5 29. h5 b6 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Qc4 Re8 32. Rh1 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Kxh8 34. a4 Qd7 35. Qe4 Kg7 36. b3 Kf7 37. Qd3 Qg4 38. Qc4 Qf5 39. g4 Qb1 40. d6+ Kg7 1-0 [Event "Barcelona"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1946.11.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Albareda, Miguel Crues"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1946.11.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Rfe1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f4 exf3 15. Bxf3 Ng4 16. Nf1 Ng6 17. e4 Qg5 18. e5 Bb4 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Nd6 $146 ({RR} 21. Rad1 c5 22. dxc5 Qc7 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Rd5 Be6 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Bd4 Be6 27. Ne3 Rd7 28. Nb5 Qc6 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Nd6 Qc6 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Nxe4 Nf4 34. Kf1 Rd8 35. Nd6 Bc8 {Zeller,F (2350)-Beckhuis,G (2265) Germany 1994 1-0 (61)}) 21... Bxd6 22. exd6 Nf6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Qd8 25. c5 Be6 26. Qb2 Qd7 27. d5 Bxd5 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qd8 31. Qf5 Qh4 32. Re4 Qh6 33. d7 Qf8 34. Ng3 b6 35. Nh5 bxc5 36. Qf6 1-0 [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Casas, Fernando"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "121"] [EventDate "1949.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 e5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 Nfg4 $146 ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bf3 Qc5 19. Qc3 Rae8 20. b4 Qe7 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Nxd5 Rxc3 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rd8+ Re8 26. Rd2 h5 27. h3 Kh7 28. Bd1 g6 29. Bb3 {Skembris,S (2353)-Siegert,G (2131) Schwaebisch Gmuend GER 2024 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 14... Ned7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Qf5 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Be4 18. Qh3 a6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 b5 21. Ng5 bxc4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxd7 cxb3 24. Rc1 Qe8 25. axb3 Nc5 26. Rd5 Rc8 27. Rcd1 Qe2 28. R5d2 Qb5 29. Qg4 {Nestorovic,I (2063)-Petrovic,T (1650) Senta 2012 1-0 (43)}) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Rad1 Qh4 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. g3 Qe4 19. Bd3 Qf3 20. Rfe1 dxc4 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 cxb3 23. axb3 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 25. Nd6 Kg8 26. Re3 Qh5 27. Ne4 Qg6 28. Rd6 Rac8 29. Qa2 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. Qc2 Ra5 32. Rf3 Rc5 33. Qd3 Re5 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Rdxf6 Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Kg7 37. Rdf3 Re7 38. b4 Ra8 39. b5 a5 40. bxa6 Rxa6 41. h4 Rb7 42. h5 Raa7 43. R6f4 Rc7 44. Rg4+ Kh7 45. Rf6 Rab7 46. Rb4 Rc5 47. g4 b5 48. Kg3 Kg7 49. Rd6 Rc3+ 50. f3 Rc5 51. Kh4 f6 52. f4 Rbc7 53. h6+ Kf7 54. Rbd4 Re7 55. g5 Rc1 56. Rd7 Rc7 57. Rxc7 fxg5+ 58. fxg5 Rxc7 59. Kh5 Rb7 60. Rf4+ Kg8 61. g6 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-24"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1961.03.16"] [Round "5"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Letelier Martner, Rene"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1961.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 ({RR} 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O {½-½ (6) Azmaiparashvili,Z (2606)-Zhang,Z (2634) Singapore 2007}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 ({RR} 5. Nf3 O-O {½-½ (6) Arsovic,Z (2399)-Tomic,A (2383) Djenovici MNE 2023}) 5... O-O 6. Nf3 Ne8 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 c5 11. h3 g6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 Qd6 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. Rh4 Nh5 18. Qh6 Qf6 19. Rxh5 Qg7 20. Rh4 Qxh6 21. Rxh6 Kg7 22. Rh4 f5 {Oostheim,P-Filipovic,Z (2215) Bargteheide 1988 1-0}) 8... Nf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 g6 15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. d5 f5 17. dxc6 fxe4 18. c7 Qd5 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. cxb8=Q Rxb8 21. Nd4 Qxc2 22. Nxc2 Kf7 23. Rd4 Bf5 24. Ne3 Rbd8 25. Red1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Re5 27. g4 Be6 28. a3 Kf6 29. Rb4 b5 30. Kg2 h6 31. Rd4 Ke7 32. Kg3 g5 33. Kg2 a5 34. Kf1 a4 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd2 h5 37. gxh5 g4 38. h6 Rh5 39. Rxe4 Rxh6 40. Nxg4+ Bxg4 41. Rxg4 Rxh2 42. Ke3 Rh3+ 43. f3 Rh2 44. Rb4 Rh5 45. Rd4 Ke5 46. Rg4 Kd5 47. Rg2 Rh1 48. Rg5+ Kc4 49. Rg4+ Kc5 50. Rb4 Re1+ 51. Kf4 Rc1 52. Kg5 Rc4 53. Rxc4+ Kxc4 54. f4 Kb3 55. f5 Kxb2 56. f6 Kxa3 57. f7 Kb3 58. f8=Q a3 59. Qf3+ Kb2 60. Qe2+ Ka1 61. Qf1+ Ka2 62. Qxb5 Ka1 63. Qc5 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-12 Preliminaries C"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1956.09.04"] [Round "4"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Reilly, Brian Patrick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1956.09.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Argentina"] [BlackTeam "Ireland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"] [BlackTeamCountry "IRL"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Nxd2 O-O ({RR} 12... c5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Qg4 g6 15. Qg5 cxd4 16. Qh6 Nc5 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qxd4 f5 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Qe5 Rc8 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Ba4 Qxa4 26. Qxe6+ {1-0 (26) Snehal,B (2287)-Ilincic,Z (2201) Budapest HUN 2025}) 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. c5 e5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nd6 exd4 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Qxd4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Ne8 21. b4 Rd7 22. Rd2 Nxd6 23. cxd6 Qb6 24. Qc5 Rfd8 25. a4 Qa6 26. Be2 b5 27. Rdd1 Qb6 {Gelfand,B (2667)-Murzin,V (2561) Almaty KAZ 2022 ½-½ (35)}) 13... Nf6 ({RR} 13... Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Bf3 Qc7 16. Qc3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rad1 Re8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qc7 21. b3 Rb8 22. Re3 b6 23. Qd3 h6 24. h3 Bb7 25. Qd7 Re7 26. Qd4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Ree8 28. Qd7 {Najdorf,M-Evans,L Havana 1952 ½-½ (43)}) 14. Bf3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Qc3 b6 17. a4 Bb7 18. b4 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b5 Rd6 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Qe3 Rc8 24. h3 Nd7 25. a5 f6 26. Rad1 Ne5 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe2 Rd8 29. f4 {Ortega,L (2437)-Manganelli,G (2017) Porto San Giorgo 2003 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qe2 b6 17. Qe5 Rd7 18. a4 a5 19. c5 Qxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. cxb6 Rb8 23. Red1 Rxb6 24. Nxa5 Rxb2 25. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bd7 27. h3 Be8 28. Rd8 Kf8 29. a5 {Polugaevsky,L-Schweber,S Mar del Plata 1971 1-0 (39)}) 15. c5 b5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Be2 Qb7 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Nf3 b4 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxb4 Rab8 22. Qd2 Rb3 23. Re3 Rdb8 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. h3 Qb7 27. Nc4 Rb4 28. Qc2 Rb3 29. Rb1 Rb4 30. b3 Qc7 31. Rd1 Qf4 32. Ne5 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Nxc6 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe1 36. g3 h5 37. h4 Nc3 38. Nd4 Nd1 39. Kg2 Ne3+ 40. fxe3 1-0 [Event "Vina del Mar"] [Site "Vina del Mar"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Tapia, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1945.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CHI"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Bb4 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Nxd2 Nf6 ({RR} 12... O-O 13. c5 e5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Nd6 exd4 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Qxd4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Ne8 21. b4 Rd7 22. Rd2 Nxd6 23. cxd6 Qb6 24. Qc5 Rfd8 25. a4 Qa6 26. Be2 b5 27. Rdd1 {Gelfand,B (2667)-Murzin,V (2561) Almaty KAZ 2022 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 12... c5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Qg4 g6 15. Qg5 cxd4 16. Qh6 Nc5 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Qxd4 f5 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Qe5 Rc8 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Ba4 Qxa4 26. Qxe6+ {1-0 (26) Snehal,B (2287)-Ilincic,Z (2201) Budapest HUN 2025}) ({RR} 12... O-O 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. c5 b5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Be2 Qb7 18. Qb3 Rfd8 19. Nf3 b4 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Qxb4 Rab8 22. Qd2 Rb3 23. Re3 Rdb8 24. Rxb3 Rxb3 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. h3 Qb7 27. Nc4 {Najdorf,M-Reilly,B Moscow 1956 1-0 (40)}) 13. Bf3 O-O 14. c5 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 14... Qb4 15. Nb3 Nd5 16. a3 Qa4 17. Qd3 b6 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Qc2 Bb5 20. g3 Rac8 21. Bd1 Qa6 22. a4 Bd3 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Ra3 Rfd8 25. Be2 Qb7 26. Bf1 h6 27. Qd1 Nf6 28. Qe2 Rc7 29. Bg2 {Aleksandrov,A (2568)-Vashchilov,S (2124) Minsk 2017 1-0 (54)}) 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Re1 Qf4 17. Nd6 Ne8 18. Re4 Qf6 19. Nc4 g6 20. Qd2 Ng7 21. Rd1 Nf5 22. Ne5 Bd7 23. g4 Nh4 24. Rf4 Qg5 25. Rxf7 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-06"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1943.03.25"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D52"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1943.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Lautier,Joel} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 f6 10. Bh4 O-O ({RR} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 Nb6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qa4 ({RR} 14... Be7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Ne5) 15. Rb3 c5 16. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 16... c4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qg6 cxb3 19. Qh5 Rd8 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Bxf6) 17. Bb5 Qa5 18. Nd2 cxd4 19. exd4 ({RR} 19. cxd4 Bb4) 19... a6 20. Bd3 Be7 21. c4 Rd8 22. Nf3 Nd7 23. Bg3 Nf8 24. Be4 Ra7 25. c5 {Lautier,J (2570)-Hort,V (2545) Biel 1990 CBM 019 [Lautier,Joel] 1-0 (35)} ({RR} 25. Rfb1 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rxb5 Qxa2)) ({RR} 10... N7b6) 11. Bd3 ({RR} 11. Bc4 N7b6 12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3 14. Rb1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. O-O Kh8 17. Nd4 e5 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Bf5 g6 22. Be4 Kg7 23. f4 Rd7 24. c4 exf4 25. exf4 Rd4 {Najdorf,M-Rossetto,H Mar del Plata 1945 ½-½}) 11... Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 11... e5 12. O-O Re8 13. Qc2 Nf8 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Ng5 g6 16. Bc4 Kg7 17. Nge4 Be6 18. Bb3 Be7 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Ng5 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. b4 Qb5 25. c4 Qxb4 26. Rb1 {Gligoric,S-Bradvarevic,A Titograd 1965 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. O-O e5 13. e4 Nf4 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Bb3 exd4 17. Bxf4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Ba3 19. Rce1 Bg4 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Bc7 Rd7 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qf4 Bh5 24. Re3 Bg6 25. Rfe1 Bd6 26. Qg4 {Santiago Vilca,C (1632)-Kelly,J (1861) Oaxtepec 2014 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. O-O e5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. d5 Nb6 17. Bb3 Ba3 18. Rcd1 cxd5 19. exd5 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rac8 22. d6 Red8 23. Kh1 Qxc3 24. Qe2 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Qe4 {Gerhold,C-Klocker,B (2025) Mureck 2006 0-1 (53)}) 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 Qh5 14. Bg3 Be7 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. O-O e5 17. Bf5 b6 18. Nh4 g5 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. dxe5 g4 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Be4 Ba6 24. Rfd1 Rac8 25. Qa4 Bc4 26. Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qxb6 Rab8 28. Qxb8 Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Bg8 30. Nxc6 Nf7 31. Rd5 Ng5 32. Ne7 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International Open-01"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1967.03.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Pasiuk, Zasilow R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1967.03.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase II} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 ({RR} 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5) 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 ({RR} 11. Ke2) ({RR} 11. Ke2 O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Kf1 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rb8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Kg1 Qf6 20. Ne5 Nf4 21. Re3 Rb6 22. Rae1 Rd8 23. Rf3 Qg5 24. g3 Ba6 25. Qc5 Ne2+ {Korobov,A (2571)-Novita,A (2306) Dubai 2004 1-0}) 11... Ba5 $146 ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. b3 c5 13. O-O Bxd2 14. Qxd2 cxd4 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Qg5 ({RR} 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Qxd4) 16... O-O 17. Rxd4 Bc6 18. Rf4 ({RR} 18. Rh4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rad8 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7 21. Qh5) 18... Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qd4 20. Rd1 Qb2 21. Qd2 g6 22. Bb1 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rfd8 24. Rfd3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Kf8 26. f3 {Lasker,E-Jaffe,C New York 1922 EXT 1999 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. O-O) ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. a4 c5 15. a5 Qc7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bc6 19. b4 Qe7 20. a6 Rac8 21. Rfd1 bxa6 22. Rd4 Bb7 23. c5 g6 24. Bb3 Qc7 25. Rf4 Nd7 26. Nxd7 {McKay,R (2149)-Maton,E (2002) England ENG 2025 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. c5 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qd8 15. O-O Re8 16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Qe3 b6 19. b4 a5 20. Be4 axb4 21. Bxc6 Rxa2 22. Rxb4 bxc5 23. dxc5 Qc7 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Ne5 Rc2 26. Ng4 {De Souza,M (2343)-De Lima,D Sao Paulo 2002 1-0 (32)}) 12. Qe2 b5 13. c5 Bc7 14. h3 Qd5 15. O-O h6 16. Rfe1 Qh5 17. Qd3 g5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nd5 20. Rae1 Ne7 21. Qg3 a5 22. f4 f6 23. R5e2 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Qg5 25. Qd6 Qg7 26. Bb3 e5 27. dxe5 f5 28. e6 Rg8 29. Bc3 Qg6 30. Rd1 Ba6 31. Bxa5 Qg3 32. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-04"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1941.03.28"] [Round "14"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Bolbochan, Jacobo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1941.03.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. h3 Qe7 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bf1 g5 {½-½ (11) Seirawan,Y (2595)-Drasko,M (2465) Sarajevo 1987}) 8... Bd6 ({RR} 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 Nf8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Nxd7 N8xd7 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Bc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 {1-0 (20) Najdorf,M-De Kraus,E San Pablo 1947}) 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. h3 b5 12. Be2 a6 13. a4 Bb7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Ng6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Nb1 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Be5 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Red2 Be6 {Kraai,J-Donaldson,J (2395) Los Angeles 1989 0-1}) ({RR} 9. Rd1 h6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. c5 Bf4 16. g3 e5 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne5 Bh3 19. gxf4 Qc8 20. Re1 g6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh4 Bf5 23. Bb3 Be6 {Aguilar,V (2072)-Gomez Jalixto,M (1528) Cusco PER 2025 1-0}) ({RR} 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Na4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. Rac1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Be6 {Buckels,V (1685)-Rieper,J (1477) Arendsee 2011 ½-½ (53)}) 9... exd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Bd2 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Re7 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qe4 Rd8 20. Bc3 Bc8 21. Qa4 a6 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Qh4 Rd7 24. Qg4 f6 25. Bf5 Rd8 26. Nh4 Be5 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. Nf5 Qd7 29. Nxh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Bxc3 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Ng6 34. Rxb7 1-0 [Event "Najdorf blindfold sim"] [Site "San Pablo"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "37"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "De Kraus, E."