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Borislav Ivkov vs Miguel Najdorf
Hoogovens (1971), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 2, Jan-13
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical. Traditional Variation Main Line (E19)  ·  1-0

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Jan-13-13  IndigoViolet: The <BCM> report said <Another happening of note was Najdorf's placing a Rook en prise against Ivkov...> but Black was completely lost so it looks more like a spite resignation to me. I don't want to read too much into one incident, but I get the impression sometimes that, beheath Najdorf's bonomhie, could lie a rather difficult personality.
Jan-13-13
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  perfidious: <IndigoViolet> Then there was the story of Najdorf at Wijk aan Zee one year.

Najdorf was in the habit of asking anyone about what they thought of his position, and one time he accosted a local journalist who knew little or nothing about chess. This did not deter the intrepid member of the press corps, who promptly informed his interlocutor that he was 'sunk without a bubble'. So far as I know, that cured Najdorf of the habit.

Jan-13-13
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  Fusilli: <IndigoViolet> <beheath Najdorf's bonomhie, could lie a rather difficult personality.>

Of course he was difficult. All egomaniacs are.

Yet, we Argentines always loved him because he did more than anyone ever did for Argentine chess.

Jan-13-13  Gregor Samsa Mendel: Sometimes I wonder how many more chessplayers there would be in the U.S. if Fischer had been more like Najdorf. But really, this is all just idle speculation.
Jan-13-13
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  HeMateMe: I was playing chess and enjoying it without ever having heard of Bobby Fischer. It helps having a player like Fischer from your country, but it's not necessary to draw people to the game.
Jan-13-13
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  perfidious: < Fusilli: <IndigoViolet> <beheath Najdorf's bonomhie, could lie a rather difficult personality.> Of course he was difficult. All egomaniacs are....>

Replace 'Najdorf' with 'Kasparov' or 'Alekhine' in chess, not to mention numerous other fields of endeavour and throw in that spritz of bonhomie, and things would be no different, really.

In no way is this a defence of that exaggerated trait of egomania, but it is very often an integral part of the drive which takes many to the top of their professions.

Imagine trying to live with someone who is egomaniacal on a day-to-day basis; I should think that even the strongest characters would find it difficult.

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