Paul Keres
Year Opponent Result
1935 Gunnar Friedemann +2−1=0
1935 Feliks Kibbermann +3−1=0
1936 Paul Felix Schmidt +3−3=1
1938 Gideon Ståhlberg +2−2=4
1939/40 Max Euwe +6−5=3
1944 Folke Ekström +4−0=2
1956 Wolfgang Unzicker +4−0=4
1962 Efim Geller +2−1=5
1965 Boris Spassky +2−4=4
1970 Borislav Ivkov +2−0=2
Paul Keres (; January 7, 1916June 5, 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s. Keres narrowly missed a chance at a world championship match on five occasions. He won the 1938 AVRO tournament, which led to negotiations for a title match against champion Alexander Alekhine, but the match never took place due to World War II. After the war Keres was runner-up in the Candidates' Tournament on four consecutive occasions. Due to these and other strong results, many chess historians consider Keres one of the greatest players in history, and the strongest player never to become world champion. He was nicknamed Paul the Second, The Eternal Second and The Crown Prince of Chess. Keres, Viktor Korchnoi and Alexander Beliavsky defeated nine world champions - more than anyone else in history.