Bobby Fischer
11th World Chess Champion · Soviet era · USA · 1943–2008
Took the title from Spassky in 1972 with a run no one has matched before or since.
Career In The Collection
825Games
479Wins
255Draws
91Losses
74%Score
1955–1992Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Spassky | 55 | 17 | 28 | 10 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 29 | 10 | 15 | 4 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 28 | 10 | 14 | 4 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
825 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m C69 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m B44 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m B23 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m E83 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m C95 0-1
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m B31 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m D27 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m E84 0-1
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m B80 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m E35 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m C95 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m E90 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m C95 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m E07 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m C69 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m E70 0-1
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m B23 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m E83 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m D27 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m E80 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m B31 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m C95 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m B23 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m D27 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m B24 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m B23 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m B25 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky White St Stefan/Belgrade m C92 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m D27 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Spassky Black St Stefan/Belgrade m E83 0-1
- 1977 vs Greenblatt Programm Black Cambridge B92 0-1
- 1977 vs Greenblatt Programm Black Cambridge B34 0-1
- 1977 vs Greenblatt Programm White Cambridge C33 1-0
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th A39 1-0
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th D41 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th D59 1-0
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th C95 1-0
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th B68 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th D37 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th B04 0-1
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th B05 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th D66 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th B99 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th B88 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th C69 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th B97 1-0
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th B97 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th A77 0-1
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th B09 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th E56 1-0
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th E41 0-1
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky White World Championship 28th B69 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Boris Spassky Black World Championship 28th B46 0-1
- 1971 vs Paul Brandts Black Manhattan blitz E98 0-1
- 1971 vs Paul Brandts White Manhattan blitz C98 1-0
- 1971 vs Robert E Byrne White Manhattan blitz B57 1-0
- 1971 vs Robert E Byrne Black Manhattan blitz B90 0-1
- 1971 vs Arthur William Feuerstein White Manhattan blitz A07 1-0
- 1971 vs James Gore White Manhattan blitz C98 1-0
- 1971 vs James Gore Black Manhattan blitz B92 0-1
- 1971 vs Alexander Kevitz Black Manhattan blitz D93 0-1
- 1971 vs George Mortimer Kramer White Manhattan blitz C68 1-0
- 1971 vs Bent Larsen White Candidats sf1 B88 1-0
- 1971 vs Bent Larsen Black Candidats sf1 E97 0-1
- 1971 vs Bent Larsen Black Candidats sf1 B36 0-1
- 1971 vs Bent Larsen Black Candidats sf1 B21 0-1
- 1971 vs Bent Larsen White Candidats sf1 B88 1-0
- 1971 vs Bent Larsen White Candidats sf1 C19 1-0
- 1971 vs Edmar John Mednis Black Manhattan blitz B92 0-1
- 1971 vs Edmar John Mednis White Manhattan blitz C18 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats final A06 0-1
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats final B36 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats final B42 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats final C10 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats final D82 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats final C42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats final C11 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats final B44 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats final D40 0-1
- 1971 vs Jose Rubinstein White Buenos Aires sim B89 0-1
- 1971 vs Walter Shipman White Manhattan blitz C60 1-0
- 1971 vs Walter Shipman Black Manhattan blitz B77 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Andrew E Soltis White Manhattan blitz B33 1-0
- 1971 vs Jorge Szmetan White Buenos Aires C31 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mark E Taimanov White Candidats qf3 B44 1-0
- 1971 vs Mark E Taimanov White Candidats qf3 B47 1-0
- 1971 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Candidats qf3 E97 0-1
- 1971 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Candidats qf3 D80 0-1
- 1971 vs Mark E Taimanov White Candidats qf3 B44 1-0
- 1971 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Candidats qf3 E97 0-1
- 1970 vs Armando Acevedo Black Siegen olm A49 0-1
- 1970 vs William Addison White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B01 1-0
- 1970 vs Jose Luis Agdamus Black Buenos Aires A50 0-1
- 1970 vs Ulf Andersson White Siegen olm A01 1-0
- 1970 vs Mario Bertok White Rovinj/Zagreb B24 1-0
- 1970 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White Buenos Aires C78 1-0
- 1970 vs David Bronstein Black Herceg Novi blitz B22 0-1
- 1970 vs David Bronstein White Herceg Novi blitz C16 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Walter S Browne Black Rovinj/Zagreb B04 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Helder Camara White Siegen olm B75 1-0
- 1970 vs Manfred Christoph White Solingen sim A11 0-1
- 1970 vs Mato Damjanovic Black Buenos Aires B36 0-1
- 1970 vs Miroslav Filip White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A14 1-0
- 1970 vs Raimundo Garcia White Buenos Aires B23 1-0
