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 2 of 5
- 1995 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Reykjavik Olafsson E54 0-1
- 1995 vs Helgi Olafsson White Reykjavik Olafsson E52 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Zhaoqin Peng Black Pozarevac E18 0-1
- 1995 vs Jovan Petronic Black JUG-ch D40 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Margeir Petursson White Reykjavik Olafsson D19 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Sofia Polgar Black Reykjavik Olafsson C92 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Petar Popovic Black JUG-ch C92 1-0
- 1995 vs Nenad Ristic White JUG-ch E92 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Ninad Ristovic White Pozarevac D48 1-0
- 1995 vs Radoslav Simic Black JUG-ch A30 1-0
- 1995 vs Vasily Smyslov White Reykjavik Olafsson C17 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Hannes Stefansson Black Reykjavik Olafsson C92 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Throstur Thorhallsson White Reykjavik Olafsson D48 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Miroslav Tosic White JUG-ch A55 1-0
- 1995 vs Miroljub Trifunovic White Pozarevac D55 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White Pozarevac A63 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White JUG-ch B38 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Milan Vukic Black JUG-ch A30 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Andrey Zontakh Black Pozarevac C92 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs David Bronstein Black Donner mem-B C84 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Robert G Hartoch White Donner mem-B B07 1-0
- 1994 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Donner mem-B E12 0-1
- 1994 vs Gert Ligterink White Donner mem-B E96 1-0
- 1994 vs Ludek Pachman White Donner mem-B E55 1-0
- 1994 vs Hans Ree Black Donner mem-B A47 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Vasily Smyslov White Donner mem-B C16 0-1
- 1994 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Donner mem-B E54 0-1
- 1994 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic Black Donner mem-B C95 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Slobodan Martinovic White JUG-chT E94 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky White JUG-chT A86 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Bosko Abramovic Black JUG-ch C92 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Rados Bakic Black JUG-ch E31 0-1
- 1991 vs Goran Cabrilo Black JUG-chT Cetinje C92 1-0
- 1991 vs Srdjan Cvetkovic Black JUG-ch A34 0-1
- 1991 vs Milan Drasko Black JUG-chT Cetinje E38 1-0
- 1991 vs Radovan Govedarica Black JUG-Cup qual C68 0-1
- 1991 vs Zlatko Ilincic White JUG-Cup qual A86 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Djordje Kontic White JUG-ch A89 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Bojan Kurajica White JUG-chT Cetinje E13 0-1
- 1991 vs Dragoljub Lazic White JUG-Cup qual E92 1-0
- 1991 vs Miroljub Lazic White JUG-ch D46 0-1
- 1991 vs Branimir Maksimovic White JUG-chT Cetinje C18 1-0
- 1991 vs Radomir Matovic Black JUG-Cup qual B06 0-1
- 1991 vs Risto Nicevski Black JUG-ch C28 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Nebojsa Nikolic Black JUG-ch E18 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Milos Pavlovic White JUG-ch E43 1-0
- 1991 vs Jovan Radlovacki White JUG-ch A55 1-0
- 1991 vs Nebojsa Ristic Black JUG-ch E15 0-1
- 1991 vs Nebojsa Ristic White JUG-chT Cetinje E81 0-1
- 1991 vs Radoslav Simic Black JUG-Cup qual A30 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Sergey Smagin Black JUG-chT Cetinje C45 1-0
- 1991 vs Miroslav Tosic Black JUG-ch E18 1-0
- 1991 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White JUG-ch E64 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Srdjan Zakic White JUG-ch D85 1-0
- 1990 vs Dragan Barlov Black JUG-Cup E12 0-1
- 1990 vs Ante Brkljaca White JUG-Cup E11 0-1
- 1990 vs Goran Cabrilo White JUG-ch D48 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Miso Cebalo Black JUG-chT Cetinje E12 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Miso Cebalo White JUG-Cup A70 1-0
- 1990 vs Srdjan Cvetkovic White JUG-ch E43 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Branko Damljanovic White JUG-chT Cetinje E90 0-1
- 1990 vs Branko Damljanovic White JUG-ch E82 0-1
- 1990 vs Goran Dizdar White JUG-ch C11 1-0
- 1990 vs Zeljko Djukic Black JUG-chT Cetinje E38 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Zlatko Ilincic White JUG-ch D88 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black JUG-chT Cetinje C93 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black JUG-ch C69 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Mirko Jukic White JUG-chT Cetinje E14 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Dragan Kosic White JUG-ch D48 0-1
