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 2 of 5
- 1946 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Groningen A90 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Alberic O'Kelly de Galway Black Groningen B59 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Karel Opocensky White London-A B86 1-0
- 1946 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca Black London-A D59 0-1
- 1946 vs Lodewijk Prins Black London-A C10 0-1
- 1946 vs Lodewijk Prins Black Hastings4647 A07 0-1
- 1946 vs Maurice Raizman White Hastings4647 B85 0-1
- 1946 vs Vasily Smyslov White Groningen A07 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Herman Steiner Black Groningen C10 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Herman Steiner White London-A A27 0-1
- 1946 vs Goesta Stoltz White Groningen A06 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs J. Stone Black London-A A47 1-0
- 1946 vs Laszlo Szabo White Groningen C55 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Groningen A95 0-1
- 1946 vs Gabriel Wood White Hastings4647 C45 1-0
- 1946 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky Black Groningen B03 1/2-1/2
- 1946 vs Daniel Abraham Yanofsky Black Hastings4647 B56 1/2-1/2
- 1945 vs James Aitken White Hastings4546 D02 1-0
- 1945 vs Martin Christoffel White Hastings4546 D02 1-0
- 1945 vs Arnold S Denker White Hastings4546 B72 1-0
- 1945 vs Paul Devos Black Hastings4546 A49 1/2-1/2
- 1945 vs Folke Ekstrom White Hastings4546 B80 1-0
- 1945 vs Max Euwe White Hastings4546 D03 0-1
- 1945 vs Jacques Mieses Black Hastings4546 C26 0-1
- 1945 vs Lodewijk Prins Black Hastings4546 B03 0-1
- 1945 vs Edward G Sergeant Black Hastings4546 B02 0-1
- 1945 vs Herman Steiner Black Hastings4546 C13 0-1
- 1945 vs George Alan Thomas Black Hastings4546 C11 0-1
- 1939 vs Conel Hughes Alexander Black Buenos Aires ol prel-A B03 0-1
- 1939 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Buenos Aires ol f-A B45 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Mariano Castillo Larenas White Buenos Aires ol f-A C17 1-0
- 1939 vs Moshe Czerniak Black Buenos Aires ol f-A D00 1-0
- 1939 vs J1. Diaz Perez Black Buenos Aires ol prel-A E70 0-1
- 1939 vs A. Dulanto White Buenos Aires ol prel-A C11 1-0
- 1939 vs Jens Enevoldsen White Buenos Aires ol f-A E51 1-0
- 1939 vs Paul Keres White Buenos Aires ol f-A D95 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Vladas Mikenas Black Buenos Aires ol f-A A91 0-1
- 1939 vs John Stuart Morrison Black Buenos Aires ol prel-A C41 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Karel Opocensky White Buenos Aires ol prel-A A92 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Vladimirs Petrovs Black Buenos Aires ol f-A A91 1-0
- 1939 vs Luis Roberto Piazzini Black Buenos Aires ol f-A C41 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Buenos Aires ol f-A A03 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Octavio Trompowsky Black Buenos Aires ol f-A A92 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Octavio Trompowsky White Buenos Aires ol prel-A E21 1-0
- 1939 vs Theo D Van Scheltinga Black Buenos Aires ol f-A A51 1-0
- 1938 vs Isaak Appel Black Lodz A53 0-1
- 1938 vs Lajos Asztalos Black Ljubljana B04 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Noordwijk A46 1-0
- 1938 vs M. Broeder Black Ljubljana E11 0-1
- 1938 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Lodz C26 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Noordwijk D62 1-0
- 1938 vs Max Euwe Black Noordwijk D62 1-0
- 1938 vs Jan Foltys Black Ljubljana C73 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Jan Foltys White Lodz D37 1-0
- 1938 vs Paulino Frydman White Lodz D35 1-0
- 1938 vs Ljudmil Furlani White Ljubljana C28 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Eduard Issakovich Gerstenfeld Black Lodz C41 1-0
- 1938 vs Paul Keres White Noordwijk D04 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Josek Kolski White Lodz D95 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Boris Kostic White Ljubljana C25 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Salo Landau Black Noordwijk D67 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Vera Menchik White Lodz C00 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Lodz D30 0-1
- 1938 vs Ozren Nedeljkovic Black Ljubljana A46 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Vladimirs Petrovs White Lodz D03 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Vasja Pirc Black Noordwijk D68 1-0
