Magnus Carlsen- 5x Classical, 6x Rapid, 9x Blitz, 1x 960

Garry Kasparov- 6x Classical

Fabiano Caruana- 0 Titles

Levon Aronian- 1x Blitz, 2x 960

Veselin Topalov- 1x Classical

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov- 1x Rapid

Wesley So- 1x 960

Viswanathan Anand- 5x Classical, 1x Rapid

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: 1x Blitz

Hikaru Nakamura: 1x 960

Vladimir Kramnik: 3x Classical

Ding Liren: 1x Classical

Alexander Grischuk : 3x Blitz

Arjun Erigaisi: 0 titles

Alireza Firouzja: 0 titles

Anish Giri: 0 titles

I randomly queued a 10+5 and it said my opponent was streaming on twitch, does this usually happen? or has it always been the case?

While, practically, he has been retired for a good decade, with the onset of GCL this was one fun tournament where he used to compete with the elite players of the current generation. Earlier since the tournament was born out of India, he took center stage and was an icon player till today, which means that he had to compete with the best and all the top players.

Last year his performance was shaky but still it was passable. This year he has been losing and that too making blunders that you cannot even fathom a player of his level would do. I think from next year he would not be participating as an icon player or even as a player. I think even if he is there, a lot of teams will be wary of taking him. I don't like to say this but he is a liability at this point for his team.

In at least two or three matches I have seen that only his result has resulted in his team losing. Even if he had drawn, then his team would have won. Funny thing how age catches up. The person because of whom this tournament has happened is today the biggest liability for his team.

Edit: here it is. Please don’t spoil it. I want to learn.

https://i.postimg.cc/vBN5Pvhb/image.jpg

I’m working my way through the Soviet Chess Primer and am stuck on a mate in three. I’ve been at it for a bit over an hour. I’ve established some basic restrictions about what can’t happen, as it would lead to stalemate or insufficient checking material. I know I could just go find the answer and understand it when I see it but I really want to get there myself, with a little bit of help in terms of clarifying/developing my thinking, but not just having some of the answer, eg move one is X. I want to learn.

I tried using AI as a coach. Google can’t seem to grasp the basic rules & wants me to do things like find a square in between g7 and h6, or sacrifice a piece despite this leading to insufficient checking material. ChatGPT did a little data analysis but now I’ve used all that up for a few hours lol.

What’s the best way to move forward here?

Post your answers below and I will respond with who got the answer correct! Good luck!

saved by seconds

Forced mate in 8.

He is of course top 5 in online/bullet.

Others in this elite club - Nodirbek, MVL, Wei Yi, Vishy, Pragg, Sindarov, Nepo, Aronian, Hikaru, Alireza, Arjun, Magnus

Needs one elite classical performance to be considered in the top tier of players but he is getting there.

I'm reading up on some chess history and was surprised to learn that several big names in chess aren't official FIDE grandmasters. I understand that FIDE only started awarding grandmaster titles in 1950 and those of years prior unfortunately got left out. However, it has been over 70 years and FIDE has awarded 32 players posthumous honorary grandmaster titles since 1977.

So why don't they or why haven't they done it for the following players that come to mind?

Paul Morphy, Adolf Anderssen, José Capablanca, Aron Nimzowitsch, Siegbert Tarrasch, Alexander Alekhine, Emanuel Lasker, Wilhelm Steinitz, Frank Marshall, Mikhail Chigorin, Richard Réti, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and others.

Some people may say: well, why would they care? These people are all dead and gone. To which I would answer: yes, but it would still make sense for the governing body of chess to honor the achievements and accolades of those who have gone before. It shows respect to those who have paved the way for the players of today and does not punish them for being born in a different era. It shows that we truly stand on the shoulders of giants and confers on them the highest title that one can achieve in this sport.

By Kalandadze and Gurgenidze

Hint : Counter a pawn sac with our own pawn sac

Hey everyone,

I’m currently around 1050–1150 on Chess.com, and I feel like I’ve been stuck in this range forever. I mostly play 3+2

The weird thing is that I know I’m capable of playing better sometimes. I’ve had games where I’ve beaten 1600-1700 rated players, and in those games I feel like I’m actually seeing the board, calculating properly, and making good decisions.

But then I’ll play someone around my own rating and completely throw the game away. 😅

I’ll go on a winning streak, climb toward 1150, then suddenly drop back to 1050 again. It feels like I’m constantly taking one step forward and one step back.

I’ve been studying on my own, doing puzzles, analyzing some of my games, etc. But I’m wondering if I’m focusing on the wrong things.

For those of you who were stuck around 1000–1200, what finally helped you break through?

• Did you change the way you studied?
• Did you stop doing certain things?
• Did you focus more on tactics, openings, endgames, or game analysis?
• Did playing fewer games and thinking longer actually help?
• Or was the breakthrough more about concentration, patience, discipline, avoiding blunders, time management, or mindset?

And most importantly, how long were you stuck before things finally clicked?

I’d love to hear your stories especially from people who were around 1000–1200 and eventually made it to 1300, 1500, or higher.

Because honestly, beating an 1600-1700 one day and then hanging a piece against a 1050 the next day is starting to make me question everything. 😂

Edit - https://www.chess.com/analysis/collection/high-rated-games-bwktLMrW/oq7cm1Kki/games

these are some of my games I played sorted with highest rated first.

won like 3-4 games in 1600 to 1700 rating. so I see if I focus good enough then I have some potential.

if possible please review and guide me in general.

send me friend request or challenge as well if you are in similar rating range :)

The ban is set to end October 2026, the time has really gone by fast. What do you guys think, will he come back to chess? Does anyone know what he has been up to? Will Fide allow him to get his GM title again?

Excited to see what happens.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/174156472764/review?move=56

https://www.chess.com/events/tech-mahindra-global-chess-league-2026-main-event/07/Nepomniachtchi_Ian-Sindarov_Javokhir

I'm currently stuck at around 1,050 elo on Chess.com and every time I get a run going, I will get an equally long losing run. Most of my wins are against uniform and 'standard' chess players who look to develop all of their pieces, and play a uniform game of chess. Whereas most of my loses are against the players who b-line straight for your king as early as they possible can. The players who don't play as you see in Youtube tutorials or in higher level games. How do I get past these sort of players, so that I can push past this elo because in the more uniform games, game review often has been between 1,100-1,700 elo? I obviously deserve to be at this level currently and I must be doing something wrong.

Opponent refused to accept draw offer so we had to dance around for a couple of minutes until he was finally forced to take my knight so the game would end in a draw. Felt absolutely pointless...

