Lev Polugaevsky
Soviet era · Russia · 1934–1995
Gave his name to the sharpest line of the Najdorf, and spent a career proving it sound.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
271Wins
554Draws
173Losses
55%Score
1954–1994Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Korchnoi | 65 | 8 | 33 | 24 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 34 | 9 | 21 | 4 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 29 | 0 | 21 | 8 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 25 | 4 | 15 | 6 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 24 | 3 | 17 | 4 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 22 | 3 | 16 | 3 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 21 | 2 | 16 | 3 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 21 | 2 | 14 | 5 | view games |
| Judit Polgar | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | view games |
| Garry Kasparov | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | view games |
| Nigel Short | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Viswanathan Anand | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Michael Adams | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Boris Gelfand | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Gata Kamsky | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Nona Gaprindashvili | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Peter Svidler | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1994 vs Alberto David White FRA-chT A15 0-1
- 1994 vs Jeroen Piket Black Aruba m E07 0-1
- 1994 vs Jeroen Piket White Aruba m E69 1-0
- 1994 vs Jeroen Piket Black Aruba m E12 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Jeroen Piket White Aruba m A11 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Jeroen Piket White Aruba m B39 0-1
- 1994 vs Jeroen Piket Black Aruba m E12 1-0
- 1994 vs Jeroen Piket Black Aruba m E12 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Jeroen Piket White Aruba m E69 0-1
- 1994 vs Ivan Sokolov Black NLD-chT9495 E12 1-0
- 1993 vs Viswanathan Anand White Amber-blind 2nd D27 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Viswanathan Anand White EUCup f D41 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Viswanathan Anand Black FRA B82 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Amber-rapid 2nd B80 0-1
- 1993 vs Darko Anic White FRA A81 1-0
- 1993 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Amber-blind 2nd E61 1-0
- 1993 vs Larry Mark Christiansen Black Antwerp E15 1-0
- 1993 vs Larry Mark Christiansen Black Amber-rapid 2nd B40 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vladimir Epishin White Tilburg A13 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vladimir Epishin Black Tilburg E15 1-0
- 1993 vs Peter Gelpke White NLD-chT B06 1-0
- 1993 vs Kiril Georgiev White Groningen PCA E19 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Mikhail Gurevich White Antwerp D47 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Philippe Guyot White FRA A08 1-0
- 1993 vs Johann Hjartarson Black Groningen PCA D41 0-1
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Amber-blind 2nd B87 1-0
- 1993 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Amber-rapid 2nd A34 0-1
- 1993 vs Borislav Ivkov White FRA A40 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Grigory S Kaidanov White Groningen PCA A11 0-1
- 1993 vs Anatoly Karpov White Amber-blind 2nd E18 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Amber-rapid 2nd E32 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Amber-blind 2nd A46 1-0
- 1993 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Groningen PCA A46 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Amber-rapid 2nd E11 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Antwerp D30 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Amber-rapid 2nd B82 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Groningen PCA A34 1-0
- 1993 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Amber-blind 2nd D46 0-1
- 1993 vs Karel Mokry Black EUCup f B82 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Friso Nijboer Black Groningen PCA B52 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Jeroen Piket Black Amber-blind 2nd E12 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Jeroen Piket White Amber-rapid 2nd A14 0-1
- 1993 vs Jeroen Piket Black Antwerp E15 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Amber-blind 2nd D24 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Amber-rapid 2nd E32 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar Black Amber-blind 2nd B82 1-0
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar White Amber-rapid 2nd B07 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Eduardas Rozentalis White Groningen PCA A17 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Vadim Ruban White Groningen PCA A13 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Matthew Sadler White FRA A25 1-0
- 1993 vs Peter Scheeren White NLD-chT E08 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Amber-blind 2nd A30 1-0
- 1993 vs Yasser Seirawan White Amber-rapid 2nd A58 0-1
- 1993 vs Nigel Short White Amber-rapid 2nd A91 1-0
- 1993 vs Nigel Short Black Amber-blind 2nd B80 1-0
- 1993 vs Ivan Sokolov Black EUCup f E21 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs John TH Van der Wiel Black Antwerp B42 1-0
