1 Gelfand vs Anand, 1990  (A04) Reti Opening, 52 moves, 1-0 2 Illescas Cordoba vs Gelfand, 1990 (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 34 moves, 0-1 3 Gelfand vs Beliavsky, 1990  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0 4 Short vs Gelfand, 1990  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 53 moves, 0-1 5 Gelfand vs Ljubojevic, 1990  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 68 moves, 1-0 6 Gelfand vs P Nikolic, 1990 (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 7 Gelfand vs Kamsky, 1991  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 50 moves, 1-0 8 Gelfand vs Short, 1991  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0 9 Gelfand vs Epishin, 1992 (A90) Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0 10 Kamsky vs Gelfand, 1992 (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 0-1 11 Gelfand vs Anand, 1992  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0 12 Gelfand vs Lautier, 1991 (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 27 moves, 1-0 13 Gelfand vs Salov, 1992 (A81) Dutch, 54 moves, 1-0 14 Yudasin vs Gelfand, 1991  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 0-1 15 Lautier vs Gelfand, 1993 (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 40 moves, 0-1 16 Gelfand vs Topalov, 1994  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 48 moves, 1-0 17 Gelfand vs Anand, 1993  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0 18 Gelfand vs Ljubojevic, 1993 (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 43 moves, 1-0 19 Gelfand vs Hertneck, 1993 (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1-0 20 Shirov vs Gelfand, 1993 (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 51 moves, 0-1 21 Gelfand vs Gulko, 1994 (E12) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0 22 Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0 23 Polgar vs Gelfand, 1994 (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 40 moves, 0-1 24 Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 63 moves, 1-0 25 Gelfand vs Karpov, 1996  (A14) English, 69 moves, 1-0 26 Shirov vs Gelfand, 1995  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 69 moves, 0-1 27 Gelfand vs Zvjaginsev, 1995 (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 28 moves, 1-0 28 Gelfand vs Kamsky, 1996  (D85) Grunfeld, 46 moves, 1-0 29 Leko vs Gelfand, 1995 (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 40 moves, 0-1 30 Shirov vs Gelfand, 1996  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 27 moves, 0-1 31 Leko vs Gelfand, 1994 (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 42 moves, 0-1 32 Gelfand vs Lautier, 1994 (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 38 moves, 1-0 33 Gelfand vs Polgar, 1996 (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 52 moves, 1-0 34 Gelfand vs Svidler, 1996  (E73) King's Indian, 24 moves, 1-0 35 Gelfand vs I Sokolov, 1996  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 72 moves, 1-0 36 Dreev vs Gelfand, 1997  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 61 moves, 0-1 37 Lautier vs Gelfand, 1997  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 0-1 38 Tkachiev vs Gelfand, 1997 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 55 moves, 0-1 39 Gelfand vs V Malaniuk, 1998 (A81) Dutch, 33 moves, 1-0 40 Movsesian vs Gelfand, 1999  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1 41 Sutovsky vs Gelfand, 1999 (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 55 moves, 0-1 42 Gelfand vs Timman, 2000 (A14) English, 31 moves, 1-0 43 Gelfand vs Movsesian, 2000  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0 44 Fedorov vs Gelfand, 2000 (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 0-1 45 Gelfand vs Delchev, 2001  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 32 moves, 1-0 46 Gelfand vs Pelletier, 2001 (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 55 moves, 1-0 47 Khalifman vs Gelfand, 2000  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 35 moves, 0-1 48 Gelfand vs A Greenfeld, 2000 (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 45 moves, 1-0 49 M Gurevich vs Gelfand, 2002  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 0-1 50 Motylev vs Gelfand, 2002  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 0-1 51 Pelletier vs Gelfand, 1997 (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1 52 Milov vs Gelfand, 1997  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 50 moves, 0-1 53 Gelfand vs A Yegiazarian, 1996 (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 49 moves, 1-0 54 A Kovacevic vs Gelfand, 1997  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1 55 Gelfand vs T Markowski, 1998  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 30 moves, 1-0 56 Gelfand vs Smirin, 1998 (E92) King's Indian, 54 moves, 1-0 57 Gelfand vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0 58 Gelfand vs Polgar, 1998  (E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 70 moves, 1-0 59 P Nikolic vs Gelfand, 1997 (E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 0-1 60 Gelfand vs Adianto, 1994 (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 44 moves, 1-0 61 Gelfand vs Milov, 1999 (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0 62 Gelfand vs K Georgiev, 1999  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 63 Gelfand vs A Huzman, 2000  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 1-0 64 Gelfand vs Shirov, 2000  (E92) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0 