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1947.01.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. h3 Qe7 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bf1 g5 {½-½ (11) Seirawan,Y (2595)-Drasko,M (2465) Sarajevo 1987}) 8... Bxc3 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Rd1 h6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. c5 Bf4 16. g3 e5 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ne5 Bh3 19. gxf4 Qc8 20. Re1 g6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh4 Bf5 23. Bb3 {Aguilar,V (2072)-Gomez Jalixto,M (1528) Cusco PER 2025 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Bd2 Nf8 15. Rfe1 Re7 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qe4 Rd8 20. Bc3 Bc8 21. Qa4 a6 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Qh4 {Najdorf,M-Bolbochan,J Mar del Plata 1941 1-0 (34)}) 9. bxc3 $146 ({RR} 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 Ba6 13. b3 Qc7 14. f4 Rac8 15. Bb2 Ng4 16. Rf3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Rc1 b5 20. Rg3 Ngf6 21. Nf2 e5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf5 Rcd8 {Schanilec,L-Volkova,E Prague 1996 1-0 (39)}) 9... Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. c4 Nf8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Ba3 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Nxd7 N8xd7 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Bc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 1-0 [Event "Zarate op"] [Site "Zarate"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Gorgues, Eduardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1972.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 Ne8 ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Qd5 16. Nc3 Qh5 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Qe4 Na5 22. d5 Nb3 23. Rc3 {So,W (2766)-Ingebretsen,J (2340) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Ncxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. h4 h5 19. Rc5 Rfd8 20. Bb1 Nc6 21. e5 Qd7 22. Be4 Na5 23. Bxb7 {Afnan,Z (1984)-Mohammad,H (1846) Dhaka 2025 1-0 (34)}) 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 10... Bd7 11. O-O Na5 12. Ba2 b5 13. Qd3 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd6 16. Qd3 Nb5 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nc5 Qd5 20. f3 Rd8 21. Rfd1 g5 22. Bg3 Rf6 23. Nxa6 Bd6 24. Nc4 Bxg3 25. hxg3 {Goetze,F (2025)-Berg,G (1720) Berlin 2008 1-0}) 11. Bg3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. e4 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Ng6 15. e5 Ne8 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qg5 e5 20. dxe5 Qe8 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. Kg1 Be6 23. Ne4 Rd8 24. Qh4 Qd7 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Re1 Bf5 27. e6+ Bxe6 28. Neg5+ Kf6 29. Nxe6 Rh8 30. Qxh8 Rxh8 31. Rxh8 g5 32. Rf8+ Kg6 33. Rf4 Kh5 34. Rxg4 1-0 [Event "ARG-ch 60th"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Adla, Diego Gustavo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1986.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bb4 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 ({RR} 8... c4 9. Bf5 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Qa4 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16. f3 Be6 17. Rfc1 a6 18. b3 b5 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. a4 b4 21. Nc6 b3 22. Rab1 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 {Kaplan,A (2303)-Bharath,S (2595) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (34)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Re8 $146 ({RR} 10... c4 11. Bb1 Re8 12. Ne5 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 b5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qh5 Re7 17. Rg3 Qb6 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qd5+ Qe6 21. Qxa8+ Re8 22. Qxa7 h5 23. h4 Qf5 24. Be3 Re7 25. Qc5 {Toktomushev,T (2407)-Collins,A (2210) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) 11. Nb5 Re4 12. a3 Rxf4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. exf4 c4 15. Nc7 Rb8 16. Be2 Qa5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxc4 Nxf4 19. Qe1 Qd8 20. Qe3 Qf6 21. Ng5 Nf8 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qe8 Bh3 24. Qxb8 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 27. Kh1 1-0 [Event "Montevideo"] [Site "Montevideo"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Olivera, Alfredo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1956.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URU"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ngf6 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Qd5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15. a4 Qd7 16. a5 Nd5 17. Be5 Rfe8 18. Bc4 Re6 19. Qb3 Rg6 20. Bg3 Be6 21. f3 {½-½ (21) Knezevic,M (2500)-Mozny,M (2260) Prague 1983}) 8... Bb4 ({RR} 8... Ndf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qh5 Be6 15. Rfc1 f6 16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Qc5 Qd7 18. Qd6 Rad8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Na5 Bd5 21. b4 f5 22. Nc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 {Gulkov,I (2358)-Pavlov,N (2316) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (54)}) 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O $146 ({RR} 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O Ndf6 12. Nd2 a5 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 a4 15. a3 Bd6 {½-½ (15) Feletar,D (2407)-Kincs,I (2240) Hungary 2007}) 10... O-O 11. Qb3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ndf6 13. c4 h6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Be5 Rf7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Qg5 19. fxe4 Be6 20. Rxf7 Bxf7 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nf3 1-0 [Event "Najdorf blindfold sim"] [Site "San Pablo"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Bressani, D."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1947.01.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Qc7 ({RR} 8... Nf8 9. O-O Ng6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxd5 Qd6 12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Rc5 Rd8 16. Rfc1 Nf8 17. h3 Be6 18. a3 h6 19. b4 a6 20. R5c2 Qc7 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Qc3 Qg5 23. Kh1 {Livaic,L (2550)-Maghsoodloo,P (2695) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (93)}) ({RR} 8... Nf8 9. O-O Ne6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxb4 Bc6 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 Nd8 17. b4 O-O 18. b5 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Qc2 g6 22. Qc5 Qe6 23. Be2 {Szeberenyi,A (2262)-Jyotshnav Talukdar (2268) Budapest HUN 2026 1-0 (44)}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Re1 h6 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Qc2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. h3 Qd5 18. Qc5 Be6 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 {½-½ (21) Petrova,M-Puchkov,A Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky 2010}) 10... Bxc3 11. Rxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Nh7 13. Qb1 Ndf6 14. b4 Bg4 15. Ne5 Rfe8 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. Bf5 Qe7 20. Bxg4 1-0 [Event "Reykjavik International-07"] [Site "Reykjavik"] [Date "1976.09.07"] [Round "11"] [White "Olafsson, Fridrik"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1976.08.25"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [EventCategory "8"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1998"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. e3 a6 8. a4 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 16... Qe4 17. Kh1 Bh3 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Kg1 Bf5 20. g4 Be6 21. Bd3 Bxg4 22. Qc2 Qxe3+ 23. Rf2 Qe1+ 24. Rf1 Qh4 25. f5 Rfe8 26. f6 g6 27. Rc4 Qg5 28. Kh1 Bh3 29. Rg1 Qxf6 30. Bxg6 Qf3+ {0-1 (30) Alonso Garcia,A-Juan Roldan,J (2269) Asturias 2000}) 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Rf7 20. Rd1 Re8 21. h3 g5 22. Rc4 gxf4 23. exf4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Re4 Qd5 26. Qe3 Rg7 27. Kh2 h5 28. Qe2 Qf5 29. Qc4 Qd5 30. Qe2 Qf5 31. g3 h4 32. g4 Qf6 33. Kg2 Rd7 34. g5 Qf5 35. Rxe6 Qxf4 36. Rg6+ Rg7 37. Qe8+ Qf8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Rh6+ Rh7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Rg6+ Rg7 42. Qe6+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-09"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1946.03.25"] [Round "13"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Souza Mendes, Joao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1946.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O c5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 ({RR} 15... Bb7 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qa8 19. f3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Bf1 Nd5 23. Bf2 Nb4 24. Qd1 Nxa4 25. Qxa4 e5 26. Be1 exd4 27. Bxb4 Bg5 28. f4 Bf6 29. e4 Qc1 30. e5 {Goganov,A (2591)-Grachev,B (2661) Vladivostok 2014 0-1 (36)}) 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. Nc5 $146 ({RR} 17. Nc3 Rc8 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Ba2 Rfd8 20. h3 Ng6 21. Bg3 Bd6 22. f4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bc4 Ra8 26. b3 Ne7 27. Ra1 a5 28. Bf2 Bc5 29. Rd1 Nd5 30. Qh5 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 {Brach,J-Dernovsek,K Trebic 1959 0-1 (57)}) 17... Bd5 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1 Nd7 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nxh6 Bg7 24. Qg8+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-06"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1943.03.29"] [Round "11"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Michel, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1943.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. dxc5 Rfd8 13. Nd4 Nxc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd4 Rac8 16. Rfd1 f5 17. b4 Ne4 18. Na4 Bf7 19. Rc2 Nd6 20. e3 $146 ({RR} 20. Rdc1 Nc4 21. Nc5 Na3 22. Rd2 Nc4 23. Rdd1 Qxe2 24. Re1 Qxa2 25. Re7 Qd2 26. Qxd2 Nxd2 27. Rxa7 Rb8 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Rxc6 g6 30. Rb6 Re8 31. Ra1 Rde7 32. f4 Rb8 33. Ra7 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rbe8 {Czerniak,M-Michel,P Mar del Plata 1943 HCL [ChessBase] 1-0 (49)}) 20... Nc4 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. Na6 Rb6 23. Rxc4 Rxa6 24. Rc5 Rxa2 25. Rxc6 Ra4 26. Rc5 Qb7 27. Qh4 Rf8 28. Rcxd5 Rxb4 29. Rxf5 Qb6 30. Be4 g6 31. Rf4 a5 32. Qe7 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Qb3 34. Rd7 Qb5 1-0 [Event "Staunton Memorial"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1946.08.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [Annotator "ChessBase"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1946.08.13"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {TFS} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 (6... c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7) 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 (9. dxc5 d4 $5) 9... Bf5 {?} (9... Be6) 10. Rc1 h6 $2 (10... c4 $8 11. Ne5 $14) 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc5 d4 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Nd6 Be6 15. Qa4 $18 Rab8 16. b3 $146 ({RR} 16. Ne1 Bg4 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Rfe8 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Nd6 Bxd3 21. exd3 Red8 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Qe6 24. Qa4 h5 25. Qc4 Qe7 26. Qd5 g6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Re2 Qc7 29. Rfe1 Rxd6 ({RR} 29... Qxc5 30. Qxf6+) 30. cxd6 {1-0 (30) Lundin,E-Westerinen,H Oslo 1971 EXT 2020 [TFS]}) 16... Bd5 17. Rfe1 {[? e2-e4]} b5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. e4 dxe3 21. Rxe3 a5 22. Qg4 Ne7 23. Ne5 Be6 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. Rd3 Nb4 26. Rd2 Rfd8 27. Qe3 a4 28. a3 $1 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Nc6 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. b4 Bh3 32. f4 Qf3 33. Qc3 Qc6 34. b5 Qd7 35. c6 Qa7+ 36. Qc5 Qc7 37. f5 h5 38. Rb1 Rb6 39. Re1 Rbb8 40. Rd4 Qa5 41. Rb4 Qc7 42. b6 {[? 42...?xd6 43.?xd6 ?xd6 44.c7 +-]} 1-0 [Event "Montevideo"] [Site "Montevideo"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Kalkstein, Rodolfo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "URU"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Re8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 c6 11. O-O Be7 12. f3 c5 ({RR} 12... Nf8 13. Rad1 b5 14. Bf2 Bd6 15. h3 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nh5 19. e5 Bb8 20. Be4 Bd7 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Be4 f5 24. Bxf5 Qf7 25. Bg6 Qe7 26. Bxh5 Rf8 27. Bf3 {Montano Vicente,G (2035)-Yildiz,S (2373) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (51)}) 13. Bf2 $146 ({RR} 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb5 Rf8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 a6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bd7 Rc7 23. Bf5 Na4 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Kf2 Re5 26. g4 Rb5 27. b3 Nc3 {Korol,D (2287)-Principe,G (2162) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Bb5 Rf8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 a6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bd7 Rc7 23. Bf5 Na4 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Kf2 Re5 26. g4 Rb5 27. b3 Nc3 {Korol,D (2287)-Principe,G (2162) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (36)}) 13... b6 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Rad1 a6 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. h3 g6 18. e4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc7 20. Qf2 Rad8 21. Nge2 Bc5 22. Bc2 Nf8 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Ne4 Nd7 26. Ba4 Bc6 27. Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Qe3 g5 32. f4 Rde7 33. Qe4 Kg7 34. Qh7+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-09"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1946.03.19"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Garcia Vera, Romeo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D64"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1946.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Be2 ({RR} 14. Rfd1 c5 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Qa3 a6 17. h3 h6 18. Rc2 Kf8 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxc5 21. Qb4 Qc7 22. Qd4 Rc8 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Bh5 f6 25. Ng6 Bd5 26. b3 a5 27. Bg4 Re8 28. Nf4 Be4 {Taimanov,M (2500)-Ree,H (2485) Wijk aan Zee 1981 1-0 (54)}) 14... Rfc8 15. b4 $146 ({RR} 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Qa3 Rc7 17. Rc3 Rac8 18. Rdc1 h6 19. h3 a6 20. Nd2 Qd8 21. Qa4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Nc5 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. Qb4 Rd8 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Qxb6 Qxd2 28. Rd1 Qxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rxd1+ {Golombek,H-Vidmar,M Karlovy Vary 1948 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Qa3 a6 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. Qb4 Qc7 20. Qd4 Bd5 21. Rc1 a5 22. b3 h6 23. Ne5 Rd8 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. f3 Qf6 26. Bb5 Bb7 27. Bf1 Bd5 28. Be2 h5 29. Bf1 h4 {Gaprindashvili,N (2325)-Fatalibekova,E (2120) Yerevan 1985 ½-½ (35)}) 15... a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra4 18. Rb1 Nf6 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Qc2 b5 21. Nd3 Nxb4 22. Qc5 Nd5 23. e4 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Nc3 25. Nxa4 Nxe2+ 26. Kh1 bxa4 27. Rxb7 Nxd4 28. Ra1 Nb5 29. Rxa4 g6 30. e5 Rd8 31. g3 Rd2 32. Rf4 Nd4 33. Rfxf7 Nf5 34. Rfc7 Rd8 35. Rxh7 c5 36. g4 Nd4 37. Rbg7+ Kf8 38. Ra7 Nf3 39. Rh8# 1-0 [Event "Kent County CA-32 Premier"] [Site "Margate"] [Date "1939.04.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1939.04.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Nf6 ({RR} 13... a5 14. a3 g6 15. Rfc1 Qf6 16. Qd1 Ne6 17. Ne5 Ng5 18. Rc2 Ng7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qd6 21. h4 N5e6 22. Qf3 Nf8 23. b5 f6 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 f5 26. Qf3 Ra3 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. g3 {Grigoriants,S (2582)-Najer,E (2648) Ramenskoe 2006 ½-½}) ({RR} 13... Be6 14. b4 Rad8 15. Na4 a6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Nf6 19. Qe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nf6 24. a4 Nd5 25. Rfc1 Rc7 26. Rb3 Kf8 27. f3 exf3 28. gxf3 {Keres,P-Ragozin,V Leningrad 1947 1-0 (88)}) 14. b4 Be6 15. Na4 Ne4 ({RR} 15... Rec8 16. Nc5 Rc7 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Rb3 Bc8 19. Rc3 Nd6 20. Qb1 Qf6 21. Ne5 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 {½-½ (23) Prusikin,M (2496)-Rodriguez,A (2375) Germany GER 2026}) 16. Nc5 $146 ({RR} 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Nc5 h6 18. a4 Bc8 19. a5 Rb8 20. b5 cxb5 21. Bxb5 Bf5 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Qa2 {½-½ (23) Schwarz,M (2445)-Nikolic,S (2372) Germany 2002}) 16... Nd6 17. a4 f6 18. Rfc1 Bf7 19. Nd2 g6 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 Rec8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Qb4 Ne4 24. Ndxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 b6 26. Bxa8 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Nxc5 28. Bc6 a6 29. dxc5 axb5 30. Qxb5 1-0 [Event "ARG-ch42"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1964.