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 4 of 5
- 1975 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Tallinn D38 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch43 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch43 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Yrjo A Rantanen White Tallinn E08 1-0
- 1975 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Vilnius zt C46 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Oleg M Romanishin White URS-ch43 B27 1-0
- 1975 vs Boris Rytov Black Tallinn A53 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vladimir A Savon White Vilnius zt E32 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Gyula Sax Black Teeside B51 0-1
- 1975 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Teeside E61 0-1
- 1975 vs Boris Spassky Black Tallinn E11 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Michael Stean Black Teeside B14 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mark E Taimanov White Vilnius zt B49 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Tallinn A29 0-1
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch43 B44 1-0
- 1975 vs Jan Timman Black Teeside E94 1-0
- 1975 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky Black Vilnius zt C63 1-0
- 1975 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Vilnius zt B89 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Vilnius zt E68 1-0
- 1975 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black URS-ch43 C09 1-0
- 1975 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Vilnius zt B32 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Alvis Vitolinsh Black URS-chT C16 1-0
- 1974 vs Lev O Alburt Black URS-ch sf E12 0-1
- 1974 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White URS-ch sf D02 0-1
- 1974 vs Mark I Dvorietzky White URS-ch sf C11 0-1
- 1974 vs Janis Klovans White URS-ch sf C33 0-1
- 1974 vs V. Kozlov Black URS Cup A05 1-0
- 1974 vs V. Kozlov Black URS Cup D77 0-1
- 1974 vs V. Kozlov White URS Cup C78 1-0
- 1974 vs Jon Kristinsson Black Reykjavik D38 0-1
- 1974 vs Konstantin Z Lerner White URS-ch sf D56 0-1
- 1974 vs Anatoly D Machulsky Black URS Cup B15 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly D Machulsky Black URS Cup C16 0-1
- 1974 vs Leif Ogaard Black Reykjavik E45 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Reykjavik A34 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Mikhail Podgaets White URS-ch sf E80 0-1
- 1974 vs Vladimir A Savon Black URS-ch sf C78 1-0
- 1974 vs Gudmundur Sigurjonsson Black Reykjavik C99 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch sf A11 1-0
- 1974 vs Gennadi A Timoshchenko Black URS Cup B15 0-1
- 1974 vs Gennadi A Timoshchenko White URS Cup E63 0-1
- 1974 vs Georgi P Tringov White Reykjavik B09 1-0
- 1974 vs Alexander N Vaisman Black URS Cup D02 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Alexander N Vaisman White URS Cup A48 1-0
- 1974 vs Alexander N Vaisman White URS Cup B64 1-0
- 1974 vs Valerij Zhuravliov Black URS-ch sf C18 0-1
- 1973 vs Ulf Andersson White Tallinn E41 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vladimir Bagirov White URS-ch sf C05 1-0
- 1973 vs Yuri S Balashov White Moscow-3teams E54 1-0
- 1973 vs Yuri S Balashov White Tallinn A14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Moscow-3teams B14 1-0
- 1973 vs Peter Biyiasas White Petropolis Interzonal C90 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mark I Dvorietzky White URS-ch sf C55 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili White URS-ch sf B69 0-1
- 1973 vs Semen Abramovich Furman Black URS-ch sf D76 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Efim Geller Black Petropolis Interzonal B05 1-0
- 1973 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Petropolis Interzonal B96 1-0
- 1973 vs Tamaz Giorgadze White URS-ch sf A28 1-0
- 1973 vs Eduard Gufeld Black URS-ch sf C05 1-0
- 1973 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Petropolis Interzonal D16 1-0
- 1973 vs Werner Hug White Petropolis Interzonal C05 1-0
- 1973 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Petropolis Interzonal A55 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Shimon Kagan Black Petropolis Interzonal B91 1-0
- 1973 vs Hillar Karner Black Tallinn D02 0-1
- 1973 vs Paul Keres Black Tallinn D38 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Paul Keres Black Petropolis Interzonal D16 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Janis Klovans White URS-ch sf C54 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Alexander Kuindzhi Black URS-ch sf C16 0-1
- 1973 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Petropolis Interzonal B03 1-0
- 1973 vs Sergey Makarichev Black URS-ch sf B10 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Henrique Mecking Black Petropolis Interzonal C19 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Iivo Nei White Tallinn C55 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Viatcheslav Osnos Black URS-ch sf E15 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Semon Palatnik Black URS-ch sf A13 0-1
- 1973 vs Oscar Panno White Petropolis Interzonal C65 1-0
- 1973 vs Helmut Pfleger Black Tallinn A85 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Podgaets Black URS-ch sf E74 1-0
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Petropolis Interzonal A29 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Tallinn E90 0-1
- 1973 vs Luben Popov Black Tallinn D90 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black Petropolis Interzonal D14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Josef Pribyl Black Tallinn A53 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White URS-ch sf B46 1-0
- 1973 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Petropolis Interzonal C50 1-0
- 1973 vs Boris Rytov White Tallinn E70 1-0
- 1973 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White Tallinn B10 1-0
- 1973 vs Vladimir A Savon Black Petropolis Interzonal C99 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov White Petropolis Interzonal C91 1-0
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky Black Tallinn B09 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow-3teams B44 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White Tallinn D13 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow-3teams B08 1-0
- 1973 vs Tan Lian Ann White Petropolis Interzonal D64 1-0
- 1973 vs Jan Timman Black Tallinn D16 0-1
- 1973 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky White URS-ch sf B15 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black URS-ch sf D27 1-0
- 1973 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White URS-ch sf C48 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Tallinn A48 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Valery I Zilberstein White URS-ch sf D92 1-0
- 1972 vs Lev O Alburt White URS-ch40 A05 1-0
- 1972 vs Ulf Andersson White Las Palmas B87 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vladimir S Antoshin White URS-chT Moscow C77 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vladimir Bagirov White URS-ch40 C00 0-1
