THE WEEK IN CHESS 31 07/05/95 Mark Crowther
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This is a special issue of TWIC to mark the death on Friday
of Mikhail Botwinnik. I have tried to cover the extensive
life of Botwinnik fully. In three areas I haven't done as
much as I would like. The first in the area of his contribution
to chess theory. This is too complicated to do, and probably
beyond my capabilities. The second is an analysis of his style
throughout his career, for which I have the same problem.
I have added 263 games to the end of the posting. I would
have liked more time to make a proper choice. I hope this is
a fitting tribute to Botwinnik and that it properly reflects
his career.
TWIC 32 will appear as normal next week.
Mark Crowther.
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botwinnik 17th August 1911 - 5th May 1995
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World Chess Champion 1948-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963
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Born in Finland at the seaside resort of Kuokkala (where his parents
were on holiday), died in Moscow. He lived in his formative years in
Leningrad.
Almost the last link with top class pre-war chess World died on Friday
5th May. Those who saw him recently in Moscow had commented that he was
not looking well, this after many years of relative health. (although
his eyesight, always poor, was deteriorating). His wife died around 10
years ago, and this seemed to spur him to greater mainstream activity
than for many years, he became involved in the experts commission of the
GMA and his views were still sought until recently.
He attended the Central Chess Club on Gogol Boulevard almost every day,
aided by his nephew Igor Botwinnik and supervised the work on his chess
playing program.
This Chess Club had recently become the subject of a dispute in which
Botwinnik was involved, almost as a sitting tenant. There were two chess
federations claiming to have the ownership of this now valuable real
estate. Some sources gave this as the reason for the sponsorship of the
Olympiad in Moscow. Sadly he was, along with Karpov, virtually persona
non grata at the FIDE Olympiad. (he was not invited to the opening
ceremony and although he did attend one of the sessions of the FIDE
Congress he didn't speak the following day as he had indicated he
would.)
Since he retired he has devoted himself to computer chess. He wrote an
important early work on computer chess but his contributions were of
less importance in recent times. (Others will be able to speak more
authoritatively upon this. However my feeling, I'm open to correction,
is that his contributions have been meagre.)
He lived quite close to Vassily Smyslov in the last years of his life
and they spoke on the phone almost every day. Indeed Botwinnik quite
frequently spoke to Smyslov's wife, taking her advice on decisions that
he had to make.
His career, contributions, method, writings and school. Controversy.
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His Chess Career
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Tournaments before becoming World Champion
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Botwinnik's progress, although hardly meteoric by modern standards was
still that of a youthful star of exceptional standard. He learnt chess
at the age of 12 and he made fast progress, so that by the age of 16 he
was already good enough to qualify for the final league of the Soviet
Championships in 1927. This clearly marked him out as the potential
World Champion that the Soviets were seeking, all the other leading
players of the time, Bogatyrtschuk (who later emigrated to Canada and
was simply not mentioned for many years by Soviet historians),
Romanovsky, Dus-Chotimirski and Levenfish for instance were players who
learnt their chess in pre-Revolutionary times. The Soviets had been hit
by the loss of Alekhine (no great surprise, but he did win the first
Soviet Championships) and more bitterly by the defection the previous
year of the Champion of 1924 and 1925 Bogolubov. Botwinnik's
5th= at the age of 16 made him a very obvious candidate for future
development. This completed what Botwinnik referred to as the first
stage of his development. (the acquiring of elementary knowledge
and technique.)
In Odessa 1929 he finished 3rd= in the semi-final league of the
Championship, a modest performance. He was also continuing his higher
education at the time, gaining qualifications in Engineering. In 1931 he
won the 7th Soviet Championship at the age of 20 by 2 clear points above
Ryumin, Alatzorzew and Bogatyrtschuk amongst others, and in 1933 he won
again, this time by a single point above a similarly representative
Soviet field. He speaks of the years 1927-33 as the second stage of his
development, one of playing masters who are well trained and
experienced. It concluded with his first International experience when
he contested a match with Flohr in November and December of this year.
Flohr was a Czech born player who first earned his reputation at the
Carlsbad Tournament of 1929. (He didn't play I hear you say! He attended
as a journalist and at the end of the event almost all the players owed
him money from playing him in the Cafe's surrounding the event. He then
got invitations on the strength of this and won in Hastings 1931-32
above Euwe and Kashdan and in Sliac 1932 level with Vidmar. He was
regarded as one of the rising stars along with Kashdan, but below the
royalty of Alekhine, Capablanca, Bogolubov, Nimzowitch, Speelman and
Lasker. (Euwe was just starting to make his move to the top here too,
although I don't think he was taken too seriously). There had been a ban
on foreign travel and contact since the defection of Bogolubov and this
match was important (at least in Botwinnik's eyes) for further contacts
necessary for his improvement. However the match in modern terms looks
quite modest. Botwinnik had a bad start in the first half of the match
(held in Moscow) losing in the first and sixth games. The second half
was held in his native Leningrad and Botwinnik hauled himself back into
the match winning the 9th and 10th games. The 12 game match was drawn.
After the match finished a book appeared, annotated by Botwinnik on the
games from this match. The reason was that most of the players of
influence were against the match taking place. Krylenko, an important
figure outside of chess and head of the chess section sanctioned the
match. He was relieved at the result and wanted as quickly as possible
to spread the results, and so Botwinnik was commissioned to write the
book as quickly as possible. This was the first of many occasions,
where, even with a little luck, Botwinnik delivered under pressure. At
any time in the 1930's foreign contact could have been stopped,
Botwinnik's ability to produce results when they mattered was of supreme
importance. Up to the arrival of Smyslov, Botwinnik had no rival in the
Soviet Union who was capable of producing results at the very highest
level.
Shortly after this Euwe and Kmoch were invited to an event in Moscow
too. This gave the second real indication of Soviet Chess strength after
the years of isolation when Euwe and Kmoch finished nowhere in a 12 man
tournament which Botwinnik again won. (remember that the following year
Euwe was World Champion)
After this Botwinnik played his first event abroad at Hastings. His
international career had begun and the long road to the World
Championship started. This period of international chess is one of the
most fascinating of all periods. There were many young players around,
and they met the older generation of masters at this time. (To my mind
this period, the early 1950s and the present day represent three great
periods of chess. Years of stagnation where young talent, and few great
players emerge, suddenly end, the older players meet true new talent and
the results are unpredictable. The new players who reach the top don't
surrender that position for many years.)
Botwinnik, now clearly favoured above all other Soviet Chess players,
was sent to Hastings for the 1934-5 tournament. This event was a triumph
for Sir George Thomas, he came first equal with Euwe and Flohr (6.5),
Capablanca 5.5 and Botwinnik and Lilienthal 5 (Incidentally Lilienthal
must be the oldest top class GM left now. He and Eliskasis only player
to have played Lasker, and one of the few left to have played
Capablanca). Botwinnik (a man always ready with a good excuse) always
claimed that it was the fact he arrived in Hastings two hours before the
event that caused him to lose points early in the event. ("a mistake
which I have never committed again.") However he was only two short
months from becoming a recognised potential challenger for the World
Title....
Although the Soviets (although there are rumours they eventually tried
to get him to return) clearly couldn't invite Alekhine, the World
Champion to their return to International chess, they could however grab
all the attention they needed by inviting Capablanca and the newly
returned Lasker to their events. They placed their faith in Botwinnik to
hold out against these two and young Western talents such as Lilienthal
and especially Flohr. Players such as Vera Menchik, Stahlberg and
Spielmann I'm sure they knew they could handle. (Incidentally I see that
Lasker is down as being from London in the tournament book, he
transferred himself to Moscow for a brief period after this event.) The
event turned out to be a straight race between Botwinnik and Flohr.
Flohr caught Botwinnik in the 16th round, they both drew the event out,
including a 27 move draw in the 18th round. I believe the story goes
that Botwinnik was told that he wouldn't have any problem winning in the
last round against Rabinowich but that he told them that any monkey
business and he would resign the game. Neither player tried very hard in
the last round with Flohr drawing in 23 against Alatorzev and Botwinnik
in 24 moves. (this was the round of Lasker 1-0 Pirc for those who
remember the classics) Final scores: Botwinnik, Flohr 13, Lasker 12.5,
Capablanca 12 and Spielmann 11 (20 players)
This was an age where if you got it wrong in a top event there wasn't
another in a fortnight to revenge yourself in. Botwinnik had won and the
Soviets could organise another serious event to help their top players.
Botwinnik didn't play a serious event at all between this event in March
1935 until May 1936 when the 3rd Soviet Moscow International Tournament
was played. This event invited the top finishers from the previous
edition to a double round contest. Here Flohr didn't challenge for the
lead and from early on it was a battle between Botwinnik and Capablanca.
Botwinnik played a beautiful game against Capablanca in the 7th round,
and then in timetrouble played a series of absolutely gruesome mistakes
and went on to lose. This proved to be the only difference between the
players at the end and Capablanca scored his finest triumph for a number
of years.
1. Capablanca 13 2. Botwinnik 12 3. Flohr 9 4. Lilienthal 9
According to the tournament book introduction (by Levenfish) this result
was regarded as a failure by some. (one rectified shortly after) This
gives one an idea of the pressure he was under.
Almost directly after this result Botwinnik was allowed abroad for the
second time. This time he would play the World Champion Euwe, and the
hero/traitor of Soviet Chess, Alekhine.
The Nottingham 1936 tournament was the meeting of the generations. The
tournament regulars of the 1920's, all living World Champions, and the
elite of the younger generation came together for a festival of chess in
August.
This was a close battle with only 1.5 points separating 1st from 8th.
Capablanca and Botwinnik shared first place on ten points. Botwinnik
being undefeated. He was ruthless against the tailenders and drew
against the next 7 players in the table. This victory was important. On
a World stage, with no players missing (Keres was to establish his
reputation within a few months.) he had won. The results here formed the
basis of the invitations issued for the AVRO tournament two years later.
Having reached such an exalted level there were mutterings about his
non-participation in purely Russian events. (he claims that his Post
Grad work stopped him playing in the 10th Championship (1937) in
Tiblisi. He clearly felt he needed the title of Soviet Champion to
maintain his political position and to this end the winner of the 10th
Soviet Championship Levenfish was required to defend his title in a
match against Botwinnik later in the year. However Botwinnik had to win
the match to take the title. Levenfish playing the best chess of his
career, almost won the match but in the end Botwinnik pulled back to
draw the match. (He claimed that his Ph.D. and poor form cost him the
match).
However in the close of this year AVRO started signing up the players
for a tournament the following year. The last great pre-war tournament
it probably had the strongest 8 players of the time in its line-up.
