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 3 of 5
- 1963 vs John A Fuller White Bay City C67 1-0
- 1963 vs Greenwald Black Poughskeepie D86 0-1
- 1963 vs Norbert Leopoldi White Bay City B35 1-0
- 1963 vs Edmar John Mednis Black USA-ch C54 0-1
- 1963 vs R. Oster Black Poughskeepie D97 0-1
- 1963 vs Paul Poschel Black Bay City A19 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Miroslav Radojcic White Poughskeepie C59 1-0
- 1963 vs A. Reinhard Black Bay City B25 0-1
- 1963 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black USA-ch D32 0-1
- 1963 vs Stewart Reuben Black Manhattan blitz A16 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Stewart Reuben White Manhattan blitz B35 1-0
- 1963 vs J. Richman Black Poughskeepie C68 0-1
- 1963 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black USA-ch A33 0-1
- 1963 vs Robert Steinmeyer White USA-ch B19 1-0
- 1963 vs Raymond Allen Weinstein White USA-ch C96 1-0
- 1962 vs Manuel Aaron Black Stockholm Interzonal E81 0-1
- 1962 vs William Addison White USA-ch B45 1-0
- 1962 vs Izak Aloni White Varna olm C10 1-0
- 1962 vs Gedeon Barcza White Stockholm Interzonal B15 1-0
- 1962 vs Pal C Benko Black Candidats Tournament B07 1-0
- 1962 vs Pal C Benko White Stockholm Interzonal B33 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Pal C Benko White Candidats Tournament C11 1-0
- 1962 vs Pal C Benko White Candidats Tournament C11 1-0
- 1962 vs Pal C Benko Black USA-ch D79 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Pal C Benko Black Candidats Tournament A49 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Hans Jack Berliner White USA-ch B03 1-0
- 1962 vs Mario Bertok Black Stockholm Interzonal D59 0-1
- 1962 vs Istvan Bilek Black Stockholm Interzonal B97 0-1
- 1962 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch C67 1-0
- 1962 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black Stockholm Interzonal B22 0-1
- 1962 vs Max Blau Black Varna olm B53 0-1
- 1962 vs Julio Bolbochan White Stockholm Interzonal B90 1-0
- 1962 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Varna olm D98 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch E60 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Victor Ciocaltea White Varna olm C75 1-0
- 1962 vs Victor Ciocaltea Black Varna olm A04 1-0
- 1962 vs Miguel Cuellar Gacharna Black Stockholm Interzonal E62 0-1
- 1962 vs Jan Hein Donner White Varna olm B19 0-1
- 1962 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black USA-ch D98 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miroslav Filip Black Stockholm Interzonal B07 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miroslav Filip White Candidats Tournament C76 1-0
- 1962 vs Miroslav Filip Black Varna olm D79 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miroslav Filip Black Candidats Tournament E21 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miroslav Filip White Candidats Tournament C98 1-0
- 1962 vs Miroslav Filip Black Candidats Tournament D59 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Stockholm Interzonal B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament B88 0-1
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament B92 1-0
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament B88 1-0
- 1962 vs Eugenio Maciel German White Stockholm Interzonal C43 1-0
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Stockholm Interzonal E92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Varna olm B80 0-1
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament D35 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B20 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament C96 1-0
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament C96 0-1
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats Tournament B88 0-1
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats Tournament E62 0-1
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats Tournament A43 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats Tournament B09 0-1
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Stockholm Interzonal C91 1-0
- 1962 vs Bent Larsen Black Copenhagen A03 0-1
- 1962 vs Edmar John Mednis White USA-ch C19 0-1
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf White Varna olm B90 1-0
- 1962 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Stockholm Interzonal B88 1-0
- 1962 vs Nikola Padevsky White Varna olm C19 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Nikola Padevsky Black Varna olm B23 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament B47 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Stockholm Interzonal C11 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament D53 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament C12 0-1
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament E84 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca White Stockholm Interzonal B29 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch White Varna olm B41 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch White Stockholm Interzonal B17 1-0
- 1962 vs S. Purevzhav White Varna olm B77 1-0
- 1962 vs Samuel Reshevsky White USA-ch B90 1-0
- 1962 vs D1. Rivera Black Varna olm E26 0-1
- 1962 vs Karl Robatsch White Varna olm B01 1-0
- 1962 vs Nicolas Rossolimo Black USA-ch B52 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Samuel Schweber White Stockholm Interzonal B70 1-0
- 1962 vs James T Sherwin White USA-ch B29 1-0
- 1962 vs Bogdan Sliwa Black POL-USA D36 0-1
- 1962 vs Leonid Stein Black Stockholm Interzonal D35 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Robert Steinmeyer Black USA-ch D73 0-1
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament B32 1-0
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament C64 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Rudolf Teschner Black Stockholm Interzonal E92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Stockholm Interzonal C19 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Varna olm E79 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Varna olm B92 0-1
- 1962 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky Black Stockholm Interzonal B92 0-1
- 1961 vs Mario Bertok White Bled B35 1-0
- 1961 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black Bled D42 0-1
- 1961 vs Klaus Darga Black Bled E62 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Bled A35 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Efim Geller White Bled C72 1-0
- 1961 vs Milan Germek Black Bled E81 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Bled E98 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Bled D35 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Paul Keres White Bled B11 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Aleksandar Matanovic White Bled C97 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Bled E81 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Bled B35 1-0
