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 Ulvestad, Olaf
0-1URS-USA 1946 C86
Bondarevsky, Igor vs Bronstein, David I
1-0Moscow-ch 1946 A05
Kottnauer, Cenek vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-Prague 1946 E67
Bronstein, David I vs Kottnauer, Cenek
1-0Moscow-Prague 1946 B50
Zita, Frantisek vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-Prague 1946 E68
Estrin, Yacov vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1946 B13
Bronstein, David I vs Pachman, Ludek
1-0Moscow-Prague 1946 C88
Simagin, Vladimir vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1946 C19
Bronstein, David I vs Kotov, Alexander
1-0Moscow-ch 1946 B17
Bronstein, David I vs Lilienthal, Andor
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1946 C82
Bronstein, David I vs Winter, William
0-1ENG-URS radio 1946 B76
Bronstein, David I vs Zita, Frantisek
1-0Moscow-Prague 1946 C10
Ravinsky, Grigory Ionovich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1946 E61
Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1946 C07
Bronstein, David I vs Sajtar, Jaroslav
1-0Moscow-Prague 1946 B70
Bronstein, David I vs Kamishov, Mikhail Pavlovich
1/2-1/2Moscow-ch 1946 B56
Bronstein, David I vs Panov, Vasily N
1-0Moscow-ch 1946 C99
Ulvestad, Olaf vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-USA 1946 B24
Winter, William vs Bronstein, David I
0-1ENG-URS radio 1946 E68
Bronstein, David I vs Opocensky, Karel
1/2-1/2Moscow-Prague 1946 B92
Baturinsky, Victor Davidovich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1946 E68
Bronstein, David I vs Katetov, Miroslav
0-1Moscow-Prague 1946 C19
Opocensky, Karel vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-Prague 1946 A48
Katetov, Miroslav vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-Prague 1946 D66
Solntsev, Yury vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-ch 1946 E90
Pachman, Ludek vs Bronstein, David I
0-1Moscow-Prague 1946 E68
Alatortsev, Vladimir vs Bronstein, David I
1-0Moscow-ch 1946 A53
Bronstein, David I vs Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail
1-0Moscow-ch 1946 B70
Bronstein, David I vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1-0Moscow-ch 1946 B71
Kotov, Alexander vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch14 1945 E69
Boleslavsky, Isaak vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch14 1945 C75
Tolush, Alexander V vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch14 1945 D01
Konstantinopolsky, Alexander vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch14 1945 C98
Kan, Ilia Abramovich vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-sf 1945 D35
Budo, A. vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-sf 1945 E61
Bronstein, David I vs Alatortsev, Vladimir
1-0URS-ch14 1945 C33
Bronstein, David I vs Santasiere, Anthony Edward
1-0USA-URS radio-m 1945 D95
Bondarevsky, Igor vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-sf 1945 C47
Poliak, Abram Borisovich vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-sf 1945 C50
Bronstein, David I vs Ufimtsev, Anatoly
1-0URS-sf 1945 A84
Bronstein, David I vs Kan, Ilia Abramovich
1-0URS-ch14 1945 C34
Chistiakov, Alexander Nikolaevi vs Bronstein, David I
0-1URS-sf 1945 D32
Chekhover, Vitaly vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch14 1945 A53
Bronstein, David I vs Kamishov, Mikhail Pavlovich
1-0URS-sf 1945 B85
Bondarevsky, Igor vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch14 1945 D03
Bronstein, David I vs Rudakovsky, Iosif
1-0URS-ch14 1945 B03
Bronstein, David I vs Liublinsky, Victor Alexandrovic
1-0URS-sf 1945 C76
Aronin, Lev Solomonovich vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-sf 1945 A16
Ragozin, Viacheslav vs Bronstein, David I
1-0URS-ch14 1945 C52
Bronstein, David I vs Saigin, Vladimir
1-0URS-sf 1945 C19