- Match Ponomariov!
Ruslan Ponomariov's Match Record (classical)
< Exhibition Match, Kramatorsk, 1996: + - = vs 2xxx op.[2xxx performance] > +? -? =? vs. Golubev ()
< 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +0 -1 =1 vs 2553 op.[2362 performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs. Al-Modiahki (2553)
< 2000 Young Masters KO, Lausanne: +2 -1 =3 vs 2531 op.[2589 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Jenni (2446)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Galkin (2566)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Grischuk (2581) - final
< 2000 FIDE WCh KO, New Delhi: +0 -1 =1 vs 2565 op.[2374 performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs. Dao Thien Hai (2565)
< Exhibition Match, Donetsk, 2001: +2 -2 =4 vs 2639 op.[2639 performance] > +2 -2 =4 vs. Korchnoi (2639)
< 2001 Young Masters KO, Lausanne: +1 -2 =3 vs 2526 op.[2467 performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs. Volokitin (2493)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Bu Xiangzhi (2558)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Aronian (2528) - final
< 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +7 -1 =13 vs 2680 op.[2782 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Wenliang (2511)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Tiviakov (2599)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Georgiev (2686)
+1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Morozevich (2742)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Bareev (2719)
+1 -0 =3 vs. Svidler (2686)
+2 -0 =5 vs. Ivanchuk (2717) - final
< 2005 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +6 -0 =8 vs 2637 op.[2796 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Adly (2480)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Motylev (2632)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Xu Jun (2582)
+2 -0 =0 vs. van Wely (2648)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Bareev (2675)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Grischuk (2720)
+0 -0 =2 [+0 -2 =0] vs. Aronian (2724) - final
< 2007 FIDE Candidates, Elista: +0 -1 =5 vs 2680 op.[2622 performance] > +0 -1 =5 vs. Rublevsky (2680)
< 2007 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +4 -1 =3 vs 2633 op.[2668 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. El Gindy (2503)
+1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Hao Wang (2643)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Tomashevsky (2646)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Sasikiran (2661)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Kamsky (2714) - quarterfinal
< 2009 Rector's Cup, Kharkov - Team Match: +3 -0 =1 vs 2663 op.[3031 performance] > +3 -0 =1 vs. Eljanov (2693)
< 2009 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +2 -0 =14 vs 2687 op.[2730 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. El Gindy (2493)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Akobian (2624)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Motylev (2695)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Bacrot (2700)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =1] vs. Gashimov (2758)
+0 -0 =2 [+3 -1 =0] vs. Malakhov (2706)
+0 -0 =4 [+2 -4 =2] vs. Gelfand (2758) - final
< 2011 St. Louis: +1 -2 =3 vs 2774 op.[2716 performance] > +1 -2 =3 [+0 -2 =2] vs. Nakamura (2774)
< 2011 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Gwaze (2434)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 -3] vs. Ni Hua (2662)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Efimenko (2706)
+0 -0 =2 [+3 -2 =1] vs. Bruzón (2673)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Gashimov (2760)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Svidler (2739)
+0 -1 =3 vs. Ivanchuk (2768) - 3rd.Place
< Overall: +29 -13 =59 [+19 -11 =16] vs 2651 opposition: 2706 performance [2763 in tiebreakers] >
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| 168 games, 1996-2011 - Match Radjabov!
Teimour Radjabov's Match Record (classical):
< 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +0 -0 =2 vs 2626 op.[2626 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =3] vs. Ehlvest (2626)
< 2004 FIDE WCh KO, Tripoli: +3 -2 =9 vs 2640 op.[2664 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Bartel (2501)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =4] vs. Nielsen (2628)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Bacrot (2675)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Smirnov (2601)
+1 -1 =0 [+0 -0 =5] vs.Dominguez (2612)
+0 -1 =3 vs. Adams (2731) - semifinal
< 2005 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +4 -2 =0 vs 2576 op.[2696 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Flores (2479)
+1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Kazhgaleyev (2601)
+1 -1 =0 (+0 -1 =1) vs. van Wely (2648)
< 2007 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +2 -2 =0 vs 2510 op.[2510 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Genba (2413)
+0 -2 =0 vs. Macieja (2606)
< 2009 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +2 -1 =1 vs 2549 op.[2638 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Ezat (2472)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Sakaev (2626)
< 2011 Candidates Matches, Kazan: +0 -0 =4 [-1 -2 =5] vs 2785 op.[2785 performance] > +0 -0 =4 [+1 -2 =5] vs. Kramnik (2785)
< 2011 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Perdomo (2477)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Negi (2642)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Bacrot (2710)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Jakovenko (2736)
+1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Ivanchuk (2768)
<Overall: +11 -7 =16 [+5 -4 =23] vs 2619 opposition: 2660 performance [2675 in tiebreakers]>
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| 75 games, 2001-2011 - Match Reshevsky!
Samuel Reshevsky's Match Record:
AVRO 1938 'minimatches'
+0 -1 =1 vs. Keres
+1 -1 =0 vs. Fine
+0 -1 =1 vs. Botvinnik
+0 -0 =2 vs. Alekhine
+1 -0 =1 vs. Euwe
+0 -0 =2 vs. Capablanca
+1 -0 =1 vs. Flohr
+3 -0 =13 vs. Horowitz (US Ch.playoff, 1941)
+6 -2 =3 vs. Kashdan (US Ch.playoff, 1942)
+0 -2 =0 vs. Smyslov (USSR-USA Radiomatch, 1945)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Botvinnik (USSR-USA, 1946)
World Championship 1948 - 'minimatches'
+1 -3 =1 vs. Botvinnik
+0 -1 =4 vs. Smyslov
+2 -1 =2 vs. Keres
+3 -0 =2 vs. Euwe
+0 -0 =2 vs. Gligoric (YUG-USA Radiomatch, 1950)
+8 -4 =6 vs. Najdorf (Free World Championship, 1952)
+2 -1 =7 vs. Gligoric (New York, 1952)
+6 -5 =7 vs. Najdorf (Free World Ch. Rematch, 1953)
+0 -0 =4 vs. Smyslov (USA-USSR Radiomatch, 1954)
+1 -0 =3 vs. Botvinnik (USSR-USA Radiomatch, 1955)
+1 -0 =5 vs. Lombardy (US Ch.playoff, 1956)
+7 -3 =0 vs. Byrne (New York, 1957)
+4 -2 =4 vs. Bisguier (New York, 1957)
+3 -2 =5 vs. Benko (New York, 1960)
+2 -2 =7 vs. Fischer (New York/Los Angeles, 1961)*
(*) Fischer withdrew from the match after game 11 +0 -2 =1 vs. Portisch (Interzonal Playoff, 1964)
+0 -0 =4 vs. Hort (Interz. Po 'minimatch', 1967)
+0 -0 =4 vs. Stein (Interz.Po 'minimatch', 1967)
+0 -3 =5 vs. Korchnoi (Candidates qf, 1968)
+1 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov (World-USSR, Belgrade 1970)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Christiansen (Zonal po'minimatch' 1981)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Kavalek (Zonal po 'minimatch' 1981) < Overall: +53 -38 =113 (53.7%)
Ind. Matches: +42 -26 =73 (55.7%)
Team Matches: +2 -4 =11 (44.1%)
'Minimatches': +9 -8 =29 (51.1%) >
Addendum: Candidates Tournaments
1953 Zurich 'minimatches' [+8 -4 =16]:
+0 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov
+0 -2 =0 vs. Bronstein
+0 -0 =2 vs. Keres
+0 -0 =2 vs. Petrosian
+0 -0 =2 vs. Najdorf
+0 -0 =2 vs. Geller
+1 -1 =0 vs. Kotov
+0 -0 =2 vs. Taimanov
+1 -0 =1 vs. Averbakh
+1 -0 =1 vs. Boleslavsky
+1 -0 =1 vs. Szabo
+1 -0 =1 vs. Gligoric
+2 -0 =0 vs. Euwe
+1 -0 =1 vs. Stahlberg
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| 175 games, 1938-1981 - Match Rubinstein!