Botwinnik played in the Semi-Finals of the Soviet Championships before
setting off and playing in this event.
Unfortunately the event was one of the least satisfactory, in terms of
organisation, in chess history. It moved from town to town as a roadshow
and travelling was done on the same day as the rounds. This made it
extremely exhausting to play in. Botwinnik complains about this in his
autobiography but in fact the oldest players, Alekhine and Capablanca
had the most to complain about. (indeed Capablanca is said to have
suffered a mild stroke during this event and went on to the worst result
in his career). Not surprisingly, given the closeness in standard of the
players, two of the youngest, Fine and Keres won the event. Botwinnik
came a point behind, a satisfactory result. At that time it was clear to
most that one of these players would take the World Title. The event
showed that Flohr (who was favoured for many years, even though his form
had dipped) no longer was the obvious challenger for Alekhine's title.
1. Keres, Fine 8.5
3. Botwinnik 7.5
4. Alekhine, Euwe, Reshevsky 7
7. Capablanca 6
8. Flohr 4.5
However due to the Second World War the interesting battle at the top of
World Chess was suspended for 8 years, and it was another 10 years
before an event of similar calibre. That event saw Botwinnik take the
World Title. At some time in the intervening years (probably starting in
1941) Botwinnik became the best player in the World. In the same period,
the first wave of what we would recognise as the true Soviet School of
chess arrived. When Fine toured Russia in 1937 he met many top class
players. Although their styles were energetic and creative, there was a
streak of unsoundness that typified their play. (Botwinnik reported on,
but didn't play against Fine on this tour. "he continually complained
that my play was very bad, which convinced me that he regarded me as a
very dangerous opponent" said Fine.) However he was more impressed by
the general standard of the players he met in simultaneous exhibitions.
He comments that the young stars Alatortzev, Kan, Belavientz,
Bondarevsky, Panov and Yudovitch had all but disappeared from top class
play within ten years. This I believe was because of the arrival of a
new generation of players, that we now recognise as forming the basis
for the Soviet domination of chess. We recognise names in the 1940
Soviet Championship (where Botwinnik did relatively poorly) who did well
for many years. From now on Botwinnik's performances at home were
against the virtual elite of chess. The Westerners didn't have this
luxury in the war years, the balance is just starting to be redressed
now....
Botwinnik won the 11th Soviet Championship in 1939, he was pushed hard
by Kotov, a challenge only silenced by a win against him in the last
round when they were level. Tolush was 16th.
1. Botwinnik 12.5/17
2. Kotov 11.5
In 1940 the Russians had control of the Baltic Nations and the Soviet
Championship starts to have a familiar feel. The 12th Championship was
his last poor tournament for many, many years. Botwinnik doesn't have a
real excuse for this in his book, he came 5th = and his position as the
leader of Soviet Chess was under threat. He mentions not rigorous enough
application of his methods. I don't know, what I do believe is that
after this, his strength of play climbed markedly and although his
Western Challengers couldn't be played, he climbed to World number one
from here.
12th Soviet Championships
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1. Bonderevsky, Lilienthal 13.5
3. Smyslov 13
4. Keres 12
5. Boleslavsky, Botwinnik 11.5
The figleaf to cover his embarrassment was the tie between Bondarevsky
and Lilienthal meant that there needed to be a tie-break. Botwinnik
managed to persuade the authorities that a match tournament (quadruple
round) between the 6 was the best way of settling who was Champion. To
be fair this was a high risk strategy as with the youngsters still
improving and Keres being dangerous, Botwinnik wasn't assured of
anything. However having carried Soviet Chess through those early
tournaments (if you look back he wasn't supported by good finishes from
any other Soviet player) his nerve and strength weren't in doubt. He
scored a convincing victory to prove he was still the best and get in
poll position for later.
Absolute Championships 1941
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1. Botwinnik 13.5/20
2. Keres 11
3. Smyslov 10
4, Boleslavsky 9
5. Lilienthal 8.5
6. Bonderevsky 8
He spent his war years as an engineer servicing power stations in the
Urals. Only when the Germans were on the retreat did he take up chess
again, at some time in 1943. In his first event he lost to Smyslov in
the Moscow Championships of 1943 but managed to win the event.
In 1944 he took the Soviet Championships above Smyslov. Bronstein
finished low down, playing for the first time in the Soviet
Championships (and beating Botwinnik!).
1. Botwinnik 12.5/16
2. Smyslov 10.5
3. Boleslavsky 10
In 1945 he took it again:
1. Botwinnik 15/17
2. Boleslavsky 12
3. Bronstein 10
To celebrate the end of the war there was a Radio Match in 1945 between
the US and USSR. Botwinnik defeated Denker twice and the USSR won 15.5 -
4.5. The trend that had been on for many years had been exaggerated by
the war, and now the best players were all Soviet.
The first major post-war tournament was also won by Botwinnik. This was
only after a major struggle with Euwe and with both obtaining losses
towards the end. Neither appeared to want to win it. However this was a
swan song for Euwe. He strength and confidence rapidly declined after
this.
Groningen
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1. Botwinnik 14.5/19
2. Euwe 14
3. Smyslov 12.5
4. Najdorf, Szabo 11.5
6. Flohr, Lundin 11
In September 1946 again the Russians played the US. This time in Russia
over the board. The Soviets won 12.5-7.5. However probably important
psychologically were Botwinnik's 1.5-0.5 victory over Reshevsky and
Smyslov`s 1.5-0.5 victory over Fine.
Botwinnik's final tournament before challenging for the World Title was
the Tchigorin Memorial in Moscow. He finished well above two of his
potential rivals with Ragozin scoring a surprise second. Ragozin was
always a friend and training partner, this was a real victory for the
Botwinnik school!
Botwinnik 11/15
Ragozin 10.5
Boleslavsky, Smyslov 10
Kotov 9.5
Keres 9
The Taking of the Title.
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Even as the war was ending the Russians wanted their man to be World
Champion at any price. They were prepared to "forget" some things about
Alekhine's private life in order to be first in the queue to take on the
ailing man. Although he had played well throughout most of the war years
he had been struck down with scarlet fever in 1944 and was a pale shadow
of his former self. It is said that on the day they came to an agreement
to play, Alekhine died aged 53.
When Euwe became World Champion in 1935 he intended to hand over the
title to be administered by FIDE. But first he had to retain the title,
this he failed to do. On Alekhine's death, they assumed control of the
title. (not after some little argument.) They announced a six man
tournament of clearly the strongest challengers. This would comprise
those who did well in AVRO in 1938 and those who did well in Groningen,
the strongest post-war tournament. However it was already clear that the
Americans had some catching up to do. Fine always maintained that he
wanted to play in 1947, the negotiations became protracted and Fine
decided that he couldn't make the 1948 date that was already fixed. Fine
must have realised having lost mini-matches in both USA-USSR matches
that things were going to be very tough. The rewards were not very high
in monetary terms, and his chances slim. So there was an extra place in
the Match tournament of six? Well maybe there should have been, but the
Soviets were insistent (Najdorf was suggested) no extra player. In the
end the event went ahead with five players playing a bizarre 5 man 5
cycle event.
The Match tournament itself, much like its AVRO counterpart was a
disappointment. The event was split between two countries, Netherlands
and Moscow. One player had a free day in each round. But the real
disappointment was that one player (Euwe) was in such miserable form
that most of his games had little or no value. On every measure applied
in compiling the players for the event he should have been there, but he
just played dreadful chess.
But there have been whispers ever since the event about Keres'
performance in this event. Was he simply told not to win? He had played
in the Nazi tournament's during the war, and the Soviet regime were not
known for their generosity of spirit in these things. However also Keres
was a creature of moods, he genuinely could play badly. Also is it
conceivable that the Soviets would allow Keres to win above sounder men
such as Botwinnik and Smyslov? Anyway the mean spirited might say he was
told to lose his first four and then allowed to win the last as
Reshevsky threatened to overhaul him.
However no-one really doubted Botwinnik really was the best at this
time. He won all his mini-matches and only lost two games throughout the
entire event. This was simply the natural consequence of having been
playing strong opposition consistently since 1943, and having access to
some pretty good ideas. The war swept away the form and confidence of
Fine, Reshevsky was a better player in 1950 when due to politics he
didn't enter the cycle, Keres never really was the carefree player he
was before the Russian's walked into Estonia in 1940 and Euwe belonged
to a different age. He was the best, he was now the 6th World Chess
Champion.
The Hague - Moscow March 2 - May 16th 1948
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1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL
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1. Botwinnik ***** ==1== 11110 1=011 1=1== 14
2. Smyslov ==0== ***** 00=1= ==1== 11011 11
3. Keres 00001 11=0= ***** 0=10= 1=111 10.5
4. Reshevsky 0=100 ==0== 1=01= ***** 1==11 10.5
5. Euwe 0=0== 00100 0=000 0==00 ***** 4
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What happened after 1948 really colours our view of Botwinnik. We don't
know his pre-war games, we don't know his pre-war style, we forget his
war time tournaments. At the age 36 he was World Champion. In those days
35 was generally said to be the best age for a top-class player. The
matches we remember Botwinnik for are the ones after this point.
Botwinnik started a slow decline from this high point, Especially
considering he was not to play for another 3 years ......
The Years as Champion
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So not even once between the years of 1948 and 1951 did Botwinnik play a
public game of chess. Botwinnik had a profession as an electrical
engineer, and was awarded his doctorate in 1951. However it must also be
said that he had been playing high pressure chess since 1933. The whole
strategy of Soviet Chess was based on his success, tournaments were
arranged in the mid-1930's simply because Botwinnik could do well in
them. Only with the emergence of Smyslov and the younger generation
could they actually count on anyone else doing well. In those days
players didn't play much, and everything counted when you did play.
There wasn't any room for rustiness (although tournaments were longer)
it was a one shot deal. There has been some talk that in fact Botwinnik
had some sort of nervous breakdown in the missing years, I don't know
about this but certainly he took an unnatural amount of pressure for a
sustained number of years. A break was probably the minimum he needed.
From now to the end of his World Title career there are many stories of
both his paranoia and, certainly in the 1951, some possible external
pressure on his opponents. In a society such as that in the Soviet Union
stories such as this are natural. Is there any truth in them? There are
now some opportunities to find out perhaps ....