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Cruz, Raul C"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1964.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 bxc5 16. Qa3 a5 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Ne1 Nf6 20. Bf3 a4 21. Rc3 Ra5 22. h3 Rb8 23. Nd3 d4 24. exd4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 cxd4 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Galliamova,A (2484)-Kosintseva,T (2483) Sochi 2015 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxh4 16. Nd6 Rxe5 17. Nxb7 Qe7 18. Qa4 Rb8 19. Ba6 Qc7 20. Qxh4 Re4 21. Qg3 {1-0 (21) Huch,R (2205)-Berger,S (1770) Bayern 1998}) 12... Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 bxc5 16. Qa3 a6 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rdc1 Rc6 20. Qa5 Rf6 21. h3 d4 22. exd4 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qg5+ 25. Kh2 Qf4+ 26. Kg2 Re6 27. Qd8+ Nf8 28. Rxc5 Rg6+ 29. Kf1 Qxf3 30. R5c3 Qg2+ 31. Ke2 Kh7 32. Qxf8 Rf6 33. Kd3 Rxf2 34. Kc4 Rxb2 35. Qe8 Rb6 36. R1c2 Rc6+ 37. Kd3 Qxh3+ 38. Qe3 Qf1+ 39. Qe2 Qh3+ 40. Kd2 Rxc3 41. Rxc3 Qh4 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-10"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1947.03.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D65"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1947.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. h3 g6 13. Ne5 ({RR} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. b4 Be7 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Na4 Rc8 17. Nc5 Rc7 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. a4 Bd6 20. Qb3 Rce7 21. Rfc1 a5 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Rcb2 Qd8 25. Qd1 Ra7 26. g3 Qc8 27. Kg2 Ng7 {Akesson,R (2520)-Hjartarson,J (2605) Reykjavik 1997 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 13. Bh6 Nh5 14. Na4 Ng7 15. Nc5 a5 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. a3 Nfe6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bf4 f6 20. Rfe1 Bf7 21. Qc3 Ne6 22. Bg3 a4 23. Bf1 Ng7 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Bh2 Bf8 26. Nd2 Qa5 27. Nb1 Bf5 {Van der Werf,M (2386)-Bosch,J (2410) Netherlands NED 2026 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bh2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Ne5 Nd8 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Ne6 21. Rc3 f6 22. Nf3 Nf8 23. Rfc1 Be6 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Rb3 Ng7 26. Rb4 Rbd8 27. Nb3 Nxb6 {Stahlberg,G-Eliskases,E Mar del Plata 1947 ½-½ (56)}) 13... N6d7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Na4 Ng7 16. Qb3 Bf5 17. Be2 Qd6 18. Nc5 Rb8 19. Qa3 Ne8 20. Rc3 f6 21. Nf3 Nc7 22. Qb3 Nb5 23. Rcc1 Qd8 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. a4 b6 26. Na6 bxa4 27. Qa3 Rc8 28. Nb4 {Bogdanov,V (2460)-Ciolac,G (2390) Balatonbereny 1994 0-1 (63)}) ({RR} 13... Ne6 14. f4 Ng7 15. g4 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e4 f6 18. Nf3 Nb6 19. Rce1 Qc7 20. e5 f5 21. a4 fxg4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. a5 Nd7 24. Ng5 Rac8 25. Nxh7 Bf5 26. Ng5 Qxa5 27. Qh2 Nf8 28. Bxf5 {Sulava,N (2493)-Zilberman,P (2196) Nice 2005 1-0 (35)}) 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Na4 Ne6 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Qf6 20. b4 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. a4 g5 23. Qb6 Re7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Rc5 Kg7 27. Qxb5 Rd8 28. Qa5 Red7 29. Rfc1 g4 30. hxg4 Qxg4 31. Rb5 Kh8 32. Qb6 Rd6 33. Qc7 Rg8 34. g3 Qe6 35. Re1 b6 36. e4 dxe4 37. Rxe4 Qf6 38. d5 h5 39. Kg2 Qg6 40. Rf4 Rg7 41. Rh4 Rh7 42. Rbb4 Qf6 43. Rhf4 Qd8 44. Qc3+ Kg8 45. Rbc4 Qf8 46. Rc8 Rd8 47. Rfc4 Rh6 48. Rxd8 Qxd8 49. Rc8 1-0 [Event "La Plata Jockey Club"] [Site "La Plata"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Lynch, Julio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D36"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Rfc1 a6 14. b4 g5 15. Bg3 Bxg3 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne4 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Rxc7 f5 19. Rac1 b5 20. Ne5 Nb6 21. R7c6 Re6 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Ng6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Nc4 25. Ne7+ Kf7 26. Nxc8 Nxa3 27. Nd6+ Ke7 28. Nf5+ Kd7 29. Rd6+ Kc8 30. Ne7+ {Siclari,G (2054)-Bianchi,S (1814) Omegna 2013 1-0 (35)}) 16. hxg3 Qd6 17. Rab1 a5 18. Na4 b5 19. Nc5 axb4 20. axb4 Nb6 21. Ra1 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Re7 23. Bf5 Kg7 24. Bxc8 Nxc8 25. Ne5 Ra7 26. Rxa7 Nxa7 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. f3 Ne8 29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Kf2 Qe8 31. Qa2 Ndc8 32. Qa6 h5 33. e4 dxe4 34. fxe4 Qe7 35. Ke3 Qc7 36. Qa1 Kg8 37. Qf1 Qe7 38. Qf3 Nd6 39. Qxh5 Nc4+ 40. Nxc4 bxc4 41. e5 Nb5 42. Ne4 Qd8 43. Qxg5+ Qxg5+ 44. Nxg5 c3 45. Kd3 Kf8 46. Ne4 Nxd4 47. Kxc3 Ne6 48. Nc5 Nc7 49. Nd7+ Ke7 50. Nb8 Ke6 51. Kd4 Nb5+ 52. Kc5 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International Open-05"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1972.04.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Pilnik, Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "1972.03.25"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. Nc3 c5 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. O-O Bb7 20. Qe2 Be7 21. Rfd1 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 21... Qa5 22. f3 Qb4 23. Be1 Kh8 24. Nb5 Qa4 25. Ra1 axb5 26. Rxa4 bxa4 27. e4 Rfc8 28. Ra1 a3 29. Bc3 axb2 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Qxb2 Rd8 32. Be2 Ne8 33. Ba5 Rc8 34. Ba6 Rc6 35. Bb5 Rc5 36. Bxe8 {Rubinetti,J (2450)-Toth,C Rio de Janeiro 1985 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 21... Qa5 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Ra4 Qb6 24. e4 e5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 a5 28. d6 Rfd8 29. Qe4 g6 30. Bc4 Kg7 31. b4 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Qxa8 Qd1+ 34. Bf1 Qxa4 35. Qxa5 Qxa5 36. bxa5 {Hoenlinger,B-Zemgalis,E Hanau 1947 ½-½ (46)}) 22. Na4 Qa5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Qf3 Rb8 26. Qe4 Rd8 27. b3 Kf8 28. Rc4 Rb6 29. h3 Rbd6 30. Rdc1 Bb2 31. Rb1 Bf6 32. Rc2 Rd5 33. b4 Qb6 34. Rbc1 Qb8 35. g3 Be7 36. Be2 Kg8 37. Ra2 Qc7 38. Rac2 Qb8 39. h4 Qd6 40. Bf3 Rd2 41. Rxd2 Qxd2 42. Rd1 Qc3 43. Rxd8+ Bxd8 44. Qc6 Be7 45. Qxc8+ Kh7 46. Be4+ g6 47. Qe8 Qf6 48. Nd7 Qa1+ 49. Kh2 1-0 [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Argentina"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D66"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2445"] [PlyCount "139"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "6"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. a4 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 ({RR} 10... b5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne4 Qd5 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. Be4 Qd8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 Qd6 23. Bf3 Bd8 24. Qb3 b4 25. Rfc1 {Pavalachandran,A (1614)-Ranasinghe,S (1731) Colombo 2020 1-0 (49)}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Rd8 $146 ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Rxc3 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qa5 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qb3 Rf7 20. Rd1 Re8 21. h3 g5 22. Rc4 gxf4 23. exf4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Re4 Qd5 26. Qe3 Rg7 27. Kh2 {Olafsson,F-Najdorf,M (2510) Reykjavik 1976 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 12... N5f6 13. e4 b5 14. Ba2 b4 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rxc3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qb4 19. Rb1 Bb7 20. Rc4 Qd6 21. Rc5 Nd7 22. Rc3 Nf6 23. Re1 Ba8 24. Bc4 Rb4 25. b3 Rbb8 26. Re5 g6 27. Ra5 {Levenfish,G-Riumin,N Leningrad 1934 ½-½ (47)}) 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. Qe2 b6 16. e4 Bb7 17. Qe3 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Re8 21. Bb5 Rad8 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Nc4 Bxb5 24. axb5 Rb8 25. Na4 f5 26. Rd2 g6 27. Rcd1 Re7 28. h3 h5 29. b3 Kg7 30. d6 Ree8 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Rh2 Rxh2 34. Kxh2 Kf7 35. Naxb6 Ke6 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 37. Kg3 Rxb5 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. d7 Rb8 40. d8=Q Rxd8 41. Rxd8 Kxe5 42. g5 Nc6 43. Rg8 Ne7 44. Ra8 Nc6 45. Ra6 Kd6 46. Kf2 Kc7 47. Ra8 Kd6 48. Ke2 Kd5 49. Ra6 Kd6 50. Kd3 Kd5 51. Kc3 Ne5 52. Rxa5 Nc6 53. Rb5 Kd6 54. Kd2 Ne5 55. Ke2 Kc6 56. Ra5 Kd6 57. Kf2 Kd5 58. Kg3 Nd3 59. Kf3 Ne5+ 60. Ke2 Nc6 61. Rb5 Kd6 62. Rb6 Kd5 63. Ra6 Kd6 64. Kf3 Kd5 65. Kf4 Ne5 66. Rf6 Nd3+ 67. Kf3 Ne5+ 68. Ke2 c4 69. b4 c3 70. b5 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires YMCA ChessClub"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1968.08.15"] [Round "1"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Cuasnicu, Oscar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1968.08.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 c5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Bc2 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qg3 e5 20. h4 Bd7 21. Nd6 Rec8 22. Nxc8 Bxc8 23. Qxe5 Qf8 24. Qe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Kf8 26. Rc7 Be6 27. Rxb7 a6 28. Rc7 {Potula,K (1993)-Kandil,A (2289) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (90)}) ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qg3 e5 20. h4 Bd7 21. Nd6 Rec8 22. Nxc8 Bxc8 23. Qxe5 Qf8 24. Qe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 Kf8 26. Rc7 Be6 27. Rxb7 a6 28. Rc7 {Potula,K (1993)-Kandil,A (2289) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (90)}) 14. a3 Rd8 15. b4 Qh5 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Qxh5 Nxh5 18. Be4 Bc8 19. Bf3 Nf4 20. Rad1 Ng6 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Nxe7+ Nxe7 23. Rxd1 f6 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. b5 Rb8 26. a4 g6 27. Ba3 Nf5 28. g3 h6 29. a5 h5 30. h4 Nh6 31. Bd6 Ra8 32. a6 Nf5 33. Ba3 1-0 [Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1982.05.25"] [Round "13"] [White "Larsen, Bent"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "159"] [EventDate "1982.05.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 ({RR} 7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rbe8 16. Nc1 a5 17. bxa5 Bxa3 18. Nxd5 Bxc1 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Rxc1 Qxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. d5 {Nakamura,H (2774)-Ponomariov,R (2754) Saint Louis 2011 ½-½ (51)}) 8. Nf3 ({RR} 8. Nge2 Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. h3 O-O 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Nb6 16. Bh2 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. a4 Qe7 19. Rb2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nde4 21. Nb1 Qb4 22. f3 Ng5 {Abrashkin,B (2407)-Bacrot,E (2637) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (51)}) 8... Nd7 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 10. h3 O-O 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nfd7 15. Rab1 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Qe6 18. Bg3 f5 19. Be5 Nc4 20. f4 a4 21. Rc2 Rf7 22. Rf1 b5 23. Na2 Qg6 24. Rf3 Bf8 {Nguyen,H (2339)-Doan,T (2336) Ho Chi Minh City 2022 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 10. h3 O-O 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Bd6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. b4 Kg7 18. b5 Rh8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f4 Rae8 21. Nd1 f5 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Nf2 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 {Yurovskich,O (2328)-Tong,H (1486) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (95)}) 10... a5 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rfc1 Qa6 15. h3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 Bf8 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Na4 Rac8 19. Bh2 b6 20. Rd1 Ng5 21. Rbc1 Ne6 22. Qb3 b5 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. Qc2 Nc4 25. Ne2 b4 26. Nef4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qb5 28. b3 Na3 29. Qd2 a4 30. Nb2 axb3 31. axb3 Ra8 32. Ra1 Ra6 33. Rdc1 Rea8 34. Qd1 Qb7 35. Kh2 Be7 36. Qg4 Bf8 37. h4 Qc8 38. Qxc8 Rxc8 39. Nd3 f6 40. Ra2 Kf7 41. g4 Ra7 42. Kg2 Rb7 43. Bg3 Nb5 44. Ra5 Nc3 45. Rca1 Ne4 46. Ra7 Rxa7 47. Rxa7+ Kg8 48. Rb7 c5 49. dxc5 Nxc5 50. Nxc5 Bxc5 51. Rd7 Bf8 52. Bc7 Bc5 53. g5 Kf8 54. Kf3 Be7 55. Ba5 Ke8 56. Rb7 fxg5 57. hxg5 Bxg5 58. Rxb4 Bf6 59. Rb5 d4 60. e4 Rc2 61. Bb6 Rc3+ 62. Kf4 d3 63. Ke3 Kd7 64. Ba5 Rc2 65. f4 Rg2 66. Kxd3 Rg3+ 67. Ke2 Kc6 68. Rb6+ Kc5 69. e5 Bh4 70. Rb7 Kd4 71. Bd2 g5 72. Rd7+ Ke4 73. e6 Rg2+ 74. Kd1 gxf4 75. e7 Bxe7 76. Rxe7+ Kf3 77. b4 g5 78. b5 Rg1+ 79. Re1 Rg2 80. Rh1 1-0 [Event "La Plata Jockey Club"] [Site "La Plata"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "16"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Sanguinetti, Renato"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D68"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1944.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase/Skalicka} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Bb3 Bf5 ({RR} 15... Bg4 16. Re1 Bh5 17. Nf1 Bg6 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. a3 Rd6 20. Ba2 Kh8 21. Rc1 Nd7 22. Qa4 Ra8 23. Qb4 Nb6 24. Rc5 Qd7 25. h3 h6 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Ra5 Nc8 28. Re5 f6 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 {Agdestein,S (2500)-Westerinen,H (2420) Gausdal 1985 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 15... Bg4 16. Re1 Rad8 17. h3 Bc8 18. Rc5 Rfe8 19. Re5 Qc7 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. e4 Qg3 25. Qb3 Nh5 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qe7 Rb8 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Nf4 30. h4 {Garcia Palermo,C (2400)-Churba,D (1995) Buenos Aires ARG 2025 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 15... Bg4 16. Re1 Kh8 17. a3 Rae8 18. Nf1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. b4 Nd5 21. Rc5 a6 22. Ng3 f5 23. Qd2 Qh6 ({RR} 23... g5) 24. a4 ({RR} 24. Ne2) 24... f4 ({RR} 24... g5) ({RR} 24... b6) 25. exf4 Nxf4 26. Re3 ({RR} 26. Rc2 Qg6) ({RR} 26. Rd1 Nd3 ({RR} 26... e3 27. fxe3 Rxe3 28. Nf5 Ne2+ 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30. Nxh6 gxh6 31. Rf1) 27. Qxh6 gxh6 28. Rc2) 26... Nd5 27. Re2 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 e3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Rc1 {Najdorf,M-Stahlberg,G Mar del Plata 1945 EXT 1999 [ChessBase/Skalicka] 0-1 (43)}) 16. f4 Rac8 17. Rc1 h5 $146 ({RR} 17... g6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Qb1 Kg7 20. Qa2 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. b4 Rcd8 23. Qb2 Re8 24. Rc5 Bd7 25. Ra5 a6 26. Rac5 Be6 27. a4 f6 28. R5c3 Bf7 29. Nc4 Qd8 30. a5 Rd7 31. Nb6 Rd6 32. Rc4 {Lukacs,P (2420)-Rumpl,E (2245) Austria 2003 ½-½ (40)}) 18. Rc5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. R1c3 Rfd8 22. Nb1 g6 23. Rb5 b6 24. a4 Qd6 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Qa2 a6 28. Rb3 Rc8 29. Qa3 Qd8 30. Qa1 Rc4 31. Qf1 f5 32. h3 Bc6 33. Ra3 Qd7 34. Qe1 Qe7 35. Rb3 Qd8 36. Qg3 Kf7 37. Qg5 Qxg5 38. fxg5 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Nxb5 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 h4+ 43. Kxh4 Rxg2 44. Nc3 f4 45. exf4 e3 46. Rb6 Bd7 47. Rb7 Ke6 48. f5+ gxf5 49. Rb6+ Kf7 50. g6+ Kg8 51. Rd6 e2 52. Nxe2 Rxe2 53. Rxd7 Re4+ 54. Kg5 f4 55. h4 f3 56. Rd8+ Kg7 57. h5 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-09"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1946.03.30"] [Round "18"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Michel, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "149"] [EventDate "1946.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Qb3 Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 11... Bf6 12. Bxd5 Nxd4 13. Bxf7+ Kf8 14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Ba3+ Be7 16. Bh5 g6 17. Bb2 {1-0 (17) Weinberger,T (2287)-Setzepfandt,A (2123) Reno 2004}) 12. cxd4 Be6 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qb2 Rab8 17. Qd2 Qa3 18. Rab1 h6 19. h4 Rfc8 20. Bf3 Qa4 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Rc1 Qa3 23. Rc2 Rb5 24. Kg2 Rb4 25. Rc5 Rb2 26. Qa5 Qxa2 27. Qxa2 Rxa2 28. e3 Kf8 29. Bxd5 Bxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Ke7 31. Kf3 a5 32. e4 a4 33. Ke3 a3 34. Ra5 Ra1 35. Kf4 Ra2 36. f3 Rd2 37. d5 a2 38. Ke5 Rb2 39. h5 Kd7 40. g4 Kd8 41. f4 Kd7 42. Kf5 Rd2 43. Ke5 Rb2 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 Re2 46. Ra7+ Kc8 47. g6 fxg6 48. hxg6 Kb8 49. Ra3 Kc7 50. Kf5 Kd6 51. Ra6+ Kc5 52. d6 a1=Q 53. Rxa1 Kxd6 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Ra7+ Kd6 56. Rxg7 Rf2+ 57. Kg4 Rg2+ 58. Kf4 Rf2+ 59. Ke3 Rg2 60. Ra7 Ke5 61. Ra5+ Kf6 62. Ra6+ Ke5 63. Kf3 Rg1 64. Rb6 Rh1 65. Kg4 Kxe4 66. Re6+ Kd5 67. Re8 Kd6 68. Kg5 Rg1+ 69. Kf6 Rf1+ 70. Kg7 Rg1 71. Kf7 Kd7 72. Re4 Rf1+ 73. Kg8 Rg1 74. g7 Rg2 75. Rh4 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-09"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1946.03.14"] [Round "3"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D68"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1946.