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 5 of 5
- 1967 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-chT A85 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow C67 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Moscow C85 1-0
- 1967 vs Paul Keres Black Moscow A54 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Miguel Najdorf White Moscow A36 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow B17 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Moscow E61 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow D13 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow E12 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow B01 1-0
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch34 C69 0-1
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch34 A13 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-chT B14 1-0
- 1966 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch34 D34 0-1
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch34 B14 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Zagreb E72 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch33 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch33 A10 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Bent Larsen Black Zagreb A04 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Tigran Petrosian White Zagreb A07 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch33 A14 1-0
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch Black Zagreb D94 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow zt A13 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Efim Geller White Moscow zt A33 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Amsterdam Interzonal C95 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Belgrade C97 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch32 C65 1-0
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Belgrade D87 1-0
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow zt E06 1-0
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow zt D24 1-0
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen White Belgrade A65 0-1
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen White Amsterdam Interzonal E75 0-1
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch White Amsterdam Interzonal C11 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Amsterdam Interzonal D02 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Amsterdam Interzonal A05 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow zt E40 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Belgrade E19 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow zt D27 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Amsterdam Interzonal A47 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal White Amsterdam Interzonal C28 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch32 C18 0-1
- 1963 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch31 C77 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch31 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch31 B44 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch31 D77 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Tal White Asztalos mem D22 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG E83 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-chT C83 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-chT D25 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bent Larsen Black Moscow B51 1-0
- 1961 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch28 E27 1-0
- 1961 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch29 C42 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Maroczy mem A48 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch28 D85 0-1
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch28 D26 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch29 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch28 B96 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch White Maroczy mem E45 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch29 C87 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch28 B50 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch28 A49 1-0
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch29 E44 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch29 B14 0-1
- 1960 vs Bobby Fischer White Mar del Plata D01 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch27 B86 0-1
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch27 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch27 B12 0-1
- 1960 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch27 E45 1-0
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch27 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch27 C36 1-0
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky White Mar del Plata C65 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch26 E43 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch26 D02 1-0
- 1959 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch26 D36 1-0
- 1959 vs Bent Larsen Black Alekhine mem A08 0-1
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch26 B12 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch26 B06 0-1
- 1959 vs Lajos Portisch Black Alekhine mem A90 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Alekhine mem C87 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky Black Alekhine mem C10 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch26 B65 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch26 C96 1-0
- 1958 vs Bobby Fischer Black Portoroz Interzonal C92 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch25 E97 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Portoroz Interzonal E86 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch25 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Bent Larsen Black Portoroz Interzonal C76 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian White Portoroz Interzonal E15 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch25 B34 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch25 D02 1-0
- 1958 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch25 E54 0-1
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal Black Portoroz Interzonal E46 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch25 B49 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG C97 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch24 A07 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch24 E60 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch24 E54 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch24 C17 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch24 D90 1-0
- 1956 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Alekhine mem D40 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament D54 1-0
- 1956 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament D71 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Alekhine mem C97 1-0
- 1956 vs Paul Keres Black Alekhine mem C06 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament C99 0-1
- 1956 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament C28 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Alekhine mem E69 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament E65 0-1
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament E95 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament A34 1-0
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament E55 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Alekhine mem E43 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats Tournament E80 1-0
- 1956 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats Tournament E66 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Efim Geller White Gothenburg Interzonal B31 1-0
- 1955 vs Paul Keres White Gothenburg Interzonal E41 1-0
- 1955 vs Miguel Najdorf White Gothenburg Interzonal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Gothenburg Interzonal A54 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Boris Spassky Black Gothenburg Interzonal D42 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Max Euwe Black Amsterdam olm E60 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Belgrade E53 1-0
- 1954 vs Miguel Najdorf Black ARG-URS D71 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Miguel Najdorf White ARG-URS B86 0-1
- 1954 vs Miguel Najdorf White ARG-URS B95 1-0
- 1954 vs Miguel Najdorf Black ARG-URS A55 0-1
- 1954 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Belgrade A30 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Max Euwe Black Candidats Tournament A97 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Max Euwe White Candidats Tournament E59 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament D35 1-0
- 1953 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament B62 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament E46 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament E71 1-0
- 1953 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament E76 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament B25 1-0
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf White Candidats Tournament E70 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Candidats Tournament E43 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament E04 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament A53 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats Tournament E69 0-1
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats Tournament C98 1-0
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament C68 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament A12 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Hastings5354 B50 0-1
- 1952 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-ch20 C36 0-1
- 1952 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch20 C90 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch20 D35 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch20 C50 0-1
- 1952 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch20 E02 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th D90 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th D74 1-0
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-ch19 D44 0-1
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th D15 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th E17 0-1
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th A08 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th D49 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th D87 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th A91 1-0
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th D71 1-0
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th C08 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th D44 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th E43 0-1
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th A91 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th A85 0-1
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th A94 1-0
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th E69 0-1
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th A85 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th A91 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th A14 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th B63 0-1
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th C08 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th E45 0-1
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black World Championship 19th E44 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White World Championship 19th A91 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch19 C99 1-0
- 1951 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch19 C99 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch19 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch19 B26 1-0
- 1950 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament C91 1-0
- 1950 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B62 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Candidats Tournament A42 0-1
- 1950 vs Miguel Najdorf White Candidats Tournament E29 1-0
- 1950 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament D44 1-0
- 1950 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament E26 1-0
- 1949 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch17 D44 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch17 C97 1-0
- 1949 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch17 E32 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch17 A54 1-0
- 1948 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Saltsjobaden Interzonal B85 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch16 C75 0-1
- 1948 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal A90 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Savielly Tartakower White Saltsjobaden Interzonal B12 1-0
- 1947 vs Paul Keres Black Parnu B63 0-1
- 1947 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch15 C07 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch15 B07 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Vasily Smyslov White Parnu E34 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow-ch B74 1-0
- 1945 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-ch14 E68 1/2-1/2
- 1945 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch14 B80 1/2-1/2
- 1944 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-ch13 C92 1-0
- 1944 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch13 C61 1/2-1/2
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