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Najdorf, Miguel vs Gligoric, Svetozar

Candidats Tournament • Zuerich • 1953

Najdorf vs Gligoric — ZurichTop 100

Zurich 1953. Miguel Najdorf — whose name lives on in the Sicilian Najdorf, the most popular opening in modern chess — faced the Yugoslav star Gligoric in one of the century's most important tournaments.

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Candidats Tournament

Najdorf, Miguel vs Gligoric, Svetozar
Zuerich • 1953
1/2-1/2
Start
White King
Black King
End
1.d4Nf62.c4g63.g3c64.Nc3d55.cxd5cxd56.Nh3Bg77.Nf4O-O8.Bg2e69.O-ONc610.e3b611.b3Ba612.Re1Rc813.Bb2Re814.Rc1Bb715.Nd3Ba616.Ba3Bf817.Bxf8Rxf818.Nf4Ne719.h4h520.Qd2Qd61/2-1/2

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Result

1/2-1/2

Draw

Moves

20

Opening

E60

Queen's Pawn, Mengarini Attack

Date

1953.??.??

Moves

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