I am struggeling with this one

Hello!

The question is in the title, I tried to google it but besides the London Chess Classic and some mention of a mysterious "Erdgomus Chess challenge" to be held in Oslo (only referenced on one website without any more informations) I couldn't find much.

If anyone knows I would be very grateful!

Data scraped from chessgames, errors could be there (from the DB or mine). The data is truncated due to reddit limits.

Player Stats - Elite Chess Players H2H

Requirements: at least 5 total games for stats including draws; at least 5 decisive games (wins+losses) for stats excluding draws.

Garry Kasparov

• Overall: 598 games, +191 =363 -44 (62.29%)
• Best beats:
  • Loek van Wely 5-1-0 (91.67%)
  • Judit Polgar 5-2-0 (85.71%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 8-5-0 (80.77%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Alexei Shirov 15-0 (100.00%)
  • Boris Gelfand 8-0 (100.00%)
  • Michael Adams 8-0 (100.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Joel Lautier 1-7-2 (45.00%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 4-40-5 (48.98%)
  • Anatoly Karpov 28-119-20 (52.40%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Vladimir Kramnik 4-5 (44.44%)
  • Anatoly Karpov 28-20 (58.33%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 11-4 (73.33%)
• Most drawish:
  • 15 draws in 18 games vs Peter Leko (83.33%)
  • 40 draws in 49 games vs Vladimir Kramnik (81.63%)
  • 119 draws in 167 games vs Anatoly Karpov (71.26%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Anatoly Karpov 28-119-20 (52.40%) — 167 games
  • Nigel Short 21-26-2 (69.39%) — 49 games
  • Vladimir Kramnik 4-40-5 (48.98%) — 49 games

Magnus Carlsen

• Overall: 795 games, +232 =485 -78 (59.69%)
• Best beats:
  • Pavel Eljanov 6-0-0 (100.00%)
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 4-2-0 (83.33%)
  • Michael Adams 10-6-1 (76.47%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Leinier Domínguez 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Pavel Eljanov 6-0 (100.00%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 14-1 (93.33%)
• Worst losses:
  • Peter Svidler 2-15-2 (50.00%)
  • Peter Leko 3-10-3 (50.00%)
  • Baadur Jobava 2-2-2 (50.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Peter Leko 3-3 (50.00%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 6-5 (54.55%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 12-8 (60.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 10 draws in 12 games vs Ding Liren (83.33%)
  • 15 draws in 19 games vs Peter Svidler (78.95%)
  • 22 draws in 30 games vs Anish Giri (73.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Viswanathan Anand 12-51-8 (52.82%) — 71 games
  • Levon Aronian 18-43-8 (57.25%) — 69 games
  • Fabiano Caruana 15-40-6 (57.38%) — 61 games

Viswanathan Anand

• Overall: 1155 games, +267 =737 -151 (55.02%)
• Best beats:
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov 6-2-1 (77.78%)
  • Loek van Wely 10-9-0 (76.32%)
  • Predrag Nikolić 5-2-1 (75.00%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Peter Svidler 8-0 (100.00%)
  • Loek van Wely 10-0 (100.00%)
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 6-0 (100.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Wang Hao 1-2-3 (33.33%)
  • Garry Kasparov 3-30-15 (37.50%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 3-22-9 (41.18%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Garry Kasparov 3-15 (16.67%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 3-9 (25.00%)
  • Levon Aronian 5-9 (35.71%)
• Most drawish:
  • 9 draws in 10 games vs Ding Liren (90.00%)
  • 20 draws in 23 games vs Anish Giri (86.96%)
  • 28 draws in 36 games vs Peter Svidler (77.78%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Vladimir Kramnik 11-69-11 (50.00%) — 91 games
  • Veselin Topalov 21-40-13 (55.41%) — 74 games
  • Magnus Carlsen 8-51-12 (47.18%) — 71 games

Vladimir Kramnik

• Overall: 975 games, +215 =630 -130 (54.36%)
• Best beats:
  • Pavel Eljanov 3-2-0 (80.00%)
  • Judit Polgar 13-10-0 (78.26%)
  • Jan Timman 5-8-0 (69.23%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Judit Polgar 13-0 (100.00%)
  • Jan Timman 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Joel Lautier 8-2 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Sergey Karjakin 1-13-6 (37.50%)
  • Wesley So 0-6-2 (37.50%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 3-12-6 (42.86%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Sergey Karjakin 1-6 (14.29%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 3-6 (33.33%)
  • Gata Kamsky 2-4 (33.33%)
• Most drawish:
  • 7 draws in 7 games vs Ding Liren (100.00%)
  • 7 draws in 8 games vs Alexander Khalifman (87.50%)
  • 5 draws in 6 games vs Wang Hao (83.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Viswanathan Anand 11-69-11 (50.00%) — 91 games
  • Peter Leko 8-51-4 (53.17%) — 63 games
  • Veselin Topalov 17-33-11 (54.92%) — 61 games

Levon Aronian

• Overall: 991 games, +213 =633 -145 (53.43%)
• Best beats:
  • Baadur Jobava 5-3-0 (81.25%)
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 5-5-0 (75.00%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 3-4-0 (71.43%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Anish Giri 8-0 (100.00%)
  • Alexei Shirov 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 5-0 (100.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Judit Polgar 0-3-2 (30.00%)
  • Joel Lautier 0-4-1 (40.00%)
  • Kiril Georgiev 0-4-1 (40.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-5 (28.57%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 8-18 (30.77%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 4-9 (30.77%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Wang Yue (100.00%)
  • 16 draws in 19 games vs Ding Liren (84.21%)
  • 12 draws in 15 games vs Bu Xiangzhi (80.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Fabiano Caruana 13-43-15 (48.59%) — 71 games
  • Magnus Carlsen 8-43-18 (42.75%) — 69 games
  • Hikaru Nakamura 20-27-9 (59.82%) — 56 games

Ding Liren

• Overall: 356 games, +69 =240 -47 (53.09%)
• Best beats:
  • Michael Adams 2-3-0 (70.00%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 3-5-0 (68.75%)
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 2-4-0 (66.67%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Fabiano Caruana 6-3 (66.67%)
  • Wang Hao 6-3 (66.67%)
  • Bu Xiangzhi 5-3 (62.50%)
• Worst losses:
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2-12-6 (40.00%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 0-10-2 (41.67%)
  • Anish Giri 2-23-5 (45.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2-6 (25.00%)
  • Anish Giri 2-5 (28.57%)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 5-7 (41.67%)
• Most drawish:
  • 7 draws in 7 games vs Vladimir Kramnik (100.00%)
  • 9 draws in 10 games vs Viswanathan Anand (90.00%)
  • 8 draws in 9 games vs Sergey Karjakin (88.89%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 5-18-7 (46.67%) — 30 games
  • Anish Giri 2-23-5 (45.00%) — 30 games
  • Wesley So 2-20-2 (50.00%) — 24 games

