Boris Spassky
10th World Chess Champion · Soviet era · Russia · 1937–2025
Universal style, world champion 1969-72, and the other side of the Match of the Century.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
217Wins
638Draws
145Losses
54%Score
1953–2009Active
Head-to-Head Records
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 2009 vs V Korchnoi White Match C42 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs V Korchnoi Black Match E11 0-1
- 2009 vs V Korchnoi White Match C49 0-1
- 2009 vs V Korchnoi Black Match A28 0-1
- 2009 vs V Korchnoi White Match C14 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs V Korchnoi Black Match E21 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs V Korchnoi White Match C00 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs V Korchnoi Black Match E21 1-0
- 2009 vs S Stoeri White Champions Simul B25 1/2-1/2
- 2009 vs A Wueest White Champions Simul C19 1/2-1/2
- 2007 vs Lajos Portisch White Rapid Match C88 1/2-1/2
- 2007 vs Lajos Portisch Black Rapid Match E19 1/2-1/2
- 2007 vs Lajos Portisch Black Rapid Match A95 1-0
- 2007 vs Lajos Portisch White Rapid Match C84 1/2-1/2
- 2007 vs Lajos Portisch White Rapid Match C67 1-0
- 2007 vs Lajos Portisch Black Rapid Match A95 1/2-1/2
- 2006 vs Anatoly Karpov White Match des Legendes B17 1-0
- 2006 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Match des Legendes E11 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Unzicker 80 D55 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs V Korchnoi White Unzicker 80 B80 1-0
- 2005 vs W Unzicker Black Unzicker 80 D58 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs Anatoly Karpov White Unzicker 80 B17 1/2-1/2
- 2005 vs V Korchnoi Black Unzicker 80 D20 1-0
- 2005 vs W Unzicker White Unzicker 80 C49 1/2-1/2
- 2002 vs M Santo Roman Black Coupe de France C45 0-1
- 2001 vs Nigel Short Black Korchnoi Birthday KO B12 1-0
- 2001 vs Nigel Short White Korchnoi Birthday KO C01 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Nigel Short White Korchnoi Birthday KO E31 1-0
- 2001 vs Nigel Short Black Korchnoi Birthday KO B06 1-0
- 2001 vs W Hug White Korchnoi Birthday Gp B C01 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs F Jenni Black Korchnoi Birthday Gp B C61 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs V Korchnoi White Korchnoi Birthday Gp B C01 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Vladimir Kramnik Black Korchnoi Birthday Gp B D58 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Peter Svidler White Korchnoi Birthday Gp B B56 1-0
- 2001 vs L Fressinet Black Grand Prix du Senat B06 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs L Fressinet White Grand Prix du Senat C39 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs L Fressinet Black Grand Prix du Senat B15 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs L Fressinet White Grand Prix du Senat C41 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs L Fressinet Black Grand Prix du Senat B06 1-0
- 2001 vs L Fressinet White Grand Prix du Senat C41 1/2-1/2
- 2001 vs Ch Bauer White Grand Prix du Senat C17 1-0
- 2001 vs Ch Bauer Black Grand Prix du Senat B15 0-1
- 2000 vs Alexei Shirov Black Senat-CanalWeb GP B06 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs Alexei Shirov White Senat-CanalWeb GP C11 0-1
- 2000 vs A Hauchard Black Senat-CanalWeb GP A13 1/2-1/2
- 2000 vs A Hauchard White Senat-CanalWeb GP B43 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Xie Jun Black Flamenco Veterans-Women C07 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Flamenco Veterans-Women B18 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Zhu Chen Black Flamenco Veterans-Women D35 0-1
- 1999 vs Alisa Galliamova White Flamenco Veterans-Women A25 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Pia Cramling Black Flamenco Veterans-Women D53 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Xie Jun White Flamenco Veterans-Women C48 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Flamenco Veterans-Women D58 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Zhu Chen White Flamenco Veterans-Women A04 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Alisa Galliamova Black Flamenco Veterans-Women D37 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Pia Cramling White Flamenco Veterans-Women B40 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Mark E Taimanov White Petrosian mem B46 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Vlastimil Hort Black Petrosian mem C02 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Vitaly Tseshkovsky White Petrosian mem B07 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Petrosian mem D59 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Yuri S Balashov White Petrosian mem E46 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Bent Larsen Black Petrosian mem A30 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Borislav Ivkov White Petrosian mem B51 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Lajos Portisch Black Petrosian mem E14 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi White St Petersburg m C48 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black St Petersburg m A87 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi White St Petersburg m C33 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black St Petersburg m A59 1-0
