Savielly Tartakower
Classical era · Poland · 1887–1956
Grandmaster, wit and aphorist: the blunders are all there, waiting to be made.
Career In The Collection
1000Games
349Wins
461Draws
188Losses
58%Score
1907–1954Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Spielmann | 56 | 17 | 27 | 12 | view games |
| Richard Reti | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | view games |
| Akiba Rubinstein | 26 | 5 | 12 | 9 | view games |
| Alexander Alekhine | 26 | 2 | 14 | 10 | view games |
| Aron Nimzowitsch | 22 | 3 | 14 | 5 | view games |
| Geza Maroczy | 22 | 3 | 17 | 2 | view games |
| Frank Marshall | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | view games |
| Mir Sultan Khan | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 13 | 0 | 9 | 4 | view games |
| Siegbert Tarrasch | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | view games |
| Carl Schlechter | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | view games |
| Mikhail Botvinnik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | view games |
| Joseph Blackburne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Mikhail Chigorin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Vasily Smyslov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
1000 Games · Page 1 of 5
- 1954 vs Paul Keres Black FRA-URS B10 1-0
- 1954 vs Paul Keres White FRA-URS A02 0-1
- 1953 vs Conel Hughes Alexander White Hastings5354 A89 1/2-1/2
- 1953 vs David Bronstein White Hastings5354 B50 0-1
- 1953 vs Dennis Morton Horne White Hastings5354 A18 1-0
- 1953 vs Aleksandar Matanovic Black Hastings5354 B10 0-1
- 1953 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Black Hastings5354 E62 1-0
- 1953 vs Fridrik Olafsson Black Hastings5354 D19 1-0
- 1953 vs Rudolf Teschner White Hastings5354 D00 0-1
- 1953 vs Alexander V Tolush White Hastings5354 E85 0-1
- 1953 vs Robert Graham Wade Black Hastings5354 D15 0-1
- 1951 vs Conel Hughes Alexander White Staunton mem A07 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Staunton mem B07 1-0
- 1951 vs Reginald Joseph Broadbent White Staunton mem E51 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Jan Hein Donner White Staunton mem D01 1-0
- 1951 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Staunton mem E80 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Harry Golombek Black Staunton mem A52 1-0
- 1951 vs Ernst Ludwig Klein White Staunton mem B90 0-1
- 1951 vs Aleksandar Matanovic Black Staunton mem B09 1-0
- 1951 vs Vasja Pirc White Staunton mem A03 0-1
- 1951 vs Nicolas Rossolimo Black Staunton mem B04 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Staunton mem A53 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Petar Trifunovic White Staunton mem A45 0-1
- 1951 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Staunton mem E00 1/2-1/2
- 1951 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga Black Staunton mem A53 0-1
- 1951 vs Robert Graham Wade Black Staunton mem B01 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs James Aitken Black Southsea B70 0-1
- 1950 vs F. Alexander Black Southsea A85 0-1
- 1950 vs E. Attenborough Black Southsea A90 0-1
- 1950 vs Leonhard William Barden White Southsea E51 1-0
- 1950 vs Alfred Beni Black Dubrovnik olm D31 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Arthur Bernard Bisguier White Southsea C50 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Southsea B10 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Eero Book White Dubrovnik olm C00 0-1
- 1950 vs Esteban Canal White Dubrovnik olm A11 1-0
- 1950 vs Vincenzo Castaldi White Dubrovnik olm D85 1-0
- 1950 vs Manuel Castillo White Dubrovnik olm A03 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Jan Hein Donner Black Amsterdam D07 1-0
- 1950 vs Max Euwe White Amsterdam B44 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Jan Foltys Black Amsterdam C47 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Andrija Fuderer Black Bled C70 1-0
- 1950 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Amsterdam B22 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Dubrovnik olm D37 1-0
- 1950 vs Harry Golombek Black Amsterdam D63 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Gudbjartur Gudmundsson White Amsterdam D00 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Borislav Ivkov White Bled B08 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Ingi Johansson White Dubrovnik olm B52 0-1
- 1950 vs Boris Kostic Black Bled C30 1-0
- 1950 vs Cenek Kottnauer Black Amsterdam D67 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Haije Kramer Black Amsterdam E67 0-1
- 1950 vs Fotis Mastichiadis Black Dubrovnik olm A85 0-1
- 1950 vs Aleksandar Matanovic White Bled B10 0-1
- 1950 vs Borislav Milic White Bled D88 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Erling Myhre White Dubrovnik olm D36 1-0
- 1950 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Dubrovnik olm A55 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Miguel Najdorf White Bled D03 0-1
- 1950 vs Miguel Najdorf White Amsterdam B55 0-1