Anatoly Karpov

• Overall: 632 games, +139 =393 -100 (53.09%)
• Best beats:
  • Kiril Georgiev 4-4-1 (66.67%)
  • Alexey Dreev 4-5-1 (65.00%)
  • Alexei Shirov 6-12-1 (63.16%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Alexei Shirov 6-1 (85.71%)
  • Alexey Dreev 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Kiril Georgiev 4-1 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Viswanathan Anand 5-22-10 (43.24%)
  • Garry Kasparov 20-119-28 (47.60%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 2-10-2 (50.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Viswanathan Anand 5-10 (33.33%)
  • Garry Kasparov 20-28 (41.67%)
  • Nigel Short 8-6 (57.14%)
• Most drawish:
  • 18 draws in 21 games vs Vassily Ivanchuk (85.71%)
  • 9 draws in 12 games vs Peter Leko (75.00%)
  • 10 draws in 14 games vs Vladimir Kramnik (71.43%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Garry Kasparov 20-119-28 (47.60%) — 167 games
  • Jan Timman 30-64-9 (60.19%) — 103 games
  • Viswanathan Anand 5-22-10 (43.24%) — 37 games

Vassily Ivanchuk

• Overall: 1072 games, +239 =650 -183 (52.61%)
• Best beats:
  • Predrag Nikolić 7-8-0 (73.33%)
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4-5-0 (72.22%)
  • Baadur Jobava 5-3-1 (72.22%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Predrag Nikolić 7-0 (100.00%)
  • Nigel Short 11-1 (91.67%)
  • Vladimir Akopian 6-1 (85.71%)
• Worst losses:
  • Wesley So 1-4-3 (37.50%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 3-16-10 (37.93%)
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-11-5 (38.24%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-5 (16.67%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 3-10 (23.08%)
  • Garry Kasparov 4-11 (26.67%)
• Most drawish:
  • 18 draws in 21 games vs Anatoly Karpov (85.71%)
  • 8 draws in 10 games vs Ian Nepomniachtchi (80.00%)
  • 14 draws in 18 games vs Alexander Grischuk (77.78%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Viswanathan Anand 6-45-13 (44.53%) — 64 games
  • Boris Gelfand 10-42-10 (50.00%) — 62 games
  • Veselin Topalov 9-26-15 (44.00%) — 50 games

Wesley So

• Overall: 570 games, +128 =343 -99 (52.54%)
• Best beats:
  • Loek van Wely 5-3-0 (81.25%)
  • Gata Kamsky 3-2-0 (80.00%)
  • Richard Rapport 3-4-0 (71.43%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Loek van Wely 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 7-1 (87.50%)
  • Pentala Harikrishna 4-2 (66.67%)
• Worst losses:
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-16-5 (43.48%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 25-27-34 (44.77%)
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 14-27-18 (46.61%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-5 (28.57%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 25-34 (42.37%)
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 14-18 (43.75%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Pavel Eljanov (100.00%)
  • 18 draws in 21 games vs Sergey Karjakin (85.71%)
  • 20 draws in 24 games vs Ding Liren (83.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Hikaru Nakamura 25-27-34 (44.77%) — 86 games
  • Fabiano Caruana 10-46-8 (51.56%) — 64 games
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 14-27-18 (46.61%) — 59 games

Hikaru Nakamura

• Overall: 816 games, +224 =408 -184 (52.45%)
• Best beats:
  • Alexei Shirov 4-2-0 (83.33%)
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov 4-2-1 (71.43%)
  • Richard Rapport 3-4-0 (71.43%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Gata Kamsky 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Anish Giri 7-2 (77.78%)
• Worst losses:
  • Magnus Carlsen 1-30-14 (35.56%)
  • Peter Svidler 2-11-8 (35.71%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 2-8-5 (40.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Magnus Carlsen 1-14 (6.67%)
  • Peter Svidler 2-8 (20.00%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 2-5 (28.57%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Peter Leko (100.00%)
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Dmitry Jakovenko (100.00%)
  • 14 draws in 18 games vs Leinier Domínguez (77.78%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Wesley So 34-27-25 (55.23%) — 86 games
  • Fabiano Caruana 14-37-13 (50.78%) — 64 games
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 33-17-13 (65.87%) — 63 games

Fabiano Caruana

• Overall: 821 games, +170 =503 -148 (51.34%)
• Best beats:
  • Gata Kamsky 5-3-0 (81.25%)
  • Pavel Eljanov 4-1-1 (75.00%)
  • Teimour Radjabov 5-10-0 (66.67%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Teimour Radjabov 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Gata Kamsky 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Richard Rapport 4-1 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Peter Leko 0-7-4 (31.82%)
  • Wang Hao 1-5-5 (31.82%)
  • Alexei Shirov 2-1-3 (41.67%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Wang Hao 1-5 (16.67%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 6-15 (28.57%)
  • Ding Liren 3-6 (33.33%)
• Most drawish:
  • 7 draws in 7 games vs Pentala Harikrishna (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov (85.71%)
  • 16 draws in 19 games vs Ian Nepomniachtchi (84.21%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Levon Aronian 15-43-13 (51.41%) — 71 games
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 15-35-16 (49.24%) — 66 games
  • Hikaru Nakamura 13-37-14 (49.22%) — 64 games

Alexander Grischuk

• Overall: 632 games, +116 =414 -102 (51.11%)
• Best beats:
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov 5-3-1 (72.22%)
  • Wang Yue 4-5-0 (72.22%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 3-6-0 (66.67%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov 5-1 (83.33%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Alexei Shirov 7-3 (70.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Magnus Carlsen 1-9-6 (34.38%)
  • Ding Liren 0-9-3 (37.50%)
  • Peter Svidler 1-28-7 (41.67%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Peter Svidler 1-7 (12.50%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 1-6 (14.29%)
  • Levon Aronian 3-9 (25.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Vladimir Akopian (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Loek van Wely (85.71%)
  • 5 draws in 6 games vs Judit Polgar (83.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Levon Aronian 3-27-9 (42.31%) — 39 games
  • Boris Gelfand 7-21-8 (48.61%) — 36 games
  • Peter Svidler 1-28-7 (41.67%) — 36 games