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black St Petersburg m D70 1-0
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi White St Petersburg m C66 1/2-1/2
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black St Petersburg m D85 0-1
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi White St Petersburg m C02 0-1
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi White St Petersburg m C02 1-0
- 1999 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black St Petersburg m D85 1-0
- 1998 vs Jan Timman Black VAM Hoogeveen 2nd C45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Judit Polgar White VAM Hoogeveen 2nd E71 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Tal Shaked Black VAM Hoogeveen 2nd C45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Judit Polgar Black VAM Hoogeveen 2nd C95 1-0
- 1998 vs Jan Timman White VAM Hoogeveen 2nd C11 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Tal Shaked White VAM Hoogeveen 2nd C19 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Zhu Chen Black Cancan Veterans-Women D58 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Xie Jun White Cancan Veterans-Women C47 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Cancan Veterans-Women C45 0-1
- 1998 vs Pia Cramling White Cancan Veterans-Women B22 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Cancan Veterans-Women D58 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Nana Ioseliani White Cancan Veterans-Women B44 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Xie Jun Black Cancan Veterans-Women C07 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Cancan Veterans-Women B22 1-0
- 1998 vs Pia Cramling Black Cancan Veterans-Women D52 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Cancan Veterans-Women A21 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Cancan Veterans-Women D58 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Zhu Chen White Cancan Veterans-Women A36 1-0
- 1998 vs Igor Miladinovic White Sigeman & Co D56 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Pia Cramling Black Sigeman & Co D55 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Lars Degerman White Sigeman & Co A36 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Curt Hansen Black Sigeman & Co D37 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Joel Lautier White Sigeman & Co B51 0-1
- 1998 vs Jonny Hector Black Sigeman & Co C45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ulf Andersson White Sigeman & Co C01 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Stellan Brynell Black Sigeman & Co B00 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ivan Sokolov Black Sigeman & Co D37 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Suat Atalik White Keres Rapid B25 0-1
- 1998 vs Jaan Ehlvest White Keres Rapid A42 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Oleg Krivonosov Black Keres Rapid E11 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Aleksander Wojtkiewicz Black Keres Rapid E08 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ulf Andersson White Keres Rapid D58 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Nona Gaprindashvili White Keres Rapid A42 1-0
- 1998 vs Normunds Miezis White Keres Rapid B23 1-0
- 1998 vs Lembit Oll Black Keres Rapid B00 1-0
- 1998 vs Xie Jun Black Keres Rapid B00 0-1
- 1998 vs Etienne Bacrot White Cannes Generations A29 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Etienne Bacrot Black Cannes Generations D58 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Igor Alexandre Nataf White Cannes Generations A25 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Igor Alexandre Nataf Black Cannes Generations C45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ruslan Ponomariov Black Cannes Generations C45 1/2-1/2
- 1998 vs Ruslan Ponomariov White Cannes Generations B09 1-0
- 1998 vs Tal Shaked Black Cannes Generations C45 0-1
- 1998 vs Tal Shaked White Cannes Generations C19 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Veterans-Women C92 0-1
- 1997 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Veterans-Women E92 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Pia Cramling White Veterans-Women B40 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Pia Cramling Black Veterans-Women E12 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Jacques Elbilia Black Corsica rap op A40 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Robert Fontaine White Corsica rap op B52 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs G. Gilquin White Corsica rap op B00 1-0
- 1997 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Veterans-Women E35 1-0
- 1997 vs Nana Ioseliani White Veterans-Women B40 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Artur Kogan Black Corsica rap op B00 0-1
- 1997 vs Mario Mancini Black Corsica rap op B00 0-1
