World Chess Championship Statistics

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World Championship Chess Statistics Compiled from http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-indx.htm

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World Chess ChampionshipInterzonal Events

Statistics

Games

Event Games

Tournament (incl. players who later withdrew) 4836

Playoff 94

Events

Year Site Players Games Xtbl

1948 Saltsjobaden 20 190 Xtbl

1952 Saltsjobaden 21 210 Xtbl

1955 Goteborg 21 210 Xtbl

1958 Portoroz 21 210 Xtbl

1962 Stockholm 23 253 Xtbl

1964 Amsterdam 24 276 Xtbl

1967 Sousse 22 231 +10 Xtbl

1970 Palma de Mallorca 24 276 Xtbl

1973 Leningrad 18 153 Xtbl

1973 Petropolis 18 153 Xtbl

1976 Biel 20 190 Xtbl

1976 Manila 20 190 Xtbl

1979 Riga 18 152 Xtbl

1979 Rio de Janeiro 18 153 +2 Xtbl

1982 Las Palmas 14 91 Xtbl

1982 Moscow 14 91 Xtbl

1982 Toluca 14 91 Xtbl

1985 Biel 18 153 Xtbl

1985 Taxco 16 116 Xtbl

1985 Tunis 17 136 +6 Xtbl

1987 Subotica 16 120 +6 Xtbl

1987 Szirak 18 153 Xtbl

1987 Zagreb 17 136 Xtbl


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1990 Manila 64 410 Xtbl

1993 Biel 74 468 Xtbl

Most active players

Excluding playoffs,

but including games played against opponents who later withdrew

Player Events Games

Portisch, L. 12 215

Gligoric, S. 8 165

Geller, E. 8 155

Larsen, B. 8 153

Tal, M. 9 151

Smyslov, V. 8 136

Petrosian, T. 7 131

Polugaevsky, L. 7 122

Pachman, L. 6 121

Torre, E. 7 112

Other players who competed in six events

Huebner, R. 6

Korchnoi, V. 6

Ljubojevic, Lj 6

Individual results

Most successful

Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct

Karpov, An W +4-0=4 B +6-0=3 13.5 17 79.41%

Kasparov, G. W +4-0=3 B +3-0=3 10.0 13 76.92%

Fischer, R. W +22-1=15 B +19-2=16 56.5 75 75.33%

Kotov, A. W +12-0=8 B +6-1=12 28.0 39 71.79%

Gelfand, B. W +8-0=5 B +2-0=11 18.0 26 69.23%

Bronstein, D. W +27-1=22 B +12-4=33 66.5 99 67.17%

Beliavsky, A. W +13-3=9 B +9-3=10 31.5 47 67.02%


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Salov, Va W +9-2=8 B +7-2=9 24.5 37 66.22%

Korchnoi, V. W +30-2=20 B +15-10=26 68.0 103 66.02%

Jussupow, A. W +6-1=7 B +4-0=11 19.0 29 65.52%

Most active


Tal, M. W +35-5=35 B +24-8=44 98.5 151 65.23%

Petrosian, T. W +27-0=38 B +14-3=49 84.5 131 64.50%

Geller, E. W +39-5=34 B +17-10=50 98.0 155 63.23%

Larsen, B. W +33-14=27 B +34-16=29 95.0 153 62.09%Portisch, L. W +45-17=48 B +38-15=52 133.0 215 61.86%

Polugaevsky, L. W +25-6=29 B +14-7=41 74.0 122 60.66%

Smyslov, V. W +24-5=39 B +20-13=35 81.0 136 59.56%

Gligoric, S. W +31-8=40 B +26-18=42 98.0 165 59.39%

Torre, E. W +21-10=26 B +15-23=17 57.5 112 51.34%

Pachman, L. W +13-13=36 B +9-16=34 57.0 121 47.11%

Playoffs

12 events, 23 players

Year Site Games Xtbl

1962 Stockholm 5 Xtbl

1964 Amsterdam 3 Xtbl

1967 Los Angeles 12 Xtbl

1971 Portoroz 6 Xtbl

1973 Portoroz 12 Xtbl

1976 Varese 12 Xtbl

1979 Budapest 6 Xtbl1983 Malmo 6 Xtbl

1985 Biel 9 Xtbl

1985 Moscow 6 Xtbl

1987 Budapest 5 Xtbl

1987 Havana 12 Xtbl

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Player Events Games

Portisch, L. 5 30

Tal, M. 2 14

Stein, L. 2 12

Reshevsky, S. 2 11

Portisch


1964 Amsterdam 3 Xtbl

1971 Portoroz 6 Xtbl1973 Portoroz 8 Xtbl

1976 Varese 8 Xtbl

1987 Budapest 5 Xtbl

Most successful


Nikolic, Pr W +2-0=2 B +2-0=2 6.0 8 75.00%

Benko, P. W +1-0=1 B +0-0=1 2.0 3 66.67%

Portisch, L. W +2-1=11 B +7-1=8 18.5 30 61.67%

Most active


Portisch, L. W +2-1=11 B +7-1=8 18.5 30 61.67%

Stein, L. W +2-1=3 B +1-0=5 7.0 12 58.33%

Tal, M. W +1-1=5 B +0-1=6 6.5 14 46.43%

Reshevsky, S. W +0-2=4 B +0-0=5 4.5 11 40.91%

Index of statistics

World Chess Championship

PCA Qualifiers

Statistics

Events


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One qualifying tournament & one set of nine matches


1993 Groningen (izt) 297 Xtbl

1994/95 Matches 64 Xtbl

Most active players

Player Games

Anand, V. 36

Kamsky, G. 35Adams, Mi 32

Tiviakov, S. 25

Gulko, B. 23

Short, N. 19

Romanishin, O. 18

Kramnik, V. 17

All other players played 11 games.

Individual results


Anand, V. W +9-1=8 B +5-0=13 24.5 36 68.06%

Kamsky, G. W +5-0=13 B +7-4=6 21.5 35 61.43%

Gulko, B. W +4-0=8 B +1-3=7 12.5 23 54.35%

Tiviakov, S. W +4-2=7 B +3-3=6 13.5 25 54.00%

Adams, Mi W +7-2=6 B +2-6=9 16.5 32 51.56%

Romanishin, O. W +3-2=5 B +1-2=5 9.0 18 50.00%

Kramnik, V. W +3-3=3 B +1-1=6 8.5 17 50.00%Short, N. W +3-2=4 B +0-4=6 8.0 19 42.11%

Index of statistics


Candidate Events

Statistics


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--- Tournaments & matches combined ---

Games

Event Games

Tournaments 727

Matches incl. tournament playoffs 888

Most active players

Player Games

Korchnoi, V. 251Spassky, B. 168

Petrosian, T. 166

Smyslov, V. 153

Keres, P. 137

Tal, M. 126

Portisch, L. 117

Geller, E. 113

Timman, J. 112

Karpov, An 103

Individual results

Most successful


Kamsky, G. W +6-2=4 B +5-1=6 16.0 24 66.67%

Kasparov, G. W +7-1=10 B +5-1=9 21.5 33 65.15%

Ivanchuk, V. W +4-1=3 B +2-2=3 9.0 15 60.00%

Karpov, An W +21-2=27 B +9-8=36 61.5 103 59.71%Fischer, R. W +21-11=6 B +12-8=18 45.0 76 59.21%

Keres, P. W +17-12=39 B +25-8=36 79.5 137 58.03%

Bronstein, D. W +15-3=21 B +6-6=27 45.0 78 57.69%

Spassky, B. W +26-12=45 B +18-13=54 93.5 168 55.65%

Speelman, J. W +5-4=6 B +3-1=9 15.5 28 55.36%

Short, N. W +13-3=17 B +8-11=14 36.5 66 55.30%

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Karpov, An W +21-2=27 B +9-8=36 61.5 103 59.71%

Keres, P. W +17-12=39 B +25-8=36 79.5 137 58.03%

Spassky, B. W +26-12=45 B +18-13=54 93.5 168 55.65%

Smyslov, V. W +21-7=49 B +15-16=45 83.0 153 54.25%

Korchnoi, V. W +35-18=72 B +23-26=75 131.5 251 52.39%

Tal, M. W +21-14=28 B +14-15=34 66.0 126 52.38%

Petrosian, T. W +19-7=56 B +12-18=54 86.0 166 51.81%

Geller, E. W +15-9=33 B +12-15=29 58.0 113 51.33%

Timman, J. W +15-10=32 B +10-14=31 56.5 112 50.45%

Portisch, L. W +14-8=34 B +5-21=35 53.5 117 45.73%

Keres results were significantly better with Black than with White.

--- Tournaments ---

Events


1950 Budapest 10 90 Xtbl

1953 Zurich 15 210 Xtbl

1956 Amsterdam 10 90 Xtbl

1959 Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade 8 112 Xtbl

1962 Curacao 8 105 Xtbl

1985 Montpellier 16 120 Xtbl

Most active players

Player Events Games

Keres, P. 5 119

Smyslov, V. 5 107

Petrosian, T. 4 101

Geller, E. 3 73

Bronstein, D. 3 64

Szabo, L. 3 64

Tal, M. 3 64

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Individual results

Most successful


Jussupow, A. W +3-1=3 B +1-0=7 9.0 15 60.00%

Vaganian, R. W +1-1=5 B +4-1=3 9.0 15 60.00%

Sokolov, An W +4-2=2 B +1-0=6 9.0 15 60.00%

Keres, P. W +15-9=35 B +23-6=31 71.0 119 59.66%

Bronstein, D. W +13-2=17 B +5-5=22 37.5 64 58.59%

[...]Fischer, R. W +12-11=4 B +4-7=17 26.5 55 48.18%

[...]

Olafsson, F. W +3-6=5 B +3-8=3 10.0 28 35.71%

Stahlberg, G. W +2-10=11 B +3-9=11 16.0 46 34.78%

Filip, M. W +3-10=10 B +3-11=8 15.0 45 33.33%

Spraggett, K. W +1-5=2 B +1-2=4 5.0 15 33.33%

Pilnik, H. W +1-1=7 B +0-8=1 5.0 18 27.78%

Notes:-

Players with 15 games played only at Montpellier. Contrast Fischer's overall result with matches (below).