65 Oratovsky vs Gelfand, 1999 (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 32 moves, 0-1 66 I Manor vs Gelfand, 1999 (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 0-1 67 R Har-Zvi vs Gelfand, 1999 (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 38 moves, 0-1 68 Piket vs Gelfand, 1999 (E15) Queen's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 69 Gelfand vs Van Wely, 1999 (D85) Grunfeld, 80 moves, 1-0 70 D Sermek vs Gelfand, 2001  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 29 moves, 0-1 71 G Mohr vs Gelfand, 2001  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 34 moves, 0-1 72 A Crisan vs Gelfand, 2001 (E91) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1 73 Delchev vs Gelfand, 2001 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1 74 Gelfand vs Van Wely, 2001  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0 75 Gelfand vs Krasenkow, 2001 (A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0 76 Seirawan vs Gelfand, 2002 (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1 77 Onischuk vs Gelfand, 2002  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 55 moves, 0-1 78 Gelfand vs Karpov, 2002 (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 49 moves, 1-0 79 Gelfand vs Tkachiev, 2002 (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0 80 Gelfand vs Nisipeanu, 2002 (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0 81 Bologan vs Gelfand, 2003 (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 53 moves, 0-1 82 Gelfand vs I Nataf, 2002 (E92) King's Indian, 66 moves, 1-0 83 Gelfand vs Bologan, 2002  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 29 moves, 1-0 84 Karpov vs Gelfand, 2002 (A15) English, 40 moves, 0-1 85 F Vallejo Pons vs Gelfand, 1999  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 41 moves, 0-1 86 Gelfand vs J Ye, 2000  (E97) King's Indian, 61 moves, 1-0 87 Gelfand vs Romanishin, 2000 (E12) Queen's Indian, 47 moves, 1-0 88 Tkachiev vs Gelfand, 2000 (E15) Queen's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1 89 Svidler vs Gelfand, 2000  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 90 moves, 0-1 90 Gelfand vs L Cyborowski, 2003  (D85) Grunfeld, 28 moves, 1-0 91 Gelfand vs A Graf, 2003  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0 92 Gelfand vs P Acs, 2003 (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0 93 Gelfand vs D Aldama Degurnay, 2003 (E97) King's Indian, 40 moves, 1-0 94 Gelfand vs C Bauer, 2003 (E01) Catalan, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0 95 G Hernandez Guerrero vs Gelfand, 2003  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 77 moves, 0-1 96 Damljanovic vs Gelfand, 2004  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 43 moves, 0-1 97 V Iordachescu vs Gelfand, 2004  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 40 moves, 0-1 99 Gelfand vs De la Riva Aguado, 2004  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 1-0 100 Gelfand vs Sutovsky, 2004  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0 101 Gelfand vs D H Campora, 2004  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 57 moves, 1-0 102 Gelfand vs Shabalov, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0 103 Gelfand vs O Cvitan, 2005 (A61) Benoni, 22 moves, 1-0 104 Ivanchuk vs Gelfand, 2005 (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 0-1 105 Macieja vs Gelfand, 2004 (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 0-1 106 M Gurevich vs Gelfand, 2005  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1 107 Gelfand vs I Sokolov, 2006  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 1-0 108 Gelfand vs Granda Zuniga, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 20 moves, 1-0 109 Gelfand vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2005 (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 1-0 110 Macieja vs Gelfand, 2005  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 55 moves, 0-1 111 Nakamura vs Gelfand, 2005  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 0-1 112 Gelfand vs Macieja, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0 113 Gelfand vs Tiviakov, 2006 (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 32 moves, 1-0 114 Gelfand vs Kamsky, 2006  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 61 moves, 1-0 115 Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2006  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 0-1 116 Bacrot vs Gelfand, 2006  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 61 moves, 0-1 117 Gelfand vs Adams, 2006  (E09) Catalan, Closed, 39 moves, 1-0 118 Gelfand vs Aronian, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0 119 Gelfand vs Movsesian, 2006  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 41 moves, 1-0 120 Gelfand vs Aronian, 2007  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0 121 Gelfand vs D Bocharov, 2007  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 122 Kamsky vs Gelfand, 2007  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 53 moves, 0-1 123 G Sargissian vs Gelfand, 2008 (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 36 moves, 0-1 124 Aronian vs Gelfand, 2007  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 0-1 125 Sadvakasov vs Gelfand, 2007  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 30 moves, 0-1 126 Kamsky vs Gelfand, 2007  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 0-1 127 Aronian vs Gelfand, 2008  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 49 moves, 0-1 