Boris Gelfand
Modern era · Israel · b. 1968
Top ten for two decades, and a World Championship finalist in 2012, at 43.
Career In The Collection
1553Games
286Wins
844Draws
423Losses
46%Score
1986–2026Active
Head-to-Head Records
1553 Games · Page 2 of 8
- 2018 vs Fabiano Caruana Black 43rd Olympiad 2018 B31 1-0
- 2018 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup D45 0-1
- 2018 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup A04 1-0
- 2018 vs Peter Svidler Black 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup B31 0-1
- 2018 vs Peter Svidler White 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup E60 1-0
- 2018 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup B31 1-0
- 2018 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup D02 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White 19th Karpov Poikovsky A33 0-1
- 2018 vs Peter Svidler White TCh-RUS Premier 2018 A33 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Viswanathan Anand Black 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 B91 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 A00 1-0
- 2018 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 A01 1-0
- 2018 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 E18 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 A33 0-1
- 2018 vs Alexander Morozevich White 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 A43 1-0
- 2018 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 A01 1-0
- 2018 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 D02 0-1
- 2018 vs Peter Svidler White 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 A43 0-1
- 2018 vs Viswanathan Anand White 11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 A21 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White 11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 A33 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Peter Svidler Black 11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 A04 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black 11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 A04 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black 11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 A35 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 A01 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Sergey Karjakin White 11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 E00 1/2-1/2
- 2018 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 11th Tal Mem Rapid 2018 D43 1-0
- 2017 vs Richard Rapport White Palma De Mallorca GP 2017 A40 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black Palma De Mallorca GP 2017 B35 1-0
- 2017 vs Jan Timman Black chess.com IoM Masters A34 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Hou Yifan Black Geneva Grand Prix 2017 B23 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Michael Adams White Geneva Grand Prix 2017 A29 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Anish Giri White Geneva Grand Prix 2017 E60 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Peter Svidler Black Geneva Grand Prix 2017 A37 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black Geneva Grand Prix 2017 B31 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White Geneva Grand Prix 2017 D02 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Ding Liren White Moscow Grand Prix 2017 E01 0-1
- 2017 vs Peter Svidler Black Moscow Grand Prix 2017 D45 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black Moscow Grand Prix 2017 B31 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black Moscow Grand Prix 2017 B35 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White Moscow Grand Prix 2017 D02 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Anish Giri Black Moscow Grand Prix 2017 B35 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz B67 1-0
- 2017 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz D04 0-1
- 2017 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz D45 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz A34 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Peter Svidler White Zurich Korchnoi CC Blitz A34 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 D37 0-1
- 2017 vs Viswanathan Anand White Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 A37 0-1
- 2017 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 B92 1-0
- 2017 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 D35 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Peter Svidler Black Zurich Korchnoi CC 2017 A04 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Viswanathan Anand White 6th Zurich Opening Blitz E10 1-0
- 2017 vs Vladimir Kramnik White 6th Zurich Opening Blitz E10 1/2-1/2
- 2017 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 6th Zurich Opening Blitz A30 1-0
- 2017 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black 6th Zurich Opening Blitz B90 1-0
- 2017 vs Peter Svidler White 6th Zurich Opening Blitz A04 1-0
- 2017 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White Gibraltar Masters 2017 A33 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Alexander Morozevich Black 32nd ECC Open 2016 B20 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016 D47 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016 D12 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016 D45 1-0
- 2016 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White Amir Timur 680 Rapid 2016 D12 0-1
- 2016 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White 10th Tal Mem 2016 A32 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Peter Svidler Black 10th Tal Mem 2016 B31 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black 10th Tal Mem 2016 B96 1-0
- 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black 10th Tal Mem 2016 B31 1-0
- 2016 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black 10th Tal Mem 2016 D43 1-0
- 2016 vs Anish Giri White 10th Tal Mem 2016 E60 0-1
- 2016 vs Levon Aronian Black 10th Tal Mem 2016 A35 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 B90 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Levon Aronian White Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 A14 0-1
- 2016 vs Anish Giri Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 B90 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 D03 1-0
- 2016 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 A22 0-1
- 2016 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 A48 0-1
- 2016 vs Peter Svidler Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2016 A07 1-0
- 2016 vs Alexander Grischuk Black Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup B33 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Alexander Grischuk White Eurasian Blitz Chess Cup E68 1/2-1/2
- 2016 vs Alexander Morozevich White 5th Zurich CC Match E11 1-0
- 2016 vs Alexander Morozevich Black 5th Zurich CC Match D97 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White ACP Masters GpA 2015 A15 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Veselin Topalov Black 31st ECC Open 2015 B33 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Magnus Carlsen White World Blitz 2015 A90 0-1
- 2015 vs Alexander Grischuk White World Blitz 2015 A40 0-1
- 2015 vs Sergey Karjakin White World Blitz 2015 D30 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black World Blitz 2015 A07 1-0
- 2015 vs Ding Liren Black Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015 D45 1-0
- 2015 vs Ding Liren White Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015 D30 0-1
- 2015 vs Ding Liren Black Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015 D70 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Ding Liren White Ding Liren - Gelfand 2015 E97 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Sergey Karjakin Black KM FIDE GP 2015 B94 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Peter Svidler White KM FIDE GP 2015 D97 1-0
- 2015 vs Fabiano Caruana Black KM FIDE GP 2015 E60 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Alexander Grischuk Black KM FIDE GP 2015 B53 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Anish Giri White KM FIDE GP 2015 D38 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Hikaru Nakamura White KM FIDE GP 2015 E97 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black KM FIDE GP 2015 B30 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Alexander Grischuk Black 10th World Teams 2015 A33 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Peter Leko White 10th World Teams 2015 D38 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Ding Liren White 10th World Teams 2015 E92 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Levon Aronian White 10th World Teams 2015 E06 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 D27 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Sergey Karjakin White Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 E01 1/2-1/2
