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 2 of 5
- 1990 vs Boris Gelfand White GMA-qual f A39 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Jonny Hector Black Haninge B96 0-1
- 1990 vs Ferdinand Hellers White Haninge E15 1-0
- 1990 vs Vlastimil Hort White Biel E11 1-0
- 1990 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Biel B22 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Krunoslav Hulak White GMA-qual f A73 1-0
- 1990 vs Alexander Ivanov Black Reykjavik op B80 0-1
- 1990 vs Lars Karlsson White Haninge A93 1-0
- 1990 vs Anatoly Karpov White Biel E18 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Haninge E15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Biel E15 1-0
- 1990 vs Alexander Khalifman White GMA-qual f E18 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Joel Lautier Black Biel E12 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Joel Lautier White Biel E15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Sergey Makarichev White Reykjavik op A90 1-0
- 1990 vs Vladimir P Malaniuk White GMA-qual f A88 0-1
- 1990 vs A Jonathan Mestel White Reykjavik Summit E97 1-0
- 1990 vs A Jonathan Mestel Black Reykjavik Summit B82 1-0
- 1990 vs Anthony J Miles White Biel A41 0-1
- 1990 vs Anthony J Miles Black Biel E12 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Igor Naumkin Black GMA-qual f E12 0-1
- 1990 vs Jesus Nogueiras Black GMA-qual f A46 1-0
- 1990 vs Helgi Olafsson Black Reykjavik op E32 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Lajos Portisch White GMA-qual f E15 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Yuri S Razuvaev White Reykjavik op E17 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Gyula Sax Black Haninge B93 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Yasser Seirawan White Haninge A27 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Jonathan S Speelman Black GMA-qual f A33 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Throstur Thorhallsson Black Reykjavik op B80 0-1
- 1990 vs Karl Thorsteins Black Reykjavik Summit E20 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Georgy Timoshenko White GMA-qual f E97 1-0
- 1990 vs Rafael A Vaganian White Reykjavik op E18 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs John TH Van der Wiel Black Haninge B85 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Matthias Wahls White Biel E97 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Matthias Wahls Black Biel B85 0-1
- 1990 vs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz White Haninge E17 1-0
- 1989 vs Ulf Andersson White Haninge E39 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Jon L Arnason Black Haninge B85 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Daniel H Campora White New York op A09 1-0
- 1989 vs Daniel H Campora White GMA Baleares Open A21 *
- 1989 vs Luis Comas Fabrego White GMA Baleares Open D46 1-0
- 1989 vs Pia Cramling White Haninge A73 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Nick E De Firmian Black Biel B82 0-1
- 1989 vs Nick E De Firmian White Biel E61 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Roman Dzindzichashvili Black New York op A34 0-1
- 1989 vs Vladimir Epishin Black New York op E15 0-1
- 1989 vs Evgenij Ermenkov White GMA Baleares Open A42 1-0
- 1989 vs Enrique Fernandez Aguado Black EU-chT B82 0-1
- 1989 vs Lubomir Ftacnik White Haninge D87 0-1
- 1989 vs Krum Georgiev White EU-chT E97 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Florin Gheorghiu White New York op E90 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Juan Mario Gomez Esteban Black GMA Baleares Open E15 1-0
- 1989 vs Attila Groszpeter Black GMA Baleares Open E15 *
- 1989 vs Mikhail Gurevich Black New York op E32 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Aldo Haik White EU-chT A28 1-0
- 1989 vs Ferdinand Hellers Black Biel B80 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ferdinand Hellers Black Haninge B96 1-0
- 1989 vs Ferdinand Hellers White Biel E97 1-0
- 1989 vs Joerg Hickl White EU-chT A54 1-0
- 1989 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Biel E32 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vlastimil Hort White Biel D59 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vassily Ivanchuk Black Biel B85 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vassily Ivanchuk White Biel D18 0-1
- 1989 vs Vlatko Kovacevic Black EU-chT A46 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Sergey Kudrin White New York op D87 1-0
- 1989 vs Georgios Makropoulos White EU-chT B22 0-1
- 1989 vs Anthony J Miles White Biel B07 1-0
