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 4 of 5
- 1980 vs Jan Timman White Bugojno E43 0-1
- 1980 vs Georgi P Tringov White EU-chT B08 1-0
- 1980 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Baden E66 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs John TH Van der Wiel Black Baden C58 1-0
- 1980 vs Jay E Whitehead White Lone Pine E43 0-1
- 1980 vs Perry Youngworth Black Lone Pine D34 0-1
- 1980 vs Vitaly F Zaltsman White Lone Pine E59 1-0
- 1979 vs Efim Geller Black Novi Sad C92 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen Black Bled/Portoroz A30 1-0
- 1979 vs Bent Larsen Black Lone Pine op E49 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Lone Pine op A30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Jan Timman White Bled/Portoroz E41 0-1
- 1978 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Bugojno C92 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Buenos Aires ol (Men) E55 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Bent Larsen Black Bugojno D34 0-1
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch White Buenos Aires ol (Men) E55 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch White Bugojno D27 0-1
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch White Niksic E43 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Boris Spassky Black Montilla/Moriles B07 1-0
- 1978 vs Boris Spassky White Bugojno E53 0-1
- 1978 vs Mikhail Tal Black Bugojno C91 1-0
- 1978 vs Jan Timman Black Niksic D34 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jan Timman Black Bugojno D34 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jan Timman Black Buenos Aires ol (Men) D34 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Anatoly Karpov White Tilburg E54 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Anatoly Karpov White Bad Lauterberg E57 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Bent Larsen White Ljubljana/Portoroz B08 0-1
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black EU-chT D91 1-0
- 1977 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Tilburg B58 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Jan Timman White Tilburg E41 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Jan Timman Black Bad Lauterberg C59 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black Hoogovens C95 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Milan C95 1-0
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Portoroz/Ljubljana C95 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Bent Larsen Black Manila A38 1-0
- 1975 vs Bent Larsen White Milan E58 0-1
- 1975 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Netanya E63 0-1
- 1975 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Milan E88 1-0
- 1975 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Manila E90 0-1
- 1975 vs Lajos Portisch Black Portoroz/Ljubljana E73 1-0
- 1975 vs Lajos Portisch White Hoogovens E45 0-1
- 1975 vs Lajos Portisch Black Milan E88 1-0
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal White Milan E91 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Jan Timman Black Hoogovens D00 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Nice olm fin-A D71 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Bent Larsen Black Manila B66 1-0
- 1974 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Manila E89 1-0
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Manila A79 1-0
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch White Nice olm fin-A D89 0-1
- 1974 vs Jan Timman White Nice olm fin-A E91 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Leningrad Interzonal C95 1-0
- 1973 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Leningrad Interzonal E99 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Bent Larsen Black Leningrad Interzonal E70 0-1
- 1973 vs Bent Larsen White Manila E43 1-0
- 1973 vs Miguel Najdorf White Manila A75 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-JUG D79 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-JUG D63 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-JUG D87 1-0
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-JUG E88 1-0
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch White EU-chT D63 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black Vidmar mem D79 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky Black EU-chT C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black Hastings7374 C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black Leningrad Interzonal C95 1-0
- 1973 vs Jan Timman Black Hastings7374 E88 1-0
- 1972 vs Anatoly Karpov Black San Antonio C94 1-0
- 1972 vs Paul Keres Black San Antonio C95 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bent Larsen White Teeside D47 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bent Larsen Black San Antonio E90 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Tigran Petrosian Black San Antonio E81 1-0
- 1972 vs Tigran Petrosian White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A D55 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch White San Antonio D89 1-0
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black Teeside E66 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch White Skopje ol (Men) fin-A D94 0-1
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White Hastings7172 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Paul Keres White IBM E19 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Hoogovens E41 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Hastings7172 E42 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Hastings7172 D79 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Miguel Najdorf White Hoogovens D58 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Hoogovens A15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch White IBM D80 1-0
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov White IBM D07 0-1
- 1971 vs Jan Timman Black IBM C69 0-1
- 1970 vs David Bronstein Black Vinkovci C47 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Rovinj/Zagreb C93 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A77 0-1
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Siegen olm E94 0-1
- 1970 vs Efim Geller Black Belgrade URS-World C93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Efim Geller White IBM E92 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Efim Geller White Belgrade URS-World E92 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Efim Geller White Belgrade URS-World E92 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Efim Geller Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal C93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Efim Geller Black Belgrade URS-World C93 1-0
- 1970 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Rovinj/Zagreb E41 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen Black Lugano E97 0-1
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Lugano E43 0-1
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D86 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen Black Vinkovci A04 1-0
