“You always admire what you really don’t understand”
Blaise Pascal
Lionel Messi and Argentina have won the World Cup 2022. They showed mental toughness, determination and brilliance. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from their quest. In celebration of this historic win, after a unique final we may never see again, I decided to pick a couple of games played by “El Viejo”. Of course I am talking about GM Miguel Najdorf (ARG) who gifted us the Sicilian Najdorf. He was as influential in chess, as Messi has been in football. I hope you liked the final and you will like the games below:
Mikhail Botvinnnik is quoted saying:
“If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece, don’t take it.”
I could not find any quotes about what to do if Najdorf sacrificed pieces.
Eugen Demian
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Author: Valer Eugen Demian
The player – my first serious chess tournament was back in 1974, a little bit late for today’s standards. Over the years I have had the opportunity to play all forms of chess from OTB to postal, email and server chess. The journey as a player brought me a lot of experience and a few titles along the way: FIDE CM (2012), ICCF IM (2001) and one ICCF SIM norm (2004). The instructor – my career as a chess teacher and coach started in 1994 and continues strong. I have been awarded the FIDE Instructor title (2007) for my work and have been blessed with great students reaching the highest levels (CYCC, NAYCCC, Pan-Am, WYCC). I am very proud of them! See my website for more information. I have developed my own chess curriculum on 6 levels based on my overall chess knowledge and hands-on experience. A glimpse of it can be seen in my first chess app:
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