- 2015 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 D11 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black SportAccord Basque 2014 D11 1-0
- 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White SportAccord Basque 2014 A40 0-1
- 2014 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White SportAccord Basque 2014 E15 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black SportAccord Basque 2014 B52 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Leko White SportAccord Basque 2014 E15 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Leko Black SportAccord Basque 2014 D45 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk Black SportAccord Blitz 2014 A45 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Levon Aronian Black SportAccord Blitz 2014 D85 0-1
- 2014 vs Levon Aronian White SportAccord Blitz 2014 E60 1-0
- 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk White SportAccord Blitz 2014 D91 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White SportAccord Blitz 2014 E11 0-1
- 2014 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black SportAccord Blitz 2014 B90 0-1
- 2014 vs Peter Leko White SportAccord Blitz 2014 E15 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Leko Black SportAccord Blitz 2014 A34 1-0
- 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White SportAccord Blitz 2014 A50 0-1
- 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black SportAccord Blitz 2014 D11 1-0
- 2014 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black SportAccord Blitz 2014 B90 0-1
- 2014 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White SportAccord Blitz 2014 A04 0-1
- 2014 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White SportAccord Blitz 2014 A48 0-1
- 2014 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Black SportAccord Blitz 2014 D43 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black SportAccord Rapid 2014 B90 1-0
- 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk White Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 D91 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 A04 0-1
- 2014 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 A05 0-1
- 2014 vs Peter Leko White Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 E10 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 E60 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Alexander Morozevich White Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 E11 1-0
- 2014 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi White Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 A80 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler White Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 A41 0-1
- 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 A45 1-0
- 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin White Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 D27 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Vladimir Kramnik White Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 A41 1-0
- 2014 vs Peter Leko Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 A15 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov White Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 D11 0-1
- 2014 vs Alexander Morozevich Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 D90 1-0
- 2014 vs Ian Nepomniachtchi Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 B53 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black Tal Memorial Blitz 2014 B50 1-0
- 2014 vs Peter Leko White Petrosian Memorial 2014 A35 1-0
- 2014 vs Ding Liren Black Petrosian Memorial 2014 D78 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Alexander Morozevich White Petrosian Memorial 2014 D11 1-0
- 2014 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Petrosian Memorial 2014 D91 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk White Petrosian Memorial 2014 D83 0-1
- 2014 vs Levon Aronian Black Petrosian Memorial 2014 A35 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 E35 1-0
- 2014 vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave White Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 D83 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 B52 1-0
- 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 E60 1-0
- 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin White Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 E15 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Anish Giri Black Tashkent FIDE GP 2014 E60 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 B90 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Black Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 E60 1-0
- 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 A88 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin Black Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 B90 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Alexander Grischuk White Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 E17 1-0
- 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 B90 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Alexei Shirov Black 41st Olympiad Open 2014 E60 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Leko White 41st Olympiad Open 2014 E15 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Anish Giri Black 41st Olympiad Open 2014 D70 1-0
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014 D90 1-0
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler White Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014 A48 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014 D81 0-1
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler White Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014 E68 0-1
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014 E60 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler White Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014 E60 0-1
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler White Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014 A41 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Peter Svidler Black Gelfand-Svidler Rapid 2014 A10 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Zurich CC Rapid 2014 B92 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Levon Aronian White Zurich CC Rapid 2014 E06 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Magnus Carlsen White Zurich CC Rapid 2014 A58 0-1
- 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana Black Zurich CC Rapid 2014 B52 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Zurich CC Rapid 2014 A80 0-1
- 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Zurich Chess Challenge Extra Rapid 2014 A46 1-0
- 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 B30 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Viswanathan Anand White Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 D11 0-1
- 2014 vs Levon Aronian White Zurich Chess Challenge Extra Rapid 2014 D02 0-1
- 2014 vs Levon Aronian Black Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 E60 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana White Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 A88 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Magnus Carlsen Black Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 E60 1-0
- 2014 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Zurich CC Blitz 2014 D47 1-0
- 2014 vs Levon Aronian White Zurich CC Blitz 2014 D02 0-1
- 2014 vs Magnus Carlsen Black Zurich CC Blitz 2014 A48 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana White Zurich CC Blitz 2014 A40 0-1
- 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura White Zurich CC Blitz 2014 D20 1-0
- 2014 vs Sergey Karjakin Black 76th Tata Steel Masters B90 1-0
- 2014 vs Levon Aronian White 76th Tata Steel Masters D39 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Anish Giri Black 76th Tata Steel Masters D85 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Wesley So Black 76th Tata Steel Masters B30 1-0
- 2014 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 76th Tata Steel Masters A33 1/2-1/2
- 2014 vs Richard Rapport White 76th Tata Steel Masters A52 0-1
- 2014 vs Fabiano Caruana Black 76th Tata Steel Masters B90 1-0
- 2013 vs Michael Adams Black 5th Classic KO 2013 B90 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Michael Adams White 5th Classic KO 2013 D37 1-0
- 2013 vs Hikaru Nakamura White 5th Classic KO 2013 E74 1/2-1/2
- 2013 vs Hikaru Nakamura Black 5th Classic KO 2013 D97 1-0
- 2013 vs Fabiano Caruana White 5th Classic KO 2013 A80 1-0
- 2013 vs Fabiano Caruana White 5th Classic KO 2013 A41 1/2-1/2
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