[Event "Warsaw"] [Site "Warsaw"] [Round "0"] [White "Glucksberg"] [Black "Najdorf"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"] [Opening "Dutch: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3"] {23. NAJDORF (1910-1997) The strength of the Argentine grandmaster Najdorf lies mainly in the middle game and the endgame. He admits he plays the openings less well than his Grandmaster colleagues. His style is highly combinative calling to mind the games of Alekhine. He makes snap decisions in keeping with his mercurial temperament. Positionally he has not reached the same heights as he has done in the field of tactics. In his early years in particulary he lacked the compusure and patience which are necessary for converting small positional advantages into a win. Najdorf is a fine simultaneous player and one of the greatest blindfold experts the world has ever seen - perfhaps the very greatest. The world record he holds - 45 simultaneous blindfold games - will be very difficult to surpass. Here is Najdorf's immortal game} 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 { Too passive} (5. g3) 5... c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng5 $2 { An elementary mistake, typical of mediocre opponents of the era of Anderssen and Morphy} 9... Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 (10. Kxh2 Ng4+ 11. Kg1 Qxg5) 10... Ng4 $1 { But this is the real refutation} 11. f4 (11. Nxe6 Qh4) 11... Qe8 12. g3 Qh5 13. Kg2 Bg1 $1 {In view of the threat to the e-pawn White has little choice} 14. Nxg1 (14. Rxg1 Qh2+ 15. Kf3 Qf2#) 14... Qh2+ 15. Kf3 e5 $3 { The climax of the combination} 16. dxe5 Ndxe5+ 17. fxe5 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Ng6+ 19. Kf3 f4 $3 20. exf4 Bg4+ $1 21. Kxg4 Ne5+ $1 22. fxe5 h5# 0-1