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 5 of 5
- 1967 vs Bent Larsen Black Winnipeg D34 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Miguel Najdorf White Moscow A48 1-0
- 1967 vs Tigran Petrosian White Moscow B36 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black Moscow E45 1-0
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White HUN-URS D65 1-0
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch Black HUN-URS D58 1-0
- 1967 vs Lajos Portisch White HUN-URS C34 1-0
- 1967 vs Vasily Smyslov White Moscow C68 1/2-1/2
- 1967 vs Mikhail Tal White Moscow A39 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-chT B19 0-1
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer White Santa Monica D87 1-0
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black La Habana olm fin-A C93 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bobby Fischer Black Santa Monica C89 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Efim Geller White URS-chT D54 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Paul Keres Black URS-chT E19 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Sochi E43 1-0
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen White Santa Monica B64 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Bent Larsen Black Santa Monica D25 0-1
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Santa Monica D59 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Miguel Najdorf White Santa Monica D78 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th A40 1-0
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th E12 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th A33 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th D59 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-chT D53 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th B19 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th A42 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th B25 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th D42 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th D03 0-1
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th E08 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th B19 1-0
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Santa Monica D59 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th E61 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th D41 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th B14 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th C11 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th D26 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th E59 1-0
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th C10 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th B25 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White Santa Monica D27 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th B06 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th A05 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th C11 1-0
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian White World Championship 26th C11 1-0
- 1966 vs Tigran Petrosian Black World Championship 26th E66 1-0
- 1966 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Sochi A07 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black Santa Monica E43 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch Black La Habana olm fin-A D37 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Lajos Portisch White Santa Monica C93 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Santa Monica E55 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Santa Monica E43 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-chT C68 1/2-1/2
- 1966 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chT D55 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats sf2 E44 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats sf2 E51 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Candidats sf2 C89 1-0
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Candidats sf2 B75 1-0
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Candidats sf2 C92 1-0
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats sf2 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller White Candidats sf2 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats sf2 D32 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black URS-JUG D55 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Hastings6566 D37 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Paul Keres White Candidats qf3 E12 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats qf3 A68 0-1
- 1965 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats qf3 E43 1-0
- 1965 vs Paul Keres White Candidats qf3 C99 1-0
- 1965 vs Paul Keres White Candidats qf3 E12 0-1
- 1965 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats qf3 C93 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats qf3 C93 0-1
- 1965 vs Paul Keres White Candidats qf3 C80 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Paul Keres White Candidats qf3 E31 1-0
- 1965 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats qf3 A21 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats final B48 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats final B82 0-1
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats final C89 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats final E12 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats final C95 0-1
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats final B25 1-0
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats final C89 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats final C94 0-1
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal White Candidats final E55 1/2-1/2
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats final C90 0-1
- 1965 vs Mikhail Tal Black Candidats final C89 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein White Moscow zt E40 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Belgrade E19 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Moscow zt D27 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs David Bronstein Black Amsterdam Interzonal A47 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Efim Geller Black Moscow zt C72 0-1
- 1964 vs Efim Geller White Moscow zt C85 0-1
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Belgrade C87 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Amsterdam Interzonal C64 0-1
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Moscow zt A54 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi White Moscow zt E18 1-0
- 1964 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black Belgrade E46 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen Black Belgrade A25 0-1
- 1964 vs Bent Larsen Black Amsterdam Interzonal A03 1-0
- 1964 vs Lajos Portisch Black Amsterdam Interzonal D23 0-1
- 1964 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Amsterdam Interzonal D03 1-0
- 1964 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Amsterdam Interzonal B17 1/2-1/2
- 1964 vs Mikhail Tal White Amsterdam Interzonal C96 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch31 D77 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch31 C88 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch31 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch31 D36 1/2-1/2
- 1963 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT E19 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Efim Geller Black URS-chT C65 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Capablanca mem C93 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Paul Keres Black URS-chT C87 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch30 D42 0-1
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Capablanca mem E39 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Miguel Najdorf White Varna olm C35 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-chT B48 1-0
- 1962 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Capablanca mem A25 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Lajos Portisch Black Varna olm D58 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Capablanca mem D58 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-chT D16 1/2-1/2
- 1962 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch30 D41 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch28 A49 1-0
- 1961 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch29 E44 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch28 A46 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch29 C92 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch28 B48 0-1
- 1961 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch28 D25 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch29 E13 1-0
- 1961 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch28 E12 0-1
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch Black HUN-URS A23 0-1
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch White HUN-URS B19 1-0
- 1961 vs Lajos Portisch Black HUN-URS C64 0-1
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch29 A05 0-1
- 1961 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch28 C49 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch29 E65 1-0
- 1960 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch27 C36 1-0
- 1960 vs David Bronstein Black Mar del Plata C65 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Bobby Fischer White Mar del Plata C39 1-0
- 1960 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch27 D01 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch27 D22 1-0
- 1960 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch27 E95 1-0
- 1960 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch27 B96 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-chT B05 1-0
- 1960 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch27 D15 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White URS-chT B63 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs David Bronstein White Alekhine mem C10 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch26 B65 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch26 C77 1-0
- 1959 vs Efim Geller Black URS-chT E91 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch26 B50 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch26 B11 0-1
- 1959 vs Bent Larsen Black Alekhine mem B24 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch26 D36 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black URS-ch26 E42 1-0
- 1959 vs Lajos Portisch Black Alekhine mem E63 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Alekhine mem B85 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White Riga C97 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-chT C92 1-0
- 1959 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch26 E92 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs David Bronstein Black URS-ch25 E54 0-1
- 1958 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch25 C95 1-0
- 1958 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch25 C16 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch25 C54 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch25 B94 1-0
- 1958 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch25 E26 0-1
- 1957 vs David Bronstein White URS-ch24 C17 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch24 E31 1-0
- 1957 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch24 D34 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch24 A08 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Lajos Portisch White WchT U26 C10 1-0
- 1957 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-ch24 C63 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs David Bronstein White Candidats Tournament E80 1-0
- 1956 vs David Bronstein Black Candidats Tournament E66 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Efim Geller Black Candidats Tournament E59 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Efim Geller White Candidats Tournament D40 0-1
- 1956 vs Paul Keres White Candidats Tournament D29 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Paul Keres Black Candidats Tournament C84 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch23 A49 1-0
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian White Candidats Tournament E46 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Candidats Tournament A16 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Lev Polugaevsky White URS-ch23 D31 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Candidats Tournament A10 0-1
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov White Candidats Tournament E46 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Mikhail Tal White URS-ch23 E80 1-0
- 1955 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black URS-ch22 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs David Bronstein White Gothenburg Interzonal D42 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Efim Geller White Gothenburg Interzonal C59 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Efim Geller Black URS-ch22 E26 0-1
- 1955 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch22 D43 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Paul Keres Black Gothenburg Interzonal E14 1-0
- 1955 vs Viktor Korchnoi White URS-ch22 D88 1-0
- 1955 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Gothenburg Interzonal E62 1-0
- 1955 vs Tigran Petrosian White URS-ch22 B95 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Tigran Petrosian White Gothenburg Interzonal B11 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Lajos Portisch White Wch U20 final-A E30 1-0
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov White URS-ch22 E13 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Efim Geller Black Leningrad B95 0-1
- 1954 vs Lev Polugaevsky Black Leningrad A72 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Mikhail Tal Black URS-chTJ A61 0-1
- 1953 vs Tigran Petrosian Black Bucharest D13 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs Vasily Smyslov White Bucharest E31 1-0
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