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 3 of 5
- 1985 vs Alexander Chernin Black URS-ch52 D55 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Sergey Dolmatov White Moscow C06 1-0
- 1985 vs Vereslav S Eingorn White URS-ch52 C92 0-1
- 1985 vs Evgenij Ermenkov Black Baden-Baden C85 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Ivan Farago Black Baden-Baden D58 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Lubomir Ftacnik Black Moscow D55 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Viktor Gavrikov White URS-ch52 D89 0-1
- 1985 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Baden-Baden D58 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Boris F Gulko Black URS-ch52 C91 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Mikhail Gurevich Black URS-ch52 E46 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Bukhuti Gurgenidze White URS-ch52 B33 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Borislav Ivkov White Moscow C87 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Han Janssen White Baden-Baden B44 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Stefan Kindermann White Baden-Baden B85 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Viktor D Kupreichik Black URS-ch52 C88 0-1
- 1985 vs Konstantin Z Lerner Black URS-ch52 D31 0-1
- 1985 vs Smbat G Lputian Black URS-ch52 D31 1-0
- 1985 vs Adrian Mikhalchishin White URS-ch52 D41 0-1
- 1985 vs Milan Mrdja Black Baden-Baden C88 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Ludek Pachman Black Baden-Baden D55 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Arshak B Petrosian White URS-ch52 B92 1-0
- 1985 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Baden-Baden B33 1-0
- 1985 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Moscow E05 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Lev Psakhis Black URS-ch52 C55 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Baden-Baden B92 1-0
- 1985 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black URS-ch52 C55 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White Moscow B28 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Amador Rodriguez Black Moscow C92 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Moscow C96 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Sergey Smagin White URS-ch52 C92 0-1
- 1985 vs Jan Smejkal White Baden-Baden C92 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Andrei Sokolov Black URS-ch52 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Jonathan S Speelman White Moscow B17 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black Moscow D11 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White URS-ch52 E04 0-1
- 1985 vs Gennadi A Timoshchenko Black Baden-Baden E18 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White URS-ch52 A55 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black Moscow C88 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Moscow B04 0-1
- 1985 vs Rob Witt Black Baden-Baden D58 0-1
- 1984 vs Georgy Agzamov Black Sochi D55 1-0
- 1984 vs Lev O Alburt Black Reykjavik op E73 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Dragan Barlov Black Sochi E05 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Saevar Bjarnason Black Reykjavik op A12 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Uwe Boensch White Sochi B83 1-0
- 1984 vs Karl Burger White Reykjavik op B19 1-0
- 1984 vs Pia Cramling White Reykjavik op B85 1-0
- 1984 vs Attila Groszpeter White Sochi B67 0-1
- 1984 vs Johann Hjartarson White Reykjavik op C99 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Daniel J King Black Reykjavik op D55 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Peter Lukacs White Sochi C95 1-0
- 1984 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Reykjavik op C92 0-1
- 1984 vs Helgi Olafsson White Reykjavik op B92 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Margeir Petursson Black Reykjavik op A57 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Jim Plaskett White Sochi C43 1-0
- 1984 vs Josef Pribyl White Sochi B08 1-0
- 1984 vs Lev Psakhis Black Sochi C55 1-0
- 1984 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Sochi C96 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Lars Ake Schneider White Reykjavik op A37 0-1
- 1984 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black Sochi C45 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Mikhail Tal Black Sochi D58 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Elizbar Ubilava Black Sochi D55 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Anatoli Vaisser Black Sochi D35 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Tom Wedberg Black Reykjavik op C85 0-1
- 1984 vs Jouni Yrjola White Sochi B73 0-1
- 1983 vs Georgy Agzamov Black URS-ch50 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Ulf Andersson White Linares B49 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili White URS-ch50 B06 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Yuri S Balashov Black URS-ch50 C88 1-0
- 1983 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black URS-ch50 D31 1-0
- 1983 vs Valery A Chekhov White Sochi B83 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Semen I Dvoirys White Sochi B92 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Hans Ulrich Gruenberg Black Sochi D37 0-1
- 1983 vs Vlastimil Hort White Linares B06 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Tamas Horvath Black EU-chT Plovdiv C85 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Ventzislav Inkiov Black Sochi E05 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Sochi D55 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Artur Jussupow White URS-ch50 C43 1-0
- 1983 vs Artur Jussupow Black Linares D58 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Anatoly Karpov White Linares A38 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-ch50 C88 1-0
- 1983 vs Bent Larsen Black Linares D35 0-1
- 1983 vs Konstantin Z Lerner Black URS-ch50 D55 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Paul E Littlewood White EU-chT Plovdiv C88 1-0
- 1983 vs Sergey Makarichev White Sochi B66 0-1
- 1983 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk White URS-ch50 A61 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Eduard Meduna Black Sochi D37 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Anthony J Miles White Linares B78 1-0
- 1983 vs Alexander N Panchenko White Sochi B85 1-0
- 1983 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch50 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch50 B85 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lev Psakhis Black URS-ch50 C55 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black URS-ch50 D37 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Oleg M Romanishin Black URS-ch50 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Oleg M Romanishin Black Sochi B26 0-1
- 1983 vs Gyula Sax Black Linares C88 1-0
- 1983 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Linares D53 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Andrei Sokolov White Sochi B85 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky White Linares B08 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Bernd Stein White EU-chT Plovdiv B45 1-0
- 1983 vs Mihai Suba White Sochi B85 0-1
