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 3 of 5
- 1981 vs Artur Jussupow White Moscow-4teams C30 1-0
- 1981 vs Artur Jussupow White Moscow-ch C47 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Hillar Karner White Tallinn C02 1-0
- 1981 vs Anatoly M Kremenietsky White Moscow-ch A15 0-1
- 1981 vs Sergey Makarichev Black Moscow-ch A45 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Iivo Nei White Tallinn C49 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Alexander N Panchenko Black Moscow-ch B19 0-1
- 1981 vs Margeir Petursson Black Tallinn E11 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lev Psakhis White Moscow-ch B20 1-0
- 1981 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Moscow-ch E80 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Andrei Sokolov Black Moscow-ch C63 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow-4teams C01 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow-4teams C50 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Alexey S Suetin White Moscow-ch B26 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tallinn E15 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky Black Moscow-4teams C11 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky White Moscow-4teams B09 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Gunnar Uusi White Tallinn C86 1-0
- 1981 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Moscow-ch E60 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Moscow-ch C47 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Aleksandr Veingold Black Tallinn D18 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lothar Vogt Black Tallinn C24 0-1
- 1981 vs Andres Vooremaa Black Tallinn D01 1-0
- 1981 vs Alexey Vyzmanavin Black Moscow-ch D01 1-0
- 1980 vs Stefan Djuric White Tbilisi B43 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Eduard Gufeld White Tbilisi B97 0-1
- 1980 vs Josef Pribyl White Tbilisi B09 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Elizbar Ubilava Black Tbilisi E21 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Gennadi Zaichik Black Tbilisi D45 1-0
- 1979 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Tallinn B06 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs William R Hartston Black Tallinn A61 0-1
- 1979 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Tallinn B16 0-1
- 1979 vs Rainer Knaak Black Tallinn E45 1-0
- 1979 vs Jiri Lechtynsky Black Tallinn C15 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Iivo Nei White Tallinn C91 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Semon Palatnik Black URS Spartakiad D30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Alexander N Panchenko White URS Spartakiad B30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Tallinn E48 1-0
- 1979 vs Yrjo A Rantanen White Tallinn B37 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Boris Rytov White Tallinn A07 1-0
- 1979 vs Gyula Sax White Tallinn C00 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Mikhail Shereshevski Black URS Spartakiad D01 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Leonid Slutzky White URS Spartakiad B87 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Mikhail Tal White Tallinn C56 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Elizbar Ubilava White URS Spartakiad E12 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Tallinn E61 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Aleksandr Veingold White Tallinn D85 1-0
- 1979 vs Jose Luis Vilela White Tallinn A47 1-0
- 1979 vs Andres Vooremaa Black Tallinn A05 0-1
- 1979 vs Valery I Zilberstein Black Tallinn E16 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Valentin Arbakov Black URS-ch sf C19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Valery A Chekhov Black URS-ch sf B10 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Vereslav S Eingorn Black URS-ch sf D33 1-0
- 1978 vs Levon S Eolian Black Kirovakan B13 0-1
- 1978 vs Evgenij Ermenkov White Jurmala D86 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Aivars Gipslis Black Jurmala C48 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Eduard Gufeld Black Jurmala C65 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs V. Kim White URS-ch sf B33 0-1
- 1978 vs Vladimir S Kirpichnikov Black Jurmala A05 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Janis Klovans Black Jurmala C11 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Rainer Knaak White Jurmala A48 1-0
- 1978 vs V. Kozlov White URS-ch sf C50 1-0
- 1978 vs Viktor D Kupreichik White URS-ch sf B50 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Zigurds Lanka White Jurmala B58 1-0
- 1978 vs Konstantin Z Lerner White URS-ch sf D41 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Gert Ligterink Black Jurmala B10 1-0
- 1978 vs Anatoly S Lutikov White Jurmala B18 1-0
- 1978 vs Elmar Magerramov White URS-ch sf A72 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic White Kirovakan D32 0-1
- 1978 vs Yuri V Nikolaevsky Black URS-ch sf A46 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jesus Nogueiras White Jurmala C33 1-0
- 1978 vs Semon Palatnik Black URS-ch sf E18 1-0
- 1978 vs Boris Rytov Black URS-ch sf A48 0-1
- 1978 vs Dragutin Sahovic White Jurmala B80 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lars Ake Schneider Black Jurmala C08 0-1
- 1978 vs Boris Taborov Black URS-ch sf C76 0-1
- 1978 vs Mark E Taimanov White Jurmala D58 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Kirovakan D64 1-0
- 1978 vs Alvis Vitolinsh Black Jurmala C07 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Jurmala C76 1-0
- 1977 vs Lesly SF Blackstock Black Tungsram E12 0-1
- 1977 vs Oscar Humberto Castro Rojas Black Tungsram B10 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Istvan Csom White Tungsram A47 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Miroslav Filip White Tungsram B10 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Aivars Gipslis White Tungsram E55 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Aivars Gipslis Black Tallinn C09 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Boris F Gulko White Tallinn E17 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Valter Heuer Black Tallinn C84 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Hillar Karner White Tallinn C30 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Rainer Knaak White Tungsram B83 1-0
- 1977 vs Peter Lukacs White Tungsram C95 1-0
- 1977 vs Iivo Nei Black Tallinn D50 0-1
- 1977 vs Axel Ornstein Black Tallinn A10 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Axel Ornstein Black Tungsram C66 0-1
- 1977 vs Predrag Ostojic Black Tungsram B46 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Jozsef Pinter Black Tungsram B14 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Harry Pohla Black Tallinn C91 0-1
- 1977 vs Pertti Poutiainen White Tallinn D97 1-0
- 1977 vs Josef Pribyl White Tallinn D93 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs George Rajna White Tungsram C84 1-0
- 1977 vs Hans Ree Black Tungsram A92 0-1
