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 5 of 5
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf1 E19 0-1
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf1 D87 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf1 A40 0-1
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf1 A21 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats sf1 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats sf1 E11 1-0
- 1977 vs Gennadi P Kuzmin Black URS-ch45 B87 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Henrique Mecking White Candidats qf2 D43 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch45 A46 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Oleg M Romanishin White URS-ch45 D02 1-0
- 1977 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch45 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Evgeny Sveshnikov Black URS-ch45 B22 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch45 A13 0-1
- 1977 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black URS-ch45 D47 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch44 D93 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Efim Geller White Sochi E18 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-ch44 D47 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch44 A28 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch44 A30 1-0
- 1976 vs Boris Spassky White Manila Interzonal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch44 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch43 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch43 D40 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Manila E90 0-1
- 1975 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-chT A26 0-1
- 1975 vs Bent Larsen White Manila E16 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch43 D60 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Lajos Portisch Black Tungsram A30 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT E91 0-1
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch43 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats qf1 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats qf1 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats qf1 B92 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats qf1 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats qf1 B92 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats qf1 B92 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats qf1 B92 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats qf1 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Bent Larsen White Las Palmas E43 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Boris Spassky Black Solingen E14 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch42 E55 0-1
- 1973 vs David Bronstein Black Petropolis Interzonal A29 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs David Bronstein Black Tallinn E90 0-1
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White AVRO E89 0-1
- 1973 vs Efim Geller Black Portoroz playoff B83 1-0
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White Portoroz playoff E88 1-0
- 1973 vs Efim Geller Black AVRO A14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Efim Geller Black Portoroz playoff B96 0-1
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch41 E88 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White Portoroz playoff D62 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Efim Geller White Petropolis Interzonal E88 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-ch41 D47 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Paul Keres White Petropolis Interzonal E08 1-0
- 1973 vs Paul Keres White Tallinn D41 1-0
- 1973 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch41 A13 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch41 E56 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch41 A07 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black Portoroz playoff D47 1-0
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch White Portoroz playoff D63 0-1
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch White Portoroz playoff D65 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch White Petropolis Interzonal A09 1-0
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black Portoroz playoff D41 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Petropolis Interzonal E17 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch41 B23 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Petropolis Interzonal A70 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch41 E03 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Boris Spassky White Tallinn A14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch41 A10 1-0
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black Tallinn A17 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jan Timman Black AVRO B96 1-0
- 1973 vs Jan Timman White Tallinn A36 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jan Timman White AVRO B36 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Efim Geller Black Kislovodsk B96 0-1
- 1972 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-chT Moscow E18 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Viktor Korchnoi White IBM A34 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Palma de Mallorca E18 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-chT Moscow A17 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chT Moscow E54 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Jan Timman Black IBM E18 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch39 A34 0-1
- 1971 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch39 B85 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov White URS-ch39 A34 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Mar del Plata D42 0-1
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch39 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch39 A49 1-0
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A11 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Efim Geller White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Efim Geller White IBM E94 1-0
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black IBM E56 0-1
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E56 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D47 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E56 0-1
- 1970 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A32 1-0
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A49 1-0
- 1970 vs Boris Spassky Black IBM B96 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Belgrade A14 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Efim Geller Black Belgrade B60 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch37 A07 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Buesum D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Belgrade A33 1-0
- 1969 vs Bent Larsen White Buesum A17 0-1
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch37 playoff-1pl E14 1-0
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch37 playoff-1pl A14 0-1
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch37 playoff-1pl A47 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch37 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch37 playoff-1pl D35 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch37 playoff-1pl E08 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch White HUN-URS D42 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch White HUN-URS E54 1-0
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch Black HUN-URS E56 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lajos Portisch Black HUN-URS A16 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch37 E16 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch37 D41 1-0
- 1968 vs David Bronstein Black URS-chT E39 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT A49 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White Skopje/Ohrid E73 1-0
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Skopje/Ohrid E75 1-0
- 1968 vs Paul Keres Black URS-chT A34 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black Skopje/Ohrid E53 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch Black HUN-URS E11 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chT D56 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch36 A64 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-chT E61 1-0
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT E81 1-0
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Capablanca mem E94 1-0
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen Black Capablanca mem A14 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Capablanca mem E02 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch34 D34 0-1
- 1966 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch34 A29 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch34 A36 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Sochi A17 1-0
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-chT A05 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Le Havre A07 1-0
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch34 D25 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White Sochi A07 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch33 A14 1-0
- 1965 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG E54 0-1
- 1965 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch33 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch33 A38 1-0
- 1964 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Trade Union-ch A09 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch31 B44 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch31 E54 0-1
- 1963 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT D93 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch31 A25 1-0
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS Spartakiad E12 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Vasily Smyslov White Sochi E19 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch31 D36 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT E92 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric White URS-JUG E88 1-0
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Capablanca mem E14 0-1
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf White Capablanca mem E12 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Mar del Plata E14 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Mar del Plata A27 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Vasily Smyslov White Capablanca mem D22 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT E15 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-chT B48 1-0
- 1962 vs Boris Spassky White Capablanca mem A25 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT D35 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch29 E15 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch28 B96 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch28 B92 1-0
- 1961 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch29 C11 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch28 E55 1-0
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch28 E55 0-1
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch28 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch29 C26 1-0
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch29 E13 1-0
- 1961 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch28 E12 0-1
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch29 A43 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch27 E45 1-0
- 1960 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch27 B42 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch27 D97 0-1
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow CCCT E54 1-0
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch27 E55 1-0
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch27 E14 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow CCCT D94 0-1
- 1960 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch27 B96 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch26 B06 0-1
- 1959 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch26 E43 0-1
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch26 A48 1-0
- 1959 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch26 E55 1-0
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch26 E89 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch26 E42 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch26 B94 1-0
- 1958 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch25 D02 1-0
- 1958 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch25 D71 1-0
- 1958 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Sochi B94 0-1
- 1958 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch25 D95 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch25 E25 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch25 B94 1-0
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch25 E46 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch sf B50 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch sf D29 1-0
- 1956 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch23 D31 1-0
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch sf E63 0-1
- 1956 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-ch23 D31 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch sf D40 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch23 B66 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch sf B92 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Boris Spassky White Leningrad A72 1/2-1/2
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