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 4 of 5
- 1959 vs Sidney Norman Bernstein White USA-ch C89 1-0
- 1959 vs Edwin Bhend White Zuerich B34 1-0
- 1959 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch C42 1-0
- 1959 vs Max Blau Black Zuerich B52 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Jacobo Bolbochan White Mar del Plata B45 1-0
- 1959 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch D41 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Arnold S Denker Black USA-ch D38 0-1
- 1959 vs Joao De Souza Mendes Black Mar del Plata E81 0-1
- 1959 vs Joao De Souza Mendes Black Santiago E80 0-1
- 1959 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Zuerich E62 0-1
- 1959 vs Andreas Dueckstein Black Zuerich B53 0-1
- 1959 vs Jaime Emma White Mar del Plata B00 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Rodrigo Flores Alvarez White Santiago C92 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament B99 1-0
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament B57 1-0
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Zuerich B99 1-0
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament B99 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament C87 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Mar del Plata E87 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Borislav Ivkov White Santiago C16 0-1
- 1959 vs Carlos Jauregui Andrade Black Santiago E81 1-0
- 1959 vs Dieter Keller White Zuerich C92 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Zuerich C99 1-0
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament A48 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B99 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament B11 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament B11 0-1
- 1959 vs Josef Kupper White Zuerich B88 1-0
- 1959 vs Bent Larsen White Zuerich B11 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Rene Letelier White Santiago C97 1-0
- 1959 vs Rene Letelier White Mar del Plata C97 0-1
- 1959 vs Edmar John Mednis Black USA-ch B99 0-1
- 1959 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Mar del Plata E62 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Erwin Nievergelt White Zuerich B88 1-0
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Zuerich E93 0-1
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Candidats Tournament B10 1-0
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Candidats Tournament B86 1-0
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Candidats Tournament E66 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Candidats Tournament C75 1-0
- 1959 vs Ludek Pachman White Mar del Plata C75 0-1
- 1959 vs Ludek Pachman Black Santiago D30 1-0
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament B11 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament B11 0-1
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament E40 1-0
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament D58 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Herman Pilnik Black Mar del Plata B92 0-1
- 1959 vs Herman Pilnik White Santiago B88 1-0
- 1959 vs Argentino Rodolfo Redolfi Black Mar del Plata B52 0-1
- 1959 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black USA-ch D42 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Hector Rossetto White Mar del Plata B41 1-0
- 1959 vs Julio Salas Romo Black Santiago E81 0-1
- 1959 vs Luis A Sanchez White Santiago C92 1-0
- 1959 vs Luis A Sanchez Black Mar del Plata E93 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Raul Sanguineti White Mar del Plata C97 1-0
- 1959 vs Raul Sanguineti Black Santiago E81 1-0
- 1959 vs Herbert Seidman White USA-ch B01 1-0
- 1959 vs James T Sherwin Black USA-ch B99 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Ruben Shocron White Mar del Plata C97 1-0
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament B11 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament B87 0-1
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament B99 0-1
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament B50 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Moises Stekel Grunberg White Santiago C76 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament B86 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament E93 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament B87 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Zuerich B99 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament E93 1-0
- 1959 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Zuerich C97 1-0
- 1959 vs Edgar Walther Black Zuerich B99 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Raymond Allen Weinstein White USA-ch B11 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bernardo Wexler Black Mar del Plata E61 0-1
- 1958 vs Yuri L Averbakh Black Portoroz Interzonal E74 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Pal C Benko Black USA-ch E61 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Pal C Benko Black Portoroz Interzonal E81 1-0
- 1958 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch C99 1-0
- 1958 vs David Bronstein White Portoroz Interzonal C92 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Donald Byrne Black USA-ch A16 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch E62 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso White Portoroz Interzonal B10 1-0
- 1958 vs Boris De Greiff Black Portoroz Interzonal B93 0-1
- 1958 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White USA-ch B88 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Miroslav Filip Black Portoroz Interzonal A49 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Geza Fuster Black Portoroz Interzonal E86 0-1
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Portoroz Interzonal B98 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Dragoljub Janosevic White Belgrade m C99 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Dragoljub Janosevic Black Belgrade m B62 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs G. Kalme White USA-ch C98 1-0
- 1958 vs Bent Larsen White Portoroz Interzonal B77 1-0
- 1958 vs William James Lombardy Black USA-ch B90 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Aleksandar Matanovic White Portoroz Interzonal C97 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Milan Matulovic Black Belgrade m E87 1-0
- 1958 vs Edmar John Mednis Black USA-ch B25 0-1
- 1958 vs Oleg Neikirkh White Portoroz Interzonal C67 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Portoroz Interzonal D38 1-0