Most active


Keres, P. W +15-9=35 B +23-6=31 71.0 119 59.66%

Bronstein, D. W +13-2=17 B +5-5=22 37.5 64 58.59%

Smyslov, V. W +17-5=32 B +15-9=29 62.5 107 58.41%

Geller, E. W +11-7=19 B +11-5=20 41.5 73 56.85%

Petrosian, T. W +12-4=35 B +11-7=32 56.5 101 55.94%

Tal, M. W +12-8=11 B +10-7=16 35.5 64 55.47%

Szabo, L. W +6-7=19 B +5-9=18 29.5 64 46.09%

--- Matches ---

Events


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Playoffs


1950 Moscow 14 Xtbl

1962 Moscow 8 Xtbl

1985 Montpellier 6 Xtbl

Knockout matches

Year No.Matches Games Xtbl

1965 7 63 Xtbl

1968 7 63 Xtbl

1971 7 55 Xtbl

1974 7 80 Xtbl

1977 7 96 Xtbl

1980 7 76 Xtbl

1983/84 7 77 Xtbl

1986/87 4 42 Xtbl

1988/90 14 97 Xtbl

1991/93 14 126 Xtbl

1994/95 11 85 Xtbl

The longest matches

Year Site Event Games

1974 Moscow (Final) 24

1977 Belgrade (Final) 18

1977 Reykjavik (Quarterfinal) 16

1977 Geneva (Semifinal) 15

1950 Moscow (Playoff) 141980 Xalapa/Mexico City (Quarterfinal) 14

1980 Buenos Aires (Semifinal) 14

1983/84 Velden (Quarterfinal) 14

1986/87 Riga (Semifinal) 14

53 players

Most active players


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Player Games

Korchnoi, V. 209

Spassky, B. 135

Karpov, An 103

Portisch, L. 102

Timman, J. 97

Jussupow, A. 84

Petrosian, T. 65

Tal, M. 62

Larsen, B. 61

Huebner, R. 59

Most events

Player Events

Korchnoi, V. 19

Spassky, B. 12

Timman, J. 12

Karpov, An 10

Portisch, L. 10

Individual results

95 different matches; 84 different pairs of players.

The great rivalries

Player Opp Games

Korchnoi, V. Petrosian, T. 36

Portisch, L. Spassky, B. 29Korchnoi, V. Spassky, B. 28

Korchnoi, V. Polugaevsky, L. 27

Karpov, An Korchnoi, V. 24

Larsen, B. Portisch, L. 20

Jussupow, A. Timman, J. 19

Most successful


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Fischer, R. W +9-0=2 B +8-1=1 18.5 21 88.10%

Kamsky, G. W +6-2=4 B +5-1=6 16.0 24 66.67%

Kasparov, G. W +7-1=10 B +5-1=9 21.5 33 65.15%

Ivanchuk, V. W +4-1=3 B +2-2=3 9.0 15 60.00%

Karpov, An W +21-2=27 B +9-8=36 61.5 103 59.71%

Short, N. W +11-3=11 B +8-8=10 29.5 51 57.84%

Spassky, B. W +23-10=34 B +14-10=44 76.0 135 56.30%

Speelman, J. W +5-4=6 B +3-1=9 15.5 28 55.36%

Bronstein, D. W +2-1=4 B +1-1=5 7.5 14 53.57%

Korchnoi, V. W +33-12=60 B +16-21=65 111.5 209 53.35%

Bronstein's results are from the 1950 playoff match.

Most active


Karpov, An W +21-2=27 B +9-8=36 61.5 103 59.71%

Spassky, B. W +23-10=34 B +14-10=44 76.0 135 56.30%

Korchnoi, V. W +33-12=60 B +16-21=65 111.5 209 53.35%

Jussupow, A. W +14-4=24 B +7-15=20 43.0 84 51.19%

Timman, J. W +13-9=28 B +8-13=26 48.0 97 49.48%

Tal, M. W +9-6=17 B +4-8=18 30.5 62 49.19%

Huebner, R. W +5-2=22 B +2-6=20 28.0 59 47.46%

Portisch, L. W +12-6=31 B +4-19=30 46.5 102 45.59%

Petrosian, T. W +7-3=21 B +1-11=22 29.5 65 45.38%

Larsen, B. W +10-7=14 B +6-16=8 27.0 61 44.26%

Index of statistics


Title Events

Statistics

Events



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1886 New York/St.Louis/New Orleans 20 Xtbl

1889 Havana 17 Xtbl

1890 New York 19 Xtbl

1892 Havana 23 Xtbl

1894 USA/Canada 19 Xtbl

1896 Moscow 17 Xtbl

1907 USA 15 Xtbl

1908 Germany 16 Xtbl

1909 Paris 10 Xtbl

1910 Berlin 11 Xtbl

1910 Vienna/Berlin 10 Xtbl

1921 Havana 14 Xtbl

1927 Buenos Aires 34 Xtbl

1929 Germany/Netherlands 25 Xtbl

1934 Germany 26 Xtbl

1935 Netherlands 30 Xtbl

1937 Netherlands 25 Xtbl

1948 The Hague/Moscow 50 Xtbl

1951 Moscow 24 Xtbl

1954 Moscow 24 Xtbl

1957 Moscow 22 Xtbl

1958 Moscow 23 Xtbl

1960 Moscow 21 Xtbl

1961 Moscow 21 Xtbl

1963 Moscow 22 Xtbl

1966 Moscow 24 Xtbl

1969 Moscow 23 Xtbl

1972 Reykjavik 20 Xtbl

1978 Baguio City 32 Xtbl1981 Merano 18 Xtbl

1984/85 Moscow 48 Xtbl

1985 Moscow 24 Xtbl

1986 London/Leningrad 24 Xtbl

1987 Seville 24 Xtbl

1990 Lyon/New York 24 Xtbl

1993 London 20 Xtbl


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1993 Netherlands/Indonesia 21 Xtbl

1995 New York 18 Xtbl

1996 Elista 18 Xtbl

2000 London 15 Xtbl

Most active players

Player Games

Karpov, An 233

Kasparov, G. 197

Botvinnik, M. 177Alekhine, A. 140

Steinitz, W. 115

Lasker, Em 112

Smyslov, V. 89

Euwe, M. 75

Petrosian, T. 69

Spassky, B. 67

Individual results


Lasker, Em * W +32-6=18 B +20-10=26 74.0 112 66.07%

Fischer, R. * W +3-0=6 B +4-2=5 12.5 20 62.50%

Alekhine, A. * W +25-5=40 B +18-19=33 79.5 140 56.79%

Kramnik, V. * W +2-0=5 B +0-0=8 8.5 15 56.67%

Keres, P. W +3-3=4 B +5-4=1 10.5 20 52.50%

Reshevsky, S. W +3-2=5 B +3-3=4 10.5 20 52.50%

Kasparov, G. * W +24-5=70 B +7-18=73 102.5 197 52.03%

Karpov, An * W +28-8=80 B +15-26=76 121.0 233 51.93%

Smyslov, V. * W +16-8=21 B +8-13=23 46.0 89 51.69%

Petrosian, T. * W +9-3=22 B +4-8=23 35.5 69 51.45%

Botvinnik, M. * W +30-15=43 B +16-26=47 91.0 177 51.41%

Capablanca, J. * W +5-3=16 B +2-3=19 24.5 48 51.04%

Schlechter, C. W +1-0=4 B +0-1=4 5.0 10 50.00%

Steinitz, W. * W +25-14=18 B +18-29=11 57.5 115 50.00%

Bronstein, D. W +1-2=9 B +4-3=5 12.0 24 50.00%


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Tal, M. * W +8-3=10 B +3-9=9 20.5 42 48.81%

Spassky, B. * W +9-7=19 B +2-8=22 31.5 67 47.01%

Korchnoi, V. W +6-5=14 B +2-7=16 23.0 50 46.00%

Gunsberg, I. W +3-4=2 B +1-2=7 8.5 19 44.74%

Chigorin, M. W +10-6=5 B +4-14=1 17.0 40 42.50%

Anand, V. * W +1-2=6 B +0-2=7 7.5 18 41.67%

Kamsky, G. W +3-3=3 B +0-3=6 7.5 18 41.67%

Timman, J. W +0-2=9 B +2-4=4 8.5 21 40.48%

Bogoljubov, E. W +5-10=10 B +3-9=14 20.0 51 39.22%

Euwe, M. * W +12-11=15 B +2-20=15 29.0 75 38.67%

Short, N. W +1-1=8 B +0-5=5 7.5 20 37.50%

Zukertort, J. W +3-5=2 B +2-5=3 7.5 20 37.50%

Tarrasch, S. W +2-3=3 B +1-5=2 5.5 16 34.38%

Marshall, F. W +0-4=4 B +0-4=3 3.5 15 23.33%

Janowsky, D. W +1-6=3 B +0-9=2 3.5 21 16.67%

* = World Champion


FIDE Knockout TournamentsStatistics

Events


1997/98 Groningen 97 323 Xtbl

1997/98 Lausanne 2 8 Xtbl

1999 Las Vegas 100 305 Xtbl

2000 New Delhi/Tehran 100 345 Xtbl

2001 Moscow (excl. rd.7) 128 401 Xtbl

Number of players who competed in 1, 2, 3, & 4 events

No.Events Players

4 25

3 29


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2 45

1 147

Most active players

Player Games

Adams,M 81

Khalifman,A 70

Anand,V 69

Shirov,A 67

Gelfand,B 56Dreev,A 50

Svidler,P 50

Ehlvest,J 49

Tkachiev,V 44

Lautier,J 42

Individual results


Magem Badals,J W +2-0=2 B +2-1=1 5.5 8 68.75%

Pigusov,E W +2-0=1 B +1-1=1 4.0 6 66.67%

Serper,G W +2-0=1 B +1-1=1 4.0 6 66.67%

Anand,V W +17-4=14 B +7-2=25 43.5 69 63.04%

Aronian,L W +1-0=1 B +1-1=0 2.5 4 62.50%

Fridman,D W +1-0=1 B +1-1=0 2.5 4 62.50%

Galkin,A W +1-0=1 B +1-1=0 2.5 4 62.50%

Bareev,E W +11-2=7 B +7-6=7 25.0 40 62.50%

Ye Jiangchuan W +1-0=5 B +3-1=2 7.5 12 62.50%

Vladimirov,E W +1-0=3 B +2-1=1 5.0 8 62.50%

Most of the players with the best records have played less than 12 games.

