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 4 of 5
- 1980 vs Valery A Chekhov White URS-ch48 C82 0-1
- 1980 vs Victor Ciocaltea White Malta ol (Men) B08 1-0
- 1980 vs Arturo Colon Black Las Palmas E73 0-1
- 1980 vs Sergey Dolmatov White URS-ch48 C08 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs C. Dounia Black Malta ol (Men) C55 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lubomir Ftacnik Black Malta ol (Men) E05 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Lone Pine D58 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Tamaz Giorgadze White URS-ch48 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Luis Gonzalez Mestres Black Las Palmas B59 0-1
- 1980 vs Roman Hernandez White Las Palmas C98 1-0
- 1980 vs Carsten Hoi Black Malta ol (Men) D58 0-1
- 1980 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Lone Pine B66 1-0
- 1980 vs Artur Jussupow White URS-ch48 C43 0-1
- 1980 vs Shimon Kagan Black EU-chT B33 0-1
- 1980 vs Julio P Kaplan White Lone Pine B85 1-0
- 1980 vs Nino Kirov Black EU-chT A07 0-1
- 1980 vs Viktor D Kupreichik White Rostov B64 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Viktor D Kupreichik White URS-ch48 A09 1-0
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen Black Lone Pine D58 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Smbat G Lputian Black URS-ch48 D55 1-0
- 1980 vs Sergey Makarichev Black URS-ch48 B52 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Anthony J Miles Black Lone Pine A14 1-0
- 1980 vs Helgi Olafsson White Malta ol (Men) B50 1-0
- 1980 vs Oscar Panno White Lone Pine B42 1-0
- 1980 vs Bruno Parma White Malta ol (Men) B70 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Jan Plachetka White EU-chT D41 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Psakhis White URS-ch48 B92 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Malta ol (Men) E05 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Gyula Sax White EU-chT E63 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Nikolaos Skalkotas White Malta ol (Men) C08 1-0
- 1980 vs Gennadi Sosonko White Malta ol (Men) B64 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black EU-chT D31 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Rafael A Vaganian White URS-ch48 C04 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black URS-ch48 C88 1-0
- 1980 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White EU-chT B37 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Jay E Whitehead Black Lone Pine B52 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Novi Sad C92 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Garry Kasparov White URS-ch47 B07 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch47 B52 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Garry Kasparov White URS-ch46 B19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch46 B85 0-1
- 1978 vs Vasily Smyslov White Lvov zt C43 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch46 D55 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Sochi E92 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch45 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch45 E05 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch45 D01 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Mikhail Tal White Sochi B85 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch45 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Jan Timman White Hoogovens B08 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch44 C16 1-0
- 1976 vs Bent Larsen Black Las Palmas C28 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Bent Larsen White Biel Interzonal A08 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch44 E89 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Biel Interzonal E18 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch44 D93 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Sochi E18 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Lajos Portisch White Las Palmas B92 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Lajos Portisch Black Biel Interzonal A58 1-0
- 1976 vs Vasily Smyslov White Biel Interzonal C43 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch44 E67 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Mikhail Tal White Biel Interzonal B42 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch44 B85 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch43 C97 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs David Bronstein Black Teeside C91 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hoogovens C95 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow C08 1-0
- 1975 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow E18 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch43 D55 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch43 D40 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hoogovens A41 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vasily Smyslov White Teeside D13 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow A04 1-0
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow B08 1-0
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch43 C89 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Jan Timman White Hoogovens B05 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Jan Timman White Teeside B05 1-0
- 1974 vs Jan Timman Black IBM C93 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs David Bronstein White Petropolis Interzonal B05 1-0
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-ch41 C88 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov White Tungsram Budapest C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch41 C87 1-0
- 1973 vs Paul Keres White Petropolis Interzonal D43 1-0
- 1973 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch41 E97 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch41 E89 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black AVRO E89 0-1
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Portoroz playoff B83 1-0
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Portoroz playoff E88 1-0
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White AVRO A14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Portoroz playoff B96 0-1
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch41 E88 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Portoroz playoff D62 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Petropolis Interzonal E88 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch White Portoroz playoff C95 0-1
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch White Portoroz playoff C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black Portoroz playoff E92 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black Portoroz playoff D31 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black Petropolis Interzonal E92 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Petropolis Interzonal C94 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch41 C69 0-1
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Petropolis Interzonal D59 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch41 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch41 B49 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jan Timman White AVRO B85 1-0
- 1973 vs Jan Timman Black AVRO D59 0-1
- 1972 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Kislovodsk B96 0-1
- 1971 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch39 A09 0-1
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch39 C95 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf2 E60 1-0
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf2 B85 0-1
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf2 E97 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf2 B81 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf2 B78 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf2 B78 1-0
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf2 D58 1-0
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf2 E97 1-0
- 1971 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch39 B85 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch39 C43 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch39 B49 0-1
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D79 0-1
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Belgrade URS-World C93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black IBM E92 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Belgrade URS-World E92 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Belgrade URS-World E92 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal C93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Belgrade URS-World C93 1-0
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E67 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black IBM E94 1-0
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal C95 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B83 1-0
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal C98 1-0
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky Black IBM C92 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Hoogovens C09 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Belgrade E69 0-1
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Belgrade E97 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Paul Keres White Hoogovens A13 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch37 B83 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Belgrade B60 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch37 A07 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch White Hoogovens C92 1-0
- 1969 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch37 E61 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch37 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs David Bronstein White URS-chT C43 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs David Bronstein White Kislovodsk B32 1-0
- 1968 vs Nona Gaprindashvili White Gori B07 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG D79 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG D55 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG E92 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG C93 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Skopje/Ohrid E92 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Paul Keres White URS-chT A14 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-chT A49 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Skopje/Ohrid E73 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Skopje/Ohrid A39 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf4 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf4 C09 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf4 B25 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf4 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf4 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf4 C09 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf4 C19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf4 C19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Gori D66 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT E54 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-chT B12 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs David Bronstein White Moscow C67 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bobby Fischer Black Monte Carlo B97 0-1
- 1967 vs Bobby Fischer Black Skopje B88 0-1
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Moscow E94 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Monte Carlo E94 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Budva D37 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Sousse Interzonal D13 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Paul Keres White Moscow A14 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Budva C83 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Sousse Interzonal E54 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen Black Sousse Interzonal B52 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Monte Carlo B38 0-1
- 1967 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Moscow E94 1-0
- 1967 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow B19 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-chT E81 1-0
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Sousse Interzonal A35 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White Moscow C93 1-0
- 1967 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Sousse Interzonal E94 1-0
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov White Monte Carlo D16 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow D11 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow D31 1-0
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal Black Budva C81 1-0
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow C93 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-chT A26 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch34 C69 0-1
- 1966 vs Paul Keres White URS-chT D41 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch34 E96 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Copenhagen cm-3pl E64 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Copenhagen cm-3pl C81 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Copenhagen cm-3pl B50 1-0
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Copenhagen cm-3pl C81 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Copenhagen cm-3pl B25 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Copenhagen cm-3pl D63 1-0
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Copenhagen cm-3pl B69 1-0
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