- 1950 vs RH. Newman White Southsea B57 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway White Amsterdam E17 0-1
- 1950 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Black Dubrovnik olm D53 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Black Bled D61 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Jonathan Penrose Black Southsea B28 1-0
- 1950 vs Gerhard Pfeiffer Black Bled A46 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Herman Pilnik White Amsterdam D00 1-0
- 1950 vs Herman Pilnik Black Bled C91 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Vasja Pirc White Bled D03 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Vasja Pirc Black Amsterdam A25 0-1
- 1950 vs Christian Poulsen White Dubrovnik olm A28 1-0
- 1950 vs Lodewijk Prins White Southsea B21 1-0
- 1950 vs Stojan Puc White Bled D63 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Ludwig Sr Rellstab Black Bled D37 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Amsterdam A41 1-0
- 1950 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Dubrovnik olm A16 0-1
- 1950 vs Nicolas Rossolimo White Amsterdam E17 0-1
- 1950 vs Lothar Schmid White Southsea A28 1-0
- 1950 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Amsterdam B20 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Goesta Stoltz Black Bled D30 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Eugenio Szabados Black Amsterdam B07 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Petar Trifunovic Black Amsterdam B07 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Dubrovnik olm B92 1-0
- 1950 vs Carel Benjamin Van den Berg White Amsterdam B20 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga Black Dubrovnik olm A53 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga White Amsterdam D03 1/2-1/2
- 1950 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Bled D36 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs James Aitken White Southsea B72 0-1
- 1949 vs Gedeon Barcza Black Venice D02 0-1
- 1949 vs J. Canal White Venice C53 1-0
- 1949 vs Harold Cole Black Southsea A47 0-1
- 1949 vs Gino Fletzer White Venice A28 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Jan Foltys White Venice D03 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs O. Friedman Black Southsea A53 0-1
- 1949 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Venice A16 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Harry Golombek White Venice D10 0-1
- 1949 vs Cenek Kottnauer White Venice A18 1-0
- 1949 vs Hans Mueller Black Venice E03 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Ludek Pachman White Southsea B89 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Enrico Paoli Black Venice B29 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Wilfred Heny Pratten White Southsea D36 1-0
- 1949 vs Lodewijk Prins White Venice C47 0-1
- 1949 vs Nicolas Rossolimo Black Venice B29 1-0
- 1949 vs Nicolas Rossolimo Black Southsea B30 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Giuseppe Stalda White Venice B09 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Eugenio Szabados Black Venice A46 1/2-1/2
- 1949 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Venice D07 1-0
- 1949 vs George Alan Thomas White Southsea A07 1-0
- 1949 vs Philip Norman Wallis Black Southsea A07 0-1
- 1949 vs Wallis/Burrell/Large White Southsea exh C03 1-0
- 1949 vs Gabriel Wood White Southsea A48 1-0
- 1949 vs HG. Wright Black Southsea A53 0-1
- 1949 vs Zimmerman Black Venice A98 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Elek Bakonyi Black Budapest B17 0-1
- 1948 vs Gedeon Barcza White Karlovy Vary D34 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Gedeon Barcza White Budapest B89 0-1
- 1948 vs Gedeon Barcza White Venice B30 1-0
- 1948 vs Pal C Benko Black Budapest A55 0-1
- 1948 vs Isaak Boleslavsky Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal C70 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Igor Bondarevsky White Saltsjobaden Interzonal C15 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Eero Book White Saltsjobaden Interzonal D59 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs David Bronstein Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal B12 1-0
- 1948 vs Esteban Canal White Venice D50 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Vincenzo Castaldi Black Venice B14 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Max Euwe White Venice C53 0-1
- 1948 vs Gino Fletzer Black Venice C70 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Salo Flohr Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal A53 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Jan Foltys Black Budapest B11 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Jan Foltys White Karlovy Vary B56 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Geza Fuster White Budapest D20 1-0
- 1948 vs Stanislaw Gawlikowski Black Karlovy Vary D15 0-1
- 1948 vs Erno Gereben Black Budapest A91 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Alberto Giustolisi Black Venice A47 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal E16 1-0