Of the 72 players with more than 11 games


Anand,V W +17-4=14 B +7-2=25 43.5 69 63.04%


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Bareev,E W +11-2=7 B +7-6=7 25.0 40 62.50%

Ye Jiangchuan W +1-0=5 B +3-1=2 7.5 12 62.50%

Morozevich,A W +6-1=3 B +3-3=4 12.5 20 62.50%

Adams,M W +16-4=20 B +11-3=27 50.5 81 62.35%

Ivanchuk,V W +8-1=8 B +4-3=10 21.0 34 61.76%

Ponomariov,R W +8-1=6 B +4-4=7 18.5 30 61.67%

Van Wely,L W +5-3=5 B +5-1=7 16.0 26 61.54%

Gelfand,B W +9-2=17 B +9-5=14 33.5 56 59.82%

Grischuk,A W +7-0=6 B +1-3=9 15.5 26 59.62%

Of the 25 players who have played in all four events.


Bareev,E W +11-2=7 B +7-6=7 25.0 40 62.50%

Adams,M W +16-4=20 B +11-3=27 50.5 81 62.35%

Ivanchuk,V W +8-1=8 B +4-3=10 21.0 34 61.76%

Gelfand,B W +9-2=17 B +9-5=14 33.5 56 59.82%

Khalifman,A W +16-2=17 B +5-7=23 41.0 70 58.57%

Shirov,A W +17-3=13 B +7-10=17 39.0 67 58.21%

Tkachiev,V W +8-3=11 B +5-3=14 25.5 44 57.95%Georgiev,K W +7-2=7 B +4-4=8 18.5 32 57.81%

Topalov,V W +11-2=7 B +4-7=8 22.5 39 57.69%

Short,N W +6-1=11 B +5-5=7 20.0 35 57.14%

Chess Informant's Chess Is Chess

Statistics for the '200 greatest tournaments'

200 events, 535 players, 18406 games

Most active players

Plyr Games

Karpov, An 748

Timman, J. 714

Korchnoi, V. 630

Ljubojevic, Lj 582


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Spassky, B. 539

Portisch, L. 531

Petrosian, T. 485

Kasparov, G. 472

Beliavsky, A. 446

Ivanchuk, V. 410

Best overall results


Szen, J. W +6-2=0 B +6-2=1 12.5 17 73.53%Lasker, Em W +78-9=40 B +66-19=42 185.0 254 72.83%

Anderssen, A. W +8-2=1 B +6-3=1 15.0 21 71.43%

Kasparov, G. W +124-9=96 B +89-17=137 329.5 472 69.81%

Alekhine, A. W +81-19=59 B +71-15=68 215.5 313 68.85%

Capablanca, J. W +55-4=48 B +42-12=55 148.5 216 68.75%

Zukertort, J. W +3-3=2 B +6-0=2 11.0 16 68.75%

Botvinnik, M. W +55-9=46 B +44-13=48 146.0 215 67.91%

Engels, L. W +2-1=2 B +2-0=2 6.0 9 66.67%

Pillsbury, H. W +45-14=16 B +39-20=20 102.0 154 66.23%Lesser known players:-

- Szen's results from 1851 London,

- Engels's results from 1936 Dresden, where he beat Maroczy, Keres, and Alekhine

Best (& worst) overall results (>48 games)


Lasker, Em W +78-9=40 B +66-19=42 185.0 254 72.83%

Kasparov, G. W +124-9=96 B +89-17=137 329.5 472 69.81%

Alekhine, A. W +81-19=59 B +71-15=68 215.5 313 68.85%Capablanca, J. W +55-4=48 B +42-12=55 148.5 216 68.75%

Botvinnik, M. W +55-9=46 B +44-13=48 146.0 215 67.91%

Pillsbury, H. W +45-14=16 B +39-20=20 102.0 154 66.23%

Fischer, R. W +23-4=18 B +15-7=25 59.5 92 64.67%

Karpov, An W +175-18=179 B +87-40=249 476.0 748 63.64%

Rubinstein, A. W +76-18=49 B +53-33=61 184.0 290 63.45%

Fine, R. W +16-4=8 B +7-4=17 35.5 56 63.39%


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Gurgenidze, B. W +9-13=15 B +7-20=12 29.5 76 38.82%

Cohn, E. W +10-19=12 B +11-21=9 31.5 82 38.41%

Bannik, A. W +5-8=14 B +2-13=15 21.5 57 37.72%

Donner, J. W +8-11=14 B +3-16=11 23.5 63 37.30%

Ivanovic, B. W +3-8=20 B +6-18=7 22.5 62 36.29%

Bertok, M. W +2-13=18 B +2-15=20 23.0 70 32.86%

Bird, H. W +3-16=6 B +6-11=9 16.5 51 32.35%

Udovcic, M. W +2-14=10 B +3-15=11 15.5 55 28.18%

Thomas, Ge W +5-24=16 B +4-25=15 24.5 89 27.53%

Menchik, V. W +5-20=3 B +3-22=4 11.5 57 20.18%

Best results with White (>48 games)


Lasker, Em W +78-9=40 B +66-19=42 185.0 254 72.83%

Kasparov, G. W +124-9=96 B +89-17=137 329.5 472 69.81%

Stein, L. W +19-0=20 B +7-7=26 49.0 79 62.03%

Capablanca, J. W +55-4=48 B +42-12=55 148.5 216 68.75%

Fine, R. W +16-4=8 B +7-4=17 35.5 56 63.39%Fischer, R. W +23-4=18 B +15-7=25 59.5 92 64.67%

Karpov, An W +175-18=179 B +87-40=249 476.0 748 63.64%

Botvinnik, M. W +55-9=46 B +44-13=48 146.0 215 67.91%

Pillsbury, H. W +45-14=16 B +39-20=20 102.0 154 66.23%

Rubinstein, A. W +76-18=49 B +53-33=61 184.0 290 63.45%

Best results with Black (>48 games)


Lasker, Em W +78-9=40 B +66-19=42 185.0 254 72.83%

Alekhine, A. W +81-19=59 B +71-15=68 215.5 313 68.85%

Kasparov, G. W +124-9=96 B +89-17=137 329.5 472 69.81%

Botvinnik, M. W +55-9=46 B +44-13=48 146.0 215 67.91%

Capablanca, J. W +55-4=48 B +42-12=55 148.5 216 68.75%

Pillsbury, H. W +45-14=16 B +39-20=20 102.0 154 66.23%

Nimzowitsch, A. W +44-21=52 B +50-23=47 143.5 237 60.55%

Fischer, R. W +23-4=18 B +15-7=25 59.5 92 64.67%


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Bogoljubov, E. W +63-30=34 B +56-38=32 152.0 253 60.08%

Rubinstein, A. W +76-18=49 B +53-33=61 184.0 290 63.45%

Drawing masters (with White; >24 games)

Plyr WorB WLD Score Total D-Pct

Ribli, Z. W +16-6=70 51 92 76.09%

Andersson, U. W +34-13=142 105 189 75.13%

Leko, P. W +16-7=68 50 91 74.73%

Parma, B. W +9-5=40 29 54 74.07%

Filip, M. W +4-4=22 15 30 73.33%Sosonko, G. W +12-3=40 32 55 72.73%

Azmaiparashvili W +3-4=18 12 25 72.00%

Gipslis, A. W +4-4=20 14 28 71.43%

Speelman, J. W +12-9=51 37.5 72 70.83%

Hort, V. W +21-9=72 57 102 70.59%

Drawing masters (with Black; >24 games)

Plyr WorB WLD Score Total D-Pct

Trifunovic, P. B +4-3=28 18 35 80.00%

Filip, M. B +1-6=23 12.5 30 76.67%

Ribli, Z. B +6-16=67 39.5 89 75.28%

Gheorghiu, F. B +1-9=26 14 36 72.22%

Leko, P. B +12-12=58 41 82 70.73%

Andersson, U. B +18-40=131 83.5 189 69.31%

Nikolic, Pr B +7-28=79 46.5 114 69.30%

Tukmakov, V. B +7-6=31 22.5 45 68.89%

Polugaevsky, L. B +28-21=102 79 151 67.55%

Parma, B. B +4-13=35 21.5 52 67.31%

Results of the most active players


Kasparov, G. W +124-9=96 B +89-17=137 329.5 472 69.81%

Karpov, An W +175-18=179 B +87-40=249 476.0 748 63.64%

Petrosian, T. W +93-12=140 B +51-30=159 293.5 485 60.52%


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Ivanchuk, V. W +69-24=113 B +54-35=115 237.0 410 57.80%

Spassky, B. W +91-18=162 B +48-46=174 307.0 539 56.96%

Korchnoi, V. W +110-69=132 B +93-80=146 342.0 630 54.29%

Portisch, L. W +77-34=155 B +39-63=163 275.0 531 51.79%

Timman, J. W +116-55=189 B +62-107=185 365.0 714 51.12%

Ljubojevic, Lj W +76-46=172 B +48-78=162 291.0 582 50.00%

Beliavsky, A. W +72-55=95 B +44-76=104 215.5 446 48.32%

Tournament statistics by decade

Trends from the '200 greatest tournaments'

Games by decade

Decade Ct

185x 85

188x 135

189x 969

190x 886

191x 505

192x 1766

193x 1205

194x 696

195x 1625

196x 1961

197x 1515

198x 3504

199x 3112

200x 442

[Note the war decades; also the drop from the 1890s to the 1900s, from the 1920s to

the 1930s, from the 1960s to the 1970s, from the 1980s to the 1990s]

Wins, losses, draws by decade

Decade Total : 1-0 W-Pct : 0-1 B-Pct : 1/2-1/2 D-Pct

185x 85 : 39 45.88% : 39 45.88% : 7 8.24%


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188x 135 : 56 41.48% : 48 35.56% : 31 22.96%

