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 2 of 5
- 1969 vs Mato Damjanovic White Tallinn D94 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Zbigniew Doda Black Hoogovens A46 0-1
- 1969 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Hoogovens D25 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Dolfi Drimer White Luhacovice B33 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Rein T Etruk Black Tallinn A19 0-1
- 1969 vs Efim Geller Black Hoogovens A13 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Aivars Gipslis White Tallinn E11 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Eduard Gufeld White Tallinn A26 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Ervin Haag Black Tallinn C75 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Vlastimil Hort White Luhacovice D13 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Vlastimil Jansa Black Luhacovice C79 0-1
- 1969 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Hoogovens B91 1-0
- 1969 vs Atanas S Kolarov Black Luhacovice A49 0-1
- 1969 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Luhacovice E15 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Julius Kozma Black Luhacovice E45 1-0
- 1969 vs Slavoj Kupka Black Luhacovice A09 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Kick Langeweg White Hoogovens B22 1-0
- 1969 vs Levente Lengyel White Luhacovice C84 1-0
- 1969 vs Vladimir M Liberzon White Tallinn C50 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs William James Lombardy White Hoogovens B76 1-0
- 1969 vs Antonio Angel Medina Garcia Black Hoogovens C71 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Ladislav Mista Black Luhacovice D06 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Laszlo Navarovszky White Luhacovice B06 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Iivo Nei Black Tallinn C96 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Hoogovens B07 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Predrag Ostojic Black Hoogovens C75 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Jan Plachetka Black Luhacovice A23 0-1
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch Black Hoogovens D06 1-0
- 1969 vs Hans Ree White Hoogovens B50 1-0
- 1969 vs Jan Smejkal White Luhacovice B31 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Leonid Stein Black Tallinn A13 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Tallinn B02 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Udo Tarve Black Tallinn B00 0-1
- 1969 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White Hoogovens C98 1-0
- 1968 vs Edwin Bhend White Zuerich training C11 1-0
- 1968 vs Edwin Bhend White Zuerich training B05 1-0
- 1968 vs Edwin Bhend White Zuerich training C61 1-0
- 1968 vs Max Blau Black Zuerich training C85 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Max Blau Black Zuerich training B31 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Max Blau White Zuerich training C67 1-0
- 1968 vs Milko G Bobotsov Black Bamberg D25 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs David Bronstein Black URS-chT A28 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Bamberg E41 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Andreas Dueckstein White Bamberg C08 1-0
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black URS-chT A14 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Hansruedi Glauser White Zuerich training D86 1-0
- 1968 vs Hansruedi Glauser White Zuerich training C96 1-0
- 1968 vs Hansruedi Glauser White Zuerich training D86 1-0
- 1968 vs Aarne Hermlin Black URS-chT C79 0-1
- 1968 vs Borislav Ivkov White Bamberg C08 1-0
- 1968 vs Dieter Keller White Zuerich training C12 1-0
- 1968 vs Dieter Keller White Zuerich training C61 1-0
- 1968 vs Dieter Keller White Zuerich training C03 1-0
- 1968 vs Hans Guenther Kestler Black Bamberg E15 0-1
- 1968 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White URS-chT C42 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Klaus Klundt Black Bamberg C73 0-1
- 1968 vs Josef Kupper White Zuerich training B37 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Josef Kupper White Zuerich training A35 1-0
- 1968 vs Josef Kupper White Zuerich training E43 1-0
- 1968 vs Vladas Mikenas White URS-chT B02 1-0
- 1968 vs Ilya Samoilovich Mosionzhik White URS-chT C84 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Tigran Petrosian White Bamberg C11 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Helmut Pfleger Black Bamberg A23 0-1
- 1968 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-chT A34 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lothar Schmid White Bamberg B21 1-0
- 1968 vs Leonid Shamkovich Black URS-chT C79 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Leonid Stein White URS-chT A38 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Bamberg E45 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Rudolf Teschner Black Bamberg C71 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Juergen Teufel White Bamberg A54 1-0
- 1968 vs Roman Toran Albero White Bamberg D03 1-0
- 1968 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Bamberg C84 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Edgar Walther Black Zuerich training E69 0-1
- 1968 vs Edgar Walther Black Zuerich training E74 0-1
- 1968 vs Edgar Walther Black Zuerich training E88 0-1
- 1968 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Bamberg B09 1-0
- 1968 vs Igor A Zaitsev White URS-chT A15 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vladimir Bagirov Black URS-chT C69 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Pal C Benko White Winnipeg B09 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Istvan Bilek White Moscow B50 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Milko G Bobotsov White Moscow B50 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Georgy K Borisenko White URS-chT C99 1-0
- 1967 vs David Bronstein White Moscow A54 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Klaus Darga Black Winnipeg D41 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Miroslav Filip White Moscow B10 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow A14 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Winnipeg C69 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Moscow E20 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Aivars Gipslis Black Moscow C81 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Moscow D33 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Levon Ashotovich Grigorian Black URS-chT E15 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Shimon Kagan White Winnipeg B11 1-0
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-chT D41 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen Black Winnipeg A14 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Leonid P Maslov Black URS-chT E43 0-1
- 1967 vs Aleksandar Matanovic White Winnipeg C94 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Moscow E19 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Ludek Pachman White Moscow B10 1-0
- 1967 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow B17 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White Moscow C93 0-1