- 1938 vs Vasja Pirc White Lodz B10 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Vasja Pirc White Ljubljana B13 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Anton Preinfalk White Ljubljana E51 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Teodor Regedzinski Black Lodz D31 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Paul Felix Schmidt White Noordwijk D95 1-0
- 1938 vs Jakob Adolf Seitz White Lodz B29 1-0
- 1938 vs Joze Sorli Black Ljubljana D52 0-1
- 1938 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Noordwijk A41 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Lodz D70 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Herman Steiner Black Lodz B80 0-1
- 1938 vs Lajos Steiner Black Ljubljana C60 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Franciszek Sulik Black Lodz D40 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Laszlo Szabo White Ljubljana C31 1-0
- 1938 vs George Alan Thomas White Noordwijk B72 0-1
- 1938 vs Bora Tot White Ljubljana B20 1-0
- 1938 vs Petar Trifunovic White Ljubljana C28 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Milan Jr Vidmar White Ljubljana E06 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Ljubljana A46 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs James Aitken Black Stockholm ol C71 0-1
- 1937 vs Alexander Alekhine White Kemeri C00 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Fricis Apsenieks Black Kemeri A46 0-1
- 1937 vs Teodors Bergs Black Kemeri A47 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Eero Book White Kemeri D23 1-0
- 1937 vs Vincenzo Castaldi Black Stockholm ol C41 1-0
- 1937 vs Arthur Dunkelblum White Ostende B12 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Israel Dyner White Ostende D52 1-0
- 1937 vs Movsa Feigin Black Kemeri A18 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Reuben Fine White Kemeri C00 1-0
- 1937 vs Reuben Fine Black Ostende E37 1-0
- 1937 vs Salo Flohr White Parnu A06 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Salo Flohr White Kemeri B12 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Henry Grob Black Ostende C41 1-0
- 1937 vs V R. Hazenfuss Black Kemeri C50 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Paul Keres White Parnu C00 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Paul Keres Black Ostende A53 0-1
- 1937 vs Paul Keres White Kemeri D03 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs George Koltanowski Black Ostende A46 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Salo Landau White Kemeri A06 1-0
- 1937 vs Salo Landau Black Ostende D56 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Paul List White Ostende A30 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Vladas Mikenas Black Kemeri D51 1-0
- 1937 vs Karel Opocensky Black Parnu E15 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Karlis Ozols White Kemeri A46 1-0
- 1937 vs Vladimirs Petrovs Black Kemeri E44 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Ilmar Raud Black Parnu C41 0-1
- 1937 vs Ludwig Sr Rellstab White Kemeri C22 1-0
- 1937 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Kemeri E48 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Samuel Reshevsky White Stockholm ol C22 0-1
- 1937 vs Arthur Reynolds White Ostende D23 1-0
- 1937 vs Paul Felix Schmidt Black Parnu E68 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Parnu D02 1-0
- 1937 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Kemeri A50 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Endre Steiner White Kemeri B24 0-1
- 1937 vs Feliks Villard White Parnu D67 1-0
- 1936 vs Alexander Alekhine White Nottingham D02 0-1
- 1936 vs Conel Hughes Alexander Black Nottingham A99 1-0
- 1936 vs Albert Becker Black Zandvoort B05 0-1
- 1936 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Zandvoort D59 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Nottingham A04 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Mikhail Botvinnik Black Nottingham A55 1-0
- 1936 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White Nottingham D03 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Max Euwe Black Zandvoort D31 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Max Euwe Black Nottingham D07 1-0
- 1936 vs Reuben Fine White Nottingham D03 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Reuben Fine Black Zandvoort E14 1-0
- 1936 vs Salo Flohr Black Nottingham A17 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Ernst Gruenfeld White Zandvoort D03 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Paul Keres White Zandvoort C55 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Salo Landau White Zandvoort C02 1-0
