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 5 of 5
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Copenhagen cm-3pl A04 1-0
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Copenhagen cm-3pl E09 0-1
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-chT A36 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch34 A29 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch34 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT E61 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-chT D54 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT D43 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Mikhail Tal Black Kislovodsk C92 0-1
- 1965 vs Bobby Fischer White Capablanca mem E81 1-0
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hoogovens A38 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats qf4 E50 1-0
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats qf4 D87 1-0
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats qf4 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Santiago A39 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats qf4 E08 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats qf4 A37 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats qf4 A39 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats qf4 E41 1-0
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov White Capablanca mem E54 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats qf4 E55 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats sf2 E44 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats sf2 E51 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats sf2 C89 1-0
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats sf2 B75 1-0
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats sf2 C92 1-0
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats sf2 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats sf2 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats sf2 D32 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein White Moscow zt A13 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow zt A33 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow zt D55 1-0
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow zt D27 0-1
- 1964 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS Spartakiad B17 1-0
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow zt C72 0-1
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow zt C85 0-1
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS Spartakiad C92 1-0
- 1963 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch31 C77 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Paul Keres White URS-chT A09 1-0
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Capablanca mem C88 1-0
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS Spartakiad E89 0-1
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch31 A39 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS Spartakiad C16 1-0
- 1963 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch31 E54 0-1
- 1963 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-chT D93 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch31 C88 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Tal White Capablanca mem C88 0-1
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Stockholm Interzonal B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B88 0-1
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament B92 1-0
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B88 1-0
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Stockholm Interzonal E65 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B65 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament A34 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats playoff 2pl A56 0-1
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats playoff 2pl E55 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats playoff 2pl A35 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats playoff 2pl D41 1-0
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament E61 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats playoff 2pl E54 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament D41 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats playoff 2pl A46 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres White Candidats playoff 2pl E53 0-1
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats playoff 2pl B36 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats Tournament E60 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats Tournament D71 0-1
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats Tournament C83 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Stockholm Interzonal B05 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats Tournament D29 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Stockholm Interzonal E92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament B15 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament D58 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament E12 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament B12 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-chT E92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch White Stockholm Interzonal B11 1-0
- 1962 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Boris Spassky White URS-chT C65 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament B48 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament B48 1-0
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament D01 0-1
- 1961 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch28 E27 1-0
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer Black Bled C72 1-0
- 1961 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Bled C97 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Paul Keres White Bled D27 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch28 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Miguel Najdorf White Bled B84 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Bled E98 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch28 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch28 B92 1-0
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch Black Bled E68 0-1
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch28 E54 1-0
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch28 A46 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White Bled E55 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch27 B86 0-1
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch27 B03 0-1
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-chT E72 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Bent Larsen Black Nimzowitsch mem A09 1-0
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch27 B13 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Nimzowitsch mem E01 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch27 B42 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch27 C77 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch27 D01 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch26 E43 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch26 E45 1-0
- 1959 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch26 E69 1-0
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch26 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch26 E43 0-1
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch26 C77 1-0
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky White URS-chT E91 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch26 A71 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT B42 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch25 E97 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch25 C97 1-0
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch25 D79 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch25 D71 1-0
- 1958 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch25 C95 1-0
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch25 C96 1-0
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG E97 1-0
- 1957 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch sf B11 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament D54 1-0
- 1956 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament D71 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black JUG-URS E69 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament A14 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament C99 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament E58 1-0
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament D34 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament E26 0-1
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament E60 1-0
- 1956 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats Tournament E59 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats Tournament D40 0-1
- 1955 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-ch22 D35 0-1
- 1955 vs David Bronstein Black Gothenburg Interzonal B31 1-0
- 1955 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Zagreb E89 0-1
- 1955 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch22 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Paul Keres White Gothenburg Interzonal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch22 E30 0-1
- 1955 vs Miguel Najdorf White Gothenburg Interzonal B96 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch22 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Gothenburg Interzonal C68 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch22 playoff-1pl D78 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch22 playoff-1pl D35 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch22 playoff-1pl D18 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch22 playoff-1pl D19 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch22 playoff-1pl D53 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch22 playoff-1pl E89 0-1
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov White Zagreb D19 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch22 D50 1-0
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch22 playoff-1pl D19 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Boris Spassky Black Gothenburg Interzonal C59 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch22 E26 0-1
- 1954 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch21 B64 1-0
- 1954 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch21 D43 1-0
- 1954 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch sf B92 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Boris Spassky White Leningrad B95 0-1
- 1953 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament D35 1-0
- 1953 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament B62 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Max Euwe Black Candidats Tournament E67 0-1
- 1953 vs Max Euwe White Candidats Tournament E28 0-1
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament E87 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament E92 0-1
- 1953 vs Paul Keres Black URS-training A48 0-1
- 1953 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament D41 0-1
- 1953 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament E61 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Candidats Tournament E62 0-1
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf White Candidats Tournament B92 1-0
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-training C15 0-1
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament A30 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament E50 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats Tournament E35 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats Tournament D42 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament E29 0-1
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-training D18 0-1
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament E94 1-0
- 1952 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-ch20 E66 1-0
- 1952 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Budapest E69 0-1
- 1952 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch20 C90 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Saltsjobaden Interzonal E76 0-1
- 1952 vs Paul Keres Black Budapest C86 1-0
- 1952 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch20 E52 1-0
- 1952 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch20 C58 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Tigran Petrosian White Budapest D59 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal E72 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Vasily Smyslov White Budapest D15 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch20 D18 0-1
- 1951 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-ch19 D23 0-1
- 1951 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch19 C99 1-0
- 1951 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch19 C99 0-1
- 1951 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch19 E92 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch19 B26 1-0
- 1950 vs Paul Keres White Szcawno Zdroj C74 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch18 C75 0-1
- 1950 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch18 A07 0-1
- 1950 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch18 D15 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch17 D44 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch17 C84 0-1
- 1949 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch17 E94 0-1
- 1949 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch sf C01 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch17 E24 1/2-1/2
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