- 1958 vs Ludek Pachman Black Portoroz Interzonal E81 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Oscar Panno White Portoroz Interzonal B35 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Portoroz Interzonal E62 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Samuel Reshevsky White USA-ch B35 1-0
- 1958 vs Hector Rossetto White Portoroz Interzonal C99 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Raul Sanguineti Black Portoroz Interzonal B93 0-1
- 1958 vs James T Sherwin White Portoroz Interzonal C92 1-0
- 1958 vs James T Sherwin Black USA-ch E94 0-1
- 1958 vs Laszlo Szabo White Portoroz Interzonal C88 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal White Portoroz Interzonal C92 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Raymond Allen Weinstein White USA-ch B88 1-0
- 1957 vs William Addison White USA-op B10 1-0
- 1957 vs Herbert Mois Avram Black West Orange E87 1-0
- 1957 vs J1. Bennett White USA-chJ B60 1-0
- 1957 vs Hans Jack Berliner Black USA-ch E89 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Sidney Norman Bernstein Black USA-ch B99 0-1
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black USA-op B92 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch C16 1-0
- 1957 vs M. Bredoff Black USA-chJ B92 0-1
- 1957 vs E. Buerger Black Milwaukee E86 0-1
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne Black USA-op A15 0-1
- 1957 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-op E62 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso Black New York m4 B55 0-1
- 1957 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso White New York m4 B87 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso Black New York m4 B91 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso White New York m4 A07 1-0
- 1957 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso White New York m4 B88 1-0
- 1957 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso Black New York m4 B91 1-0
- 1957 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso Black New York m4 B98 0-1
- 1957 vs Radolfo Tan Cardoso White New York m4 B88 1-0
- 1957 vs Arnold S Denker Black USA-ch E60 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Attilio Di Camillo White East Orange A08 1-0
- 1957 vs Attilio Di Camillo White USA-ch E02 1-0
- 1957 vs W. Donnelly White Milwaukee C90 1-0
- 1957 vs Arpad Elo Black Milwaukee B93 0-1
- 1957 vs Max Euwe Black New York m3 E30 1-0
- 1957 vs Max Euwe White New York m3 C83 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs R. Fauber White Milwaukee A05 1-0
- 1957 vs Arthur William Feuerstein Black West Orange E60 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Arthur William Feuerstein White USA-ch A08 1-0
- 1957 vs I. Garais Black USA-op B91 0-1
- 1957 vs C. Gardner Black Milwaukee A49 0-1
- 1957 vs J. Goldsmith White West Orange C41 1-0
- 1957 vs Matthew Green White East Orange A04 1-0
- 1957 vs W. Haines White USA-chJ C97 1-0
- 1957 vs M. Harrow White Milwaukee A08 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Eliot Sanford Hearst Black Team championchip B93 0-1
- 1957 vs L. Hill Black USA-chJ B92 0-1
- 1957 vs N. Hurttlen Black West Orange A02 0-1
- 1957 vs Charles I Kalme Black Milwaukee E66 1-0
- 1957 vs N. Kampars White Milwaukee B11 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs George Mortimer Kramer Black USA-ch A04 0-1
- 1957 vs William James Lombardy Black USA-ch E60 0-1
- 1957 vs Erich Watkinson Marchand Black Milwaukee A15 0-1
- 1957 vs Edmar John Mednis White USA-ch B07 1-0
- 1957 vs Edmar John Mednis White USA-op A04 1-0
- 1957 vs Ariel Mengarini Black East Orange E60 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs M. Otteson Black Milwaukee A05 1-0
- 1957 vs Rudolf Pitschak Black USA-op A36 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Gilbert Ramirez Black USA-chJ E67 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Samuel Reshevsky White USA-ch B41 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs J. Rinaldo White USA-op C97 1-0
- 1957 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White East Orange B88 1-0
- 1957 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White West Orange B57 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Mitchell Saltzberg Black East Orange E67 0-1
- 1957 vs Angelo Sandrin White Milwaukee A04 1-0
- 1957 vs Anthony Edward Santasiere Black West Orange E67 1-0
- 1957 vs A. Schoene Black USA-chJ E70 0-1
- 1957 vs Herbert Seidman Black USA-ch B98 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs James T Sherwin White East Orange B30 1-0
- 1957 vs James T Sherwin White USA-ch B87 1-0
- 1957 vs Walter Shipman White USA-op C92 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs S. Sholomson White USA-chJ B08 1-0
- 1957 vs Robert Sobel Black East Orange A49 0-1
- 1957 vs E. Stephans White USA-op B77 1-0
- 1957 vs M. Surgies Black Milwaukee E72 0-1
- 1957 vs R. Thacker Black USA-chJ B50 0-1
- 1957 vs Abe Turner White USA-ch A07 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs RG. Walker White USA-chJ C70 1-0
- 1957 vs Tibor Weinberger White Milwaukee B77 1-0
- 1957 vs V. Witte White USA-op B86 1-0
- 1956 vs Frank Ross Anderson Black CAN-op B93 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs S. Baron White New York C98 1-0
- 1956 vs Sidney Norman Bernstein Black CAN-op D00 0-1
- 1956 vs Sidney Norman Bernstein White New York Rosenwald C72 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black New York Rosenwald E78 1-0
- 1956 vs Donald Byrne Black New York Rosenwald D97 0-1
- 1956 vs J. Casado White Havana sim B32 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Attilio Di Camillo White Washington C78 1-0
- 1956 vs Jeremiah Donovan Black USA-op E94 0-1
- 1956 vs Arthur William Feuerstein Black New York Rosenwald E63 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Arthur William Feuerstein Black Washington E68 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Maurice Fox White CAN-op A05 0-1
- 1956 vs Goldhamer Black Washington B92 0-1
- 1956 vs H. Gross White USA-op A07 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs C. Grossguth Black USA-ch Juniors B92 0-1
- 1956 vs Eliot Sanford Hearst White New York Rosenwald C64 0-1
- 1956 vs N. Hurttlen White Washington C84 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Peter P Lapiken White USA-op A07 1-0
- 1956 vs Erich Watkinson Marchand Black Washington A15 0-1
- 1956 vs H. Matthai White CAN-op B77 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Edmar John Mednis White New York Rosenwald B76 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Edmund Nash Black Washington B95 0-1
- 1956 vs Edmund Nash White USA-ch amateurs A07 0-1
- 1956 vs B. Owens Black USA-op E68 1/2-1/2
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