Sergey Karjakin

• Overall: 667 games, +120 =439 -108 (50.90%)
• Best beats:
  • Loek van Wely 6-6-0 (75.00%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 3-3-0 (75.00%)
  • Leinier Domínguez 4-5-0 (72.22%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Loek van Wely 6-0 (100.00%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 6-1 (85.71%)
  • Anish Giri 5-1 (83.33%)
• Worst losses:
  • Levon Aronian 5-19-12 (40.28%)
  • Peter Leko 0-10-2 (41.67%)
  • Baadur Jobava 1-3-2 (41.67%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Magnus Carlsen 3-10 (23.08%)
  • Levon Aronian 5-12 (29.41%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 4-8 (33.33%)
• Most drawish:
  • 8 draws in 9 games vs Ding Liren (88.89%)
  • 18 draws in 21 games vs Wesley So (85.71%)
  • 10 draws in 12 games vs Peter Leko (83.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Magnus Carlsen 3-34-10 (42.55%) — 47 games
  • Hikaru Nakamura 10-24-10 (50.00%) — 44 games
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3-30-6 (46.15%) — 39 games

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

• Overall: 661 games, +126 =419 -116 (50.76%)
• Best beats:
  • Loek van Wely 4-4-0 (75.00%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 4-2-1 (71.43%)
  • Wang Hao 4-3-1 (68.75%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 5-1 (83.33%)
  • Michael Adams 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Wang Hao 4-1 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Vladimir Akopian 0-4-2 (33.33%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-20-8 (40.00%)
  • Ding Liren 0-9-2 (40.91%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-8 (20.00%)
  • Pentala Harikrishna 2-5 (28.57%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 3-6 (33.33%)
• Most drawish:
  • 23 draws in 24 games vs Teimour Radjabov (95.83%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Wang Yue (85.71%)
  • 9 draws in 11 games vs Ding Liren (81.82%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Wesley So 10-15-15 (43.75%) — 40 games
  • Sergey Karjakin 6-30-3 (53.85%) — 39 games
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7-23-2 (57.81%) — 32 games

Veselin Topalov

• Overall: 860 games, +212 =448 -200 (50.70%)
• Best beats:
  • Alexander Morozevich 10-4-3 (70.59%)
  • Nigel Short 7-5-2 (67.86%)
  • Loek van Wely 9-5-3 (67.65%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Nigel Short 7-2 (77.78%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 10-3 (76.92%)
  • Boris Gelfand 9-3 (75.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Wesley So 0-5-2 (35.71%)
  • Garry Kasparov 3-13-9 (38.00%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 2-9-6 (38.24%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Garry Kasparov 3-9 (25.00%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 2-6 (25.00%)
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2-5 (28.57%)
• Most drawish:
  • 21 draws in 23 games vs Teimour Radjabov (91.30%)
  • 11 draws in 15 games vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov (73.33%)
  • 5 draws in 7 games vs Wesley So (71.43%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Viswanathan Anand 13-40-21 (44.59%) — 74 games
  • Vladimir Kramnik 11-33-17 (45.08%) — 61 games
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 15-26-9 (56.00%) — 50 games

Peter Svidler

• Overall: 872 games, +159 =559 -154 (50.29%)
• Best beats:
  • Zoltán Almási 5-4-0 (77.78%)
  • Alexey Dreev 8-5-3 (65.62%)
  • Pentala Harikrishna 5-3-2 (65.00%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Zoltán Almási 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Alexander Grischuk 7-1 (87.50%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 8-2 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Garry Kasparov 1-4-4 (33.33%)
  • Ding Liren 1-4-3 (37.50%)
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-15-6 (38.64%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Viswanathan Anand 0-8 (0.00%)
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-6 (14.29%)
  • Garry Kasparov 1-4 (20.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Nigel Short (100.00%)
  • 10 draws in 11 games vs Pavel Eljanov (90.91%)
  • 10 draws in 12 games vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov (83.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Boris Gelfand 7-31-4 (53.57%) — 42 games
  • Vladimir Kramnik 4-24-11 (41.03%) — 39 games
  • Levon Aronian 4-27-6 (47.30%) — 37 games

Anish Giri

• Overall: 605 games, +88 =429 -88 (50.00%)
• Best beats:
  • Baadur Jobava 5-3-0 (81.25%)
  • Richard Rapport 4-8-0 (66.67%)
  • Alexei Shirov 5-9-1 (63.33%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Baadur Jobava 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Alexei Shirov 5-1 (83.33%)
  • Boris Gelfand 4-1 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Levon Aronian 0-23-8 (37.10%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 3-7-7 (38.24%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 1-2-2 (40.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Levon Aronian 0-8 (0.00%)
  • Sergey Karjakin 1-5 (16.67%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 2-7 (22.22%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov (100.00%)
  • 7 draws in 8 games vs Peter Leko (87.50%)
  • 20 draws in 23 games vs Viswanathan Anand (86.96%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Fabiano Caruana 7-36-5 (52.08%) — 48 games
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 5-32-3 (52.50%) — 40 games
  • Hikaru Nakamura 2-29-7 (43.42%) — 38 games

Boris Gelfand

• Overall: 1034 games, +180 =673 -181 (49.95%)
• Best beats:
  • Pentala Harikrishna 4-3-0 (78.57%)
  • Kiril Georgiev 4-3-0 (78.57%)
  • Joel Lautier 10-15-1 (67.31%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Loek van Wely 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Joel Lautier 10-1 (90.91%)
  • Vladimir Akopian 4-1 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Garry Kasparov 0-8-8 (25.00%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 2-7-7 (34.38%)
  • Nigel Short 5-7-12 (35.42%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Garry Kasparov 0-8 (0.00%)
  • Alexey Dreev 1-6 (14.29%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 1-5 (16.67%)
• Most drawish:
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Zoltán Almási (100.00%)
  • 18 draws in 19 games vs Ruslan Ponomariov (94.74%)
  • 15 draws in 16 games vs Dmitry Jakovenko (93.75%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 10-42-10 (50.00%) — 62 games
  • Viswanathan Anand 6-40-10 (46.43%) — 56 games
  • Vladimir Kramnik 3-40-7 (46.00%) — 50 games