The 1951 match was held in Moscow. Boleslavsky had come very close to
qualifying directly to play Botwinnik from the InterZonal. He agreed a
short draw in the final round only to see Bronstein catch him with an
extraordinary win in the last round against Keres. Their match too was
closely fought, Bronstein only winning after the scheduled number of
games and into the sudden death playoff of pairs of games. Bronstein
talks of the pre-match negotiations, Botwinnik wanted two pairs of
envelopes with any sealed moves in them. Bronstein didn't understand
this pre-match ritual then. A large number of demands that he was
supposed to accede to. Bronstein countered with a question about what
happens if the moves were different when the envelope was opened ...
Bronstein-Botwinnik March 1951
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 TOTAL
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Botwinnik = = = = 0 1 1 = = = 0 1 = = = = 0 = 1 = 0 0 1 = 12
Bronstein = = = = 1 0 0 = = = 1 0 = = = = 1 = 0 = 1 1 0 = 12
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The match was marked by theoretical disputes, gross blunders, and a
number of exciting games. Botwinnik won a rook but only drew. Bronstein
wandered his King out of the square in a totally drawn ending. But by
game 22 he was one up with two to play. He played poorly in game 23 and
stood worse when offered a draw in game 24. There are stories that there
was some persuasion of Bronstein prior to game 23 but like so many
stories there has never been any evidence. He'd held onto his title, but
no-one was exactly convinced. His decline had set in, they wouldn't have
to worry about him for much longer.
Anyhow Botwinnik needed to play after such a close match. He played in
the 19th Soviet Championships finishing a modest 3rd-5th. Not such a bad
result. He tended to lose in bloodbaths to the younger players from now
on, whenever he did encounter problems in these Championships. Keres won
the Championship.
In 1952 he was left out of the Soviet team to play in the Olympiad in
Helsinki. You see the other players had this meeting .....
In his autobiography Botwinnik says that he ran into Smyslov the
following day and asked about his involvement in this meeting. He
recalls Smyslov saying "I didn't think it would all come out." However
Smyslov recalls it slightly differently saying that he always tried to
stay out of such things and that he expressed surprise that Botwinnik
didn't know about the meeting.
Korchnoi describes the meeting thus: "Every single member of the team
said something bad about him. The only one who didn't say a word was
Kotov, who was the organiser of the Plot!"
Botwinnik finished 3-5th in the Maroczy Memorial and he came joint first
with Taimanov in the 20th Soviet Championships. He beat Taimanov in the
playoff of the following year.
Smyslov-Botwinnik 1954
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 TOTAL
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Botwinnik 1 1 = 1 = = 0 = 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 = = = 0 = = 0 = 12
Smyslov 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 = = = 1 = = 1 = 12
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Most people believed that Smyslov was the strongest player in the World
at this time. Maybe with Keres just slightly behind. As you can see, it
was a strange match, with Smyslov committing the classic mistake that
Short did of trying too hard at the start. Although by game 11 he was in
the lead the effort seemed to damage him and he lost four out of the
next 5. Eventually in the last game Botwinnik stood much better when
Smyslov offered a draw. Your offer is so attractive I can't possibly
refuse was Botwinnik's answer.
After this result the players decided there might be a few miles left in
the old man and allowed him to play in the Amsterdam Olympiad later in
the year (his first time). Botwinnik was a regular from this point until
the 1964 event. 3rd - 5th in the 22nd Soviet Championships and a minimal
loss to Reshevsky in a four game match as part of US v USSR saw off
1955.
1956 was a vintage year, +6 =7 in the Moscow Olympiad was followed by
1st= in the Alekhine's Memorial.
Botwinnik, Smyslov 11/15
Taimanov 10.5
Gligoric 10
Bronstein 9.5
Najdorf 9
Keres 8.5
Smyslov-Botwinnik 1957
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 TOTAL
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Botwinnik 0 = = 1 1 0 = 0 = = = 0 1 = = = 0 = = 0 = = 9.5
Smyslov 1 = = 0 0 1 = 1 = = = 1 0 = = = 1 = = 1 = = 12.5
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A convincing win for Smyslov. Botwinnik misassessed an ending in game 18
and this had a damaging effect on his confidence. Although
congratulating Smyslov on a fine victory, he complained about Smyslov
"knowing" in advance a variation that he had never played and refuting
it over the board. It was a complaint he was to return to. He had the
right to a rematch the following year and was receiving "friendly"
advice in the Soviet press that he'd had a good innings and not to
bother...
Smyslov-Botwinnik 1958
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 TOTAL
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Botwinnik 1 1 1 = 0 1 = = = = 0 1 = 1 0 = = 1 0 = = 0 = 12.5
Smyslov 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = = = 1 0 = 0 1 = = 0 1 = = 1 = 10.5
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A dreadful start which Smyslov blames on a cold allowed Botwinnik a lead
which he nursed throughout the rest of the match. He revamped his
openings and changed his style slightly to counteract Smyslov. The match
was actually very tense, the key game was the tragedy of game 18 when in
pressing for a win he erred and lost. This result knocked the stuffing
out of Smyslov for a lot of years. He bizarrely reached the Candidates
Final again only in 1983 when he lost to Kasparov.
+7 =4 -1 at the Munich Olympiad as followed by a victory in a small
tournament in the Netherlands (Wageningen)
In 1959 he only played in the Spartakiad. +1 =6.
Botwinnik-Tal 1960
------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 TOTAL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Botwinnik 0 = = = = 0 0 1 1 = 0 = = = = = 0 = 0 = = 8.5
Tal 1 = = = = 1 1 0 0 = 1 = = = = = 1 = 1 = = 12.5
---------------------------------------------------------------
Tal was ripping the chess World to shreds, however unusually Botwinnik
started favourite in some eyes. Tal wasn't playing soundly and Botwinnik
would show him why....
In fact Tal outprepared Botwinnik and managed to get complex positions
in many of the games. Time trouble and exhausting complications simply
wore Botwinnik out. Retirement from World Championship play was obvious,
no-one could come back from this ....
Botwinnik-Tal 1961
-------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 TOTAL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tal 0 1 0 = = = 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 0 1 = 0 8
Botwinnik 1 0 1 = = = 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 = 1 = 0 1 0 = 1 13
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Botwinnik thought about it and after a solid Olympiad result decided to
take up the challenge. In fact it was already known that Tal was having
some trouble with his kidneys. There was some talk about postponing the
rematch but Tal preferred to play. Of more concern was the venue for the
match. Tal wanted at least half the match in Riga, whereas Botwinnik
maintained that the rematch should be as close a copy of the original as
possible... except perhaps in result! Botwinnik arrived well prepared
for the match. Tal offers few excuses (loss of his lucky pencil after
game 8 being perhaps decisive!) he certainly believed that his
preparations were as good if not better than for the first match. He was
unprepared for the change that came about in Botwinnik. Here Botwinnik
did not try and evade complications if he believed them favourable.
Botwinnik played the European Team Championships and won Hastings later
in the year.
In 1962 Botwinnik only played in the Varna Olympiad (where he played
Fischer for the only time - a draw) His result +8 =5.
Later in the year his return match clause was removed. There were to be
no second chances when he played Petrosian. Botwinnik was bitter and
embattled. He decided to do without a second, remembering his match
against Smyslov...
Petrosian-Botwinnik 1963
-------------------------
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 TOTAL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Botwinnik 1 = = = 0 = 0 = = = = = = 1 0 = = 0 0 = = = 9.5
Petrosian 0 = = = 1 = 1 = = = = = = 0 1 = = 1 1 = = = 12.5
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Petrosian decided to re-examine how Botwinnik won all his matches.
There were a number of impressions expressed by many players about
Botwinnik's play, the could be summarised as "all his life Botwinnik has
suffered from a disease, the name of which is weakness of combinative
vision. On the other hand, Botwinnik's mastery in the field of chess
strategy and the handling of the ending is so great, that only the
foolish would decide to battle on this territory." He also noted that in
many of the matches Botwinnik took big leads early in the match.
Petrosian's strategy was to play his own game and not to worry too
heavily about this supposed superiority.
The match was closely fought, but Botwinnik, working entirely alone and
conceding a lot of years (he was 52) was gradually ground down.
Petrosian talks of Botwinnik's bad sealed move in game 16 followed by
his defeat in game 18 as being the decisive moments of the match. He
lost honourably, but was upset about the loss of his rematch. He quickly
announced that he wouldn't be joining the Candidates Stage of the World
Title Cycle.
Closing Years of Tournaments
----------------------------
Botwinnik started to play chess again. He played tournaments and caused
trouble to the younger generation. He worked at his game less too. He
stated that in his final years he used the analytical fat that he had
built up over the championship years. He continued to have good results
in team events too. He lost only one game in the combination of events
of the III Spartakiad (1963) and the Moscow Team Championships, USSR
Team Championships and the Olympiad (all 1964). He won a small event in
Noordwijk in 1965. In the 1966 USSR team championships he beat Spassky ,
Smyslov and Keres (in drastic fashion) He rounded off 1966 by winning
Hastings. 1967 saw more team events and a 2nd-3rd placing behind Larsen
at Palma de Majorca. (He beat Larsen here) In 1968 he came second in
Monte Carlo demonstrating yet again how "poor" his tactics were in a
game against Portisch. He played some good chess in Beverwijk in 1969
coming 1st equal but came 7th in Belgrade later in the year. He scored
+1 =3 on a low board in the USSR v the ROW of 1970. He was already
considering retiring when a match against Fischer was negotiated in
Leiden. This didn't come off and he played in a small 4 player double
round tournament. He came 3rd-4th=. Having already decided to retire the
previous year he had played his final tournament at the age of 59.
Lifetime records against his most frequent opponents.
(Warriors of the Mind)
+ = - Player
-------------------------------
26 48 21 Smyslov
12 20 12 Tal
5 22 2 Flohr
7 16 6 Bronstein
3 18 6 Petrosian
8 9 3 Keres
5 7 2 Reshevsky
2 8 2 Euwe
4 6 2 Taimanov
6 5 0 Boleslavsky
3 6 1 Szabo
1 5 4 Geller
2 5 2 Gligoric
3 4 1 Kotov
3 3 2 Larsen
1 5 1 Capablanca
1 6 0 Spassky
The Origins of the Botwinnik Style.
-----------------------------------
When ever Botwinnik was asked seriously to give his views on who
influenced him in his early career three names appear. Those of
Tarrasch, Rubinstein and Capablanca.
He names the following books as being most influential upon his career.
Chess Fundamentals and My Chess Career by Capablanca, Die Hypermoderne
Schachpartie by Tartakover (probably his only serious book,
unfortunately never, so far as I'm aware translated into English) ,300
games and Die Moderne Schachpartie by Tarrasch. Probably these last two
most influenced his annotational style. The mix of general ideas, deep
analysis and advice for the readers still produces the most satisfactory
and readable accounts of chess games (an art sadly lost these days).