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qb1 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. b4 ({RR} 15. Rfc1 Bf5 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Be2 h6 19. Rc5 Rd5 20. Bc4 Rxc5 21. bxc5 Qc7 22. f4 Re8 23. h3 h5 24. Qa2 Re7 25. Rb1 Qd7 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. g3 g6 28. Rb2 Qd7 29. Bf1 Kg7 {Menkhaus,W (1840)-Mewes,H (1661) Binz 2014 0-1 (48)}) 15... Nd5 ({RR} 15... Bd7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a4 Rfe8 18. b5 Rb8 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb5 Nd5 21. Rb3 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Nf6 23. h3 Qd7 24. a5 h6 25. Rbc5 Re7 26. Nc4 Qd8 27. Ne5 Qe8 28. Rc7 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 {Osnos,V (2430)-Dommes,V (2290) Ozery 1997 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 15... Bg4 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. h3 Bh5 18. b5 Bg6 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc5 Qe6 24. d5 Qe7 25. dxc6 f5 26. c7 Kh8 27. Qc3 f4 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Qe3 Rf7 30. Nc4 {Najdorf,M-Pilnik,H Buenos Aires 1947 1-0 (38)}) 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Rc5 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Qa4 g6 23. a3 Qc7 24. Qe8+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ Qxe5 26. dxe5 f6 27. exf6+ Kxf6 28. Nb3 Ke5 29. Nd4 Kd6 30. Kf1 Bd7 31. Ke2 a6 {Ridameya Tatche,J (2295)-Esparbe Grau,J Olot 1994 ½-½ (53)}) 17... Be6 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Qa4 f5 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 f4 22. Re1 Bg4 23. exf4 Qf6 24. Qxa7 Qxf4 25. Qc5 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qd2 27. Ref1 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxa2 29. Qe7 Qa1+ 30. Rf1 Qa8 31. h3 h6 32. b5 Kh8 33. b6 Rc8 34. Qd6 Rc6 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Qxc6 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-08"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1945.03.22"] [Round "10"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Sanguinetti, Renato"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D68"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1945.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qb1 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. b4 ({RR} 15. Rfc1 Bf5 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Be2 h6 19. Rc5 Rd5 20. Bc4 Rxc5 21. bxc5 Qc7 22. f4 Re8 23. h3 h5 24. Qa2 Re7 25. Rb1 Qd7 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. g3 g6 28. Rb2 Qd7 29. Bf1 Kg7 {Menkhaus,W (1840)-Mewes,H (1661) Binz 2014 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. b4 Rad8 17. b5 Kh8 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Bb5 Bd5 20. Rc5 h6 21. a4 g6 22. a5 Kh7 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. Bb3 a6 25. Bd1 Nd7 26. R5c3 f5 27. Be2 f4 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. f3 Qf6 {Sanguinetti,R-Bolbochan,J Mar del Plata 1948 1-0 (33)}) 15... a6 ({RR} 15... Bd7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a4 Rfe8 18. b5 Rb8 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb5 Nd5 21. Rb3 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Nf6 23. h3 Qd7 24. a5 h6 25. Rbc5 Re7 26. Nc4 Qd8 27. Ne5 Qe8 28. Rc7 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 {Osnos,V (2430)-Dommes,V (2290) Ozery 1997 1-0 (38)}) 16. Rfc1 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 16... Kh8 17. a4 Bd7 18. Ba2 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. h3 e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Rc5 Qe7 23. Nc4 Nd5 24. Nd2 Rae8 25. R5c4 Nf6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Qd7 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Qc2 Ng4 31. Nxe4 {Oestreich,R-Kubisch,G Detmold 1966 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 16... Re8 17. a4 Bd7 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Qd6 20. h3 Rac8 21. Qa2 Be6 22. bxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 Rexe6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. g4 h6 28. Nc4 Nd7 29. Nd6 Nf6 30. Nc8 Nd5 31. Nd6 {Thuerauf,P (1900)-Knappe,D (1870) Bayern 1996 1-0 (46)}) 17. a4 Rad8 18. h3 Bh5 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 c5 21. Nb3 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Bg6 23. Bb3 Ne8 24. Qa2 Rd7 25. Qa5 Qd8 26. b6 Rd6 27. Rc8 Qe7 28. Qc5 Rd7 29. Ba4 Qxc5 30. R1xc5 Re7 31. Rd8 h6 32. Rcc8 f6 33. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-16"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1953.03.17"] [Round "3"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Steiner, Herman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "1953.03.14"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 ({RR} 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. Nxd6 Qxd6 9. a3 Rd8 10. Bf4 Qd7 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. Be3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe8 15. f4 f6 16. Bd3 g6 17. O-O fxe5 18. c5 Nd7 19. Bc4+ Kh8 {Gurevich,D (2580)-Privman,B (2500) New York 1997 1-0 (31)}) 5... Nd7 ({RR} 5... f6 6. O-O f5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f4 10. Ne5 fxg3 11. hxg3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Nf3 Qe8 14. cxd5 Qh5 15. Re1 exd5 16. Qd4 Be6 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. e4 c5 19. Qd2 dxe4 20. Rxe4 {Mizzi,J (2093)-Harriott,T (1924) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 5... f5 6. O-O Nd7 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 a5 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nc3 Ngf6 11. Rb1 Ne4 12. Ne1 h5 13. Nf3 Ndf6 14. h4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Qg7 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Qc1 Bf6 19. Ne5 g5 20. hxg5 {Shocron,R-Steiner,H Mar del Plata 1953 1-0 (36)}) 6. Qc2 Ne7 7. e4 $146 ({RR} 7. O-O f5 8. Bf4 Bxf4 9. gxf4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. e3 Nf6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Nb3 a5 15. cxd5 Qb6 16. d6 a4 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Qc4 Bd7 19. Rac1 Ra5 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Ne4 {Mastrokoukos,G (2301)-Delithanasis,D (2201) Athens 2010 1-0 (38)}) 7... dxc4 8. e5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. Nxc4 Nb6 12. O-O Nf5 13. Rfd1 Nd5 14. Ncd2 Qe7 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. a3 Bd7 17. Bh3 b6 18. Rac1 Kh8 19. Re1 Rg8 20. Nd6 Nh6 21. Qd2 Raf8 22. Bg2 f5 23. Qg5 Nf7 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Nd2 Nd8 26. b4 g5 27. a4 Rg7 28. b5 h5 29. Rc2 Rfg8 30. Rec1 cxb5 31. axb5 Nf7 32. Rc7 Nxd6 33. exd6 Nd5 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Rxa7 Bxb5 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Rb1 Be2 38. Rxb6 f4 39. Kg2 Rd8 40. gxf4 gxf4 41. Nb3 Kf6 42. f3 Ra8 43. Nc5 h4 44. d7+ Kf5 45. Rd6 Bc4 46. d8=Q Ra2+ 47. Kg1 Ra1+ 48. Kf2 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 h3+ 50. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 51. Kh4 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires CA"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1973.05.14"] [Round "11"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Szmetan, Jorge"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1973.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "7"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Be4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 f5 ({RR} 15... Nf6 16. e4 Nfd7 17. c5 Qc7 18. O-O O-O 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Qb3 Qc6 21. d5 Nxc5 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Qg5 Qf8 24. Rxc5 {½-½ (24) Relange,E (2455)-Rausis,I (2515) Paris 1995}) 16. Ne5 O-O 17. O-O Nd7 18. Nd3 $146 ({RR} 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. f3 Nf6 20. e4 a4 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Ra5 24. Qd3 Qa7+ 25. Kh1 Qa6 26. Rac1 a3 27. Ba1 Rxd5 28. Qb3 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 h6 30. Qb3 Nd5 31. h4 Kh7 32. Qd3 Qe6 {Pojedziniec,W-Mannke,M Wroclaw 1960 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 18. Nc6 Qb6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Nxa5 Ra6 21. Ra2 Rfa8 22. Qxb4 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. Qe7 Nf8 25. f3 Ra7 26. Qh4 Nd2 27. Ra1 Qb6 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. c5 Qa2 30. Bc1 Qb1 31. Qe1 Nb3 32. c6 Ng6 {Hoenig,H-Mertins,K Bretten 1950 0-1 (37)}) 18... Qe7 19. f3 Nef6 20. Qb3 Nb6 21. c5 Nbd5 22. Rfe1 Qb7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nc7 25. Ne5 Ra6 26. Qa4 Rd8 27. h3 h6 28. Kh2 Nb5 29. Rad1 Nc7 30. Ra1 Nb5 31. Nf3 Nc7 32. Nd2 Rf8 33. Kg1 Qa8 34. Qb3 Qb7 35. Ra4 Qb5 36. Nc4 Kh8 37. Kh2 Nh5 38. Rea1 Rf2 39. Kg1 Re2 40. Rf1 Nf6 41. Nd6 Qd7 42. Ra2 Ra8 43. Qd3 b3 44. Qxb3 Nxe4 45. Qf3 Rxb2 46. Rxb2 Ng5 47. Qb7 a4 48. h4 Nh7 49. Rf7 Qd8 50. Rxc7 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Zuerich"] [Date "1953.09.15"] [Round "10"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D67"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1953.08.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "Candidates"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 e5 12. O-O exd4 13. Qxd4 N7b6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Rae8 17. f4 Be6 18. Nd6 Re7 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nexf7 Rfxf7 21. e4 Rf6 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nxb7 Bxf5 24. Nd6 Rxd6 25. Rxf5 g6 26. Rf4 Kg7 27. Rd4 {½-½ (27) Mikhalchishin,A (2520)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2525) Lugano 1987}) ({RR} 15. Ne5 Rfe8 16. Nxg4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. h3 h5 19. Nh2 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Ba2 Ra5 22. Rfd1 Rb5 23. Rd2 g5 24. Nf3 g4 25. Nd4 Ra5 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. Bb1 Re5 28. Nf5 Re6 29. Ng3 Nf6 {Mendez Castedo,P (1982)-Garcia Garcia,J (1886) Oviedo 2007 ½-½ (36)}) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nf5 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Nc8 20. Kf1 Rfe8 21. Ke2 Kf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rg1 Ne8 24. Rg4 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Re4+ Kf8 27. Ra4 a6 28. Rf4 f6 29. Rh4 h6 30. Rh5 Nc7 31. f4 Ke7 32. Rc5 Rd6 33. Rc1 b6 34. f5 c5 35. f4 Rc6 36. a4 b5 37. Bc2 Ne8 38. Be4 Rc7 39. Bd5 c4 40. e4 Nd6 41. axb5 axb5 42. Ke3 Ra7 43. Rg1 Kf8 44. Kd4 Rc7 45. Rc1 Nb7 46. Ra1 Nc5 47. Ra8+ Ke7 48. e5 Nb3+ 49. Kc3 Nc1 50. Rg8 Ne2+ 51. Kd2 Nxf4 52. Rxg7+ Kd8 53. exf6 Rd7 54. Rxd7+ Kxd7 55. Bc6+ 1-0 [Event "Bled International"] [Site "Bled"] [Date "1950.10.09"] [Round "11"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Stoltz, Gosta"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D33"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1950.09.24"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. Bd2 ({RR} 9. a3 Ba5 10. e4) ({RR} 9. Ne5) 9... O-O 10. a3 ({RR} 10. b3 Qa5 11. Qe1 cxb3 12. axb3 Qd8 13. Na4 a5) 10... Ba5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Bb6 ({RR} 12... Bf5 13. Rfd1 ({RR} 13. e3 Bd3) ({RR} 13. Rfc1) 13... b6 14. e3 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qd6 16. h3 ({RR} 16. Ne2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Bg4) 16... Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Be4 18. Bb4 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 ({RR} 19. axb4 Nc6 20. b5 Na5) 19... Qxb4 20. axb4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Ra1 Rc7 ({RR} 22... Nc6 23. b5 ({RR} 23. Rc1) ({RR} 23. Ne5 Nxb4 24. Rxa7 f6 25. Ra4) 23... Na5 24. Ne5 f6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nc6 Nxc6 27. bxc6 a5 28. d5 Kf7 29. Rb1 Ke7 30. Rxb6 Kd6 31. Ra6 Kxd5 32. Rxa5+ Kxc6 33. Ra4) 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 g5 ({RR} 24... f6) 25. b5 f6 26. Nd3 Kf7 27. Ra6 {Van Wely,L (2635)-Kortschnoj,V (2625) Tilburg 1998 EXT 1999 [Kortschnoj,Viktor Lvovich] 1-0 (60)} ({RR} 27. Kf3)) 13. e3 Na5 14. Qa2 Be6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Rfc1 f6 17. Nd3 Qd7 18. Nf4 Rad8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Ne2 Nac6 21. Nf4 Qf7 22. Rab1 g5 23. Nd3 Rd7 24. Rb5 Bxd4 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Rcb1 Nxb5 27. Rxb5 b6 28. Bh3 Rc7 29. Bb4 {Neikirkh,O-Makarczyk,K Sopot 1951 ½-½ (41)}) 15. Na4 Nc4 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Bb4 Rfe8 18. Ng5 Nc6 19. Bc3 Qd8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. e4 b5 22. Rfe1 Qd7 23. Rab1 a5 24. Qb3 Qd6 25. exd5 exd5 26. Qxb5 Red8 27. Ra1 Rab8 28. Qa4 Nb6 29. Qd1 Nc4 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Qh5 g6 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Bg2 Rd8 35. a4 h6 36. Qg4 Ne7 37. Bf1 Nf5 38. Bd3 h5 39. Qe2 Qf6 40. Bxf5 gxf5 41. Qxh5 Nd6 42. Bxa5 1-0 [Event "ARG-ch 60th"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [Round "15"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Bronstein, Luis Marcos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1986.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qb3 ({RR} 14. e4 d4 15. Na4 e5 16. Bd2 Kh8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. a3 b5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Qb6 21. b4 Nd7 22. Rc1 Qa6 23. Qh5 Qxa3 24. Bxh6 Nf6 25. Qg6 gxh6 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 {Greenfeld,A (2521)-Gershon,A (2467) Tel Aviv 1999 ½-½}) ({RR} 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. a3 Qb6 16. b4 a6 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qb6 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Rcc1 Rfd8 24. Bc5 Qf7 25. Rd2 Ne5 26. Rcd1 Nc4 27. Rd3 Rdc8 28. Rd4 b5 {Sklokin,S (2338)-Ganichev,A (2241) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (46)}) 14... Bb4 $146 ({RR} 14... Na5 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rfd1 b5 17. Qd4 Nc6 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rac1 Kh8 21. Qg6 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Ne4 Qe5 24. Nc5 Ne7 25. Qd3 Ra8 26. f4 Qxb2 27. a3 b4 28. Nxe6 Rfc8 29. Rxc8+ {Castillo,C-Brond,V Caseros 1974 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 14... Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bd2 Bc5 17. a3 Nd4 18. Rad1 Nf5 19. e3 d4 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Nb5 Bxb2 22. Bb4 Rfd8 23. Nc7 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ra4 25. Rd3 e5 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Nb5 Nd4 28. Nd6+ Kg6 29. Nc4 {Rajlich,I (2465)-Gaponenko,I (2438) Ohrid 2009 ½-½ (42)}) 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qe7 17. Rac1 e5 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Rf7 21. Qb2 Qe6 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nb8 24. Qb3 e4 25. f4 Nbd7 26. Be3 Qd6 27. Ra1 Rff8 28. Bd4 Nb6 29. e3 Nc4 30. Qc3 Rfc8 31. Rfc1 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Rf8 33. g4 Qb4 34. b6 Qd2 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Rc8 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Nd7 39. h4 Ndxb6 40. Rb3 Rc6 41. h5 Kg8 42. g6 1-0 [Event "Bugojno"] [Site "Bugojno"] [Date "1982.05.15"] [Round "7"] [White "Polugaevsky, Lev"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D67"] [WhiteElo "2600"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1982.05.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [EventCategory "14"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. O-O c5 14. Bb5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 17. f4 Rd8 18. Be2 Nd5 19. Kf2 Bd7 20. Bf3 Be8 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. a3 Rab8 23. g3 Ne7 24. Rc7 Nd5 25. Rc2 Ne7 26. Rc7 Nd5 27. Rc5 b6 28. Rc2 Ne7 29. Rdc1 Rbc8 30. Bb7 Rxc2+ 31. Rxc2 Nf5 {Foisor,O (2370)-Prandstetter,E (2445) Bucharest 1980 ½-½ (36)}) 17... e5 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Rd2 Be6 20. Nxe5 Bxa2 21. Rc7 a6 22. Be2 Rfe8 23. f4 Bd5 24. g4 h6 25. h4 Rad8 26. Rd4 b5 27. Kf1 Bb3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ra7 Nd5 30. Kf2 Nb4 31. Nf3 Bd5 32. Nd4 Ra8 33. Rc7 Kf8 34. h5 Be4 35. b3 Re8 36. Ra7 Re7 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. Bf3 Bb1 39. e4 Nc2 40. Nxc2 Bxc2 41. b4 Ke6 42. e5 Ke7 43. Ke3 f6 44. exf6+ gxf6 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. Bb7 Ke7 47. Bxa6 Bd1 48. Bc8 Be2 49. Bf5 Bd1 50. Ke3 Kf8 51. Kf2 Ke7 52. Kg3 Be2 53. Be4 Bc4 54. Kh4 Kf7 55. g5 Kg7 56. Bf3 Bd3 57. g6 Bc4 58. Kg3 Bd3 59. Kf2 Bf5 60. Be2 Bd7 61. Ke3 Kf8 62. Kd4 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires/La Plata International"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1947.04.