N.O.F. NAJDORF has kibitzed 443 times to chessgames   [less...]

Mar-23-23 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935   N.O.F. NAJDORF: 35...Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. Rc2 Re3 38. Qxb7 Rxb7 39. Rc7 Rb8 40. b7 wins 35...Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Qxe4 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Ra2 Qb7 39. Qxb7 Rxb7 40. Ra7 Rdd7 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. Rfa8 Kf7 43. Bf3 Rxa7 44. Rxa7 and 45. b7 wins      Mar-14-23 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935   N.O.F. NAJDORF: Thanks. 38. Rf5 is a nice move in your first variation, and in your second variation, even if black tries repeating moves with the rook on f7 and f8 and plays h6 to prevent h4, h5, h6, white can force the exchange of queens and then play d6 and advance his king to d5 and the      Feb-21-23 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972    N.O.F. NAJDORF: <Honza Cervenka: Spassky should have played 15.f3.> Kraidman played it as early as the eleventh move and went on to miss two winning chances against Fischer: Kraidman vs Fischer, 1968      Feb-14-23 Kotov vs Euwe, 1946   N.O.F. NAJDORF: <nescio: Besides 26.Qd8 which wins a piece, but leaves the knight stranded on d8, there was also 26.Qc8! which may be even stronger: 26...Rc2 (26...fxe6 27.Rxe6) 27.Kf1! Rxc3 28.Nc7.> 25...Rxb2 26. Qc8 g6 27. Kf1 h5 28. Nc7 Qf6 29. Rxe8+ Kg7 30. Ne4 Qf4 31. Ne6+ fxe6 ...      Feb-09-23 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972   N.O.F. NAJDORF: <Joshka: Karpov is Russian FYI.> So is Spassky. But Spassky was the only ethnic Russian in the USSR team that played the rest of the world in 1970. None of the USSR's representatives at the 1962 Candidates' Tournament had any Russian ancestry. That rather proves my ...      Feb-06-23 Fischer vs Fine, 1963   N.O.F. NAJDORF: What is wrong with 14...Qe7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxh4 18. Qe5+ Kd8 19. Rfe1 d6 ?      Feb-05-23 Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967    N.O.F. NAJDORF: 28...dxc2 29. hxg6 c1=Q+ 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 fxg6 32. Rxh7      Feb-01-23 Spassky vs B Gurgenidze, 1957   N.O.F. NAJDORF: <peterh99: I think White plays Rf4 blocking black's mate threat after which his knight can't move and is lost.> 30. Rf4 Nxg3+ 31. hxg3 Qe5 32. Rh4+ Kg8 33. Bc3 Qxd4 34. Bxd4 Be5 and black survives.      Jan-29-23 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966   N.O.F. NAJDORF: 26...Nb7 27. Nf5 Qf8 28. Qf6 h5 29. Ng5 Nd8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Bxf7 and mates      Jan-25-23 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935   N.O.F. NAJDORF: 21...Bxf5 22. Qxf5 f6 (Bf6 23. Be4 Re8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qf5) 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Rd7 Bf6 26. Rxb7 wins      Jan-17-23 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935    Jan-17-23 Rubinstein vs S von Freymann, 1909    Jan-17-23 Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907    Jan-16-23 Portisch vs Petrosian, 1974    Jan-16-23 Stein vs Portisch, 1962     Jan-16-23 Stein vs Flohr, 1957    Jan-15-23 Najdorf vs Fischer, 1966    Jan-15-23 Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968    Jan-15-23 Reshevsky vs Najdorf, 1952    Jan-13-23 Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960     Jan-13-23 Fischer vs Spassky, 1992    Jan-12-23 Tal vs Hartston, 1974    Jan-08-23 Reshevsky vs Kavalek, 1973    Dec-24-22 Yates vs G Wainwright, 1909    Dec-24-22 Yates vs Saemisch, 1923    Dec-23-22 Alekhine vs Yates, 1922     Dec-17-22 G Schories vs Yates, 1910    Dec-17-22 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972    Dec-17-22 Bronstein vs Keres, 1950    Dec-15-22 Capablanca vs M Czerniak, 1939    Dec-14-22 J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901    Dec-04-22 Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935    Nov-20-22 E F Schrader vs Capablanca, 1909    Nov-09-22 Capablanca vs J Baca Arus, 1912     Oct-16-22 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972    Oct-12-22 Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918    Sep-26-22 Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916    Sep-19-22 Capablanca vs A Becker, 1929    Sep-04-22 C H Alexander vs R B Edwards, 1959    Aug-10-22 Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1983    Jul-09-22 Pachman vs Bronstein, 1946    Jul-08-22 Kasimdzhanov vs Adams, 2004     Jul-07-22 Fischer vs H Ree, 1968     Jul-06-22 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972    Jul-05-22 Spassky vs Geller, 1968     Jun-12-22 Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987    May-31-22 Alekhine vs Yates, 1923    May-24-22 Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971     May-03-22 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927     May-03-22 Kraidman vs Fischer, 1968     Mar-17-22 I Gat vs I Aloni, 1966     Mar-11-22 M Czerniak vs K Langeweg, 1966    Mar-10-22 Y Stepak vs Spassky, 1964    Mar-10-22 Golombek vs G Szilagyi, 1966    Feb-27-22 O Bernstein vs R G Wade, 1961    Feb-26-22 C Kottnauer vs E Lundin, 1946    Feb-26-22 Yanofsky vs C Guimard, 1946    Feb-26-22 L Konovalov vs Mordkovich, 1957    Feb-26-22 A Kaldor vs Y Porat, 1973    Feb-26-22 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Fischer, 1956    Nov-12-16 S Bouaziz vs Y Gruenfeld, 1979    Sep-11-16 Tal vs Adorjan, 1979     Aug-05-16 V Mikenas vs S F Lebedev, 1941     May-28-16 Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918     Sep-08-15 Fischer vs E Bone, 1964     Sep-06-15 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969     Sep-06-15 Bronstein vs Geller, 1961     Jan-17-15 Karpov vs Kasparov, 1975

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