Samuel Reshevsky
Classical era · USA · 1911–1992
A prodigy who gave simuls at eight, and was still a title contender at fifty.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
311Wins
521Draws
168Losses
57%Score
1932–1991Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Najdorf | 51 | 19 | 22 | 10 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 28 | 4 | 14 | 10 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 27 | 5 | 21 | 1 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 27 | 5 | 15 | 7 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 10 | 0 | 8 | 2 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | view games |
| Alexander Alekhine | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Jan Timman | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | view games |
| Anatoly Karpov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1991 vs Vladimir Bagirov White Moscow Veterans D94 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Efim Geller White Moscow Veterans D58 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Aivars Gipslis White Moscow Veterans E38 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black Moscow Veterans C77 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Milorad Knezevic Black Moscow Veterans A47 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Nikolai V Krogius White Moscow Veterans E33 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow rapid E38 0-1
- 1991 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow rapid A29 0-1
- 1991 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow rapid C92 0-1
- 1991 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow rapid B83 0-1
- 1991 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow Veterans D94 1-0
- 1991 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Moscow Veterans C93 1/2-1/2
- 1991 vs Evgeni Vasiukov Black Moscow Veterans C54 1-0
- 1990 vs Kevin Burnett Black USA op C84 1-0
- 1990 vs Bill J Calton Black USA op B25 0-1
- 1990 vs John W Donaldson White USA op D49 1/2-1/2
- 1990 vs Joseph G Gallagher White USA op A70 1-0
- 1990 vs Matthew Long Black USA op A04 0-1
- 1990 vs Robert Seltzer White USA op A57 1-0
- 1990 vs Vadim Tsemekhman Black USA op E92 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Branko Damljanovic White GMA Baleares Open E91 0-1
- 1989 vs Rustem Dautov Black GMA-Open E18 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Grigory S Kaidanov Black GMA-Open A34 1-0
- 1989 vs Konstantin Z Lerner Black GMA Baleares Open E32 1-0
- 1989 vs Valentin Lukov Black GMA-Open A14 1-0
- 1989 vs Arshak B Petrosian Black GMA Baleares Open E14 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Manuel Rivas Pastor Black GMA Baleares Open A00 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Leonid Shamkovich White GMA-Open E18 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Sergey Smagin White GMA-Open E46 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky Black GMA-Open C43 1-0
- 1989 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White GMA Baleares Open A88 0-1
- 1989 vs Alexey Vyzmanavin White GMA-Open E15 1/2-1/2
- 1989 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White GMA-Open A21 0-1
- 1988 vs Manuel Apicella Black GMA-Open B42 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Jay R Bonin Black World op E12 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Michael A Brooks White World op E95 0-1
- 1988 vs Alexander Goldin Black GMA-Open E11 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Eduard Gufeld Black GMA-Open A00 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Boris F Gulko Black World op E11 1/2-1/2
- 1988 vs Grigory S Kaidanov Black GMA-Open A31 1-0
- 1988 vs Xavier Parmentier White Lugano op E94 1-0
- 1988 vs Vladeta Sandic White GMA-Open A33 1-0
- 1988 vs Paolo Vezzosi White Lugano op E90 1-0
- 1988 vs Xu Jun White GMA-Open A53 0-1
- 1987 vs Ronald Burnett Black Philadelphia op B63 0-1
- 1987 vs Darko Dimitrijevic White Lugano op E42 1-0
- 1987 vs Thomas Ernst White Lugano op A57 1-0
- 1987 vs Juergen Graf Black Lugano op E31 1-0
- 1987 vs Yehuda Gruenfeld White Lugano op A72 1-0
- 1987 vs Anthony J Miles White Philadelphia op A56 0-1
- 1987 vs Nachum Salman Black Philadelphia op A47 1-0
- 1987 vs Ulrich Schulze Black Lugano op A37 0-1
- 1987 vs Yasser Seirawan White Lugano op A30 0-1
- 1986 vs Lev O Alburt White Reykjavik op A57 0-1
- 1986 vs Vladimir I Alterman White Holon op D11 1-0
- 1986 vs Arni A Arnason White Reykjavik op D35 1-0
- 1986 vs Gregory Bersutzki Black Holon op A30 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Inon Boim Black Holon op E60 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Karl Burger Black Reykjavik op E12 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs John P Fedorowicz Black Somerset op E20 1-0
- 1986 vs Yehuda Gruenfeld Black New York op C95 1-0
- 1986 vs Lev Gutman Black Holon op A04 0-1
