Botvinnik, Mikhail

World Champion

classical era

Total 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 Variation12D13 - Slav Defense: Exchange Variation12B12 - Caro-Kann Defense12E35 - Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation11A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit10C17 - French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation10C08 - French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System10C15 - French Defense: Winawer Variation10

Most Faced Opponents

Smyslov, Vassily94 gamesTal, Mihail44 gamesBronstein, David I30 gamesPetrosian, Tigran V27 gamesFlohr, Salo27 gamesRagozin, Viacheslav24 gamesKeres, Paul19 gamesLevenfish, Grigory19 gamesKan, Ilia Abramovich15 gamesReshevsky, Samuel Herman14 games

Best Games

Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, MikhailWC/Candidates
0-1
World Championship 24th 1961 B12
Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, MikhailWC/Candidates
1-0
World Championship 24th 1961 C18
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, MikhailWC/Candidates
1-0
World Championship 22th 1958 B11
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, VassilyWC/Candidates
1-0
World Championship 22th 1958 E81
Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, MikhailWC/Candidates
1-0
World Championship 23th 1960 C18
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, MikhailWC/Candidates
0-1
World Championship 20th 1954 C17
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, VassilyWC/Candidates
1-0
World Championship 21th 1957 E45
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, VassilyWC/Candidates
0-1
World Championship 20th 1954 E61
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, MikhailWC/Candidates
1-0
World Championship 21th 1957 D98
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, MikhailWC/Candidates
1-0
World Championship 19th 1951 A91

Games (891)

Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957 D79
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1-0
World Championship 21th 1957 D98
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957 E45
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957 E62
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
0-1
World Championship 21th 1957 A36
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1
World Championship 21th 1957 B66
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957 C15
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 21th 1957 E66
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1-0
World Championship 21th 1957 B66
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1-0
World Championship 20th 1954 C73
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
0-1
World Championship 20th 1954 E61
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1
World Championship 20th 1954 B24
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 D44
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 E61
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 D83
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1-0
World Championship 20th 1954 D22
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 D86
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1
World Championship 20th 1954 C17
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1-0
World Championship 20th 1954 E61
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1
World Championship 20th 1954 B25
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 C17
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
0-1
World Championship 20th 1954 D22
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1-0
World Championship 20th 1954 E45
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 C15
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 A04
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 C15
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 E69
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1-0
World Championship 20th 1954 C15
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1-0
World Championship 20th 1954 D18
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 20th 1954 D06
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Smyslov, Vassily★
0-1
World Championship 20th 1954 E68
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1-0
World Championship 20th 1954 A04
Smyslov, Vassily vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1-0
World Championship 20th 1954 C17
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 D15
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 E44
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
1-0
World Championship 19th 1951 D74
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 C08
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 D44
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 A85
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
0-1
World Championship 19th 1951 E45
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
1-0
World Championship 19th 1951 A94
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1-0
World Championship 19th 1951 A91
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
0-1
World Championship 19th 1951 B63
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 A91
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 D49
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
0-1
World Championship 19th 1951 E69
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 A14
Bronstein, David I vs Botvinnik, Mikhail★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 A08
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
1/2-1/2
World Championship 19th 1951 C08
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs Bronstein, David I★
1-0
World Championship 19th 1951 D71
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