[Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.08.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Ba3 Bb7 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Na5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. c4 Be4 17. Qc3 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bc6 20. Qc2 h6 21. h3 Nb3 22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Qc3 f6 24. Nh2 Nb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.08.31"] [Round "2"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 Na6 7. Bd3 Nc7 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. h3 b5 13. f4 Nfe8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Ra7 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ra8 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Qb3 f6 19. Bh4 Qb6 20. Qa3 Nec7 21. b3 Nb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. f5 Bh6 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. e5 Bxc4 26. bxc4 dxe5 27. Qd3 Kh7 28. Nc3 Qb3 29. Rb1 e4 30. Rxb3 exd3 31. Rb7 Kg8 32. Kf2 Bf4 33. Kf3 Rb8 34. Rxb8+ Bxb8 35. Na4 Bd6 36. Bf2 Kf7 37. Ke3 Nc7 38. Kxd3 Na6 39. Ke4 f5+ 40. Kf3 e6 41. Nb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.02"] [Round "3"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nh3 Bg7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. Bg2 e6 9. O-O Nc6 10. e3 b6 11. b3 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. Nd3 Ba6 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Nf4 Ne7 19. h4 h5 20. Qd2 Qd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.05"] [Round "4"] [White "Mark Taimanov"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. Rc1 Rf7 16. Rc2 Bf8 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 g4 19. Rfc1 g3 20. hxg3 fxg3 21. Bxg3 Nh5 22. Bh2 Be7 23. Nb1 Bd7 24. Qe1 Bg5 25. Nd2 Be3+ 26. Kh1 Qg5 27. Bf1 Raf8 28. Rd1 b5 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rc7 Rg7 32. Nb3 Nh4 33. Rc2 Bh3 34. Qe2 Nxg2 35. Bxg2 Bxg2+ 36. Qxg2 Qh4 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rg2+ Kh8 39. Ne1 Nf4 40. Rg3 Bf2 41. Rg4 Qh3 42. Nd2 h5 43. Rg5 0-1 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.08"] [Round "6"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 c5 13. e3 Ne6 14. Qc2 a5 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. b3 Qd7 17. Kh2 Nc6 18. Rad1 Ned8 19. Be1 Kh8 20. Na4 Qc8 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rd5 Ne6 25. Rxf5 Nb4 26. Rh5 Ng7 27. Rh4 Nf5 28. Rf4 e6 29. Rd1 Rb6 30. Na4 Rbb8 31. Be4 Ng7 32. Rxd6 Nxa2 33. Nxc5 1-0 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.09"] [Round "7"] [White "Yuri Averbakh"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. e4 a6 10. a4 Rb8 11. Re1 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. e5 Ng4 14. exd6 exd6 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Ne4 bxc4 17. Nfd2 Rb4 18. Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.12"] [Round "8"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Laszlo Szabo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Qa5 11. Qb3 Bg4 12. Nf4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. h3 Bf3 15. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Ne5 17. e4 b5 18. Be3 c4 19. Qc2 Nd3 20. Nxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxc3 22. Rad1 Rac8 23. Qd5 Rfe8 24. Qb3 Rc4 25. Rd5 a6 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. Rxa5 Bxa5 28. Kf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.13"] [Round "9"] [White "Max Euwe"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. d6 Nc6 10. e3 b6 11. Bd5 Kh8 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. h4 f5 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. g4 e4 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. gxf5 Bxa1 19. Nxg6+ Kg7 20. Nxe4 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Qxf5 22. Nf4 Kh8 23. Nxc3 Rae8 24. Nce2 Rg8 25. h5 Rg5 26. Ng3 Rxg3 27. fxg3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 Re8 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Kg7 31. Qe8 Qc2+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qc2+ 34. Ng2 Qf5 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ 1-0 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.15"] [Round "10"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Gideon Stahlberg"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 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 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 "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Isaac Boleslavsky"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 cxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. Rd1 Nd4 14. Kf2 Be6 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Ne2 f5 17. Nc3 f4 18. Bc1 Bf8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Bd4 22. Nd5 Kf7 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 g5 26. Ke2 h5 27. h3 Nf8 28. b3 Ng6 29. Bd2 Ke6 30. Be1 Ne7 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Kd3 