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 5 of 5
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Hastings6566 D37 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A D82 0-1
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Amsterdam Interzonal C95 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Belgrade C97 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Nona Gaprindashvili Black Hastings6465 C93 0-1
- 1964 vs Nona Gaprindashvili White Reykjavik C96 1-0
- 1964 vs Paul Keres White Hastings6465 C99 0-1
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Belgrade E64 1-0
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen Black Belgrade E61 0-1
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen Black Amsterdam Interzonal C28 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch Black Amsterdam Interzonal D79 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A D79 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Amsterdam Interzonal C96 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Tel Aviv olm fin-A C96 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Amsterdam Interzonal C00 1-0
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Belgrade C87 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky White Amsterdam Interzonal C64 0-1
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal Black Reykjavik C97 1-0
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal White Amsterdam Interzonal C96 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Paul Keres White Piatigorsky Cup E55 0-1
- 1963 vs Paul Keres Black Piatigorsky Cup C71 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Paul Keres White Alekhine mem E43 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black JUG-URS E64 1-0
- 1963 vs Miguel Najdorf White Piatigorsky Cup E54 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Piatigorsky Cup E89 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Piatigorsky Cup A65 1-0
- 1963 vs Tigran Petrosian White Piatigorsky Cup C95 1-0
- 1963 vs Lajos Portisch White Sarajevo D27 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Piatigorsky Cup C98 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Piatigorsky Cup E92 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Vasily Smyslov White Alekhine mem B17 0-1
- 1963 vs Mikhail Tal Black Hastings6364 C87 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Mikhail Tal Black Alekhine mem B99 1-0
- 1962 vs David Bronstein White URS-JUG E83 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer White Stockholm Interzonal E92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black Varna olm B80 0-1
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black Stockholm Interzonal E65 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Stockholm Interzonal C93 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Varna olm E83 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Capablanca mem E88 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian White Stockholm Interzonal B10 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Varna olm E94 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-JUG E88 1-0
- 1962 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Capablanca mem E14 0-1
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch White Varna olm B19 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch White Stockholm Interzonal B18 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch Black Sarajevo E66 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Capablanca mem B92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Vasily Smyslov White Hastings6263 D25 0-1
- 1962 vs Boris Spassky White Capablanca mem C93 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black EU-chT A25 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Hastings6162 A36 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer White Bled E98 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Efim Geller Black Bled C97 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Paul Keres White Bled D27 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Paul Keres Black Zuerich C97 1-0
- 1961 vs Bent Larsen White Zuerich B88 1-0
- 1961 vs Miguel Najdorf White Torremolinos B84 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Bled E64 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Bled E61 1-0
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian White Zuerich D58 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch White Bled E55 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch White Torremolinos E45 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black Bled E98 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White EU-chT E52 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Max Euwe White Leipzig olm fin-A E59 1-0
- 1960 vs Bobby Fischer White Buenos Aires C64 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Bobby Fischer White Leipzig olm fin-A E51 1-0
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Buenos Aires E64 1-0
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Santa Fe B47 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Leipzig olm fin-A E64 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Lajos Portisch White Madrid zt playoff D42 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Lajos Portisch Black Madrid zt E99 1-0
- 1960 vs Lajos Portisch Black Madrid zt playoff E97 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Buenos Aires E98 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White Leipzig olm fin-A E96 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament B99 1-0
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B57 1-0
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Zuerich B99 1-0
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament B99 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament C87 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament C71 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Zuerich C92 1-0
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament E53 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament E53 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament C97 1-0
- 1959 vs Bent Larsen White Zuerich B29 1-0
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament A31 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament E93 1-0
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament C18 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament B19 1-0
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament E54 0-1
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament D16 1-0
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-JUG C87 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament E56 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-JUG D19 1-0
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-JUG C77 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament E61 0-1
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-JUG D87 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament A78 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament E89 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Zuerich C87 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament C97 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament E13 1-0
