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 4 of 5
- 1960 vs Tamaz Kikiani Black Baltic tourn E87 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Janis Kliavinsh Black Baltic tourn C71 0-1
- 1960 vs Janis Klovans White Baltic tourn E04 1-0
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-chT E50 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Heinz Dr Lehmann Black URS-BRD C46 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Leonid P Maslov White Baltic tourn E11 1-0
- 1960 vs Vladas Mikenas White Baltic tourn C42 1-0
- 1960 vs Dieter Mohrlok Black URS-BRD A36 0-1
- 1960 vs Iivo Nei White Baltic tourn D30 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Kaarle Sakari Ojanen White Helsinki m B43 1-0
- 1960 vs Kaarle Sakari Ojanen Black Helsinki m A65 1-0
- 1960 vs M. Ostrauskas White Baltic tourn A85 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Andrey Peterson Black Baltic tourn A29 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Gerhard Pfeiffer White URS-BRD D26 1-0
- 1960 vs Corvin Radovici White Leipzig olm fin-A D26 1-0
- 1960 vs Joao Mario Ribeiro White Leipzig olm prel C42 1-0
- 1960 vs Isai K Rosenfeld White Baltic tourn E10 1-0
- 1960 vs R. Sapre White Leipzig olm prel C10 1-0
- 1960 vs Mikhail Vasilievich Shishov White Baltic tourn C86 1-0
- 1960 vs Nikolay Sorokin White Baltic tourn D42 1-0
- 1960 vs Rudolf Teschner Black URS-BRD E94 0-1
- 1960 vs Paul Troeger White URS-BRD C11 1-0
- 1960 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White URS-BRD C86 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Gunnar Uusi Black Baltic tourn C85 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Bernardo Wexler Black Leipzig olm prel E40 0-1
- 1959 vs Yuri L Averbakh White URS-ch26 B76 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vladimir Bagirov White URS-chT B19 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Gedeon Barcza Black Zuerich A04 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Barenboim Black URS-chT A63 0-1
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko White Candidats Tournament C95 1-0
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko Black Candidats Tournament A29 0-1
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko White Candidats Tournament B98 1-0
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko Black Candidats Tournament A25 0-1
- 1959 vs Edwin Bhend Black Zuerich B38 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Max Blau Black Zuerich C85 0-1
- 1959 vs Isaak Boleslavsky White URS-chT A48 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch26 D02 1-0
- 1959 vs Egor Chukaev Black URS-chT E70 0-1
- 1959 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Zuerich B43 0-1
- 1959 vs Andreas Dueckstein White Zuerich C17 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Zuerich C99 1-0
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament A48 0-1
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White Candidats Tournament B99 0-1
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B11 0-1
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer Black Candidats Tournament B11 0-1
- 1959 vs Semen Abramovich Furman Black URS-ch26 D32 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch26 E45 1-0
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament C71 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Zuerich C92 1-0
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament E53 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Candidats Tournament E53 0-1
- 1959 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Candidats Tournament C97 1-0
- 1959 vs Eduard Gufeld Black URS-ch26 C84 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bukhuti Gurgenidze White URS-ch26 B36 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Dieter Keller White Zuerich C42 1-0
- 1959 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black URS-ch26 B30 1-0
- 1959 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch26 B92 1-0
- 1959 vs Nikolai V Krogius White URS-ch26 B48 0-1
- 1959 vs Josef Kupper White Zuerich A35 1-0
- 1959 vs Bent Larsen Black Zuerich C99 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Anatoly S Lutikov White URS-ch26 B01 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov Black URS-ch26 C96 0-1
- 1959 vs Erwin Nievergelt Black Zuerich C85 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Aleksander S Nikitin Black URS-ch26 C98 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Kaarle Sakari Ojanen White Tallinn m2 A54 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Kaarle Sakari Ojanen Black Tallinn m2 A28 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Candidats Tournament B28 0-1
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Zuerich B96 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Candidats Tournament D29 0-1
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Candidats Tournament B48 1-0
- 1959 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Candidats Tournament A09 0-1
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament A29 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament D42 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch26 D58 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament B39 0-1
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament D41 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch26 A48 1-0
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament C92 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament E53 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament C99 0-1
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament B33 0-1
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch26 B50 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mark E Taimanov White URS-ch26 B43 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chT B19 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament B42 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch26 D37 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament D34 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Zuerich D42 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Tallinn m1 B40 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats Tournament E20 0-1
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats Tournament A16 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tallinn m1 C78 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Anatoly Ufimtsev White URS-chT B06 1-0
- 1959 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Zuerich C83 1-0
- 1959 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black URS-ch26 C99 0-1
- 1959 vs Edgar Walther Black Zuerich C73 0-1
- 1959 vs Jacob Yukhtman Black URS-ch26 B31 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Francisco Benitez White Munich olm prel B71 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White Munich olm fin-A E58 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG E43 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG C84 1-0
