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 4 of 5
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch White Tilburg B19 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch White Buenos Aires ol (Men) C19 1-0
- 1978 vs Lajos Portisch Black Bugojno D41 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Mikhail Tal Black Bugojno C99 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jan Timman White Tilburg B07 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jan Timman White Buenos Aires ol (Men) B25 1/2-1/2
- 1978 vs Jan Timman White Bugojno D88 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C19 0-1
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final A33 1-0
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final D01 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final A33 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C19 0-1
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final D58 0-1
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C02 0-1
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final D34 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final A10 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C18 0-1
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final E18 1-0
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C26 1-0
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final A91 0-1
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C18 1-0
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final D58 1-0
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C19 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final A33 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats sf2 E12 1-0
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats sf2 E53 0-1
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats sf2 A47 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats sf2 E59 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats sf2 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats sf2 B25 1-0
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats sf2 E74 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats sf2 D25 1-0
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats sf2 A47 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats sf2 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats sf2 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats sf2 C95 0-1
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch White Candidats sf2 C95 1-0
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats sf2 E59 1/2-1/2
- 1977 vs Lajos Portisch Black Candidats sf2 A17 1/2-1/2
- 1976 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Manila Interzonal A30 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs David Bronstein White Tallinn E11 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow A04 1-0
- 1975 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-chT E18 1-0
- 1975 vs Paul Keres Black Tallinn B22 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow D58 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-chT E54 1-0
- 1975 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow D17 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow E52 1/2-1/2
- 1975 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chT D58 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats sf1 B19 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats sf1 B19 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats sf1 B83 0-1
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats sf1 C95 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats sf1 A84 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats sf1 B83 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats sf1 E91 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats sf1 E59 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats sf1 B18 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Candidats sf1 D58 1-0
- 1974 vs Anatoly Karpov White Candidats sf1 B18 0-1
- 1974 vs Lev Polugaevsky White Solingen E14 1/2-1/2
- 1974 vs Lajos Portisch Black Nice olm fin-A A14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs David Bronstein White Tallinn B09 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch41 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Svetozar Gligoric White EU-chT C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov White Moscow-3teams A34 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Moscow-3teams C94 1-0
- 1973 vs Anatoly Karpov Black URS-ch41 C98 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch41 C73 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Paul Keres Black FRG-ch International C95 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Paul Keres White Tallinn E12 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch41 E42 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch41 B83 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Tigran Petrosian Black IBM D36 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch41 E03 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Tallinn A14 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Lajos Portisch Black EU-chT D56 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch41 B40 0-1
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal Black Sochi D35 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White Tallinn E30 0-1
- 1973 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch41 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jan Timman White IBM E88 1-0
- 1973 vs Jan Timman White Tallinn E30 1/2-1/2
- 1973 vs Jan Timman Black Sochi A14 0-1
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th A39 1-0
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th D41 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th D59 1-0
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th C95 1-0
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th B68 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th D37 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th B04 0-1
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th B05 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th D66 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th B99 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th B88 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th C69 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th B97 1-0
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th B97 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th A77 0-1
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th B09 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th E56 1-0
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th E41 0-1
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer Black World Championship 28th B69 1/2-1/2
- 1972 vs Bobby Fischer White World Championship 28th B46 0-1
- 1971 vs David Bronstein White Moscow C32 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Nona Gaprindashvili Black Gothenburg C94 0-1
- 1971 vs Anatoly Karpov Black Moscow C90 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow E08 1-0
- 1971 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Moscow D27 1-0
- 1971 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Moscow A48 1/2-1/2
- 1971 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow B82 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Leiden B19 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Leiden B19 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Leiden D31 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Leiden A26 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bobby Fischer White Siegen olm D87 1-0
- 1970 vs Efim Geller White IBM C92 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Svetozar Gligoric White IBM C93 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Belgrade URS-World E12 0-1
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen Black Leiden D27 0-1
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Belgrade URS-World E31 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Leiden B80 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen Black Leiden A01 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen Black Belgrade URS-World A01 0-1
- 1970 vs Bent Larsen White Leiden A95 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lev Polugaevsky White IBM B96 1/2-1/2
- 1970 vs Lajos Portisch Black Siegen olm D59 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric White JUG-URS C93 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black JUG-URS D59 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Svetozar Gligoric White JUG-URS D40 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Palma de Mallorca A36 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Bent Larsen White Palma de Mallorca C75 1-0
- 1969 vs Bent Larsen Black San Juan B13 0-1
- 1969 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Palma de Mallorca D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th E12 0-1
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th C42 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th B94 1-0
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th B42 1-0
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th C42 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D56 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th A56 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White Palma de Mallorca B43 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D58 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th C92 1-0
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th D41 1-0
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th B36 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th D19 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th B48 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D55 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th E48 1-0
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D34 0-1
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D34 1/2-1/2
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D37 0-1
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 27th B42 0-1
- 1969 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 27th D55 1-0
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf4 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf4 C09 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf4 B25 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf4 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Efim Geller White Candidats qf4 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf4 C09 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf4 C19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats qf4 C19 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Palma de Mallorca D55 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Palma de Mallorca E16 1-0
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final A27 0-1
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final B40 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final D42 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final D31 1-0
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final A14 0-1
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final B23 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final E83 1-0
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final E51 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Candidats final C98 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Candidats final D31 0-1
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Candidats sf2 A53 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen White Candidats sf2 C46 0-1
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Candidats sf2 A25 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Lugano ol (Men) D37 0-1
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen White Candidats sf2 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Palma de Mallorca D37 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen White Candidats sf2 D14 1-0
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Candidats sf2 A25 0-1
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen Black Candidats sf2 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Bent Larsen White Candidats sf2 B25 1-0
- 1968 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Lugano ol (Men) D59 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Tigran Petrosian White Palma de Mallorca C01 1/2-1/2
- 1968 vs Lajos Portisch White Lugano ol (Men) C93 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs David Bronstein White Moscow E12 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow D31 1-0
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Hoogovens E93 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Moscow D03 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Paul Keres Black Moscow C17 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Paul Keres White Winnipeg C84 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-chT E53 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen White Hoogovens D86 1-0
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