Efim Geller
Soviet era · Ukraine · 1925–1998
A plus score against half a dozen world champions, and a great opening theoretician.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
256Wins
547Draws
197Losses
53%Score
1949–1996Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasily Smyslov | 52 | 8 | 36 | 8 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 39 | 4 | 33 | 2 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 37 | 5 | 22 | 10 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 34 | 4 | 21 | 9 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 34 | 6 | 22 | 6 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 34 | 7 | 20 | 7 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 31 | 6 | 15 | 10 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 27 | 4 | 22 | 1 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 24 | 5 | 14 | 5 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Garry Kasparov | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | view games |
| Judit Polgar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Viswanathan Anand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Nigel Short | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Peter Svidler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1996 vs Vladimir Cibulka White ARMIES-ch3 B37 1-0
- 1996 vs Antonio Cifuentes White ARMIES-ch3 D06 1-0
- 1995 vs Ashot Anastasian Black Moscow2 A11 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Moscow2 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Viktor Bologan Black Moscow2 C55 1-0
- 1995 vs Stanislav Erendzenov White RUS-ch C84 1-0
- 1995 vs Ildar Ibragimov White RUS-ch C92 0-1
- 1995 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black RUS-ch C59 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black Moscow2 C88 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Oleg Korneev White RUS-ch B04 1-0
- 1995 vs Alexander N Panchenko Black RUS-ch D59 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Nikolai Pushkov White RUS-ch C07 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White Moscow2 B83 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Sergei Rublevsky White RUS-ch B84 0-1
- 1995 vs Grigory Serper White Moscow2 B73 0-1
- 1995 vs Vasily Smyslov White RUS-ch D13 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Igor Sotnikov Black RUS-ch D53 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Moscow2 B32 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky Black Moscow2 C90 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Gennady Tunik Black RUS-ch D31 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Moscow2 C65 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Yuri Yakovich Black RUS-ch D31 1-0
- 1994 vs Valentin Arbakov White Tiraspol B73 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Eduard Bukhman Black St Petersburg op C55 1-0
- 1994 vs A. Chuprov Black St Petersburg op C46 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Dmitry Losev White St Petersburg op B77 1-0
- 1994 vs Vladimir Malakhov Black St Petersburg op C46 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Mikhail I Nepomnishay Black St Petersburg op E15 1-0
- 1994 vs Jakov Nesterov Black Tiraspol D55 0-1
- 1994 vs Vladislav Nevednichy White Tiraspol B07 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Valerij Popov White St Petersburg op B07 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Nikolaj Purgin White St Petersburg op C88 1-0
- 1994 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White Tiraspol A04 0-1
- 1994 vs Mihail Saltaev Black Tiraspol C88 1-0
- 1994 vs Vladimir A Savon Black Tiraspol D37 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs German Titov Black Tiraspol C55 1-0
- 1994 vs Mikhail S Tseitlin Black Tiraspol C46 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Tiraspol C96 1-0
- 1994 vs Nikolai Vlassov Black St Petersburg op C55 1-0
- 1994 vs Igor Zakharevich White St Petersburg op B07 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Women-Veterans B81 0-1
- 1993 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Women-Veterans A14 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Eric Andre Birens Black Cappelle op D35 0-1
- 1993 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Women-Veterans B62 0-1
- 1993 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Women-Veterans D53 0-1
- 1993 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Women-Veterans D37 0-1
- 1993 vs Alisa Galliamova White Women-Veterans B58 0-1
- 1993 vs Luc Henris White Cappelle op B07 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Gabor Kallai White Cappelle op B17 1-0
- 1993 vs Robert Kempinski White Cappelle op B92 1-0
- 1993 vs Hans Klarenbeek White Cappelle op C95 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Valentin Lukov Black Cappelle op D11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Gordan Markotic Black Cappelle op D31 0-1
- 1993 vs Iivo Nei Black Cappelle op D55 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Sofia Polgar White Women-Veterans B84 1-0