- 1990 vs Zdenko Kozul Black JUG-ch E32 1-0
- 1990 vs Zdenko Kozul White JUG-chT Cetinje E94 1-0
- 1990 vs Gojko Laketic Black JUG-ch C68 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Miroljub Lazic Black JUG-ch C55 0-1
- 1990 vs Boro Miljanic White JUG-ch D34 0-1
- 1990 vs Georg Mohr Black JUG-chT Cetinje D34 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Zivoslav Nikolic Black JUG-ch B07 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Radoslav Simic White JUG-chT Cetinje D88 0-1
- 1990 vs Miodrag Todorcevic Black JUG-chT Cetinje D73 1-0
- 1990 vs Goran M Todorovic White JUG-ch D48 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic Black JUG-ch C96 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Zdravko Vukovic Black JUG-ch B08 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vladimir Akopian White Yerevan C11 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Viswanathan Anand White GMA Baleares Open A95 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ashot Anastasian Black Yerevan A48 1-0
- 1989 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black GMA-Open B06 1-0
- 1989 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili White Yerevan B08 0-1
- 1989 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili White GMA Baleares Open B08 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Evgeny Bareev Black GMA-Open E12 1-0
- 1989 vs Miso Cebalo White JUG-chT E11 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ekrem Cekro White JUG-chT E40 1-0
- 1989 vs Istvan Csom Black Yerevan A39 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Yury Dokhoian Black Yerevan E12 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Alexander Fishbein Black GMA-Open B85 0-1
- 1989 vs Antonio Gamundi Black GMA Baleares Open E43 0-1
- 1989 vs Viktor Gavrikov White GMA-Open D76 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Krunoslav Hulak White GMA Baleares Open E11 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Krunoslav Hulak Black JUG-chT E05 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Yerevan C09 1-0
- 1989 vs Zdenko Kozul Black GMA Baleares Open E12 0-1
- 1989 vs Zdenko Kozul White JUG-chT D87 0-1
- 1989 vs Alexey Kuzmin White GMA-Open E97 0-1
- 1989 vs Bogdan Lalic Black JUG-chT E05 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Smbat G Lputian Black Yerevan E18 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic Black Yerevan C95 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic Black JUG-chT C69 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs S. Nikolic White GMA-Open E14 1-0
- 1989 vs Helgi Olafsson Black GMA Baleares Open A33 1-0
- 1989 vs Arshak B Petrosian White Yerevan D53 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Petar Popovic Black JUG-chT C92 0-1
- 1989 vs Oleg M Romanishin White Yerevan E43 1-0
- 1989 vs Vladimir A Savon Black GMA-Open A07 1-0
- 1989 vs Alexei Shirov Black GMA-Open E74 1-0
- 1989 vs Vasily Smyslov Black GMA Baleares Open C28 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Nikola Spiridonov White Yerevan E11 1-0
- 1989 vs Miodrag Todorcevic White JUG-chT B08 0-1
- 1989 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White GMA Baleares Open A90 0-1
- 1989 vs John TH Van der Wiel Black GMA Baleares Open C92 1-0
- 1989 vs Milan Vukic White JUG-chT E97 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White GMA-Open D27 1-0
- 1988 vs Joel Benjamin Black Saint John op-2 C93 1-0
- 1988 vs Karl Burger White Saint John op-2 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Avigdor Bykhovsky Black GMA-Open E39 1-0
- 1988 vs Alexander Chernin Black Saint John op-2 E12 1-0
- 1988 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Saint John op-2 E11 1-0
- 1988 vs Dragoljub M Ciric Black GMA-Open C07 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Arthur William Dake Black New York op A33 0-1
- 1988 vs Richard K Delaune White Saint John op-2 E52 1-0
- 1988 vs Maxim Dlugy Black New York op E18 1-0
- 1988 vs John P Fedorowicz White New York op A70 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Benjamin Finegold Black Saint John op-2 E39 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Gildardo Garcia Black Saint John op-2 B06 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Sergei Goregliad White New York op A57 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Dmitry Gurevich White New York op A70 1-0
- 1988 vs Mikhail Gurevich White GMA-Open A81 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Lev Gutman Black New York op E25 1-0
