Paul Keres
Soviet era · Estonia · 1916–1975
Runner-up in four consecutive Candidates cycles: the strongest player never to hold the title.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
385Wins
509Draws
106Losses
64%Score
1935–1975Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasily Smyslov | 40 | 9 | 22 | 9 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 34 | 7 | 20 | 7 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 32 | 3 | 26 | 3 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 26 | 8 | 14 | 4 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 25 | 3 | 17 | 5 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 25 | 3 | 17 | 5 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 25 | 8 | 15 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 15 | 2 | 11 | 2 | view games |
| Alexander Alekhine | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Rudolf Spielmann | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1975 vs Denis Allan White Vancouver op C44 1-0
- 1975 vs Craig N Barnes White Vancouver op B30 1-0
- 1975 vs David Bronstein White Tallinn C42 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lutz Espig Black Tallinn D27 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Gyozo V Forintos Black Vancouver op D56 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Aivars Gipslis Black Tallinn C09 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs P. Gleghorn White Vancouver op B08 1-0
- 1975 vs Bruce Harper Black Vancouver op D23 0-1
- 1975 vs Roman Hernandez Black Tallinn D35 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vlastimil Hort White Tallinn D42 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Hillar Karner White Tallinn B08 1-0
- 1975 vs Levente Lengyel White Tallinn B36 1-0
- 1975 vs William James Lombardy Black Tallinn A07 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Elod Macskasy Black Vancouver op D63 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Drazen Marovic White Tallinn B05 1-0
- 1975 vs James McCormick Black Vancouver op A15 0-1
- 1975 vs Iivo Nei White Tallinn D69 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Tallinn E12 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Yrjo A Rantanen Black Tallinn C91 0-1
- 1975 vs Boris Rytov Black Tallinn D27 0-1
- 1975 vs Boris Spassky White Tallinn B22 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Duncan Suttles White Vancouver op B08 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mark E Taimanov White Tallinn E14 1-0
- 1975 vs John L Watson White Vancouver op A47 1-0
- 1973 vs Ulf Andersson White Tallinn E14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Ulf Andersson Black FRG-ch International A07 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Orest N Averkin White URS-ch41 E07 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Yuri S Balashov Black Tallinn C92 1-0
- 1973 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White URS-ch41 E14 1-0
- 1973 vs Peter Biyiasas Black Petropolis Interzonal C68 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs David Bronstein White Tallinn D38 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs David Bronstein White Petropolis Interzonal D16 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Victor Ciocaltea Black FRG-ch International C79 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Juergen Dueball White FRG-ch International E61 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mark I Dvorietzky White Moscow-3teams C05 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mark I Dvorietzky Black Moscow-3teams A07 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch41 C87 1-0
- 1973 vs Efim Geller Black Petropolis Interzonal D43 1-0
- 1973 vs Mathias Gerusel White FRG-ch International B46 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Petropolis Interzonal A48 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Karen Ashotovich Grigorian White URS-ch41 B52 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Hans Joachim Hecht White FRG-ch International C06 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Petropolis Interzonal A11 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Werner Hug White Petropolis Interzonal B36 1-0
- 1973 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Petropolis Interzonal E18 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Shimon Kagan Black Petropolis Interzonal C68 0-1
- 1973 vs Hillar Karner White Tallinn B15 1-0
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch41 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Raymond D Keene Black FRG-ch International A11 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Hans Guenther Kestler Black FRG-ch International A08 0-1
- 1973 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch41 C80 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Uwe Kunsztowicz Black FRG-ch International E31 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Gennadi P Kuzmin Black URS-ch41 C67 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Petropolis Interzonal B51 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Drazen Marovic Black FRG-ch International D34 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Henrique Mecking Black Petropolis Interzonal C73 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Iivo Nei White Tallinn D30 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Oscar Panno White Petropolis Interzonal B52 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Enrico Paoli Black FRG-ch International C45 0-1
- 1973 vs Bruno Parma White FRG-ch International D40 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch41 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Helmut Pfleger Black Tallinn C45 0-1
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Petropolis Interzonal E08 1-0
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Tallinn D41 1-0
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch41 A13 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Luben Popov White FRG-ch International B47 0-1
- 1973 vs Luben Popov Black Tallinn A30 0-1
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black Petropolis Interzonal D41 1-0
- 1973 vs Josef Pribyl White Tallinn B36 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Nukhim N Rashkovsky Black URS-ch41 E04 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Petropolis Interzonal C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Rytov White Tallinn B10 1-0
- 1973 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black Tallinn A22 0-1
- 1973 vs Vladimir A Savon Black URS-ch41 D37 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vladimir A Savon Black Petropolis Interzonal C68 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Leonid Shamkovich Black Moscow-3teams D12 0-1
- 1973 vs Leonid Shamkovich White Moscow-3teams E14 1-0
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch41 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov White Petropolis Interzonal C97 0-1
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch41 C73 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky White FRG-ch International C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky Black Tallinn E12 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Alois Suess Black FRG-ch International C73 0-1
- 1973 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black URS-ch41 C55 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mark E Taimanov White URS-ch41 A48 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tallinn C75 1-0
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch41 C75 1-0
- 1973 vs Tan Lian Ann White Petropolis Interzonal D61 1-0