- 1993 vs Loek Van Wely White Groningen PCA A15 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Luc Winants Black Antwerp E39 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Patrick G Wolff Black Groningen PCA B96 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Leonid Yudasin White Groningen PCA D53 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Michael Adams White Roquebrune rapid A43 0-1
- 1992 vs Michael Adams Black Roquebrune rapid D00 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Michael Adams Black FRA-chT B82 1-0
- 1992 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Reggio Emilia9192 B83 1-0
- 1992 vs Viswanathan Anand White Roquebrune rapid E15 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Viswanathan Anand Black Roquebrune rapid D40 1-0
- 1992 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Women-Veterans B83 0-1
- 1992 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Women-Veterans D47 1-0
- 1992 vs Evgeny Bareev White Hastings9293 D12 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Evgeny Bareev Black Hastings9293 E32 1-0
- 1992 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Reggio Emilia9192 E11 1-0
- 1992 vs Jacobo Caselas Black Oviedo rapid45 E15 0-1
- 1992 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Women-Veterans A30 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Women-Veterans E70 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Pia Cramling Black Women-Veterans E12 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Pia Cramling White Women-Veterans A30 1-0
- 1992 vs Colin S Crouch White Hastings9293 A07 1-0
- 1992 vs Colin S Crouch Black Hastings9293 E39 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Women-Veterans E48 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Alisa Galliamova White Women-Veterans A13 1-0
- 1992 vs Boris Gelfand White Reggio Emilia9192 D78 0-1
- 1992 vs Ilya Gurevich Black Hastings9293 B85 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ilya Gurevich White Hastings9293 A15 0-1
- 1992 vs Mikhail Gurevich Black Reggio Emilia9192 E48 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Reggio Emilia9192 A04 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Roquebrune rapid B40 1-0
- 1992 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Roquebrune rapid D27 1-0
- 1992 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Roquebrune E94 0-1
- 1992 vs Gabor Kallai White FRA-chT D21 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Anatoly Karpov White Roquebrune A08 0-1
- 1992 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Reggio Emilia9192 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Anatoly Karpov White Roquebrune rapid E14 0-1
- 1992 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Roquebrune rapid E12 1-0
- 1992 vs Garry Kasparov Black Paris Immopar rapid E11 1-0
- 1992 vs Garry Kasparov White Paris Immopar rapid D02 0-1
- 1992 vs Garry Kasparov White Reggio Emilia9192 D78 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Alexander Khalifman Black Reggio Emilia9192 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Daniel J King Black Oviedo rapid45 D40 1-0
- 1992 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Roquebrune A10 1-0
- 1992 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Roquebrune rapid E15 1-0
- 1992 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Roquebrune rapid E11 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Bent Larsen White Roquebrune rapid D63 1-0
- 1992 vs Bent Larsen Black Roquebrune rapid A37 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Joel Lautier White FRA-chT E52 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Roquebrune rapid B81 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black Roquebrune A35 1-0
- 1992 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Roquebrune rapid B38 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Emmanuel Neiman White FRA-chT D68 1-0
- 1992 vs John DM Nunn Black Hastings9293 B80 1-0
- 1992 vs John DM Nunn White Hastings9293 A48 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Jeroen Piket Black Roquebrune rapid D00 0-1
- 1992 vs Jeroen Piket White Roquebrune rapid D11 0-1
- 1992 vs Jeroen Piket White Roquebrune A49 1-0
- 1992 vs Jozsef Pinter Black FRA-chT E15 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Women-Veterans A13 1-0
- 1992 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Women-Veterans E15 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Women-Veterans A49 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Roquebrune rapid A49 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Hastings9293 A49 0-1
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar White Roquebrune B07 0-1
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar Black Hastings9293 B90 0-1
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar Black Roquebrune rapid B82 0-1
- 1992 vs Judit Polgar Black Women-Veterans B80 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Juan Pomes Marcet Black Oviedo rapid45 A46 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Alfonso Romero Holmes White Oviedo rapid45 B07 1-0
- 1992 vs Matthew Sadler White Hastings9293 A25 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Matthew Sadler Black Hastings9293 E52 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Valery Salov White Reggio Emilia9192 E11 1-0
