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 4 of 5
- 1964 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White Amsterdam Interzonal E54 1-0
- 1964 vs Miroslav Filip White Tel Aviv olm fin-A E43 1-0
- 1964 vs Alberto Foguelman White Amsterdam Interzonal D98 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Theodor Ghitescu White Tel Aviv olm fin-A D32 1-0
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Amsterdam Interzonal C96 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A C96 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Borislav Ivkov White Amsterdam Interzonal A36 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Cenek Kottnauer Black Tel Aviv olm prel A49 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen White Amsterdam Interzonal A11 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Levente Lengyel Black Amsterdam Interzonal D79 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Hushang Mashian White Tel Aviv olm prel E45 1-0
- 1964 vs Ludek Pachman Black Amsterdam Interzonal D40 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Nikola Padevsky Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A C45 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Francisco Jose Perez Perez Black Amsterdam Interzonal B43 0-1
- 1964 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A E88 1-0
- 1964 vs Yosef Porath White Amsterdam Interzonal E59 1-0
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch Black Interzonal playoff-8pl B39 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch White Amsterdam Interzonal A31 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch White Interzonal playoff-8pl D29 0-1
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch White Tel Aviv olm fin-A D23 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch White Interzonal playoff-8pl B43 0-1
- 1964 vs Oscar Carillo Quinones Black Amsterdam Interzonal C95 0-1
- 1964 vs Hector Rossetto Black Amsterdam Interzonal E95 0-1
- 1964 vs Vasily Smyslov White Amsterdam Interzonal D13 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Boris Spassky Black Amsterdam Interzonal D03 1-0
- 1964 vs Leonid Stein White Amsterdam Interzonal A39 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal Black Amsterdam Interzonal C96 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Georgi P Tringov Black Amsterdam Interzonal B99 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Tel Aviv olm fin-A C94 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Zvonko Vranesic Black Amsterdam Interzonal A73 0-1
- 1964 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky White Tel Aviv olm fin-A D93 0-1
- 1963 vs William Addison White USA-ch A29 1-0
- 1963 vs Pal C Benko Black USA-ch E19 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Pal C Benko White Piatigorsky Cup E64 1-0
- 1963 vs Pal C Benko Black Piatigorsky Cup E79 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch D36 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Donald Byrne Black USA-ch A36 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch E21 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black USA-ch E55 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Bobby Fischer White USA-ch D32 0-1
- 1963 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Piatigorsky Cup C98 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Piatigorsky Cup E92 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Paul Keres Black Piatigorsky Cup C87 0-1
- 1963 vs Paul Keres White Piatigorsky Cup A23 1-0
- 1963 vs Edmar John Mednis White USA-ch E54 1-0
- 1963 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Piatigorsky Cup E19 1-0
- 1963 vs Miguel Najdorf White Piatigorsky Cup E54 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Piatigorsky Cup E47 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Piatigorsky Cup E68 1-0
- 1963 vs Oscar Panno Black Piatigorsky Cup E88 1-0
- 1963 vs Oscar Panno White Piatigorsky Cup D40 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Piatigorsky Cup E81 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Tigran Petrosian White Piatigorsky Cup A37 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White USA-ch A73 1-0
- 1963 vs Robert Steinmeyer Black USA-ch D71 0-1
- 1963 vs Raymond Allen Weinstein White USA-ch D95 0-1
- 1962 vs William Addison Black USA-ch E69 1-0
- 1962 vs Pal C Benko White USA-ch D75 1-0
- 1962 vs Hans Jack Berliner White USA-ch D35 1-0
- 1962 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black USA-ch B07 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Robert E Byrne White USA-ch E94 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black USA-ch B35 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Bobby Fischer Black USA-ch B90 1-0
- 1962 vs Edmar John Mednis White USA-ch E94 1-0
- 1962 vs Nicolas Rossolimo Black USA-ch B06 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs James T Sherwin Black USA-ch E69 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Robert Steinmeyer White USA-ch D92 1-0
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer White New York/Los Angeles m E97 1-0
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer Black New York/Los Angeles m B36 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer White New York/Los Angeles m E51 1-0
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer White New York/Los Angeles m E98 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer White New York/Los Angeles m D42 0-1
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer Black New York/Los Angeles m B72 1-0
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer Black New York/Los Angeles m B35 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer Black New York/Los Angeles m B36 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer White New York/Los Angeles m E97 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer White New York/Los Angeles m E49 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Bobby Fischer Black New York/Los Angeles m B35 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Osvaldo Bazan Black Buenos Aires B53 0-1
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko White New York m D98 1-0
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko Black New York m E64 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko Black New York m E97 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko White New York m E60 0-1
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko White New York m D71 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko Black New York m D78 0-1
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko White New York m D75 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko Black New York m D58 0-1
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko White Buenos Aires E98 1-0
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko Black New York m D76 1-0
- 1960 vs Pal C Benko White New York m D90 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Hans Jack Berliner White USA-ch E97 1-0
- 1960 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Buenos Aires A37 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White Buenos Aires A37 0-1
- 1960 vs Bobby Fischer White USA-ch E97 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Bobby Fischer Black Buenos Aires B44 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Alberto Foguelman Black Buenos Aires B55 0-1