128 Gelfand vs Eljanov, 2008  (A17) English, 38 moves, 1-0 129 Gelfand vs M Beinoras, 2008  (A80) Dutch, 40 moves, 1-0 130 Gelfand vs G Sargissian, 2008 (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0 131 Gelfand vs Ivanchuk, 2008  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 38 moves, 1-0 132 Mamedyarov vs Gelfand, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 37 moves, 0-1 133 Gelfand vs Shirov, 2008  (A15) English, 34 moves, 1-0 134 Gelfand vs N Djukic, 2008 (E97) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0 135 Gelfand vs V Akopian, 2008  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 136 Gelfand vs E Alekseev, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 37 moves, 1-0 137 Gelfand vs Karjakin, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0 138 Gelfand vs S Feller, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0 139 Gelfand vs A Obodchuk, 2009 (A16) English, 40 moves, 1-0 140 Gelfand vs F Amonatov, 2009  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 41 moves, 1-0 141 Gelfand vs Naiditsch, 2008  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 35 moves, 1-0 143 I Cheparinov vs Gelfand, 2009  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 0-1 144 Kasimdzhanov vs Gelfand, 2009  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1 145 V Spasov vs Gelfand, 2007  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 64 moves, 0-1 146 Gelfand vs Mamedyarov, 2010  (A15) English, 36 moves, 1-0 147 Gelfand vs Shirov, 2010  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 61 moves, 1-0 148 Gelfand vs D Howell, 2010  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 41 moves, 1-0 149 Gelfand vs Ponomariov, 2010  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 38 moves, 1-0 150 Gelfand vs Van Wely, 2010 (D80) Grunfeld, 41 moves, 1-0 151 Gelfand vs Mamedyarov, 2010  (A15) English, 39 moves, 1-0 152 Gelfand vs Grischuk, 2011  (D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 35 moves, 1-0 153 Mamedyarov vs Gelfand, 2011  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 39 moves, 0-1 154 Gelfand vs Kasimdzhanov, 2012  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 1-0 155 Adams vs Gelfand, 2012  (B30) Sicilian, 47 moves, 0-1 156 Gelfand vs Jobava, 2011  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 29 moves, 1-0 157 Nakamura vs Gelfand, 2012  (B33) Sicilian, 58 moves, 0-1 158 Ivanchuk vs Gelfand, 2012  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1 159 Gelfand vs A Timofeev, 2012  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 160 Gelfand vs A Filippov, 2013  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 39 moves, 1-0 161 Gelfand vs A Moiseenko, 2013  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 33 moves, 1-0 162 Nakamura vs Gelfand, 2013  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1 163 Gelfand vs Saric, 2014 (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1-0 164 Gelfand vs Leko, 2010  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 165 Gelfand vs E Dervishi, 2012  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0 166 Gelfand vs Adams, 2012 (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 40 moves, 1-0 167 Gelfand vs G Jones, 2013  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 77 moves, 1-0 168 Caruana vs Gelfand, 2013  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 31 moves, 0-1 169 Bacrot vs Gelfand, 2014 (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 33 moves, 0-1 170 Gelfand vs Giri, 2013  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 1-0 171 Gelfand vs Aronian, 2013  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 60 moves, 1-0 172 Gelfand vs Grischuk, 2013  (E73) King's Indian, 62 moves, 1-0 173 Gelfand vs Harikrishna, 2014  (D36) Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2, 47 moves, 1-0 174 M Karttunen vs Gelfand, 2015 (A33) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 0-1 175 Gelfand vs F Amonatov, 2014  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 30 moves, 1-0 176 Gelfand vs Svidler, 2015  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 62 moves, 1-0 177 Gelfand vs M Antipov, 2015  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 1-0 178 Gelfand vs Ding Liren, 2013  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 77 moves, 1-0 179 Gelfand vs Dominguez Perez, 2013  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 97 moves, 1-0 180 Caruana vs Gelfand, 2013  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1 181 Nakamura vs Gelfand, 2013  (B33) Sicilian, 45 moves, 0-1 182 Gelfand vs Z Rahman, 2013  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 63 moves, 1-0 183 Karjakin vs Gelfand, 2012  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 0-1 184 Gelfand vs S Lu, 2016 (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 46 moves, 1-0 185 Ivanchuk vs Gelfand, 2012  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 0-1 186 Gelfand vs Oleg Skvortsov, 2016 (A59) Benko Gambit, 46 moves, 1-0 187 Gelfand vs B Grachev, 2016  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 119 moves, 1-0 188 Vitiugov vs Gelfand, 2016 (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 44 moves, 0-1 189 Gelfand vs Morozevich, 2016 (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 54 moves, 1-0 190 A Demchenko vs Gelfand, 2016 (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 0-1 191 A Korobov vs Gelfand, 2015 (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 0-1 189 games