Keres, Paul
Paul Keres (1916-1975) was an Estonian grandmaster known as the "Crown Prince of Chess" for being arguably the strongest player never to become World Champion, finishing runner-up in the Candidates Tournament four consecutive times from 1953-1962. After winning the prestigious AVRO 1938 tournament ahead of future world champions, his title chances were derailed by World War II, beginning a career-long pattern of near-misses at the ultimate prize.
Total Games
1570
Wins
696
Draws
708
Losses
166
44.3% wins45.1% draws10.6% losses
Most Played Openings
C86 - Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack26E14 - Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System25C84 - Ruy Lopez: Closed23C99 - Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Panov System22C87 - Ruy Lopez: Closed, Averbakh Variation22D41 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense21C71 - Ruy Lopez: Noah's Ark Trap21C73 - Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense19C92 - Ruy Lopez: Closed18E19 - Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line17
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Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Keres, Paul
World Championship 18th
1948
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Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
World Championship 18th
1948
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Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
World Championship 18th
1948
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Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Keres, Paul
World Championship 18th
1948
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Euwe, Max vs Keres, Paul
World Championship 18th
1948
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Keres, Paul vs Najdorf, Miguel
Gothenburg Interzonal
1955
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Smyslov, Vassily vs Keres, Paul
World Championship 18th
1948
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Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
World Championship 18th
1948
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Portisch, Lajos vs Keres, Paul
Petropolis Interzonal
1973
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Smyslov, Vassily vs Keres, Paul
World Championship 18th
1948
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0-1Parnu 1971 A84
Langeweg, Kick vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2IBM 1971 A07
Evans, Larry Melvyn vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2IBM 1971 A23
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2IBM 1971 E19
Keres, Paul vs Browne, Walter S
1/2-1/2IBM 1971 D94
Oim, Tonu vs Keres, Paul
0-1Parnu 1971 C75
Daskalov, Georgi vs Keres, Paul
0-1Tallinn 1971 C73
Keres, Paul vs Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1/2-1/2IBM 1971 C08
Stein, Leonid vs Keres, Paul
1-0Parnu 1971 A16
Keres, Paul vs Pohla, Harry
1/2-1/2Parnu 1971 A59
Keres, Paul vs Westerinen, Heikki MJ
1-0Tallinn 1971 B02
Hartoch, Robert G vs Keres, Paul
1-0IBM 1971 A57
Ree, Hans vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2IBM 1971 C68
Keres, Paul vs Bobotsov, Milko G
1-0IBM 1971 A79
Vooremaa, Andres vs Keres, Paul
0-1Tallinn 1971 D02
Keres, Paul vs Donner, Jan Hein
1-0IBM 1971 B15
Keres, Paul vs Stein, Leonid
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1971 E66
Kivioja, Endel vs Keres, Paul
0-1Parnu 1971 B00
Keres, Paul vs Saidy, Anthony Fred
1-0Tallinn 1971 D27
Ivkov, Borislav vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2IBM 1971 C75
Keres, Paul vs Karner, Hillar
1-0Parnu 1971 B60
Parma, Bruno vs Keres, Paul
0-1URS-JUG 1971 C79
Tarve, Udo vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Parnu 1971 C46
Wade, Robert Graham vs Keres, Paul
0-1Tallinn 1971 E15
Nei, Iivo vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1971 D92
Keres, Paul vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1971 E14
Keres, Paul vs Vooremaa, Andres
1-0Parnu 1971 B60
Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Tallinn 1971 B00
Keres, Paul vs Zaitsev, Alexander N
1-0Tallinn 1971 C63
Suetin, Alexey S vs Keres, Paul
0-1Budapest 1970 C71
Keres, Paul vs Csom, Istvan
1-0Budapest 1970 D61
Kovacs, Laszlo M vs Keres, Paul
0-1Budapest 1970 C50
Visier Segovia, Fernando vs Keres, Paul
0-1EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970 E43
Keres, Paul vs Ivkov, Borislav
1/2-1/2Budapest 1970 C49
Ivkov, Borislav vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Belgrade URS-World 1970 C75
Radulov, Ivan vs Keres, Paul
0-1Budapest 1970 C45
Keres, Paul vs Dely, Peter
1-0EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970 B36
Forintos, Gyozo V vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Budapest 1970 E32
Keres, Paul vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0Belgrade URS-World 1970 B50
Szabo, Laszlo vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Budapest 1970 A07
Keres, Paul vs Kholmov, Ratmir D
1/2-1/2Budapest 1970 C66
Keres, Paul vs Gheorghiu, Florin
1/2-1/2Budapest 1970 C93
Keres, Paul vs Ivkov, Borislav
1-0Belgrade URS-World 1970 C87
Minev, Nikolay N vs Keres, Paul
0-1EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970 E21
Keres, Paul vs Averbakh, Yuri L
1/2-1/2Budapest 1970 B19
Keres, Paul vs Kupka, Slavoj
1-0EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970 B04
Keres, Paul vs Jansa, Vlastimil
1-0Budapest 1970 B04
Keres, Paul vs Kurajica, Bojan
1-0EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970 D35
Keres, Paul vs Barczay, Laszlo
1/2-1/2Budapest 1970 B36
Lengyel, Levente vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Budapest 1970 E15