Rubinstein's Match Record
Thanks to User: Archives , User: Bridgeburner and User: Karpova
See also: User: RubinsteinLife +5 -5 =4 vs Salwe (Lodz, 1903)
+4 -3 =3 vs Salwe (Lodz, 1904)
+0 -0 =2 vs Duras (Barmen po, 1905)?
+3 -0 =0 vs Mieses (Lodz, 1905)
+12-2 =8 vs Salwe (Lodz, 1907)
+3 -2 =1 vs Teichmann (Vienna, 1908)
+3 -2 =2 vs Marshall (Warsaw, 1908)
+5 -3 =2 vs Mieses (Berlin, 1909)
+4 -0 =1 vs Flamberg (Warsaw, 1910)
+2 -0 =1 vs Lowtzky (Warsaw Ch, 1916)
+2 -1 =3 vs Schlechter (Berlin, 1918)
+5 -4 =3 vs Bogoljubov (Stockholm, 1920)
+3 -0 =0 vs van den Bosch (Haag, 1930)
+2 -0 =1 vs Salo Landau (Amsterdam 1930)
+1 -1 =0 vs Friedman (1931)?
<Overall: +49 -18 =27 (66.5%)> PS: +1 -1 =0 vs Kagan (Berlin, 1922)??
Kupchik vs Rubinstein 1928?
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| 61 games, 1903-1930 - Match Schlechter!
Under Construction
+0 -0 =10 vs Marco (Vienna, 1893)
+4 -4 =3 vs Marco (Vienna, 1894)
+4 -4 =3 vs Zinkl (Vienna, 1894)
+2 -2 =3 vs Janowski (Vienna, 1896)
+1 -1 =4 vs Alapin (Vienna, 1899)
+1 -1 =2 vs Pillsbury (Munich, 1900)
+6 -1 =3 vs Janowski (Karlsbad, 1902)
+1 -1 =1 vs Teichmann (Vienna, 1904)
+1 -1 =8 vs Lasker (World Match 1910)
+3 -3 =10 vs Tarrasch (Cologne, 1911)
+1 -2 =3 vs Rubinstein (Berlin, 1918)
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| 50 games, 1899-1918 - Match Shirov!
Alexey Shirov's Match Record (classical):
< Exhibition Match, Correze, 1991: +5 -0 =1 vs. 2470 op.[2887 performance] > +5 -0 =1 vs. Renet (2470)
< Exhibition Match, Gausdal, 1992: +3 -1 =0 vs. 2600 op.[2790 performance] > +3 -1 =0 vs. Agdestein (2600)
< 1992 Tilburg KO: +0 -1 =3 vs 2590 op.[2501 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Oll (2600)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Vyzmanavin (2580)
< 1993 Wijk aan Zee KO: +2 -1 =1 vs 2608 op.[2696 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Nikolic (2630)
+1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Oll (2585)
< 1993 Tilburg KO: +6 -0 =4 vs 2618 op.[2859 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. DeFirmian (2545)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Mozetic (2580)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Rozentalis (2600)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Bareev (2660)
+0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Ivanchuk (2705) - semifinal < Exhibition Match, Aruba, 1995: +3 -0 =5 vs. 2670 op.[2807 performance] > +3 -0 =5 vs. Piket (2670)
< 1997 FIDE KO, Groningen: +2 -1 =5 vs 2660 op.[2704 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Granda Zuniga (2625)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Milos (2590)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Akopian (2660)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Anand (2765)
< 1998 WCC Candidates, Cazorla: +2 -0 =7 vs 2790 op.[2869 performance] > +2 -0 =7 vs. Kramnik (2790)
< Exhibition Match, Ostrava, 1998: +5 -1 =0 vs. 2615 op.[2895 performance] > +5 -1 =0 vs. Hracek (2615)
< Exhibition Match, Prague, 1999: +5 -0 =1 vs. 2671 op.[3088 performance] > +5 -0 =1 vs. Polgar (2671)
< 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +3 -3 =2 vs 2622 op.[2622 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. I.Sokolov (2656)
+1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Milos (2586)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Short (2675)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Nisipeanu (2584) - quarterfinal
< 2000 FIDE WCh KO, New Delhi: +2 -4 =8 vs 2681 op.[2637 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Onischuk (2647)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Gurevich (2673)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Gelfand (2683)
+1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Bareev (2694)
+1 -0 =3 Grischuk (2601)
+0 -3 =1 Anand (2774) - final
< 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +3 -1 =6 vs 2643 op.[2713 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Rizouk (2464)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Gyimesi (2605)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Motylev (2641)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =2] vs. Topalov (2733)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Anand (2770) - quarterfinal
< 2002 Spanish Championship, Ayamonte: +4 -0 =0 vs. 2547 op.[2947+ performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Herraiz Hidalgo (2458)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Vallejo-Pons (2635) - final
< Exhibition Match, Prague, 2004: +1 -0 =1 vs. 2620 op.[2811 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Navara (2620)
< 2005 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +3 -1 =2 vs 2570 op.[2690 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Kuderniov (2432)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Kotronias (2626)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Gurevich (2652)
< 2007 FIDE Candidates, Elista: +1 -2 =9 vs 2747 op.[2717 performance] > +1 -1 =4 [+2 -0 =1] vs. Adams (2734)
+0 -1 =5 vs. Aronian (2759)
< 2007 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +7 -1 =8 vs 2658 op.[2795 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Gwaze (2429)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Shulman (2616)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Onischuk (2674)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Akopian (2713)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Jakovenko (2710)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Karjakin (2694)
+0 -1 =3 vs. Kamsky (2714) - final
< 2009 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +3 -2 =3 vs 2651 op.[2694 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Kunte (2522)
+1 -1 =0 [+3 -0 =0] vs. Fedorchuk (2619)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Tomashevsky (2708)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Svidler (2754)
< 2011 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Hoyos (2548)
+0 -2 =0 vs. Potkin (2682)
<Overall: +60 -19 =68 [+18 -5 =13] vs 2650 opposition: 2749 performance [2789 in tiebreakers]>
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| 187 games, 1991-2011 - Match Short!
