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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1/2-1/2Mar del Plata 1960 A95
Bronstein, David I vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2URS-ch27 1960 A35
Bronstein, David I vs Sakharov, Yury N
1/2-1/2URS-ch27 1960 C76
Bronstein, David I vs Lutikov, Anatoly S
1-0URS-ch27 1960 B01
Simagin, Vladimir vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch27 1960 B40
Mukhin, Evgeny B vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-chT 1959 C27
Fuderer, Andrija vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-JUG 1959 B01
Milev, Zdravko vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem 1959 E81
Bronstein, David I vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem 1959 D01
Bronstein, David I vs Sakharov, Yury N
1-0URS-chT 1959 B30
Gufeld, Eduard vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch26 1959 B16
Bronstein, David I vs Maslov, Leonid P
1-0URS-chT 1959 C43
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem 1959 C76
Gurgenidze, Bukhuti vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch26 1959 B30
Nezhmetdinov, Rashid vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch26 1959 C63
Bronstein, David I vs Yukhtman, Jacob
1-0URS-ch26 1959 B06
Bronstein, David I vs Nikitin, Aleksander S
1-0URS-ch26 1959 C83
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-chT 1959 E14
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch26 1959 D36
Anokhin, A. vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-chT 1959 B40
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Alekhine mem 1959 E43
Bronstein, David I vs Filip, Miroslav
1-0Alekhine mem 1959 B47
Bronstein, David I vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2URS-ch26 1959 B01
Taimanov, Mark E vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch26 1959 A32
Bronstein, David I vs Averbakh, Yuri L
0-1URS-ch26 1959 B63
Bronstein, David I vs Fuderer, Andrija
1/2-1/2URS-JUG 1959 A53
Bronstein, David I vs Fuderer, Andrija
0-1URS-JUG 1959 C44
Bronstein, David I vs Klovans, Janis
1/2-1/2URS-chT 1959 C77
Bronstein, David I vs Aronin, Lev Solomonovich
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem 1959 A48
Bronstein, David I vs Simagin, Vladimir
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem 1959 D55
Bronstein, David I vs Lutikov, Anatoly S
1/2-1/2URS-ch26 1959 E82
Bronstein, David I vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
1/2-1/2URS-chT 1959 B47
Bronstein, David I vs Krogius, Nikolai V
1-0URS-ch26 1959 B32
Bronstein, David I vs Vasiukov, Evgeni
1/2-1/2URS-ch26 1959 B71
Bronstein, David I vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
1/2-1/2URS-ch26 1959 B31
Blagidze, Alexander vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-chT 1959 E46
Fuderer, Andrija vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-JUG 1959 C43
Bronstein, David I vs Borisenko, Georgy K
1-0URS-ch25 1958 C96
Andersen, Borge vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Munich olm prel 1958 A92
Bronstein, David I vs Lemoine, Claude
1-0Munich olm prel 1958 C35
Bannik, Anatoly vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch25 1958 B90
De Loughry, Desmond vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Munich olm prel 1958 B12
Bronstein, David I vs Beni, Alfred
1-0Munich olm fin-A 1958 B07
Averbakh, Yuri L vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch25 1958 E54
Kotov, Alexander vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch25 1958 A40
Bronstein, David I vs Krogius, Nikolai V
1-0URS-ch25 1958 E80
Rossolimo, Nicolas vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Munich olm fin-A 1958 C56
Bronstein, David I vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
1-0URS-ch25 1958 B41
Bronstein, David I vs Suetin, Alexey S
1-0URS-ch25 1958 B50
Gurgenidze, Bukhuti vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch25 1958 B66