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Munich olm fin-A C97 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG C84 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG E43 1-0
- 1958 vs Nikolay N Minev Black Munich olm prel B34 0-1
- 1958 vs Nikolay N Minev White Munich olm fin-A C88 1-0
- 1958 vs Federico Norcia Black Munich olm prel A23 0-1
- 1958 vs Oscar Panno White Munich olm fin-A B36 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Francisco Jose Perez Perez Black Munich olm fin-A C84 0-1
- 1958 vs Aleksander Prameshuber Black Munich olm fin-A C46 0-1
- 1958 vs Brian Patrick Reilly White Munich olm prel B18 1-0
- 1958 vs Lothar Schmid Black Munich olm fin-A C71 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Carel Benjamin Van den Berg White Munich olm prel B97 1-0
- 1957 vs Walter Ader Hausman Black Mar del Plata E12 0-1
- 1957 vs E. Albert White Mar del Plata B88 1-0
- 1957 vs Vladimir S Antoshin Black URS-ch24 E43 0-1
- 1957 vs Lev Solomonovich Aronin White URS-ch24 B99 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Lev Abramovich Aronson Black URS-ch24 C77 0-1
- 1957 vs Anatoly Bannik White URS-ch24 C06 1-0
- 1957 vs Gedeon Barcza White EST-HUN C84 0-1
- 1957 vs Gedeon Barcza Black EST-HUN D77 1-0
- 1957 vs Leonhard William Barden White Hastings5758 A15 1-0
- 1957 vs Jorge Behrensen White Mar del Plata B99 1-0
- 1957 vs Mario Bertok White URS-JUG B71 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Max Blau Black Hastings5758 A60 0-1
- 1957 vs Isaak Boleslavsky White URS-ch24 B65 1-0
- 1957 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch24 A07 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Fernando Casas Black Mar del Plata E48 0-1
- 1957 vs Peter H Clarke White Hastings5758 C76 1-0
- 1957 vs Miguel Cuellar Gacharna White Mar del Plata B66 1-0
- 1957 vs Klaus Darga Black EU-chT A28 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Mar del Plata C19 1-0
- 1957 vs Alfredo Esposito White Mar del Plata C06 1-0
- 1957 vs Stefan Fazekas Black Hastings5758 A49 0-1
- 1957 vs Miroslav Filip White Hastings5758 C76 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Rodrigo Flores Alvarez White Santiago B05 1-0
- 1957 vs Semen Abramovich Furman Black URS-ch24 D28 0-1
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hastings5758 D57 1-0
- 1957 vs Bernardo Gordon White Santiago C83 1-0
- 1957 vs Bukhuti Gurgenidze Black URS-ch24 E13 0-1
- 1957 vs JA. Gutierrez Black Santiago B22 0-1
- 1957 vs Carlos Incutto Black Mar del Plata C92 0-1
- 1957 vs Borislav Ivkov Black URS-JUG A23 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Hector Jimenez Rojas Black Santiago B72 0-1
- 1957 vs Nikola Karaklajic Black URS-JUG C71 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Abram Khasin White URS-ch24 B43 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black URS-ch24 D28 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Konstantin Klaman Black URS-ch24 A57 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Gyula Kluger Black Hastings5758 E43 0-1
- 1957 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch24 A23 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Alexander Kotov White Santiago B68 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Alexander Kotov Black Mar del Plata E59 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Rene Letelier White Santiago B96 1-0
- 1957 vs William James Lombardy Black Mar del Plata E45 0-1
- 1957 vs Jose Thiago Mangini White Mar del Plata C86 1-0
- 1957 vs Aleksandar Matanovic Black EU-chT C99 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vladas Mikenas White URS-ch24 D56 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Miguel Najdorf White Mar del Plata B66 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Strecko Nedeljkovic Black URS-JUG C92 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov White URS-ch24 C63 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Ludek Pachman White EU-chT A12 1-0
- 1957 vs Ludek Pachman Black EU-chT C30 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Oscar Panno Black Mar del Plata A23 0-1
- 1957 vs Jonathan Penrose White Hastings5758 C41 1-0
- 1957 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch24 A26 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Hector Rossetto Black Mar del Plata C46 0-1
- 1957 vs Fernando Rubio Aguado Black Mar del Plata E24 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Julio Salas Romo Black Santiago C92 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Raul Sanguineti Black Mar del Plata A37 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Lothar Schmid White EU-chT A43 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch24 E31 1-0
- 1957 vs Olof Sterner White Hastings5758 C07 1-0
- 1957 vs Efim Samoilovich Stoliar White URS-ch24 B45 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Mark E Taimanov White URS-ch24 B43 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch24 B14 0-1
- 1957 vs Vitaly Georgievich Tarasov White URS-ch24 B92 1-0
- 1957 vs Alexander V Tolush White URS-ch24 B97 1-0
- 1957 vs Mijo Udovcic White URS-JUG C84 1-0
- 1957 vs Bernardo Wexler White Mar del Plata B66 1-0
- 1956 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Alekhine mem B63 1-0
- 1956 vs David Bronstein White Alekhine mem C06 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament C99 0-1
- 1956 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament C28 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miroslav Filip Black Candidats Tournament A29 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miroslav Filip White Candidats Tournament C97 0-1
- 1956 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament A14 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament C99 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Alekhine mem E53 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Borislav Ivkov White JUG-URS C88 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Nikola Karaklajic Black JUG-URS C84 0-1
- 1956 vs Aleksandar Matanovic White JUG-URS C97 0-1
- 1956 vs Borislav Milic Black JUG-URS C73 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miguel Najdorf White Alekhine mem B68 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Nikola Padevsky Black Alekhine mem E47 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Oscar Panno Black Candidats Tournament A30 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Oscar Panno White Candidats Tournament B96 1-0
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament D34 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament B63 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Herman Pilnik Black Candidats Tournament C77 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Herman Pilnik White Candidats Tournament B20 1-0
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