- 1958 vs David Bronstein Black Portoroz Interzonal E86 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Bobby Fischer White Portoroz Interzonal B98 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Paul Keres White URS-JUG E43 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Paul Keres Black URS-JUG C84 1-0
- 1958 vs Paul Keres Black Munich olm fin-A C97 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Paul Keres Black URS-JUG C84 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Paul Keres White URS-JUG E43 1-0
- 1958 vs Bent Larsen Black Portoroz Interzonal E92 0-1
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian White Portoroz Interzonal E52 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal Black Portoroz Interzonal E88 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs David Bronstein Black URS-JUG C97 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Efim Geller Black URS-JUG E97 1-0
- 1957 vs Paul Keres White Hastings5758 D57 1-0
- 1957 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-JUG E86 0-1
- 1957 vs Bent Larsen White Dallas B39 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Bent Larsen Black Dallas E66 0-1
- 1957 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Dallas E40 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Miguel Najdorf White Dallas B47 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-JUG B17 1-0
- 1957 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Dallas E55 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Dallas E65 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black EU-chT A48 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White EU-chT D12 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Moscow olm fin-A A37 1-0
- 1956 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Alekhine mem C11 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs David Bronstein Black Alekhine mem C97 1-0
- 1956 vs Efim Geller White JUG-URS E69 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Paul Keres White Alekhine mem E53 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black JUG-URS E60 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Bent Larsen Black Moscow olm fin-A B92 1-0
- 1956 vs Bent Larsen Black Hastings5657 E65 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Bent Larsen White Moscow olm prel E59 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Moscow olm fin-A E19 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Alekhine mem E64 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian Black JUG-URS E66 0-1
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov White JUG-URS D19 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov White Alekhine mem E55 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Efim Geller White Zagreb E89 0-1
- 1955 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Mar del Plata E64 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Zagreb C97 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs David Bronstein Black Belgrade E53 1-0
- 1954 vs Tigran Petrosian White Belgrade A56 1-0
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White Amsterdam olm E55 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament E46 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament E71 1-0
- 1953 vs Max Euwe Black Candidats Tournament E69 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Max Euwe White Candidats Tournament D32 1-0
- 1953 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament E87 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament E92 0-1
- 1953 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament B70 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament E43 0-1
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Candidats Tournament E60 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf White Candidats Tournament B91 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Mar del Plata E99 0-1
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament E87 1-0
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament A63 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Candidats Tournament C97 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Candidats Tournament E64 1-0
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament A48 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament A30 0-1
- 1952 vs Efim Geller Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal E76 0-1
- 1952 vs Paul Keres White Helsinki olm C99 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Havana D36 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Helsinki olm D41 1-0
- 1952 vs Tigran Petrosian White Saltsjobaden Interzonal C09 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York m A94 0-1
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York m C99 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Havana D78 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York m E46 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York m C85 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York m C99 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York m D36 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York m D35 1-0
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Helsinki olm B51 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky White New York m E46 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York m D14 1/2-1/2
- 1952 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black New York m E95 1-0
- 1951 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Staunton mem E80 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Max Euwe Black Amsterdam E68 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Max Euwe White Dubrovnik olm E68 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Amsterdam D75 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Miguel Najdorf White Dubrovnik olm B25 0-1
- 1950 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Dubrovnik olm D72 1-0
- 1950 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Amsterdam D35 1-0
- 1950 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Amsterdam B22 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Savielly Tartakower White Dubrovnik olm D37 1-0
- 1949 vs Savielly Tartakower Black Venice A16 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs David Bronstein Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal B85 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal A95 1-0
- 1948 vs Savielly Tartakower White Saltsjobaden Interzonal E16 1-0
- 1948 vs Savielly Tartakower White Budapest D48 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Chigorin mem D95 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Paul Keres White Chigorin mem C75 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Warsaw E05 0-1
- 1947 vs Vasily Smyslov White Chigorin mem A48 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Miguel Najdorf White Treybal mem B85 1-0
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