Botwinnik was given a copy of Collijn's Larobook in 1926 written by
Rubinstein, Reti and Spielmann. Alekhine's games collections were not
available in the Soviet Union until much later although he also
recommends them for reading even today. I get the feeling, like Fischer,
that apart from certain elements of his play, Botwinnik didn't really
want to play chess like him. It is interesting, and probably not
surprising that this list of books is almost an exact copy of those that
influenced Fine, about 10 years later. (See NIC 2 1992 for the Check
Your Library Article)
In Botwinnik's writing he regards his own methods of working and the
"Soviet School of Chess" as being really synonymous. The national drive
towards excellence at chess started at the same time as Botwinnik was
developing, the scheme being officially started in 1924. Of course chess
had been popular in Russia for many years before this. The official
reason for the support was to "raise the cultural and educational level
of the people" I have a feeling that it more had to do with there being
keen chess players in the hierarchy of the Soviet Union who wanted to
have their own champion.
Botwinnik would describe his method as being a scientific study of the
game. This method's key would be, once sufficient mastery of the game
had been achieved, the follows:
1) Published annotation of games, both of others and especially oneself,
in as much detail and clarity as possible. This allows others to spot
your errors.
2) The deep study of ones opponents games, so as to know their style and
personality in advance. Their preferences etc.
3) Private study of systems of development, private practice matches
aimed at eliminating known weaknesses, and developing ones ideas.
4) A player must be a researcher. They must develop their own individual
views on the game away from the board. (He said that Karpov was not a
researcher, merely a good user of other people's ideas.
Botwinnik used to study every aspect of the game. I remember reading
that he spent many weeks studying one extremely rare type of ending, not
really in the hope that it would come up, but simply to understand the
game better.
I wouldn't say that there wasn't anything spectacularly novel about this
"method" even at the time. The most disciplined players had such
methods. Botwinnik was clearly influenced by the Alekhine introduction
to New York 1927, although it is not clear to me whether this article
wasn't written by the winner with a clear benefit of hindsight.
Botwinnik had an almost touching attachment to the first tenet outlined
above. He criticises modern players for being deficient in annotating
games. Whilst as a chess fan I can say I'm disappointed in the general
level of instructional and descriptive writing from today's players I
don't believe personally that it makes that much difference. What
today's players miss is the time for long quiet study of the game in its
entirety.
After Botwinnik (I don't see much evidence in his own writings that he
had one) there was the idea of the personal trainer from the earliest
years. Botwinnik used to work and train with Ragozin, but I don't
believe he really took advice from him.
The later use of teams of trainers for ideas in big events probably also
started with Botwinnik. Certainly there was a very large retinue of
officials went with the Soviet players to the 1948 World Championship
Tournament in the Hague. I'm sure at least some were there for their
chess services....
Botwinnik used to annoy his successors by putting their success down to
his methods, and criticising them as being wrong when they didn't follow
his recipes down to the letter. Spassky and Petrosian became World
Champions without using much of the research methods he advocated
throughout his career. There is little doubt that his ideas did have an
effect in raising the general level of chess. More important however was
his success itself which allowed the continued pouring of large
resources into chess by the state. Most of his post-war rivals owed
little more to him than that. However the last incarnation of the
Botwinnik school (see below) seems to have been the most successful and
there is little doubt that in their formative years Kramnik, Ivanchuk
and Kasparov benefited from the ideas of Botwinnik on how chess HAS to
be studied.
The Botwinnik School
--------------------
These schools were aimed at teaching good basic chess to the very elite
of Russian juniors. It was an alternative to the haphazard chance of
getting a good local trainer that characterised the development of most
of the players who emerged in the first wave of Soviet stars immediately
post World War II.
The first Botwinnik school was started in Leningrad at the end of the
1930s. His most talented pupil then was Mark Taimanov.
The school restarted in 1963 this time in Moscow. It lasted for a year
and a half and the pupils included Karpov, Balashov, Razuvaev and
Rashkovsky.
The final incarnation started in 1969 and runs (under the name of
Kasparov these days) still today. Kasparov joined in 1973, players like
Yusupov, Psakhis, Dolmatov and Zaitsev all were members. In recent years
a large number of the most talented newcomers attended (at least
briefly) the school. Kramnik, Ivanchuk and Shirov (he hated it and found
it "useless".)
There were clearly many levels to the Botwinnik school. It had its own
trainers, and a lot of work was done by post. When they did meet
"it was very intensive. All my pupils got strictly individual treatment,
for otherwise it just doesn't work. the procedure was that a pupil
brought four of his own games to a communal training session, two with
White and two with black. There had to be a lost game included. Then he
explained the games move by move. My job was to help with analysis of
the games; to point out mistakes; to give my opinion and finally to give
some general advice; in which area his game could be improved and which
were its imperfections. Besides this, I also let them play matches
against each other, so that I could observe their behaviour in practice.
I also commented on these games, after which I concluded the section
with problems, with special objectives, which were dealt with in writing
afterwards." (Botwinnik in Nic 0, 1984)
The clearest merit of the Botwinnik schools for young chessplayers was
that it made sure that a players development was well rounded. (even
today there are some appalling gaps in technique from the Western
players). By controlling the school it meant that trainers didn't teach
things that were "wrong". For instance Petrosian's early trainer's
preferences could be seen in his play throughout his career. The school
probably did its best work on Kasparov. It managed to teach him the
entire range of the technical aspects of the game when Kasparov's clear
personal preference is to play wild attacking chess. He retained his
natural flair with added value of a rounded game.
His Chess Writing.
------------------
Botwinnik wrote from the earliest part of his career. (he contributed
four games to a book on the 1927 Capablanca - Alekhine match, which he
claims contained no errors) He took great pride in his writing. However
there was more than one strand to his writing.
Propaganda.
----------
Botwinnik was Soviet chess for many years. It carried with it the duty
to justify the expenditure on the game and even more important, foreign
travel and contact at a time when they were rarely permitted for Soviet
citizens. He had to put things into an ideological context, there was a
Russian School, and this was followed by the far superior Soviet School
which was a natural result of the Communist system. These articles had
far more value inside the Soviet Union than they did outside.
Self Promotion and advice.
--------------------------
It was in Botwinnik's character to believe that he alone was right. He
had a fixed an immutable view of the World and he maintained this
throughout his life. His advice on studying chess was frequent and
unvarying. The advice is interesting to read, of biblical certainty but
undoubtedly doesn't suit everyone. Mere mortals probably wouldn't make
use of much of it. However his observations the pre-war greats such as
Lasker and Capablanca was without arrogance and with genuine affection
for his hero's and give genuine insight into how they thought.
Annotations and his best books
-------------------------------
Botwinnik's annotations are still the model of correctness. Their use of
both clear prose and well thought out lines. Modern masters do not right
in this way and that is sad. (Timman comes closest, and Kasparov did at
the start of his career.) There is still much material unpublished in
English (or indeed any other European language as far as I'm aware). He
published large games collections of which only about a quarter has made
it into English. (Four Volumes MM Botwinnik Analysis and Criticism of
games - Fiziculture and Sport 1986. There may have been even a limited
edition of all his games from earlier which I haven't personally seen.)
There is a good selection of books in the Bibliography below. Sadly I
don't have "Achieving the Aim" his autobiography published in Pergamon
which is a useful volume of stories of his career. I recommend the Dover
book 100 selected games to anyone, it also has a good example of his
propaganda writing. In addition there are two American Pamphlets, one on
endgames and the other, 12 Games their stories.
The Man
--------
So what was Botwinnik like? Why did many of his Russian colleagues
either dislike, or even hate him?
These are extremely hard questions to answer. The literature is
remarkably silent upon this. I will try and answer briefly.
Botwinnik to the outside World was generally a quiet and very reserved
man. He was a creature of habit and self discipline. He neither drank
nor smoked. He kept himself very physically fit and didn't socialise
much. He married a ballerina in the 1930's and he looked after her when
she became ill for the last 20 years of her life. Duty and hard work
seemed important to him.
In an interview to Gena Sosonko in 1988 (NIC 5 1988) he revealed at
least some of his attitudes.
"Do you still play [chess] for fun sometimes?
I have never played for fun. I always prepared myself seriously before
every game. I played training games to test my preparation. I once
played a consultation game in Amsterdam. Polugaevsky and myself against
Keres and Prins. We won the game but they missed a draw at some point.
I suppose that you are not very keen on blitz?
The last time I played blitz was in 1929 in a train. We travelled with a
team from Leningrad to Odessa to play a championship match and we had a
blitz tournament during the train journey. I came first."
Smyslov said of Botwinnik "you may know that his character is such that
if he holds an opinion he holds it for the rest of his life."
But it is Politically that he made all his enemies. He was a member of
the Communist Party and he had very senior political supporters. By the
end of the 1930's he was clearly trusted and his influence was very
great. Not only that but those high up in the chess administration
clearly owed their loyalties to Botwinnik. From this moment on, it is
said that until at least the mid-1950's he decided who went abroad and
who's trips were vetoed. Because of his importance and clear ability to
wield power he gained enemies. Bronstein clearly believes he was wronged
in some way by Botwinnik. I don't know the details. There are rumours
about the 1951, maybe things were done in his name by political
supporters who couldn't afford him to lose, perhaps nothing untoward
happened then. It is hard to say, but there is resentment. Then there is
the whole question of Keres. Did Botwinnik save Keres? Was there a deal
done, either with or without Botwinnik's knowledge? Also, as in later
times, some may have thought that there careers were held back to smooth
the path for the favoured son. I think these are the reasons for many
players of a certain Soviet generation hating him. True? Perhaps we will
never find out.
Another area we may never find out about is his electrical engineering
work. What actually did he do? Did he really just go back to normal work
in the frequent gaps in his career?
Conclusion
-----------
A true chess giant is dead. Probably the most influential player of all
time. His career coincided with Soviet investment in chess and he
delivered. Without him the chess World would have been different. As a
player he was a modern great. It is impossible to say whether a player
is the greatest of all time, but he has sporting achievements that few,
if any, can match. I can't do justice to an analysis of his style, he
was called the iron logician, but like all great players he could play
lyrically. His contributions to opening theory would require a book
alone .He was a one off as much as any of his popular rivals. I have
tried to describe his career without sentiment. He was not a sentimental
man. I have tried to be accurate, I hope I have succeeded.
Bibliography
-------------
Botwinnik
---------
Mikhail Botwinnik - Master of Strategy Best games 1947-70
by Mikhail Botwinnik (translated by Bernard Cafferty) Batsford 4th ed 1992.
