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 2 of 5
- 1989 vs Alexey Dreev Black Moscow-A E97 1-0
- 1989 vs Alexander Fishbein White Moscow-A B58 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Sergey Galdunts Black GMA-Open C86 0-1
- 1989 vs Antonio Gamundi Black GMA Baleares Open D58 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Theodor Ghitescu Black GMA Baleares Open D53 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Alexander Goldin Black Moscow-A D31 0-1
- 1989 vs Alexander Goldin Black Sochi-A D37 1-0
- 1989 vs Hans Ulrich Gruenberg White Moscow-A D18 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Roman Hernandez Black GMA Baleares Open D34 1-0
- 1989 vs Joerg Hickl White Dortmund-A B06 1-0
- 1989 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Dortmund-A C69 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Felix Izeta Txabarri White GMA Baleares Open C78 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Alexander Khalifman White Sochi-A A31 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Andrei Y Kharitonov Black Moscow-A D58 0-1
- 1989 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White Sochi-A C60 1-0
- 1989 vs Stefan Kindermann White Dortmund-A C07 1-0
- 1989 vs Daniel J King White Dortmund-A C08 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vasilios Kotronias White Sochi-A D55 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vasilios Kotronias White Moscow-A D55 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vasilios Kotronias Black Dortmund-A D55 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Victor Miguel Lago Black GMA Baleares Open D11 0-1
- 1989 vs Joel Lautier Black Sochi-A D36 1-0
- 1989 vs Juan Mellado Trivino White GMA Baleares Open C05 1-0
- 1989 vs Stefan Mohr Black Dortmund-A D31 0-1
- 1989 vs Jacob Murrey White GMA-Open B06 0-1
- 1989 vs Igor Naumkin White GMA Baleares Open C07 0-1
- 1989 vs Jiri Nun Black Sochi-A C55 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Evgeny Pigusov White Sochi-A B37 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Milko Popchev White Sochi-A B07 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Lev Psakhis Black Dortmund-A C55 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ivan Radulov White GMA Baleares Open C60 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Sochi-A D31 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Alfonso Romero Holmes White GMA Baleares Open E62 0-1
- 1989 vs Vadim Ruban Black Sochi-A D37 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Michael Schlosser White Sochi-A E69 1-0
- 1989 vs Eckhard Schmittdiel White Dortmund-A B33 1-0
- 1989 vs Sergey Smagin Black GMA-Open C89 1-0
- 1989 vs Ivan Sokolov White Dortmund-A C88 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Liuben Spassov White GMA-Open B42 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Nikola Spiridonov Black GMA-Open E05 1-0
- 1989 vs Peter Szekely White GMA-Open B92 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Tibor Tolnai Black Dortmund-A C24 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Mikhail Ulibin White Sochi-A C06 1-0
- 1989 vs Zsuzsa Veroci Black GMA-Open B70 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Alexey Vyzmanavin White Moscow-A B42 0-1
- 1989 vs Alexey Vyzmanavin Black Sochi-A D58 1-0
- 1988 vs Joel Adler Black Bern D55 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili Black GMA-Open D53 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Evgeni Bebchuk White GMA-Open A17 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Pierre Alain Bex Black Bern B85 0-1
- 1988 vs Daniel H Campora Black Bern C46 1-0
- 1988 vs Miso Cebalo White Bern B83 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Alexander Chernin White GMA-Open B07 1-0
- 1988 vs Christian Flueckiger White Bern B07 1-0
- 1988 vs Fernand Gobet Black Bern C45 1-0
- 1988 vs Grigory S Kaidanov White GMA-Open C80 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Daniel J King White Bern B33 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Sergey Kudrin Black Bern C55 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Stanimir Nikolic Black GMA-Open D37 0-1
- 1988 vs Helgi Olafsson Black GMA-Open D53 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Dusan Rajkovic Black Bern D55 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black GMA-Open D36 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Suat Soylu White Istanbul C72 1-0
- 1988 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White GMA-Open A04 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Heinz Wirthensohn White Bern B32 1-0
- 1988 vs Gulsevil Yilmaz Black Istanbul C92 0-1
- 1988 vs Gennadi Zaichik Black GMA-Open D30 0-1
