Bronstein, David
David Bronstein came within half a point of becoming World Champion in 1951, drawing his match against Botvinnik 12-12, which allowed the champion to retain his title. One of the most creative and original thinkers in chess history, his masterpiece "Zurich 1953" -- an annotated account of the greatest tournament of the twentieth century -- remains one of the most influential chess books ever written.
Total Games
1930
Wins
699
Draws
939
Losses
292
36.2% wins48.7% draws15.1% losses
Most Played Openings
A48 - London System26A53 - Old Indian Defense25E68 - King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Long Variation24B16 - Caro-Kann Defense: Finnish Variation21C15 - French Defense: Winawer Variation20B01 - Scandinavian Defense19E90 - King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation18B14 - Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack18B10 - Caro-Kann Defense17E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation17
Featured Games
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Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
World Championship 19th
1951
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Bronstein, David I vs Geller, Efim P
Gothenburg Interzonal
1955
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Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
World Championship 19th
1951
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Geller, Efim P vs Bronstein, David I
Petropolis Interzonal
1973
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Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
World Championship 19th
1951
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Bronstein, David I vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
Petropolis Interzonal
1973
View PrintGames (1930)
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1/2-1/2Pancevo 1987 E49
Bronstein, David I vs Rodriguez, Amador
1/2-1/2Pancevo 1987 A47
Bareev, Evgeny vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow TV 1987 E67
Bronstein, David I vs Todorovic, Goran N
1-0Pancevo 1987 C77
Cabrilo, Goran vs Bronstein, David I
1-0Pancevo 1987 C16
Rajna, George vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Pancevo 1987 C92
Vasiljevic, Dragan vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Pancevo 1987 E91
Nikolic, Sava N vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Pancevo 1987 A46
Bronstein, David I vs Korzubov, Peter
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 B24
Zaitsev, Igor A vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 B08
Anikaev, Yuri N vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 D41
Bronstein, David I vs Balashov, Yuri S
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 E37
Gavrikov, Viktor vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch sf 1983 D16
Klovans, Janis vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 C19
Bronstein, David I vs Bagirov, Vladimir
1-0URS-ch sf 1983 D15
Bronstein, David I vs Ubilava, Elizbar
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 D66
Glek, Igor V vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch sf 1983 A80
Rozentalis, Eduardas vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 B13
Bronstein, David I vs Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich
1-0URS-ch sf 1983 A57
Vyzmanavin, Alexey vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 A07
Kochyev, Alexander vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch sf 1983 D73
Eingorn, Vereslav S vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1983 A09
Bronstein, David I vs Kupreichik, Viktor D
1-0URS-ch sf 1983 E90
Bronstein, David I vs Kalinitschew, Sergey
1-0Moscow-ch 1982 A30
Bronstein, David I vs Tavadian, Ragik
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1982 E15
Bronstein, David I vs Zaichik, Gennadi
0-1URS-ch sf 1982 A46
Bronstein, David I vs Suetin, Alexey S
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 B42
Rashkovsky, Nukhim N vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 E21
Razuvaev, Yuri S vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch sf 1982 D17
Cherepkov, Alexander V vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1982 E76
Bronstein, David I vs Kengis, Edvins
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1982 A04
Makarichev, Sergey vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 A40
Gulko, Boris F vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 E18
Press, Grigory vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1982 A41
Bronstein, David I vs Kuzmin, Alexey
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 E60
Bronstein, David I vs Sokolov, Andrei
1-0Moscow-ch 1982 A47
Savon, Vladimir A vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1982 A09
Bronstein, David I vs Kremenietsky, Anatoly M
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 D01
Bronstein, David I vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 C33
Khasin, Abram vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1982 A10
Bagirov, Vladimir vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1982 E48
Aseev, Konstantin N vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1982 B16
Bronstein, David I vs Lukin, Andrei M
1-0URS-ch sf 1982 D20
Loginov, Valery A vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1982 D11
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 B14
Balashov, Yuri S vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 C42
Bronstein, David I vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
1-0Moscow-ch 1982 D03
Bronstein, David I vs Andrianov, Nikolai
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 A47
Bronstein, David I vs Kharitonov, Andrei Y
1-0URS-ch sf 1982 E54
Smagin, Sergey vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1982 C55