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Portisch, Lajos

classical era

Lajos Portisch, nicknamed the "Hungarian Botvinnik" for his scientific approach to chess, dominated Hungarian chess for decades with eight national championships and qualified for the Candidates Tournament eight times. He competed in a record 20 Chess Olympiads and reached world number two in 1981, leading Hungary to Olympic gold in 1978 -- the only Olympiad not won by the Soviet Union between 1952 and 1990.

Total Games

3032

Wins

1057

Draws

1530

Losses

445

34.9% wins50.5% draws14.7% losses

Most Played Openings

E12 - Queen's Indian Defense74E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation57A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit55E14 - Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System49D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack43D58 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Defense42D45 - Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line40D36 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Reshevsky Variation38D41 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense37A29 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line37

Most Faced Opponents

Spassky, Boris V75 gamesTimman, Jan H58 gamesLarsen, Bent55 gamesLjubojevic, Ljubomir51 gamesGligoric, Svetozar45 gamesKarpov, Anatoly42 gamesAndersson, Ulf41 gamesHuebner, Robert40 gamesPetrosian, Tigran V39 gamesKortschnoj, Viktor38 games

Featured Games

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Portisch, Lajos vs Smyslov, Vassily

Amsterdam Interzonal

1964

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Portisch, Lajos vs Muller, Vilhelm

Wch U20 prel-B

1955

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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Portisch, Lajos

Reggio Emilia8687

1986

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Timman, Jan H vs Portisch, Lajos

Tilburg

1979

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Portisch, Lajos vs Kozma, Julius

WchT U26

1957

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Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent

Linares

1981

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Tal, Mihail vs Portisch, Lajos

WchT U26

1958

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Portisch, Lajos vs Karpov, Anatoly

Tilburg

1986

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Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Portisch, Lajos

Linares

1988

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Keller, Dieter vs Portisch, Lajos

Wch U20 final-A

1955

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Games (3032)

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Nunn, John DM vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Toluca Interzonal 1982 B97
Kouatly, Bachar vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Toluca Interzonal 1982 E20
Portisch, Lajos vs Balashov, Yuri S
1-0
Toluca Interzonal 1982 D37
Najdorf, Miguel vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1982 D27
Portisch, Lajos vs Adorjan, Andras
1-0
Toluca Interzonal 1982 D97
Timman, Jan H vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Phillips&Drew 1982 E17
Torre, Eugenio vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1982 E15
Portisch, Lajos vs Rodriguez, Amador
1-0
Toluca Interzonal 1982 E81
Hulak, Krunoslav vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Toluca Interzonal 1982 E38
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Turin 1982 B99
Torre, Eugenio vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Toluca Interzonal 1982 E15
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 B99
Karpov, Anatoly vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Phillips&Drew 1982 B92
Portisch, Lajos vs Sosonko, Gennadi
0-1
Tilburg 1982 E12
Portisch, Lajos vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2
Phillips&Drew 1982 D36
Portisch, Lajos vs Ivanov, Igor V
1/2-1/2
Toluca Interzonal 1982 E12
Portisch, Lajos vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1982 E05
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Mar del Plata 1982 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Spassky, Boris V
0-1
Turin 1982 A61
Spassky, Boris V vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Turin 1982 D27
Portisch, Lajos vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Mar del Plata 1982 E65
Portisch, Lajos vs Rubinetti, Jorge A
1-0
Toluca Interzonal 1982 D94
Portisch, Lajos vs Spassky, Boris V
1-0
Phillips&Drew 1982 E12
Karpov, Anatoly vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 C42
Karpov, Anatoly vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Turin 1982 C42
Portisch, Lajos vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Turin 1982 D58
Portisch, Lajos vs Seirawan, Yasser
0-1
Toluca Interzonal 1982 E41
Portisch, Lajos vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1982 E15
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 C45
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 E04
Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Linares 1981 B93
Portisch, Lajos vs Kasparov, Gary
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 A75
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Linares 1981 C42
Portisch, Lajos vs Miles, Anthony J
1/2-1/2
Tilburg 1981 E59
Sosonko, Gennadi vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Tilburg 1981 E15
Portisch, Lajos vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 E14
Portisch, Lajos vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 E12
Portisch, Lajos vs Beliavsky, Alexander G
0-1
Moscow 1981 D37
Karpov, Anatoly vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 E39
Portisch, Lajos vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Amsterdam 1981 A29
Portisch, Lajos vs Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo
1-0
Linares 1981 A72
Karpov, Anatoly vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 E55
Portisch, Lajos vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 D58
Quinteros, Miguel A vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Linares 1981 E03
Ribli, Zoltan vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Linares 1981 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Smyslov, Vassily
0-1
Amsterdam 1981 D18
Smyslov, Vassily vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1981 A14
Portisch, Lajos vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1/2-1/2
Linares 1981 E12
Huebner, Robert vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Tilburg 1981 C92
Timman, Jan H vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Moscow 1981 C42
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