Botvinnik, Mikhail
👑 World ChampionTotal Games
891
Wins
406
Draws
375
Losses
110
45.6% wins42.1% draws12.3% losses
Most Played Openings
A36 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System13D94 - Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense13C19 - French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation12B12 - Caro-Kann Defense12D13 - Slav Defense: Exchange Variation12E35 - Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation11A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit10C15 - French Defense: Winawer Variation10D35 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Normal Defense10C17 - French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation10
⭐ Best Games
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★ WC/Candidates
1-0World Championship 22th • 1958 • E81
Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★ WC/Candidates
1-0World Championship 23th • 1960 • C18
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★ WC/Candidates
1-0World Championship 21th • 1957 • E45
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★ WC/Candidates
0-1World Championship 20th • 1954 • E61
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★ WC/Candidates
1-0World Championship 21th • 1957 • D98
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★ WC/Candidates
1-0World Championship 22th • 1958 • B11
Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★ WC/Candidates
0-1World Championship 24th • 1961 • B12
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★ WC/Candidates
0-1World Championship 20th • 1954 • C17
Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★ WC/Candidates
1-0World Championship 24th • 1961 • C18
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★ WC/Candidates
1-0World Championship 19th • 1951 • A91
Games (891)
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
0-1World Championship 19th • 1951 • E69
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
1/2-1/2World Championship 19th • 1951 • C08
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
1/2-1/2World Championship 19th • 1951 • A91
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1World Championship 19th • 1951 • B63
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
0-1World Championship 19th • 1951 • E45
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2World Championship 19th • 1951 • A91
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2World Championship 19th • 1951 • D49
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman★
1-0World Championship 18th • 1948 • C49
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Keres, Paul★
1-0World Championship 18th • 1948 • D06
Euwe, Max vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2World Championship 18th • 1948 • C08
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Euwe, Max★
1-0World Championship 18th • 1948 • D49
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1World Championship 18th • 1948 • B62
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Keres, Paul★
1-0World Championship 18th • 1948 • E28
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1World Championship 18th • 1948 • C18
Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1World Championship 18th • 1948 • C08
Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1World Championship 18th • 1948 • A13
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2World Championship 18th • 1948 • A91
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Euwe, Max★
1/2-1/2World Championship 18th • 1948 • D35
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2World Championship 18th • 1948 • D98
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2World Championship 18th • 1948 • D76
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2World Championship 18th • 1948 • D96
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Euwe, Max★
1-0World Championship 18th • 1948 • D46
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2World Championship 18th • 1948 • D22
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman★
1-0World Championship 18th • 1948 • E51
Euwe, Max vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2World Championship 18th • 1948 • C08
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman★
0-1World Championship 18th • 1948 • E29
Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1-0World Championship 18th • 1948 • C15
Larsen, Bent vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0Leiden • 1970 • A28
Spassky, Boris V vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Leiden • 1970 • B19
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Leiden • 1970 • E81
Larsen, Bent vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Leiden • 1970 • B18
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
0-1Leiden • 1970 • A90
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Leiden • 1970 • A26
Spassky, Boris V vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Leiden • 1970 • B19
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2Leiden • 1970 • D31
Geller, Efim P vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • C09
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Geller, Efim P
0-1Belgrade • 1969 • E69
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2Belgrade • 1969 • A14
Portisch, Lajos vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • D96
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • D41
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo • 1968 • D25
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Portisch, Lajos
1-0Monte Carlo • 1968 • A29
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo • 1968 • E62
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • D31
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • A14
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1-0URS-chT • 1967 • E61
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2URS-chT • 1967 • D47
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-chT • 1967 • A85
Geller, Efim P vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2URS-chT • 1967 • B12
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • D13