- 1988 vs Beat Zueger White Bern C06 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Viswanathan Anand White New Delhi C82 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Viswanathan Anand White Coimbatore C42 0-1
- 1987 vs Dragan Barlov Black Vrsac D58 1-0
- 1987 vs Dibyendu Barua Black New Delhi B70 1-0
- 1987 vs Dibyendu Barua White Coimbatore C61 1-0
- 1987 vs Slim Belkhodja Black OHRA-B B52 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Joel Benjamin White Moscow-A B58 1-0
- 1987 vs Edwin Bhend Black Bern C84 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs David Bronstein Black Pancevo D55 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Goran Cabrilo Black Pancevo C90 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Daniel H Campora White Bern B19 0-1
- 1987 vs Daniel H Campora White OHRA-B B19 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Miso Cebalo Black Bern A13 0-1
- 1987 vs Martin Christoffel Black Bern C92 0-1
- 1987 vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada White OHRA-B C92 0-1
- 1987 vs Jean Luc Costa Black Bern C69 0-1
- 1987 vs Istvan Csom Black New Delhi A13 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Istvan Csom Black Coimbatore E05 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Ognjen Cvitan White Vrsac B58 1-0
- 1987 vs Branko Damljanovic Black Vrsac A07 0-1
- 1987 vs Gert Jan De Boer Black OHRA-B E06 0-1
- 1987 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Moscow-A E31 1-0
- 1987 vs Jaan Ehlvest Black Vrsac C89 1-0
- 1987 vs Ivan Farago Black OHRA-B D55 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Christian Flueckiger Black Bern D04 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Giancarlo Franzoni White Bern B44 1-0
- 1987 vs Jonathan Gast White Bern B58 1-0
- 1987 vs Kiril Georgiev White Vrsac B84 0-1
- 1987 vs Mikhail Gurevich Black Moscow-A D31 1-0
- 1987 vs Ravi Gopal Hegde Black Coimbatore B22 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Ravi Gopal Hegde Black New Delhi C88 0-1
- 1987 vs Johann Hjartarson White Moscow-A B85 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Julian M Hodgson Black Moscow-A D01 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Constantin Ionescu White Moscow-A B42 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Vrsac B33 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Daniel J King White Bern B15 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Konstantin Z Lerner Black Moscow-A D53 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Gert Ligterink Black OHRA-B D31 0-1
- 1987 vs Smbat G Lputian White Moscow-A B32 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Smbat G Lputian White Moscow TV B32 0-1
- 1987 vs Smbat G Lputian Black Moscow TV D55 1-0
- 1987 vs Peter Lukacs White Coimbatore C89 0-1
- 1987 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk White Moscow-A C84 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic Black Pancevo E76 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Poorna Sharma Mithrakanth Black Coimbatore B66 1-0
- 1987 vs Poorna Sharma Mithrakanth Black New Delhi C89 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Jacob Murrey Black OHRA-B C89 1-0
- 1987 vs Krishnamoorthy Murugan Black Coimbatore E05 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Sava N Nikolic White Pancevo C95 1-0
- 1987 vs Pavle Orlov White Pancevo C92 1-0
- 1987 vs Ananchaperumal Pavanasam White Coimbatore B33 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Margeir Petursson Black Moscow-A D55 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Petar Popovic White Vrsac B58 0-1
- 1987 vs Devaki V Prasad White New Delhi C09 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Dusan Rajkovic Black Vrsac E05 1-0
- 1987 vs George Rajna White Pancevo B85 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Lanka Ravi White Coimbatore C06 1-0
- 1987 vs Raja Ravisekhar White New Delhi B70 1-0
- 1987 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Moscow-A E05 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Amador Rodriguez Black Pancevo D59 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Amador Rodriguez White OHRA-B B58 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Ian Rogers Black Vrsac E05 0-1
- 1987 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Moscow-A C96 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Sekhar Chandra Sahu Black Coimbatore C68 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Sekhar Chandra Sahu White New Delhi B19 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Valery Salov Black Moscow TV A12 1-0
- 1987 vs Valery Salov White Moscow TV C76 1-0