189x 969 : 358 36.95% : 335 34.57% : 276 28.48%

190x 886 : 362 40.86% : 275 31.04% : 249 28.10%

191x 505 : 176 34.85% : 147 29.11% : 182 36.04%

192x 1766 : 622 35.22% : 477 27.01% : 667 37.77%

193x 1205 : 412 34.19% : 286 23.73% : 507 42.07%

194x 696 : 236 33.91% : 164 23.56% : 296 42.53%

195x 1625 : 542 33.35% : 345 21.23% : 738 45.42%

196x 1961 : 609 31.06% : 349 17.80% : 1003 51.15%

197x 1515 : 407 26.86% : 232 15.31% : 876 57.82%

198x 3504 : 915 26.11% : 555 15.84% : 2033 58.02%

199x 3112 : 933 29.98% : 551 17.71% : 1628 52.31%

200x 442 : 115 26.02% : 80 18.10% : 247 55.88%

189x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Pillsbury, H. 123

Chigorin, M. 120

Steinitz, W. 119

Blackburne, J. 102

Janowsky, D. 101

Schlechter, C. 101

Lasker, Em 83

Maroczy, G. 80

Showalter, J. 80

Tarrasch, S. 79

Most successful


Lasker, Em W +27-4=10 B +25-7=10 62.0 83 74.70%

Tarrasch, S. W +28-2=9 B +16-9=15 56.0 79 70.89%

Pillsbury, H. W +37-12=12 B +31-14=17 82.5 123 67.07%

Janowsky, D. W +29-13=8 B +25-15=11 63.5 101 62.87%


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Maroczy, G. W +16-7=17 B +14-5=21 49.0 80 61.25%

Schlechter, C. W +19-9=23 B +16-9=25 59.0 101 58.42%

Von Bardeleben W +4-1=5 B +4-4=2 11.5 20 57.50%

Steinitz, W. W +25-17=18 B +28-20=11 67.5 119 56.72%

Chigorin, M. W +27-22=11 B +30-20=10 67.5 120 56.25%

Lipke, P. W +6-5=7 B +4-2=12 19.5 36 54.17%

190x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Schlechter, C. 108

Marshall, F. 90

Mieses, J. 88

Teichmann, R. 72

Chigorin, M. 71

Janowsky, D. 71

Cohn, E. 57

Duras, O. 57

Rubinstein, A. 57

Salwe, G. 57

Spielmann, R. 57

Tartakower, S. 57

Most successful


Lasker, Em W +23-0=3 B +13-5=5 40.0 49 81.63%

Rubinstein, A. W +18-3=8 B +16-3=9 42.5 57 74.56%Maroczy, G. W +19-1=6 B +12-4=13 40.5 55 73.64%

Duras, O. W +16-8=5 B +15-7=6 36.5 57 64.04%

Pillsbury, H. W +8-2=4 B +8-6=3 19.5 31 62.90%

Marshall, F. W +25-7=11 B +19-14=14 56.5 90 62.78%

Nimzowitsch, A. W +3-1=6 B +5-2=3 12.5 20 62.50%

Tarrasch, S. W +7-0=3 B +1-3=6 12.5 20 62.50%

Marco, G. W +5-2=6 B +10-6=2 19.0 31 61.29%


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Leonhardt, P. W +5-3=11 B +9-3=8 23.5 39 60.26%

191x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Marshall, F. 57

Nimzowitsch, A. 49

Rubinstein, A. 49

Alekhine, A. 43

Burn, A. 39

Duras, O. 39

Leonhardt, P. 39

Schlechter, C. 39

Spielmann, R. 39

Teichmann, R. 39

Vidmar, M. 39

Most successful

Plyr Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games Pct

Lasker, Em W +6-0=3 B +4-1=4 13.5 18 75.00%

Capablanca, J. W +9-1=6 B +7-2=7 22.5 32 70.31%

Rotlewi, G. W +8-3=2 B +7-5=0 16.0 25 64.00%

Rubinstein, A. W +11-1=12 B +7-4=14 31.0 49 63.27%

Schlechter, C. W +9-2=8 B +6-3=11 24.5 39 62.82%

Teichmann, R. W +7-3=9 B +9-3=8 24.5 39 62.82%

Vidmar, M. W +11-2=6 B +4-4=12 24.0 39 61.54%

Marshall, F. W +12-5=11 B +6-6=17 32.0 57 56.14%Nimzowitsch, A. W +8-6=10 B +7-4=14 27.0 49 55.10%

Alekhine, A. W +8-6=8 B +9-7=5 23.5 43 54.65%

192x

Most active

Plyr Ct


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Tartakower, S. 207

Spielmann, R. 182

Reti, R. 177

Bogoljubov, E. 169

Rubinstein, A. 169

Yates, F. 150

Alekhine, A. 149

Gruenfeld, E. 140

Nimzowitsch, A. 127

Marshall, F. 124

Most successful


Lasker, Em W +14-1=11 B +17-2=8 40.5 53 76.42%

Capablanca, J. W +32-3=24 B +25-3=32 85.0 119 71.43%

Alekhine, A. W +36-10=29 B +38-4=32 104.5 149 70.13%

Bogoljubov, E. W +44-19=22 B +40-22=22 106.0 169 62.72%

Nimzowitsch, A. W +27-10=26 B +28-13=23 79.5 127 62.60%

Vidmar, M. W +18-4=15 B +10-7=19 45.0 73 61.64%Rubinstein, A. W +41-13=29 B +27-23=36 100.5 169 59.47%

Romanovsky, P. W +4-3=3 B +5-3=2 11.5 20 57.50%

Gruenfeld, E. W +28-11=31 B +20-17=33 80.0 140 57.14%

Becker, Alb W +7-0=3 B +0-4=7 12.0 21 57.14%

193x

Most active

Plyr CtFlohr, S. 125

Alekhine, A. 121

Bogoljubov, E. 84

Tartakower, S. 83

Spielmann, R. 71

Stahlberg, G. 71

Botvinnik, M. 65


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Capablanca, J. 65

Vidmar, M. 64

Pirc, V. 62

Most successful


Alekhine, A. W +37-3=22 B +24-4=31 87.5 121 72.31%

Rubinstein, A. W +6-1=0 B +3-3=2 10.0 15 66.67%

Engels, L. W +2-1=2 B +2-0=2 6.0 9 66.67%

Botvinnik, M. W +18-1=14 B +7-4=21 42.5 65 65.38%Steiner, E. W +6-2=0 B +3-2=4 11.0 17 64.71%

Foltys, J. W +4-1=3 B +4-2=3 11.0 17 64.71%

Fine, R. W +16-4=8 B +7-4=17 35.5 56 63.39%

Reshevsky, S. W +8-2=13 B +12-6=4 28.5 45 63.33%

Capablanca, J. W +14-0=18 B +10-7=16 41.0 65 63.08%

Euwe, M. W +10-2=8 B +6-5=8 24.0 39 61.54%

194x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Boleslavsky, I. 89

Smyslov, V. 89

Botvinnik, M. 70

Lilienthal, A. 55

Bondarevsky, I. 54

Flohr, S. 54

Keres, P. 54Kotov, A. 50

Ragozin, V. 50

Alatortsev, V. 35

Bronstein, D. 35

Makogonov, V. 35

Tolush, A. 35

Most successful


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Euwe, M. W +6-0=4 B +5-2=2 14.0 19 73.68%

Botvinnik, M. W +19-4=12 B +22-4=9 51.5 70 73.57%

Keres, P. W +14-3=10 B +8-5=14 34.0 54 62.96%

Smyslov, V. W +21-7=17 B +11-4=29 55.0 89 61.80%

Szabo, L. W +5-3=1 B +4-2=4 11.5 19 60.53%

Najdorf, M. W +5-0=4 B +1-2=7 11.5 19 60.53%

Novotelnov, N. W +3-0=4 B +3-3=2 9.0 15 60.00%

Boleslavsky, I. W +16-6=24 B +15-8=20 53.0 89 59.55%

Flohr, S. W +10-1=17 B +4-5=17 31.0 54 57.41%

Tolush, A. W +9-6=3 B +6-4=7 20.0 35 57.14%

195x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Bronstein, D. 139

Taimanov, M. 133

Keres, P. 125

Petrosian, T. 112

Geller, E. 98

Korchnoi, V. 95

Smyslov, V. 88

Spassky, B. 88

Furman, S. 77

Botvinnik, M. 76

[All Soviets!]

Most successful


Fischer, R. W +5-1=1 B +3-1=4 10.5 15 70.00%

Tal, M. W +19-5=13 B +18-5=12 49.5 72 68.75%

Matanovic, A. W +6-0=4 B +3-2=4 13.0 19 68.42%

Trifunovic, P. W +4-0=5 B +2-0=8 12.5 19 65.79%


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Gligoric, S. W +16-1=8 B +5-5=14 32.0 49 65.31%

Botvinnik, M. W +18-4=18 B +14-5=17 49.5 76 65.13%

Petrosian, T. W +25-3=31 B +14-6=33 71.0 112 63.39%

Spassky, B. W +20-2=22 B +13-10=21 54.5 88 61.93%

Smyslov, V. W +21-5=19 B +11-6=26 54.5 88 61.93%

Kholmov, R. W +6-2=12 B +7-2=11 24.5 40 61.25%

196x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Petrosian, T. 172

Spassky, B. 151

Korchnoi, V. 148

Gligoric, S. 122

Ivkov, B. 109

Bronstein, D. 103

Larsen, B. 88

Geller, E. 86

Portisch, L. 86

Matanovic, A. 85

Najdorf, M. 85

Most successful


Korchnoi, V. W +42-4=26 B +33-14=29 102.5 148 69.26%

Tal, M. W +10-1=6 B +6-2=11 24.5 36 68.06%

Petrosian, T. W +41-3=39 B +20-11=58 109.5 172 63.66%Lein, A. W +6-0=1 B +0-2=6 9.5 15 63.33%

