Miguel Najdorf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Miguel Najdorf

Argentine chess player

Date of Birth: 15-Apr-1910

Place of Birth: Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 04-Jul-1997

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Poland, Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Miguel Najdorf (born Mojsze Mendel Najdorf) (15 April 1910 – 4 July 1997) was a Polish-Argentinian chess grandmaster.
Originally from Poland, he was in Argentina when World War II began in 1939, and he stayed and settled there.
He was a leading world player in the 1940s and 1950s, and is also known for the Najdorf Variation, one of the most popular of all chess openings.