< 1983 Junior WCs Challenge, London: +0 -4 =3 vs 2485 opp. [2xxx performance] > +0 -4 =3 vs. Benjamin (2485)
<1985 UK vs US Champion, Foxboro: +6 -0 =2 vs 2535 opp. [2xxx performance] > +6 -0 =2 vs. Lev Alburt (2535)
<<>1985 Interzonal Playoff 3RR, Biel: +3 -2 =1 vs 2528 opp. [2xxx performance] <>> +3-0=0 vs Torre (2535)
+0-2=1 vs Van der Wiel (2520)
<1988 Carlsberg Match, Manilla: +1 -1 =4 vs 2545 opp. [2545 performance] > +1 -1 =4 vs. Torre (2545)
< 1988 FIDE Candidates: +2 -2 =6 vs 2628 opp. [2628 performance] > +2 -0 =3 vs. Sax (2610) St John - preliminar
+0 -2 =3 vs. Speelman (2645) London - quarterfinal <1989 Hilversum: +2 -2 =2 vs 2635 opp. [2635 performance] > +2 -2 =2 vs. Timman (2635)
< 1991-93 FIDE Candidates preliminary, London: +3 -2 =5 vs 2610 opp. [2xxx performance] > +3 -2 =5 vs Speelman (2610)
< 1991-93 FIDE Candidates quarterfinals, Brussels: +4 -2 =2 vs 2665 opp. [2xxx performance] > +4 -2 =2 vs Gelfand (2665)
< 1991 England Ch, London: +1 -1 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs 2615 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -1 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Adams (2615)
< 1991-93 FIDE Candidates semifinal, Linares: +4 -2 =4 vs 2725 opp. [2xxx performance] > +4 -2 =4 vs Karpov (2725)
< 1992 Tilburg KO: +1 -3 =2 [+3 -1 =2] vs 2562 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Rogers (2565)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Petursson (2565)
+0 -2 =0 vs. Smirin (2555)
< 1991-93 FIDE Candidates Final, San Lorenzo: +5 -3 =5 vs 2635 opp. [2xxx performance] > +5 -3 =5 vs. Timman (2635)
< 1993 World Championship, London: +1 -6 =13 vs 2815 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -6 =13 vs. Kasparov (2815)
< 1994 PCA Cycle: +2 -6 =7 [+1 -0 =3] vs 2655 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -1 =6 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Gulko (2615)
+1 -5 =1 vs. Kamsky (2695)
<1996 Jakarta: +3 -0 =3 vs 2610 opp. [2xxx performance] > +3 -0 =3 vs. Adianto (2610)
< 1997 FIDE Candidates, Groningen: +6 -2 =2 [+3 -1 =7] vs 2xxx opp. [2xxx performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Korchnoi (2610)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Andrei Sokolov (2585)
+1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Beliavsky (2710)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Krasenkow (2645)
+1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =4] vs. Adams (2680)
< 1999 FIDE WCh, Las Vegas: +2 -1 =3 vs 2626 opp. [2xxx performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Fridman (2526)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Beliavsky (2618)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Shirov (2734)
<2000 Albert: +3 -1 =2 vs 2613 opp. [2xxx performance] > +3 -1 =2 vs. Bacrot (2613)
< 2000 FIDE WCh, New Delhi: +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =3] vs 2526 opp. [2526 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =3] vs. Nataf (2526)
< 2001 FIDE WCh, Moscow: +0 -1 =1 vs 2536 opp. [2xxx performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs.Campora (2536)
<2002 Reykjavík: +4 -1 =1 vs 2604 opp. [2xxx performance] > +4 -1 =1 vs. Stefansson (2604)
<2003 Tehran: +2 -0 =4 vs 2558 opp. [2xxx performance] > +2 -0 =4 vs. Maghami (2558)
< 2004 FIDE WCh, Tripoli: +2 -1 =1 vs 2494 opp. [2xxx performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Kadhi (2379)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Krasenkow (2609)
< 2007 World Cup, Kanthy-Mansiysk: +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs 2569 opp. [2xxx performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Baramidze (2569)
<2009 Mukachevo: +2 -1 =3 vs 2654 opp. [2xxx performance] > +2 -1 =3 vs. Efimenko (2654)
<2009 Veteran-Youth Euwe Mem, Amsterdam: +1 -1 =2 vs 2642 opp. [2642 performance] > +1 -1 =2 vs. Giri (2642)
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| 205 games, 1983-2010 - Match Smyslov!