Bagirov, V. W +3-1=6 B +4-1=4 12.0 19 63.16%

Larsen, B. W +25-10=10 B +18-10=15 55.5 88 63.07%

Spassky, B. W +37-5=34 B +16-10=49 94.5 151 62.58%

Stein, L. W +15-0=15 B +6-6=19 38.0 61 62.30%

Polugaevsky, L. W +10-3=13 B +11-5=11 33.0 53 62.26%

Hort, V. W +3-1=4 B +4-2=3 10.5 17 61.76%


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197x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Tal, M. 129

Karpov, An 127

Petrosian, T. 123

Hort, V. 115

Smyslov, V. 109

Portisch, L. 102Spassky, B. 92

Balashov, Y. 90

Timman, J. 88

Ljubojevic, Lj 75

Most successful


Fischer, R. W +7-1=2 B +5-0=6 16.0 21 76.19%

Karpov, An W +28-2=34 B +16-3=44 83.0 127 65.35%

Botvinnik, M. W +0-0=2 B +1-0=1 2.5 4 62.50%

Stein, L. W +4-0=5 B +1-1=7 11.0 18 61.11%

Gulko, B. W +9-3=16 B +11-6=12 34.0 57 59.65%

Petrosian, T. W +19-4=41 B +13-5=41 73.0 123 59.35%

Korchnoi, V. W +10-6=17 B +13-5=15 39.0 66 59.09%

Polugaevsky, L. W +14-2=18 B +5-5=24 40.0 68 58.82%

Portisch, L. W +20-5=25 B +7-6=39 59.0 102 57.84%

Spassky, B. W +16-5=26 B +9-8=28 52.0 92 56.52%

198x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Timman, J. 424

Ljubojevic, Lj 363

Karpov, An 345


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Portisch, L. 294

Andersson, U. 293

Korchnoi, V. 213

Beliavsky, A. 202

Spassky, B. 197

Huebner, R. 196

Kasparov, G. 181

Most successful

Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games PctKasparov, G. W +47-4=38 B +37-5=50 128.0 181 70.72%

Karpov, An W +90-8=73 B +36-12=126 225.5 345 65.36%

Ivanchuk, V. W +6-2=18 B +10-5=10 30.0 51 58.82%

Tukmakov, V. W +6-1=12 B +4-3=13 22.5 40 56.25%

Salov, Va W +17-8=26 B +14-11=26 57.0 102 55.88%

Eingorn, V. W +2-0=7 B +1-1=6 9.5 17 55.88%

Ehlvest, J. W +18-3=29 B +9-14=27 55.0 100 55.00%

Timman, J. W +78-27=111 B +41-51=116 232.5 424 54.83%

Ree, H. W +1-0=5 B +1-1=3 6.0 11 54.55%Sosonko, G. W +10-2=22 B +5-7=25 38.5 71 54.23%

199x

Most active

Plyr Ct

Ivanchuk, V. 324

Anand, V. 306

Kramnik, V. 291Shirov, A. 283

Gelfand, B. 279

Karpov, An 276

Topalov, V. 271

Kasparov, G. 257

Beliavsky, A. 202

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Most successful


Kasparov, G. W +67-5=51 B +48-12=74 177.5 257 69.07%

Nunn, J. W +4-0=2 B +0-1=4 7.0 11 63.64%

Kramnik, V. W +60-6=83 B +31-20=91 178.0 291 61.17%

Karpov, An W +57-8=72 B +35-25=79 167.5 276 60.69%

Anand, V. W +72-11=73 B +29-29=92 183.5 306 59.97%

Khalifman, A. W +11-5=18 B +9-5=17 37.5 65 57.69%

Ivanchuk, V. W +58-20=84 B +37-30=95 184.5 324 56.94%

Morovic I. W +3-3=3 B +3-1=5 10.0 18 55.56%Lutz, Ch W +2-1=6 B +3-2=4 10.0 18 55.56%

Rublevsky, S. W +2-1=2 B +1-1=2 5.0 9 55.56%

Chess Informant's Chess Is Chess

Statistics on best games

Chess Informant vol. 1-78

(780 games)

Results

Result Ct

1-0 546

0-1 208

1/2 26

Players with most games

Plyr Ct

Kasparov, G. 106

Karpov, An 98

Portisch, L. 46

Korchnoi, V. 45

Spassky, B. 44

Timman, J. 42

Anand, V. 39


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Kramnik, V. 31

Larsen, B. 27

Petrosian, T. 26

Overall results for players with 20 or more games


Kasparov, G. W +62-3=3 B +19-15=4 84.5 106 79.72%

Kramnik, V. W +15-1=1 B +7-6=1 23.0 31 74.19%

Tal, M. W +13-3=3 B +4-2=0 18.5 25 74.00%

Fischer, R. W +12-1=0 B +5-6=0 17.0 24 70.83%Smyslov, V. W +8-2=0 B +5-3=3 14.5 21 69.05%

Karpov, An W +54-8=2 B +11-21=2 67.0 98 68.37%

Larsen, B. W +9-4=0 B +8-6=0 17.0 27 62.96%

Anand, V. W +18-2=1 B +4-14=0 22.5 39 57.69%

Jussupow, A. W +8-1=1 B +3-7=1 12.0 21 57.14%

Ljubojevic, Lj W +11-3=0 B +3-8=0 14.0 25 56.00%

Short, N. W +9-0=1 B +1-9=0 10.5 20 52.50%

Spassky, B. W +17-5=0 B +6-16=0 23.0 44 52.27%

Ivanchuk, V. W +6-3=0 B +4-7=0 10.0 20 50.00%Portisch, L. W +16-5=1 B +5-17=2 22.5 46 48.91%

Petrosian, T. W +9-3=1 B +3-10=0 12.5 26 48.08%

Shirov, A. W +9-4=1 B +2-8=0 11.5 24 47.92%

Korchnoi, V. W +14-7=1 B +7-16=0 21.5 45 47.78%

Beliavsky, A. W +7-8=0 B +2-5=0 9.0 22 40.91%

Timman, J. W +12-7=3 B +2-15=3 17.0 42 40.48%

The rivalries (listed alphabetically within each pair)

1st player 2nd player Ct

Karpov, An Kasparov, G. 19

Anand, V. Kasparov, G. 9

Karpov, An Korchnoi, V. 9

Karpov, An Spassky, B. 7

Fischer, R. Spassky, B. 7

Polgar, Ju Shirov, A. 6

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Ivanchuk, V. Kasparov, G. 5

Gelfand, B. Kasparov, G. 5

Kasparov, G. Kramnik, V. 5

Kasparov, G. Short, N. 5

Olympiad statistics

36 events, 7913 games, 1782 players

Events

Year Site Games

1927 London (ol) 20

1928 The Hague (ol) 12

1930 Hamburg (ol) 70

1931 Prague (ol) 165

1933 Folkestone (ol) 67

1935 Warsaw (ol) 89

1937 Stockholm (ol) 106

1939 Buenos Aires (ol_final_A) 142

1939 Buenos Aires (ol_final_B) 19

1939 Buenos Aires (ol_prel_A) 24

1939 Buenos Aires (ol_prel_B) 15

1939 Buenos Aires (ol_prel_C) 27

1939 Buenos Aires (ol_prel_D) 18

1950 Dubrovnik (ol) 192

1952 Helsinki (ol) 344

1954 Amsterdam (ol) 421

1956 Moscow (ol) 438

1958 Munich (ol) 240

1960 Leipzig (ol) 188

1962 Varna (ol) 560

1964 Tel Aviv (ol) 413

1966 Havana (ol) 257

1968 Lugano (ol) 183

1970 Siegen (ol) 192


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1972 Skopje (ol) 198

1974 Nice (ol) 222

1976 Haifa (ol) 50

1978 Buenos Aires (ol) 159

1980 Malta (ol) 128

1981 Malta (ol) 1

1982 Lucerne (ol) 241

1984 Thessaloniki (ol) 240

1986 Dubai (ol) 221

1988 Thessaloniki (ol) 244

1990 Novi Sad (ol) 256

1992 Manila (ol) 304

1994 Moscow (ol) 324

1995 Moscow (ol) 1

1996 Yerevan (ol) 333

1998 Elista (ol) 269

2000 Istanbul (ol) 520

Be careful with the following!

The games for the Olympiads are not complete.

The most active players

Plyr Ct

Gligoric, S. 169

Portisch, L. 167

Najdorf, M. 141

Unzicker, W. 131

Keres, P. 116

Szabo, L. 110

Pachman, L. 109

Prins, L. 106

Stahlberg, G. 98

Filip, M. 97

Korchnoi, V. 97

Porath, Y. 97

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The top-10 most successful players all have less than 10 games total.

Players with 10 or more games


Lilienthal, A. W +7-1=0 B +4-1=1 11.5 14 82.14%

Karpov, An W +25-0=9 B +12-2=7 45.0 55 81.82%

Sadler, M. W +4-0=3 B +4-0=2 10.5 13 80.77%

Petrosian, T. W +36-0=12 B +19-1=20 71.0 88 80.68%

Tal, M. W +29-0=11 B +20-2=15 62.0 77 80.52%

Bronstein, D. W +19-1=2 B +11-0=15 38.5 48 80.21%Alekhine, A. W +22-1=9 B +18-1=12 50.5 63 80.16%

Kasparov, G. W +26-0=9 B +15-3=11 51.0 64 79.69%

Smyslov, V. W +27-1=7 B +18-1=20 58.5 74 79.05%

Bogoljubov, E. W +7-0=1 B +2-1=3 11.0 14 78.57%

Most active


Keres, P. W +44-1=19 B +28-9=15 89.0 116 76.72%

Korchnoi, V. W +28-6=18 B +18-4=23 66.5 97 68.56%

Najdorf, M. W +30-4=31 B +35-12=29 95.0 141 67.38%

Portisch, L. W +46-5=34 B +34-19=29 111.5 167 66.77%

Gligoric, S. W +39-9=40 B +31-14=36 108.0 169 63.91%

Szabo, L. W +28-8=23 B +18-13=20 67.5 110 61.36%

Unzicker, W. W +31-8=24 B +24-18=26 80.0 131 61.07%

Uhlmann, W. W +18-13=22 B +18-5=21 57.5 97 59.28%

Pachman, L. W +22-7=27 B +14-12=27 63.0 109 57.80%

Stahlberg, G. W +23-11=17 B +14-12=21 56.0 98 57.14%

Prins, L. W +24-17=14 B +19-14=18 59.0 106 55.66%

Filip, M. W +17-9=24 B +11-15=21 50.5 97 52.06%

Porath, Y. W +22-12=18 B +8-19=18 48.0 97 49.48%

The greats and the near greats

The world champions


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A popular game among chess history enthusiasts is to name the strongest world

champion, the weakest, and the strongest player who never became world champion.Let's consider this game in a new way.