- 1970 vs Efim Geller Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D79 0-1
- 1970 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Buenos Aires C42 1-0
- 1970 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Siegen olm E80 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Theodor Ghitescu Black Rovinj/Zagreb E82 0-1
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Rovinj/Zagreb C93 1-0
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A77 0-1
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Siegen olm E94 0-1
- 1970 vs William Hook White Siegen olm C18 1-0
- 1970 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Rovinj/Zagreb B26 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vlastimil Hort White Siegen olm B10 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B50 0-1
- 1970 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Herceg Novi blitz A48 0-1
- 1970 vs Vlastimil Hort White Herceg Novi blitz D10 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Robert Huebner White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B10 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Ismet Ibrahimoglu White Siegen olm A07 1-0
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Herceg Novi blitz E68 0-1
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal C93 1-0
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Rovinj/Zagreb B14 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov White Herceg Novi blitz B07 1-0
- 1970 vs Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal C87 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Rovinj/Zagreb B88 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Herceg Novi blitz E97 0-1
- 1970 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Herceg Novi blitz C19 0-1
- 1970 vs Vlatko Kovacevic White Rovinj/Zagreb C15 0-1
- 1970 vs Bojan Kurajica Black Rovinj/Zagreb B50 0-1
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B89 0-1
- 1970 vs Drazen Marovic White Rovinj/Zagreb B10 1-0
- 1970 vs Milan Matulovic White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B31 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Milan Matulovic Black Herceg Novi blitz B97 0-1
- 1970 vs Milan Matulovic White Herceg Novi blitz C63 1-0
- 1970 vs Henrique Mecking White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A03 1-0
- 1970 vs Henrique Mecking Black Buenos Aires D80 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Dragoljub Minic Black Rovinj/Zagreb B99 0-1
- 1970 vs Dragoljub Minic Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B03 0-1
- 1970 vs Yukio Miyasaki Black Siegen olm B92 0-1
- 1970 vs Miguel Najdorf White Siegen olm B42 1-0
- 1970 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Buenos Aires D41 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Renato Naranja Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A35 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Risto Nicevski White Rovinj/Zagreb B80 1-0
- 1970 vs NN White USA sim E68 0-1
- 1970 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway White Buenos Aires C98 1-0
- 1970 vs Predrag Ostojic White Herceg Novi blitz B34 1-0
- 1970 vs Predrag Ostojic Black Herceg Novi blitz B93 0-1
- 1970 vs Oscar Panno White Buenos Aires A04 1-0
- 1970 vs Bruno Parma Black Rovinj/Zagreb B97 0-1
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Belgrade URS-World A37 0-1
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Belgrade URS-World B13 1-0
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Herceg Novi blitz C19 1-0
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Rovinj/Zagreb B38 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Herceg Novi blitz E70 0-1
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Belgrade URS-World B15 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Belgrade URS-World D90 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A11 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A70 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Siegen olm E45 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Buenos Aires A35 0-1
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Herceg Novi blitz A34 1-0
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A32 0-1
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Herceg Novi blitz E94 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires E43 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Hector Rossetto White Buenos Aires C99 1-0
- 1970 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Buenos Aires C69 1-0
- 1970 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B87 1-0
- 1970 vs Samuel Schweber White Buenos Aires C19 1-0
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov White Herceg Novi blitz A03 1-0
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Rovinj/Zagreb B26 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A36 0-1
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Buenos Aires A37 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Herceg Novi blitz D79 0-1
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky Black Siegen olm D87 1-0
- 1970 vs Duncan Suttles Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B03 0-1
- 1970 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Buenos Aires E61 0-1
- 1970 vs Mark E Taimanov White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B44 1-0
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal White Herceg Novi blitz A49 1-0
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal Black Herceg Novi blitz B30 0-1
- 1970 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Buenos Aires A01 1-0
- 1970 vs Mijo Udovcic White Rovinj/Zagreb B06 1-0
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Rovinj/Zagreb C15 1-0
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A75 0-1
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Herceg Novi blitz C15 1-0
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Siegen olm E74 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Herceg Novi blitz E74 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tudev Ujtumen Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B03 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Siegen olm C69 1-0
- 1969 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black USA-chT A25 0-1
- 1968 vs Izak Aloni Black Netanya-A E43 0-1
- 1968 vs A. Anastassopulos White Athens sim C69 1-0
- 1968 vs Yaacov Bernstein Black Netanya-A B25 0-1
- 1968 vs Mario Bertok Black Vinkovci A32 0-1
- 1968 vs Donald Byrne Black Vinkovci A07 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Victor Ciocaltea Black Netanya-A B99 0-1
- 1968 vs Moshe Czerniak White Netanya-A B13 1-0
- 1968 vs Zadok Domnitz White Netanya-A B09 1-0
- 1968 vs Uzi Geller White Netanya-A A08 1-0
- 1968 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Vinkovci C93 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svend Hamann White Netanya-A B88 1-0
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