- 1972 vs Yuri S Balashov White URS-ch40 D02 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Pal C Benko Black Las Palmas B50 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Juan P Dominguez Sanz White Las Palmas B13 1-0
- 1972 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili White URS-ch40 C00 1-0
- 1972 vs Boris Furman Black URS-chT Moscow E15 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Semen Abramovich Furman Black URS-ch40 A16 1-0
- 1972 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Las Palmas D94 1-0
- 1972 vs Karen Ashotovich Grigorian Black URS-ch40 D87 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Eduard Gufeld Black URS-ch40 C80 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bernard Huguet Black Las Palmas C08 0-1
- 1972 vs Albert Z Kapengut White URS-ch40 E90 1-0
- 1972 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black URS-ch40 A05 1-0
- 1972 vs Janis Klovans White URS-chT Moscow C69 1-0
- 1972 vs Gennadi P Kuzmin White URS-ch40 A01 1-0
- 1972 vs Bent Larsen Black Las Palmas A01 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Heinz Dr Lehmann Black Las Palmas C49 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Anatoly Lein Black URS-ch40 B06 1-0
- 1972 vs Antonio Angel Medina Garcia White Las Palmas C69 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Augusto Menvielle Lacourrelle White Las Palmas A80 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Mikhail A Mukhin Black URS-ch40 A21 1-0
- 1972 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca White Las Palmas B13 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black Las Palmas E15 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Nukhim N Rashkovsky Black URS-ch40 B02 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White URS-ch40 B17 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vladimir A Savon Black URS-ch40 C71 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Leonid Shamkovich Black URS-ch40 B06 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Las Palmas D90 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch40 A01 0-1
- 1972 vs Stefano Tatai White Las Palmas A05 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White URS-ch40 A02 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs J. Valcarcel Black Las Palmas D02 0-1
- 1972 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black URS-ch40 C42 1-0
- 1972 vs Fernando Visier Segovia White Las Palmas A03 1-0
- 1972 vs Valery S Zhidkov White URS-ch40 B27 1-0
- 1972 vs Valery I Zilberstein Black URS-ch40 A50 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Yuri S Balashov White URS-ch39 B88 0-1
- 1971 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Moscow D16 0-1
- 1971 vs Robert E Byrne White Moscow B30 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili White URS-ch39 D03 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch39 A09 0-1
- 1971 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Moscow D13 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Karen Ashotovich Grigorian White URS-ch39 E32 0-1
- 1971 vs Vlastimil Hort White Moscow C15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Albert Z Kapengut White URS-ch39 A01 1-0
- 1971 vs Vladimir I Karasev Black URS-ch39 B92 1-0
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch39 B30 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Moscow B92 1-0
- 1971 vs Paul Keres White Tallinn B15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Paul Keres White Parnu C28 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Endel Kivioja Black Parnu B95 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow B87 0-1
- 1971 vs Nikolai V Krogius Black URS-ch39 B02 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Anatoly Lein White URS-ch39 B89 1-0
- 1971 vs Levente Lengyel White Moscow C69 1-0
- 1971 vs Anatoly S Lutikov Black Parnu B20 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Yuri V Nikolaevsky White URS-ch39 C36 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Moscow A09 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Bruno Parma White Moscow B79 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Moscow D82 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Igor V Platonov Black URS-ch39 A54 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch39 A34 0-1
- 1971 vs Vladimir A Savon Black Moscow D13 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Vladimir A Savon Black URS-ch39 B53 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Leonid Shamkovich Black URS-ch39 E80 0-1
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow C67 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch39 C42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow C32 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Leonid Stein Black Moscow A40 1-0
- 1971 vs Leonid Stein Black URS-ch39 A90 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mark E Taimanov White URS-ch39 B32 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal White Parnu B83 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch39 B13 1-0
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tallinn E14 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow B87 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Udo Tarve Black Parnu B25 0-1
- 1971 vs Mark D Tseitlin White URS-ch39 E62 1-0
- 1971 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White URS-ch39 B93 0-1
- 1971 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black Moscow C42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Moscow A08 1-0
- 1971 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black URS-ch39 A92 0-1
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Herceg Novi blitz B22 0-1
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Herceg Novi blitz C16 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Vinkovci C47 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Herceg Novi blitz C02 1-0
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen Black Vinkovci A00 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Herceg Novi blitz A80 1-0
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Vinkovci D94 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Herceg Novi blitz A86 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Herceg Novi blitz C36 0-1
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch Black Monte Carlo D06 1-0
- 1969 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Monte Carlo A23 1-0
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tbilisi C09 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black URS-chT C43 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black Kislovodsk B32 1-0
- 1968 vs Paul Keres White URS-chT A28 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-chT E39 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT C32 1-0
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