David Bronstein
Soviet era · Ukraine · 1924–2006
Drew his 1951 title match with Botvinnik by a single point; endlessly imaginative.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
307Wins
493Draws
200Losses
55%Score
1944–1997Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikhail Tal | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 30 | 6 | 17 | 7 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 30 | 4 | 20 | 6 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 25 | 5 | 17 | 3 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 22 | 0 | 18 | 4 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 22 | 1 | 17 | 4 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Michael Adams | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Judit Polgar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1997 vs Richard Vedder White VAM Hoogeveen op E16 1-0
- 1997 vs Comp Chess System Tal White The Hague AEGON D97 1-0
- 1997 vs Comp Macchess AEGON'97 Black The Hague AEGON A98 0-1
- 1997 vs Comp Mephisto Milano Pro Black The Hague AEGON C15 0-1
- 1997 vs Comp Nimzo White The Hague AEGON B50 0-1
- 1997 vs Comp Saitek Sparc Black The Hague AEGON B06 1-0
- 1997 vs Comp XXXX II White The Hague AEGON C00 1-0
- 1997 vs Dick De Wit Black BEL-chT9697 C68 0-1
- 1997 vs Hans Groffen Black BEL-chT 9798 E97 0-1
- 1997 vs Ron Hofman Black VAM Hoogeveen op D45 0-1
- 1997 vs Linda Jap Tjoen San White VAM Hoogeveen op B86 0-1
- 1997 vs Tea Lanchava Black VAM Hoogeveen op E21 0-1
- 1997 vs Gert Ligterink Black VAM Hoogeveen op E97 0-1
- 1997 vs Friso Nijboer Black VAM Hoogeveen op C16 1-0
- 1997 vs Nebojsa Nikolic White BEL-chT9697 B31 1-0
- 1997 vs Lembit Oll White VAM Hoogeveen op B14 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Lev Psakhis Black VAM Hoogeveen op B84 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Ian Rogers White VAM Hoogeveen op B18 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Gerhard Schebler Black BEL-chT 9798 A54 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Bert Van der Linden White BEL-chT9697 B40 1-0
- 1997 vs Gerard Welling Black BEL-chT9697 A01 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Manuel Apicella White FRA-chT E68 0-1
- 1996 vs Giulio Borgo Black Ubeda op B01 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Stuart Conquest White Reykjavik op B09 0-1
- 1996 vs Frans Andre Cuijpers White BEL-chT9596 A28 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Gudmundur Gislason Black Reykjavik op A49 0-1
- 1996 vs J. Gonzalez Black Ubeda op A01 0-1
- 1996 vs Andri A Gretarsson White Reykjavik op E92 1-0
- 1996 vs Boris F Gulko White Reykjavik op B17 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Jon Viktor Gunnarsson Black Reykjavik op B01 0-1
- 1996 vs Benedikt Jonasson White Reykjavik op A70 0-1
- 1996 vs Bojan Kurajica Black Ubeda op D94 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Nikolay A Legky Black FRA-chT D32 1-0
- 1996 vs Smbat G Lputian White Ubeda op D76 1-0
- 1996 vs Azer Mirzoev White Ubeda op B31 0-1
- 1996 vs Heini Olsen Black Reykjavik op E92 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs A. Rodriguez Black Ubeda op A06 0-1
- 1996 vs Eduardas Rozentalis Black Reykjavik op B01 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Janos Szabolcsi Black FRA-chT E60 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Olafur Thorsson Black Reykjavik op E92 0-1
- 1995 vs Keith C Arkell Black Hastings Challengers9596 A48 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Graeme Buckley White Hastings Challengers9596 E68 1-0
- 1995 vs Vladimir Chuchelov Black Brussels op D78 1-0
- 1995 vs Comp Chess Master 4000 White The Hague AEGON B20 1-0
- 1995 vs Comp Hector 2 Black The Hague AEGON C42 0-1
- 1995 vs Comp Kallisto White The Hague AEGON A21 1-0
- 1995 vs Comp Saitek Brute Force Black The Hague AEGON B43 0-1
- 1995 vs Comp Virtual Chess White The Hague AEGON A45 0-1
- 1995 vs Comp Zarkov Black The Hague AEGON A85 1-0
- 1995 vs Istvan Csom Black Wrexham D78 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Nigel R Davies White Wrexham E15 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Mourad De Villers White Brussels op B50 1-0
- 1995 vs Christopher R Duncan Black Hastings Masters A26 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Thomas Engqvist Black Wrexham E11 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Mark Ferguson Black Hastings Challengers9596 B01 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Glenn C Flear White Hastings Challengers9596 C82 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Marc Geenen White Brussels op C71 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Mikhail Gurevich White Brussels op C03 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Christer Hartman Black Wrexham B01 1-0
- 1995 vs James C Howell White Hastings Masters A28 1-0