One Hundred Selected Games by M. M. Botwinnik .- Dover 1960
Championship Chess by Mikhail Botwinnik .- MacGibbon and Kee Ltd. 1950
Four Volumes MM Botwinnik Analysis and Criticism of games by M.M Botwinnik
.- Fiziculture and Sport 1986.
Other useful books
------------------
Soviet Chess - compiled by R.G.Wade.- Neville Spearman 1968
Capablanca's 100 Best Games of Chess by Harry Golombek .- Bell 1947
The Games of Tigran Petrosian Volume 1 1942-1965 compiled by Eduard Shektman
Translated by Ken Neat .- Pergamon Press 1991
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal .- RHM 1976
The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Chess edited by Harry Golombek .- Penguin 1981
The Oxford Companion to Chess by David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld
.- Oxford University Press 1984
The Best of Chess Life and Review Volume 1 1933-1960
edited by Bruce Pandolfini.- Simon and Schuster 1988.
Die Schachkunst in der UdSSR by P Pschebilski .-
Oesterreichische Zeitung 1947
Warriors of the Mind by Raymond Keene and Nathan Davinsky .- Harding
Simpole 1987.
Moskau 1935 edited Albert Becker .- M.A.Lachaga 1970.
125 Selected Games by V.V Smyslov .- Pergamon 1983
Lessons from my games: A Passion for Chess by Reuben Fine .- Dover 1983
Russia Revisited by Bernard Cafferty IN British Chess Magazine July 1994
New in Chess Magazine: Issue 0 1984, Issue 5 1988, Issue 4 1989,
Issue 4 1991, Issue 2 1992, Issue 5 1993
[Event "Match Stockholm-Leningrad"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Stoltz Gsta"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxc7 Bc8 14. Bb5
exf3 15. Qxf3 Qd6 16. Qc6 Qb4 17. Qxa8 Ba6 18. Qxf8+ Nxf8 19. Bxa6 h5 20. Rxa7
Qxb2 21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Bb3 h4 23. d5 Nd8 24. Rd7 Qf6 25. h3 b5 26. e4 Kh7 27. e5
Qb6 28. Re1 b4 29. e6 fxe6 30. dxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxe6 1-0
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Rabinovich Joseph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. O-O h5 15. d5
Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe6 f6 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Rad1 h4 20. f4 h3 21. fxe5
Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 hxg2 23. Kxg2 fxg5 24. Rf7 Rh6 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nd5+ Kxe6 27.
Nc7+ Kxe5 28. Nxa8 Rc6 29. Rd7 Rd6 30. Rxg7 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Rxg5+ Kd4 33.
h4 Rxa2 34. h5 Ra1 35. Kg2 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Ra1 37. Kg2 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kg2
Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Ra1 41. Nc7 c4 42. Ne6+ Ke3 43. Nf4 c3 44. Rc5 Rg1+ 45. Ng2+ Kd3
46. h6 Rh1 47. Nf4+ Kd4 48. Rc6 c2 49. Kg2 Rh4 50. Kg3 Rh1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Shebarschin M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. h3
e5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. a3 Nh5 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bf1 h6 14. g3 Nh5 15. Rc1
Kh7 16. b4 b6 17. Kh2 Ndf6 18. Ng1 Ng8 19. Bg2 Bd7 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bf3 Nhf6
22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Re2 Ne8 24. Reb2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 f5 26. Qd2 Qf6 27. Nd1 Ne7 28.
Qa5 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Kg2 Qf7 32. Qa6 Nf6 33. Qb7 Qg8 34. Nc3
Rd8 35. a4 Rd7 36. Qb8 Qf7 37. a5 e4 38. Rb1 Ng4 39. hxg4 Nxe3+ 40. fxe3 Bxc3
41. a6 Bd2 42. Qb3 Bb4 43. Qc2 Qe8 44. Rf1 Qe5 45. Rf4 Re7 46. Kh3 Be1 47. Ne2
Bb4 48. Rf1 g5 49. Ng1 Kg6 50. Qf2 Kh7 51. Ne2 Qg7 52. Qf5+ Qg6 53. Qf8 Qg7 54.
Qf6 Bd2 55. Qxd6 Bxe3 56. Qc6 Rc7 57. Qe6 Re7 58. Qf5+ Qg6 59. d6 Qxf5 60. Rxf5
Rd7 61. Rd5 Kg6 62. Nc3 Kf6 63. Nxe4+ Ke6 64. Kg2 Bd4 65. Kf3 Rf7+ 66. Rf5 Rg7
67. Ke2 Rg8 68. Nxc5+ Bxc5 69. Rxc5 Kxd6 70. Rf5 Rg6 71. Rf7 Kc5 72. Rxa7 Kxc4
73. Rc7+ Kb5 74. a7 Ra6 75. Kf3 Ra4 76. Rh7 Kc5 77. Rxh6 Rxa7 78. Ke4 Rg7 79.
Ke5 Rg8 80. Re6 Rf8 81. Rg6 Re8+ 82. Kf6 Re4 83. Kxg5 Kd5 84. Rf6 Re8 85. Kh6
Ke5 86. g5 Rh8+ 87. Kg7 Rh3 88. g6 Rxg3 89. Rf1 Ke6 90. Kh7 Ke7 91. g7 Rh3+ 92.
Kg8 Rh4 93. Re1+ Kd7 94. Kf7 Rf4+ 95. Kg6 Rg4+ 96. Kf6 Rg3 97. Re5 1-0
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich Joseph"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Qe2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Qe3 f6 9. d4 fxe5 10. Bd3 exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. Ne5 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh5 14. O-O Nc6
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bb2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bh3 18. Rf4 Rad8 19. Re1 Rd1 20. Rxe4 Rf8
21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Qc4 Qf3 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 05 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iljin-Genevsky Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. g3 dxe4 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. Nh3 Bc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nxe4 Ngf6 8.
d3 Be7 9. Nf4 O-O 10. Bd2 e5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Ng2 Qd7 14. Ne3
Nd5 15. Nc4 f6 16. Be3 Rae8 17. a3 a6 18. Kg2 Bd6 19. f3 f5 20. Bg1 Rf6 21. Qe2
h5 22. Kh1 h4 23. gxh4 Nf4 24. Qd2 Rh6 25. Be3 Rxh4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Rae1 Qf7
28. Qg2 Qh5 29. Re3 Re6 30. Rg1 Qh6 31. b4 Rh4 32. Qe2 Qf4 33. Qg2 Rg6 34. Qf2
e4 35. Nxd6 Rxh2+ 36. Qxh2 Rh6 37. Re2 Qxf3+ 38. Reg2 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qh5+ 40.
Kg3 cxd6 41. dxe4 Qg4+ 42. Kf2 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qxe4+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Kf7 46.
Rg6 Qc3 47. Kd1 d5 48. R6g3 Qd4+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qf4+ 51. Ke2 Qh6 52. R1g2
g6 53. a4 f4 54. Rc3 g5 55. b5 Qh5+ 56. Kd2 cxb5 57. axb5 axb5 58. Rc7+ Kf6 59.
Rc6+ Kf5 60. Rc5 Qf7 61. Rxb5 g4 62. c4 f3 63. Rg1 f2 64. Rf1 g3 65. Rxd5+ Kg4
66. Rd4+ Kh3 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 05 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rabinovich Joseph"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. Bf4 Qh5 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. b3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Ng5 13. h4 Ne4 14. Bf3 Qe8 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Kg2 Bb4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rh1 Qh5 19. f3 Qg6 20. Kf1 e5 21. dxe5
Rxf4 22. gxf4 Qg3 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxd7 Bc5 25. e3 Qxf3+ 26. Qf2 Qxh1+ 27. Ke2
Qh3 28. f5 Qg4+ 29. Kd2 Rf8 30. e6 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxb7 Rf2+ 33. Ke1 Rf6
34. b4 Bxe3 35. Ke2 Bg1 36. e7 Kf7 37. e8=Q+ Kxe8 38. Rxg7 Rg6 39. Rxh7 Bd4 40.
c5 Rg2+ 41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Ke1 e3 0-1
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 f6 5. Nf3 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 cxb4 8. Nb5 Nc6
9. axb4 Bc7 10. c3 Nge7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bh6 Rf7 15.
Qd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Be6 21.
Rae1 e4 22. c4 Rf5 23. Qe2 Qe5 24. Bc1 Qd6 25. cxd5 exd3 26. Bb2+ Kg8 27. Qg4+
Ng6 28. Rxe6 Qxd5 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Qg7+ Ke8 32. Re1+ Kd8 33.
Qe7+ Kc8 34. Rc1+ 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 06 Ch"]
[Site "Odessa (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Silic Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. f4 Qe7 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 h5 14. e5 Ne8 15.
exd6 Nxd6 16. f5 e5 17. f6 gxf6 18. Nxh5 f5 19. Ng7 e4 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Rxf5
Qd6 22. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 23. Kf2 Rde8 24. Qg4 Qh4+ 25. Qxh4 Rxh4 26. Bf4 Rf8 27. Bd6
Rg8 28. Rxf7 Kd8 29. Re1 1-0
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky Petr"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. c4 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Nc3 e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. e4 Qa5 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bb4 14. Ncb1 Rac8
15. Nf3 d4 16. a3 Be7 17. Rc1 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 Rc8 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Bd2 Nc5 21.
Ne1 Qd7 22. Ra2 Qb5 23. b4 Na4 24. Rc2 Rc6 25. g3 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qc6 27. Qxc6
bxc6 28. f4 Nd7 29. Kf1 f6 30. Ke2 c5 31. Kd1 c4 32. dxc4 Nb2+ 33. Kc2 Nxc4 34.
Kb3 Nd6 35. Nf3 Kf7 36. Be1 Nxe4 37. a4 Ke6 38. Na3 Nd6 39. Bf2 Kd5 40. Nc2 Nc4
41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Nfxd4 Nd2+ 43. Ka2 exd4 44. Bxd4 Bxb4 45. Bxg7 Bc5 46. Ne1
Ke4 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bogatyrchuk F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 Rd8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Nc5 Be8
15. e4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. e5 Rc7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nd6 Kh8 20. Nd2 Bh5 21. Rfe1
Ng6 22. g3 Nf8 23. Qc3 Rcd7 24. N2c4 Nd5 25. Qd2 h6 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Qa5 Nc8 28.
Nec4 Nxd6 29. Nxd6 Ra8 30. Qc5 Nh7 31. Nc4 Ng5 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Bd1 Bxd1 34.
Rexd1 Rd8 35. Kf1 Red7 36. Nd6 Kg8 37. Ke2 Nf7 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Ke3 Rd5 40.