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow E03 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky White Moscow C17 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Boris Spassky Black Winnipeg C84 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Leonid Stein Black Moscow C82 1-0
- 1967 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Winnipeg E03 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal Black Moscow C83 0-1
- 1967 vs Anatoly Ufimtsev White URS-chT B07 1-0
- 1967 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Moscow E15 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky White Winnipeg B11 1-0
- 1966 vs Mario Bertok Black URS-JUG D34 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Isaak Birbrager White URS-chT E01 1-0
- 1966 vs Oleg L Chernikov White URS-chT D30 1-0
- 1966 vs Efim Geller Black URS-chT D41 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Anatoly S Lutikov White URS-chT C86 0-1
- 1966 vs Aleksandar Matanovic White URS-JUG A39 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Milan Matulovic White URS-JUG B45 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-chT D41 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT E18 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White URS-chT E19 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Leonid Stein Black URS-chT D34 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT C49 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic Black URS-JUG C44 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Jacek B Bednarski White Marianske Lazne B20 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch33 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Eduard Bukhman White URS-ch33 B45 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Anatoly A Bykhovsky Black URS-ch33 B00 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Miroslav Filip White Marianske Lazne C98 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Reinhart Fuchs White Marianske Lazne E11 1-0
- 1965 vs Semen Abramovich Furman White URS-ch33 E01 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Eduard Gufeld Black URS-ch33 C72 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Marianske Lazne A47 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vlastimil Jansa Black Marianske Lazne C84 0-1
- 1965 vs Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera Black Marianske Lazne C72 0-1
- 1965 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Marianske Lazne D82 1-0
- 1965 vs Abram Khasin White URS-ch33 D36 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch33 A46 0-1
- 1965 vs Gennadi P Kuzmin Black URS-ch33 E25 0-1
- 1965 vs Heinz Dr Lehmann White Marianske Lazne C66 1-0
- 1965 vs Vladimir Lepeshkin Black URS-ch33 C96 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vladimir Ljavdansky White URS-ch33 D30 1-0
- 1965 vs Vladas Mikenas White URS-ch33 D43 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Viatcheslav Osnos Black URS-ch33 D32 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Ludek Pachman White Marianske Lazne D94 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vasja Pirc Black Marianske Lazne A37 0-1
- 1965 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch33 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Karl Robatsch Black Marianske Lazne C73 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Yury N Sakharov Black URS-ch33 C73 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Leonid Shamkovich Black Marianske Lazne E39 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Vladimir Simagin White URS-ch33 D37 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf3 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf3 A68 0-1
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf3 E43 1-0
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf3 C99 1-0
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf3 E12 0-1
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf3 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf3 C93 0-1
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf3 C80 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky Black Candidats qf3 E31 1-0
- 1965 vs Boris Spassky White Candidats qf3 A21 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Marianske Lazne C09 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Leonid Stein Black URS-ch33 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Alexey S Suetin Black URS-ch33 C90 0-1
- 1965 vs Mark E Taimanov White URS-ch33 A48 0-1
- 1965 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Marianske Lazne D03 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White URS-ch33 B80 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Frank Ross Anderson White Tel Aviv olm fin-A E11 1-0
- 1964 vs Carlos Bielicki Black Buenos Aires E14 0-1
- 1964 vs Milko G Bobotsov Black Hoogovens D94 0-1
- 1964 vs Julio Bolbochan White Buenos Aires C43 1-0
- 1964 vs M. Borja Black Tel Aviv olm prel D40 0-1
- 1964 vs Robert E Byrne White Buenos Aires C04 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Klaus Darga Black Hoogovens A09 0-1
- 1964 vs Paul De Rooi White Hoogovens B75 1-0
- 1964 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Hoogovens D71 0-1
- 1964 vs Arthur Dunkelblum White Hoogovens C98 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Buenos Aires E10 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Miroslav Filip White Hoogovens C93 1-0
- 1964 vs Miroslav Filip White Buenos Aires B11 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Andrzej Filipowicz White Tel Aviv olm fin-A B14 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Alberto Foguelman Black Buenos Aires D73 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Nona Gaprindashvili White Hastings6465 B42 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Raimundo Garcia Black Buenos Aires A46 0-1
- 1964 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Hastings6465 E20 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hastings6465 C99 0-1
- 1964 vs Carlos E Guimard Black Buenos Aires A48 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs I. Guthi White Tel Aviv olm fin-A B11 1-0
- 1964 vs Owen M Hindle White Hastings6465 B43 1-0
- 1964 vs Vlastimil Hort White Tel Aviv olm fin-A C87 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Hoogovens C96 0-1
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen White Hoogovens B35 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Peter N Lee Black Hastings6465 C72 0-1
- 1964 vs Levente Lengyel White Hoogovens C67 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Rene Letelier White Buenos Aires B37 1-0
- 1964 vs Norman Littlewood Black Hastings6465 A03 0-1
- 1964 vs Denis Victor Mardle White Hastings6465 C88 1-0
- 1964 vs Augusto Menvielle Lacourrelle White Tel Aviv olm prel C41 1-0
- 1964 vs Federico Mora Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A E31 0-1
- 1964 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Buenos Aires D25 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Iivo Nei White Hoogovens D13 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Alfredo Olivera Black Buenos Aires C77 0-1
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