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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1/2-1/2Tallinn 1975 A34
Bronstein, David I vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1-0Vilnius zt 1975 C30
Sax, Gyula vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Teeside 1975 B51
Bronstein, David I vs Gipslis, Aivars
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1975 B01
Hort, Vlastimil vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Teeside 1975 D26
Bronstein, David I vs Govashelishvili, Genadij
1/2-1/2URS-chT 1975 D22
Gufeld, Eduard vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Vilnius zt 1975 B96
Balashov, Yuri S vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Vilnius zt 1975 C09
Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Vilnius zt 1975 D38
Doroshkievich, Vladimir K vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch43 1975 A85
Bronstein, David I vs Hartston, William R
1/2-1/2Teeside 1975 D98
Bronstein, David I vs Lombardy, William James
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1975 B60
Bronstein, David I vs Romanishin, Oleg M
1-0URS-ch43 1975 B27
Bronstein, David I vs Lombardy, William James
1-0Teeside 1975 B44
Nunn, John DM vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Hastings7576 1975 C68
Bronstein, David I vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2Hastings7576 1975 C08
Kaplan, Julio P vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Hastings7576 1975 C11
Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Reykjavik 1974 C99
Kozlov, V. vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS Cup 1974 A05
Ogaard, Leif vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Reykjavik 1974 E45
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Reykjavik 1974 A34
Bronstein, David I vs Vaisman, Alexander N
1-0URS Cup 1974 A48
Bronstein, David I vs Podgaets, Mikhail
0-1URS-ch sf 1974 E80
Bronstein, David I vs Kozlov, V.
1-0URS Cup 1974 C78
Alburt, Lev O vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1974 E12
Savon, Vladimir A vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch sf 1974 C78
Timoshchenko, Gennadi A vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS Cup 1974 B15
Machulsky, Anatoly D vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS Cup 1974 B15
Kozlov, V. vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS Cup 1974 D77
Bronstein, David I vs Tringov, Georgi P
1-0Reykjavik 1974 B09
Bronstein, David I vs Lerner, Konstantin Z
0-1URS-ch sf 1974 D56
Bronstein, David I vs Timoshchenko, Gennadi A
0-1URS Cup 1974 E63
Bronstein, David I vs Klovans, Janis
0-1URS-ch sf 1974 C33
Vaisman, Alexander N vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS Cup 1974 D02
Bronstein, David I vs Dvorietzky, Mark I
0-1URS-ch sf 1974 C11
Zhuravliov, Valerij vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1974 C18
Kristinsson, Jon vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Reykjavik 1974 D38
Bronstein, David I vs Vaisman, Alexander N
1-0URS Cup 1974 B64
Machulsky, Anatoly D vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS Cup 1974 C16
Kuindzhi, Alexander vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1973 C16
Bronstein, David I vs Zilberstein, Valery I
1-0URS-ch sf 1973 D92
Bronstein, David I vs Bagirov, Vladimir
1-0URS-ch sf 1973 C05
Pribyl, Josef vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1973 A53
Bronstein, David I vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1973 C48
Bronstein, David I vs Balashov, Yuri S
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1973 A14
Popov, Luben vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1973 D90
Gufeld, Eduard vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch sf 1973 C05
Osnos, Viatcheslav vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1973 E15
Bronstein, David I vs Dvorietzky, Mark I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1973 C55
Bronstein, David I vs Dzindzichashvili, Roman
0-1URS-ch sf 1973 B69