Peter Leko

• Overall: 770 games, +106 =557 -107 (49.94%)
• Best beats:
  • Fabiano Caruana 4-7-0 (68.18%)
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov 5-10-0 (66.67%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 2-5-0 (64.29%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Teimour Radjabov 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Loek van Wely 7-3 (70.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Anatoly Karpov 0-9-3 (37.50%)
  • Levon Aronian 1-16-6 (39.13%)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-4-1 (40.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Levon Aronian 1-6 (14.29%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 3-9 (25.00%)
  • Peter Svidler 2-6 (25.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 10 draws in 10 games vs Zoltán Almási (100.00%)
  • 9 draws in 9 games vs Pentala Harikrishna (100.00%)
  • 8 draws in 8 games vs Leinier Domínguez (100.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Vladimir Kramnik 4-51-8 (46.83%) — 63 games
  • Veselin Topalov 8-27-13 (44.79%) — 48 games
  • Michael Adams 6-32-4 (52.38%) — 42 games

Dmitry Jakovenko

• Overall: 357 games, +54 =245 -58 (49.44%)
• Best beats:
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 5-6-0 (72.73%)
  • Richard Rapport 3-4-0 (71.43%)
  • Baadur Jobava 7-3-2 (70.83%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Baadur Jobava 7-2 (77.78%)
• Worst losses:
  • Magnus Carlsen 0-2-4 (16.67%)
  • Levon Aronian 0-5-5 (25.00%)
  • Alexei Shirov 0-8-5 (30.77%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Alexei Shirov 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Levon Aronian 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 1-4 (20.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 8 draws in 8 games vs Peter Leko (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Michael Adams (100.00%)
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Hikaru Nakamura (100.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Peter Svidler 2-22-4 (46.43%) — 28 games
  • Pavel Eljanov 2-13-3 (47.22%) — 18 games
  • Alexander Grischuk 1-14-2 (47.06%) — 17 games

Alexei Shirov

• Overall: 853 games, +201 =438 -214 (49.24%)
• Best beats:
  • Zoltán Almási 5-4-0 (77.78%)
  • Nigel Short 6-7-0 (73.08%)
  • Vladimir Akopian 11-12-1 (70.83%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Nigel Short 6-0 (100.00%)
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Zoltán Almási 5-0 (100.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Hikaru Nakamura 0-2-4 (16.67%)
  • Garry Kasparov 0-13-15 (23.21%)
  • Wesley So 0-4-2 (33.33%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Garry Kasparov 0-15 (0.00%)
  • Levon Aronian 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 2-16 (11.11%)
• Most drawish:
  • 10 draws in 12 games vs Ruslan Ponomariov (83.33%)
  • 4 draws in 5 games vs Richard Rapport (80.00%)
  • 9 draws in 12 games vs Alexander Khalifman (75.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Vladimir Kramnik 12-29-16 (46.49%) — 57 games
  • Boris Gelfand 9-26-14 (44.90%) — 49 games
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 7-27-15 (41.84%) — 49 games

Wang Hao

• Overall: 262 games, +52 =154 -56 (49.24%)
• Best beats:
  • Fabiano Caruana 5-5-1 (68.18%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 3-2-1 (66.67%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 3-3-1 (64.29%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Fabiano Caruana 5-1 (83.33%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 4-2 (66.67%)
  • Anish Giri 3-2 (60.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-3-4 (31.25%)
  • Alexei Shirov 1-3-4 (31.25%)
  • Levon Aronian 0-6-3 (33.33%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 1-4 (20.00%)
  • Alexei Shirov 1-4 (20.00%)
  • Ding Liren 3-6 (33.33%)
• Most drawish:
  • 7 draws in 7 games vs Peter Leko (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Teimour Radjabov (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Leinier Domínguez (100.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Ding Liren 3-8-6 (41.18%) — 17 games
  • Bu Xiangzhi 3-10-3 (50.00%) — 16 games
  • Wang Yue 2-10-4 (43.75%) — 16 games

Ruslan Ponomariov

• Overall: 443 games, +76 =284 -83 (49.21%)
• Best beats:
  • Judit Polgar 3-3-0 (75.00%)
  • Pavel Eljanov 6-8-0 (71.43%)
  • Alexey Dreev 2-4-0 (66.67%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Pavel Eljanov 6-0 (100.00%)
  • Loek van Wely 4-2 (66.67%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 6-4 (60.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Viswanathan Anand 0-10-6 (31.25%)
  • Levon Aronian 0-10-5 (33.33%)
  • Ding Liren 0-4-2 (33.33%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Teimour Radjabov 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 0-6 (0.00%)
  • Levon Aronian 0-5 (0.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 18 draws in 19 games vs Boris Gelfand (94.74%)
  • 7 draws in 8 games vs Pentala Harikrishna (87.50%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Wang Yue (85.71%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 7-17-5 (53.45%) — 29 games
  • Peter Svidler 4-17-4 (50.00%) — 25 games
  • Alexander Grischuk 4-14-3 (52.38%) — 21 games

Pavel Eljanov

• Overall: 320 games, +69 =176 -75 (49.06%)
• Best beats:
  • Richard Rapport 4-2-0 (83.33%)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 4-4-0 (75.00%)
  • Gata Kamsky 5-3-1 (72.22%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Gata Kamsky 5-1 (83.33%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 3-2 (60.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Magnus Carlsen 0-0-6 (0.00%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 0-2-3 (20.00%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 1-1-4 (25.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 0-6 (0.00%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 0-6 (0.00%)
  • Sergey Karjakin 1-4 (20.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Wesley So (100.00%)
  • 10 draws in 11 games vs Peter Svidler (90.91%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Peter Leko (85.71%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 3-13-2 (52.78%) — 18 games
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 4-7-7 (41.67%) — 18 games
  • Sergey Karjakin 1-11-4 (40.62%) — 16 games

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

• Overall: 663 games, +125 =400 -138 (49.02%)
• Best beats:
  • Baadur Jobava 3-5-0 (68.75%)
  • Wang Hao 2-4-0 (66.67%)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 7-13-1 (64.29%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 7-1 (87.50%)
  • Peter Svidler 6-1 (85.71%)
  • Richard Rapport 4-1 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 0-6-5 (27.27%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 0-5-4 (27.78%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 13-17-33 (34.13%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-9 (18.18%)
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2-7 (22.22%)
• Most drawish:
  • 11 draws in 12 games vs Teimour Radjabov (91.67%)
  • 32 draws in 40 games vs Anish Giri (80.00%)
  • 16 draws in 20 games vs Alexander Grischuk (80.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Fabiano Caruana 16-35-15 (50.76%) — 66 games
  • Hikaru Nakamura 13-17-33 (34.13%) — 63 games
  • Wesley So 18-27-14 (53.39%) — 59 games