Vasily Smyslov's Match Record (1984-)
USSR Absolute Ch.'minimatches' (Moscow, 1941)
+0 -2 =2 vs. Botvinnik
+1 -2 =1 vs. Keres
+2 -0 =2 vs. Boleslavsky
+1 -0 =3 vs. Lilienthal
+0 -0 =4 vs. Bondarevsky
+2 -0 =0 vs. Reshevsky (USSR-USA, radiomatch, 1945) Moscow-Prague 1946, minimatches:
+1 -0 =1 vs. Sajtar
+1 -1 =0 vs. Kottnauer
+1 -0 =1 vs. Zita
+1 -0 =1 vs. Katekov
+1 -0 =1 vs. Pachman
+1 -0 =1 vs. Opocensky
+2 -0 =0 vs. König (USSR-GBR, radiomatch, 1946)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Denker (USSR-USA, Moscow, 1946)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Golombek (GBR-USSR, London, 1947)
World Championship 1948 - 'minimatches':
+0 -1 =4 vs. Botvinnik
+1 -2 =2 vs. Keres
+1 -0 =4 vs. Reshevsky
+4 -1 =0 vs. Euwe
Budapest-Moscow 1949, minimatches:
+1 -0 =1 Tipari
+1 -1 =0 Szabo
+1 -0 =1 Szily
+1 -0 =1 Florian
+1 -0 =1 Benko
+2 -0 =0 Barcza
+2 -0 =0 Gereben
+7 -7 =10 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, Moscow, 1954) +0 -0 =4 vs. Reshesky (USA-USSR, New York, 1954)
+1 -0 =1 vs. CH Alexander (GBR-USSR, London, 1954)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Ståhlberg (SWE-USSR, Stockholm, 1954)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Sliwa (POL-USSR, Lodz, 1955)
+0 -1 =6 vs. Geller (USSR Ch. Playoff 1955)
+4 -0 =0 vs. Bisguier (USSR-USA, Moscow, 1955)
+6 -3 =13 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, Moscow, 1957) European Team Ch 1957, Vienna - minimatches:
+1 -1 =0 vs. Filip
+1 -0 =1 vs. Unzicker
+0 -0 =2 vs. Gligoric
+5 -7 =11 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, Moscow, 1958) +0 -0 =2 vs. Spassky (Moscow-Leningrad, 1958)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Boleslavsky (Moscow-Belarus, 1959)
+1 -1 =2 vs. Gligoric (USSR-YUG, Kiev, 1959)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Spassky (Moscow-Leningrad, 1959)
Candidates 1959 - 'minimatches':
+1 -2 =1 vs. Tal
+1 -1 =2 vs. Keres
+1 -0 =3 vs. Petrosian
+1 -2 =1 vs. Gligoric
+1 -1 =2 vs. Fischer
+2 -0 =2 vs. Olafsson
+2 -1 =1 vs. Benko
+0 -1 =1 vs. Spassky (Leningrad-Moscow, 1960 Jan)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Spassky (Moscow-Leningrad, 1960 Dec)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Spassky (Moscow-Leningrad, 1961)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Spassky (Leningrad-Moscow, 1962)
+0 -3 =5 vs. Geller (Candidates 1/4, Moscow, 1965) European Team Ch 1965, Hamburg - minimatches:
+1 -0 =1 vs. Hecht
+1 -0 =1 vs. Zuidema
+1 -0 =1 vs. Hort (Prague-Moscow, 1966)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Korchnoi (Moscow-Leningrad, 1967)
+1 -1 =0 vs. Taimanov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1968)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Gheorghiu (Moscow-Bucharest, 1969)
+1 -1 =1 vs. Reshevsky (World-USSR, Belgrade, 1970)
+1 -1 =4 vs. Portisch (Candidates Res. 1971)
+0 -0 =3? vs. Huebner (EUCup Final, Solingen 1976?)
+1 -1 =1 vs. Schmidt (Warsaw-Moscow, 1980)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Karpov (Nat.Match-Tournament, 1981)
+0 -2 =0 vs. Kasparov (Nat.Match-Tournament, 1981)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Romanishin (Nat.Match-Tournament, 1981) +1 -1 =12 vs. Huebner (Candidates, 1983, Velden)
+3 -1 =7 vs. Ribli (Candidates, 1983, London)
+0 -4 =9 vs. Kasparov (Candidates final, 1983, Vilnius) +0 -1 =1 vs. Ljubojevic (USSR-World, London, 1984) <Overall: +88 -54 =153 (55.8%) // +24 -21 =44 (51.7%) in World Championships> Addendum: 1950-56 Candidates Tournaments
1950 Budapest 'minimatches':
+1 -1 =0 vs. Bronstein
+0 -1 =1 vs. Boleslavsky
+0 -0 =2 vs. Keres
+1 -0 =1 vs. Najdorf
+1 -0 =1 vs. Kotov
+1 -1 =0 vs. Stahlberg
+1 -0 =1 vs. Lilienthal
+0 -0 =2 vs. Szabo
+0 -0 =2 vs. Flohr
1953 Zurich 'minimatches':
+0 -0 =2 vs. Bronstein
+1 -0 =1 vs. Reshevsky
+2 -0 =0 vs. Keres
+0 -0 =2 vs. Petrosian
+0 -0 =2 vs. Najdorf
+2 -0 =0 vs. Geller
+0 -1 =1 vs. Kotov
+0 -0 =2 vs. Taimanov
+0 -0 =2 vs. Averbakh
+0 -0 =2 vs. Boleslavsky
+0 -0 =2 vs. Szabo
+1 -0 =1 vs. Gligoric
+2 -0 =0 vs. Euwe
+1 -0 =1 vs. Stahlberg
1956 Amsterdam 'minimatches'
+0 -0 =2 vs. Keres
+0 -0 =2 vs. Szabo
+0 -1 =1 vs. Spassky
+0 -0 =2 vs. Petrosian
+1 -0 =1 vs. Bronstein
+2 -0 =0 vs. Geller
+1 -0 =1 vs. Filip
+1 -0 =1 vs. Panno
+1 -0 =1 vs. Pilnik
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| 283 games, 1941-1984 - Match So!
<Japfa Festival, Jakarta, 2008: +3 -1 =2 vs 2561 op.[2681 performance] > +3 -1 =2 vs Megaranto (2561)
< 2009 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansyisk: +3 -1 =4 vs 2691 op.[2780 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+3 -0 =0] vs. Guseinov (2625)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Ivanchuk (2739)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Kamsky (2695)
+0 -0 =2 [+0 -3 =0] vs. Malakhov (2706)
< 2011 FIDE World Cup, Khanty-Mansyisk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Ding Liren (2654)
+0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Karjakin (2788)
<Overall: +6 -2 =6 [+3 -3 =0] vs 2630 opposition: 2740 performance [2666 in tiebreakers]>
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| 28 games, 2008-2011 - Match Spassky!
