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 3 of 5
- 1985 vs Predrag Nikolic White Portoroz/Ljubljana E14 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Bruno Parma Black Portoroz/Ljubljana C90 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Petar Popovic White Portoroz/Ljubljana E43 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Lajos Portisch Black Portoroz/Ljubljana E18 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Zoltan Ribli White Portoroz/Ljubljana D41 1/2-1/2
- 1985 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Portoroz/Ljubljana C92 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Bosko Abramovic Black JUG-ch C55 1-0
- 1984 vs Ulf Andersson White Bugojno E11 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Dragan Barlov White JUG-ch E42 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Zlatko Basagic Black JUG-ch C55 0-1
- 1984 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Bugojno E19 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Ante Bulat White JUG-ch B08 1-0
- 1984 vs Miso Cebalo White JUG-ch E11 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Stefan Djuric White JUG-ch E92 0-1
- 1984 vs Krunoslav Hulak White JUG-ch A75 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black JUG-ch C92 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Bugojno D40 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Vlatko Kovacevic Black JUG-ch D03 0-1
- 1984 vs Vlatko Kovacevic White Bugojno A81 1-0
- 1984 vs Bojan Kurajica Black JUG-ch D23 1-0
- 1984 vs Bent Larsen Black Bugojno A12 1-0
- 1984 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Bugojno E42 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic Black JUG-ch C86 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Anthony J Miles Black Bugojno A31 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Predrag Nikolic White JUG-ch E42 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Dusan Rajkovic White JUG-ch A57 0-1
- 1984 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Bugojno A33 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Josip Rukavina Black JUG-ch A33 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Radoslav Simic White JUG-ch D97 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Bugojno C92 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Boris Spassky White Bugojno E15 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Mikhail Tal Black Bugojno C92 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Jan Timman Black Bugojno C45 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Eugenio Torre White Bugojno D48 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic Black JUG-ch C95 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Andras Adorjan White Sarajevo E41 0-1
- 1983 vs Andras Adorjan Black Vrsac D34 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Georgy Agzamov Black Vrsac E05 1-0
- 1983 vs Ulf Andersson Black Niksic D14 0-1
- 1983 vs Faruk Bistric White Sarajevo E11 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Milan Bjelajac Black Vrsac B07 0-1
- 1983 vs Miso Cebalo White Vrsac E41 0-1
- 1983 vs Srdjan Cvetkovic Black Lugano op A33 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Nick E De Firmian White Vrsac E43 0-1
- 1983 vs Goran Dizdar White Sarajevo E51 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Stefan Djuric White Vrsac E42 1-0
- 1983 vs John W Donaldson Black Lugano op C84 0-1
- 1983 vs Milan Drasko Black Sarajevo E99 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Ivan Farago White Sarajevo E55 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Curt Hansen White EU-chT Plovdiv D55 1-0
- 1983 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Niksic C88 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Sarajevo E94 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Vrsac C54 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Milorad Kapelan White Vrsac D31 1-0
- 1983 vs Garry Kasparov Black Niksic E17 1-0
- 1983 vs Nedeljko Kelecevic Black Sarajevo E74 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Vlatko Kovacevic White Sarajevo E51 1-0
- 1983 vs Bojan Kurajica Black Sarajevo C85 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Bent Larsen White Niksic E50 0-1
- 1983 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Niksic E15 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Smbat G Lputian Black Sarajevo E39 0-1
- 1983 vs Anthony J Miles White Niksic E42 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Predrag Nikolic White Niksic D24 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Predrag Nikolic Black Sarajevo E60 1-0
- 1983 vs Predrag Nikolic Black Vrsac D34 1-0
- 1983 vs John DM Nunn Black EU-chT Plovdiv C55 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Kemal Osmanovic White Sarajevo D51 1-0
- 1983 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Niksic D03 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Helmut Pfleger Black EU-chT Plovdiv D55 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lev Polugaevsky White EU-chT Plovdiv E54 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Lajos Portisch Black Niksic D32 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Dusan Rajkovic White Vrsac E54 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Zoltan Ribli White EU-chT Plovdiv E55 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Gyula Sax White Niksic A77 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Yasser Seirawan White Niksic E42 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Jan Smejkal Black Vrsac E05 1-0
- 1983 vs Jan Smejkal Black Sarajevo D34 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Gennadi Sosonko White EU-chT Plovdiv E42 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Boris Spassky Black Niksic D94 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Mihai Suba White Vrsac A75 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black Sarajevo E06 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs Mikhail Tal Black Niksic E12 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs James Edward Tarjan Black Vrsac E18 1-0
- 1983 vs Jan Timman White Niksic E42 0-1
- 1983 vs Georgi P Tringov White EU-chT Plovdiv E92 1-0
- 1983 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Sarajevo A38 1-0
- 1982 vs Ulf Andersson Black Bugojno E05 1-0
- 1982 vs Dragan Barlov White JUG-ch A75 1-0
- 1982 vs Milan Bjelajac Black Novi Sad C85 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Miso Cebalo Black JUG-ch D55 0-1
- 1982 vs Ognjen Cvitan White JUG-ch A75 1-0
- 1982 vs Anton Deze Black Novi Sad A35 0-1
- 1982 vs Goran Dizdar Black JUG-ch A05 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Novi Sad D34 1-0
- 1982 vs Vladimir Hresc White JUG-ch D42 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Robert Huebner White Bugojno E41 0-1
- 1982 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White Bugojno D66 1-0