b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.19"] [Round "12"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Alexander Kotov"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 a6 18. b4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Qc3 Nb6 21. Nf3 Qf4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Rc8 24. Rec3 Red8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. a3 Rc7 28. R3c2 Rdc8 29. Kd3 Nfd7 30. Nf1 f5 31. Ne3 e5 32. Nd2 e4+ 33. Ke2 Ne5 34. c5 Nd3 35. Rd1 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Nxe4 Nd7 38. Nd6 Rh8 39. g3 Nh3 40. Nd5 Rc6 41. Re2+ 1-0 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.22"] [Round "13"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. a4 Rc8 12. Be3 Be7 13. a5 h5 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Ra4 Qc7 16. h3 h4 17. Rf2 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Qe2 Ra8 21. Kh2 O-O 22. Rf1 Ra7 23. Rfa1 Rfa8 24. R1a2 Bd8 25. Na5 Rc8 26. Nc4 Qc6 27. Ne3 a5 28. Rc4 Qa6 29. b3 Bb6 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Ned5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Qc5 33. Ra1 Qf2 34. Qxf2 Bxf2 35. Rf1 Bd4 36. c3 Bc5 37. g4 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rb7 39. Rb1 f6 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Ke2 Rb8 42. b4 g6 43. Kd3 gxf5 44. exf5 axb4 45. cxb4 Bd4 46. Rc1 Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. Ke4 Kg5 49. Rh7 Bf2 50. Rg7+ Kh4 51. Kf3 Be1 52. Kg2 Rf8 53. b5 Ba5 54. b6 Bxb6 55. Nxb6 Rb8 56. Rg4+ Kh5 57. Nd5 1-0 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.23"] [Round "14"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Nb3 Ne4 13. Qe1 Nd6 14. Qd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.26"] [Round "15"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3 Ne8 9. Qd2 Nd4 10. Nd1 Rb8 11. Nf4 Nc7 12. c3 e5 13. Ne2 Nxe2 14. Qxe2 b6 15. O-O d5 16. c4 dxe4 17. dxe4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Re1 Bd3 20. Bg5 Qd4 21. Qe3 Bxc4 22. Rc1 Qxe3 23. Nxe3 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Bb3 25. Ra3 Be6 26. Rxa7 Nb5 27. Re7 Nd4 28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Rd1 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rd7+ Kg8 34. b3 b5 35. Rc7 c4 36. bxc4 b4 37. Bc1 e4 38. c5 b3 39. c6 b2 40. Bxb2 Rxb2 41. Rd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.27"] [Round "16"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Re8 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Qc2 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.09.29"] [Round "17"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Rc8 12. Nd2 h6 13. Rac1 d5 14. b3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Qc7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. exd4 Qf4 19. Ng3 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Nf1 Ne4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.03"] [Round "18"] [White "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. Bg2 b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. f4 Bg6 15. h3 f6 16. Kh2 Be7 17. a5 Qc7 18. c3 b3 19. f5 Bf7 20. Ra4 Nc5 21. Rg4 g6 22. Rb4 gxf5 23. Be3 O-O 24. Nc1 Bg6 25. Nxb3 Rxb4 26. cxb4 Ne4 27. Qe2 Qb7 28. Nd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.04"] [Round "19"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Mark Taimanov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. Rac1 a6 14. a3 Bc5 15. Be1 b5 16. Ba2 Rac8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Bf2 Nfd7 19. Bb1 Ba7 20. f4 Ng6 21. g3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Nf6 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bc5 Rfe8 27. Ba2 h6 28. Kf2 Rc6 29. Bb4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nc6 31. Bd2 Nd4 32. Be3 Nf5 33. Ba7 Re7 34. Bc5 Rc7 35. Rc3 h5 36. Bb1 Nh6 37. h4 Bc8 38. Bd4 Rc4 39. Bd3 Rxc3 40. Bxc3 Bf5 41. Be2 g6 42. a4 bxa4 43. Bxa6 Bc2 44. Bc8 Kf8 45. Bb4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.07"] [Round "21"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. Rad1 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nb1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.10"] [Round "22"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Yuri Averbakh"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Ne5 Na5 11. Bxb7 Nxb7 12. Qa4 d6 13. Nd3 Na5 14. c5 Qe8 15. Qxe8 Rfxe8 16. Rb1 Rec8 17. h4 d5 18. Bf4 f6 19. Nb4 a6 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Be1 Bxb4 23. cxb4 Na3 24. Rb3 Nb5 25. e3 Rc2 26. a4 Nd6 27. a5 b5 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. f3 Ne7 31. Bf2 Kf7 32. Rb1 Nf5 33. Kf1 Nd6 34. Rb3 Nc4 35. Kg2 f5 36. Rb1 Nxe3+ 37. Kg1 f4 38. gxf4 Nf5 39. Kf1 g6 40. Rb3 Ke7 41. Rb1 Kd7 0-1 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.11"] [Round "23"] [White "Laszlo Szabo"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Ba3 Rg4 19. g3 Re4 20. Rb1 Rae8 21. Rb5 Qd8 22. Qe2 a6 23. Rb2 Na5 24. Rfb1 R4e6 25. Kg2 h6 26. Qh5 Nb3 27. Re2 Qd7 28. Bb2 Kh7 29. h3 g6 30. Qf3 Re4 31. g4 