- 1986 vs Gudmundur Halldorsson Black Reykjavik op E12 1-0
- 1986 vs Joerg Hickl White Holon op E80 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Miguel Illescas Cordoba White Holon op A56 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Jens Kristiansen White Reykjavik op B08 1-0
- 1986 vs Vladimir M Liberzon Black Holon op C92 1/2-1/2
- 1986 vs Avraham Magen White Holon op A55 1-0
- 1986 vs David Olafsson White Reykjavik op A52 1-0
- 1986 vs Vitaly F Zaltsman Black Reykjavik op E15 0-1
- 1985 vs Hans Karl White Lugano op A75 1-0
- 1985 vs Sergey Kudrin Black Lugano op B80 0-1
- 1984 vs Jon L Arnason White Reykjavik op A61 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez Black New York op E14 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Pal C Benko Black New York op E19 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Calvin Blocker White New York op E12 1-0
- 1984 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black New York op E12 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Aldo Haik White New York op A55 1-0
- 1984 vs Robert Hardarson White Reykjavik op A77 1-0
- 1984 vs Johann Hjartarson Black Reykjavik op C95 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Greg Hjorth White New York op D34 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Carsten Hoi White Reykjavik op B38 1-0
- 1984 vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic Black New York op C92 1-0
- 1984 vs Helgi Olafsson White New York op E12 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Helgi Olafsson Black Reykjavik op A30 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Axel Ornstein Black Reykjavik op C95 0-1
- 1984 vs Hans Ree White Reykjavik op A40 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Lars Ake Schneider White Reykjavik op E12 1-0
- 1984 vs Magnus Solmundarson White Reykjavik op D25 1-0
- 1984 vs Tom Wedberg Black Reykjavik op C85 1/2-1/2
- 1984 vs Vitaly F Zaltsman Black Reykjavik op E18 1/2-1/2
- 1983 vs John Jarecki White US op D31 1-0
- 1983 vs Gabriel Sanchez White US op D22 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Nathan Birnboim White Beersheba D76 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Karl Burger Black Beersheba E12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Victor Ciocaltea White Beersheba E96 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Alon Greenfeld Black Beersheba E69 1-0
- 1982 vs Dmitry Gurevich White Beersheba A40 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Lev Gutman White Beersheba D77 1-0
- 1982 vs Anatoly Lein Black Beersheba E12 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Vladimir M Liberzon Black Beersheba C42 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Jacob Murrey Black Beersheba A18 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Michael Pasman White Beersheba A30 1/2-1/2
- 1982 vs Eliahu Shvidler White Beersheba D99 1-0
- 1982 vs Michael Stean White Beersheba D47 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lev O Alburt Black USA-ch/zt E05 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Joel Benjamin Black USA-ch/zt C90 0-1
- 1981 vs Joseph M Bradford White Lone Pine op A31 1-0
- 1981 vs Walter S Browne White USA-ch/zt E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Karl Burger White Lone Pine op E48 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Robert E Byrne White USA-ch/zt D37 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Jacksonville playoff B51 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White USA-ch/zt E91 0-1
- 1981 vs Larry Mark Christiansen Black Jacksonville playoff A18 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs John W Donaldson Black Lone Pine op A35 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs John P Fedorowicz Black USA-ch/zt C42 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs John P Fedorowicz Black Lone Pine op C91 1-0
- 1981 vs Igor V Ivanov White Lone Pine op A36 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lubomir Kavalek White Jacksonville playoff E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Jacksonville playoff E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black USA-ch/zt C42 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Boris Kogan White USA-ch/zt A33 1-0
- 1981 vs Boris Kogan White Lone Pine op A75 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Sergey Kudrin Black USA-ch/zt C55 0-1
- 1981 vs Anatoly Lein Black USA-ch/zt E18 0-1
- 1981 vs John A Peters White USA-ch/zt A46 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Yasser Seirawan White USA-ch/zt E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Leonid Shamkovich Black USA-ch/zt C96 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Gudmundur Sigurjonsson Black Lone Pine op B70 1-0
- 1981 vs Gennadi Sosonko White Lone Pine op E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs James Edward Tarjan White USA-ch/zt E12 1/2-1/2