Boris Spassky's Match Record (1956-1993):
+0 -2 =0 vs. Taimanov (USSR Ch Playoff, 1956)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Barcza (Leningrad-Hungary, 1957)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Lehmann (EurTCh. Vienna 1957)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Bobotsov (RUS-BUL, Leningrad, 1958)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Smyslov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1958)
+1 -1 =2 vs. Szabo (Budapest-Leningrad, 1959)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1959)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Smyslov (Leningrad-Moscow, 1960 Jan)
+2 -0 =2 vs. Barcza (Leningrad-Hungary, 1960)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1960 Dec)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov (Moscow-Leningrad, 1961)
+3 -0 =1 vs. Portisch (Budapest-Leningrad, 1961)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Smyslov (Leningrad-Moscow, 1962)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Stein(USSR Ch. Playoff, 1963/4)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Kholmov (USSR Ch. Playoff, 1963/4)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Ivkov (Leningrad-Belgrade, 1964)
+4 -2 =4 vs. Keres (Candidates 1/4, Riga, 1965)
+3 -0 =5 vs. Geller (Candidates 1/2, Riga, 1965)
+4 -1 =6 vs. Tal (Candidates final, Tbilisi, 1965)
+3 -4 =17 vs. Petrosian (World Championship, Moscow, 1966) +2 -1 =1 vs. Portisch (HUN-Russia, 1967)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Stein (Russia-Ukraine, 1967)
+3 -0 =5 vs. Geller (Candidates 1/4, Sukhumi, 1968)
+4 -1 =3 vs. Larsen (Candidates 1/2, Malmo, 1968)
+4 -1 =5 vs. Korchnoi (Candidates final, Kiev, 1968)
+6 -4 =13 vs. Petrosian (World Championship, Moscow, 1969) +0 -0 =3 vs. Gligoric (YUG-USSR, 1969)
+1 -0 =3 vs. Donner (Leiden 'minimatch', 1970)
+0 -0 =4 vs. Botvinnik (Leiden 'minimatch', 1970)
+1 -0 =3 vs. Larsen (Leiden 'minimatch', 1970)
+1 -1 =1 vs. Larsen (World-USSR, Belgrade, 1970) +3 -7 =11 vs. Fischer (World Championship, Reykjavik, 1972) [4.5/7 Moscow GM-Young M, 1972]?
+0 -0 =2 vs. Taimanov (3Teams, Moscow, 1973)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Karpov (3Teams, Moscow, 1973)
+3 -0 =3 vs. Byrne (Candidates 1/4, San Juan, 1974)
+1 -4 =6 vs. Karpov (Candidates 1/2, Leningrad, 1974) +2 -0 =4 vs. Timman (Amsterdam, 1977)
+2 -1 =3 vs. Hübner (Solingen, 1977)
+3 -1 =2 vs. Kavalek (Solingen, 1977)
+2 -1 =13 vs. Hort (Candidates 1/4, Reykjavik, 1977)
+4 -2 =9 vs. Portisch (Candidates 1/2, Geneve, 1977)
+4 -7 =7 vs. Korchnoi (Candidates Final, Belgrade, 1977) +1 -1 =12 vs. Portisch (Candidates 1/4, Mexico, 1980) +0 -0 =2 vs. Bronstein (Nat.Match-Tournament 1981)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Tseshkovsky (Nat.Match-Tournament 1981)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Yusupov (Nat.Match-Tournament 1981)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Sloth (EUCup, Solingen, 1983)
+1 -1 =4 vs. Timman (Hilversum, 1983)
+4 -0 =0 vs. Gobet (Fribourg, 1987)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Drasko (EUCupT prel Solingen, 1988)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Sax (EUCupT Solingen-Honved, 1989)
+0 -2 =4 vs. Hübner (Venice, 1989)
+0 -0 =6 vs. Morovic Fernández (Vina del Mar, 1989)
+1 -2 =2 vs. Seirawan (USA, 1990)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Timman (FRA-NED, Cannes, 1990)
+5 -10 =15 vs. Fischer (Yugoslavia, 1992)
+2 -3 =5 vs. Judit Polgar (Budapest, 1993)
<Overall: +90 -65 =213 (53.4%) // +48 -34 =107 (53.7%) in Candidates & World Matches> Addendum: 1956 Candidates Tournament
Amsterdam 1956 'minimatches':
+1 -0 =1 vs. Smyslov
+0 -0 =2 vs. Keres
+0 -1 =1 vs. Szabo
+0 -0 =2 vs. Petrosian
+1 -0 =1 vs. Bronstein
+0 -1 =1 vs. Geller
+0 -0 =2 vs. Filip
+0 -0 =2 vs. Panno
+1 -0 =1 vs. Pilnik
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| 335 games, 1956-1993 - Match Steinitz!
Wilhelm Steinitz's Match Record:
+5 -3 =1 vs. Dubois (London, 1862)
+7 -1 =2 vs. Blackburne (London, 1862/63)
+5 -1 =1 vs. Deacon (London, 1863)
+6 -0 =1 vs. Green (London, 1864)
+8 -6 =0 vs. Anderssen (London, 1866)
+7 -5 =5 vs. Bird (London, 1866)
+3 -1 =2 vs. Fraser (Dundee, 1867)
+7 -1 =4 vs. Zukertort (London, 1872)
+7 -0 =0 vs. Blackburne (London, 1876)
+7 -0 =0 vs. Martinez (Philadelphia, 1882)
+3 -1 =3 vs. Martinez (Philadelphia, 1882)
+2 -0 =3 vs. Sellman (Baltimore, 1882)
+3 -1 =2 vs. Mackenzie (New York 1883)
+6 -2 =2 vs. Golmayo (Havana, 1883)
+10 -5 =5 vs. Zukertort (WC match, USA, 1886)
+5 -0 =0 vs. Vasquez (Havana, 1888)
+5 -0 =0 vs. Golmayo (Havana, 1888)
+3 -1 = vs. Carvajal (Havana, 1889)
+10 -6 =1 vs. Chigorin (WC match, Havana, 1889)
+6 -4 =9 vs. Gunsberg (WC match, New York, 1890/91)
+10 -8 =5 vs. Chigorin (WC match, Havana, 1892)
+5 -10 =4 vs. Lasker (WC match, USA/CAN, 1894)
+6 -4 =1 vs. Schiffers (Rostov-on-Don, 1896)?