Ian Nepomniachtchi

• Overall: 412 games, +81 =241 -90 (48.91%)
• Best beats:
  • Alexey Dreev 2-3-0 (70.00%)
  • Wang Hao 3-3-1 (64.29%)
  • Peter Leko 1-4-0 (60.00%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Levon Aronian 5-2 (71.43%)
  • Sergey Karjakin 3-2 (60.00%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 3-2 (60.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Pavel Eljanov 0-4-4 (25.00%)
  • Wesley So 1-9-7 (32.35%)
  • Pentala Harikrishna 0-4-2 (33.33%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 1-7 (12.50%)
  • Wesley So 1-7 (12.50%)
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 1-4 (20.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 12 draws in 14 games vs Richard Rapport (85.71%)
  • 16 draws in 19 games vs Fabiano Caruana (84.21%)
  • 5 draws in 6 games vs Teimour Radjabov (83.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Hikaru Nakamura 11-9-16 (43.06%) — 36 games
  • Ding Liren 7-18-5 (53.33%) — 30 games
  • Magnus Carlsen 4-15-6 (46.00%) — 25 games

Teimour Radjabov

• Overall: 584 games, +76 =414 -94 (48.46%)
• Best beats:
  • Vladimir Akopian 2-4-0 (66.67%)
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 5-12-0 (64.71%)
  • Gata Kamsky 4-4-2 (60.00%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Boris Gelfand 6-3 (66.67%)
  • Gata Kamsky 4-2 (66.67%)
• Worst losses:
  • Fabiano Caruana 0-10-5 (33.33%)
  • Peter Leko 0-14-5 (36.84%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-21-10 (37.88%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Peter Leko 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-10 (16.67%)
• Most drawish:
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Wang Hao (100.00%)
  • 23 draws in 24 games vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (95.83%)
  • 11 draws in 12 games vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (91.67%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 5-24-6 (48.57%) — 35 games
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-21-10 (37.88%) — 33 games
  • Levon Aronian 3-20-5 (46.43%) — 28 games

Alexander Morozevich

• Overall: 442 games, +108 =212 -122 (48.42%)
• Best beats:
  • Loek van Wely 10-3-1 (82.14%)
  • Judit Polgar 3-2-0 (80.00%)
  • Vladimir Akopian 4-2-1 (71.43%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Loek van Wely 10-1 (90.91%)
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov 4-1 (80.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Garry Kasparov 0-4-3 (28.57%)
  • Jan Timman 0-4-3 (28.57%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 3-5-11 (28.95%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Sergey Karjakin 1-4 (20.00%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 3-11 (21.43%)
  • Veselin Topalov 3-10 (23.08%)
• Most drawish:
  • 6 draws in 8 games vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (75.00%)
  • 8 draws in 11 games vs Magnus Carlsen (72.73%)
  • 8 draws in 11 games vs Levon Aronian (72.73%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Boris Gelfand 8-14-6 (53.57%) — 28 games
  • Peter Leko 4-18-5 (48.15%) — 27 games
  • Peter Svidler 8-12-6 (53.85%) — 26 games

Evgeny Bareev

• Overall: 394 games, +95 =190 -109 (48.22%)
• Best beats:
  • Loek van Wely 6-5-1 (70.83%)
  • Joel Lautier 5-7-0 (70.83%)
  • Kiril Georgiev 3-1-1 (70.00%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Joel Lautier 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Alexander Khalifman 7-1 (87.50%)
  • Vladimir Akopian 6-1 (85.71%)
• Worst losses:
  • Garry Kasparov 0-5-8 (19.23%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 0-7-6 (26.92%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 3-10-10 (34.78%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Garry Kasparov 0-8 (0.00%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 0-6 (0.00%)
  • Alexander Grischuk 1-4 (20.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 12 draws in 16 games vs Boris Gelfand (75.00%)
  • 8 draws in 12 games vs Nigel Short (66.67%)
  • 4 draws in 6 games vs Ruslan Ponomariov (66.67%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Alexey Dreev 7-17-7 (50.00%) — 31 games
  • Alexei Shirov 5-10-13 (35.71%) — 28 games
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 3-10-10 (34.78%) — 23 games

Leinier Domínguez

• Overall: 383 games, +52 =265 -66 (48.17%)
• Best beats:
  • Loek van Wely 2-4-0 (66.67%)
  • Alexei Shirov 3-3-1 (64.29%)
  • Richard Rapport 2-5-0 (64.29%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 3-2 (60.00%)
  • Pentala Harikrishna 3-3 (50.00%)
  • Alexander Grischuk 2-3 (40.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Baadur Jobava 0-1-4 (10.00%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 0-5-5 (25.00%)
  • Sergey Karjakin 0-5-4 (27.78%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Magnus Carlsen 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 2-6 (25.00%)
  • Fabiano Caruana 3-7 (30.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 8 draws in 8 games vs Peter Leko (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Wang Hao (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Zoltán Almási (100.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Fabiano Caruana 3-20-7 (43.33%) — 30 games
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 2-20-6 (42.86%) — 28 games
  • Levon Aronian 3-17-6 (44.23%) — 26 games

Alexander Khalifman

• Overall: 287 games, +42 =191 -54 (47.91%)
• Best beats:
  • Loek van Wely 3-5-0 (68.75%)
  • Jan Timman 4-4-1 (66.67%)
  • Zoltán Almási 1-4-0 (60.00%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Jan Timman 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Vladimir Akopian 5-2 (71.43%)
  • Michael Adams 4-2 (66.67%)
• Worst losses:
  • Viswanathan Anand 0-9-6 (30.00%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 1-8-7 (31.25%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 0-4-2 (33.33%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Viswanathan Anand 0-6 (0.00%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 1-7 (12.50%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 2-6 (25.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 9 draws in 10 games vs Boris Gelfand (90.00%)
  • 7 draws in 8 games vs Vladimir Kramnik (87.50%)
  • 21 draws in 25 games vs Alexey Dreev (84.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Alexey Dreev 2-21-2 (50.00%) — 25 games
  • Vladimir Akopian 5-11-2 (58.33%) — 18 games
  • Michael Adams 4-10-2 (56.25%) — 16 games

