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 3 of 5
- 1970 vs Ysauji Matsumoto White Siegen olm B47 1-0
- 1970 vs Milan Matulovic White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A79 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Milan Matulovic Black Herceg Novi blitz B42 1-0
- 1970 vs Henrique Mecking Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E59 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Henrique Mecking White Buenos Aires D47 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Dragoljub Minic Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B82 1-0
- 1970 vs Miguel Najdorf White Buenos Aires B80 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Renato Naranja Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A26 1-0
- 1970 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Black Buenos Aires A25 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Oscar Panno Black Siegen olm B36 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Oscar Panno Black Buenos Aires A17 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Oscar Panno Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E51 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tigran Petrosian White Siegen olm D27 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A32 1-0
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal D79 1-0
- 1970 vs Miguel A Quinteros White Buenos Aires A56 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Antonio Rocha Black Siegen olm B48 0-1
- 1970 vs Hector Rossetto Black Buenos Aires E74 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Jorge A Rubinetti Black Buenos Aires B30 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E51 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lothar Schmid Black Siegen olm C92 1-0
- 1970 vs Samuel Schweber Black Buenos Aires B40 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov White Belgrade URS-World C98 1-0
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov White Belgrade URS-World A07 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Buenos Aires E19 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Belgrade URS-World A17 1-0
- 1970 vs Vasily Smyslov White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B17 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Duncan Suttles Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A24 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Laszlo Szabo White Buenos Aires E56 1-0
- 1970 vs Mark E Taimanov White Palma de Mallorca Interzonal A11 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Skopje E95 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal White Herceg Novi blitz A68 0-1
- 1970 vs Mikhail Tal Black Herceg Novi blitz B40 1-0
- 1970 vs Vladimir B Tukmakov White Buenos Aires A36 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal E11 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Tudev Ujtumen Black Palma de Mallorca Interzonal B48 1-0
- 1970 vs Evgeni Vasiukov White Skopje B47 0-1
- 1969 vs William Addison Black USA-ch E52 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Pal C Benko White Netanya D58 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Pal C Benko White USA-ch D94 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch A07 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Karl Burger White USA-ch E56 1-0
- 1969 vs Donald Byrne White USA-ch D76 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Robert E Byrne White USA-ch A04 1-0
- 1969 vs Moshe Czerniak White Netanya D35 1-0
- 1969 vs Mato Damjanovic White Netanya E56 1-0
- 1969 vs Zadok Domnitz Black Netanya B35 0-1
- 1969 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black USA-ch E12 0-1
- 1969 vs Uzi Geller Black Netanya A37 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Shimon Kagan White Netanya E63 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Netanya C93 0-1
- 1969 vs Yair Kraidman White Netanya B38 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs William James Lombardy White USA-ch D58 1-0
- 1969 vs William James Lombardy White Netanya D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Edmar John Mednis Black USA-ch C86 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Malkiel Peretz Black Netanya C44 0-1
- 1969 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black USA-ch A72 0-1
- 1969 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black Netanya A39 0-1
- 1969 vs Heikki MJ Westerinen White Netanya E62 1-0
- 1969 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky Black Netanya C96 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Bernard Zuckerman Black USA-ch C92 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Pal C Benko Black USA-ch A33 1-0
- 1968 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch A14 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Milko G Bobotsov White Lugano ol (Men) D94 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Cesar Boutteville White Lugano ol (Men) C82 1-0
- 1968 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch C96 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White USA-ch D94 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Florin Gheorghiu Black Lugano ol (Men) C96 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Lugano ol (Men) E54 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Douglas G Hamilton Black Lugano ol (Men) B33 0-1
- 1968 vs Israel Albert Horowitz White USA-ch A08 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf1 E46 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf1 A07 1-0
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf1 B25 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf1 C93 1-0
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf1 E46 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf1 E19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats qf1 E53 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats qf1 E08 1-0
- 1968 vs Jerzy Kostro White Lugano ol (Men) A36 1-0
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen White Lugano ol (Men) E56 0-1
- 1968 vs William James Lombardy Black USA-ch A14 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Miguel Najdorf White Lugano ol (Men) E87 1-0
- 1968 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Lugano ol (Men) A47 1-0
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Lugano ol (Men) A15 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Nicolas Rossolimo White USA-ch A65 1-0
- 1968 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black USA-ch E80 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Herbert Seidman White USA-ch D82 1-0
- 1968 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Lugano ol (Men) D53 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Lugano ol (Men) C96 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Tibor Weinberger Black USA-ch A07 0-1
- 1968 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky White Lugano ol (Men) B06 1-0
- 1968 vs Bernard Zuckerman White USA-ch E53 1-0
- 1967 vs William Addison Black Maribor E09 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Laszlo Barczay White Sousse Interzonal D22 1-0
- 1967 vs Istvan Bilek Black Sousse Interzonal A00 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Slim Bouaziz Black Sousse Interzonal C96 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Robert E Byrne White Sousse Interzonal E94 1-0
- 1967 vs Ljubomir Crepinsek White Maribor A56 1-0
- 1967 vs Miguel Cuellar Gacharna Black Sousse Interzonal E75 1-0
- 1967 vs Bobby Fischer Black Sousse Interzonal+ C93 1-0
