Svetozar Gligoric
Soviet era · Serbia · 1923–2012
Yugoslavia's number one for decades, and the great authority on the King's Indian.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
205Wins
550Draws
245Losses
48%Score
1946–2003Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bent Larsen | 45 | 12 | 13 | 20 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 45 | 7 | 29 | 9 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 41 | 5 | 28 | 8 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 38 | 8 | 19 | 11 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 33 | 2 | 21 | 10 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 29 | 3 | 23 | 3 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 27 | 1 | 22 | 4 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 27 | 1 | 21 | 5 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 25 | 2 | 15 | 8 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 22 | 0 | 16 | 6 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 20 | 2 | 12 | 6 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 16 | 2 | 10 | 4 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 14 | 0 | 10 | 4 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Garry Kasparov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | view games |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Alexei Shirov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Nigel Short | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | view games |
| Viswanathan Anand | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 2003 vs T Franssila Black 33rd Rilton Cup C92 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs I Timmermans White 33rd Rilton Cup D48 1-0
- 2003 vs H Lindberg Black 33rd Rilton Cup D34 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs R Edlund Black 33rd Rilton Cup A81 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs V Forsberg Black 33rd Rilton Cup A36 0-1
- 2003 vs JP Haapasalo Black 33rd Rilton Cup B07 0-1
- 2003 vs T Nyback White 33rd Rilton Cup A59 0-1
- 2003 vs TR Hansen Black 33rd Rilton Cup E60 1/2-1/2
- 2003 vs N Hjelm White 33rd Rilton Cup E54 1-0
- 2002 vs Y Razuvaev Black Botvinnik Mem A E18 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs Nona Gaprindashvili White Botvinnik Mem A D66 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs S Zhukhovitsky Black Botvinnik Mem A E65 0-1
- 2002 vs J Klovans White Botvinnik Mem A D55 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs An RUS Bykhovsky White Botvinnik Mem A D55 1-0
- 2002 vs V Karasev Black Botvinnik Mem A A07 0-1
- 2002 vs E Vasiukov White Botvinnik Mem A A81 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs M Taimanov Black Botvinnik Mem A E60 1-0
- 2002 vs AS Nikitin White Botvinnik Mem A A90 1-0
- 2001 vs I Ivanisevic Black TCh-YUG E32 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs D Nestorovic Black TCh-YUG E17 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs V Nevednichy White TCh-YUG Final E94 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs V Nevednichy Black TCh-YUG Final C50 1-0
- 2001 vs D Blagojevic White TCh-YUG D52 0-1
- 2001 vs A Zontakh White TCh-YUG C11 0-1
- 2001 vs S Drazic Black TCh-YUG C26 1-0
- 2001 vs D Velimirovic White TCh-YUG E90 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs D Svetushkin Black TCh-YUG C50 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Z Hracek White TCh-YUG E54 0-1
- 2001 vs N Nikcevic Black TCh-YUG A33 1-0
- 2001 vs D Antic White 56th ch-YUG C14 1-0
- 2001 vs B Tadic Black 56th ch-YUG A34 1-0
- 2001 vs D Blagojevic White 56th ch-YUG D52 0-1
- 2001 vs M Tosic White 56th ch-YUG A56 1-0
- 2001 vs Z Ilincic Black 56th ch-YUG E19 1-0
- 2001 vs D Pikula White 56th ch-YUG E42 1-0
- 2001 vs N Ostojic Black 56th ch-YUG A32 1-0
- 2001 vs GM Todorovic White 56th ch-YUG D34 0-1
- 2001 vs Ni Djukic Black 56th ch-YUG E32 0-1
- 2001 vs Mi Pavlovic White 56th ch-YUG E97 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs B Damljanovic Black 56th ch-YUG A07 1-0
- 2001 vs Mio1 Savic White 56th ch-YUG E57 1-0
- 2001 vs D Kosic Black 56th ch-YUG E12 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs I Ivanisevic White 56th ch-YUG C11 1-0
- 2000 vs D Herder Black 25th Paul Keres mem C68 0-1
- 2000 vs D Milicevic White 25th Paul Keres mem A81 1-0
- 2000 vs N Fullbrook Black 25th Paul Keres mem 0-1
- 2000 vs Eugene Gibney White 25th Paul Keres mem D07 1-0
- 2000 vs V Epishin Black 25th Paul Keres mem E17 1-0
- 2000 vs B Ivkov White 25th Paul Keres mem E11 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs C Harmon Black 25th Paul Keres mem A46 0-1
- 2000 vs J Donaldson White 25th Paul Keres mem D19 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs J Vetemaa White 25th Paul Keres mem A58 1-0
- 1999 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Petrosian mem C88 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Borislav Ivkov White Petrosian mem B07 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Petrosian mem C48 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Vlastimil Hort White Petrosian mem D97 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Boris Spassky White Petrosian mem D59 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Bent Larsen Black Petrosian mem C50 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Lajos Portisch White Petrosian mem E52 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Petrosian mem A12 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky White Petrosian mem B08 0-1
