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 2 of 5
- 1992 vs Olivier Renet Black Oviedo rapid45 A13 1-0
- 1992 vs Ruben Rodriguez Black Oviedo rapid45 C76 0-1
- 1992 vs Ruslan Sherbakov White Lloyds Bank op D13 0-1
- 1992 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Hoogovens-B D85 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Johannes A J Van Mil Black Hoogovens-B C54 0-1
- 1992 vs LJ. Vigil White Oviedo rapid45 B12 1-0
- 1992 vs Luc Winants Black Hoogovens-B A10 1-0
- 1992 vs Patrick G Wolff Black Hoogovens-B B33 1-0
- 1991 vs Simon Ansell Black Rishon Le Ziyyon C91 1-0
- 1991 vs Valery Beim Black Rishon Le Ziyyon A13 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Bjorn Brinck Claussen White Copenhagen Unibank C09 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Ofer Bruk White Rishon Le Ziyyon A48 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Comp Rexchess White AEGON A01 1-0
- 1991 vs Steen Fedder White Copenhagen Unibank D97 1-0
- 1991 vs Nick Foster White Hastings Challengers9192 A46 1-0
- 1991 vs Ilya Gurevich Black Hastings Challengers9192 C68 1-0
- 1991 vs Ronen Har Zvi Black Rishon Le Ziyyon A21 1-0
- 1991 vs Michael Hennigan Black Hastings Challengers9192 C70 1-0
- 1991 vs Carsten Hoi Black Copenhagen Unibank D27 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Andrei Istratescu White Rishon Le Ziyyon E90 1-0
- 1991 vs Zbigniew Jasnikowski Black Copenhagen Unibank E68 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Brian Jorgen Jorgensen White Copenhagen Unibank A80 1-0
- 1991 vs Eran Liss White Rishon Le Ziyyon C77 0-1
- 1991 vs Thomas Luther Black Copenhagen Unibank B33 1-0
- 1991 vs Vadim Milov Black Rishon Le Ziyyon E74 1-0
- 1991 vs Martin Olesen Black Copenhagen Unibank A80 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Jonathan Parker White Hastings Challengers9192 D36 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt White Copenhagen Unibank C18 0-1
- 1991 vs Mordechai Shrentzel White Rishon Le Ziyyon B01 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Itzchak Veinger Black Rishon Le Ziyyon C59 0-1
- 1991 vs Jan Votava White Rishon Le Ziyyon D34 0-1
- 1991 vs Alexey Vyzmanavin White Copenhagen Unibank A47 1-0
- 1991 vs Andrew Webster White Rishon Le Ziyyon E86 1-0
- 1990 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili Black Reykjavik op A10 1-0
- 1990 vs Evgeny Bareev White Rome op E46 0-1
- 1990 vs Fabrizio Bellia Black Rome op B16 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Klaus Berg Black Tastrup C49 0-1
- 1990 vs Klaus Berg Black Arnold Cup C11 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Tomas Bjornsson Black Arnold Cup C71 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Hans Bohm Black Rotterdam knok D00 0-1
- 1990 vs Hans Bohm White Rotterdam knok A85 0-1
- 1990 vs Hans Bohm Black Rotterdam knok E38 0-1
- 1990 vs Hans Bohm Black Rotterdam knok D00 0-1
- 1990 vs Hans Bohm Black Rotterdam knok A53 1-0
- 1990 vs Hans Bohm White Rotterdam knok A01 1-0
- 1990 vs Hans Bohm White Rotterdam knok C15 0-1
- 1990 vs Hans Bohm White Rotterdam knok C18 1-0
- 1990 vs Walter S Browne White Reykjavik op B99 1-0
- 1990 vs Stellan Brynell Black Tastrup C70 1-0
- 1990 vs Ingrid Dahl White Arnold Cup B21 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Milan Drasko Black Rome op E69 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Alexey Dreev Black Reykjavik op E60 1-0
- 1990 vs Thomas Engqvist Black Arnold Cup A54 1-0
- 1990 vs Ivan Farago White Tastrup C18 1-0
- 1990 vs Roy Harald Fyllingen Black Arnold Cup D33 0-1
- 1990 vs Lars Bo Hansen White Tastrup C15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Jonny Hector White Tastrup C54 0-1
- 1990 vs Carsten Hoi Black Tastrup E90 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Andrew PH Kinsman Black Arnold Cup E68 0-1
- 1990 vs Jens Kristiansen Black Tastrup B90 1-0
- 1990 vs Zivojin Z Ljubisavljevic Black Rome op D00 0-1
- 1990 vs Sergey Makarichev White Reykjavik op C07 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Nigel Moyse White Rome op C32 1-0
- 1990 vs Zoran Novoselski Black Rome op C15 0-1
- 1990 vs Berge Ostenstad White Arnold Cup B10 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Marco Pangrazzi White Rome op A52 1-0
- 1990 vs Margeir Petursson White Reykjavik op E12 1-0
- 1990 vs D. Poscente White Rome op A57 1-0
- 1990 vs Lars Schandorff White Tastrup E38 1-0