- 1995 vs James C Howell White Wrexham C42 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Bryan Kelly White Hastings Challengers9596 C00 1-0
- 1995 vs Charles Kennaugh Black Hastings Masters B01 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Gary W Lane White Brussels op D27 1-0
- 1995 vs Stephen Ledger Black Hastings Challengers9596 A48 0-1
- 1995 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk White Hastings Masters A82 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk White Hastings Challengers9596 C29 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Eugene Martinovsky White Wrexham C49 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Neil R McDonald Black Wrexham B99 0-1
- 1995 vs Colin Anderson McNab Black Hastings Challengers9596 E67 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vadim Milov White Brussels op B22 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Shahin Mohandesi Black Brussels op E15 0-1
- 1995 vs Erling Mortensen Black Hastings Challengers9596 B01 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Axel Neffe Black Wrexham C39 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Malcolm Pein White Wrexham D97 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Kim Pilgaard White Hastings Challengers9596 A46 1-0
- 1995 vs Nukhim N Rashkovsky Black Hastings Masters D02 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Igors Rausis Black Hastings Challengers9596 B01 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Ruslan Sherbakov Black Hastings op9495 D20 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Aaron Summerscale White Hastings Masters C41 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Aleksandar Trifunovic White Hastings Masters E68 1-0
- 1995 vs Matthew Turner Black Hastings Masters C25 1-0
- 1995 vs M. Van den Abbeele Black Brussels op C11 0-1
- 1995 vs Serge Vanderwaeren Black Brussels op C07 0-1
- 1995 vs David A Wood Black Hastings Masters B01 0-1
- 1994 vs Throstur Arnason White Reykjavik op C15 1-0
- 1994 vs Richard Bates White Hastings op9495 B20 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ivar Bern White Oslo op A80 1-0
- 1994 vs Simon Bibby Black Maidstone Menchik op A45 0-1
- 1994 vs Viktor Bologan Black Oslo op C55 1-0
- 1994 vs Comp Kallisto Black The Hague AEGON C16 0-1
- 1994 vs Comp Mephisto RISC White The Hague AEGON A06 1-0
- 1994 vs Comp MChess Pro Black The Hague AEGON B16 0-1
- 1994 vs Comp Saitek Brute White The Hague AEGON B10 1-0
- 1994 vs Comp Tasc R40 White The Hague AEGON C30 1-0
- 1994 vs Comp Tasc R30 Black The Hague AEGON A85 1-0
- 1994 vs Oystein Dannevig Black Peer Gynt A07 1-0
- 1994 vs Nigel R Davies Black Gausdal Int D11 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Lars Degerman Black Peer Gynt C77 1-0
- 1994 vs Christopher R Duncan Black Hastings op9495 C02 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs John M Emms Black Maidstone Menchik op C07 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Glenn C Flear White Hastings op9495 C57 0-1
- 1994 vs Michael J Franklin White Hastings op9495 A54 1-0
- 1994 vs Einar Gausel White Oslo op B31 1-0
- 1994 vs Einar Gausel White Gausdal Int E11 1-0
- 1994 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Donner mem-B C84 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Jon Viktor Gunnarsson Black Reykjavik op C99 0-1
- 1994 vs Torbjorn R Hansen Black Peer Gynt A18 0-1
- 1994 vs Robert G Hartoch White Donner mem-B A02 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Jonny Hector White Oslo op D11 1-0
- 1994 vs Morten Henriksen Black Gausdal Int E92 0-1
- 1994 vs Morten Henriksen White Peer Gynt B31 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Julian M Hodgson Black Oslo op D00 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Donner mem-B A02 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Csaba Horvath Black Gausdal Int A52 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Adam Hunt White Maidstone Menchik op B90 1-0
- 1994 vs Harriet Hunt White Maidstone Menchik op B12 1-0
- 1994 vs An Ivanov White Maidstone Menchik op C52 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Lars Karlsson Black Oslo op A26 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Bjarke Kristensen White Peer Gynt B90 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Aloyzas Kveinys Black Reykjavik op C95 0-1
- 1994 vs Bogdan Lalic Black Hastings op9495 D02 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Bogdan Lalic Black Maidstone Menchik op A09 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs David Ledger White Hastings op9495 E90 1-0
- 1994 vs Gert Ligterink Black Donner mem-B A54 1-0
- 1994 vs Markus Lomo Black Gausdal Int C16 0-1
- 1994 vs Markus Lomo White Peer Gynt B50 1-0
- 1994 vs Thomas Luther Black Gausdal Int B16 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Leif Ogaard Black Oslo op D33 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ludek Pachman Black Donner mem-B E81 0-1