- 1993 vs Sofia Polgar Black Women-Veterans C45 0-1
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Women-Veterans C07 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Women-Veterans D37 1-0
- 1993 vs Roland Schmaltz White Cappelle op B07 1-0
- 1993 vs Loek Van Wely White Tilburg E97 0-1
- 1993 vs Loek Van Wely Black Tilburg D55 1-0
- 1993 vs Xie Jun White Women-Veterans C88 0-1
- 1993 vs Xie Jun Black Women-Veterans C93 0-1
- 1992 vs Guenter Ahlberg White Wch Seniors B19 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Women-Veterans B33 1-0
- 1992 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Women-Veterans C91 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Boris Arkhangelsky White Wch Seniors C09 1-0
- 1992 vs Jan Banas White Cappelle op B70 1-0
- 1992 vs Werner Beckemeier Black Dortmund op-A C85 1-0
- 1992 vs Pal C Benko Black Wch Seniors D37 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Alexander Blank Black Wch Seniors C84 0-1
- 1992 vs Viktor Bologan Black Cappelle op C55 0-1
- 1992 vs Gottfried Braun Black Dortmund op-A C46 0-1
- 1992 vs S. Bucan Black Wch Seniors C55 0-1
- 1992 vs Avigdor Bykhovsky Black Dortmund op-A D37 1-0
- 1992 vs Murray G Chandler Black Tilburg C46 1-0
- 1992 vs Murray G Chandler White Tilburg B19 0-1
- 1992 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Women-Veterans B00 1-0
- 1992 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Women-Veterans D37 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Pia Cramling Black Women-Veterans D58 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Pia Cramling White Women-Veterans B44 0-1
- 1992 vs Piotr Delekta Black Cappelle op C28 0-1
- 1992 vs Sergey Dolmatov White Alekhine op C07 0-1
- 1992 vs Alexey Dreev Black Helsinki op D37 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Thomas Ernst Black Helsinki op C93 1-0
- 1992 vs Alisa Galliamova White Women-Veterans B58 0-1
- 1992 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Women-Veterans D31 0-1
- 1992 vs Mikhail Gurevich Black Helsinki op D37 1-0
- 1992 vs Nino Gurieli White Helsinki op B12 1-0
- 1992 vs Olavi Halme White Helsinki op B85 1-0
- 1992 vs Sergey Janovsky White Dortmund op-A C08 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Udo Kaeser White Dortmund op-A B32 0-1
- 1992 vs Guido Kern White Dortmund op-A C08 1-0
- 1992 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White Alekhine op C09 1-0
- 1992 vs Sergey Kiselev Black Alekhine op D58 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Michal Krasenkow White Cappelle op C80 1-0
- 1992 vs Nikolai V Krogius White Wch Seniors C07 1-0
- 1992 vs Zigurds Lanka Black Cappelle op C88 1-0
- 1992 vs Anatoly Lein Black Wch Seniors D58 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Stefan Loeffler White Dortmund op-A C76 1-0
- 1992 vs Karen Mowsziszian White Dortmund op-A B92 1-0
- 1992 vs Adrian Negulescu White Cappelle op B12 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Juraj Nikolac Black Wch Seniors D03 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Christoph Nogly Black Dortmund op-A E05 0-1
- 1992 vs Igor A Novikov White Helsinki op B85 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ludek Pachman White Wch Seniors C67 1-0
- 1992 vs Ales Pekarek Black Dortmund op-A D37 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Evgeny Pigusov White Cappelle op B37 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Women-Veterans B36 1-0
- 1992 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Women-Veterans D37 1-0
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Women-Veterans B85 0-1
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar Black Women-Veterans C91 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Aleksandr Poluljahov Black Alekhine op C86 1-0
- 1992 vs Jean Luc Seret Black Cappelle op C44 0-1
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper White Helsinki op B70 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Tatiana Shumiakina Black Alekhine op E05 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Andrei Sokolov White Helsinki op B83 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Alexey S Suetin White Wch Seniors B85 1-0
- 1992 vs Peter Svidler Black Alekhine op C46 1-0
- 1992 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Wch Seniors D59 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Matthias Thesing White Dortmund op-A C07 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Mikhail S Tseitlin White Alekhine op C63 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Timo Vaatainen Black Helsinki op C69 0-1
- 1992 vs Igor A Zaitsev Black Alekhine op C48 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ludmila G Zaitseva White Alekhine op B15 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Vladimir Bagirov White Moscow Veterans B04 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Stellan Brynell Black Berliner Sommer C69 0-1
- 1991 vs Ioan Cosma Black Berliner Sommer D35 0-1
- 1991 vs Bernhard Dorawa White Wch Seniors B85 1-0