- 1970 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Siegen olm E97 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Siegen olm E43 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black EU-chT Kapfenberg E93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Rovinj/Zagreb E97 0-1
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Vinkovci E45 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky White IBM E56 0-1
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E56 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Siegen olm E87 0-1
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black EU-chT Kapfenberg E75 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A33 1-0
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hastings7071 E92 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E72 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E48 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Rovinj/Zagreb E61 0-1
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky Black IBM C93 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Belgrade D90 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Efim Geller White Belgrade E97 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Capablanca mem E97 0-1
- 1969 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Sarajevo D89 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Bent Larsen White Buesum A43 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Buesum D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Belgrade A33 1-0
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hastings6970 E97 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Hastings6970 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black JUG-URS C93 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky White JUG-URS D59 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Boris Spassky Black JUG-URS D40 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Jan Timman White Hastings6970 E43 1-0
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black URS-JUG D79 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White URS-JUG D55 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White URS-JUG E92 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black URS-JUG C93 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White Skopje/Ohrid E92 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Palma de Mallorca E58 0-1
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen White Lugano ol (Men) A43 1-0
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Palma de Mallorca D32 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Lugano ol (Men) E92 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Lugano ol (Men) D32 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Palma de Mallorca E88 1-0
- 1968 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Skopje/Ohrid E75 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Lugano ol (Men) E54 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Skopje/Ohrid D78 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Lugano ol (Men) E54 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Hastings6869 D40 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Boris Spassky White Palma de Mallorca D55 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats qf2 C91 1-0
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats qf2 E53 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats qf2 E90 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats qf2 C93 1-0
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats qf2 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats qf2 E11 0-1
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats qf2 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats qf2 E53 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats qf2 C93 0-1
- 1967 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Palma de Mallorca E43 0-1
- 1967 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow C85 1-0
- 1967 vs Bobby Fischer White Monte Carlo E92 0-1
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Moscow E94 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Monte Carlo E94 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Budva D37 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Sousse Interzonal D13 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Paul Keres White Moscow D33 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Sousse Interzonal E98 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Budva D71 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Hoogovens B09 0-1
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Sousse Interzonal E56 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Capablanca mem E43 0-1
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Dundee E56 1-0
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen Black Monte Carlo E90 1-0
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca A50 0-1
- 1967 vs Miguel Najdorf White Moscow E19 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Moscow E64 0-1
- 1967 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Capablanca mem E94 1-0
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White Palma de Mallorca D31 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Moscow A72 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Sousse Interzonal E86 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Sousse Interzonal E64 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov White Palma de Mallorca E43 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Monte Carlo D02 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov White Capablanca mem E43 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow E54 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black Hoogovens E93 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black Moscow D03 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow C93 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal Black Budva C93 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black La Habana olm fin-A C69 1-0
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black La Habana olm fin-A A03 1-0
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black Vrnjacka Banja E74 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black JUG-HUN E94 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black JUG-HUN E74 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch White La Habana olm fin-A D59 0-1
- 1965 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black EU-chT D32 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White EU-chT B12 1-0
- 1965 vs David Bronstein White Zagreb E72 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-JUG D27 0-1
- 1965 vs Bent Larsen White Copenhagen D36 0-1
- 1965 vs Bent Larsen White Zagreb B83 0-1
- 1965 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Zagreb D94 1-0
- 1965 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-JUG E54 0-1
- 1965 vs Lajos Portisch White Zagreb D55 1-0
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White URS-JUG D55 1/2-1/2
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