- 1994 vs Daniel Vesterbaek Pedersen White Peer Gynt D35 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Evgeny Pigusov White Reykjavik op E48 0-1
- 1994 vs Aleksandr Poluljahov White Gausdal Int A46 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Lev Psakhis White Gausdal Int A46 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Nukhim N Rashkovsky White Reykjavik op B07 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Hans Ree White Donner mem-B B30 0-1
- 1994 vs Stewart Reuben Black Maidstone Menchik op A13 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Paal Royset White Peer Gynt C30 1-0
- 1994 vs Aleksandr Shneider White Reykjavik op B23 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ilia Smirin White Oslo op E81 0-1
- 1994 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Donner mem-B B14 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ivan Sokolov White Reykjavik op C69 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Hugo Spangenberg White Hastings op9495 B31 1-0
- 1994 vs Hedinn Steingrimsson White Gausdal Int B82 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Frank Titzhoff White Oslo op C15 1-0
- 1994 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Donner mem-B C54 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Jan Van de Mortel Black Hastings op9495 E94 0-1
- 1994 vs Loek Van Wely Black Reykjavik op D33 1-0
- 1994 vs Petr Velicka White Maidstone Menchik op D13 0-1
- 1994 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic Black Donner mem-B B80 0-1
- 1994 vs Tim Wall Black Hastings op9495 D00 0-1
- 1994 vs Christopher Ward White Maidstone Menchik op A46 0-1
- 1994 vs Per Wikstrom Black Peer Gynt E80 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Black Reykjavik op A04 1-0
- 1993 vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada Black Oviedo rapid D20 1-0
- 1993 vs Comp Hirn Black The Hague AEGON E94 0-1
- 1993 vs Comp Hitech Black The Hague AEGON C18 0-1
- 1993 vs Comp Kallisto White The Hague AEGON D00 1-0
- 1993 vs Comp Socrates Exp White The Hague AEGON C24 1-0
- 1993 vs Comp The King White The Hague AEGON D11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Stuart Conquest White Hastings op9394 A26 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Pia Cramling White Oviedo rapid A04 0-1
- 1993 vs L. Escalona Black Oviedo rapid C15 0-1
- 1993 vs JM. Fernandez Valles Black Oviedo rapid C41 1-0
- 1993 vs Boris F Gulko Black Las Vegas op D18 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Dmitry Gurevich White Las Vegas op A70 1-0
- 1993 vs Grigory S Kaidanov Black Las Vegas op E74 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Dietmar Kolbus Black Hastings op9394 E62 0-1
- 1993 vs Stephen Ledger White Hastings op9394 A27 1-0
- 1993 vs A. Lopez Black Oviedo rapid C08 0-1
- 1993 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk Black Oviedo rapid D27 1-0
- 1993 vs Michael Nagaran Black Las Vegas op A25 0-1
- 1993 vs Jim Plaskett Black Hastings op9394 A45 1-0
- 1993 vs Jim Plaskett White Oviedo rapid C00 1-0
- 1993 vs Louis Roos White Hastings op9394 C02 1-0
- 1993 vs Mihai Suba Black Oviedo rapid D94 1-0
- 1993 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Tilburg C15 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Tilburg A07 1-0
- 1993 vs Andrew Webster White Hastings op9394 E61 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Peter K Wells Black Hastings op9394 D31 0-1
- 1993 vs Yuri Yakovich Black Hastings op9394 D26 1-0
- 1993 vs Sergey Zagrebelny White Oviedo rapid A47 1-0
- 1992 vs Michael Adams Black Lloyds Bank op C99 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada Black Hoogovens-B B51 1-0
- 1992 vs Comp ChessMachine Black The Hague AEGON E44 0-1
- 1992 vs Comp Heuristic Alpha White The Hague AEGON C52 1-0
- 1992 vs Comp Mephisto Berlin White The Hague AEGON B07 1-0
- 1992 vs Comp Mephisto Black The Hague AEGON C08 0-1
- 1992 vs Comp Zarkov White The Hague AEGON E90 1-0
- 1992 vs Gert Jan De Boer Black Hoogovens-B E94 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Evgenij Ermenkov White Hoogovens-B B09 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Benjamin Finegold White Hoogovens-B D19 1-0
- 1992 vs Paul I Georghiou Black Lloyds Bank op C11 1-0
- 1992 vs Marinus Kuijf Black Hoogovens-B C55 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Jorge Magem Badals White Oviedo rapid45 B12 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs O. Martinez Forn Black Oviedo rapid45 C01 0-1
- 1992 vs A. McGettigan Black Lloyds Bank op C16 0-1
- 1992 vs Viktor Moskalenko White Hoogovens-B A70 0-1
- 1992 vs Friso Nijboer White Hoogovens-B E90 0-1
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Oviedo rapid45 B50 0-1
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