- 1973 vs Jan Timman Black Tallinn D34 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White URS-ch41 B50 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White FRG-ch International C87 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Tallinn B06 1-0
- 1972 vs Vladimir Bagirov White URS-chT Moscow D19 1-0
- 1972 vs Zlatko Basagic White Sarajevo C65 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Rajko Bogdanovic Black Sarajevo C79 0-1
- 1972 vs Walter S Browne White San Antonio A43 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vladimir Sr Bukal White Sarajevo B42 1-0
- 1972 vs Algimantas Butnorius Black URS-chT Moscow A07 0-1
- 1972 vs Donald Byrne White San Antonio D94 1-0
- 1972 vs Mario Campos Lopez White San Antonio C87 1-0
- 1972 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black San Antonio E42 1-0
- 1972 vs Bozidar Gasic Black Sarajevo D04 0-1
- 1972 vs Svetozar Gligoric White San Antonio C95 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Sarajevo D56 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Vlastimil Hort White San Antonio E14 1-0
- 1972 vs Bozidar Ivanovic Black Sarajevo C96 0-1
- 1972 vs Vlastimil Jansa White Sarajevo B46 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Julio P Kaplan Black San Antonio C79 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Anatoly Karpov White San Antonio E54 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Stanko Kosanski White Sarajevo B08 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bent Larsen Black San Antonio D41 0-1
- 1972 vs Milan Matulovic Black Sarajevo C79 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Henrique Mecking White San Antonio D26 1-0
- 1972 vs Dragoljub Minic White Sarajevo D94 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Sarajevo D56 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Tigran Petrosian Black San Antonio D41 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Lajos Portisch Black San Antonio D41 1-0
- 1972 vs Dusan Rajkovic White Sarajevo A79 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black San Antonio D02 0-1
- 1972 vs Kenneth R Smith White San Antonio A16 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Duncan Suttles Black San Antonio A13 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Sarajevo D36 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Stefano Tatai Black Sarajevo C01 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Milan Vukic White Sarajevo B10 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Andras Adorjan White IBM A40 1-0
- 1971 vs Gedeon Barcza Black Tallinn A30 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black Tallinn B02 0-1
- 1971 vs Milko G Bobotsov White IBM A79 1-0
- 1971 vs David Bronstein Black Tallinn B15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs David Bronstein Black Parnu C28 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Walter S Browne White IBM D94 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Georgi Daskalov Black Tallinn C73 0-1
- 1971 vs Jan Hein Donner White IBM B15 1-0
- 1971 vs Rein T Etruk Black Parnu A11 0-1
- 1971 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black IBM A23 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Semen Abramovich Furman White Tallinn E14 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black IBM E19 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Robert G Hartoch Black IBM A57 1-0
- 1971 vs Borislav Ivkov Black IBM C75 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Hillar Karner White Parnu B60 1-0
- 1971 vs Endel Kivioja Black Parnu B00 0-1
- 1971 vs Kick Langeweg Black IBM A07 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren Black Tallinn B00 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Iivo Nei White Parnu C53 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Iivo Nei Black Tallinn D92 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Tonu Oim Black Parnu C75 0-1
- 1971 vs Bruno Parma Black URS-JUG C79 0-1
- 1971 vs Harry Pohla White Parnu A59 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Lajos Portisch Black IBM E15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Hans Ree Black IBM C68 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White Tallinn D27 1-0
- 1971 vs Eduard C Scholl White IBM C94 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Jan Smejkal White Tallinn C84 1-0
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov White IBM B15 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Leonid Stein White Tallinn E66 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Leonid Stein Black Parnu A16 1-0
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal White Tallinn D94 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal White Parnu D94 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Udo Tarve Black Parnu C46 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Jan Timman Black IBM E50 0-1
- 1971 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White IBM C08 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs K. Vark Black Parnu A84 0-1
- 1971 vs Andres Vooremaa Black Tallinn D02 0-1
- 1971 vs Andres Vooremaa White Parnu B60 1-0
- 1971 vs Robert Graham Wade Black Tallinn E15 0-1
- 1971 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Tallinn B02 1-0
- 1971 vs Alexander N Zaitsev White Tallinn C63 1-0
- 1970 vs Andras Adorjan Black Budapest C68 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Yuri L Averbakh White Budapest B19 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Laszlo Barczay White Budapest B36 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Istvan Csom White Budapest D61 1-0
- 1970 vs Peter Dely White EU-chT Kapfenberg B36 1-0
- 1970 vs Gyozo V Forintos Black Budapest E32 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Florin Gheorghiu White Budapest C93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Belgrade URS-World C75 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Belgrade URS-World D34 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov White Belgrade URS-World B50 1-0
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov White Belgrade URS-World C87 1-0
- 1970 vs Borislav Ivkov White Budapest C49 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vlastimil Jansa White Budapest B04 1-0
- 1970 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White Budapest C66 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Laszlo M Kovacs Black Budapest C50 0-1
- 1970 vs Slavoj Kupka White EU-chT Kapfenberg B04 1-0
- 1970 vs Bojan Kurajica White EU-chT Kapfenberg D35 1-0
- 1970 vs Levente Lengyel Black Budapest E15 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Nikolay N Minev Black EU-chT Kapfenberg E21 0-1
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch White Budapest C84 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Ivan Radulov Black Budapest C45 0-1
- 1970 vs Alexey S Suetin Black Budapest C71 0-1
- 1970 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Budapest A07 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Fernando Visier Segovia Black EU-chT Kapfenberg E43 0-1
- 1969 vs Alexander Arulaid White Tallinn E02 1-0
- 1969 vs Josef Augustin White Luhacovice E14 1-0
- 1969 vs Gedeon Barcza Black Tallinn A11 0-1
- 1969 vs Alfred Beni White Luhacovice B14 1-0
- 1969 vs Pal C Benko White Hoogovens B18 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Frantisek Blatny Black Luhacovice C71 0-1
- 1969 vs Eero Book White Tallinn A14 1-0
- 1969 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Hoogovens D41 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Dragoljub M Ciric Black Hoogovens C71 1/2-1/2
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