- 1983 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black Sochi C56 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch50 B83 1-0
- 1983 vs Jan Timman Black Linares D03 1-0
- 1983 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky White Sochi E63 0-1
- 1983 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White URS-ch50 B92 1-0
- 1983 vs Rafael A Vaganian White URS-ch50 C05 0-1
- 1983 vs Anatoli Vaisser Black Sochi E54 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Cornelis Van Wijgerden Black EU-chT Plovdiv C55 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bosko Abramovic White Moscow C95 1-0
- 1982 vs Georgy Agzamov Black Yerevan zt A13 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson White Phillips&Drew B83 0-1
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson White Moscow Interzonal B83 1-0
- 1982 vs Yuri N Anikaev Black Moscow D37 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Orest N Averkin White Sochi B85 0-1
- 1982 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black Moscow Interzonal D31 1-0
- 1982 vs Murray G Chandler Black Sochi C55 1-0
- 1982 vs Valery A Chekhov Black Moscow D36 1-0
- 1982 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Moscow Interzonal B07 1-0
- 1982 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Phillips&Drew B19 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Sergey Dolmatov White Yerevan zt C08 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Josif D Dorfman Black Yerevan zt A00 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Semen I Dvoirys White Sochi B92 1-0
- 1982 vs Lubomir Ftacnik White Sochi B85 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzales Black Moscow Interzonal D58 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Viktor Gavrikov Black Yerevan zt D37 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Moscow Interzonal D58 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Tamaz Giorgadze Black Yerevan zt D58 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Laszlo Hazai White Sochi C82 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Artur Jussupow Black Yerevan zt E94 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoly Karpov White Phillips&Drew E18 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Garry Kasparov White Moscow Interzonal B83 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Rainer Knaak Black Moscow D31 1-0
- 1982 vs Viktor D Kupreichik White Yerevan zt D38 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Gennadi P Kuzmin White Yerevan zt C99 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Phillips&Drew C88 0-1
- 1982 vs Eduard Meduna White Moscow B17 1-0
- 1982 vs A Jonathan Mestel Black Phillips&Drew C85 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anthony J Miles White Phillips&Drew B50 0-1
- 1982 vs Jacob Murrey Black Moscow Interzonal E05 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Predrag Nikolic Black Sochi D58 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs John DM Nunn Black Phillips&Drew C55 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Alexander N Panchenko White Sochi B83 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Evgeny Pigusov Black Sochi A12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lajos Portisch Black Phillips&Drew D36 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lev Psakhis Black Yerevan zt D58 0-1
- 1982 vs Lev Psakhis Black Sochi C89 0-1
- 1982 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Moscow Interzonal B85 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Sochi E05 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Moscow E05 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ruben Rodriguez Black Moscow Interzonal D30 0-1
- 1982 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Yerevan zt B46 1-0
- 1982 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Sochi C87 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Gyula Sax Black Moscow Interzonal C85 1-0
- 1982 vs Yasser Seirawan White Phillips&Drew C16 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Semko Semkov Black Sochi E42 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Nigel Short Black Phillips&Drew B22 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky White Phillips&Drew B08 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black Phillips&Drew D37 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jonathan S Speelman White Sochi B17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Yerevan zt B33 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Peter Szekely Black Moscow E69 0-1
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow B44 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal White Sochi A04 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow Interzonal B17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Timman White Phillips&Drew B73 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Mikhail S Tseitlin White Moscow B40 1-0
- 1982 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky Black Yerevan zt C93 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Yerevan zt B92 1-0
- 1982 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Moscow C97 1-0
- 1982 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Yerevan zt C05 0-1
- 1982 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Moscow D55 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Anatoli Vaisser Black Sochi D31 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs John TH Van der Wiel White Moscow Interzonal B66 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White Moscow Interzonal A17 1-0
- 1982 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Moscow D55 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Igor A Zaitsev White Yerevan zt C95 1-0
- 1982 vs Igor A Zaitsev Black Moscow C02 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Ulf Andersson White Moscow B85 0-1
- 1981 vs Yuri S Balashov White Moscow B08 0-1
- 1981 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black Moscow E05 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Moscow-4teams E63 1-0
- 1981 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Moscow-4teams C92 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Moscow E18 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Moscow D58 1-0
- 1981 vs Garry Kasparov White Moscow B83 0-1
- 1981 vs Sergey Makarichev White Moscow-4teams E19 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Sergey Makarichev Black Moscow-4teams A13 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow B06 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Moscow D58 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch Black Moscow D58 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Jan Smejkal White Moscow C43 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow C43 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Alexey S Suetin Black Moscow-4teams C90 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Alexey S Suetin White Moscow-4teams B42 1-0
- 1981 vs Jan Timman Black Moscow C82 1-0
- 1981 vs Eugenio Torre Black Moscow E14 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Yuri S Balashov White Lone Pine E18 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White URS-ch48 D53 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Joel Benjamin Black Lone Pine B23 0-1
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