+2 -10 =5 vs. Lasker (WC match, Moscow, 1896)
Addendum - Tournament 'minimatches'
Paris 1867 'minimatches':
+0 -1 =1 vs. Kolisch
+1 -0 =0 vs. Winawer
+0 -1 =1 vs. Neumann
+2 -0 =0 vs. De Vère
+2 -0 =0 vs. Rivière
+1 -0 =1 vs. Czarnowski
+2 -0 =0 vs. Golmayo Zúpide
+2 -0 =0 vs. Rosenthal
+2 -0 =0 vs. Samuel Loyd
+2 -0 =0 vs. D’Andre
+2 -0 =0 vs. Severin
+2 -0 =0 vs. E. Rousseau
Baden-Baden 1870 'minimatches':
+0 -2 =0 vs. Anderssen
+2 -0 =0 vs. Neumann
+0 -1 =1 vs. Blackburne
+2 -0 =0 vs. Paulsen
+2 -0 =0 vs. De Vere
+2 -0 =0 vs. Winawer
+1 -0 =1 vs. Rosenthal
+0 -1 =1 vs. Minckwitz
Vienna 1873 'minimatches':
+0 -2 =1 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Blackburne
+2 -0 =0 vs. Anderssen
+2 -0 =0 vs. Rosenthal
+2 -0 =0 vs. Paulsen
+2 -0 =0 vs. Bird
+2 -0 =0 vs. Heral
+1 -0 =2 vs. Fleissig
+1 -0 =2 vs. Meitner
+2 -0 =0 vs. Schwarz
+2 -0 =0 vs. Gelbfuhs
+2 -0 =0 vs. Pitschel
Vienna 1882 'minimatches':
+1 -0 =1 [+1 -1 =0] vs. Winawer
+0 -0 =2 vs. Mason
+0 -1 =1 vs. Zukertort
+1 -0 =1 vs. Mackenzie
+1 -1 =0 vs. Blackburne
+0 -0 =2 vs. Englisch
+2 -0 =0 vs. Paulsen
+1 -0 =0 vs. Wittek
+1 -0 =1 vs. Weiss
+1 -1 =0 vs. Hruby
+1 -1 =0 vs. Chigorin
+2 -0 = 0 vs. Schwarz
+2 -0 = 0 vs. Meitner
+2 -0 = 0 vs. Bird
+1 -1 = 0 vs. Ware
+2 -0 = 0 vs. Noa
+2 -0 = 0 vs. Fleissig
London 1883 'minimatches':
+1 -1 =0 vs. Zukertort
+1 -1 =0 vs. Blackburne
+0 -2 =0 vs. Chigorin
+1 -1 =0 vs. Englisch
+2 -0 =0 vs. Mackenzie
+2 -0 =0 vs. Mason
+0 -2 =0 vs. Rosenthal
+2 -0 =0 vs. Winawer
+2 -0 =0 vs. Bird
+2 -0 =0 vs. Noa
+2 -0 =0 vs. Sellman
+2 -0 =0 vs. Mortimer
+2 -0 =0 vs. Skipworth
St. Petersburg 1895 'minimatches':
+1 -3 =2 vs. Lasker
+2 -3 =1 vs. Chigorin
+4 -0 =2 vs. Pillsbury
New York 1897 'minimatches':
+1 -0 =1 vs. Lipzchutz
+1 -1 =0 vs. Napier
Vienna 1898 'minimatches':
+0 -1 =1 vs. Tarrasch
+0 -1 =1 vs. Pillsbury
+0 -2 =0 vs. Janowsky
+1 -0 =1 vs. Schlechter
+1 -1 =0 vs. Chigorin
+0 -0 =2 vs. Burn
+1 -1 =0 vs. Lipke
+1 -0 =1 vs. Maroczy
+1 -0 =1 vs. Alapin
+0 -0 =2 vs. Blackburne
+1 -1 =0 vs. Schiffers
+2 -0 =0 vs. Marco
+2 -0 =0 vs. Showalter
+1 -1 =0 vs. Walbrodt
+1 -0 =1 vs. Halprin
+1 -0 =1 vs. Caro
+2 -0 =0 vs. Baird
+2 -0 =0 vs. Trenchard
London 1899 'minimatches':
+1 -0 =1 vs. Lasker
+1 -1 =0 vs. Janowski
+0 -2 =0 vs. Pillsbury
+0 -1 =1 vs. Maroczy
+0 -2 =0 vs. Schlecheter
+1 -1 =0 vs. Blackburne
+0 -1 =1 vs. Tschigorin
+0 -1 =1 vs. Showalter
+1 -1 =0 vs. Mason
+1 -0 =1 vs. Cohn
+0 -1 =1 vs. Lee
+1 -0 =1 vs. Bird
+2 -0 =0 vs. Tinsley
+2 -0 =0 vs. Teichmann
<Overall: +259 -117 =96 (65.0%)Matches: +136 -70 =53 (62.7%)
Tourn. Minimatches: +123 -47 =43 (67.8%)
World Matches(+Anderssen 1866): +51 -49 =29 (50.8%)
Minimatches vs. Tournament's top 4: +22 -27 =17 (46.2%)> References: "The Collected Works of William Steinitz" (Pickard) and Chessmetrics PS: apochryphal matches (Sid Pickards gives them as offhand games etc): +7 -0 =0? vs. Mongredien (1863)
+4 -1 =0 vs. Robey (1865)
+5 -0 =1 vs. Blackburne (1870)
+9 -0 =2 vs. Martinez (1883)
+3 -0 =0 vs. Sellman (1885)
+4 -1 =0 vs. Ponce (1888)
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| 226 games, 1862-1897 - Match Svidler!
Peter Svidler's Match Record
< 1992 St. Petersburg Match: vs 2415 op.[2415 performance] > +2 -2 =2 vs Zvjaginsev (2415)
< 1994 Tilburg KO: +2 -2 =0 vs 2623 op.[2623 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+3 -2 =0] vs. Greenfeld (2600)
+1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Khalifman (2645)
< 1997 Russian Ch. KO, Elista: +7 -3 =0 vs 2605 op.[2752 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Malakhov (2540)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Sherbakov (2580)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Dvoirys (2590)
+1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Dreev (2650)
+1 -1 =0 [+4 -2 =0] vs Bareev - final (2665)
< 1997 FIDE KO, Groningen: +2 -0 =4 vs 2620 op.[2740 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Adianto (2610)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Epishin (2570)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -3 =0] vs. Adams (2680)
< 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +1 -1 =2 vs 2635 op.[2635 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs Aleksandrov (2619)
+0 -1 =1 vs Kiril Georgiev (2650)
< 2000 FIDE WCh KO, New Delhi: +1 -1 =4 vs 2675 op.[2675 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Bacrot (2613)
+1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Peng (2657)
+0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Adams (2755)
< 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +4 -2 =8 vs 2640 op.[2690 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Hoffman (2506)
+1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Sulskis (2571)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Milov (2602)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Adams (2731)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =3] vs. Gelfand (2701)
+0 -1 =3 vs. Ponomariov (2684) - semifinal
< 2002 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +1 -0 =1 vs 2707 op.[2898 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Morozevich (2707)
< 2003 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +0 -0 =2 vs 2606 op.[2606 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs. Najer (2606)
< 2003 Exh.Match, Voronezh: +2 -1 =1 vs 2541 op.[2630 performance] > +2 -1 =1 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Chernyshov (2541)
< 2004 Dortmund: +0 -0 =4 vs 2756 op.[2756 performance] > +0 -0 =2 [+1 -3 =2] Kramnik (2770) - semifinal
+0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] Leko (2741) - 3rd.place
< 2004 Team Match - Tigran Petrosian Memorial: +2 -1 =3 vs 2657 op.[2716 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs. Aronian (2675)
+1 -1 =0 vs. Lautier (2682)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Bu Xiangzhi (2615)
< 2005 Team Match St. Petersburg-Moscow: +0 -0 =2 vs 2670 op.[2670 performance] > +0 -0 =2 vs Malakhov (2670)
< 2007 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +4 -0 =4 vs 2605 op.[2796 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Iturrizaga (2435)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Pavasovic (2595)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Rublevsky (2676)
+0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Kamsky (2714)
< 2009 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +4 -2 =4 vs 2632 op.[2703 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Hebert (2420)
+1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =1] vs. Nyback (2628)
+0 -0 =2 [+3 -1 =2] vs. Naiditsch (2689)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Shirov (2719)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Malakhov (2706)
< 2011 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Darcy Lima (2493)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Truong Son (2637)
+0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Caruana (2711)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Kamsky (2741)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Polgar (2699)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Ponomariov (2764)
+1 -0 =3 vs. Grischuk (2746) - Final
<Overall: +32 -15 =41 [+26 -15 =21] vs 2620 opposition: 2688 performance [2729 in tiebreakers]>
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| 153 games, 1992-2011 - Match Tal!