- 1948 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Budapest D48 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Harry Golombek Black Karlovy Vary A95 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Henry Grob White Venice B75 0-1
- 1948 vs Alexander Kotov Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal D07 1-0
- 1948 vs Andor Lilienthal White Saltsjobaden Interzonal D01 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Josef Lokvenc White Venice B21 1-0
- 1948 vs Erik Lundin Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal A47 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Baldur Moller White Karlovy Vary C01 1-0
- 1948 vs Mario Monticelli White Venice B10 1-0
- 1948 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Venice D38 1-0
- 1948 vs Miguel Najdorf White Saltsjobaden Interzonal B21 0-1
- 1948 vs Karel Opocensky Black Venice A53 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Karel Opocensky White Karlovy Vary A10 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Ludek Pachman White Saltsjobaden Interzonal A16 0-1
- 1948 vs Ludek Pachman White Budapest D00 1-0
- 1948 vs Vasja Pirc Black Karlovy Vary A53 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Vasja Pirc White Saltsjobaden Interzonal E21 1-0
- 1948 vs Jiri Podgorny White Karlovy Vary D15 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Giuseppe Primavera Black Venice A53 0-1
- 1948 vs Lodewijk Prins Black Karlovy Vary B14 0-1
- 1948 vs Mihai Radulescu White Budapest B88 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal A50 0-1
- 1948 vs Emil Richter Black Karlovy Vary A28 1-0
- 1948 vs Ivan Vladimir Rohacek White Karlovy Vary E17 0-1
- 1948 vs Jaroslav Sajtar Black Karlovy Vary A81 1-0
- 1948 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Saltsjobaden Interzonal D60 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Lajos Steiner White Karlovy Vary D01 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Lajos Steiner White Budapest B86 1-0
- 1948 vs Lajos Steiner White Saltsjobaden Interzonal B44 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Goesta Stoltz White Saltsjobaden Interzonal B31 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Goesta Stoltz Black Karlovy Vary A53 1-0
- 1948 vs Vlastimil Stulik White Karlovy Vary E61 1-0
- 1948 vs Eugenio Szabados Black Venice A91 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Budapest A11 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Laszlo Szabo Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal E16 1-0
- 1948 vs Jozsef Szily White Budapest C45 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Vasilje Tomovic Black Budapest B15 0-1
- 1948 vs Petar Trifunovic White Budapest D12 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Petar Trifunovic White Saltsjobaden Interzonal C00 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Octavio Troianescu White Karlovy Vary B91 0-1
- 1948 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White Karlovy Vary D60 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Baruch Harold Wood Black Budapest A52 1-0
- 1948 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky Black Karlovy Vary D26 1/2-1/2
- 1948 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky Black Saltsjobaden Interzonal B00 0-1
- 1948 vs Frantisek Zita Black Karlovy Vary C04 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Ludek Pachman White FRA-CSR D02 1/2-1/2
- 1947 vs Ludek Pachman Black FRA-CSR C10 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Gerald Abrahams Black Hastings4647 D12 0-1
- 1946 vs James Aitken Black Hastings4647 B53 0-1
- 1946 vs Conel Hughes Alexander White Hastings4647 C45 1-0
- 1946 vs Ossip Bernstein White Groningen D45 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Ossip Bernstein White London-A D02 0-1
- 1946 vs Isaak Boleslavsky White Groningen B31 0-1
- 1946 vs Mikhail Botvinnik White Groningen C01 0-1
- 1946 vs Reginald Joseph Broadbent White London-A B20 1-0
- 1946 vs Martin Christoffel Black Groningen B04 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Arnold S Denker Black Groningen A49 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Max Euwe Black Groningen D54 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs William Albert Fairhurst White London-A A11 1-0
- 1946 vs Salo Flohr Black Groningen E33 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs O. Friedmann Black London-A D52 0-1
- 1946 vs Harry Golombek Black London-A D58 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Harry Golombek Black Hastings4647 A25 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Gudbjartur Gudmundsson White Hastings4647 C07 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Carlos E Guimard White Groningen C04 1-0
- 1946 vs Alexander Kotov White Groningen D45 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Cenek Kottnauer White Groningen D11 1-0
- 1946 vs Paul List White London-A A18 1-0
- 1946 vs Erik Lundin Black Groningen A04 1-0
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