- 1967 vs Efim Geller White Sousse Interzonal E94 1-0
- 1967 vs Aivars Gipslis Black Sousse Interzonal C93 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Sousse Interzonal E64 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Sousse Interzonal playoff 6pl C85 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vlastimil Hort White Sousse Interzonal playoff 6pl D94 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vlastimil Hort White Sousse Interzonal E60 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vlastimil Hort White Sousse Interzonal playoff 6pl D92 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Sousse Interzonal playoff 6pl A33 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Borislav Ivkov White Sousse Interzonal D31 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Borislav Ivkov White Maribor A37 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Dragoljub Janosevic Black Maribor C29 1-0
- 1967 vs Lubomir Kavalek Black Sousse Interzonal C93 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Sousse Interzonal E51 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen Black Sousse Interzonal E90 1-0
- 1967 vs Laszlo Lengyel White Maribor A14 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs S. Malesic Black Maribor C68 0-1
- 1967 vs Aleksandar Matanovic Black Sousse Interzonal C95 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Aleksandar Matanovic White Maribor A36 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Milan Matulovic White Sousse Interzonal B44 1-0
- 1967 vs Milan Matulovic Black Maribor C88 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Henrique Mecking White Sousse Interzonal E96 1-0
- 1967 vs Nikolay N Minev Black Maribor C90 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Vojko Musil Black Maribor B35 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren White Sousse Interzonal D36 1-0
- 1967 vs Vasja Pirc Black Maribor A07 0-1
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Sousse Interzonal E69 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Karl Robatsch Black Maribor C50 0-1
- 1967 vs Ortvin Sarapu White Sousse Interzonal B14 1-0
- 1967 vs Leonid Stein White Sousse Interzonal playoff 6pl E81 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Leonid Stein White Sousse Interzonal E94 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Leonid Stein Black Sousse Interzonal playoff 6pl C93 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Leonid Stein White Sousse Interzonal playoff 6pl E92 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Leonid Stein Black Sousse Interzonal playoff 6pl C93 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Duncan Suttles White Sousse Interzonal A42 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mijo Udovcic White Maribor A96 1-0
- 1967 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Maribor D42 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lothar Zinn White Maribor A11 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs William Addison Black USA-ch E88 1-0
- 1966 vs Pal C Benko White USA-ch B80 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black USA-ch B22 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Julio Bolbochan White Mar del Plata E92 1-0
- 1966 vs Donald Byrne White USA-ch B77 1-0
- 1966 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch B81 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Jan Hein Donner White Santa Monica E55 1-0
- 1966 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Santa Monica E69 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Mar del Plata C98 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Jaime Emma Black Mar del Plata B50 0-1
- 1966 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black USA-ch B30 1-0
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black USA-ch B81 1-0
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer White Santa Monica E97 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black Santa Monica C92 1-0
- 1966 vs Raimundo Garcia White Mar del Plata A53 1-0
- 1966 vs Carlos E Guimard Black Mar del Plata A48 0-1
- 1966 vs Borislav Ivkov White Santa Monica B08 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Borislav Ivkov Black Santa Monica C88 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Santa Monica A96 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Santa Monica E70 1-0
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf White Santa Monica E43 1-0
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Santa Monica E55 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Jorge Pelikan White Mar del Plata C10 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White Santa Monica E55 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Santa Monica E12 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Herman Pilnik Black Mar del Plata C97 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch White Mar del Plata D28 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black Santa Monica E45 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch White Santa Monica D28 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Hector Rossetto Black Mar del Plata D01 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Nicolas Rossolimo Black USA-ch B83 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Jorge A Rubinetti White Mar del Plata D25 0-1
- 1966 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White USA-ch B63 0-1
- 1966 vs Raul Sanguineti Black Mar del Plata C84 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Schweber Black Mar del Plata C91 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs James T Sherwin White USA-ch B19 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Mar del Plata E18 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky Black Santa Monica E55 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Boris Spassky White Santa Monica E43 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Leonid Stein Black Mar del Plata C99 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Mar del Plata D92 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Santa Monica C93 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Santa Monica E55 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bernard Zuckerman White USA-ch A39 1-0
- 1965 vs William Addison White USA-ch D94 1-0
- 1965 vs Pal C Benko White USA-ch D35 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch D46 1-0
- 1965 vs Karl Burger White USA-ch A25 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Robert E Byrne White USA-ch A36 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black USA-ch E54 0-1
- 1965 vs Bobby Fischer White USA-ch E43 1-0
- 1965 vs Nicolas Rossolimo Black USA-ch B92 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Anthony Fred Saidy Black USA-ch A17 1-0
- 1965 vs Duncan Suttles Black USA-ch B23 0-1
- 1965 vs Bernard Zuckerman Black USA-ch C98 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Pal C Benko White Amsterdam Interzonal A32 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Bela Berger Black Amsterdam Interzonal E99 0-1
- 1964 vs Istvan Bilek White Amsterdam Interzonal A37 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein White Amsterdam Interzonal D02 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Klaus Darga White Amsterdam Interzonal E06 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Zbigniew Doda Black Tel Aviv olm prel A37 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A A26 1/2-1/2
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