- 1982 vs Bozidar Ivanovic White JUG-ch D59 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Borislav Ivkov Black JUG-ch D37 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Borislav Ivkov White Bugojno A55 1-0
- 1982 vs Naresh Jhunjhnuwala Black Luzern ol (Men) B08 0-1
- 1982 vs Garry Kasparov Black Luzern ol (Men) E32 1-0
- 1982 vs Garry Kasparov Black Bugojno E12 1-0
- 1982 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Bugojno E17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Nedeljko Kelecevic Black JUG-ch E18 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bojan Kurajica White Novi Sad E43 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Bent Larsen White Bugojno E50 0-1
- 1982 vs Liang Jinrong White Luzern ol (Men) E12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black JUG-ch C92 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Bugojno E59 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Eric Lobron Black Luzern ol (Men) C92 1-0
- 1982 vs Slavoljub Marjanovic White JUG-ch E54 1-0
- 1982 vs Rentala Nagendra White Luzern ol (Men) E92 1-0
- 1982 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Bugojno E65 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Predrag Nikolic White Novi Sad E41 0-1
- 1982 vs Predrag Nikolic Black JUG-ch E19 1-0
- 1982 vs Bruno Parma White JUG-ch E55 0-1
- 1982 vs Tigran Petrosian White Bugojno E52 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Bugojno A33 1-0
- 1982 vs Petar Popovic Black Novi Sad C92 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Novi Sad E99 0-1
- 1982 vs Ivan Radulov Black Luzern ol (Men) C47 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Dusan Rajkovic White JUG-ch A75 1-0
- 1982 vs Yuri S Razuvaev Black Novi Sad E17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Novi Sad E05 1-0
- 1982 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Luzern ol (Men) E12 1-0
- 1982 vs Amador Rodriguez White Luzern ol (Men) E11 1-0
- 1982 vs Oleg M Romanishin Black Novi Sad C95 1-0
- 1982 vs Josip Rukavina Black JUG-ch E66 0-1
- 1982 vs Yasser Seirawan White Luzern ol (Men) E43 1-0
- 1982 vs J. Sines Black JUG-ch B08 0-1
- 1982 vs Jan Smejkal Black Luzern ol (Men) E66 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Smejkal White Novi Sad D99 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Gennadi Sosonko Black Luzern ol (Men) E05 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Boris Spassky Black Bugojno C92 1-0
- 1982 vs Jonathan S Speelman White Luzern ol (Men) E45 1-0
- 1982 vs Alexey S Suetin White Novi Sad E90 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jan Timman Black Bugojno E17 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs John TH Van der Wiel White Novi Sad E41 0-1
- 1982 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White JUG-ch B36 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Milan Vukic Black JUG-ch A30 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Heinz Wirthensohn White Luzern ol (Men) E11 1-0
- 1981 vs Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez Black Linares A00 1-0
- 1981 vs Peter Biyiasas Black Lone Pine op B26 0-1
- 1981 vs Larry Mark Christiansen Black Linares D55 1-0
- 1981 vs Ivars A Dahlberg White Lone Pine op D48 1-0
- 1981 vs John W Donaldson White Lone Pine op D19 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Guillermo Garcia Gonzales White Linares E53 1-0
- 1981 vs Dmitry Gurevich White Lone Pine op A57 1-0
- 1981 vs Jean Hebert Black Lone Pine op A29 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Anatoly Karpov White Linares E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Linares D58 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Bent Larsen Black Lone Pine op C28 0-1
- 1981 vs Bent Larsen Black Linares D12 1-0
- 1981 vs Anatoly Lein White Lone Pine op E42 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Linares D48 1-0
- 1981 vs Lajos Portisch Black Linares E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Linares E97 1-0
- 1981 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Linares E65 1-0
- 1981 vs Yasser Seirawan White Lone Pine op E41 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Kamran G Shirazi Black Lone Pine op D32 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Boris Spassky White Linares E42 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Andras Adorjan Black Baden C93 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev O Alburt Black Lone Pine B44 1-0
- 1980 vs Ulf Andersson White Bugojno E41 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Baden D85 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Enver Bukic White Vrbas E43 1-0
- 1980 vs Robert E Byrne Black Baden C92 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Victor J Frias Black Lone Pine D34 0-1
- 1980 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Baden E42 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Yehuda Gruenfeld White EU-chT A77 1-0
- 1980 vs Franz Hoelzl Black Baden B31 0-1
- 1980 vs Vlastimil Hort White Bugojno E95 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Bugojno D58 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Karl Janetschek Black Baden B80 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Artur Jussupow White Vrbas D48 0-1
- 1980 vs Julio P Kaplan Black Lone Pine C49 0-1
- 1980 vs Lars Karlsson White EU-chT C16 1-0
- 1980 vs Anatoly Karpov White Bugojno E42 0-1
- 1980 vs Larry C Kaufman Black Lone Pine B06 0-1
- 1980 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Bugojno D58 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Bojan Kurajica Black Bugojno C47 1-0
- 1980 vs Bent Larsen White Bugojno E41 0-1
- 1980 vs Vladimir M Liberzon White Baden D58 1-0
- 1980 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Bugojno C95 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Anthony J Miles Black Baden E12 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs John DM Nunn White Baden B08 0-1
- 1980 vs Tigran Petrosian White Vrbas D27 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Margeir Petursson White Lone Pine D19 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Bugojno D34 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Lone Pine E84 0-1
- 1980 vs Zoltan Ribli White EU-chT E55 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Yasser Seirawan White Baden E41 0-1
- 1980 vs Jan Smejkal Black EU-chT D34 0-1
- 1980 vs Jan Smejkal White Baden D85 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Boris Spassky Black Baden C26 1-0
- 1980 vs Michael Stean Black EU-chT D34 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Michael Stean White Baden E52 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Mikhail Tal Black Bugojno E01 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Mikhail Tal Black EU-chT C95 1/2-1/2
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