- 1977 vs Oleg M Romanishin Black Tallinn E20 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Gyula Sax Black Tungsram C16 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Wlodzimierz Schmidt White Tungsram B85 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Liuben Spassov White Tungsram E23 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Mikhail Tal White Tallinn B62 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Tallinn C18 0-1
- 1977 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Tallinn E30 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Laszlo Vadasz Black Tallinn A04 0-1
- 1977 vs Laszlo Vadasz Black Tungsram D94 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White Tallinn B30 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Vlastimil Hort White Hastings7576 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Gudmundur Sigurjonsson Black Hastings7576 B33 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs William R Hartston White Hastings7576 B22 1-0
- 1976 vs Michael Stean Black Hastings7576 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Hastings7576 B74 1-0
- 1976 vs Anthony J Miles Black Hastings7576 A87 1-0
- 1976 vs Raymond D Keene White Hastings7576 C05 1-0
- 1976 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black Hastings7576 D01 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Vlastimil Jansa White Hastings7576 B53 1-0
- 1976 vs Gennadi Sosonko Black Hastings7576 A90 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Robert Bellin Black Hastings7576 B14 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Mark E Taimanov White Hastings7576 B44 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Jan Adamski Black Vitrobud op A93 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Lev O Alburt White Odessa A08 0-1
- 1976 vs Rosendo Carrean Balinas White Odessa C11 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Ryszard Bernard Black Vitrobud op C09 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Istvan Bilek White Odessa A45 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Henryk Dobosz White Vitrobud op A82 1-0
- 1976 vs Lutz Espig White Odessa D32 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Nona Gaprindashvili White Vitrobud op E43 1-0
- 1976 vs Erno Gereben Black Vitrobud op A10 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs David SC Goodman White ENG-URS m B09 1-0
- 1976 vs David SC Goodman Black ENG-URS m D31 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Felix N Ignatiev Black Odessa D45 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Rainer Knaak Black Vitrobud op E41 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Konstantin Z Lerner White Odessa B22 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Anatoly S Lutikov Black Odessa B33 1-0
- 1976 vs A Jonathan Mestel White ENG-URS m C02 1-0
- 1976 vs A Jonathan Mestel Black ENG-URS m C56 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Ignacy Nowak White Vitrobud op C00 1-0
- 1976 vs Enrico Paoli Black Odessa C09 0-1
- 1976 vs Jan Plachetka White Odessa C91 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Vladimir A Savon Black Odessa C42 1-0
- 1976 vs Wladyslaw Schinzel White Vitrobud op B31 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Fernando Silva Black Odessa C01 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Jan Smejkal Black Vitrobud op A34 0-1
- 1976 vs Michael Stean Black ENG-URS m C32 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Michael Stean White ENG-URS m D85 0-1
- 1976 vs Gyorgy Szilagyi Black Vitrobud op A34 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs James Edward Tarjan Black Odessa E18 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Georgi P Tringov White Odessa D40 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black Odessa C05 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Volodia Vaisman White Vitrobud op C32 1-0
- 1975 vs John DM Nunn Black Hastings7576 C68 0-1
- 1975 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Hastings7576 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Julio P Kaplan Black Hastings7576 C11 0-1
- 1975 vs Lev O Alburt Black Vilnius zt D27 1-0
- 1975 vs Lev O Alburt White URS-ch43 B02 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Albert Arutiunov White URS-chT B89 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Yuri S Balashov Black URS-ch43 C95 1-0
- 1975 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Vilnius zt C09 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White URS-ch43 B18 1-0
- 1975 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black Vilnius zt B90 1-0
- 1975 vs Josif D Dorfman Black URS-ch43 A53 1-0
- 1975 vs Vladimir K Doroshkievich Black URS-ch43 A85 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mark I Dvorietzky White Vilnius zt E81 1-0
- 1975 vs Mark I Dvorietzky White URS-ch43 B31 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lutz Espig White Tallinn B30 1-0
- 1975 vs Semen Abramovich Furman Black URS-ch43 D48 1-0
- 1975 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch43 C97 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Efim Geller White Teeside C91 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Teeside D88 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Aivars Gipslis White Tallinn B01 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Genadij Govashelishvili White URS-chT D22 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Karen Ashotovich Grigorian Black Vilnius zt D38 0-1
- 1975 vs Eduard Gufeld Black Vilnius zt B96 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Boris F Gulko Black Vilnius zt E04 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Boris F Gulko Black URS-ch43 D43 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs William R Hartston White Teeside D98 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Roman Hernandez Black Tallinn A93 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vlastimil Hort White Tallinn B85 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Teeside D26 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Robert Huebner Black Teeside A29 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Alexander Izvozchikov Black URS-chT C45 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Hillar Karner Black Tallinn A35 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Teeside B86 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Raymond D Keene White Teeside E17 1-0
- 1975 vs Paul Keres Black Tallinn C42 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White Vilnius zt C30 1-0
- 1975 vs Janis Klovans White URS-ch43 C96 1-0
- 1975 vs Levente Lengyel White Tallinn C95 1-0
- 1975 vs William James Lombardy White Teeside B44 1-0
- 1975 vs William James Lombardy White Tallinn B60 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Drazen Marovic Black Tallinn A34 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vladas Mikenas Black URS-chT A48 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Adrian Mikhalchishin White URS-chT B96 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Anthony J Miles White Teeside A40 0-1
- 1975 vs Iivo Nei White Tallinn C77 0-1
- 1975 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Teeside E58 1/2-1/2
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