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)
Search & Filter All Games →Bronstein, David I vs Mikenas, Vladas
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1947 A40
Simagin, Vladimir vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Parnu 1947 C66
Bronstein, David I vs Bondarevsky, Igor
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 C15
Bronstein, David I vs Zagorovsky, Vladimir Pavlovich
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1947 C97
Goldenov, Boris Petrovich vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 C17
Bronstein, David I vs Aronin, Lev Solomonovich
1-0URS-ch sf 1947 D10
Bronstein, David I vs Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich
1-0Parnu 1947 B11
Bronstein, David I vs Kan, Ilia Abramovich
1-0Moscow-ch 1947 C10
Tolush, Alexander V vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Parnu 1947 B92
Flohr, Salo vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 E61
Bondarevsky, Igor vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Parnu 1947 D00
Bronstein, David I vs Abrahams, Gerald
1-0ENG-URS 1947 C87
Bronstein, David I vs Alatortsev, Vladimir
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 C82
Bronstein, David I vs Tolush, Alexander V
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 D55
Bronstein, David I vs Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1947 C77
Abrahams, Gerald vs Bronstein, David I
0-1ENG-URS 1947 E94
Bronstein, David I vs Ufimtsev, Anatoly
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 C84
Bronstein, David I vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 B58
Bronstein, David I vs Levenfish, Grigory
1-0URS-ch15 1947 D38
Bronstein, David I vs Lilienthal, Andor
1/2-1/2Parnu 1947 D97
Bronstein, David I vs Panov, Vasily N
1-0Moscow-ch 1947 C30
Chekhover, Vitaly vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1947 A24
Bronstein, David I vs Kamishov, Mikhail Pavlovich
1-0Moscow-ch 1947 C32
Bronstein, David I vs Mikenas, Vladas
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1947 C16
Klaman, Konstantin vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1947 D01
Bronstein, David I vs Aronin, Lev Solomonovich
1-0URS-ch15 1947 B26
Batuev, Andrey Mikhailovich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1947 A48
Kasparian, Genrikh vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch15 1947 B23
Zhukhovitsky, Samuel vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch sf 1947 C79
Vasiljev, A. vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch sf 1947 E67
Fridstein, German Samuilovich vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1947 D70
Bronstein, David I vs Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic
0-1Moscow-ch 1947 B20
Bronstein, David I vs Dubinin, Peter Vasilievich
1-0URS-ch15 1947 C39
Bronstein, David I vs Bogatyrev, O.
1-0Moscow-ch 1947 D97
Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch sf 1947 A13
Bronstein, David I vs Lisitsin, Georgy
0-1URS-ch sf 1947 B24
Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-ch15 1947 A80
Randviir, Juri vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Parnu 1947 C45
Bronstein, David I vs Magergut, Alexander
1-0Moscow-ch 1947 A80
Kan, Ilia Abramovich vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 A81
Zagoriansky, Evgeny vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1947 A81
Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Bronstein, David I
1-0Moscow-ch 1947 D71
Flohr, Salo vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Parnu 1947 E90
Bronstein, David I vs Klaman, Konstantin
1-0URS-ch15 1947 D23
Bronstein, David I vs Kotov, Alexander
0-1Parnu 1947 B85
Bronstein, David I vs Kuzminykh, Evgeny
1-0URS-ch sf 1947 E06
Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch15 1947 D27
Lilienthal, Andor vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch15 1947 E61
Gusev, Yuri S vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1947 B13
Sajtar, Jaroslav vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-Prague 1946 E68