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Player: Paul Keres
Player profile: Boris Spassky

LIFETIME RECORD: Classical games: Boris Spassky beat Paul Keres 5 to 3, with 19 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Spassky vs Keres ½-½ 28 1955 USSR Championship D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 2. Keres vs Spassky 1-0 30 1955 Gothenburg Interzonal E14 Queen's Indian 3. Spassky vs Keres ½-½ 29 1956 Amsterdam Candidates D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 4. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 30 1956 Amsterdam Candidates C78 Ruy Lopez 5. Spassky vs Keres 1-0 46 1957 USSR Championship E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line 6. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 35 1959 USSR Championship B50 Sicilian 7. Spassky vs Keres ½-½ 70 1961 USSR Championship 1961b C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 17 1962 Leningrad SU-tch C87 Ruy Lopez 9. Spassky vs Keres 0-1 33 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal E12 Queen's Indian 10. Keres vs Spassky ½-½ 62 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 11. Spassky vs Keres 1-0 50 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal E31 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line 12. Keres vs Spassky 0-1 39 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 13. Spassky vs Keres 1-0 44 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 14. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 29 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal A21 English 15. Spassky vs Keres   ½-½ 40 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal E12 Queen's Indian 16. Keres vs Spassky 1-0 25 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 17. Spassky vs Keres ½-½ 41 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 18. Keres vs Spassky 0-1 35 1965 Spassky - Keres Candidates Quarterfinal E77 King's Indian 19. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 56 1965 Moskva SUtch E97 King's Indian 20. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 23 1966 Moskva SU-tch E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 21. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 40 1967 Moscow C16 French, Winawer 22. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 46 1967 Moskva SU-tch E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 23. Spassky vs Keres ½-½ 26 1967 Winnipeg C78 Ruy Lopez 24. Spassky vs Keres   ½-½ 29 1973 Tallinn E12 Queen's Indian 25. Keres vs Spassky   ½-½ 31 1973 FRG-ch International C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 27    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Keres wins | Keres loses