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Pilnik, Hermann"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D68"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1947.04.26"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qb1 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. b4 ({RR} 15. Rfc1 Bf5 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Be2 h6 19. Rc5 Rd5 20. Bc4 Rxc5 21. bxc5 Qc7 22. f4 Re8 23. h3 h5 24. Qa2 Re7 25. Rb1 Qd7 26. Kh2 Qc7 27. g3 g6 28. Rb2 Qd7 29. Bf1 Kg7 {Menkhaus,W (1840)-Mewes,H (1661) Binz 2014 0-1 (48)}) 15... Bg4 ({RR} 15... Bd7 16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. a4 Rfe8 18. b5 Rb8 19. bxc6 Bxc6 20. Bb5 Nd5 21. Rb3 Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Nf6 23. h3 Qd7 24. a5 h6 25. Rbc5 Re7 26. Nc4 Qd8 27. Ne5 Qe8 28. Rc7 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 {Osnos,V (2430)-Dommes,V (2290) Ozery 1997 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Qa4 f5 20. f4 exf3 21. Nxf3 f4 22. Re1 Bg4 23. exf4 Qf6 24. Qxa7 Qxf4 25. Qc5 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Qd2 27. Ref1 Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Qxa2 29. Qe7 Qa1+ 30. Rf1 {Najdorf,M-Guimard,C Mar del Plata 1946 1-0 (37)}) 16. Rfc1 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 16... Rad8 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. Rc5 Nd5 19. Nxe4 b6 20. R5c4 Rfe8 21. Ng3 g6 22. Be2 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 b5 25. R4c3 Qxd4 26. Rd3 Qe5 27. Rcd1 Qe7 28. Qc1 Be6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Qxc6 {Fekete,K (2104)-Pais,N (2185) Hungary 2003 1-0 (49)}) 17. h3 Bh5 18. b5 Bg6 19. Bb3 Qd7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Qc2 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc5 Qe6 24. d5 Qe7 25. dxc6 f5 26. c7 Kh8 27. Qc3 f4 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Qe3 Rf7 30. Nc4 Rf6 31. Ne5 Be8 32. Qxe4 Qe6 33. Qg4 Qa6 34. Ra5 Qb7 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Qxc8 Qxf2+ 37. Kh1 Rf8 38. Qe6 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1980.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "2510"] [BlackElo "2600"] [Annotator "Chekhov,Valery A"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1980.10.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [EventCategory "13"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Bf3 O-O 11. O-O Be5 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rd1 Bc7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Be2 Qd6 16. g3 Bd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bf4 Bc6 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qb3 e3 22. Nd5 exf2+ 23. Kg2 Bc5 24. Kf1 Rac8 {Kuzubov,Y (2628)-Ragger,M (2680) Martuni 2013 0-1}) 10... O-O 11. Nf3 (11. Bf3 Be5 $1) (11. b4 $5) ({RR} 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Qc2 d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Bg5 d3 19. Qc4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d2 21. Rb1 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Be5 23. b4 h6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. g3 Rfd8 {Ahaz E U (2061)-Dzhumaev,M (2364) Taleigao IND 2025 0-1 (70)}) 11... Re8 12. b4 Bc7 $146 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Qd4 Nfg4 16. g3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Nd4 Qh6 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. f4 Bb8 23. Nb3 Qg6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Bd4 h5 26. Qg2 Qf5 27. Na4 {Bisguier,A-Kaplan,J San Juan 1969 1-0 (45)}) 13. Bb2 Qd6 14. g3 Bh3 15. Re1 Rad8 16. b5 Na5 17. Qa4 Bb6 (17... Nc4 $6 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Ba5 20. Ng5) 18. Qh4 Bc8 (18... Bf5 $5 19. Rad1 Bc2 20. Rd2 Be4) 19. Rad1 Qb8 $6 (19... Qe7 $5) 20. Bd3 (20. Na4 Rd6 (20... Re6 21. Ng5 {??f6?/}) 21. Be5 $18) 20... h6 21. Na4 Rd6 (21... Re6 22. Bf5 Red6 23. Be5 Bxf5 24. Nxb6 $16) 22. Be5 Bg4 23. Be2 Bd8 24. Bxd6 (24. Bxf6 Bxf3 25. Bxd8 Bxe2 26. Bxa5 Bxd1 27. Rxd1 axb5 28. Nc3 $16) 24... Qxd6 25. Nd4 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Qxa3 (26... Re4 27. Qh3 Qxa3 28. Qc8 Re8 29. Qc2 $16) 27. Nc2 Qb3 28. Qb4 (28. bxa6 Re4 (28... bxa6 29. Qb4) 29. a7) 28... axb5 29. Qxb3 Nxb3 30. Nc3 $18 Ba5 31. Nxb5 (31. Nxd5 Ne4) 31... Re4 32. Ncd4 Nc5 33. Ra2 Bb6 (33... b6 34. Nc6 $18) 34. Ne2 (34. Nd6 Re7 (34... Re5 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Nxf7) 35. Nc8) 34... Re6 35. Nf4 Re5 36. Nc3 Nce4 37. Nfxd5 Nxc3 38. Nxc3 Ba5 39. Nd5 $1 b6 40. Nxf6+ gxf6 41. Rd7 Rc5 42. Ra4 f5 43. Rad4 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-10"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1947.03.29"] [Round "15"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Bolbochan, Jacobo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D68"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1947.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qb1 exd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 ({RR} 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Re5 Bg6 19. h4 h6 20. h5 {½-½ (20) Lalic,B (2336)-Grochol,K (2123) Wroclaw POL 2024}) ({RR} 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qe4 Rae8 19. Rb3 Re7 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 {½-½ (21) Bolbochan,J-Bolbochan,J Mar del Plata 1953}) 15... Bd7 $146 ({RR} 15... Qf6 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Qf4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 {½-½ (19) De Groot,A-Broder,M Stockholm 1937}) ({RR} 15... Qf6 16. Re3 Bg4 17. Qe4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Rae8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. f3 Re2 22. Rf2 {½-½ (22) Knezevic,M (2445)-Nikolac,J (2485) Bahrain 1990}) ({RR} 15... Qf6 16. Re3 Bg4 17. Qe4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Rae8 19. Qd3 Qd6 20. Rh3 g6 21. Qd2 Qf6 22. Rf3 Qg7 23. h4 Re4 24. Re1 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Re7 Rd7 27. Rfxf7 Rxf7 28. Bxf7+ Kg7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 {½-½ (29) Stahlberg,G-Gligoric,S Split/ Belgrade 1949}) 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Ng5 g6 18. Rf3 Bf5 19. Nxf7 Qxd4 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Re7 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rd3 Qc5 25. Rdd7 Rfe8 26. Rxh7+ Kg8 27. Rhg7+ Kh8 28. Qd1 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-06"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1943.03.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Rossetto, Hector"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1943.03.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bb1 c5 14. a3 Qb6 ({RR} 14... c4 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 g5 17. Bg3 Kg7 18. e4 Rh8 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. e5 Qb6 21. Rcd1 Qc6 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Bd8 24. e6 Qxe6 25. Rfe1 Qg6 26. Qc3+ Bf6 27. Qc1 Nxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qh5 29. Re3) ({RR} 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Re8 16. Re1 Qa5 17. Ne5 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Qd3 Kf8 20. Nxd7+ Nxd7 21. Qh7 Nf6 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7 Rg8 24. Qxf6+ Ke8 25. Bg3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. Qe5 Qc6 29. Be4) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Qd4 Bxf3 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. gxf3 Nc4 20. a4 Nd2 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 {0-1 (21) Lira,S (2037)-Filgueiras,N (2343) Manaus/AM 2024}) 11... c5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 c4 $146 ({RR} 13... Qb6 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. a3 cxd4 16. exd4 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. Ba2 Nb6 19. Ne5 Nfd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxa6 Rc2 25. Qa3 Qg5 26. g3 Qf5 27. Qe3 Qh3 28. Nf3 {Pogosian,M (2377)-Di Berardino,D (2471) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 13... Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Nd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Bc5 21. Be5 Rac8 22. Qg4 Bg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rb7+ Kg8 26. Rxb6 Bxb6 27. Rxc8 {1-0 (27) Panfilov,N-Anufrienko,D (1953) Barnaul 2013}) 14. Bc2 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rfd8 18. a4 e5 19. Rab1 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nf6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxb5 Bxe4 23. f3 Qe8 24. Bxe4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 1-0 [Event "Venice"] [Site "Venice"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Tartakower, Saviely"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bb2 cxd4 ({RR} 9... Bd7 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. Qc1 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qb1 Nf6 14. cxd5 c4 15. dxe6 cxd3 16. exf7+ Kf8 17. Qxd3 Qb5 18. Qb1 Qd5 19. c4 Qxc4 20. Rc1 Bc2 21. a4 Bxb1 22. Ba3+ Kxf7 23. Ne5+ Ke6 24. Nxc4 {Vargas Ramos,R (1715)-Angeles Vera,M (2005) Oaxtepec MEX 2026 0-1 (84)}) 10. exd4 f5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. f3 Ba4 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. c4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 dxc4 21. Qxf5 Bd7 22. Qe4 Bc6 23. Qg4 O-O 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. e6 {Chilingirova,P (2209)-Koen,M (2233) Vratsa 2006 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 10... O-O 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. c4 dxc4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Nf6 21. Bxc4 Kh8 22. Be5 Qc5 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qg6 Qxc4 25. Qxh6+ {Volovich,A-Alburt,L Soviet Union 1966 1-0 (43)}) 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Qb3 Nf6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. c4 Kh8 17. Ne5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. e6 Bc6 21. Bd4 Qd2 22. Rad1 Qg5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bd5 Nb5 25. Bb2 Rg8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Rd7 Rac8 28. Be5 Rcd8 29. f4 Qh6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. e7 Rg8 32. Qxg8+ 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires (Bodas de Plata)"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1941.10.25"] [Round "5"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1941.10.18"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 ({RR} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bxf6 hxg5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb2 Bd7 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Be2 Ba4 22. h3 Qf6 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Bf3 b6 {Agamaliev,G (2493)-Sivuk,V (2546) Konya 2019 ½-½ (70)}) 10... b5 ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. e4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 h6 16. Bh4 b4 17. Bg3 Qa5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. Rad1 Bb5 23. Qg4 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qb5 25. Rd2 {Venter,P (1606)-Silva,G (1684) Lages 2019 ½-½ (49)}) 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 c4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bc2 Be4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Bd2 Ndf6 18. Nd4 Rfe8 19. a3 Nd5 20. Qe1 Qf6 21. Ba5 Nc5 22. Bc3 Nd3 23. Qd2 Qg6 24. Qe2 Nf6 25. Qf3 Ne4 26. Rf1 Re5 {Fainstein,R (2044)-Tatai,S (2343) Saint Vincent 2003 0-1 (39)}) 12... Qc7 13. f4 Rad8 14. Bd2 Ne4 15. Be1 Qb6 16. dxc5 Nexc5 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. a3 Bc5 21. Bf2 Rd8 22. Rf1 Qc6 23. e4 Bxa3 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 axb5 26. bxa3 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Be1 f5 29. Bb4 Kf7 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. g3 Nf6 32. Rc8 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Nd7 34. Rc7 h6 35. h4 Rd3 36. Rb7 Rd5 37. Rc7 Rd3 38. Rb7 Rd5 39. Rc7 Kg6 40. Rc6 Kf7 41. Rc7 Kg8 42. Bc3 Rd3 43. Kf2 Kh7 44. Ke2 Rxg3 45. Be1 Rxa3 46. Rxd7 Kg6 47. Rb7 Kf6 48. h5 g5 49. hxg6 Kxg6 50. Rxb5 Kh5 51. Rb6 Ra4 52. Bd2 Re4+ 53. Kf3 Rd4 54. Bc1 Rd3+ 55. Be3 Kg6 56. Rxe6+ Kg7 57. Ke2 Rd7 58. Bc5 Rd5 59. Bd6 h5 60. Be5+ Kh7 61. Rf6 h4 62. Rxf5 1-0 [Event "Kent County CA-32 Premier"] [Site "Margate"] [Date "1939.04.21"] [Round "9"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1939.04.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 c5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rd1 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Qb1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rfd1 Rc5 20. g3 a5 21. Kg2 a4 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qg6 Rb5 24. Bg4 {Tomashevsky,E (2731)-Iordachescu,V (2584) Baku 2016 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qa5 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Be2 Nbd5 14. O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Bf3 Ba4 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. c4 Rac8 19. Rd4 e5 20. Rdd1 Bc6 21. c5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bxc5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qe4 {Manolache,M (2433)-Zygouris,H (2140) Bucharest ROU 2026 1-0 (38)}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 10... exd5 11. Be2 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Be6 15. Bd3 Rfc8 16. Qe2 Rc5 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Rxc5 Rxc5 19. h3 g6 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. Qf3 Qe5 22. Qe2 Ba4 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Qe1 h5 25. f3 {Pupols,V (2210)-Donaldson,J (2400) Seattle 1990 1-0 (53)}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Qb3 Qc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxd5 Nf8 19. Bxe6+ Nxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Rd7 Rc6 22. Qf7 Qg5 23. f4 Qg4 24. Rfd1 h6 25. f5 Kh7 26. h3 Qg5 27. Qe7 Rf6 28. h4 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-08 Final A"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.09.09"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Vaitonis, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1939.09.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Poland"] [BlackTeam "Lithuania"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "LTU"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 a6 9. Bd3 dxc4 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. f4 c5 18. Rd6 c4 19. Ne4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bg4 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 c3 24. bxc3 {Salem,A (2656)-Mamedyarov,S (2768) Doha 2016 1-0 (55)}) 10. Bxc4 Nd5 ({RR} 10... b5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bb7 16. Ne5 f5 17. Bf3 Bd6 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Rc1 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nf3 Qb6 22. h4 Rac8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Rd1 {Yermolinsky,A (2402)-Ergin,S (2031) Kesan TUR 2025 1-0 (49)}) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 12. O-O Nb4 13. Qb1 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. e4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. d6 Qd7 19. a3 Nbd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Ng5 Bb3 22. Rd2 Rae8 23. Bd3 g6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Re6 26. Bc2 Bxc2 {Alekhine,A-Glueckmann,F Vienna 1930 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 12. O-O h6 13. Ne4 N5f6 14. a3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxc5 17. b4 Nf6 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Ne5 b5 20. Bb3 Bb7 21. Nd3 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe5 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. f3 Nd5 26. Kf2 a5 {Nogin,N (2320)-Khodotov,G Kiev 1998 ½-½ (34)}) 12... N5f6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. O-O Re8 15. e4 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Rf2 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Rxe6 22. Rd7 Rb8 23. Rcd2 Kf8 24. e5 Re7 25. Kf2 Rbe8 26. Kf3 g6 27. g4 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Re7 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rd3 Re7 31. Ke4 f6 32. Rd6 fxe5 33. fxe5 Kf7 34. a4 a5 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. g5 h6 37. gxh6+ Kxh6 38. e6 Kg7 39. Ke5 b5 40. Rf2 1-0 [Event "Lodz International-02"] [Site "Lodz"] [Date "1938.03.31"] [Round "12"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1938.03.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {1)Euwe in Lachaga: Lodz 1938. S,38.} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. e4 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bd3 c4 $146 ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc3 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Nb3 19. Ra2 Nc5 20. Bb1 Ne6 21. Nd4 g6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Kg7 24. Qxe6 Bc8 {0-1 (24) Barbeau,S (2313)-Sambuev,B (2536) Montreal 2016}) 15. Bc2 f5 16. exf5 exf5 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Qh5 Qc8 19. a4 Nb7 20. f3 Nd6 21. Rfe1 Qb7 22. Bc1 Rae8 23. Re2 Qc8 24. Bf4 Rf6 25. Rae1 g6 26. Qh3 Bf8 27. Qg3 Rfe6 28. h4 Bg7 29. h5 Nf7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Kf2 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Qd7 33. Rh1 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Qg7 35. f4 Rxe5 36. fxe5 Be6 37. Bd1 a6 38. Bf3 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Qg5 Bf7 41. Bc6 Rb8 42. Qe7 b4 43. cxb4 c3 44. Qd6 Rf8 45. e6 Be8 46. e7 1-0 [Event "Venice"] [Site "Venice"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Szabados, Eugenio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. O-O Nb4 ({RR} 8... Qa5 9. Bb2 Rd8 10. cxd5 cxd4 11. Ne2 Nxd5 12. Nexd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxf6 {½-½ (15) Biolek,R (2464)-Talla,V (2399) Czech Republic 2012}) ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. bxc4 b6 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. a3 Na5 15. Qa2 Rac8 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Rc3 18. Be2 Rdc8 19. Rfe1 Nb3 20. Rab1 Nc1 21. Qb2 Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rxa3 23. Red1 {Mariani,K (1119)-Calcada,H (1324) Timbo 2022 0-1 (32)}) 9. Bb1 Nc6 10. Bb2 dxc4 $146 ({RR} 10... Qc7 11. Nb5 Qd8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. exd4 b6 15. Rd1 Bd6 16. h3 Ne7 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Rac1 Nf4 19. Qe3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qc7 21. cxd5 Bf4 22. Qe1 Bxc1 23. Bxc1 exd5 24. Re3 Be6 25. Re5 {Moseid,T (1477)-Snorteland,P (1274) Tonsberg 2003 ½-½ (45)}) 11. bxc4 Qb6 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb4 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rd1 b6 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nb5 Qf4 18. d5 Na5 19. d6 Bd8 20. Rd4 Qh6 21. Rh4 Nh5 22. Ng5 Nf4 23. Qe5 Ng6 24. Rxh6 Nxe5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bxe5 Bxg5 27. Rh5 Bb7 28. Nc7 Bf6 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nxa8 Bxa8 31. Be4+ Kg7 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Rxa5 bxa5 34. c5 1-0 [Event "Santa Fe"] [Site "Santa Fe"] [Date "1956.07.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Chemes, Luis Jorge"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1956.07.07"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O a6 9. Bb2 cxd4 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb1 b6 12. a3 Nc6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rd1 d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Ne4 Bc5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Nd2 Qg5 20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Qc2 Bb7 22. Qxc5 Qe6 23. Bxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 {Aishwarya N (1482)-Ganesh,L (1499) FIDE Online Arena INT 2024 1-0 (54)}) 10. exd4 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bb1 Bf4 15. Rc2 Nb4 16. Rcd2 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 Nc6 18. h3 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. g4 h6 21. g5 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Qf4 23. Bc1 Qh4 24. Nf3 Qxh3 25. Bg5 {Eigler,F-Varadi,O Salgotarjan 1981 0-1}) ({RR} 10... b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Bb1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. f4 Bb4 17. Rf3 Ne7 18. Rh3 h6 19. Rg3 Rc7 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 g6 22. f5 Bc8 23. Qf3 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Qxf5 {Lehtivaara,P (2376)-Thorfinnsson,B (2323) Kemer 2007 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... Nb4 11. Bb1 Qc7 12. a3 Nc6 13. c5 Rd8 14. Re1 b6 15. b4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Nd7 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bc1 Bf6 19. g3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxc5 21. Qd1 Ne4 22. Nce2 Nc3 23. Nxc3 Qxc3 24. Nc2 Bb7 25. Bd2 {Janowski,D-Showalter,J Lexington/ Georgetown 1916 1-0 (73)}) 11. c5 Qd8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Rc1 Ne8 14. Bb1 f5 15. Na4 Nf6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Ng5 Ne4 18. Nh3 Bf6 19. Rc2 Re8 20. f3 Ng5 21. Nf4 Qc7 22. Nh5 Rbd8 23. Rce2 Kf7 24. Kh1 g6 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Qd2 Bc8 27. b4 h5 28. a4 h4 29. Bc1 Nf7 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ne7 32. Qf4 Qxf4 33. Bxf4 Rg8 34. Nxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxe6+ 1-0 [Event "Kent County CA-32 Premier"] [Site "Margate"] [Date "1939.04.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Milner Barry, Philip Stuart"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1939.04.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 c4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Bb1 ({RR} 13. Be2 Qb8 14. b3 b4 15. d5 bxc3 16. dxc6 cxb3 17. Nd4 Bd6 18. Bb5 c2 19. c7+ Qxb5 20. Nxb5 cxd1=Q 21. Rxd1 Kd7 22. Rxd6+ Kc8 23. Rd4 Bc6 24. Na7+ Kxc7 25. Rc4 Kb6 26. Nxc6 Kb5 27. Rc3 Ra8 {Libeau,R (2445)-Andersen,J (2275) Bad Woerishofen 1994 1-0 (35)}) 13... b4 14. Ne4 Be7 $146 ({RR} 14... Na5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. e4 h5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bc2 Bc6 19. d5 Bb5 20. Nd4 b3 21. Bb1 e5 22. Nf5 Nb7 23. Bd2 Nd6 24. Ne3 Qa7 25. Qf3 Rh6 26. Bb4 Nxe4 27. Bxf8 Ng5 28. Qf5 Bd7 29. Bxh6 {Salwe,G-Breyer,G Piestany 1912 0-1 (46)}) 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. e4 Rg8 17. d5 Na7 18. Be3 Qa5 19. d6 Bd8 20. Nd2 Qa6 21. Qh5 Rg6 22. Qxh7 Qxd6 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Nxc4 Qc6 25. Rd1 Bc7 26. Bxa7 Bb7 27. b3 f5 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qd8# 1-0 [Event "Rio de Janeiro"] [Site "Rio de Janeiro"] [Date "1946.12.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Cruz, Walter Oswaldo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1946.12.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 ({RR} 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bd7 10. Ke2 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O-O 12. a3 Be8 13. b4 Rxd1 14. Nxd1 Bd6 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Nc3 Bc6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Ng6 20. Bd3 Rd8 21. Ng5 Be5 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Firouzja,A (2737) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (48)}) 7... O-O ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bxc4 a6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Ke2 Ke7 14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Rac1 Nbd7 16. e4 Be5 17. f3 Rac8 18. g3 g5 19. Nd1 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 g4 21. fxg4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 {Peglau,D (2134)-Gasparyan,M (1986) Petrovac MNE 2025 0-1 (34)}) 8. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 8. b4 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Be6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Qd6 17. Qa1 Rc8 18. Bc3 Qxa3 19. Qxa3 Bxa3 20. Bxa5 Nc4 21. Bc3 Ne4 22. Bd4 Ned6 {Rosselli del Turco,S-Bernstein,O/Zuerich 1934/HCL/0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a5 11. b5 Nbd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. Ba2 Qa7 16. Nd4 Bd6 17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. g3 e5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bb7 21. Nf5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Be7 {Jugow,A (2215)-Kripp,W (2175) Bergen Enkheim 1997 1-0}) ({RR} 8. b4 Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 a5 11. b5 Be6 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne2 Nb6 15. Rc1 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Qd6 17. Qa1 Rc8 18. Bc3 Qxa3 19. Qxa3 Bxa3 20. Bxa5 Nc4 21. Bc3 Ne4 22. Bd4 Ned6 {Rosselli del Turco,S-Bernstein,O Zuerich 1934 0-1 (52)}) 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 d4 $1 {[%csl Re1][%CAl Gf8e8]}) 10... Nc6 $11 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. O-O a6 15. Rac1 h6 16. Rc5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Qb6 18. Nd4 Rac8 19. f4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc5 21. bxc5 Qb3 22. f5 Bc8 23. Bd3 Re8 24. h3 Qxa3 25. Rf3 {[%CAl Gf5f6]} Qa5 $4 (25... f6 $8) 26. Rg3 f6 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qf7 Rg8 29. Bc4 Qd8 30. e4 Qe8 31. Qxg8+ 1-0 [Event "Mar del Plata International-24"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1961.03.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Goldenberg, Edgardo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1961.03.12"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 g6 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg4 15. dxc5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Qf4 Bg5 18. Qg3 Bh4 19. Qf4 Bg5 20. Qe4 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Bf6 22. Rb1 Qxc5 23. Qxb7 Rad8 24. Qe4 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 {Nikcevic,N (2337)-Odeev,H (2245) Senta SRB 2026 1-0}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bb2 Na5 12. cxd5 c4 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bf5 Qb6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. e4 f5 18. Rfe1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qf5 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. a4 Qd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rfe8 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rxe8+ {Najdorf,M (2515)-Fernandez Murga,R Buenos Aires 1979 1-0 (41)}) 11. Rd1 ({RR} 11. Bb2 Na5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Bf6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. a4 Rc8 16. Ba3 Be7 17. Qa2 Bxc5 18. Qxd5 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Qe7 20. Qa2 Rc5 21. Qb2 b6 22. Raa1 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Qh4 24. Bb5 R8c7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 {Lugovoi,A (2500)-Dvoirys,S (2570) St Petersburg 1996 ½-½}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 13. Qe2 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Ba2 c4 19. Qe4 Bf6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Nh3 Rd6 23. Qh4 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxh6 Qe5 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rc8 {Korotkjevich,S (2349)-Essing,A (2261) Germany 2008 ½-½ (33)}) 13... Bd7 14. e4 Rac8 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qh4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bg7 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. d5 exd5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Rxa5 Bxa2 25. Rb5 Bxa1 26. Rxb7+ Kg8 27. h3 Bf7 28. Bxh6 Ne5 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Bg5 Rc6 31. Rb1 Bd4 32. Rd1 Bb2 33. Be3 Nc4 34. Bxa7 Bxa3 35. Bd4 Kf8 36. Bf6 Bg8 37. Qh6+ Kf7 38. Ba1 Bd6+ 39. f4 Bf8 40. Qg5 Ne3 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Ra7 1-0 [Event "Buenos Aires Banco de la Ciudad 2nd"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Fernandez Murga, Roberto"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1979.03.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2007"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 10... g6 11. Bb2 Na5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Bf6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. a4 Rc8 16. Ba3 Be7 17. Qa2 Bxc5 18. Qxd5 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Qe7 20. Qa2 Rc5 21. Qb2 b6 22. Raa1 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Qh4 24. Bb5 R8c7 25. Bxd7 {Lugovoi,A (2500)-Dvoirys,S (2570) St Petersburg 1996 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... g6 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. e4 Rac8 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Qh4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bg7 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. d5 exd5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Rxa5 Bxa2 25. Rb5 {Najdorf,M-Goldenberg,E Mar del Plata 1961 1-0 (42)}) 11. Bb2 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg4 15. dxc5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Qf4 Bg5 18. Qg3 Bh4 19. Qf4 Bg5 20. Qe4 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Bf6 22. Rb1 Qxc5 23. Qxb7 Rad8 24. Qe4 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Rd8 {Nikcevic,N (2337)-Odeev,H (2245) Senta SRB 2026 1-0}) 11... Na5 12. cxd5 c4 $146 ({RR} 12... exd5 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 Bxe5 15. fxe5 c4 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Rf4 Be6 18. Raf1 Qe7 19. Bf5 Rad8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bd5 22. Bc1 Nc6 23. a4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rde8 25. Qd5 Kg8 26. Qxc4 Rc8 27. Qa2 {Gheorghiu,F (2530)-Tringov,G (2490) Bucharest 1971 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 12... exd5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Bd4 Be7 20. a4 Be6 21. a5 bxa5 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Rfc8 24. Rcxa5 a6 25. Nd4 Bc4 26. h4 Kf8 27. g4 {Laurent,B (2358)-Djuric,S (2459) Metz 2005 ½-½ (32)}) 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bf5 Qb6 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. e4 f5 18. Rfe1 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Qf5 20. Qe2 Bf6 21. a4 Qd7 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rfe8 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qxc4 Qg4 27. h3 Qxf4 28. Rf1 Qg3 29. Ba3 Re1 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Qf2 32. Bd6 Qf5 33. d5 Ne5 34. Qd4 Nf7 35. Bg3 Qd7 36. d6 Nd8 37. Qxa7 Kg8 38. a5 Kf7 39. a6 Ke6 40. Qe3+ Kd5 41. Qd4+ 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-08 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.08.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1939.08.24"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Poland"] [BlackTeam "Canada"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "CAN"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O N5f6 ({RR} 12... b6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd3 Nf8 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rc3 Rec8 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Qa5 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qb6 f6 23. a3 Bb7 24. Nd2 Qd7 25. Nb3 Qc6 26. Qd8 Kf7 27. Nc5 {Yuffa,D (2527)-Pourramezanali,A (2543) Cap d'Agde 2017 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. e4 Nf4 14. e5 b5 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 a5 17. Ne4 Ba6 18. Qc2 Rec8 19. Rc1 Rc7 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a3 a4 24. Qe1 Rd5 25. Qc3 Qd8 26. Rd3 Nd7 27. Qb4 {Nikcevic,N (2337)-Anishka,V (2171) Senta SRB 2026 0-1 (72)}) 13. Bb3 $146 ({RR} 13. h3 e5 14. Rfe1 h6 15. Qb3 b5 16. Bf1 e4 17. Nh4 Nf8 18. f3 g5 19. fxe4 gxh4 20. e5 N6h7 21. Ne4 Be6 22. Qc3 Rec8 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. e4 Ng5 25. Qe3 Rd8 26. Qf2 Kh7 27. d5 Bd7 {Fraser,S (2166)-Huovinen,J (2191) Finland 2014 0-1 (42)}) 13... h6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bd7 19. Rd6 Red8 20. Rfd1 Be8 21. Bc2 g6 22. Qd3 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qd7 24. e4 c5 25. Qc3 b6 26. f5 exf5 27. exf5 Kh7 28. Qf6 Rb8 29. Re1 g5 30. Re7 Qc6 31. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "Rio de Janeiro"] [Site "Rio de Janeiro"] [Date "1946.12.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Accioly Borges, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [Annotator "ChessBase II"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1946.12.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2012"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bb2 ({RR} 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc1 g5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qxc7 Qf6 15. Rac1 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qe6 18. f3 gxf3 19. Rxf3 Kh8 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rh3 Bd7 {Enkhbayar,G (1837)-Kiritshenko,P (1587) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (69)}) 7... c5 8. Bd3 Ne4 (8... Nc6) 9. Qc2 Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. c5 Bb8 15. Nd1 h6 16. b4 e5 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Bb5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Ngxe5 20. Bxc6 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Rxe1+ 22. Kg2 Qg5# {0-1 (22) Swartz,S-Barria Baker,R Turin 2006}) 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nc6 14. O-O $14 {[%csl Rc8]} Qa5 15. Qc2 {[%csl Rh7]} h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Rfd1 $16 Bd7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qb2 b6 21. d5 $1 Na5 22. Ne5 (22. d6 Qd8 (22... Qc5 23. Ne5) 23. Ne5 $40) 22... exd5 23. cxd5 Qd6 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Bb1 Kg8 26. Qc2 g6 27. Qc3 Bd7 28. Qg3 Rd8 29. h4 h5 30. f4 Be8 31. Kh2 Nc6 32. Bxg6 Nxe5 33. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 34. fxe5 {[%csl Rd6]} Qg6 35. e6+ Kg8 36. d6 $1 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Bc6 38. Kf4 Kg7 39. Ke5 Kg6 40. d7 Bxd7 41. exd7 1-0 [Event "Olympiad-08 Final A"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1939.09.