- 1989 vs Anthony J Miles Black Biel A36 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Niaz Murshed White New York op D27 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Helgi Olafsson Black New York op E32 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Margeir Petursson White New York op D39 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Amador Rodriguez Black GMA Baleares Open E32 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Gyula Sax Black Haninge B81 0-1
- 1989 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Haninge D26 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Ivan Sokolov White Haninge D02 1-0
- 1989 vs Ivan Sokolov Black Biel E32 0-1
- 1989 vs Ivan Sokolov White Biel B50 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Eugenio Torre Black Biel B52 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Eugenio Torre White Biel D18 1-0
- 1989 vs John TH Van der Wiel Black Haninge B85 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black GMA Baleares Open B22 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Dragoljub Velimirovic White GMA Baleares Open A43 0-1
- 1989 vs William N Watson Black GMA Baleares Open B80 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Tom Wedberg White Haninge E07 1-0
- 1989 vs Michael Wilder Black Haninge E15 1-0
- 1988 vs Andras Adorjan Black Akureyri E11 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Simen Agdestein Black Haninge A34 1-0
- 1988 vs Ulf Andersson White Haninge E05 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Asgeir T Arnason White Reykjavik op E94 1-0
- 1988 vs Jon L Arnason Black Sochi B93 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Jon L Arnason White Akureyri E11 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Jon L Arnason White Reykjavik op A13 0-1
- 1988 vs Evgeny Bareev Black Sochi E11 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Dragan Barlov White Haninge D27 1-0
- 1988 vs Walter S Browne Black Reykjavik op E12 1-0
- 1988 vs Murray G Chandler Black Haninge B80 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Haninge B50 0-1
- 1988 vs Branko Damljanovic Black Sochi B23 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Yury Dokhoian White GMA-Open E16 1-0
- 1988 vs Yury Dokhoian White Sochi E16 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Akureyri B93 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Sochi B85 1-0
- 1988 vs Milan Drasko Black Sochi E16 0-1
- 1988 vs Einar Gausel White Reykjavik op D25 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Mikhail Gurevich White Akureyri E15 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Johann Hjartarson White Akureyri D58 0-1
- 1988 vs Lars Karlsson Black Haninge A36 0-1
- 1988 vs Ratmir D Kholmov White Sochi A17 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Haninge D87 1-0
- 1988 vs Olafur Kristjansson White Akureyri E05 1-0
- 1988 vs Anatoly Lein White GMA-Open A14 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Marat Makarov White GMA-Open E16 1-0
- 1988 vs Anthony J Miles White GMA-Open A21 1-0
- 1988 vs Helgi Olafsson White Akureyri A13 1-0
- 1988 vs Helgi Olafsson White Reykjavik op D58 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Helgi Olafsson Black Sochi E15 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Berge Ostenstad Black Reykjavik op E16 0-1
- 1988 vs Dragan Paunovic Black GMA-Open E16 0-1
- 1988 vs Margeir Petursson Black Akureyri E16 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Margeir Petursson Black GMA-Open E32 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Jozsef Pinter White Haninge D46 1-0
- 1988 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Reykjavik op E12 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Lev Psakhis White Sochi A73 0-1
- 1988 vs Amador Rodriguez White Sochi E15 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Harry Schussler Black Haninge E15 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Radoslav Simic White GMA-Open A38 1-0
- 1988 vs Sergey Smagin White Sochi D45 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Gennadi Sosonko White Haninge D38 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Hannes Stefansson Black Reykjavik op A13 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Throstur Thorhallsson Black Reykjavik op B12 1-0
- 1988 vs Karl Thorsteins White Reykjavik op A13 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Karl Thorsteins White Akureyri A07 1-0
- 1988 vs Jonathan D Tisdall Black Akureyri E08 0-1
- 1988 vs Anatoli Vaisser Black Sochi E54 1-0
- 1988 vs Petar Velikov Black GMA-Open D40 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Jon G Vidarsson White Reykjavik op D26 1-0
- 1988 vs Jon G Vidarsson Black Akureyri B84 0-1
- 1988 vs William N Watson White Sochi E92 1-0