- 1991 vs Andreas Dueckstein Black Wch Seniors C44 1-0
- 1991 vs Vereslav S Eingorn Black Berliner Sommer D58 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Lutz Espig White Dortmund-B B83 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Aivars Gipslis White Moscow Veterans B42 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Ulrich Jahr Black Wch Seniors C66 0-1
- 1991 vs Juliusz Jaszczuk Black Wch Seniors A00 0-1
- 1991 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black Moscow Veterans C88 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Erik G J Knoppert White Berliner Sommer B70 1-0
- 1991 vs Andrei Kovalev White Berliner Sommer B58 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs George Mortimer Kramer White Wch Seniors B28 1-0
- 1991 vs Nikolai V Krogius White Moscow Veterans C90 1-0
- 1991 vs Nikolai V Krogius White Wch Seniors C92 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Viktor D Kupreichik Black Berliner Sommer C88 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Alexey Kuzmin White Berliner Sommer C78 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs E. Longo Black Wch Seniors E05 0-1
- 1991 vs Christopher Lutz White Dortmund-B B92 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Adrian Mikhalchishin Black Dortmund-B C59 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Thomas Sr Paehtz Black Dortmund-B D31 0-1
- 1991 vs Olivier Renet Black Dortmund-B C88 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Moscow Veterans D58 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Dortmund-B C96 1-0
- 1991 vs Stanislav Savchenko White Berliner Sommer C96 1-0
- 1991 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow Veterans C43 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Vasily Smyslov White Wch Seniors C76 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Markus Stangl White Dortmund-B B85 0-1
- 1991 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Moscow Veterans C89 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Wch Seniors C82 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Mark Usachyi Black Wch Seniors C90 0-1
- 1991 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Moscow Veterans B16 1-0
- 1991 vs Lothar Vogt Black Dortmund-B C91 1-0
- 1991 vs Marek Vokac Black Dortmund-B A14 0-1
- 1991 vs Felix Winiwarter Black Wch Seniors B58 0-1
- 1990 vs Bosko Abramovic White New York Manhattan B38 0-1
- 1990 vs Lev O Alburt Black New York op E05 0-1
- 1990 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili Black Reykjavik op D30 0-1
- 1990 vs Michael A Brooks White New York Manhattan C92 1-0
- 1990 vs Avigdor Bykhovsky Black New York Manhattan D31 0-1
- 1990 vs Alexey Dreev White New York op C08 1-0
- 1990 vs Halldor Einarsson Black Reykjavik op C88 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Thomas Ernst Black Reykjavik op C89 1-0
- 1990 vs John P Fedorowicz White New York op B33 1-0
- 1990 vs Alexander Fishbein White New York Manhattan B58 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Mark Ginsburg White New York Manhattan B42 1-0
- 1990 vs Bernd Grill Black Garmisch Partenkirchen C55 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Lev Gutman White Garmisch Partenkirchen B83 0-1
- 1990 vs Dan Hansson White Reykjavik op C72 1-0
- 1990 vs Carsten Hoi Black Reykjavik op D01 0-1
- 1990 vs James C Howell White Reykjavik op C43 1-0
- 1990 vs Alexander Ivanov Black New York Manhattan C89 0-1
- 1990 vs Grigory S Kaidanov Black New York Manhattan D37 1-0
- 1990 vs Smbat G Lputian Black New York op D37 1-0
- 1990 vs David Olafsson Black Reykjavik op C55 1-0
- 1990 vs Margeir Petursson Black Reykjavik op D31 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White New York op B19 1-0
- 1990 vs Sebastian Schmidt Schaeffer Black Garmisch Partenkirchen C44 1-0
- 1990 vs Yasser Seirawan White New York op B15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Alex Sherzer Black New York Manhattan C55 0-1
- 1990 vs Andrei Sokolov White Reykjavik op B85 0-1
- 1990 vs Andrei Sokolov Black New York op C89 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Mikhail Tal Black New York op E05 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Karl Thorsteins White Reykjavik op B85 1-0
- 1990 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black New York op D58 1-0
- 1990 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Reykjavik op C09 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz White New York Manhattan B85 1-0
- 1989 vs Igor Belov White Moscow-A B07 1-0
- 1989 vs Klaus Bischoff White Dortmund-A B49 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Daniel H Campora White Moscow-A C41 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Valery A Chekhov Black Moscow-A D31 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Sochi-A E05 0-1
- 1989 vs Yury Dokhoian White GMA-Open C08 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Josif D Dorfman Black GMA-Open C85 1/2-1/2
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