Rd3 Ra5 41. a3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kan Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Qh5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Ba3 Bd7 11. d5 Nd8 12. Ne5 dxe5 13. Bxe7 Rf7 14. Ba3 exd5
15. Nxd5 f4 16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Qd3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nc6 20. Bc5 Re8
21. b4 a6 22. b5 axb5 23. cxb5 Na5 24. Qe6 Ra8 25. Rd7 Qg6 26. Qd5 h6 27. Rxc7
Re8 28. Bb4 b6 29. Bxa5 bxa5 30. b6 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Rxf7 Kxf7
34. b7 Rb8 35. gxf4 exf4 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. Kf3 g5 38. Ke4 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kasparian Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3
Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 b6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bg3 Bb7 14. Bb5
N5f6 15. Ke2 a6 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Rhd1 Ne4 18. c4 Bc6 19. Bf4 f6 20. h4 h6 21.
Bh2 Ra7 22. Ne1 f5 23. f3 Nef6 24. Rd2 b5 25. dxc5 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nxc5 27. Bd6
Nfd7 28. Rdc2 Re8 29. Kf2 Nb7 30. Ba2 Nxd6 31. Rxc6 Nf7 32. Bxe6 Ne5 33. Rc8
Re7 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bxf5 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lisitsyn George"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6 12. Ng3 c5 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Bb3 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. e4 Ba4 17. e5 Nfd7 18. Bxa4 Nxa4 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nb5 Nab6
21. Nd6 Nb8 22. f4 Nc6 23. f5 exf5 24. Ngxf5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxb7 Rb8
27. Nc5 Rfe8 28. b3 f6 29. Nd6 Red8 30. b4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Rumin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. e4
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Qxd4
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Re8 16. Rd1 Re2 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bh3 Nd7 19. Be3 Be5 20. Qc4 Rxb2
21. Rac1 Nb6 22. Qe4 Qd6 23. f4 Bg7 24. Bc5 Qd8 25. Be7 Qe8 26. d6 Qb5 27. d7
Nxd7 28. Bxd7 Qb6 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rxa2 31. Bc8 h5 32. Rd8+ 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iljin-Genevsky Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Bd2 Bf8 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. a4 b4 18. Ng5 h6 19. N5e4 g6 20. Qf3 f5 21. Nxf5 gxf5
22. Qxf5 Bg7 23. Nxc5 Bc8 24. Qg6 Nce7 25. Qh5 Nf5 26. d4 Rf8 27. dxe5 bxc3 28.
bxc3 Qe7 29. e6 Qxc5 30. Bxf5 Qe7 31. Bxh6 Rxf5 32. Qxf5 Bxh6 33. Qxd5 Bb7 34.
Qd7 Bg5 35. Rab1 Bc8 36. Qc6 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rauzer Vsevolod"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Qb3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Bg5
15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17. e4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rcd8 19. exd5 Qe3 20. Qc4 cxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc5 23. Bf3 Nd3 24. h3 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Qg3 26. Rf1 Nf2+ 27.
Kg1 Nxh3+ 28. Kh1 Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Qxf2 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. e6 Rxf4 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sozin Veniamin"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Bf3 Bd7 11. Qe1 Na5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Qf2 Nc4 14. Bc1 e5 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 O-O 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nb6 19. Bb3 Nc4 20. Kh1 Na5 21. c3
Nxb3 22. axb3 f6 23. Qf3 Qc6 24. Rd5 Rfe8 25. Rfd1 Rc7 26. h3 Bf8 27. Be3 b5
28. Kh2 Rf7 29. R1d2 Qc8 30. g4 Qc6 31. Qd1 Qc8 32. Qf1 Qc6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34.
Qd3 Rb8 35. Qe4 Re8 36. g5 Qd7 37. Rf2 Be7 38. Rd1 Ref8 39. Qd5 Kh8 40. Rdf1
Bd8 41. h4 Qb7 42. Qxb7 Rxb7 43. Rd2 Rd7 44. Rd5 Kg8 45. Kg3 Bc7 46. Kg4 g6 47.
f6 Kf7 48. Kf3 Ke6 49. Ke4 Rb8 50. b4 Bb6 51. f7 Rxf7 52. Rxd6+ Kxd6 53. Rxf7
Bxe3 54. Rf6+ Ke7 55. Kxe3 Ra8 56. Rb6 Kf7 57. Ke4 Rc8 58. Kxe5 Rc4 59. Rxa6
Rxh4 60. Ra7+ Kg8 61. Rc7 Rg4 62. Kf6 Rf4+ 63. Ke6 Rf8 64. Rc5 Rb8 65. Kd6 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 07 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudovich Mikhail M"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Ba5 8. Nf3
Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qg4 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Bg5 Rf8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5 Rf5
15. Bxe7 Qc7 16. Bd8 Qxd8 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Qd4 Bd7 20. Rad1 Raf8
21. Qe3 Bc8 22. Rd2 a6 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. h3 Qf7 25. f3 Bb7 26. Kh2 Kh8 27. Re1
e5 28. Qc5 e4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Qe3 Qc7+ 31. Kg1 Qc4 32. Rde2 Re8 33. Rf2 Rxf2
34. Qxf2 h6 35. Nd1 Qb5 36. Qd4 Qg5 37. Qe3 Qg6 38. Nc3 Rf8 39. Rf1 Rf3 40. Qa7
Bc6 41. Qxa6 Rg3 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Qf1 e3 44. Qf5 Rxg2+ 0-1
[Event "Ch Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8.
Qd3 d5 9. g3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Qf6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Be3 Rfe8
15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Rc2 a6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Na7 19. a4 c6 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. bxc6
Nxc6 22. Nf3 Nb4 23. Rcc1 b5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Rfe1 Bc4 26. Qa4 f6 27. Nd2 Nxd2
28. Bxd2 Ra6 29. Qxe8+ 1-0
[Event "Ch Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldberg Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
f4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Na4 c5 14. Nxb6
axb6 15. Qa4 Qe7 16. Ne5 c4 17. Bb1 Bd2 18. Rf3 c3 19. Qc2 f5 20. b3 Qa3 21.
Qd1 Rc7 22. Bc2 b5 23. Rg3 b6 24. h3 Rf6 25. Kh2 Qf8 26. Qe2 b4 27. Qb5 Qd6 28.
Nd3 Bf7 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Qa6 Be8 31. a3 bxa3 32. Rxa3 Bh5 33. Ra1 Rf8 34. Qd3
Kh8 35. h4 Qf6 36. Rh3 g6 37. Kg3 Rh7 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Qb5 Qe6 40. Ra6 Rb7 41.
b4 Rd8 42. Bb3 c2 43. Bxc2 Qc8 44. Nc6 Rd6 45. Ba4 Bd1 46. Rxb6 Rxb6 47. Qxb6
Kh8 48. Bb5 Bg4 49. Qc5 Rxc6 50. Qxc6 Qxc6 51. Bxc6 Bxh3 52. gxh3 Bxb4 53. h5
g5 54. Kf3 Kg7 55. Bxd5 gxf4 56. Kxf4 Kf6 57. Bc6 Bd6+ 58. Kf3 Bh2 59. Bd7 Bb8
60. Ke2 Bh2 61. Kd3 Bg1 62. Bc8 Bf2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 08 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogatyrchuk F"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Qd2 Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. Nd5 O-O 11. c4 Bd7 12. O-O f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5
Rxf5 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Raf8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Ne3 Rh5 20. f3 Qe6
21. b3 Qf6 22. f4 Nc6 23. Rde1 Qg7 24. Nd5 g5 25. Qe2 Qh6 26. fxg5 Rxg5 27.
Nxe7+ Kh8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Ra5 32. a4 d5 33.
cxd5 cxd5 34. Rd7 a6 35. Ra7 d4 36. Rd7 Rc5 37. Rxd4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kf1
Rb2 40. Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rb8 a5 42. Rb5 Kg6 43. h4 h5 44. Kg1 Kh6 45. Kh2 Kg6 46.
Kg3 Rb1 47. Kf2 Kh6 48. Ke3 Rg1 49. Rxa5 Rxg2 50. Rb5 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 Rg4 52. Rb6+
Kg7 53. a5 Rxh4 54. a6 Rh2+ 55. Kg3 Ra2 56. b4 h4+ 57. Kxh4 Kf7 58. b5 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 08 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Alatortsev Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Qxd2 Ne4 9. Qc2 d6 10. d5 Nd8 11. Nd4 Nf6 12. Nc3 g6 13. e4 fxe4 14. dxe6 Nxe6
15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Nxe4 O-O 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Qd2 c6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. h3 h6 21.
Nf3 g5 22. h4 Ne4 23. Qd4 Rae8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Re3 Bg6 26. Rf1 Qf5 27. Qxa7
c5 28. Qxb7 Rb8 29. Qc6 Rxb2 30. Nh4 gxh4 31. Bxe4 Qf6 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Bxg6
Qxg6 34. Re6 Qh7 35. Qxd6 Qf5 36. Rh6+ Kg7 37. Rxh4 Rxf2 38. Qh6+ 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 08 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kan Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. Qd4 Bd7 13. f4 Neg4 14. Qb6 Qb8
15. Bd4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 Bxc5+ 18. Nxc5 Bc6 19. Rf3 Ne8 20. Rd1 Ngf6
21. b4 Nd6 22. Nxa6 Rxa6 23. Bxa6 Nd7 24. Qf2 bxa6 25. Rfd3 Qxb4 26. Na2 Qc4
27. Rxd6 Bxa4 28. Nc1 Nf6 29. Rd8 Qxc2 30. Qb6 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. Qxa6 Bc2
33. Nd3 Re8 34. Nxe5 Bxe4 35. Qd6 h6 36. h3 Ra8 37. g4 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39.
Ke1 Ra8 40. Kf1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 08 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Sorokin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Bf4 Qg6 9. Qb3 c5 10. f3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba5 12. Bxb8 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 08 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Yudovich jr M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e4
Nb6 9. Rd1 N8d7 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Be2 Qd6 13. Na2 e6 14. O-O h6 15. Rc1
f5 16. Nc3 Kh7 17. Rfd1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qb4 19. Qc2 Qxa4 20. b3 Qa3 21. Nh4 Qe7
22. Nxg6 Kxg6 23. Bh5+ 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 08 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rauzer Vsevolod"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qd2
Qc7 15. Rac1 e5 16. b3 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. bxc4 exf3 19. c5 Qa5 20. Red1 Ng4 21.