- 1990 vs Andrei Sokolov Black Reykjavik op C92 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Hedinn Steingrimsson Black Reykjavik op E94 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Arnar Thorsteinsson White Reykjavik op A47 1-0
- 1990 vs Raj Tischbierek White Arnold Cup B22 0-1
- 1990 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Reykjavik op D97 1-0
- 1990 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Reykjavik op E38 1-0
- 1990 vs Reynaldo Vera White Rome op A73 0-1
- 1990 vs Lothar Vogt Black Tastrup B16 1-0
- 1990 vs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Black Reykjavik op D78 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Kjell Yndesdal White Arnold Cup A77 1-0
- 1989 vs Michael Adams Black London NWYM C08 1-0
- 1989 vs Dibyendu Barua White London NWYM D20 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Hartmuth Beck White Spring op B00 1-0
- 1989 vs Stuart Conquest Black London NWYM B10 0-1
- 1989 vs Silvio Danailov White Warsaw op B08 1-0
- 1989 vs Juri Dovzik Black Spring op A90 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Mark Hebden White Lloyds Bank op E90 0-1
- 1989 vs Mark Hebden White London NWYM C77 0-1
- 1989 vs John H Hodgson White Lloyds Bank op D98 1-0
- 1989 vs Tibor Jesenski White Spring op D36 1-0
- 1989 vs Anthony C Kosten White London NWYM E48 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Jonathan Levitt Black London NWYM E10 0-1
- 1989 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk Black Spring op E20 1-0
- 1989 vs Colin Anderson McNab Black London NWYM A88 0-1
- 1989 vs John Merriman Black Lloyds Bank op A53 0-1
- 1989 vs Niaz Murshed White London NWYM E90 1-0
- 1989 vs Jusefs Petkevich White Warsaw op C34 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Michal Praszak White Warsaw op A57 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Eduardas Rozentalis White Spring op E21 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Eduardas Rozentalis Black Warsaw op C69 1-0
- 1989 vs David Sands White Lloyds Bank op E90 1-0
- 1989 vs Jonathan S Speelman White Lloyds Bank op E48 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Arnar Thorsteinsson White Lloyds Bank op D43 1-0
- 1989 vs William N Watson White London NWYM D03 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Andrew Webster Black Lloyds Bank op A25 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Michiel A Wind Black Lloyds Bank op A47 1-0
- 1988 vs Jerzy Bany Black Rubinstein mem E69 1-0
- 1988 vs Juan Borges Mateos White Rubinstein mem C02 1-0
- 1988 vs Franciszek Borkowski Black Rubinstein mem C66 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Alexander Chernin Black Rubinstein mem E70 1-0
- 1988 vs Milan Drasko Black Rubinstein mem E41 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Alexander Goldin Black Rubinstein mem E68 1-0
- 1988 vs Zbigniew Jasnikowski White Rubinstein mem D97 0-1
- 1988 vs Jonathan Levitt White Rubinstein mem D02 1-0
- 1988 vs Marek Matlak White Rubinstein mem D31 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Arshak B Petrosian White Rubinstein mem B90 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Piotr Staniszewski Black Rubinstein mem D34 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Henrik Teske White Rubinstein mem C00 0-1
- 1988 vs Mikhail S Tseitlin White Rubinstein mem C48 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Black Rubinstein mem B10 1-0
- 1987 vs Evgeny Bareev Black Moscow TV E67 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Goran Cabrilo Black Pancevo C16 1-0
- 1987 vs Efim Geller White Pancevo D55 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Mikhail Gurevich White Moscow TV A82 0-1
- 1987 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic Black Pancevo C08 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Sava N Nikolic Black Pancevo A46 0-1
- 1987 vs Pavle Orlov Black Pancevo E49 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs George Rajna Black Pancevo C92 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Amador Rodriguez White Pancevo A47 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Ivan Sokolov White Pancevo D98 1-0
- 1987 vs Miodrag Todorcevic White Pancevo A01 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Goran N Todorovic White Pancevo C77 1-0
- 1987 vs Georgi P Tringov White Pancevo E20 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Dragan Vasiljevic Black Pancevo E91 0-1
- 1983 vs Yuri N Anikaev Black URS-ch sf D41 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Vladimir Bagirov White URS-ch sf D15 1-0