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rg1 Rg8+ 34. Kh1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Re7 36. Kh1 Qe6 37. Qf4 Rg7 38. Kh2 Qg6 39. Qg3 Qh5 40. Qf4 Qg6 41. Qg3 Qe8 42. Qf4 Qe4 43. f3 Qd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.13"] [Round "24"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. a3 Be7 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Ne5 Qb7 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Qh5 f5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bf4 Bf6 19. Rac1 Qa4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rac8 22. Qe2 Qf4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Rfd8 25. Ba6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Be4 27. Bc8 Rd2 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rxb2 31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Rxa7 Rb1+ 33. Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Ke1 Rb1+ 37. Kd2 Rb2+ 38. Kc3 Rc2+ 39. Kd4 Rd2+ 40. Kc4 Rc2+ 41. Kd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.14"] [Round "25"] [White "Gideon Stahlberg"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 e5 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. e4 a6 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. a5 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Ba6 16. Na3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nhf6 18. Nc4 Ne8 19. Bh3 Ra7 20. Be3 Rb7 21. Ra1 Nc7 22. Qa4 Nb8 23. Nb6 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Qh4 Qf7 26. Bh6 Nba6 27. Nc4 Nb5 28. Ne3 f4 29. Bxg7+ Qxg7 30. Nf5 Qg6 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. Bxg4 Ra7 33. Nd2 Nb4 34. Nc4 Rf6 35. Rd1 Kg8 36. Bh3 Kf8 37. Kg2 Raf7 38. Nh4 fxg3 39. fxg3 Nd4 40. Be6 Rf2+ 41. Kh3 Rf1 42. Rxf1 Rxf1 43. Nxd6 Nxe6 44. dxe6 Ke7 45. Ne4 Kxe6 46. Nxc5+ Kd5 47. Na4 e4 48. Kg2 Ra1 49. Nc3+ Ke5 50. g4 Rxa5 51. Nf5 Nd5 52. Nd1 Ra1 53. Nf2 Nf4+ 54. Kg3 Rg1+ 55. Kh4 Rg2 56. Nd1 Rxh2+ 57. Kg3 Rh3+ 58. Kf2 Rf3+ 59. Ke1 h5 60. Nde3 h4 61. g5 h3 0-1 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.17"] [Round "26"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Nd3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxd3 13. exd3 Qc7 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. Bxc5 Ne5 16. d4 Nxc4 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. a4 e6 19. a5 Nf5 20. a6 Nd5 21. axb7 Qxb7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Ra4 a5 24. Qd3 Rab8 25. Rb1 Qb3 26. Qxb3 Rxb3 27. Rxa5 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Bxd5 Rb4 30. Kg2 Nb3 31. Bxb3 Rxb3 32. Ra3 Rb4 33. Rf3 Rdb8 34. b3 R8b7 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 R4b6 37. Kd2 Rb8 38. Kc2 Rc6+ 39. Rc3 Re6 40. Re3 Rc6+ 41. Kd2 g5 42. Re4 Rd8+ 43. Ke1 Rh6 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 f5 46. Rc4 Re6+ 47. Kf1 Rd2 48. b4 Ree2 49. Rf4 Kf6 50. Rb3 Rb2 51. Rxb2 Rxb2 52. Kg2 Rc2 53. Rd4 Ke5 54. Rd7 Rc4 55. Rxh7 Rxb4 56. h5 Kf6 57. Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.18"] [Round "27"] [White "Alexander Kotov"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. g4 Ne8 9. h4 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. g5 e4 12. f4 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. Qd2 axb5 15. Bxb5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Nge2 Nb4 18. O-O Nc7 19. Nc1 Qe8 20. a3 Qh5 21. Rf2 Qf7 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Bxc5 Rd8 25. d6 Ne8 26. Kg2 Bf8 27. N1e2 Nxd6 28. Qd5 Nb7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Ng3 Nd6 32. Rd2 Ke6 33. Rd5 Rb8 34. Rxd6+ Kxd6 35. Nxf5+ Kc6 36. Nxe4 Rxb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb4 38. Nfg3 Raa4 39. h5 Ra3+ 40. Kg4 Kd7 41. g6 hxg6 42. hxg6 Ke7 43. Nf5+ Ke6 44. Ng7+ Ke7 45. Nf5+ Ke6 46. g7 Ra8 47. Neg3 Rg8 48. Nh5 Rxf4+ 49. Kxf4 Rxg7 50. Nhxg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.20"] [Round "28"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 Rb4 13. e3 Ne6 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. Qc2 c6 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. Rb1 a5 20. Bd2 Nec5 21. Ne2 Qb6 22. Kh2 Rfc8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qa6 25. b3 Rb6 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Re8 28. f5 Ne5 29. f6 Qa7 30. Rbd1 Rb4 31. Qd4 c5 32. Qh4 a4 33. Rxd6 axb3 34. axb3 Rxb3 35. fxe7 Qxe7 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Bd5 Rxe3 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rc8 Nd3 40. Ra8 Re2+ 41. Kg1 Rd2 42. Raa1 Nb4 0-1 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.21"] [Round "29"] [White "Vasily Smyslov"] [Black "Miguel Najdorf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. c4 Re8 10. Nc3 Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Zurich Candidates"] [Site "Zuerich SUI"] [Date "1953.10.23"] [Round "30"] [White "Miguel Najdorf"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1953.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. O-O Be7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Ne4 1/2-1/2