- 1999 vs Dragan Barlov White JUG-ch B07 0-1
- 1999 vs Branko Damljanovic Black JUG-ch D52 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Milan Drasko White JUG-ch E52 1-0
- 1999 vs Dragan Kosic White JUG-ch D46 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Branimir Maksimovic White JUG-ch E54 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Milos Pavlovic Black JUG-ch C92 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Miroslav Tosic White JUG-ch A53 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Branko Damljanovic White Panormo zt E94 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ioannis Nikolaidis Black Panormo zt E66 1-0
- 1998 vs Artashes Minasian Black Panormo zt A45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Davit Shengelia White Panormo zt D52 1-0
- 1998 vs Andreas Tzermiadianos Black Panormo zt C55 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ioannis Simeonidis White Panormo zt E97 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Natalia Edzgveradze Black Panormo zt E42 0-1
- 1998 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Panormo zt D55 0-1
- 1998 vs Konstantinos Pappas Black Panormo zt C50 0-1
- 1998 vs Suat Atalik White JUG-chT D85 0-1
- 1998 vs Werner Hug White Nagler mem E91 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Florian Jenni Black Nagler mem C85 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Roger Moor White Nagler mem D85 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Yannick Pelletier Black Nagler mem E12 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Richard Forster White Nagler mem E94 1-0
- 1998 vs Werner Hug Black Nagler mem A47 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Florian Jenni White Nagler mem E97 1-0
- 1998 vs Roger Moor Black Nagler mem C50 0-1
- 1998 vs Yannick Pelletier White Nagler mem D19 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Richard Forster Black Nagler mem E17 1-0
- 1998 vs Igor Drozdov White Quebec op E94 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Alexandre Lesiege Black Quebec op C47 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Michael Schleifer White Quebec op D07 1-0
- 1998 vs Francois Leveille White Quebec op D16 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Oleg Linsky Black Quebec op E17 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Gerald Michaud White Quebec op C18 1-0
- 1998 vs Aleksandr V Elfert Black Quebec op A30 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Jeff Reeve White Quebec op E94 1-0
- 1998 vs Branko Damljanovic Black JUG-ch53 E17 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Jovan Petronic White JUG-ch53 D13 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Miroslav Tosic Black JUG-ch53 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Bojan Knezevic White JUG-ch53 E41 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Zlatko Ilincic Black JUG-ch53 E18 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Stefan Djuric White JUG-ch53 B38 1-0
- 1998 vs Milos2 Pavlovic Black JUG-ch53 E14 0-1
- 1998 vs Ivan Ivanisevic White JUG-ch53 E94 0-1
- 1998 vs Miroslav Markovic Black JUG-ch53 C68 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Petar Popovic White JUG-ch53 E97 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Aleksandar Kovacevic White JUG-ch53 A70 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Dragan Barlov Black JUG-ch53 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Milan Drasko White JUG-ch53 D27 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Djordje Kontic Black JUG-ch53 C56 0-1
- 1998 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White JUG-ch53 E90 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vasily Smyslov White Belgrade-Moscow D19 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Belgrade-Moscow C68 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Etienne Bacrot White Cannes Generations E55 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Cannes Generations C95 1-0
- 1998 vs Zoltan Gyimesi White JUG Cup D26 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black JUG Cup C94 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Dimitri Komarov Black JUG Cup E12 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Rade Milovanovic White JUG Cup E58 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Igor Alexandre Nataf White Cannes Generations E97 1-0
- 1998 vs Igor Alexandre Nataf Black Cannes Generations C45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Vladislav Nevednichy White JUG Cup E95 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Milos Pavlovic White JUG Cup E97 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ruslan Ponomariov Black Cannes Generations C26 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ruslan Ponomariov White Cannes Generations A90 0-1
- 1998 vs Tal Shaked Black Cannes Generations C45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Tal Shaked White Cannes Generations E48 1-0