- 1983 vs Yuri S Balashov White URS-ch sf E37 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White URS-ch sf C92 0-1
- 1983 vs Vereslav S Eingorn Black URS-ch sf A09 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Viktor Gavrikov Black URS-ch sf D16 1-0
- 1983 vs Igor V Glek Black URS-ch sf A80 1-0
- 1983 vs Karen Ashotovich Grigorian White URS-ch sf A57 1-0
- 1983 vs Janis Klovans Black URS-ch sf C19 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Alexander Kochyev Black URS-ch sf D73 1-0
- 1983 vs Peter Korzubov White URS-ch sf B24 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Viktor D Kupreichik White URS-ch sf E90 1-0
- 1983 vs Eduardas Rozentalis Black URS-ch sf B13 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Elizbar Ubilava White URS-ch sf D66 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Alexey Vyzmanavin Black URS-ch sf A07 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Igor A Zaitsev Black URS-ch sf B08 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Nikolai Andrianov White Moscow-ch A47 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Konstantin N Aseev Black Moscow-ch B16 0-1
- 1982 vs Yuri L Averbakh White Moscow-ch C33 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Vladimir Bagirov Black URS-ch sf E48 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Moscow-ch C42 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black URS-ch sf B97 1-0
- 1982 vs Alexander V Cherepkov Black URS-ch sf E76 0-1
- 1982 vs Boris F Gulko Black Moscow-ch E18 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Sergey Kalinitschew White Moscow-ch A30 1-0
- 1982 vs Edvins Kengis White URS-ch sf A04 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Andrei Y Kharitonov White URS-ch sf E54 1-0
- 1982 vs Abram Khasin Black URS-ch sf A10 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly M Kremenietsky White Moscow-ch D01 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Alexey Kuzmin White Moscow-ch E60 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Valery A Loginov Black URS-ch sf D11 0-1
- 1982 vs Andrei M Lukin White URS-ch sf D20 1-0
- 1982 vs Anatoly S Lutikov Black Moscow-ch B14 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Sergey Makarichev Black Moscow-ch A40 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Grigory Press Black URS-ch sf A41 0-1
- 1982 vs Nukhim N Rashkovsky Black Moscow-ch E21 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black URS-ch sf D17 1-0
- 1982 vs Vladimir A Savon Black Moscow-ch A09 0-1
- 1982 vs Sergey Smagin Black Moscow-ch C55 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Andrei Sokolov White Moscow-ch A47 1-0
- 1982 vs Alexey S Suetin White Moscow-ch B42 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal White Tbilisi sim m B70 0-1
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tbilisi sim m B16 1-0
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal White Tbilisi sim m B96 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tbilisi sim m C63 1-0
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tbilisi sim m E12 1-0
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tbilisi sim m A09 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal White Tbilisi sim m A29 1-0
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal White Tbilisi sim m A48 1-0
- 1982 vs Ragik Tavadian White URS-ch sf E15 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Moscow-ch D03 1-0
- 1982 vs Zagorski White URS-ch sf E46 1-0
- 1982 vs Gennadi Zaichik White URS-ch sf A46 0-1
- 1981 vs Nikolai Andrianov White Moscow-ch E39 0-1
- 1981 vs Vladimir S Antoshin White Moscow-ch A92 1-0
- 1981 vs Valentin Arbakov White Moscow-ch A27 1-0
- 1981 vs Vladimir Bagirov White Tallinn B13 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Laszlo Barczay Black Tallinn B16 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Moscow-ch B81 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Stefan Djuric Black Tallinn C55 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lubomir Ftacnik Black Tallinn D06 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Aivars Gipslis White Tallinn B09 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Sergey G Gorelov Black Moscow-ch A84 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Eduard Gufeld White Tallinn A48 1-0
- 1981 vs Boris F Gulko White Moscow-ch C65 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Laszlo Hazai White Tallinn C55 1-0
- 1981 vs Artur Jussupow Black Moscow-4teams A53 1/2-1/2
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