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
Seirawan, Yasser vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Niksic 1983 E39
Ivanovic, Bozidar vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Niksic 1983 B97
Lobron, Eric vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Indonesia 1983 B97
Gunawan, Ronny vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Indonesia 1983 E15
Seirawan, Yasser vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Indonesia 1983 E38
Portisch, Lajos vs Nikolic, Predrag
1-0
Niksic 1983 E43
Andersson, Ulf vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Niksic 1983 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Torre, Eugenio
1/2-1/2
Indonesia 1983 E73
Portisch, Lajos vs Lobron, Eric
1-0
EU-chT Plovdiv 1983 A77
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf1 1983 A33
Portisch, Lajos vs Adorjan, Andras
1/2-1/2
Indonesia 1983 E12
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf1 1983 A33
Portisch, Lajos vs Gligoric, Svetozar
1/2-1/2
Niksic 1983 D32
Portisch, Lajos vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0
Indonesia 1983 E16
Portisch, Lajos vs Kovacevic, Vlatko
1-0
Indonesia 1983 A88
Hulak, Krunoslav vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Indonesia 1983 B92
Portisch, Lajos vs Ardiansyah, Haji
1-0
Indonesia 1983 E88
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Candidats qf1 1983 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Miles, Anthony J
1/2-1/2
Niksic 1983 E41
Miles, Anthony J vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
EU-chT Plovdiv 1983 E12
Portisch, Lajos vs Radulov, Ivan
1-0
Indonesia 1983 A35
Portisch, Lajos vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
1/2-1/2
Candidats qf1 1983 D85
Sax, Gyula vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Niksic 1983 B80
Handoko, Edhi vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Indonesia 1983 B92
Kurajica, Bojan vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Indonesia 1983 A46
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Candidats qf1 1983 A33
Henley, Ron W vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Indonesia 1983 D17
Portisch, Lajos vs Murrey, Jacob
1/2-1/2
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 A25
Speelman, Jonathan S vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Phillips&Drew 1982 B26
Portisch, Lajos vs Huebner, Robert
1/2-1/2
Turin 1982 E03
Mestel, A Jonathan vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Phillips&Drew 1982 B41
Miles, Anthony J vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Phillips&Drew 1982 D01
Portisch, Lajos vs Hort, Vlastimil
1-0
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 D94
Quinteros, Miguel A vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 E15
Quinteros, Miguel A vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Mar del Plata 1982 A04
Panno, Oscar vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1982 A14
Huebner, Robert vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 B82
Portisch, Lajos vs Seirawan, Yasser
1/2-1/2
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 E41
Portisch, Lajos vs Kristiansen, Jens
1-0
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 A90
Andersson, Ulf vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Turin 1982 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Andersson, Ulf
1-0
Phillips&Drew 1982 E11
Hoelzl, Franz vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 E20
Andersson, Ulf vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1982 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Andersson, Ulf
1/2-1/2
Turin 1982 E14
Portisch, Lajos vs Franco Ocampo, Zenon
1-0
Mar del Plata 1982 E14
Giardelli, Sergio C vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1982 A30
Portisch, Lajos vs Garcia Palermo, Carlos
1/2-1/2
Mar del Plata 1982 D26
Kavalek, Lubomir vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
Turin 1982 B51
Portisch, Lajos vs Nunn, John DM
0-1
Phillips&Drew 1982 A79
Miles, Anthony J vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Luzern ol (Men) 1982 D40
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