- 1981 vs Jay E Whitehead Black Lone Pine op C50 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Yuri S Balashov White Lone Pine E46 0-1
- 1980 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black Lone Pine C96 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Larry Mark Christiansen White Lone Pine D97 1-0
- 1980 vs Nick E De Firmian White Lone Pine E12 1-0
- 1980 vs Mark Ginsburg White Lone Pine E46 1-0
- 1980 vs Anthony J Miles Black Lone Pine D78 1/2-1/2
- 1980 vs Oscar Panno Black Lone Pine E12 1-0
- 1980 vs John A Peters Black Lone Pine C92 1-0
- 1980 vs Douglas Root Black Lone Pine E14 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Joel Benjamin White Lone Pine op E92 1-0
- 1979 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Lone Pine op A30 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Lone Pine op E12 1-0
- 1979 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Lone Pine op A34 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Anthony J Miles Black Lone Pine op E12 0-1
- 1979 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black Lone Pine op E08 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Yasser Seirawan Black Lone Pine op A36 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Gudmundur Sigurjonsson White Lone Pine op E63 1/2-1/2
- 1979 vs Paul Van der Sterren White Lone Pine op E15 1-0
- 1978 vs Haukur Angantysson Black Lone Pine op A36 1-0
- 1978 vs Alexander G Beliavsky White Vilnius E14 1-0
- 1978 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Vilnius C95 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Camille Coudari Black Lone Pine op B25 0-1
- 1978 vs Istvan Csom Black Vilnius A25 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Mato Damjanovic White Vilnius D47 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Josif D Dorfman White Vilnius D47 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Mark I Dvorietzky Black Vilnius A22 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lutz Espig White Vilnius A55 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Edward W Formanek White Lone Pine op A89 1-0
- 1978 vs Carlos Garcia Palermo White Lone Pine op A17 1-0
- 1978 vs Boris F Gulko Black Vilnius C67 1-0
- 1978 vs Konstanty Kaiszauri Black Vilnius C68 0-1
- 1978 vs Gerardo Lebredo White Vilnius A26 1-0
- 1978 vs Jiri Lechtynsky White Vilnius D55 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Vladas Mikenas Black Vilnius E19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Tigran Petrosian White Vilnius E61 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Gintautas Piesina White Vilnius E49 0-1
- 1978 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Lone Pine op E08 1-0
- 1978 vs Kenneth Rogoff White Lone Pine op E05 0-1
- 1978 vs Jonathan S Speelman White Lone Pine op E43 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov Black Vilnius E16 1-0
- 1978 vs Paul Van der Sterren Black Lone Pine op B96 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Herman C Van Riemsdijk White Lone Pine op E01 1-0
- 1977 vs Andras Adorjan White IBM B09 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Hans Bohm Black IBM C56 0-1
- 1977 vs Walter S Browne Black USA-ch E19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Walter S Browne White Lone Pine B85 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Robert E Byrne White USA-ch E63 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Larry Mark Christiansen Black USA-ch B82 1-0
- 1977 vs Arthur William Dake White Lone Pine A26 1-0
- 1977 vs Lawrence A Day White Lone Pine D40 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Jan Hein Donner White IBM D35 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Roy C Ervin Black Lone Pine E90 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs John P Fedorowicz Black USA-ch B42 0-1
- 1977 vs Dumitru Ghizdavu White USA-ch A57 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs John A Grefe White USA-ch E12 0-1
- 1977 vs Krunoslav Hulak White IBM E65 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Julio P Kaplan Black Lone Pine C55 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black IBM C67 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Anatoly Lein White USA-ch E09 1-0
- 1977 vs Vladimir M Liberzon White IBM B69 0-1
- 1977 vs William James Lombardy Black Lone Pine B40 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Salvatore Matera White USA-ch E68 1-0
- 1977 vs Anthony J Miles Black IBM B21 1-0
- 1977 vs Helgi Olafsson White Lone Pine E69 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Oscar Panno Black IBM C65 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs John A Peters Black USA-ch B43 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Miguel A Quinteros Black IBM A05 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Hans Ree White IBM B85 1-0
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