- 1987 vs Ivan Sokolov White Pancevo B44 1-0
- 1987 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Bern E19 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Praveen Mahadeo Thipsay White New Delhi B08 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Praveen Mahadeo Thipsay Black Coimbatore C93 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Miodrag Todorcevic White Pancevo B08 0-1
- 1987 vs Goran N Todorovic Black Pancevo C90 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Georgi P Tringov Black Pancevo C69 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky White Vrsac D76 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Bern C80 1-0
- 1987 vs Anatoli Vaisser White New Delhi C06 1-0
- 1987 vs Dragan Vasiljevic White Pancevo B00 1-0
- 1987 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Moscow-A C55 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black New Delhi D59 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Coimbatore C55 1-0
- 1987 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic Black Vrsac C44 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Luc Winants White OHRA-B B45 1-0
- 1987 vs Gennadi Zaichik White Coimbatore B01 0-1
- 1986 vs Lev O Alburt White Reykjavik op E20 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Sergey Arkhipov White Moscow C43 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Jon L Arnason Black Reykjavik op C92 0-1
- 1986 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Sochi C95 0-1
- 1986 vs Fernando Braga Black OHRA-B C89 0-1
- 1986 vs Robert E Byrne Black Reykjavik op C95 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Alexander Chernin Black Sochi E48 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black OHRA-B D58 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Rudy C Douven Black OHRA-B D55 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Vereslav S Eingorn Black Sochi D37 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Vereslav S Eingorn White Moscow B42 0-1
- 1986 vs Jaan Eslon White OHRA-B C99 1-0
- 1986 vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzales Black Sochi D55 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Sochi C92 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Mark Hebden Black Moscow C36 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Julian M Hodgson Black Sochi A07 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Carsten Hoi White Reykjavik op B08 1-0
- 1986 vs Ventzislav Inkiov White Moscow C63 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Constantin Ionescu Black Sochi D31 1-0
- 1986 vs Hilmar Karlsson Black Reykjavik op C46 0-1
- 1986 vs Konstantin Z Lerner Black Moscow D53 1-0
- 1986 vs Slobodan Martinovic White OHRA-B B70 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Eduard Meduna White Sochi B17 1-0
- 1986 vs Anthony J Miles White Reykjavik op B73 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Jacob Murrey White OHRA-B D16 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Helgi Olafsson Black Reykjavik op E06 1-0
- 1986 vs Piet Peelen Black OHRA-B A11 0-1
- 1986 vs Jeroen Piket White OHRA-B E63 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Lev Psakhis Black Moscow B69 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Vladimir Raicevic Black Moscow D58 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White Sochi B83 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White Moscow B83 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Oleg M Romanishin Black Moscow A11 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Valery Salov White Moscow B58 1-0
- 1986 vs Norbert Sehner White OHRA-B B91 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Sergey Smagin Black Moscow C88 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Vasily Smyslov White Sochi C76 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Mihai Suba White Moscow B84 0-1
- 1986 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black Sochi E06 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Mikhail Tal White Reykjavik op A38 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Mikhail Tal White Sochi C80 1-0
- 1986 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Sochi B03 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Michael Wilder White Reykjavik op C09 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Yuri Yakovich Black Sochi C55 1-0
- 1986 vs Andronico Yap White Moscow B85 1-0
- 1985 vs Georgy Agzamov White URS-ch52 C82 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Yuri S Balashov Black URS-ch52 C88 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Herbert Bastian White Baden-Baden C67 1-0
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