- 1988 vs Jean Hebert White Saint John op-2 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Fabio La Rota Black New York op B26 0-1
- 1988 vs Ivan Marinkovic White GMA-Open A58 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Igor Naumkin Black GMA-Open E12 1-0
- 1988 vs Valentin Popa White GMA-Open B07 1-0
- 1988 vs Raymond Stone Black New York op E21 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White New York op D39 0-1
- 1988 vs Ye Rongguang Black GMA-Open A46 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Robert Zelcic Black GMA-Open C55 0-1
- 1988 vs Boris A Zlotnik White GMA-Open E13 1-0
- 1987 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Belgrade D18 0-1
- 1987 vs Johann Hjartarson White Belgrade E13 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Belgrade C95 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Belgrade E18 1-0
- 1987 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Belgrade C93 1-0
- 1987 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic White Belgrade D27 1-0
- 1987 vs Predrag Nikolic White Belgrade A74 1-0
- 1987 vs Petar Popovic Black Belgrade C92 1-0
- 1987 vs Valery Salov Black Belgrade E48 0-1
- 1987 vs Nigel Short White Belgrade C19 0-1
- 1987 vs Mihai Suba Black New York op E97 1-0
- 1987 vs Jan Timman White Belgrade E13 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Dragan Barlov White JUG-ch E11 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Alexander G Beliavsky Black Sochi C92 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Daniel H Campora Black Sarajevo B08 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Miso Cebalo Black JUG-ch E41 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Miso Cebalo White Sarajevo A75 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Alexander Chernin Black Sochi E12 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Ognjen Cvitan Black JUG-ch A30 0-1
- 1986 vs Goran Dizdar White Sarajevo D38 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Emir Dizdarevic White Sarajevo B06 1-0
- 1986 vs Milan Drasko Black Sarajevo E19 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Vereslav S Eingorn Black Sochi A33 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzales White Sochi E16 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Efim Geller Black Sochi C92 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Kiril Georgiev White Sarajevo E16 0-1
- 1986 vs Kiril Georgiev Black Plovdiv A33 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Julian M Hodgson White Sochi A57 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Krunoslav Hulak White JUG-ch D17 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Ventzislav Inkiov White Plovdiv D38 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Constantin Ionescu White Sochi E52 1-0
- 1986 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Sarajevo C92 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Alexander Khalifman White Plovdiv D19 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Goran A Kosanovic Black JUG-ch C84 0-1
- 1986 vs Atanas Kurtenkov Black Plovdiv A55 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Slobodan Martinovic Black JUG-ch B07 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Eduard Meduna Black Sochi E12 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Arshak B Petrosian Black Sarajevo E12 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Petar Popovic White JUG-ch E13 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Lajos Portisch Black Sarajevo D32 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Lev Psakhis White Sarajevo A75 0-1
- 1986 vs Karsten Rasmussen White Plovdiv A55 1-0
- 1986 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Sochi E12 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Sochi C93 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Boris Spassky Black Sarajevo C49 1-0
- 1986 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov White Sochi D47 1-0
- 1986 vs Mikhail Tal White Sochi E16 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Sochi A55 1-0
- 1986 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White Sarajevo A33 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Yuri Yakovich White Sochi D21 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Janez Barle Black Portoroz/Ljubljana C91 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Portoroz/Ljubljana E12 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Stefan Cigan White Portoroz/Ljubljana E84 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Lars Karlsson Black Portoroz/Ljubljana A16 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Anthony J Miles Black Portoroz/Ljubljana E12 1-0
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