Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Bronstein nwetara ọtụtụ ihe nrite mbụ na asọmpi, n'etiti ndị kachasị ama bụ Soviet Chess Championship nke 1948 (ya na Alexander Kotov) na 1949 (ya na Smyslov). O kekwara ọkwa nke abụọ na Soviet Championship nke 1957 na 1964 <unk> 65. Ya na Mark Taimanov jikọrọ nke mbụ na World Students 'Championship na 1952 na Liverpool. Bronstein bụkwa onye mmeri ugboro isii nke Moscow Championships, ma nọchite anya USSR na Olympiads nke 1952
, 1954, 1956 na 1958, na-emeri ihe nrite na nke ọ bụla n'ime ha, ma tufuo naanị otu n'ime egwuregwu 49 ya na ihe omume ndị ahụ. N'ụzọ o si merie ihe nrite ọlaedo anọ n'egwuregwu Olimpik. N'egwuregwu otu egwuregwu 1954 megide USA (nke a na-eme na New York), Bronstein gbara ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ihe a na-anụbeghị ụdị ya na ọkwa egwuregwu a, na-emeri egwuregwu anọ ya na bọọdụ nke abụọ.