- 1961 vs Ludek Pachman Black Bled E62 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bruno Parma Black Bled B97 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian White Bled B17 1-0
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch Black Bled D38 0-1
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York/Los Angeles m E97 1-0
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York/Los Angeles m B36 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York/Los Angeles m E51 1-0
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York/Los Angeles m E98 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York/Los Angeles m D42 0-1
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York/Los Angeles m B72 1-0
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York/Los Angeles m B35 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York/Los Angeles m B36 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York/Los Angeles m E97 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York/Los Angeles m E49 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York/Los Angeles m B35 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White Bled B47 1-0
- 1961 vs Petar Trifunovic White Bled C80 1-0
- 1961 vs Mijo Udovcic White Bled B09 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Jose Luis Alvarez del Monte White Mar del Plata C85 1-0
- 1960 vs Osvaldo Bazan Black Mar del Plata D38 0-1
- 1960 vs Osvaldo Bazan White Buenos Aires B44 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko White USA-ch B36 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko Black Buenos Aires E62 1-0
- 1960 vs Hans Jack Berliner White USA-ch B03 1-0
- 1960 vs Carlos Bielicki White Mar del Plata B88 1-0
- 1960 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black USA-ch E90 0-1
- 1960 vs Milko G Bobotsov White Leipzig olm fin-A C92 1-0
- 1960 vs David Bronstein Black Mar del Plata D01 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch E62 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Klaus Darga White FRG-USA C19 1-0
- 1960 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Mar del Plata C98 1-0
- 1960 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Buenos Aires E22 1-0
- 1960 vs Max Euwe White Leipzig olm fin-A B13 1-0
- 1960 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black Buenos Aires C64 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Alberto Foguelman White Buenos Aires B18 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Alberto Foguelman Black Mar del Plata B54 0-1
- 1960 vs Okicio Gadia White Mar del Plata B87 1-0
- 1960 vs Theodor Ghitescu Black Leipzig olm prel E51 0-1
- 1960 vs Theodor Ghitescu White Leipzig olm fin-A B92 1-0
- 1960 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Buenos Aires C64 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Leipzig olm fin-A E51 1-0
- 1960 vs Arinbjorn Gudmundsson Black Reykjavik D95 0-1
- 1960 vs Carlos E Guimard Black Buenos Aires A48 0-1
- 1960 vs Carlos Incutto White Mar del Plata C99 1-0
- 1960 vs Borislav Ivkov White Buenos Aires B14 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera Black Leipzig olm prel C64 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Ingi Randver Johannsson White Reykjavik C79 1-0
- 1960 vs G. Kalme White USA-ch C92 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Buenos Aires B21 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Rene Letelier Black Mar del Plata A45 0-1
- 1960 vs Rene Letelier Black Leipzig olm prel E70 0-1
- 1960 vs William James Lombardy Black USA-ch B54 0-1
- 1960 vs Luis Marini White Mar del Plata B57 1-0
- 1960 vs Cesar Munoz White Leipzig olm prel B77 0-1
- 1960 vs Miguel Najdorf White Leipzig olm fin-A B81 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Black Leipzig olm prel B99 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Buenos Aires B87 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Reykjavik B92 1-0
- 1960 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Mar del Plata B52 1-0
- 1960 vs Ludek Pachman White Buenos Aires B44 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Ludek Pachman White Leipzig olm fin-A C11 1-0
- 1960 vs Jonathan Penrose Black Leipzig olm fin-A B93 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Francisco Jose Perez Perez Black Leipzig olm prel B53 0-1
- 1960 vs Argentino Rodolfo Redolfi Black Mar del Plata B52 0-1
- 1960 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black USA-ch E97 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Buenos Aires B44 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Hector Rossetto White Buenos Aires B33 1-0
- 1960 vs Julio Saadi Black Mar del Plata A39 0-1
- 1960 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black USA-ch E46 0-1
- 1960 vs Herbert Seidman White USA-ch C89 1-0
- 1960 vs James T Sherwin White USA-ch C19 1-0
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky Black Mar del Plata C39 1-0
- 1960 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Leipzig olm fin-A E70 0-1
- 1960 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Buenos Aires A36 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Buenos Aires E51 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White Leipzig olm fin-A C17 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Freysteinn Thorbergsson Black Reykjavik E58 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Buenos Aires C19 0-1
- 1960 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Leipzig olm fin-A E79 0-1
- 1960 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Buenos Aires B98 1-0
- 1960 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Leipzig olm fin-A C65 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Leipzig olm prel C96 1-0
- 1960 vs Robert Graham Wade White Buenos Aires C92 1-0
- 1960 vs Raymond Allen Weinstein White USA-ch C19 1-0
- 1960 vs Bernardo Wexler Black Buenos Aires A16 1-0
- 1960 vs Bernardo Wexler Black Mar del Plata E93 0-1
- 1959 vs Walter Ader Hausman Black Santiago B99 0-1
- 1959 vs Robin Ault White USA-ch B07 1-0
- 1959 vs Gedeon Barcza Black Zuerich A49 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko White Candidats Tournament B57 1-0
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko Black Candidats Tournament B90 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko White Candidats Tournament B11 1-0
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko Black Candidats Tournament E61 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko White USA-ch B63 1-0
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