Chess Informant has identified the '200 greatest tournaments in history'. These are

invitational events not including world championship qualifiers like interzonals and

candidate tournaments. The 200 events cover 18406 games contested by 535 different

players.

Let's compute some statistics based on the results of the games played in these 200

events. We can limit our statistics to include only those games where a past, present,

or future world champion -- not necessarily the reigning titleholder -- played White orBlack. Of course, we'll also include games where world champions played each other,

like the many Kasparov - Karpov tournament encounters of the late 1980s and early

1990s.

Our 200 tournaments give us 4778 games with a world champion playing either White

or Black. First, here's a count of events in which the champions participated, followed

by their scores against all opponents.

Events

Plyr Ct

Karpov, An 65

Anand, V. 43

Kasparov, G. 41

Spassky, B. 38

Kramnik, V. 32

Petrosian, T. 32

Smyslov, V. 28

Tal, M. 26Alekhine, A. 20

Lasker, Em 15

Botvinnik, M. 14

Capablanca, J. 14

Khalifman, A. 10

Euwe, M. 9

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Steinitz, W. 5

The world champions against all opponents


Lasker, Em W +78-9=40 B +66-19=42 185.0 254 72.83%

Kasparov, G. W +124-9=96 B +89-17=137 329.5 472 69.81%

Alekhine, A. W +81-19=59 B +71-15=68 215.5 313 68.85%

Capablanca, J. W +55-4=48 B +42-12=55 148.5 216 68.75%

Botvinnik, M. W +55-9=46 B +44-13=48 146.0 215 67.91%

Fischer, R. W +23-4=18 B +15-7=25 59.5 92 64.67%Karpov, An W +175-18=179 B +87-40=249 476.0 748 63.64%

Kramnik, V. W +68-6=92 B +32-21=104 198.0 323 61.30%

Petrosian, T. W +93-12=140 B +51-30=159 293.5 485 60.52%

Anand, V. W +83-13=84 B +31-30=112 212.0 353 60.06%

Tal, M. W +62-15=103 B +40-29=115 211.0 365 57.81%

Euwe, M. W +25-12=31 B +24-18=26 77.5 136 56.99%

Spassky, B. W +91-18=162 B +48-46=174 307.0 539 56.96%

Steinitz, W. W +25-17=18 B +28-20=11 67.5 119 56.72%

Smyslov, V. W +71-24=110 B +36-33=134 229.0 408 56.13%Khalifman, A. W +14-8=32 B +9-10=33 55.5 106 52.36%

The names at the top of the list are candidates for the strongest world champion of all

time; the names at the bottom of the list are candidates for the weakest.

Using the same games, here's how the challengers fared against the champs.

The challengers against the champions

Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games PctSchlechter, C. W +2-4=3 B +2-1=3 7.0 15 46.67%

Keres, P. W +5-6=16 B +3-6=20 26.0 56 46.43%

Reshevsky, S. W +1-0=10 B +3-6=6 12.0 26 46.15%

Bronstein, D. W +2-4=15 B +0-7=15 17.0 43 39.53%

Korchnoi, V. W +5-16=20 B +6-15=26 34.0 88 38.64%

Kamsky, G. W +4-2=10 B +1-11=7 13.5 35 38.57%

Short, N. W +7-7=23 B +1-18=17 28.0 73 38.36%

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Timman, J. W +7-15=40 B +3-30=33 46.5 128 36.33%

Chigorin, M. W +3-5=2 B +3-8=3 8.5 24 35.42%

Janowsky, D. W +3-6=2 B +3-7=2 8.0 23 34.78%

Bogoljubov, E. W +1-6=9 B +1-9=7 10.0 33 30.30%

Marshall, F. W +1-8=10 B +0-11=6 9.0 36 25.00%

Gunsberg, I. W +0-3=0 B +0-2=0 0.0 5 0.00%

This table gives us an idea who were the strongest and weakest challengers. Zukertort

is missing because he had no games in our sample. Keres and Reshevsky are listed as

challengers because of their participation in the 1948 title tournament.

Now let's restrict the games to those where world champions played both White and

Black. This is a total of 366 games in 119 events where at least two world champions

participated.

Events with four or more world champions

Year Site Ct Players

1971 Moscow 5 Karpov, Smyslov, Petrosian, Spassky, Tal

1973 USSR (ch) 5 Spassky, Karpov, Petrosian, Tal, Smyslov

1936 Nottingham 5 Botvinnik, Capablanca, Euwe, Alekhine, Lasker1967 Moscow 4

1981 Moscow 4

1976 USSR (ch) 4

1988 USSR (ch) 4

1991/92 Reggio Emilia 4

1996 Las Palmas 4

1983 Niksic 4

1938 Amsterdam 4

2000 Linares 41993 Linares 4

1994 Linares 4

1955 USSR (ch) 4

The champions against each other


Lasker, Em W +8-1=9 B +5-3=6 20.5 32 64.06%


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Fischer, R. W +3-0=3 B +1-1=5 8.0 13 61.54%

Kasparov, G. W +18-6=23 B +4-4=26 46.5 81 57.41%

Capablanca, J. W +4-0=13 B +5-5=8 19.5 35 55.71%

Botvinnik, M. W +4-1=7 B +3-3=13 17.0 31 54.84%

Tal, M. W +4-2=20 B +3-3=18 26.0 50 52.00%

Kramnik, V. W +8-2=24 B +2-6=21 32.5 63 51.59%

Karpov, An W +13-3=32 B +3-10=37 50.5 98 51.53%

Anand, V. W +9-3=17 B +5-12=25 35.0 71 49.30%

Petrosian, T. W +5-2=23 B +3-8=25 32.0 66 48.48%

Smyslov, V. W +5-4=18 B +1-5=19 24.5 52 47.12%

Alekhine, A. W +4-4=6 B +0-4=9 11.5 27 42.59%

Spassky, B. W +1-5=31 B +3-10=16 27.5 66 41.67%

Khalifman, A. W +1-1=6 B +0-6=5 6.5 19 34.21%

Euwe, M. W +2-1=5 B +0-7=3 6.0 18 33.33%

Steinitz, W. W +1-3=1 B +0-3=2 2.5 10 25.00%

How about games by other players against the champs?

Top ten by number of games

Plyr Ct

Timman, J. 128

Ljubojevic, Lj 99

Portisch, L. 95

Ivanchuk, V. 94

Korchnoi, V. 88

Topalov, V. 73

Short, N. 73

Beliavsky, A. 73

Gelfand, B. 68

Shirov, A. 67

Scored >50% over >5 games


Fine, R. W +3-1=4 B +2-1=4 9.0 15 60.00%

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Christiansen, L. W +1-0=3 B +1-1=1 4.0 7 57.14%

Stein, L. W +2-0=8 B +0-0=5 8.5 15 56.67%

Pillsbury, H. W +6-3=3 B +3-5=4 12.5 24 52.08%

Polugaevsky, L. W +5-2=15 B +2-4=23 26.0 51 50.98%

The most active


Portisch, L. W +8-11=33 B +3-10=30 42.5 95 44.74%

Ivanchuk, V. W +10-9=27 B +3-15=30 41.5 94 44.15%

Gelfand, B. W +6-5=23 B +1-11=22 29.5 68 43.38%Topalov, V. W +6-10=22 B +2-11=22 30.0 73 41.10%

Ljubojevic, Lj W +7-18=33 B +4-13=24 39.5 99 39.90%

Korchnoi, V. W +5-16=20 B +6-15=26 34.0 88 38.64%

Short, N. W +7-7=23 B +1-18=17 28.0 73 38.36%

Shirov, A. W +3-11=22 B +3-11=17 25.5 67 38.06%

Timman, J. W +7-15=40 B +3-30=33 46.5 128 36.33%

Beliavsky, A. W +7-16=14 B +3-21=12 23.0 73 31.51%

Players who challenged the world champions

Now let's go back to the 200 greatest tournaments and consider all games where one

or both players was a challenger who never became world champion. This is a total of

3895 games for which we can compute the same kind of statistics as for the

champions.

Events

Plyr Ct

Timman, J. 60

Korchnoi, V. 46

Short, N. 37

Keres, P. 20

Bronstein, D. 18

Bogoljubov, E. 16

Marshall, F. 16

Kamsky, G. 15

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Janowsky, D. 12

Schlechter, C. 12

Chigorin, M. 10

Reshevsky, S. 7

Gunsberg, I. 2

Zukertort, J. 1

World championship challengers against all opponents


Zukertort, J. W +3-3=2 B +6-0=2 11.0 16 68.75%Keres, P. W +64-16=76 B +43-28=83 186.5 310 60.16%

Bogoljubov, E. W +63-30=34 B +56-38=32 152.0 253 60.08%

Schlechter, C. W +55-20=53 B +38-24=58 148.5 248 59.88%

Reshevsky, S. W +17-3=31 B +17-12=19 59.0 99 59.60%

Tarrasch, S. W +53-22=45 B +38-34=49 138.0 241 57.26%

Bronstein, D. W +58-18=78 B +30-33=92 173.0 309 55.99%

Marshall, F. W +51-26=56 B +43-41=54 149.0 271 54.98%

Janowsky, D. W +56-36=22 B +50-50=19 126.5 233 54.29%

Korchnoi, V. W +110-69=132 B +93-80=146 342.0 630 54.29%Chigorin, M. W +45-40=16 B +42-42=22 106.0 207 51.21%

Timman, J. W +116-55=189 B +62-107=185 365.0 714 51.12%

Kamsky, G. W +28-11=43 B +15-30=38 83.5 165 50.61%

Short, N. W +61-46=90 B +37-68=97 191.5 399 47.99%

Gunsberg, I. W +4-9=3 B +3-9=3 10.0 31 32.26%

The world champions against the challengers


Lasker, Em W +18-2=5 B +13-4=8 37.5 50 75.00%

Capablanca, J. W +12-1=8 B +8-1=8 28.0 38 73.68%

Kasparov, G. W +19-0=11 B +14-3=21 49.0 68 72.06%

Alekhine, A. W +11-2=11 B +11-0=12 33.5 47 71.28%

Anand, V. W +16-1=7 B +2-3=6 24.5 35 70.00%

Karpov, An W +22-2=23 B +15-6=22 59.5 90 66.11%

Kramnik, V. W +8-0=5 B +4-2=13 21.0 32 65.63%

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Botvinnik, M. W +2-0=5 B +6-3=5 13.0 21 61.90%

Petrosian, T. W +2-0=19 B +2-0=18 22.5 41 54.88%

Spassky, B. W +6-1=22 B +4-5=19 30.5 57 53.51%

Euwe, M. W +1-2=4 B +3-1=7 9.5 18 52.78%

Tal, M. W +6-5=12 B +1-2=10 18.0 36 50.00%

Khalifman, A. W +1-1=1 B +0-0=1 2.0 4 50.00%

Smyslov, V. W +6-4=8 B +1-6=13 17.5 38 46.05%

Steinitz, W. W +4-7=3 B +5-8=2 11.5 29 39.66%

How did the challengers do among themselves? Our data yields 231 games with a

world champion challenger playing both White and Black; this is over 82 events withat least two challengers.