- 1997 vs Aleksandr Shneider White Corsica rap op B51 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Xie Jun White Veterans-Women C49 0-1
- 1997 vs Xie Jun Black Veterans-Women C07 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Zhu Chen White Veterans-Women B70 1/2-1/2
- 1997 vs Zhu Chen Black Veterans-Women A40 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Women-Veterans C51 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Women-Veterans B40 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Pia Cramling White Women-Veterans B40 1-0
- 1996 vs Pia Cramling Black Women-Veterans E11 1-0
- 1996 vs Nana Ioseliani White Women-Veterans B26 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Women-Veterans A47 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Sofia Polgar Black Women-Veterans B18 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Sofia Polgar White Women-Veterans B40 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Xie Jun White Women-Veterans D77 1/2-1/2
- 1996 vs Xie Jun Black Women-Veterans C07 0-1
- 1995 vs Pia Cramling Black Women-Veterans D43 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Pia Cramling White Women-Veterans B25 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Nana Ioseliani White Women-Veterans B52 1-0
- 1995 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Women-Veterans C95 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Women-Veterans D36 0-1
- 1995 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Women-Veterans C70 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar White Women-Veterans B25 0-1
- 1995 vs Judit Polgar Black Women-Veterans C65 1/2-1/2
- 1995 vs Xie Jun Black Women-Veterans B70 1-0
- 1995 vs Xie Jun White Women-Veterans C49 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ketevan Arakhamia White Veterans-Women D43 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Ketevan Arakhamia Black Veterans-Women A09 0-1
- 1994 vs Ingo Bruch White FRA-chT C18 1-0
- 1994 vs Maia Chiburdanidze Black Veterans-Women C86 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Maia Chiburdanidze White Veterans-Women C66 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Lionel Goldgewicht Black FRA-chT C47 0-1
- 1994 vs Nana Ioseliani Black Veterans-Women D34 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Nana Ioseliani White Veterans-Women B59 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Gabor Kallai Black FRA-chT E11 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Jean Marie Kappler White FRA-chT C19 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Jozsef Pinter White FRA-chT C77 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Zsuzsa Polgar White Veterans-Women B25 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Zsuzsa Polgar Black Veterans-Women D32 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar Black Veterans-Women C65 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Judit Polgar White Veterans-Women B25 0-1
- 1994 vs Branislav Tasic Black FRA-chT E11 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Xie Jun White Veterans-Women C39 1/2-1/2
- 1994 vs Xie Jun Black Veterans-Women B70 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Darko Anic Black FRA E09 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Emmanuel Daillet White FRA A71 1-0
- 1993 vs Alberto David White FRA C30 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Jean Marc Degraeve Black FRA C49 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Josif D Dorfman White FRA D31 1-0
- 1993 vs Borislav Ivkov Black FRA D37 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar White Budapest m E71 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar White Budapest m E74 1-0
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar White Budapest m A65 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar Black Budapest m C86 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar Black Budapest m C95 0-1
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar Black Budapest m C76 1-0
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar White Budapest m E81 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar White Budapest m A65 1/2-1/2
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar Black Budapest m C95 1-0
- 1993 vs Judit Polgar Black Budapest m C95 1-0
- 1993 vs Daniel Roos White FRA D87 1-0
- 1993 vs Alain Sermier White FRA D36 1-0
- 1993 vs Nikola Spiridonov Black FRA E07 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Djamil Agamaliev Black Teheran op D35 0-1
- 1992 vs Darko Anic Black FRA-chT E11 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Philippe Cerisier Black FRA-chT D34 1/2-1/2
- 1992 vs Bobby Fischer Black St Stefan/Belgrade m C69 1-0
- 1992 vs Bobby Fischer Black St Stefan/Belgrade m B44 1-0
- 1992 vs Bobby Fischer Black St Stefan/Belgrade m B23 1-0
- 1992 vs Bobby Fischer White St Stefan/Belgrade m E83 1-0
- 1992 vs Bobby Fischer Black St Stefan/Belgrade m C95 0-1
- 1992 vs Bobby Fischer Black St Stefan/Belgrade m B31 1-0
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