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Black "Aleman Dovo, Miguel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1939.09.01"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Poland"] [BlackTeam "Cuba"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "CUB"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1 Re8 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bb3 $146 ({RR} 14. a3 N5f6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Ba2 e5 17. Qe4 g6 18. Nh4 Kf8 19. d5 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Kg7 21. Rfd1 Nf8 22. Rd6 Qg5 23. Nf3 Qg4 24. Qxg4 Bxg4 25. h3 Bf5 26. Bd5 Rab8 27. e4 Bd7 28. Rb6 Bb5 {Dao,T (2512)-Pham,C (2344) Ho Chi Minh City 2013 ½-½ (51)}) 14... N5f6 15. Ne5 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qd3 Bd7 18. f4 c5 19. a4 Bc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. e4 cxd4 22. e5 Nd5 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5 Rad8 25. Rdf1 Rf8 26. Qxd4 Rd7 27. Kh1 Nc7 28. Rxf7 1-0 [Event "Venice"] [Site "Venice"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Giustolisi, Alberto Mario"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 h6 14. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Be3 c5 16. dxc5 Ng4 17. Bd4 e5 18. h3 exd4 19. hxg4 Rxc5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc8 23. Rc4 Be6 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. Bb1 Bc5 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Ne1 Be7 28. Nc2 Bg5 {Panzer,P (2420)-Hansen,L (2565) Germany 1995 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 14. e5 Nd5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Qe4 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qg6 Bd6 19. Bxh6 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. Ng5 Re7 23. Rfe1 Rae8 24. Bg6 Rf8 25. Nh7 Bf4 26. Nxf8 Bxd2 27. Re2 Bg5 28. Nxe6 Ba6 {Enqvist,G-Bjerring,K (2315) Gausdal 1989 1-0}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. c6 Bxc6 17. Be3 Bb7 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bg5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qe3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 Qb6 27. h3 Qd4 28. Bb3 g5 29. Qg4 Qxb2 30. Rc5 Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qxe4 32. Rxg5+ hxg5 33. Qxg5+ Kh7 34. f3 Qd3 35. Bc2 Qxc2 36. Qxd8 Bd5 0-1 [Event "Buenos Aires"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D47"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1948.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Nb1 Be7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nc4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nc4 cxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. Nfe5 Ba6 17. b3 Nd5 18. Re1 Nc3 19. Qf3 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 g6 21. Be3 Rfd8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. h4 Bg7 24. Rc5 Qe7 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. h5 Rd8 27. hxg6 hxg6 {Bolbochan,J-Flores Alvarez,R Mar del Plata 1936 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nf1 Ne4 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Be1 Qb6 17. N1d2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Qh3 g6 21. e4 Nc5 22. Qf3 Bg7 23. Bc4 a5 24. h4 Rac8 25. Rac1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Re1 Kh8 {Golombek,H-Book,E Margate 1938 ½-½ (35)}) 13... Qc7 14. b3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nd5 16. Nfe5 Nc3 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. Be3 Qd8 19. a4 Qd5 20. f3 Qd8 21. Bf2 h6 22. Rfe1 Rc8 23. Qb2 Nfd5 24. Bf1 Re8 25. Nd3 Nf6 26. Nc5 Bd5 27. Ne5 Qb6 28. Ned3 a5 29. Nf4 Ba8 30. Bc4 Nfd5 31. Nfd3 Bd6 32. Ne4 Bb8 33. Ne5 Qc7 34. Nc5 Qe7 35. Qc1 Nb6 36. Ba6 Rcd8 37. Bb5 Rf8 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. bxc4 Qd6 40. h3 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Bxf3 0-1 [Event "Mar del Plata International-07"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1944.03.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Guimard, Carlos Enrique"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1944.03.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Bg5 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Ne5 ({RR} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Be4 Rfd8 17. g3 Be7 18. b3 a6 19. Rfe1 Bb4 20. Rf1 Rac8 21. Nh4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qe3 Be7 24. Ng2 {0-1 (24) Escalona Landi,S (2385)-Vivas Zamora,F (2379) Santa Clara CUB 2025}) 15... Rfd8 16. Kh1 Be7 $146 ({RR} 16... h6 17. Bh4 Rd4 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. Nf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qd7 21. Bc2 Qe7 22. Qe2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bd6 {½-½ (23) Gheorghiu,F-Fichtl,J Bucharest 1973}) 17. f4 g6 18. Rfe1 Rd6 19. Qe3 Rad8 20. b3 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Be2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qa3 25. Qd4 Qc1 26. Kg1 Nd2 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Nd7 Qxd1+ 29. Kf2 Ne4+ 30. Ke3 Qd2+ 0-1 [Event "Lodz International-02"] [Site "Lodz"] [Date "1938.03.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Regedzinski, Teodor"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D66"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1938.03.20"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 ({RR} 10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Be5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. O-O Rd8 15. c4 c5 16. d5 b5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Qc2 exd5 20. Qxc5 Ba6 21. Qxb5 Bxb5 22. Rfd1 Bc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kf1 {Garcia Palermo,C (2465)-Zude,A (2325) Germany 1989 1-0 (72)}) ({RR} 10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O Ne4 14. a3 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. b4 g5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Bg6 Rg7 23. Bxh5 g4 24. e4 Be6 25. exd5 {Neto,G-Aji Firman,C (1936) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0 (56)}) 11. O-O c5 $146 ({RR} 11... b5 12. Bd3 c5 13. a4 c4 14. Bb1 Qb6 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qc2 N5f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Ne5 Rh8 22. Rfe1 Rag8 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. Rcd1 Kf8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ne4 {Bolbochan,J-Pirc,V Stockholm 1937 ½-½ (31)}) 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ne5 Ncd7 14. Qf3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Bg3 Qb4 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. f3 Rfd8 21. Be1 Qb6 22. Bf2 Qa5 23. Be1 Qg5 24. f4 Qg4 25. h3 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. gxf3 Bf6 31. Kf1 Bxb2 32. Rb1 Bf6 33. Rxb7 Rd1 34. Ke2 Ra1 35. Bd2 Rxa2 36. Kd3 a5 37. e4 Ra3+ 38. Ke2 Bd4 39. f5 exf5 40. exf5 a4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rf8 Rb3 43. Ra8 a3 44. Bc1 Bb2 45. Be3 Rb5 46. f6 g5 47. Kf2 Kg6 0-1 [Event "Mar del Plata International-18"] [Site "Mar del Plata"] [Date "1955.03.27"] [Round "14"] [White "Rossetto, Hector"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1955.03.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {ChessBase II Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nb5 Ne4 ({RR} 12... Rac8 13. Rc1) 13. Rc1 ({RR} 13. Nbd4 Rac8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 f6 ({RR} 15... Bb6 16. Nd4) 16. Qd3 ({RR} 16. Nd4 Bd7 ({RR} 16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qd3 Rfd8)) 16... Bd6 17. Qa6 c5 18. Rfe1 Rc7 19. g3 Rb8 20. Ba3 Rb6 21. Qa5 Bg4 ({RR} 21... c4 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Nd4) 22. Rcd1 Qe6 23. Rd3 ({RR} 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 ({RR} 23... Bxf3 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxf3) 24. Bc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Bxf3) 23... Bf8 24. Red1 Rd7 25. b4 c4 ({RR} 25... cxb4 26. Nd4 Qe7 27. Bxg4 bxa3 28. Bxd7) 26. Rxd5 ({RR} 26. Nd4 cxd3 27. Nxe6 dxe2 28. Re1 Rxe6) 26... Rxd5 27. Rxd5 ({RR} 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Nc3 29. Rd2 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Bxf3) 27... Nc3 {Spraggett,K (2555)-Rodriguez Vargas,O (2500) Terrassa 1990 CBM 019 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 0-1 (33)}) 13... Rac8 14. Nbd4 ({RR} 14. Nfd4 Rfd8 15. Bd3 Ne5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxd4 a6 20. Bb1 Ng6 21. Bb2 Nh4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. f3 Qxe3+ 24. Rf2 Ng6 25. Qd4 Rc1+ {0-1 (25) Rosabal,Y (2208)-Suasnabar,J (2027) Santa Clara CUB 2025}) 14... Bd6 $146 ({RR} 14... Ba3 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qd4 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bg4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 c5 20. Nf4 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Qg5 22. Qc2 h5 23. Qe2 g6 24. Qa6 d4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Rxc8 dxe3 27. fxe3 Kg7 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qxg6+ {Berkell,P (2270)-Korman,U Skien 1980 1-0}) ({RR} 14... Rfd8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bg4 Bb6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rc7 20. Qg4 Qg5 21. Qxg5 Nxg5 22. Rc2 Ne6 23. Be5 Rcc8 24. Rfc1 d4 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 dxe3 27. fxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kf1 Bb6 29. Bxe6 {Polugaevsky,L-Parma,B Vrnjacka Banja 1965 MCD [ChessBase II] 1-0 (63)}) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rc2 f5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. g3 Kh8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Nf3 Qe6 21. Qa1 Be8 22. Be2 c5 23. Be5 Re7 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qd1 Bc6 26. Nd2 d4 27. exd4 Ng5 28. h4 Re3 29. Kh2 f4 30. f3 fxg3+ 31. Kg2 Qe6 32. hxg5 Rxe2+ 33. Kxg3 Qd6+ 34. f4 Rg2+ 35. Kh3 Qe6+ 36. f5 Rxf5 37. Re1 Rf3+ 0-1 [Event "Najdorf blindfold sim"] [Site "San Pablo"] [Date "1947.??.??"] [Round "29"] [White "Werner, M."] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1947.01.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "1"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Bd6 17. h3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Rb1 Rd8 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Bb2 O-O 23. e4 Bc5 24. Rbc1 Bb6 25. a3 Rc8 26. b4 {Varga,F (1911)-Holczl,A (1995) Hungary 2009 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. a3 Be7 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Nf3 Ke7 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rdc1 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Be5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ra2 g5 24. h3 Rc4 25. e4 Bf4 26. Be1 {Elarbi,A (2307)-Motylev,A (2639) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. e4 Rd8 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Rac1 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. h3 h5 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Rd2 Nge5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. f4 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nc6 26. Ne2 {Coqueraut,J (1666)-Fuggetta,L (1872) Acqui Terme ITA 2026 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Be1 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qh4 20. f4 Qf6 21. Bb1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 e5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6 Nc5 25. Qh5 g6 26. Bh4 {Kroone,G-Straat,E Amsterdam 1924 ½-½ (36)}) 12. b4 Ncd7 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Be7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Rd2 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Rd4 e5 20. Rd2 Nb6 21. Bb3 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rdc2 Bd6 24. Nd2 Rcc8 25. e4 Bc7 26. g3 Bb6 27. Kg2 Rcd8 28. Rd1 Bd4 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Rec1 Qd6 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Rf1 Rfd8 33. Qe2 Rd7 34. Rd1 Bxc3 35. Bxc3 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Bxe4+ 0-1 [Event "Olympiad-10 Preliminaries A"] [Site "Helsinki"] [Date "1952.08.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Doerner, Charles"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1952.08.10"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FIN"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Luxembourg"] [BlackTeam "Argentina"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LUX"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARG"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. a3 a5 14. Re1 Ne7 15. g3 Nf5 16. Bg2 Re8 17. Nf1 Qe7 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 dxc4 20. bxc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qb7+ 22. Kg1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Rd1 Red8 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qd1 {Gozzoli,Y (2222)-Bertrand,F (2249) France 1999 ½-½ (36)}) 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Re1 Nf5 15. g3 Qe7 16. Nf1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Ne3 Nd6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qb1 Qb4 22. Rd1 g6 23. Qb2 Nfe4 24. Nd3 Qa5 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Ba6 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Qc2 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. a4 Kg8 32. b4 Qxb4 33. Nb3 Qe1 34. a5 Be2 0-1 [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Wexler, Bernardo"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D49"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1949.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Ng4 12. Qa4 Bb7 $1 13. Nbxd4 Bc5 $4 14. Nxe6 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Ke2 fxe6 16. Qxg4 Qb6 17. Qh5+ g6 $146 ({RR} 17... Kd8 18. Bg5+ Kc7 19. Rac1+ Kb8 20. Rc3 Nc5 21. Rd1 a5 22. Be7 Ka7 23. Qf7 Rhd8 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Rb3 Qc6 26. Rxb7+ Qxb7 27. Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Be4+ Kc7 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Ng5 Kc6 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Nd4+ {Ebner,H (2265)-Jetzl,J (2160) Graz 1994 1-0 (56)}) 18. Bxg6+ Kd8 19. Bg5+ Kc7 20. Rac1+ Kb8 21. Rhd1 $1 Bd5 22. Bd3 Ra7 23. b4 Rb7 24. Bc4 $2 Bxc4+ 25. Rxc4 Qb5 26. Kxf2 Qxc4 27. a3 Qa2+ 28. Rd2 Qxa3 29. Qf7 $2 Nc5 $1 0-1 [Event "Vina del Mar"] [Site "Vina del Mar"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Appel, Heriberto"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1945.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CHI"] [SourceTitle "HCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a3 Re8 11. b4 Ba7 ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bb8 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Nbd4 Qd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 Qh6 18. Rac1 Be5 19. Nxe5 {1-0 (19) Lukachewski Junior,W (2046)-Olhovik,A (2275) chess.com INT 2026}) 12. Bb2 ({RR} 12. b5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Bb8 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Nf3 Bh5 19. Nd2 Bg6 20. Nb3 Ne7 21. N3d4 Nd6 22. Qb3 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Qd6 24. f4 Rd8 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Qg6 {Spraggett,K (2572)-Hebert,J (2378) Laval 1984 1-0 (63)}) 12... h6 13. Na4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 b6 19. Bd4 a5 20. Rc6 axb4 21. axb4 Rb8 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Qb5 25. Ba5 Rc8 26. Be2 Qb7 27. b5 Qa7 {Cardozo,C (2060)-Jahnz,L (2086) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Be6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 b6 19. Bd4 a5 20. Rc6 axb4 21. axb4 Rb8 22. Bf3 Qd7 23. Rxb6 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Qb5 25. Ba5 Rc8 26. Be2 Qb7 27. b5 Qa7 {Cardozo,C (2060)-Jahnz,L (2086) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (33)}) 13... Ne4 14. Rc1 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxe3 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bg4 19. Nc5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qh4+ 21. Kg2 Rxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Qxd4 0-1 [Event "Wertheim Memorial"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1951.06.16"] [Round "10"] [White "Shainswit, George"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D48"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1951.06.03"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 c5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Qe2 Qc7 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. exd4 a5 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Nce5 Qd5 18. Rfc1 b3 19. Bb5 Rfc8 20. Be3 h6 21. Ne1 Qd6 22. N1d3 Nbd7 23. f3 Bd8 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rab8 27. Bb5 Bb6 28. Rc3 {Delchev,A (2625)-Vallejo Pons,F (2708) Rijeka 2010 ½-½ (41)}) 14. Nc4 ({RR} 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nc4 Be4 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Be1 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. f3 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxb4 Qd7 27. Bxc5 Qxa4 28. b4 Rd8 {Peralta,F (2577)-Kjartansson,G (2448) Sitges 2019 1-0 (60)}) 14... cxd4 $146 ({RR} 14... O-O 15. Re1 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Nf8 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Nfe5 Bf6 20. Qh5 Ng6 21. Ne3 Qe7 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Re3 Bxg2 24. Rg3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Bb7 26. Rh3 h6 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. Qxh6 Rec8 29. Rxc8+ {Ahues,C-Dahl,H Berlin 1933 1-0 (33)}) 15. exd4 Nd5 16. Nfe5 N7f6 17. Bd2 O-O 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. f4 a5 20. Rf3 Nb6 21. Rh3 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Be4 23. Bxe4 Qxd4+ 24. Qe3 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Be3 Rfc8 27. b3 Nc3 28. Kf1 Ra6 29. Bd4 Nxa4 30. Ra1 Nc3 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. Nxa5 Nd5 33. Rf3 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Bd6 36. Be5 Bc5 37. Nc4 f6 38. Bd6 Rc1+ 39. Ke2 Bxd6 40. Nxd6 Nc3+ 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. f5 e5 0-1 [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Sanguinetti, Renato"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1949.