Mikhail Tal's Match Record:
+4 -2 =8 vs. Saigin (Soviet Master, Riga 1954)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Keres (Estonia-Latvia, Tallin 1954)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Teschner (EuTCh, Vienna 1957)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Ferrantes (Riga Tour, Italy 1957)
+0 -0 =2 vs. Keres (Estonia-Latvia, Tallinn 1959)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Kholmov (Lithuania-Latvia, Vilnius 1959) Candidates 1959 - 'minimatches'
+1 -3 =0 vs. Keres
+0 -0 =4 vs. Petrosian
+2 -1 =1 vs. Smyslov
+4 -0 =0 vs. Fischer
+3 -0 =1 vs. Gligoric
+3 -0 =1 vs. Olafsson
+3 -0 =1 vs. Benko
+6 -2 =13 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, 1960)
+5 -10 =6 vs. Botvinnik (World Match, 1961)
European Team Championship, Oberhausen, 1961
+2 -0 =0 vs. Toran
+1 -1 =0 vs. Portisch
+0 -0 =2 vs. Schmid
Curacao 1962 - 'minimatches'
+0 -2 =1 vs. Petrosian
+0 -2 =1 vs. Keres
+0 -2 =1 vs. Geller
+0 -1 =2 vs. Fischer
+1 -1 =1 vs. Korchnoi
+1 -1 =1 vs. Benko
+1 -1 =1 vs. Filip
Tal withdrew before playing the last series of games due to illness. +1 -0 =1 vs. Kramer (NED-Soviet Candidates, Hague 1962) +4 -1 =3 vs. Portisch (Candidates 1/4, Bled, 1965)
+3 -2 =5 vs. Larsen (Candidates 1/2, Bled, 1965)
+1 -4 =6 vs. Spassky (Candidates Final, Tbilisi, 1965) +1 -0 =3 vs. Bronstein (Training, Moscow 1966)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Ciocaltea (Romania-Latvia, Riga 1967) +3 -1 =5 vs. Gligoric (Candidates 1/4 Belgrade 1968)
+1 -2 =7 vs. Korchnoi (Candidates 1/2 Moscow 1968)
+1 -4 =3 vs. Larsen (Candidates 3rd, Eersel 1969) USSR Cup 1970, Dnepropetrovsk - minimatches:
+2 -0 =2 vs. Bagirov
+1 -0 =3 vs. Gufeld
+0 -1 =3 vs. Savon
+1 -1 =2 vs. Najdorf (USSR-World, Belgrade 1970) [+9 -2 =3 Grandmaster vs. Master, Sochi 1970???]
[2/3 Grandmaster vs. Y.Master, Moscow 1973???]
+1 -0 =1 vs. Bronstein (3Teams, 1973)
+0 -2 =0 vs. Balashov (3Teams, 1973)
+1 -0 =7 vs. Ulf Andersson (Stockholm Exh. 1976)
+2 -1 =1 vs. Velimirovic (YUG-USSR, Teslic 1979) +0 -3 =5 vs. Polugaevsky (Candidates 1/4, Belgrade, 1980) +1 -1 =4 vs. Ulf Andersson (Interzonal po, Malmoe, 1983) +1 -1 =4 vs. Timman (Candidates po, Montpellier, 1985) +2 -1 =3 vs. Timman (Training, Hilversum, 1988)
<Overall: +69 -56 =118 (52.7%) // +44 -44 =73 (50%) in World & Candidates Matches)>
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| 228 games, 1954-1988 - Match Topalov!
