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)
Matanovic, Aleksandar vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Belgrade • 1969 • B06
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Kavalek, Lubomir
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • E90
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Ree, Hans
1-0Hoogovens • 1969 • A29
Tringov, Georgi P vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Belgrade • 1969 • B06
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Hecht, Hans Joachim
1/2-1/2Belgrade • 1969 • E51
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Ivkov, Borislav
1/2-1/2Belgrade • 1969 • E66
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Benko, Pal C
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • B36
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Olafsson, Fridrik
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • E03
Sahovic, Dragutin vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Belgrade • 1969 • B15
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Van Scheltinga, Theo D
1-0Hoogovens • 1969 • E51
Doda, Zbigniew vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • E61
Ciric, Dragoljub M vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • B08
Matulovic, Milan vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Belgrade • 1969 • B08
Bukic, Enver vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Belgrade • 1969 • A90
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Kurajica, Bojan
1-0Belgrade • 1969 • D31
Lengyel, Levente vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0Belgrade • 1969 • E91
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Ostojic, Predrag
1-0Belgrade • 1969 • A42
Janosevic, Dragoljub vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0Belgrade • 1969 • E92
Donner, Jan Hein vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Hoogovens • 1969 • D79
Ostojic, Predrag vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Hoogovens • 1969 • C05
Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Hoogovens • 1969 • B25
Uhlmann, Wolfgang vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo • 1968 • A84
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Gheorghiu, Florin
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo • 1968 • A26
Byrne, Robert E vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo • 1968 • C18
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Padevsky, Nikola
1-0Monte Carlo • 1968 • E17
Damjanovic, Mato vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo • 1968 • B72
Forintos, Gyozo V vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo • 1968 • A91
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Hort, Vlastimil
1/2-1/2Monte Carlo • 1968 • E69
Benko, Pal C vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Monte Carlo • 1968 • A26
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Letzelter, Jean Claude
1-0Monte Carlo • 1968 • A08
Zinser, Sylvain vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Monte Carlo • 1968 • E91
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Calvo Minguez, Ricardo
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • A44
Taimanov, Mark E vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1URS-chT • 1967 • D70
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • E43
Damjanovic, Mato vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1-0Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • E81
Tatai, Stefano vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • B15
Ivkov, Borislav vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • D75
Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • B08
Levit, Roman vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1URS-chT • 1967 • A48
Donner, Jan Hein vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • D79
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Khanov, K.
1-0URS-chT • 1967 • D36
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Toran Albero, Roman
1-0Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • B36
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Diez del Corral, Jesus
1-0Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • E87
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Dzindzichashvili, Roman
0-1URS-chT • 1967 • A14
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Boleslavsky, Isaak
1/2-1/2URS-chT • 1967 • A22
O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
1/2-1/2Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • A88
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Matulovic, Milan
1-0Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • E90
Jimenez Zerquera, Eleazar vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • B07
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bednarski, Jacek B
1-0Palma de Mallorca • 1967 • A42
Muhutdinov, Marat vs Botvinnik, Mikhail
0-1URS-chT • 1967 • B08