- 1960 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Buenos Aires E98 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Carlos E Guimard White Buenos Aires A92 1-0
- 1960 vs Borislav Ivkov White Buenos Aires A12 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Buenos Aires E60 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs William James Lombardy White USA-ch D96 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Buenos Aires B96 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Ludek Pachman White Buenos Aires E46 1-0
- 1960 vs Hector Rossetto White Buenos Aires A70 1-0
- 1960 vs Anthony Fred Saidy White USA-ch E62 1-0
- 1960 vs Herbert Seidman Black USA-ch B34 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs James T Sherwin Black USA-ch E54 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Laszlo Szabo White Buenos Aires B37 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mark E Taimanov Black Buenos Aires E54 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Buenos Aires D96 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Buenos Aires E55 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Robert Graham Wade Black Buenos Aires E99 0-1
- 1960 vs Raymond Allen Weinstein Black USA-ch B48 1-0
- 1960 vs Bernardo Wexler Black Buenos Aires E93 0-1
- 1959 vs Robin Ault White USA-ch D97 1-0
- 1959 vs Pal C Benko Black USA-ch E95 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Sidney Norman Bernstein Black USA-ch A63 0-1
- 1959 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White USA-ch E46 1-0
- 1959 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch E54 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Arnold S Denker Black USA-ch E94 1-0
- 1959 vs Bobby Fischer White USA-ch D42 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Edmar John Mednis White USA-ch E94 1-0
- 1959 vs Herbert Seidman Black USA-ch B93 1-0
- 1959 vs James T Sherwin Black USA-ch B94 0-1
- 1959 vs Raymond Allen Weinstein White USA-ch E92 1-0
- 1958 vs Conel Hughes Alexander White Munich olm fin-A A26 1-0
- 1958 vs Izak Aloni Black Haifa/Tel Aviv E81 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Pal C Benko White USA-ch E65 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black USA-ch A48 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Rudy Blumenfeld Black Haifa/Tel Aviv A37 0-1
- 1958 vs Milko G Bobotsov Black Munich olm fin-A E81 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs I. Branicki White Haifa/Tel Aviv A38 1-0
- 1958 vs S. Burstein Black Haifa/Tel Aviv B92 0-1
- 1958 vs Donald Byrne Black USA-ch A36 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Robert E Byrne Black USA-ch E63 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Moshe Czerniak White Haifa/Tel Aviv A11 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Andreas Dueckstein White Munich olm fin-A D22 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Arthur Dunkelblum Black Haifa/Tel Aviv E66 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Israel Dyner White Haifa/Tel Aviv E69 1-0
- 1958 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White USA-ch E46 1-0
- 1958 vs Bobby Fischer Black USA-ch B35 1-0
- 1958 vs Ingi Randver Johannsson Black Munich olm prel E74 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs G. Kalme White USA-ch E65 1-0
- 1958 vs Josef Kupper White Munich olm fin-A A37 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs William James Lombardy White USA-ch E69 1-0
- 1958 vs Edmar John Mednis White USA-ch E62 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Ludek Pachman Black Munich olm fin-A E94 0-1
- 1958 vs Raaphi Persitz White Haifa/Tel Aviv A30 1-0
- 1958 vs Herman Pilnik White Munich olm fin-A E65 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca Black Munich olm fin-A E70 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca White Munich olm prel D48 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Yosef Porath Black Haifa/Tel Aviv A37 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Arie Rosenberg White Haifa/Tel Aviv E69 1-0
- 1958 vs James T Sherwin Black USA-ch E81 0-1
- 1958 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Haifa/Tel Aviv A72 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Munich olm fin-A B85 1-0
- 1958 vs Carel Benjamin Van den Berg White Haifa/Tel Aviv E63 1-0
- 1958 vs Aage Vestol White Munich olm prel E67 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Robert Graham Wade Black Haifa/Tel Aviv E77 0-1
- 1958 vs Raymond Allen Weinstein Black USA-ch E64 0-1
- 1957 vs Hans Jack Berliner White USA-ch D48 1-0
- 1957 vs Sidney Norman Bernstein White USA-ch D71 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black New York m2 C86 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White New York m2 E46 1-0
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black New York m2 B75 0-1
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black New York m2 C77 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black New York m2 C86 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White New York m2 D27 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White New York m2 E45 0-1
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White New York m2 E34 1-0
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black New York m2 C90 1-0
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier Black USA-ch B43 0-1
- 1957 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White New York m2 E55 1-0
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne Black New York m1 A05 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne White New York m1 A37 1-0
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne White New York m1 E65 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne White New York m1 A56 1-0
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne White New York m1 A36 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne White New York m1 D98 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne Black New York m1 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne Black New York m1 A04 0-1
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne Black New York m1 A15 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Donald Byrne Black New York m1 A30 0-1
- 1957 vs Arnold S Denker White USA-ch A05 1-0
- 1957 vs Attilio Di Camillo Black USA-ch B72 0-1
- 1957 vs Larry Melvyn Evans White Dallas E68 1-0
- 1957 vs Larry Melvyn Evans Black Dallas E13 0-1
- 1957 vs Arthur William Feuerstein White USA-ch A49 1-0
- 1957 vs Bobby Fischer Black USA-ch B41 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Dallas E55 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Dallas E65 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs George Mortimer Kramer White USA-ch E40 1-0
- 1957 vs Bent Larsen Black Dallas E79 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Bent Larsen White Dallas E59 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs William James Lombardy White USA-ch E99 0-1
- 1957 vs Edmar John Mednis Black USA-ch B73 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Miguel Najdorf White Dallas E42 1-0
- 1957 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Dallas E19 0-1
- 1957 vs Fridrik Olafsson White Dallas D76 1-0
- 1957 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Dallas E46 1-0
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