Veselin Topalov's Match Record (classical):
< 1994 Tilburg KO: +0 -1 =1 vs 2565 op.[2374 performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs. Tukmanov (2565)
< Exhibition Match, Alcobendas, 1994: vs 2630 op.[2710 performance] > +3 -1 =2 vs. Illescas-Cordoba (2590)
< 1997 FIDE KO, Groningen: +0 -1 =1 vs 2630 op.[2439 performance] > +0 -1 =1 vs. Piket (2630)
< 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +3 -2 =1 vs 2652 op.[2741 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =2] vs. Ponomariov (2616)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Psakhis (2581)
+1 -1 =0 [+0 -2 =0] vs. Kramnik (2760)
< Exhibition Match, Albacete, 2000: +1 -1 =2 vs 2415 op.[2415 performance] > +1 -1 =2 vs. Herraiz Lopez (2415)
< 2000 FIDE WCh KO, New Delhi: +3 -2 =3 vs 2684 op.[2728 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Kharlov (2627)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Kiril Georgiev (2674)
+1 -1 =0 [+3 -1 =0] vs. Dreev (2681)
+0 -1 =1 vs. Adams (2754)
< 2001 FIDE WCh KO, Moscow: +4 -0 =4 vs 2594op.[2785 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Pierrot (2427)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Vescovi (2585)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Zhong Zhang (2657)
+0 -0 =2 [+1 -2 =2] vs. Shirov (2706)
< 2002 Dortmund, Candidates Matches: +3 -4 =1 vs 2724op.[2680 performance] > +2 -2 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Bareev (2726) - semifinal
+1 -2 =1 vs. Leko (2722) - final
< 2004 FIDE WCh KO, Tripoli: +9 -0 =5 vs 2541op.[2806 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Abulhul (2076)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Delchev (2542)
+1 -0 =1 vs. Movsesian (2647)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Kozul (2627)
+2 -0 =0 vs. Kharlov (2593)
+0 -0 =4 [+0 -2 =0] vs. Kasim (2652) - semifinal < Exhibition Match, Bucharest, 2006: +2 -0 =2 vs 2693 op.[2884 performance] > +2 -0 =2 vs. Nisipeanu (2693)
< 2006 Unified World Championship, Elista: +3* -3 =6 vs 2743op.[2743 performance] > +3* -3 =6 [+1 -2 =1] vs. Kramnik (2743)
< 2009 FIDE Candidates, Sofia: +3 -1 =3 vs 2725 op.[2827 performance] > +3 -1 =3 vs. Kamsky (2725)
< 2010 FIDE World Championship, Sofia: +2 -3 =7 vs 2787op.[2758 performance] > +2 -3 =7 vs. Anand (2787)
< 2011 FIDE Candidates, Kazan: +0 -1 =3 vs 2732 op.[2643 performance] > +0 -1 =3 vs. Kamsky (2732)
<Overall: +36 -20 =41 [+7 -5 =4] vs 2663 opposition: 2720 performance [2739 in tiebreakers]>
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| 116 games, 1994-2011 - Melody Amber 1992 (Rapid DRR)
1. Ivanchuk: 14.0
2. Anand: 13.5
3-5. Karpov, Korchnoi, Ljubojevic: 12.5
6-7. Adams, Seirawan: 11.0
8-9. Piket, Polugaevsky: 10.0
10-11. Judit Polgar, Speelman: 8.5
12. Larsen: 8.0
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| 132 games, 1992 - Melody Amber 1993
Amber. The One True City. All others worlds are but Shadow, flawed copies of her grace All roads lead to Melody Amber, 1993 - but you can take a plane too. Combined Results:
14.5 - Ljubojevic
14.0 - Anand
13.5 - Karpov
12.5 - Ivanchuk
12.0 - Judit Polgar
11.0 - Korchnoi, Susan Polgar
10.5 - Seirawan
10.0 - Piket
8.5 - Christiansen
8.0 - Polugaevsky
6.5 - Short
Blindfold Section:
8.5 - Anand, Karpov
7.0 - Ljubojevic
6.5 - Judit Polgar
5.5 - Ivanchuk, Susan Polgar
4.5 - Short, Christiansen, Korchnoi
4.0 - Seirawan, Piket
3.0 - Polugaevsky
Rapid Section:
7.5 - Ljubojevic
7.0 - Ivanchuk
6.5 - Korchnoi, Seirawan
6.0 - Piket
5.5 - Anand, Judit Polgar, Susan Polgar
5.0 - Karpov, Polugaevsky
4.0 - Christiansen
2.0 - Short
PS: Seirawan 0-1 Ljubo (rapid) and Ljubo 1-0 Seirawan (blind), from rd.9, are not in this database.
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| 130 games, 1993 - Melody Amber 1994
Combined Results:
17.0 - Anand
16.0 - Kramnik
14.5 - Ivanchuk
14.0 - Kamsky
11.0 - Judit Polgar
10.5 - Karpov
10.0 - Ljubojevic
9.5 - Nunn, Seirawan
7.5 - Zsuzsa Polgar
6.5 - Piket
6.0 - Korchnoi
Blindfold Section:
8.0 - Anand
7.5 - Ivanchuk, Kamsky
7.0 - Kramnik, Seirawan
6.5 - Karpov
5.0 - Ljubojevic, Nunn
4.5 - Zsuzsa Polgar
4.0 - Judit Polgar
2.0 - Korchnoi, Piket
Rapid Section:
9.0 - Anand, Kramnik
7.0 - Ivanchuk, Judit Polgar
6.5 - Kamsky
5.0 - Ljubojevic
4.5 - Piket, Nunn,
4.0 - Karpov, Korchnoi
3.0 - Zsuzsa Polgar
2.5 - Seirawan
PS: Ljubojevic 1-0 Piket (rapid 2), Ljubojevic1/2-1/2 Seirawan, Seirawan 1-0 Ljubojevic (rd8) and Anand 1/2-1/2 Kamsky (rapid 10) are not in CG's database
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| 128 games, 1994 - Melody Amber 1995
Combined Results:
16.0: Karpov
14.5: Anand
14.0: Ivanchuk
13.0: Kramnik
12.0: Kamsky
11.0: Piket, Polgar
10.5: Shirov
9.5: Lautier, Nikolic
7.0: Ljubojevic
4.0: Nunn
Blindfold section:
8.0: Kramnik
7.0: Anand
6.5: Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Piket
6.0: Karpov
5.5: Nikolic
5.0: Lautier, Polgar
4.5: Shirov
3.5: Ljubojevic
2.0: Nunn
Rapid section:
10.0: Karpov
7.5: Anand, Ivanchuk
6.0: Polgar, Shirov
5.5: Kamsky
5.0: Kramnik
4.5: Lautier, Piket
4.0: Nikolic
3.5: Ljubojevic
2.0: Nunn
PS: games not in CG's database: Kamsky 1-0 Nikolic, Nikolic 1-0 Kamky (rd.1)
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| 130 games, 1995 - Super Nezh: Chess Assassin
"Super Nezh: Chess Assassin", by Alex Pishkin (1999). Missing Games:
Game 40: Kotkov vs. Super Nezh (Gorki 1963)
Game 50: Super Nezh vs. Medvedev (Kazan 1934)
Game 59: Super Nezh vs. Veltmander (Sochi 1958)
Game 62: Super Nezh vs. Matsukevich (Riga 1955)
Game 69: Super Nezh vs. Shcherbakov (Riga 1954)
Game 77: Holmov vs. Super Nezh (Yaroslavl 1947)
Game 83: Matsukevich vs. Super Nezh (Kharkov 1956) Game 85: Super Nezh vs. Slepoi (Frunze 1959)
Game 87: Sergievsky vs. Super Nezh (Omsk 1961)
Game 91: Lapin vs. Super Nezh (Gorki 1938)
Game 100: Super Nezh vs. Stolyar (Sochi 1965)
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| 89 games, 1931-1973 - World Championships Blunders
"If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error" (John Kenneth Galbraith) ** blunder construction **
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| 58 games, 1834-2013
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