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 e5 $1 9. c5 $146 ({RR} 9. cxd5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Be2 Bb4+ 13. Bc3 Qa5 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ne5 17. Rhc1 Be6 18. Rc7 Rab8 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Nxe6 {1-0 (20) Matkowski,W-Czarnota,A Sopot 1946}) ({RR} 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rd4 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Bd3 Rxd4 19. exd4 Rd8 20. Be4 Bxb3 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. axb3 Qf6 23. Rd1 g6 {Kramnik,V (2791)-Aronian,L (2801) Moscow 2010 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. c5 Bc7 13. f3 b4 14. Na4 Re8 15. fxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Rdf1 Rxe3 19. Kb1 a5 20. Rd1 Bg4 21. Rdf1 Qe7 22. Bc1 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be2 {Toth,E (2488)-Mihok,O (2456) Hungary 2014 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb5 Bb4+ 12. Bc3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qc7 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Qf6 16. Nd4 Ng5 17. Be2 Ne6 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Qb4 Rc7 21. f4 Nc5 22. Nf3 Ne4 23. Qd4 Qe7 {Nei,I-Antoshin,V Zinnowitz 1966 0-1 (54)}) 9... Bc7 10. Be2 Re8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O Qe7 13. Na4 Bg4 14. Bd4 $2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qd7 $1 17. Kg2 Nh5 18. Rh1 Re6 19. h3 f5 $1 20. Rag1 f4 21. Kf1 Be5 22. Rg5 Bxd4 23. exd4 g6 24. Rhg1 Kh8 25. Nc3 Rae8 26. R1g4 Ng7 $1 27. Kg2 Qe7 $1 28. h4 Nf5 29. Rxf5 gxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qh5 Qf6 0-1 [Event "Barcelona"] [Site "Barcelona"] [Date "1946.11.09"] [Round "1"] [White "Wood, Gabriel Jacquin"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1946.11.09"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Na4 Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 ({RR} 9... Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Qb6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bc3 Qb7 16. Qg4 Bf8 17. Bd3 h5 18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rc8 20. O-O f6 21. f3 Kf7 22. e4 d4 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Bxe5 {LCZero 0.31-dag-e429eeb-BT3-2 (3642)-Stockfish dev-20231010-002636 (3673) tcec-chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (112)}) 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bb4 Bxb4+ 13. axb4 O-O 14. Be2 a5 15. b5 cxb5 16. Bxb5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. O-O Qb8 19. Qe2 Ra7 20. Rc6 Qb4 21. Qc2 Ne4 22. Ne1 Nd2 23. Nd3 Qb7 24. Rc1 Nc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 {Stumpers,L-Van Scheltinga,T Amsterdam 1950 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 11. b4 Bd6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Qb3 O-O 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qb3 Nc4 20. Bc3 Bc8 21. Nxc6 Qg5 22. Kh1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qg3 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 {Mayer Vokralova,S-Teichmann,R Cihak 1969 ½-½ (35)}) 11... Bd6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bc3 a5 15. Ne5 h6 16. f4 c5 17. Qe2 c4 18. Bb1 Bb4 19. Be1 Bxe1 20. Rcxe1 Rab8 21. Qc2 Ne4 22. Nc3 Nxe5 23. fxe5 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Qg6 Bc6 26. Re2 e5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Rf5 Qe7 29. e4 dxe4 30. h3 Qd6 31. Rxa5 Bd7 32. Kh1 Ng4 0-1 [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Piro, Antonio"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D44"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1949.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 b4 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Qf5 ({RR} 15... Qd5 16. Qc2 c5 17. Rac1 Kb8 18. Bf4+ Ka8 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. Ng5 Qxf3 21. Nxf3 Bxf3 22. h4 Bd5 23. Rfd1 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc5 25. Rxc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Rh5 27. Rd1 Kb7 28. Rxd7+ Rxd7 29. Qb5+ Kc8 30. Qb8# {Mammadov,S-Fernanda,A (1932) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0}) 16. f3 ({RR} 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Rad1 Qh3 18. Bh4 Rxh4 19. gxh4 Bh6 20. h5 Bb7 21. Ng3 c5 22. d5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Qh7 Bf4 25. Qxf7 Kb8 26. Qg7 Qe6 27. Bg4 Qe5 28. h6 Qe8 29. h7 Qf8 30. Re1 Bh6 {Timman,J (2620)-Torre,E (2550) Wijk aan Zee 1981 1-0 (32)}) 16... Nc5 17. Nxc5 $146 ({RR} 17. Bf4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 19. Bf3 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxc6 Bh6 22. Bxh6 Rxh6 23. Rf2 Rh8 24. Rc1 Kc7 25. Bf3 Kd6 26. h4 e5 27. h5 Bc8 28. Rfc2 Be6 29. Be2 Rc8 30. Kf2 Kd5 31. Ke3 Bf5 {Baturinsky,V-Ravinsky,G Moscow 1946 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 17. Be3 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qxe4 19. Qd2 Qh7 20. Rf2 Bd6 21. Bf3 c5 22. a3 Bb7 23. Qe2 Be4 24. Bf4 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Qd3 27. Qg2 Rd5 28. axb4 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 cxd4 30. b5 Kb8 31. Re4 Qb3 {Babula,V (2260)-Chura,J Czechoslovakia 1990 ½-½ (34)}) 17... Bxc5 18. Be3 Qxf6 19. Rc1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Qa4 Bb5 22. Qxa7 Qh6 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qb7+ Kd6 25. Rfd1 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Rd5 27. Rxd5+ exd5 28. Qa7 Re8 29. Rc2 c3 30. Bxb5 Qxc2 31. Qb6 cxb2 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1950.11.21"] [Round "8"] [White "Van den Berg, Carel"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1950.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "MCL"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 (7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+) (7. e3 {?8.Ld3}) 7... Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 Be7 (10... e5 {Euwe-Fine/Avro/1938} 11. O-O f5 $6 12. Ng3 e4 13. Rfe1 $40 Kd8) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rd8 (12... e5 $2 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. Re4 $16) ({RR} 12... b6 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. a3 Nf6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Qg6+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qg6+ Kg8 {½-½ (24) Paduano,C (2253)-Mayaud,R (2126) chess.com INT 2025}) 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bb1 ({RR} 14. Ng3 b6 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Qc3 c5 19. d5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 f6 21. Re3 Qf7 22. Rde1 e5 23. Nf5 Bc8 24. f4 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 exf4 26. Re7 Qh5 27. Qh3 Qg5 28. Qg4 Qxg4 {Aleman Dovo,M-Najdorf,M Havana 1952 0-1 (45)}) 14... Nf8 (14... c5 $6) 15. a3 $146 (15. Ne5 f6) ({RR} 15. c5 b5 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Qe3 Be8 18. Bc2 a5 19. a3 Ra7 20. h4 Qb8 21. h5 f6 22. b4 Bf7 23. Bb3 Re8 24. Qe4 Qc7 25. Qc2 Qb8 26. Nh4 Bd8 27. Ng6 Bc7 28. Re3 a4 29. Ba2 f5 {Smyslov,V-Petrosian,T Moscow 1971 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. c5 Be8 18. a3 Bf7 19. Ba2 Ng6 20. g3 Rd7 21. Qe3 Rad8 22. b4 Nf8 23. Kg2 a5 24. Nc3 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 26. Bb3 Ra3 27. Na4 Rd8 28. Nd2 Ra8 29. Nb6 Rd8 {Rajkovic,D (2474)-Laketic,G (2500) Novi Sad 2000 ½-½ (62)}) 15... Bd7 16. c5 (16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qg3 $1 {?18.Sg6!} Rac8 18. f4 $40) 16... Be8 17. Ne5 {?18.Sc4, 19.Scd6} b5 18. Qc3 $2 (18. Qg3 $1 {?19.Sg6!} Rac8 19. f4 $40) 18... f6 19. Nd3 $6 {×d4} (19. Nf3 $142) 19... Rd7 20. Ng3 Rad8 21. Nc1 f5 22. Ba2 Bf7 23. Nce2 Bf6 24. Rd3 h5 25. Red1 h4 26. Nf1 Ng6 {?27... Sf4} 27. Qc1 e5 $2 (27... Ne7 28. Nf4 Bg5) 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Qc2 e4 (30... exd4 31. Qb3+ Kf8 32. Qe6 $1) 31. R3d2 Bg5 32. Nc3 Kg6 33. d5 cxd5 (33... Bxe3 34. d6 $1) 34. Ncxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 (35. Nxd5 Qc6 $1) 35... Bxe3 36. Rxd7 Bxf2+ 37. Qxf2 $2 (37. Kxf2 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. c6 Qc7 40. Qc5 $10) 37... Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. h3 Qe7 40. b4 (40. Qd4 e3 41. Kf1) 40... e3 $1 41. Qe2 Qe4 $1 42. Kh1 (42. Kf1 $2 Qb1+ 43. Qe1 Qd3+ 44. Qe2 Qxa3 45. Qxb5 Qc1+ $1) 42... Kf6 43. Kg1 Qd4 $1 44. Kf1 (44. Kh1 Qd2 $19) 44... Qc4 $1 45. Ke1 (45. Qxc4 $2 bxc4 $19) 45... Qc3+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ (46... Qxa3) 47. Qe1 Qc4+ (47... Qxa3 48. Qxh4+) 48. Kg1 (48. Qe2 Ke5 $1 49. Ke1 Qc3+ 50. Kf1 Qxa3) 48... Qd4 49. Kf1 Ke5 50. Ke2 f4 $1 {51... Dc4 52.Kf3 De4 53... Dg2} 51. Qd1 Qb2+ 52. Kf3 Qf2+ 53. Kg4 Qxg2+ 54. Kh5 Qd5 55. Qg4 Kf6+ 56. Kxh4 g5+ (56... g5+ 57. Kh5 Qf7+ 58. Kh6 Qg6#) 0-1 [Event "Havana"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Aleman Dovo, Miguel"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1952.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "CUB"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir Alekhine/Tartakower} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 ({RR} 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+) ({RR} 7. e3) 7... Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 Be7 ({RR} 10... e5) ({RR} 10... e5 11. O-O f5 12. Ng3 e4 13. Rfe1 Kd8) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rd8 ({RR} 12... b6 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. a3 Nf6 17. Ne5 c5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Bg7 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Qg6+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qg6+ Kg8 {½-½ (24) Paduano,C (2253)-Mayaud,R (2126) chess.com INT 2025}) ({RR} 12... e5 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. Re4) 13. Rad1 Qc7 ({RR} 13... b6 14. Bb1 Nf8 ({RR} 14... Bb7) 15. Ne5 h5 16. g3 Qh6 17. Qf3 Bf6 18. Nxc6 Re8 19. Nd6 Bd7 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne5) ({RR} 13... Nf8 14. Qc3) 14. Ng3 ({RR} 14. Bb1 Nf8 ({RR} 14... c5) 15. a3 ({RR} 15. Ne5 f6) 15... Bd7 16. c5 ({RR} 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Qg3 Rac8 18. f4) 16... Be8 17. Ne5 b5 18. Qc3 ({RR} 18. Qg3 Rac8 19. f4) 18... f6 19. Nd3 ({RR} 19. Nf3) 19... Rd7 20. Ng3 Rad8 21. Nc1 f5 22. Ba2 Bf7 23. Nce2 Bf6 24. Rd3 h5 25. Red1 h4 26. Nf1 Ng6 27. Qc1 e5 ({RR} 27... Ne7 28. Nf4 Bg5) 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {Van den Berg,C-Najdorf,M Amsterdam 1950 MCL [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 0-1 (56)}) 14... b6 $146 ({RR} 14... Nf8 15. Qc3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Ne5 ({RR} 17. Nh5 Qa5) 17... Qa5 18. Qc1 Bd7 ({RR} 18... c5 19. Qf4) 19. c5 b5 20. Be4 Qc7 21. Qc3 Be8 22. Ne2 Ra6 23. Nc1 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Nd3 Rd8 26. Ne5 Bf8 27. h4 ({RR} 27. f4) 27... Raa8 ({RR} 27... h5 28. Qf3 g6 29. g4 f5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Bb1) ({RR} 27... g6 28. h5 g5 29. f4) 28. Bb1 h5 ({RR} 28... Rab8 29. Qc2 g6 30. h5) 29. Qf3 {Alekhine,A-Asztalos,L Kecskemet 1927 HCL [Alekhine/Tartakower] 1-0 (42)} ({RR} 29. Qc2 g6)) ({RR} 14... Nf6) 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Qc3 c5 19. d5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 f6 21. Re3 Qf7 22. Rde1 e5 23. Nf5 Bc8 24. f4 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 exf4 26. Re7 Qh5 27. Qh3 Qg5 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. Bxg4 Ng6 30. Be6+ Kh8 31. Rc7 Ne5 32. b3 a5 33. a4 Rd6 34. Re4 f3 35. gxf3 Nxf3+ 36. Kf2 Ne5 37. Bf7 Rf8 38. Rxe5 fxe5 39. Ke3 Rf6 40. Be6 Rf1 41. Rb7 Re1+ 42. Kd2 Re4 43. Rxb6 Rf2+ 44. Kd1 Ree2 45. Bf5 g6 0-1 [Event "ARG-ch"] [Site "Buenos Aires"] [Date "1949.??.??"] [Round "19"] [White "Esposito, Alfredo H"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1949.09.27"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "23"] [EventCountry "ARG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2016"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb6 11. Qb3 Bc5 ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Bc5 14. O-O O-O 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 a5 17. Nd1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Bd4 19. Nc3 a4 20. Ne2 c5 21. Rfd1 a3 22. b3 Bb2 23. Rb1 c4 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qd3 Nb6 26. Qb3 {Potkin,V (2557)-Kobalia,M (2654) Playchess.com INT 2006 0-1 (43)}) ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. Be2 Bc5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 cxd5 18. exd5 Qe7 19. Bg4 Rb8 20. Ne4 Bd6 21. a4 g6 22. a5 Nd7 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Qb5 Kg7 25. Rc4 Rbd8 26. a6 {Salemgareev,T (2423)-Navara,D (2635) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (37)}) 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 $146 ({RR} 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 h5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 g6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Nd1 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qd6 22. h4 Bd4 23. Be2 Qb4 24. Kf1 Qe7 25. g3 Qe6 26. Kg2 Qxa2 27. Qxc6 Kg7 28. Qc2 Qa5 {Zagorskis,D (2478)-Huzman,A (2577) Saint Vincent 2005 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nd1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bg4 Bb6 20. Rxc6 Nf6 21. Bf3 Rd2 22. a4 Rad8 23. b4 R8d4 24. Rc8+ Kh7 25. a5 Bd8 26. Ne3 Rxb4 27. Nd5 Rxd5 28. exd5 Bxa5 {Petrovs,V-Stahlberg,G Kemeri 1937 1-0 (37)}) 14... Bh5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. a4 a5 17. Rfd1 $2 cxd5 $1 18. exd5 Qf4 $1 19. Qc2 Bg6 20. Qd2 Qxd2 $1 21. Nxd2 Bb4 22. Bb5 Rfd8 23. Nf3 f6 24. Nh4 Bh7 $1 25. g4 Kf8 $1 26. Ng2 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxd5 29. Ne3 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Nd5 31. c4 Nf4 32. Kh2 b6 33. Nc3 Ke7 34. h4 Kd6 35. Kg3 Kc5 36. g5 Bd3 37. gxh6 gxh6 0-1 [Event "Lodz-ch"] [Site "Lodz"] [Date "1928.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Szpiro, Abram"] [Black "Najdorf, Miguel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1928.10.10"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2017"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 {1)Lissowski: Young Najdorf. Nottinham. The CP. p.14.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 a6 (7... dxc4 {is more often played. With the game move, Black prepares dxc4 followed by b5, ?b7, c5.}) 8. a4 ({Preventing b5 but this weakens the square b4. According to theory, better was} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O {with small advantage for White since, in this variation, the move a6 is not necessary.}) 8... c6 9. O-O (9. Rc1 $5) 9... dxc4 ({Improvement, comparing to the well-known game at the time Alekhine-Michell, Bern 1925, in which played was} 9... h6 10. Bh4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a5 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. Ne5 $14) 10. Bxc4 Nd5 (10... c5 {gives White a small advantage after} 11. dxc5 $14) ({Interesting was} 10... h6 $5) 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e4 ({White creates a big pawn centre.} 12. a5 $5 {is an interesting move fixing black pawns on light squares.}) 12... Nf4 $146 ({If Black plays} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bd3 $14 {White has a long-lasting positional advantage in the form of strong pawn center.}) ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Re1 a5 15. Rb1 h6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Qa2 Qf6 18. Re3 Re7 19. h3 c5 20. d5 Nf8 21. Qb3 b6 22. Rd1 Qd6 23. Bb5 Ng6 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Kh2 Rea7 26. Bf1 Rb8 27. g3 {Astaneh Lopez,A (2357)-Lawson,A (2200) Liverpool 2008 1-0 (37)}) 13. Qb3 $6 ({Unnecessary move. Better was} 13. g3 Ng6 14. h4 $14) 13... e5 ({Black plays in classic style, fighting for the centre. Better was} 13... b5 $5 14. axb5 cxb5 $11 {and now the move} 15. Bxb5 $4 {is not good} Rb8 $19 {[%CAl Rb8b5]}) 14. d5 Qf6 ({This is a typical attacking move. Yet, better was} 14... b5 $1 {and Black has an excellent play, for instance:} 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Nc5 17. Qe3 axb5 18. Rxa8 bxc4) 15. Rad1 $2 ({Though it's obvious that Black prepares the attack on black king White does not feel this and so he does not defend. For White, best was} 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Ne6 {with equal play.}) (15. Rfd1 $5) 15... Nxg2 $1 {this tactical soot is decisive for the game.} 16. Kxg2 $2 ({White does not defend well. Better was} 16. Ne2 {though after} Qg6 17. Kh1 Nc5 {Black has a clear advantage.}) 16... Nc5 17. Qc2 Bh3+ $1 {Now follows a forced play} 18. Kxh3 (18. Kg3 Qf4+) 18... Qxf3+ 19. Kh4 g5+ $1 20. Kxg5 Kh8 21. Rg1 Rg8+ 22. Kh4 Qf4+ ({White resigned because of} 22... Qf4+ 23. Kh3 Qh6#) 0-1