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Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik [a] (August 17 [ O.S. August 4] 1911 – May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess.
- Playing Style
- From Amateur to Soviet Champion
- Contender/War Years
- World Champion
- Life After The Title
- Legacy
Botvinnik’s playing style was dictated by iron logic. He was very strong and well-rounded in all aspects of the game, with a focus on methodical and long-term strategic play. Botvinnik viewed himself as having a "universal style", which he could change according to who he was facing. He was not afraid of any type of position, and would often seek c...
Botvinnik learned chess at the age of 12, and two years later he defeated World Champion Jose Raul Capablancain a simultaneous exhibition game. His chess continued to improve quickly during his teenage years. In 1927, he placed 5th in the Soviet Union Championships and earned his National Master title (at the age of 16). In 1930, he won the Leningr...
After becoming Soviet champion, Botvinnik's rise to prominence began. He improved his overall game between 1931 and 1935, becoming one of the best players in the world. In 1935, he shared first place in the second Moscow international tournament with Salo Flohr, 1/2 a point ahead of Lasker and a full point ahead of Capablanca. In 1936, he shared fi...
The chess world and many chess federations agreed that the new world champion would be the winner of an invitational tournament to be held in 1948. This event is historic because it crowned a new world champion, but also because it was the first time that FIDE would oversee the World Championship tournament and declare the rules for the events (som...
In 1963, Botvinnik lost to Tigran Petrosianin the world championship match. At this point, the rules for a rematch had changed and Botvinnik was no longer allowed to simply get a rematch in the following year - he would have had to compete in the candidates cycle. The loss to Petrosian marked Botvinnik's reign as world champion. Botvinnik continued...
Botvinnik's legacy towers over the chess world. His contributions to opening theory alone would make him a chess legend. He has variations of the English, Slav, Caro-Kann, and the Queen's gambit named after him, and he shaped many other opening variations as well (e.g. the French Winawer variation, the Dutch stonewall, Caro-Kann classical variation...
May 1, 2024 · Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (born August 17 [August 4, Old Style], 1911, Kuokkala, Finland [now Repino, Russia]—died May 5, 1995, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet chess master who held the world championship three times (1948–57, 1958–60, and 1961–63).
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Nov 26, 2020 · Botvinnik's best years were from 1935 to 1946; during that period he dominated Soviet chess; and the USSR's 15½–4½ win in the 1945 radio match against the USA proved that the USSR's top players were considerably better than the USA's (who had dominated international team competitions in the 1930s).
Mar 29, 2021 · GM Mikhail Botvinnik was the sixth World Chess Champion and is generally accepted as one of the best players of all time. Known as "the Patriarch," he worked with and trained many promising masters, grandmasters, national champions, and world champions including Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir...
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Hall of Fame. Inducted 2003. After dominating tournament play through most of the 1940s, Mikhail Botvinnik captured the 6th World Championship title in 1948. He would attain the title twice more, regaining it from Vassily Smyslov in 1958 and Mikhail Tal in 1961.
Mikhail Botvinnik (17 August 1911 – 5 May 1995) was a Soviet Russian grandmaster and three-time World Chess Champion. He was an electrical engineer, one of the few chess masters who achieved distinction in another career while playing top-class competitive chess. Botvinnik was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union ...
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