Bd4 f2+ 22. Kf1 Qa6+ 23. Qe2 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qf6 25. Rcd1 Qh4 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Re4
f5 28. Re6 Nxh2+ 29. Ke2 Qxf4 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flor S"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
f3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ne2 Be6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfc8 14. Be2 a6 15.
Rc1 Ncd7 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qd8 20. O-O Rc8 21.
Qd2 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Be3 Kd8 27.
Ke1 Kc7 28. Kd2 Nc5 29. b4 Ncd7 30. g3 Nb6 31. Kc2 Nbd7 32. a4 Nb6 33. a5 Nbd7
34. Bc1 Kd8 35. Bb2 Ne8 36. Kd2 Nc7 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Bf1 Nb5 39. h4 Nc7 40. Bh3
Ne8 41. f4 f6 42. Bf5 g6 43. Bh3 h6 44. Bc1 Ng7 45. fxe5 dxe5 46. Kf3 h5 47.
Be3 Kd6 48. Bh6 Ne8 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Bxg4 Nc7 51. Be3 Nb5 52. Ke2 Nc7 53. Kd3
f5 54. exf5 gxf5 55. Bxf5 Nxd5 56. Bd2 N7f6 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. Bg6 b5+ 59. Kd3 Ne7
60. Be4+ Ned5 61. Bg5 Nh5 62. Bf3 Ng3 63. Bd2 Kd6 64. Bg4 Nf6 65. Bc8 Kc6 66.
Be1 e4+ 67. Kd4 Ngh5 68. Bf5 Kd6 69. Bd2 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Flor S"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Qd4 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Nf3 g6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rfe1+ Kd8 14.
Qh4 g5 15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Qxf7 Rf8 17. Qxh7 g4 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qh6 Qf7 20. Nc4 Be5
21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Qg5+ Qe7 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf5 25. Rf1 Kd7 26. f3 b5 27.
fxg4 Bxg4 28. h3 b4 29. Ne4 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rf8+ 31. Ke1 Bf5 32. g4 Bg6 33. Re6
1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Flor S"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe8
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qh5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 f4 15.
Rfe1 Bd6 16. Nf1 Rf7 17. e3 fxg3 18. Nxg3 Qh4 19. Nf1 Nf6 20. Re2 Bd7 21. Be1
Qg5 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Nxg3 h5 24. f4 Qg4 25. Rf2 h4 26. Bf3 hxg3 27. Bxg4 gxf2+
28. Kg2 Nxg4 29. h3 Nf6 30. Kxf2 Ne4+ 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Euwe Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bb1 b5 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Qd2 Re8 16. f4 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. f5 Bd6 19. fxe6 Rxe6 20. Bf5 Re7 21.
Bh3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bf4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Bd2 Rae8 26. b3 Re2 27.
Rf2 Nf6 28. Ba5 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Ne4+ 30. Kf1 Ng5 31. Bd7 Re7 32. Bf5 Re5 33. Bb1
Be4 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Rc6 Rf5+ 36. Ke1 Rf2 37. a4 Rxg2 38. Rxa6 bxa4 39. bxa4
Rxh2 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Bb6 Ra2 42. a5 h5 43. a6 h4 44. a7 h3 45. Bg1 Nf6 46. Kd1
Ng4 47. Re8 h2 48. Bxh2 Rxa7 49. Bb8 Ra8 50. Rd8 Ne5 51. Bc7 Rxd8+ 52. Bxd8 Kg6
53. Ke2 Kf5 54. Ke3 Kg4 55. Bc7 Nf3 56. Kf2 f5 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lilienthal Andre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. c4 Qc6 11. Bc3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bd3 h6 14. f4 Bb7 15.
O-O Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Ba1 Ba8 18. Rcd1 Qb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21.
cxd5 c4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Qb2 Nf6 24. Bb3 Qb6 25. Rfe1 a5 26. Kh1 a4 27. Bxa4
Rxd5 28. e4 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Qa5 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Bb3 Qc7 32. e5 Ne4 33. Qc2 Qd7
34. Bb2 Qg4 35. e6 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Menchik V"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qe7 14. a3 Rfd8
15. Ne5 c5 16. Nb5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qd6 19. Bb3 Qxe5 20. fxe5 Ne8
21. f4 a6 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. f5 Bd5 24. fxe6 Bxb3 25. e7+ 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Euwe Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. f3 Bf8 18. Qf2 a5 19. Rd2 b4 20. Rc1 Qa4 21. Nd4
Bg6 22. b3 Qe8 23. cxb4 Bxb4 24. Rdd1 c5 25. Nc2 Bxc2 26. Rxc2 d4 27. Bg5 Rd5
28. f4 a4 29. Qf3 axb3 30. axb3 Rd7 31. f5 Rda7 32. Qg3 Ra1 33. Rcc1 Rxc1 34.
Rxc1 Kh8 35. Rf1 Ra6 36. h3 Qa8 37. Kh2 Qe8 38. Rf3 Ba5 39. Bf4 Bc7 40. Rf1 Ra8
41. Re1 Qc6 42. e6 Bxf4 43. Qxf4 fxe6 44. fxe6 Re8 45. e7 h6 46. Qf5 Qd6+ 47.
Kh1 Kg8 48. Re6 Qd7 49. Qe5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Match Moscow-Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Belavenets Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qe2 Ra5 15.
f4 Bd6 16. Bd2 b4 17. a3 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Qg3 Ra7 21. Rxf6
gxf6 22. Qg7 Rf8 23. Bxb4 Re7 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Rc5 1-0
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kmoch G"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Rc1 Ng6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd3 f5 14. b4 Be8 15.
g3 Rc8 16. Re1 Qf6 17. a3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Qh6 19. f3 Nf2 20. Qe2 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 g5
22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rf6 24. Bd7 Rd8 25. b5 Qh5 26. c6 Rh6 27. Kh1 1-0
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lisitsyn George"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 e6 11. Qa4 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nd7 13. e4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qc7
15. b4 a6 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. e5 Rc8 19. Qb2 c5 20. Be3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3
c4 22. b5 c3 23. Qb3 axb5 24. Qxb5 Ba3 25. Rc2 Nb8 26. Qb3 Bb2 27. Bc1 Qa7 28.
Bxb2 cxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Rd8 31. h4 b5 32. d5 exd5 33. Bxd5 Re8 34. Bb3
Nd7 35. Qc6 Re7 36. e6 Ne5 37. exf7+ Nxf7 38. Qxb5 Kg7 39. Qd5 Qc7 40. Qd4+ Kh6
41. Qd2+ Kg7 42. Bxf7 Kxf7 43. h5 Qe5 44. hxg6+ hxg6 45. Qh6 Ra7 46. Qh7+ Qg7
47. Qh3 Qe5 48. Rd7+ Rxd7 49. Qxd7+ Kg8 50. Qc8+ Kg7 51. Qb7+ Kh6 52. Qb1 Qa5
53. Qc1+ Kh7 54. a3 Qa4 55. g3 Kg8 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Qc5 Kf7 58. Kh2 g5 59. Qf5+
Ke8 60. Qxg5 1-0
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky Petr"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nxd5 Ndxe5 7. Nxe5 Nxe5
8. d4 Qxd5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 Bf5 11. Bf3 O-O-O 12. Be3 e6 13. O-O Be7 14.
Rfd1 Kc7 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Rd1 Bxc2 17. Rxd8 Kxd8 18. Bxb7 Bb1 19. a3 Bd3 20.
f4 Kc7 21. Bf3 Kb6 22. Kf2 Kb5 23. Ke1 Bc4 24. Kd2 Bd5 25. Be2+ Kc6 26. g3 a5
27. Kc3 f6 28. a4 Bd8 29. Bb5+ Kb6 30. b3 fxe5 31. fxe5 h6 32. g4 Bf3 33. h3
Bh4 34. Bc4 Bd5 35. Bf4 g5 36. Bh2 Kc6 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Ke2 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lasker Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Qxc4 e6 6. g3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nc3 h6 11. e4 e5 12. Na4 Re8 13. Nh4 Nb6 14. Qxc5 Nxa4
15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. b3 Nc3 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bb2 Ncxe4 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Nf3 Bf5 21.
Nxe5 Rad8 22. g4 Bh7 23. f3 Nc5 24. Bf1 Nd5 25. Bc4 Ne6 26. Rad1 Nef4 27. Nd7
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Bd3 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. Bxf6 Rc8 31. Bd4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 b6 33. Re4
Ne6 34. Bf6 Rc5 35. a3 Kh7 36. Kf1 Kg6 37. Bb2 Rc7 38. h4 h5 39. hxg5 hxg4 40.
Rxg4 Kf5 41. Rh4 Nf4 42. Rh7 Ke6 43. Bc1 Ng6 44. f4 b5 45. Ke2 bxc4 46. Kd1 Kf5
47. Kc2 Nf8 48. Rh6 Ne6 49. Rf6+ Ke4 50. g6 Nd4+ 51. Kc3 fxg6 52. Rxg6 Ne2+ 53.
Kc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g3 Ne4 8.
Bg2 Nd6 9. Qa4 Nb6 10. Qd1 Qc8 11. O-O Bh3 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e6 14. d5 Be7
15. e5 Nb5 16. d6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd8 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qg4 Rg8 20. Qe4 Rh8 21. Be3
Nd7 22. Nd2 f5 23. Qa4 Kf7 24. f4 a6 25. Kg1 b5 26. Qc2 Qc6 27. c4 Rf8 28. Nb3
b4 29. a3 bxa3 30. Rxa3 a5 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 a4 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34. Bxc5 Rc8
35. Bf2 Rxc4 36. Rfa1 Rc2 37. R1a2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Kg6 39. Rxa4 Rf7 40. Ra8 Rd7
41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke2 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Spielmann Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. cxd5 Qxb2 8.
Rc1 Nb4 9. Na4 Qxa2 10. Bc4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Capablanca J"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc7 13. e4 Rad8 14. Rad1
Qb7 15. f3 Ne8 16. Rd2 f5 17. Rfd1 Bg5 18. Rd3 Bf6 19. e5 Be7 20. Qf2 Rf7 21.