Events with four or more challengers

Year Site Ct Challengers

1907 Ostend 5 Chigorin, Janowsky, Marshall, Schlechter, Tarrasch

1895 Hastings 5 Chigorin, Gunsberg, Janowsky, Schlechter, Tarrasch

1914 Petersburg (prelim) 4

1911 San Sebastian 4

1991 Tilburg 4 Kamsky, Korchnoi, Short, Timman

1907 Karlsbad 4

1904 Cambridge Springs 4

1900 Paris 4

1898 Vienna 4

1896 Nuremberg 4

There has been only one such event since 1914.

The challengers against each other


Reshevsky, S. W +1-0=1 B +3-1=1 5.0 7 71.43%

Marshall, F. W +11-3=8 B +5-7=11 25.5 45 56.67%

Keres, P. W +5-2=7 B +0-1=5 11.0 20 55.00%

Short, N. W +8-5=7 B +6-5=11 23.0 42 54.76%

Tarrasch, S. W +9-4=10 B +6-7=10 25.0 46 54.35%

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Janowsky, D. W +12-8=4 B +12-13=4 28.0 53 52.83%

Schlechter, C. W +10-4=10 B +4-9=10 24.0 47 51.06%

Bogoljubov, E. W +3-4=2 B +3-3=3 8.5 18 47.22%

Kamsky, G. W +2-2=3 B +2-3=1 6.0 13 46.15%

Bronstein, D. W +2-2=4 B +1-3=5 7.5 17 44.12%

Timman, J. W +9-8=8 B +5-13=9 22.5 52 43.27%

Gunsberg, I. W +0-1=3 B +1-1=1 3.0 7 42.86%

Chigorin, M. W +5-11=6 B +3-12=6 14.0 43 32.56%

Zukertort is missing because he played only one game, against Chigorin, which he

won.

Games by world champions and challengers

Now let's look at all games with a world champion or a challenger playing either

White or Black. This is a total of 8062 games, including 1208 games with champions

and challengers playing both White and Black. 182 of our 200 events have had at least

seen two world champions and challengers.

The first USSR - World match had nine(!) champions and challengers, but most of

them didn't play each other. The Fischer - Petrosian & Reshevsky - Smyslov matcheswere the exceptions. The second USSR - World match had fewer champions and

challengers.

USSR - World

1970 USSR - World 9

1984 USSR - World 6

Events with seven champions and challengers

Year Site Ct

1895 Hastings 7

1914 Petersburg (prelim) 7

1936 Nottingham 7

1971 Moscow 7

1973 USSR (ch) 7

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The champions and challengers against each other


Lasker, Em W +26-3=14 B +18-7=14 58.0 82 70.73% *

Capablanca, J. W +16-1=21 B +13-6=16 47.5 73 65.07% *

Kasparov, G. W +37-6=34 B +18-7=47 95.5 149 64.09% *

Fischer, R. W +5-0=7 B +1-1=6 12.5 20 62.50% *

Alekhine, A. W +15-6=17 B +11-4=21 45.0 74 60.81% *

Karpov, An W +35-5=55 B +18-16=59 110.0 188 58.51% *

Botvinnik, M. W +6-1=12 B +9-6=18 30.0 52 57.69% *

Kramnik, V. W +16-2=29 B +6-8=34 53.5 95 56.32% *Anand, V. W +25-4=24 B +7-15=31 59.5 106 56.13% *

Reshevsky, S. W +2-0=11 B +6-7=7 17.0 33 51.52%

Tal, M. W +10-7=32 B +4-5=28 44.0 86 51.16% *

Petrosian, T. W +7-2=42 B +5-8=43 54.5 107 50.93% *

Schlechter, C. W +12-8=13 B +6-10=13 31.0 62 50.00%

Keres, P. W +10-8=23 B +3-7=25 37.0 76 48.68%

Tarrasch, S. W +12-11=16 B +8-12=13 34.5 72 47.92%

Janowsky, D. W +15-14=6 B +15-20=6 36.0 76 47.37%

Spassky, B. W +7-6=53 B +7-15=35 58.0 123 47.15% *Smyslov, V. W +11-8=26 B +2-11=32 42.0 90 46.67% *

Short, N. W +15-12=30 B +7-23=28 51.0 115 44.35%

Korchnoi, V. W +13-21=33 B +14-23=35 61.0 139 43.88%

Euwe, M. W +3-3=9 B +3-8=10 15.5 36 43.06% *

Marshall, F. W +12-11=18 B +5-18=17 34.5 81 42.59%

Bronstein, D. W +4-6=19 B +1-10=20 24.5 60 40.83%

Kamsky, G. W +6-4=13 B +3-14=8 19.5 48 40.63%

Timman, J. W +16-23=48 B +8-43=42 69.0 180 38.33%

Khalifman, A. W +2-2=7 B +0-6=6 8.5 23 36.96% *Bogoljubov, E. W +4-10=11 B +4-12=10 18.5 51 36.27%

Steinitz, W. W +5-10=4 B +5-11=4 14.0 39 35.90% *

Chigorin, M. W +8-16=8 B +6-20=9 22.5 67 33.58%

Gunsberg, I. W +0-4=3 B +1-3=1 3.0 12 25.00%

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Now let's look at the records of players who were neither champ nor challenger vs. the

champs and challengers.

Greatest number of games

Plyr Ct

Ljubojevic, Lj 177

Portisch, L. 157

Ivanchuk, V. 139

Beliavsky, A. 116

Andersson, U. 106Huebner, R. 103

Gelfand, B. 102

Topalov, V. 99

Larsen, B. 97

Shirov, A. 93

Scored >50% over >5 games


Bagirov, V. W +1-0=2 B +2-0=3 5.5 8 68.75%

Stein, L. W +6-0=10 B +0-0=10 16.0 26 61.54%

Christiansen, L. W +2-1=5 B +2-1=1 7.0 12 58.33%

Pollock, W. W +1-2=1 B +2-0=1 4.0 7 57.14%

Smejkal, J. W +1-0=3 B +0-0=4 4.5 8 56.25%

Fine, R. W +4-4=5 B +4-1=7 14.0 25 56.00%

Kotov, A. W +5-4=5 B +4-2=5 14.0 25 56.00%

Pillsbury, H. W +17-9=8 B +11-13=7 35.5 65 54.62%

Salov, Va W +11-1=25 B +8-13=17 40.0 75 53.33%

Duras, O. W +2-2=2 B +4-3=3 8.5 16 53.13%Speelman, J. W +4-1=15 B +5-6=10 21.5 41 52.44%

Kholmov, R. W +2-1=6 B +2-2=8 11.0 21 52.38%

Leko, P. W +3-0=23 B +2-4=21 27.0 53 50.94%

Nimzowitsch, A. W +9-11=16 B +7-4=14 31.0 61 50.82%

Ivanchuk, V. W +19-11=40 B +11-18=40 70.0 139 50.36%

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Bagirov's record

Year Site White Black Result

1960 USSR (ch) Spassky, B. Bagirov, V. 0-1

1960 USSR (ch) Smyslov, V. Bagirov, V. 1/2

1960 USSR (ch) Bagirov, V. Korchnoi, V. 1-0

1960 USSR (ch) Bronstein, D. Bagirov, V. 0-1

1960 USSR (ch) Bagirov, V. Petrosian, T. 1/2

1977 USSR (ch) Bagirov, V. Smyslov, V. 1/2

1977 USSR (ch) Petrosian, T. Bagirov, V. 1/2

1977 USSR (ch) Tal, M. Bagirov, V. 1/2

Stein's record


1961 USSR (ch) Stein, L. Bronstein, D. 1-0

1961 USSR (ch) Stein, L. Petrosian, T. 1-0

1961 USSR (ch) Stein, L. Spassky, B. 1-0

1964 Moscow Stein, L. Korchnoi, V. 1-0

1967 Moscow Stein, L. Keres, P. 1-0

1971 Moscow Stein, L. Bronstein, D. 1-0

Stein's record included not a single loss; his 20 draws were against Bronstein, Karpov,

Korchnoi, Petrosian, Smyslov, Spassky, & Tal.