- 1998 vs Mihajlo Stojanovic Black JUG Cup A35 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Zoran Arsovic White JUG Cup E94 0-1
- 1997 vs Dragisa Blagojevic White JUG-ch52 D48 1-0
- 1997 vs Branko Damljanovic Black JUG-ch52 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vladimir Dimitrov White JUG-chT E94 1-0
- 1997 vs Milan Drasko Black JUG-ch52 E32 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Zlatko Ilincic White JUG-ch52 E94 0-1
- 1997 vs Ivan Ivanisevic Black JUG-ch52 E17 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Dimitri Komarov White JUG-chT D46 1-0
- 1997 vs Dragan Kosic White JUG-ch52 D13 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Dragan Kosic Black JUG-chT D00 1-0
- 1997 vs Vasilios Kotronias Black JUG-chT C92 1-0
- 1997 vs Aleksandar Kovacevic Black JUG-ch52 C92 1-0
- 1997 vs Ivan Marinkovic Black JUG-ch52 C47 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Miroslav Markovic White JUG-ch52 E94 1-0
- 1997 vs Zoran Markovic White JUG Cup D58 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Adrian Mikhalchishin Black JUG-chT C92 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Nebojsa Nikcevic White JUG-chT D46 1-0
- 1997 vs Milos Pavlovic Black JUG-ch52 A39 1-0
- 1997 vs Jovan Petronic White JUG-ch52 E54 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Dejan Pikula White JUG-ch52 E48 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Petar Popovic Black JUG-ch52 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Konstantin Sakaev Black JUG-chT E12 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Zoran Stamenkovic White JUG-ch52 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky Black JUG-chT C54 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic Black JUG-ch52 C44 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Zoran Arsovic White JUG-ch Podgorica E90 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Dragisa Blagojevic Black JUG-ch Podgorica E18 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Branko Damljanovic Black JUG-chT E60 1-0
- 1996 vs Branko Damljanovic Black JUG-ch Podgorica B20 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Milan Drasko Black JUG-ch Podgorica E32 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Sinisa Drazic Black JUG-ch Podgorica B20 1-0
- 1996 vs Branko Filipovic White JUG-ch Podgorica B00 1-0
- 1996 vs Jozsef Horvath Black JUG-chT D78 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Zlatko Ilincic Black JUG-ch Podgorica E32 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White JUG-ch Podgorica E14 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Nikola Karaklajic White JUG-ch Podgorica D27 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Dragan Kosic White JUG-chT D46 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Dragan Kosic Black JUG-ch Podgorica E60 0-1
- 1996 vs Branimir Maksimovic White JUG-ch Podgorica C18 1-0
- 1996 vs Ivan Marinkovic Black JUG-chT C26 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Ivan Marinkovic White JUG-chT A58 1-0
- 1996 vs Slobodan Martinovic Black JUG-chT A30 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Dejan Mozetic Black JUG-ch Podgorica E32 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Dejan Pikula White JUG-ch Podgorica E97 0-1
- 1996 vs Dusan Rajkovic Black JUG-chT E18 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Milenko Sibarevic White JUG-chT D48 0-1
- 1996 vs Zoran Stamenkovic Black JUG-chT E05 0-1
- 1996 vs M. Stojanovic White JUG-chT E58 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Mihajlo Stojanovic White JUG-ch Podgorica D48 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White JUG-ch Podgorica E70 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Zdravko Vukovic White JUG-chT D63 0-1
- 1995 vs Bosko Abramovic White JUG-ch E58 0-1
- 1995 vs Jon L Arnason White Reykjavik Olafsson E52 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Dragan Barlov White JUG-ch B07 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Dragisa Blagojevic Black Pozarevac E18 0-1
- 1995 vs Branko Damljanovic Black JUG-ch E18 1-0
- 1995 vs Vladimir Dimitrov Black Pozarevac C90 1-0
- 1995 vs Milan Drasko Black JUG-ch E32 1-0
- 1995 vs Helgi Ass Gretarsson Black Reykjavik Olafsson E12 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Johann Hjartarson Black Reykjavik Olafsson C92 1-0
- 1995 vs Zlatko Ilincic White JUG-ch E94 1-0
- 1995 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Pozarevac E19 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Viktor Komliakov White Pozarevac D13 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Dragan Kosic Black JUG-ch A45 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Bent Larsen Black Reykjavik Olafsson C50 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Milan Matulovic White JUG-ch D18 1-0
- 1995 vs Milan Matulovic White Pozarevac D18 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Danilo Milanovic Black Pozarevac A45 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Rade Milovanovic White Pozarevac E14 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Petar Mitrovic White Pozarevac D85 1-0
- 1995 vs Dejan Mozetic Black JUG-ch E32 1-0
- 1995 vs Zivoslav Nikolic White JUG-ch B15 1-0
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