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 Petrosian, Tigran V
0-1URS-chT • 1966 • A26
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2URS-chT • 1966 • A26
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1-0URS-chT • 1966 • A25
Spassky, Boris V vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1URS-chT • 1966 • B19
Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0URS-chT • 1966 • B14
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Larsen, Bent
1-0Noordwijk • 1965 • D36
Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2URS Spartakiad • 1964 • B18
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1-0URS Spartakiad • 1964 • A22
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Fischer, Robert James
1/2-1/2Varna olm • 1962 • D98
Portisch, Lajos vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Leipzig olm fin-A • 1960 • D46
Spassky, Boris V vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2URS-chT • 1959 • B63
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem • 1956 • D40
Najdorf, Miguel vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Moscow olm fin-A • 1956 • A37
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Alekhine mem • 1956 • B39
Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0Alekhine mem • 1956 • B63
Larsen, Bent vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Moscow olm fin-A • 1956 • B63
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0Alekhine mem • 1956 • E42
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0URS-ch22 • 1955 • A04
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Geller, Efim P
0-1URS-ch22 • 1955 • D35
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
1/2-1/2URS-USA telex • 1955 • D41
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Spassky, Boris V
1/2-1/2URS-ch22 • 1955 • A30
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0URS-USA telex • 1955 • D49
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
1/2-1/2URS-USA telex • 1955 • E51
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2URS-ch22 • 1955 • D94
Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0URS-ch22 • 1955 • C03
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2URS-USA telex • 1955 • A04
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Euwe, Max
1/2-1/2Amsterdam olm • 1954 • E59
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0Amsterdam olm • 1954 • E65
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1/2-1/2Budapest • 1952 • B92
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2URS-ch20 • 1952 • D13
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Keres, Paul
1-0URS-ch20 • 1952 • D36
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1URS-ch20 • 1952 • C36
Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Budapest • 1952 • A48
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Geller, Efim P
1-0URS-ch20 • 1952 • E66
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Geller, Efim P
0-1Budapest • 1952 • E69
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Budapest • 1952 • C08
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0URS-ch19 • 1951 • C92
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2URS-ch19 • 1951 • E26
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2URS-ch19 • 1951 • A46
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Geller, Efim P
0-1URS-ch19 • 1951 • D23
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1URS-ch19 • 1951 • D44
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Chigorin mem • 1947 • C90
Keres, Paul vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Chigorin mem • 1947 • A95
Najdorf, Miguel vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0Groningen • 1946 • E35
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1-0Groningen • 1946 • D98
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Euwe, Max
1/2-1/2Groningen • 1946 • D27
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
1/2-1/2URS-USA • 1946 • E49
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1URS-USA • 1946 • C17
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1-0URS-ch14 • 1945 • D13
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2URS-ch14 • 1945 • E68