Christiansen


1981 Linares Christiansen, L. Spassky, B. 1-0

1981 Linares Karpov, An Christiansen, L. 1-0

1982 London Christiansen, L. Karpov, An 1/2

1982 London Christiansen, L. Spassky, B. 1/2

1982 London Christiansen, L. Timman, J. 1/2

1982 London Short, N. Christiansen, L. 0-1

1985 Linares Christiansen, L. Korchnoi, V. 1/2

1985 Linares Christiansen, L. Timman, J. 1-0

1985 Linares Spassky, B. Christiansen, L. 1/2

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1993 Las Palmas Christiansen, L. Anand, V. 1/2

1993 Las Palmas Khalifman, A. Christiansen, L. 0-1

Most active


Ivanchuk, V. W +19-11=40 B +11-18=40 70.0 139 50.36%

Topalov, V. W +10-12=26 B +9-12=30 47.0 99 47.47%

Shirov, A. W +9-12=28 B +8-12=24 43.0 93 46.24%

Portisch, L. W +12-14=57 B +11-21=42 72.5 157 46.18%

Andersson, U. W +4-2=44 B +4-15=37 48.5 106 45.75%Gelfand, B. W +11-10=31 B +4-15=31 46.0 102 45.10%

Huebner, R. W +11-12=28 B +3-16=33 44.5 103 43.20%

Ljubojevic, Lj W +16-22=52 B +10-32=45 74.5 177 42.09%

Beliavsky, A. W +19-21=21 B +6-28=21 46.0 116 39.66%

Larsen, B. W +11-21=16 B +9-21=19 37.5 97 38.66%

[...]

Akopian, V. W +0-1=3 B +0-2=1 2.0 7 28.57%

You might have noticed that I've been including the FIDE Knockout championsKhalifman and Anand in the list of champions, while excluding their last round

challengers Akopian and Shirov. Shirov placed third on the previous list and I

included Akopian for comparison. It might be worth noting here that Shirov's record

against Kasparov (W:+0-4=7 B:+0-3=1 4/15 26.67% in these events) has been a

disaster.

Games among non-champs & challengers

Now let's give a break to the players who were neither champion nor challenger. For

the rest of this article, we'll consider only the 10344 games where neither player was a

champion or challenger.

The most active

Plyr Ct

Ljubojevic, Lj 405

Portisch, L. 374

Beliavsky, A. 330


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Tartakower, S. 303

Andersson, U. 272

Spielmann, R. 272

Ivanchuk, V. 271

Gligoric, S. 252

Larsen, B. 245

Shirov, A. 233

The most successful

Player W +W-L=D B +W-L=D Score Games PctSteiner, E. W +6-0=0 B +3-1=4 11.0 14 78.57%

Pillsbury, H. W +28-5=8 B +28-7=13 66.5 89 74.72%

Szen, J. W +6-2=0 B +6-2=1 12.5 17 73.53%

Anderssen, A. W +8-2=1 B +6-3=1 15.0 21 71.43%

Fine, R. W +12-0=3 B +3-3=10 21.5 31 69.35%

Lein, A. W +6-0=1 B +0-1=5 9.0 13 69.23%

Foltys, J. W +4-1=3 B +4-1=3 11.0 16 68.75%

Rubinstein, A. W +66-11=37 B +47-20=45 154.0 226 68.14%

Engels, L. W +1-0=2 B +1-0=2 4.0 6 66.67%Dolmatov, S. W +4-1=2 B +1-0=6 9.0 14 64.29%

The most (& least) successful with >48 games


Pillsbury, H. W +28-5=8 B +28-7=13 66.5 89 74.72%

Rubinstein, A. W +66-11=37 B +47-20=45 154.0 226 68.14%

Nimzowitsch, A. W +35-10=36 B +43-19=33 112.5 176 63.92%

Maroczy, G. W +49-7=52 B +36-23=50 136.0 217 62.67%

Boleslavsky, I. W +25-4=35 B +17-8=32 75.5 121 62.40%

Stein, L. W +13-0=10 B +7-7=16 33.0 53 62.26%

Ivanchuk, V. W +50-13=73 B +43-17=75 167.0 271 61.62%

Flohr, S. W +34-7=40 B +23-14=41 97.5 159 61.32%

Schiffers, E. W +9-4=11 B +12-6=10 31.5 52 60.58%

Taimanov, M. W +45-11=24 B +21-21=39 97.5 161 60.56%

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Mieses, J. W +22-23=8 B +16-26=11 47.5 106 44.81%

Gurgenidze, B. W +8-8=10 B +6-12=10 24.0 54 44.44%

Hjartarson, J. W +11-16=36 B +8-24=36 55.0 131 41.98%

Piket, Je W +14-13=28 B +7-28=29 49.5 119 41.60%

Cohn, E. W +9-16=10 B +11-16=9 29.5 71 41.55%

Johner, P. W +13-23=8 B +15-24=11 37.5 94 39.89%

Bertok, M. W +1-11=17 B +2-9=18 20.5 58 35.34%

Thomas, Ge W +5-14=15 B +3-20=13 22.0 70 31.43%

Menchik, V. W +5-17=3 B +3-17=4 11.5 49 23.47%

The players at the top of this list are those who most deserved a crack at the worldchampionship title, but never got one.

Most active


Ivanchuk, V. W +50-13=73 B +43-17=75 167.0 271 61.62%

Larsen, B. W +55-32=33 B +45-39=41 137.0 245 55.92%

Gligoric, S. W +54-21=53 B +24-28=72 140.5 252 55.75%

Spielmann, R. W +58-29=45 B +39-38=63 151.0 272 55.51%

Tartakower, S. W +56-23=77 B +41-41=65 168.0 303 55.45%

Shirov, A. W +50-23=45 B +26-33=56 126.5 233 54.29%

Portisch, L. W +65-20=98 B +28-42=121 202.5 374 54.14%

Ljubojevic, Lj W +60-24=120 B +38-46=117 216.5 405 53.46%

Andersson, U. W +30-11=98 B +14-25=94 140.0 272 51.47%

Beliavsky, A. W +53-34=74 B +38-48=83 169.5 330 51.36%

World champion rivals

Tournament rivals of the world champions

Which players did the world champions meet most often in battle? Who were their

most dangerous contemporaries? These counts are from Chess Informant's '200

greatest tournaments' and do not include world championship events or Olympiads.

Steinitz


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Player Opponent Ct

Steinitz, W. Chigorin, M. 12

Steinitz, W. Pillsbury, H. 12

Steinitz, W. Lasker, Em 10

Steinitz, W. Blackburne, J. 6

Steinitz, W. Janowsky, D. 6

Steinitz, W. Schlechter, C. 6

Lasker

Player Opponent CtLasker, Em Chigorin, M. 12

Lasker, Em Pillsbury, H. 12

Lasker, Em Steinitz, W. 10

Lasker, Em Capablanca, J. 10

Lasker, Em Janowsky, D. 9

Capablanca

Player Opponent Ct

Capablanca, J. Marshall, F. 15

Capablanca, J. Alekhine, A. 13

Capablanca, J. Spielmann, R. 11

Capablanca, J. Nimzowitsch, A. 10

Capablanca, J. Lasker, Em 10

Alekhine

Player Opponent Ct

Alekhine, A. Tartakower, S. 15Alekhine, A. Capablanca, J. 13

Alekhine, A. Bogoljubov, E. 13

Alekhine, A. Nimzowitsch, A. 13

Alekhine, A. Spielmann, R. 12

Alekhine, A. Vidmar, M. 12

Euwe


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Player Opponent Ct

Euwe, M. Tartakower, S. 8

Euwe, M. Bogoljubov, E. 7

Euwe, M. Capablanca, J. 6

Euwe, M. Spielmann, R. 5

Euwe, M. Alekhine, A. 5

Botvinnik

Player Opponent Ct

Botvinnik, M. Keres, P. 11Botvinnik, M. Smyslov, V. 11

Botvinnik, M. Taimanov, M. 10

Botvinnik, M. Flohr, S. 10

Botvinnik, M. Lilienthal, A. 8

Botvinnik, M. Boleslavsky, I. 8

Smyslov

Player Opponent Ct

Smyslov, V. Geller, E. 17

Smyslov, V. Petrosian, T. 12

Smyslov, V. Keres, P. 12

Smyslov, V. Botvinnik, M. 11

Smyslov, V. Bronstein, D. 10

Smyslov, V. Boleslavsky, I. 10

Tal

Player Opponent CtTal, M. Petrosian, T. 13

Tal, M. Spassky, B. 13

Tal, M. Karpov, An 12

Tal, M. Portisch, L. 12

Tal, M. Timman, J. 11

Petrosian


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Player Opponent Ct

Petrosian, T. Spassky, B. 16

Petrosian, T. Geller, E. 14

Petrosian, T. Tal, M. 13

Petrosian, T. Smyslov, V. 12

Petrosian, T. Korchnoi, V. 12

Spassky

Player Opponent Ct

Spassky, B. Portisch, L. 22Spassky, B. Larsen, B. 21

Spassky, B. Ljubojevic, Lj 19

Spassky, B. Karpov, An 18

Spassky, B. Timman, J. 18

Fischer

Player Opponent Ct

Fischer, R. Petrosian, T. 8

Fischer, R. Ivkov, B. 5

Fischer, R. Gligoric, S. 4

Fischer, R. Unzicker, W. 4

Fischer, R. Donner, J. 4

Karpov

Player Opponent Ct

Karpov, An Timman, J. 41

Karpov, An Portisch, L. 32Karpov, An Ljubojevic, Lj 31

Karpov, An Andersson, U. 24

Karpov, An Beliavsky, A. 20

Kasparov

Player Opponent Ct

Kasparov, G. Timman, J. 25


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Kasparov, G. Ivanchuk, V. 24

Kasparov, G. Short, N. 23

Kasparov, G. Kramnik, V. 23

Kasparov, G. Anand, V. 22

Khalifman

Player Opponent Ct

Khalifman, A. Anand, V. 6

Khalifman, A. Beliavsky, A. 5

Khalifman, A. Ivanchuk, V. 4Khalifman, A. Kramnik, V. 4

Khalifman, A. Karpov, An 4

Khalifman, A. Ehlvest, J. 4

Khalifman, A. Kasparov, G. 4

Kramnik

Player Opponent Ct

Kramnik, V. Anand, V. 25

Kramnik, V. Topalov, V. 24

Kramnik, V. Ivanchuk, V. 23

Kramnik, V. Kasparov, G. 23

Kramnik, V. Shirov, A. 18

Anand

Player Opponent Ct

Anand, V. Kramnik, V. 25

Anand, V. Gelfand, B. 24Anand, V. Ivanchuk, V. 24

Anand, V. Kasparov, G. 22

Anand, V. Topalov, V. 19

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