Talk:Miguel Najdorf
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page. | ||
| B | This article has been rated as B-Class on the project's quality scale. [FAQ] | ||
 |
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Chess, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of chess. For more information, visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. | |
| B | This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale. | |
| High | This article has been rated as High-Importance on the importance scale. |
[edit] old talk
I would like to see this page revert. Describing the Taimanov-Najdorf game as a "Taimanov-Narjdof (sic) match" is not only a grotesque misspelling but also a misuse of the term "match" in a chess context. One game from a tournament isn't a "match." Bill-on-the-Hill 03:37, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
- Feel free to fix the article yourself. -Mariano 07:21, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
-
- I've fixed it now, but Mariano is right, of course: it's usually better to fix these things yourself when you see them (be bold in updating pages and all that). If you just comment on talk, you could be waiting months for somebody else to do it! --Camembert 12:49, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
-
-
- Yeah, understood, but I didn't want my objection to seem like dueling author vanities, since the text that was modified to produce that bad "match" terminology and box was all mine. Bill-on-the-Hill 13:02, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
-
- Usually, if there's not an edit war, you do your changes and justify them in the edit summary field. To roll back such a modification might be better to leave a messege on the talk page first. Good wiking, Mariano 14:27, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Date of birth
I haven't been able to find any reference to Najdorf's birth date, and I always thought it to be unknown. Anon user 81.97.127.110 added September 4 as ihs birthdate, but it should be backedup with some reference. Mariano(t/c) 09:10, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
All books say 15 April 1910. Chvsanchez 05:54, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Versus World Champions
I just saw a brief obit written in 1997 that says that Najdorf played every World Champion except Steinitz, beating Botvinnik, Smyslov, Petrosian, Tal, and Fischer. The second part is true, but I'm not sure that Najdorf played Lasker. The two free databases I checked (chessgames.com and nicbase) both have only a single game against Edward Lasker, and none against Emanuel. Does anyone know if this claim is correct? Quale 18:59, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
- The ChessBase.com database agrees with you - just one game with Ed Lasker. I suspect someone got mixed up by the e. Laskers. Bubba73 (talk), 06:32, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
