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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0-1Budapest-Moscow 1949 C63
Lilienthal, Andor vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch17 1949 D31
Barcza, Gedeon vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Budapest-Moscow 1949 A20
Bronstein, David I vs Szily, Jozsef
1-0Budapest-Moscow 1949 D31
Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch17 1949 A13
Taimanov, Mark E vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch17 1949 D48
Florian, Tibor vs Bronstein, David I
1-0Budapest-Moscow 1949 D97
Bronstein, David I vs Florian, Tibor
1-0Budapest-Moscow 1949 C04
Bronstein, David I vs Benko, Pal C
1/2-1/2Budapest-Moscow 1949 B20
Bronstein, David I vs Barcza, Gedeon
1/2-1/2Budapest-Moscow 1949 B66
Bronstein, David I vs Gereben, Erno
1/2-1/2Budapest-Moscow 1949 D69
Bronstein, David I vs Tipary, Lajos
1-0Budapest-Moscow 1949 B10
Bronstein, David I vs Kopylov, Nikolai G
1-0URS-ch17 1949 C84
Bronstein, David I vs Flohr, Salo
1/2-1/2URS-ch17 1949 D22
Bronstein, David I vs Szabo, Laszlo
1-0Budapest-Moscow 1949 C32
Fuster, Geza vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Budapest-Moscow 1949 D07
Sokolsky, Alexey vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch17 1949 C62
Bronstein, David I vs Kotov, Alexander
1/2-1/2URS-ch17 1949 D41
Bronstein, David I vs Aronin, Lev Solomonovich
1/2-1/2URS-ch17 1949 E61
Gereben, Erno vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Budapest-Moscow 1949 E68
Bronstein, David I vs Ragozin, Viacheslav
1-0URS-ch17 1949 B68
Bronstein, David I vs Levenfish, Grigory
1-0URS-ch17 1949 B83
Bronstein, David I vs Ragozin, Viacheslav
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 E51
Bronstein, David I vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 D40
Bronstein, David I vs Lisitsin, Georgy
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 E35
Tolush, Alexander V vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch16 1948 D45
Bronstein, David I vs Kotov, Alexander
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 D31
Bronstein, David I vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1-0URS-ch16 1948 A17
Bronstein, David I vs Ilivitzki, Georgi A
1-0URS-ch16 1948 D28
Lilienthal, Andor vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 D14
Bondarevsky, Igor vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 E91
Bronstein, David I vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
1-0URS-ch16 1948 E51
Flohr, Salo vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 D22
Aronin, Lev Solomonovich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch16 1948 D60
Konstantinopolsky, Alexander vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 E67
Bronstein, David I vs Alatortsev, Vladimir
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 C98
Taimanov, Mark E vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch16 1948 B58
Panov, Vasily N vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch16 1948 C17
Levenfish, Grigory vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch16 1948 C48
Bronstein, David I vs Simagin, Vladimir
1-0Moscow-ch 1947 C75
Aronin, Lev Solomonovich vs Bronstein, David I
1-0Moscow-ch 1947 B92
Bronstein, David I vs Taimanov, Mark E
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1947 D46
Bronstein, David I vs Kasparian, Genrikh
1/2-1/2Parnu 1947 B06
Bronstein, David I vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
0-1Parnu 1947 E90
Kopylov, Nikolai G vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1947 E80
Sokolsky, Alexey vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1947 B59
Renter, Raul vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Parnu 1947 C49
Yudovich, Mikhail Sr vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 C15
Bronstein, David I vs Kirillov, Vladimir Grigorevic
1-0URS-ch sf 1947 B10
Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1947 C86