- 1988 vs Tom Wedberg White Haninge A77 1-0
- 1987 vs Simen Agdestein Black Reykjavik E12 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Jon L Arnason White Reykjavik E12 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Fletcher Baragar White Zagreb Interzonal E12 1-0
- 1987 vs Evgeny Bareev White Moscow TV A87 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Dragan Barlov Black Zagreb Interzonal E15 1-0
- 1987 vs Luis Bronstein Black Rio Hondo B51 0-1
- 1987 vs Roberto Cifuentes Parada White Rio Hondo D53 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Ognjen Cvitan White Sarajevo E92 0-1
- 1987 vs Goran Dizdar White Sarajevo E08 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Emir Dizdarevic White Sarajevo E12 1-0
- 1987 vs Sergey Dolmatov Black Moscow TV B87 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Sergey Dolmatov White Moscow TV B45 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Milan Drasko White Sarajevo D18 1-0
- 1987 vs Jaan Ehlvest Black Zagreb Interzonal B26 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Vereslav S Eingorn Black Zagreb Interzonal E15 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Carlos Garcia Palermo White Rio Hondo D27 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Jorge H Gomez Baillo White Rio Hondo A07 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Julio E Granda Zuniga Black Rio Hondo E31 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Julio E Granda Zuniga Black Zagreb Interzonal E39 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Yehuda Gruenfeld White Zagreb Interzonal E12 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Joerg Hickl White Zagreb Interzonal A55 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Johann Hjartarson Black Reykjavik B80 0-1
- 1987 vs Krunoslav Hulak Black Zagreb Interzonal E15 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Ventzislav Inkiov White Zagreb Interzonal D39 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Artur Jussupow Black Moscow TV E15 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Zagreb Interzonal E15 1-0
- 1987 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Reykjavik E12 1-0
- 1987 vs Bojan Kurajica Black Sarajevo E00 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic White Reykjavik A42 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Angel Martin Gonzalez White Sevilla op A79 1-0
- 1987 vs Anthony J Miles Black Zagreb Interzonal A14 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Anthony J Miles Black Sarajevo E12 0-1
- 1987 vs Predrag Nikolic Black Zagreb Interzonal E15 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Predrag Nikolic Black Sarajevo E15 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Jesus Nogueiras White Zagreb Interzonal D36 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Helgi Olafsson Black Reykjavik E15 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Oscar Panno Black Rio Hondo A36 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Margeir Petursson Black Reykjavik E15 0-1
- 1987 vs Jozsef Pinter White Zagreb Interzonal D46 1-0
- 1987 vs Petar Popovic Black Sarajevo B91 0-1
- 1987 vs Lajos Portisch White Reykjavik D55 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Rio Hondo A04 1-0
- 1987 vs Pablo Ricardi White Rio Hondo D87 1-0
- 1987 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Rio Hondo A08 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Yasser Seirawan White Sarajevo D02 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Yasser Seirawan White Zagreb Interzonal D02 1-0
- 1987 vs Nigel Short White Reykjavik A41 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Ivan Sokolov White Sarajevo D87 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Jorge Szmetan Black Rio Hondo A30 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Mikhail Tal White Rio Hondo D86 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Mikhail Tal White Reykjavik A14 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Jan Timman Black Reykjavik E12 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Eugenio Torre White Zagreb Interzonal D36 1/2-1/2
- 1987 vs Rafael A Vaganian Black Sarajevo E15 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Miso Cebalo White Biel E14 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Murray G Chandler White London E12 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Maxim Dlugy White London A09 1-0
- 1986 vs Glenn C Flear White London D44 1-0
- 1986 vs Alon Greenfeld White Biel E15 1-0
- 1986 vs Vlastimil Hort White Biel E15 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Robert Huebner White Biel E15 1/2-1/2
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