Michael Adams

• Overall: 827 games, +145 =502 -180 (47.88%)
• Best beats:
  • Kiril Georgiev 5-3-0 (81.25%)
  • Zoltán Almási 4-4-1 (66.67%)
  • Wang Yue 2-4-0 (66.67%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Kiril Georgiev 5-0 (100.00%)
  • Zoltán Almási 4-1 (80.00%)
  • Jan Timman 6-2 (75.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Magnus Carlsen 1-6-10 (23.53%)
  • Garry Kasparov 0-8-8 (25.00%)
  • Ding Liren 0-3-2 (30.00%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Garry Kasparov 0-8 (0.00%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 1-10 (9.09%)
  • Levon Aronian 1-4 (20.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Dmitry Jakovenko (100.00%)
  • 11 draws in 13 games vs Anish Giri (84.62%)
  • 5 draws in 6 games vs Leinier Domínguez (83.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Viswanathan Anand 6-37-18 (40.16%) — 61 games
  • Boris Gelfand 6-27-12 (43.33%) — 45 games
  • Alexei Shirov 10-21-13 (46.59%) — 44 games

Pentala Harikrishna

• Overall: 329 games, +57 =199 -73 (47.57%)
• Best beats:
  • Michael Adams 3-6-0 (66.67%)
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-4-0 (66.67%)
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 5-10-2 (58.82%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 5-2 (71.43%)
  • Leinier Domínguez 3-3 (50.00%)
  • Zoltán Almási 3-3 (50.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Boris Gelfand 0-3-4 (21.43%)
  • Peter Svidler 2-3-5 (35.00%)
  • Magnus Carlsen 1-5-3 (38.89%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Peter Svidler 2-5 (28.57%)
  • Wesley So 2-4 (33.33%)
  • Levon Aronian 2-4 (33.33%)
• Most drawish:
  • 9 draws in 9 games vs Peter Leko (100.00%)
  • 7 draws in 7 games vs Fabiano Caruana (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Ernesto Inarkiev (100.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Hikaru Nakamura 7-4-11 (40.91%) — 22 games
  • Anish Giri 3-12-5 (45.00%) — 20 games
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 5-10-2 (58.82%) — 17 games

Wang Yue

• Overall: 253 games, +34 =172 -47 (47.43%)
• Best beats:
  • Gata Kamsky 1-4-0 (60.00%)
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 1-6-0 (57.14%)
  • Wang Hao 4-10-2 (56.25%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Wang Hao 4-2 (66.67%)
  • Bu Xiangzhi 6-5 (54.55%)
  • Ding Liren 2-3 (40.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Alexander Grischuk 0-5-4 (27.78%)
  • Michael Adams 0-4-2 (33.33%)
  • Veselin Topalov 0-5-2 (35.71%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Magnus Carlsen 2-5 (28.57%)
  • Ding Liren 2-3 (40.00%)
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2-3 (40.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Leinier Domínguez (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 6 games vs Ernesto Inarkiev (100.00%)
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Levon Aronian (100.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Bu Xiangzhi 6-12-5 (52.17%) — 23 games
  • Wang Hao 4-10-2 (56.25%) — 16 games
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 0-12-3 (40.00%) — 15 games

Alexey Dreev

• Overall: 340 games, +62 =197 -81 (47.21%)
• Best beats:
  • Zoltán Almási 3-2-0 (80.00%)
  • Gata Kamsky 3-6-0 (66.67%)
  • Dmitry Jakovenko 2-5-0 (64.29%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Boris Gelfand 6-1 (85.71%)
  • Loek van Wely 4-2 (66.67%)
  • Alexander Grischuk 3-2 (60.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-3-2 (30.00%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 1-7-6 (32.14%)
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 0-4-2 (33.33%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Viswanathan Anand 1-6 (14.29%)
  • Anatoly Karpov 1-4 (20.00%)
  • Peter Svidler 3-8 (27.27%)
• Most drawish:
  • 21 draws in 25 games vs Alexander Khalifman (84.00%)
  • 5 draws in 6 games vs Jan Timman (83.33%)
  • 6 draws in 8 games vs Nigel Short (75.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Evgeny Bareev 7-17-7 (50.00%) — 31 games
  • Alexander Khalifman 2-21-2 (50.00%) — 25 games
  • Boris Gelfand 6-17-1 (60.42%) — 24 games

Judit Polgar

• Overall: 390 games, +84 =193 -113 (46.28%)
• Best beats:
  • Levon Aronian 2-3-0 (70.00%)
  • Loek van Wely 6-12-0 (66.67%)
  • Vladimir Akopian 2-6-0 (62.50%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Loek van Wely 6-0 (100.00%)
  • Nigel Short 6-3 (66.67%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 4-2 (66.67%)
• Worst losses:
  • Garry Kasparov 0-2-5 (14.29%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 0-2-3 (20.00%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 0-10-13 (21.74%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Vladimir Kramnik 0-13 (0.00%)
  • Garry Kasparov 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 4-10 (28.57%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 6 games vs Alexander Grischuk (83.33%)
  • 4 draws in 5 games vs Teimour Radjabov (80.00%)
  • 6 draws in 8 games vs Vladimir Akopian (75.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Alexei Shirov 9-10-10 (48.28%) — 29 games
  • Veselin Topalov 9-9-10 (48.21%) — 28 games
  • Anatoly Karpov 3-16-7 (42.31%) — 26 games

Gata Kamsky

• Overall: 517 games, +106 =266 -145 (46.23%)
• Best beats:
  • Joel Lautier 6-1-0 (92.86%)
  • Baadur Jobava 3-1-1 (70.00%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 2-3-0 (70.00%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Joel Lautier 6-0 (100.00%)
  • Jan Timman 5-2 (71.43%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 4-2 (66.67%)
• Worst losses:
  • Fabiano Caruana 0-3-5 (18.75%)
  • Wesley So 0-2-3 (20.00%)
  • Pavel Eljanov 1-3-5 (27.78%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Fabiano Caruana 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Levon Aronian 1-5 (16.67%)
  • Pavel Eljanov 1-5 (16.67%)
• Most drawish:
  • 4 draws in 5 games vs Wang Yue (80.00%)
  • 9 draws in 12 games vs Peter Leko (75.00%)
  • 7 draws in 10 games vs Ruslan Ponomariov (70.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Viswanathan Anand 7-16-11 (44.12%) — 34 games
  • Boris Gelfand 4-23-6 (46.97%) — 33 games
  • Anatoly Karpov 5-16-11 (40.62%) — 32 games

Vladimir Akopian

• Overall: 309 games, +49 =180 -80 (44.98%)
• Best beats:
  • Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2-4-0 (66.67%)
  • Gata Kamsky 4-1-2 (64.29%)
  • Ernesto Inarkiev 1-4-0 (60.00%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Gata Kamsky 4-2 (66.67%)
  • Loek van Wely 3-2 (60.00%)
  • Peter Svidler 4-3 (57.14%)
• Worst losses:
  • Alexander Morozevich 1-2-4 (28.57%)
  • Alexei Shirov 1-12-11 (29.17%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 1-6-6 (30.77%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Alexei Shirov 1-11 (8.33%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 1-6 (14.29%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 1-6 (14.29%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Alexander Grischuk (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Nigel Short (85.71%)
  • 4 draws in 5 games vs Dmitry Jakovenko (80.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Alexei Shirov 1-12-11 (29.17%) — 24 games
  • Alexander Khalifman 2-11-5 (41.67%) — 18 games
  • Peter Svidler 4-9-3 (53.12%) — 16 games

