chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

N, a symboliorthe knieht ohen uscd becauseil is
simder rhan Kt and less likcly to beconlusedwrth
K. the synbol lor thc king.
NAI}AREISEVII,I. CIA ANTONOVICH
(1921 ), Sovict conposer, InlernarioDal Judge
ol Chcls composidons (r960), InGrnational
Crandmaster ior Chcss Conpositions (t9801.
neurologist at lbilisi. FIe wo! the taclfth (19?i1)
USSR study composing championshiP andgaincd
asards in nany olhe. tonmeys. He has aho writlen
sc,cral books. .azbl4,,y. Eryldr (1910) conrains
about 230 nudies.l00 by the afihott Shakh,uhli
Etru.lv a.uzin (1915) n acatlection o1293 srudics
by GcorgiaD composersi /z6runnJe Shdkhhahy.
Eryzdt (1976) conlains 125 sttrdies by the aulhor
and an appendix o. the eDdgame queen againsl
one or tso lieces. Eryud; 6/4 z,di G ro$tuei erot
(1982) contains 312 srudies by many conpose$
with comnenrs lrom ,13 famous players; 100.000
'%, W. %
ruryv&"&
% "'&a%&
%'/e x'ffi
A study b} NadareGhvili th..t won n6t prize in rhe
Drasnd tourney 1965 Apparendy whilc has an
easy win, bul Blackhas ahiddcn resource. 1Ba4
Ng,1 2BdiNl? 3Bb3+ Kg6 4a6Ng4 5a7Kb5
6 a8=R (ro avoid stalenate) 6 .. s6 7 Ral
dl=Q 8 Rxd1.
NAJDoRF (pron. Nie doro. MIGUEL (i910 )-
Intcnrational Crlndna$cr (1950), a Polish-born
plater who sought astlun in Argenlina in 1939.
becane narurnlized liee years laler, lnd chnnged
his forenane lrom Mieczyslaw to Miguel.llnbe{
interEalional toumanent results were: Hungarian
chadpionship19S6,lnsr(+10=,1 i),pl.linCr,^
.o .ou/t. eqnrl with l-. sr.rN.Ri Bncnos Aircs
1941, Iirsi (+9=.1 1) equal Nilh sriHLBrRGl
Prague 1946,Insr (+9=3 l): Buenos Aires 1947.
calcgory 1.1. sccond (+a:5 l) aiter S6hlbere
ahead of EU* Ei A mstcrdam 1910. fint (+ ll =8 l)
ahead olirsHrvs(y and Sidhlbergi Bled 1950, 6st
(+li=5-l)i Havana 1962, fiEt (+1.1=5 2) ahead
ol polucAyrlsxv, sp^sso. cllcoRraj and sMYsLov;
Mar del Plara 1965. iirsl (+10:5) one.nd a hall
po'n( ahed! !l sE N rhe seconLl prlze $inner In
1e49 NdrdorL drcs mrr(he\ alarnn aNE
(+2=4 2) a.d rRltsuNoqa (+!=10 1):hterhe
lost rso matches against Reshevsky.
When Fine withdrew lror thc wortd chah
pionship ol 1948 FIDE dcclined 10 substitulc
Najdorlwho. as one olthc world'sbesl ten players
at rhal1nne. had a sftong claim lo fie ta.aniPlace.
I-alc. in rhe year he played in thc lirst interzonal
rournanenr, sco ng +6=9 ,l and shannc sixth
pld(e AL the cdL"sory 16. ANDrDlrEs lournamenl
ir Buddnenrn l'r5Uhccarne 6hh 1+l=12-lr anLl
n rhe equalLy \rrnng Cdndid
Neuhlu\en Zuich 'n
1951 he lrme \irLh
(+5=19-!t) equal *ith c.r LtR and Korcv Hh last
ltlc anenpr wd in ihc Goleborg intcrzonal ol
1955 when he lailed to qualily as a Candidale.
Najdorf plaled in noie than 30 strong inteha
tional tourn.oenls lnd woD 8 firn Prizes. oilcn
with a higb pe.cenrage score He Nas a brillianl
MrDDr.{rA E player, add ir k in this Phase lbal
most games are {on; but at the hiShesl levct hh
skill ln tbe opennre and ENDGAM! phases did nol
m rch that ol hn leading contcmporaries, and he
wor no touturmentssrrongerthancateSory l0 Hc
pla\e! lor P. a
'd n the O !mpLcd\.1 1915, lal7.
;n,l l9:19 rnd fur Arlrnn ra in ele\en uL!flfiads
froo 1950 to 19?6. ln_1950 and 1952 h. made the
bcst scores at lirsl board, +8=6 and +11=3 2
respedilely. (scc lMurANrous DSPLAY.)
R castelli. Naldor, lree, 1 sd,, (19681conra,ns
Larssn-N.tdod Lueano Olympi.d 1963 QDeen\ nxn
I b:rd 2tsb2s6 3l1d5 4e3Nr6 5 NBBc? 6Bb5+
Bd7 7a,10-0 300Nc6 9Qe2a6 l0Brc6Bxl6 llNe5
Rc3 1215Nd7 llNxc6Rxc6 14d3cI l5bxc4dx.4 16
dl Nr6 1? c3 b5 13axb6Qrh6 l9 Ba3 BxaS 20 Rr.3
Nd5 21Rc1Ob7 zlooRb6 23Nd2Rb2 2lQclRb3
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