- 1992 vs Yasser Seirawan White Roquebrune rapid A26 0-1
- 1992 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Roquebrune rapid E12 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper Black Tilburg A21 0-1
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper White Tilburg rapid A13 0-1
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper Black Tilburg rapid A21 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Grigory Serper White Tilburg A13 0-1
- 1992 vs Nigel Short White Paris Immopar rapid D58 1-0
- 1992 vs Nigel Short Black Paris Immopar rapid B40 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Andrei Sokolov White FRA-chT E52 1-0
- 1992 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black Roquebrune rapid E54 0-1
- 1992 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black Hastings9293 E52 1-0
- 1992 vs Jonathan S Speelman White Hastings9293 B10 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Jonathan S Speelman White Roquebrune rapid D47 1-0
- 1992 vs Peter Svidler White Oviedo rapid45 E17 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Miodrag Todorcevic White Oviedo rapid45 E94 0-1
- 1991 vs Ulf Andersson White Reggio Emilia91 Top16 D56 1-0
- 1991 vs Ulf Andersson Black Reggio Emilia91 Top16 D41 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili Black Oviedo rapid B20 0-1
- 1991 vs Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez Black URS-ESP mT E14 0-1
- 1991 vs Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez White URS-ESP mT B38 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Santiago Beltran Black Oviedo rapid B51 1-0
- 1991 vs Javier B Campos Moreno Black Oviedo rapid E13 0-1
- 1991 vs Josif D Dorfman Black FRA-chT E15 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Alexey Dreev White Oviedo rapid D47 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Jaan Ehlvest Black Reggio Emilia91 Top16 A38 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Juan Luis Fernandez White URS-ESP mT A07 1-0
- 1991 vs Juan Luis Fernandez Black URS-ESP mT B52 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Mikhail Gurevich White Reggio Emilia91 Top16 E92 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Mikhail Gurevich Black Reggio Emilia91 Top16 E46 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba Black URS-ESP mT A90 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba White URS-ESP mT D34 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba Black Oviedo rapid A17 1-0
- 1991 vs Borislav Ivkov White Oviedo rapid A90 0-1
- 1991 vs Gata Kamsky Black Reggio Emilia91 Top16 B80 0-1
- 1991 vs Gata Kamsky White Reggio Emilia91 Top16 D35 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Anatoly Karpov White Reggio Emilia91 Top16 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Reggio Emilia91 Top16 D32 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Mihail Marin White FRA-chT B07 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Judit Polgar Black Aruba m1 B82 0-1
- 1991 vs Judit Polgar Black Aruba m1 B82 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Judit Polgar Black Aruba m1 B82 1-0
- 1991 vs Judit Polgar White Aruba m1 A49 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Judit Polgar Black Aruba m1 B84 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Judit Polgar White Aruba m1 A08 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Judit Polgar White Aruba m1 E97 1-0
- 1991 vs Judit Polgar White Aruba m1 A48 1-0
- 1991 vs FJ. Prieto White Oviedo rapid E12 1-0
- 1991 vs Zoltan Ribli White Reggio Emilia91 Top16 D27 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Zoltan Ribli Black Reggio Emilia91 Top16 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Manuel Rivas Pastor Black URS-ESP mT E46 0-1
- 1991 vs Manuel Rivas Pastor White URS-ESP mT E15 0-1
- 1991 vs Orestes Rodriguez Vargas Black URS-ESP mT E12 0-1
- 1991 vs Orestes Rodriguez Vargas White URS-ESP mT D30 1-0
- 1991 vs Alfonso Romero Holmes Black URS-ESP mT B80 0-1
- 1991 vs Alfonso Romero Holmes White URS-ESP mT A46 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Vladimir Akopian Black GMA-qual f E12 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Ulf Andersson White Biel A34 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Ulf Andersson Black Biel A33 1-0
- 1990 vs Ulf Andersson Black Haninge E18 1-0
- 1990 vs Zurab Azmaiparashvili White Reykjavik op A42 1-0
- 1990 vs Nick E De Firmian White Biel A73 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Nick E De Firmian Black Biel B82 0-1
- 1990 vs Nick E De Firmian Black Reykjavik op B96 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Sergey Dolmatov White Reykjavik op A88 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Josif D Dorfman Black GMA-qual f E15 0-1
- 1990 vs Alexey Dreev Black Reykjavik op E12 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili White Reykjavik Summit E32 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili Black Reykjavik Summit E46 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Jaan Ehlvest Black Haninge A38 1-0
- 1990 vs Thomas Ernst Black Reykjavik op B44 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Lubomir Ftacnik White Haninge D02 1/2-1/2
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