- 1936 vs Emanuel Lasker White Nottingham A03 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Geza Maroczy White Zandvoort A03 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Lodewijk Prins White Zandvoort A02 1-0
- 1936 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Nottingham D31 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Zandvoort A81 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs George Alan Thomas White Nottingham A03 1-0
- 1936 vs Theodore Tylor Black Nottingham C41 1-0
- 1936 vs G. Van Doesburgh Black Zandvoort E33 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White Nottingham A03 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs William Winter White Nottingham A02 1-0
- 1935 vs Alexander Alekhine White Warsaw ol A20 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Conel Hughes Alexander White Hastings3536 C28 1-0
- 1935 vs Reuben Fine Black Lodz D55 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Reuben Fine Black Warsaw ol E85 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Reuben Fine White Hastings3536 C50 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Salo Flohr Black Hastings3536 D30 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Henryk Friedmann White Warsaw ol D30 1-0
- 1935 vs Paulino Frydman White Lodz D93 1-0
- 1935 vs Harry Golombek Black Hastings3536 B37 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Roberto Grau White Warsaw ol A54 1-0
- 1935 vs Paul Keres White Warsaw ol A28 1-0
- 1935 vs Ernst Ludwig Klein Black Paris m D52 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Ernst Ludwig Klein White Paris m D37 1-0
- 1935 vs Ernst Ludwig Klein White Paris m D53 1-0
- 1935 vs Ernst Ludwig Klein Black Paris m D63 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs George Koltanowski White Hastings3536 A45 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Reginald Pryce Michell Black Hastings3536 D31 0-1
- 1935 vs Vladas Mikenas Black Lodz E33 0-1
- 1935 vs Vladas Mikenas Black Warsaw ol E85 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Karel Opocensky White Warsaw ol E60 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Antonio Sacconi White Warsaw ol D44 1-0
- 1935 vs Gideon Stahlberg Black Warsaw ol E60 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Lajos Steiner White Lodz D02 1-0
- 1935 vs Lajos Steiner White Warsaw ol E18 1-0
- 1935 vs George Alan Thomas Black Hastings3536 B04 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Theodore Tylor Black Hastings3536 B66 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Milan Sr Vidmar Black Warsaw ol E68 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs William Winter White Hastings3536 B20 1-0
- 1935 vs William Winter Black Warsaw ol E72 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Julio Sunyer Black Sitges A00 0-1
- 1934 vs Rafael Llorens White Sitges D46 1-0
- 1934 vs Andor Lilienthal White Sitges E20 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Nicolas Ticoulat Black Sitges B03 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Pedro Cherta White Sitges D36 1-0
- 1934 vs Angel Ribera Black Sitges A44 0-1
- 1934 vs Rafael Domenech White Sitges D05 1-0
- 1934 vs Aristide Gromer Black Sitges B03 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Manuel Golmayo de la Torriente White Sitges A18 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs George Koltanowski Black Sitges B00 0-1
- 1934 vs Lodewijk Prins White Sitges B39 1-0
- 1934 vs Rudolf Spielmann Black Sitges D63 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Ramon Rey Ardid White Sitges D41 0-1
- 1934 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Ujpest A30 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Salo Flohr White Ujpest D13 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Paulino Frydman White Ujpest D45 0-1
- 1934 vs Ernst Gruenfeld White Ujpest D45 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Kornel Havasi Black Ujpest D55 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Andor Lilienthal White Ujpest A05 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Vasja Pirc Black Ujpest A47 1-0
- 1934 vs Pal Rethy White Ujpest A06 0-1
- 1934 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Ujpest E14 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Endre Steiner Black Ujpest B03 0-1
- 1934 vs Lajos Steiner Black Ujpest B02 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Karoly Sterk Black Ujpest A47 1-0
- 1934 vs George Alan Thomas White Ujpest A28 1/2-1/2
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