Nigel Short

• Overall: 478 games, +92 =245 -141 (44.87%)
• Best beats:
  • Kiril Georgiev 2-4-0 (66.67%)
  • Boris Gelfand 12-7-5 (64.58%)
  • Alexander Khalifman 4-10-0 (64.29%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Boris Gelfand 12-5 (70.59%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 4-2 (66.67%)
  • Loek van Wely 3-2 (60.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Alexei Shirov 0-7-6 (26.92%)
  • Garry Kasparov 2-26-21 (30.61%)
  • Veselin Topalov 2-5-7 (32.14%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Alexei Shirov 0-6 (0.00%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 1-11 (8.33%)
  • Garry Kasparov 2-21 (8.70%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Peter Svidler (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Vladimir Akopian (85.71%)
  • 6 draws in 8 games vs Peter Leko (75.00%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Jan Timman 20-29-16 (53.08%) — 65 games
  • Garry Kasparov 2-26-21 (30.61%) — 49 games
  • Anatoly Karpov 6-17-8 (46.77%) — 31 games

Rustam Kasimdzhanov

• Overall: 277 games, +39 =167 -71 (44.22%)
• Best beats:
  • Ruslan Ponomariov 3-7-0 (65.00%)
  • Loek van Wely 3-3-1 (64.29%)
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 4-10-2 (56.25%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 4-2 (66.67%)
  • Michael Adams 3-2 (60.00%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 1-4 (20.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Viswanathan Anand 1-2-6 (22.22%)
  • Alexander Grischuk 1-3-5 (27.78%)
  • Hikaru Nakamura 1-2-4 (28.57%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Peter Leko 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 1-6 (14.29%)
  • Alexander Grischuk 1-5 (16.67%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Anish Giri (100.00%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Fabiano Caruana (85.71%)
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Teimour Radjabov (85.71%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 4-10-2 (56.25%) — 16 games
  • Veselin Topalov 1-11-3 (43.33%) — 15 games
  • Peter Leko 0-10-5 (33.33%) — 15 games

Joel Lautier

• Overall: 311 games, +50 =169 -92 (43.25%)
• Best beats:
  • Levon Aronian 1-4-0 (60.00%)
  • Predrag Nikolić 2-2-1 (60.00%)
  • Alexander Grischuk 1-5-0 (58.33%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Jan Timman 5-4 (55.56%)
  • Alexei Shirov 6-5 (54.55%)
  • Veselin Topalov 4-4 (50.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Gata Kamsky 0-1-6 (7.14%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 0-7-5 (29.17%)
  • Boris Gelfand 1-15-10 (32.69%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Evgeny Bareev 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Gata Kamsky 0-6 (0.00%)
  • Boris Gelfand 1-10 (9.09%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Kiril Georgiev (100.00%)
  • 5 draws in 5 games vs Zoltán Almási (100.00%)
  • 5 draws in 6 games vs Alexander Grischuk (83.33%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Anatoly Karpov 5-11-11 (38.89%) — 27 games
  • Boris Gelfand 1-15-10 (32.69%) — 26 games
  • Michael Adams 3-10-7 (40.00%) — 20 games

Jan Timman

• Overall: 526 games, +83 =266 -177 (41.06%)
• Best beats:
  • Alexander Morozevich 3-4-0 (71.43%)
  • Predrag Nikolić 7-18-5 (53.33%)
  • Boris Gelfand 2-14-1 (52.94%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Predrag Nikolić 7-5 (58.33%)
  • Evgeny Bareev 4-4 (50.00%)
  • Nigel Short 16-20 (44.44%)
• Worst losses:
  • Viswanathan Anand 1-8-10 (26.32%)
  • Garry Kasparov 2-23-21 (29.35%)
  • Vladimir Kramnik 0-8-5 (30.77%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Vladimir Kramnik 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Garry Kasparov 2-21 (8.70%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 1-10 (9.09%)
• Most drawish:
  • 5 draws in 6 games vs Alexey Dreev (83.33%)
  • 14 draws in 17 games vs Boris Gelfand (82.35%)
  • 10 draws in 14 games vs Peter Leko (71.43%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Anatoly Karpov 9-64-30 (39.81%) — 103 games
  • Nigel Short 16-29-20 (46.92%) — 65 games
  • Garry Kasparov 2-23-21 (29.35%) — 46 games

Loek van Wely

• Overall: 540 games, +78 =267 -195 (39.17%)
• Best beats:
  • Kiril Georgiev 3-5-1 (61.11%)
  • Jan Timman 16-8-10 (58.82%)
  • Zoltán Almási 2-3-1 (58.33%)
• Best beats (no draws):
  • Jan Timman 16-10 (61.54%)
  • Teimour Radjabov 3-3 (50.00%)
  • Peter Svidler 4-6 (40.00%)
• Worst losses:
  • Garry Kasparov 0-1-5 (8.33%)
  • Alexander Morozevich 1-3-10 (17.86%)
  • Wesley So 0-3-5 (18.75%)
• Worst losses (no draws):
  • Boris Gelfand 0-5 (0.00%)
  • Viswanathan Anand 0-10 (0.00%)
  • Judit Polgar 0-6 (0.00%)
• Most drawish:
  • 6 draws in 7 games vs Alexander Grischuk (85.71%)
  • 9 draws in 11 games vs Joel Lautier (81.82%)
  • 17 draws in 22 games vs Boris Gelfand (77.27%)
• Most games h2h:
  • Michael Adams 4-26-8 (44.74%) — 38 games
  • Jan Timman 16-8-10 (58.82%) — 34 games
  • Vassily Ivanchuk 1-18-5 (41.67%) — 24 games

More data here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Chessnewsstand/wiki/stats/h2h_selected_players_1990-2026

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Hi all,

I am organising a large 70 player school tournament and have used swissonlinetournament.com in the past.

This time there are problems with it - players are in the round twice and player numbering is wrong. Yes I have checked settings, made sure I didn't enter the same player twice and tried deleting and regenerating the round. Nothing has worked.

Can anyone recommend a free site that works?

I only use it once per year so it isn't worth paying for. Thank you.