Qd2 Bb4 22. a3 Bf8 23. Ne2 Nc7 24. Nf4 g6 25. h4 b5 26. cxb5 Qxb5 27. Rc1 Qb7
28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Nxe6 dxe6 30. Rxd8 f4 31. g4 Qe7 32. Kh3 Qb7 33. Qd3 Kg7 34.
b4 a5 35. b5 a4 36. g5 Bc5 37. Rd6 Bxd6 38. exd6+ Kf8 39. Bf6 Ke8 40. Be7 Rf5
41. Qc3 Kd7 42. b6 Qc6 43. Qg7 Qxf3+ 44. Kh2 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Qxh4+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+
47. Kh2 Kc6 48. Qb2 Rd5 49. Qc2+ Kb5 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Flor S"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nd7 9. f4 e6 10. c4 N5b6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rf3 Qe8 14. Rd1 Rd8
15. b3 f5 16. Nd3 Bf6 17. Bf2 Qf7 18. Ne1 Rfe8 19. Rfd3 Nf8 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Ne5
Nbd7 22. Qd2 Be7 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Qc1 Ne4 25. Ne5 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Nd7 27. Qe3 Nxe5
28. fxe5 Qa5 29. a4 Rd7 30. g3 Qd8 31. Kg2 Bg5 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. c5 a5 34. Nb1
Qf8 35. Na3 Bd8 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. Nd6 Rb8 38. Rb1 Qd8 39. b4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Bxd6
41. exd6 Qa5 42. Rdb3 Re8 43. Qe2 Qa8 44. Re3 Kf7 45. Qc4 b5 46. Qc2 Rxd6 47.
cxd6 c5+ 48. Kh3 cxb4 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. d7 Rf8 51. Qd6 h6 52. Qxe6+ Kh7 53. Qe8
b3 54. Qxa8 Rxa8 55. axb5 Rd8 56. Rxb3 Rxd7 57. b6 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lasker Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4
c6 9. a4 a5 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15.
Qxc4 b5 16. Qe2 Rab8 17. axb5 cxb5 18. e5 Ne8 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qxe5 21.
Nxb4 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Nottingham (England)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhin Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 d5 11. f5 Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Bc5 Qf4 15.
Rf1 Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2 Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+ 20. Rf2 Qg1+
1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Nottingham (England)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca J"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bxg2 7. Kxg2 g6 8.
c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Qc8 10. b3 Qb7+ 11. f3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Qd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. Qb1 Qb7 19. Nc2 Qa6 20. Kf1 Bh6 21.
Nb4 Qb7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Kxg7 28. Qd8 b5 29. b4 a6 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Nottingham (England)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Euwe Max"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Qd6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Be4 14. Qc3 O-O
15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. d5 Qf8 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rd2 Bc6
21. Bg4 Nf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qd6 25. Be2 Kf7 26. f3 Ba4
27. Bd3 h6 28. g3 Bc6 29. Kf2 e5 30. Be2 Nd7 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 e4 33. Bxe4
Bxe4 34. fxe4 Nb8 35. Kf3 Nc6 36. Bc3 g6 37. Kf4 a6 38. a4 Ke6 39. h4 Nb4 40.
Kf3 Nd3 41. Bg7 Ne5+ 42. Ke2 Nxc4 43. Bxh6 Nb2 44. Bg7 Nxa4 45. g4 b5 46. h5
gxh5 47. gxh5 Kf7 48. Ba1 Nb6 49. Kf3 b4 50. e5 Nd7 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. h6 Nf8 53.
Kd3 Kd5 54. e4+ Kc6 55. Kc4 a5 56. e6 Kd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Nottingham (England)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker Em"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qe7 12. a3 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Ne1 Nb6
15. Nd3 Rad8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nb1 b6 19. Nb3 Ba6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21.
N1d2 b5 22. Ra1 Bc8 23. Bf1 Qd6 24. Nc5 Re7 25. Ndb3 Rde8 26. Qc1 f5 27. Nd3 g5
28. Qc3 f4 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. a4 a6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra8 Re8 34.
Qc1 Rf8 35. Qd1 Bf5 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qh5 Qg6 38. Qxg6+ hxg6 39. Nxf4 Bxb4 40.
Bd3 Nd2 41. Nxd2 Bxd2 42. Bxf5 gxf5 43. Ne6 Bc3 44. Kf1 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Nottingham (England)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky Samuel"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Qe8 9. c5 Qh5 10. b4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. b5 Bf6 13. Bf4 Qe8 14. Bc7 Rf7 15. Ba5
e5 16. e3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 e4 18. Nd2 Nf8 19. f3 cxb5 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. d5 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 Bd7 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. g4 g6 25. Qd4 Qe7 26. Rbc1 Be8 27. Rf4 Rd8 28.
Rcf1 Qd7 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bh3 Qxd5 31. Rxf5 Qxd4 32. Nxd4 Rg7+ 33. Kh1 Bd7 34.
Rh5 Bxh3 35. Rxh3 Rg5 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Rh4 Rc7 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Nf5+ Kg8 40.
Nh6+ Kg7 41. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d4 Bxc4 8. d5
Nb8 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Nxb5 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Nd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3 Rb8
15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Rac1 Ned4 20. f4 Qa5 21.
f5 f6 22. Rf2 Kh8 23. Qd1 Rbd8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Ne7 26. Bf1 d5 27. Nxd5
Nxd5 28. exd5 Nf5 29. Bc5 Bh6 30. b4 Qa3 31. Qxg6 Qxc1 32. Rxf5 Bg5 33. h4 Rg8
34. Qh5+ Bh6 35. Rxf6 Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qh5 Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Qh5 Kh7 40.
Rf7+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 c5
9. dxc5 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd4 bxc5 13. Nde2 Bg4 14. f3 exf3
15. gxf3 Bh3 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Ba3 Nb4 18. Rab1 Bh6 19. f4 Nc2 20. Bxc5 Nxe1 21.
Rxe1 Bf8 22. Kf2 Bg4 23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Rd8 25. Ndc3 Rd2 26. Ke1 Rc2 27. Kd1
Rxc3 28. Kd2 Bxe2 29. Kxc3 a6 30. a4 e5 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. b4 Ke7 33. fxe5 Kd7
34. Kd4 Kc6 35. b5+ axb5 36. axb5+ Kb6 37. Kd5 Bg4 38. Kd6 Be6 39. c5+ Kxb5 40.
c6 Kb6 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Bb2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 Qe7
15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 d4 17. Nb1 c5 18. Nd2 g5 19. g3 gxf4 20. gxf4 Kh8 21. Nc4
Rg8 22. Kh1 f6 23. Nd6 fxe5 24. Nxb7 exf4 25. e5 Bxe5 26. b4 Nf6 27. Qf3 Ng4
28. Rd2 Rab8 29. Be4 d3 30. Qxd3 Rxb7 31. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 32. Qf3 Qxf3+ 33. Rxf3
Bxb2 34. Rxb2 Ne5 35. Rf1 Nd3 36. Rg2 c4 37. Rc2 b5 38. a3 f3 39. Rd2 Rg2 40.
Rxg2 fxg2+ 41. Kxg2 c3 42. Kf3 c2 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd8 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rac1 b6 14. Bb5
Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. d4 cxd4 17. exd4 Qd6 18. Qe5 Qa3 19. h4 Bb7 20. h5 h6 21.
Rc3 Rfd8 22. Rg3 Qf8 23. Qc7 Rab8 24. Qf4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc1 Rxd4 27.
Rc7 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd5 29. Be2 Rd2 30. Bf3 Bd5 31. Rxa7 Rxf2 32. Kg1 Rd2 33. Bxd5
Rxd5 34. Rf3 Rf8 35. a4 Rd4 36. Rb7 Rb4 37. Kf2 e5 38. Ke2 e4 39. Rc3 Rd8 40.
g4 Rf8 41. Rbc7 f5 42. Re7 f4 43. Rcc7 f3+ 44. Kf1 Rd8 45. g5 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Rd2+
47. Ke1 Re2+ 48. Kf1 hxg5 49. Rxg7+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d4 Bxc4 8. d5
Nb8 9. Qa4+ b5 10. Nxb5 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Nd7 12. e4 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3 Rb8
15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Ne6 19. Rac1 Ned4 20. f4 Qa5 21.
f5 f6 22. Rf2 Kh8 23. Qd1 Rbd8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Ne7 26. Bf1 d5 27. Nxd5
Nxd5 28. exd5 Nf5 29. Bc5 Bh6 30. b4 Qa3 31. Qxg6 Qxc1 32. Rxf5 Bg5 33. h4 Rg8
34. Qh5+ Bh6 35. Rxf6 Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kh8 37. Qh5 Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Qh5 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Ba3 a6 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. e5 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. e6
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 fxe6 17. Qe4 e5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc4+ Kh8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5
bxc5 22. Be4 Rab8 23. Rb1 Bh6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 c6 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd6
15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. Bb2 Rc8 18. Qd3 Rc7 19. Rcd1 g6 20. Nb1 Bc8 21.
Ba3 Bf5 22. Qa6 Bg7 23. Nc3 h5 24. Bc1 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. h4 Rd7 27. Bg5 Bf6
28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qc4 Red8 30. Rc1 Rd6 31. Qc3 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxc6 Rd2
34. a4 Rb2 35. Rc3 Rd4 36. Re3 Rb4 37. Rc1 R2xb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Rc4 Rb1+ 40.
Kh2 Rb2 41. Bf1 Ra2 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18. Qh4 a6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qd6 22. Bb3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. Kg2 Nd7 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh4 Nc5
27. Bc2 a5 28. Qg4 b4 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Be1 Qd5 31. Qa8 Qc4 32. Bb1 Qd5 33. a3
e4 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. Ba2 Qd7 36. axb4 Ng5 37. Bc3+ Kh6 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2
Qf3+ 40. Kf1 Ne4 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. c4 Qd6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Be2 cxd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. O-O
Ng4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. hxg4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. d5 e5 20. Re1 f6
21. a4 h6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Ba3 Nc5 24. Reb1 a6 25. Qe1 Rfc8 26. Qxa5 Qd7 27. Rb6
Nd3 28. d6 Nf4 29. dxc7 Qxg4 30. g3 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nf4 32. Kg1 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Nf4
34. Kg1 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Nf4
40. Kg1 Ne2+ 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kg1 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Nf4 44. gxf4 Qxf4+ 45. Kg2 Qg4+
46. Kf1 Qxc4+ 47. Ke1 Qe4+ 48. Kd2 Qd4+ 49. Kc2 Rxc7+ 50. Kb1 Rc3 51. Rb4 Qd3+
52. Ka2 Rc2+ 53. Bb2 Rxf2 54. Rc1 Kh7 55. Rb3 Qe4 56. Qxa6 h5 57. Rc7 Rg2 58.
Qd3 Qxd3 59. Rxd3 Kh6 60. Kb3 h4 61. Rc2 Rg4 62. Rf2 Kh5 63. Kc2 Rg1 64. Ba3 e4
65. Re3 Kg4 66. Rxe4+ Kg3 67. Rff4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qa4
Qxc5 9. Qb5 Qxb5 10. Nxb5 Na6 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Be5 Rfc8 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. e4 Ndb4 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. a3 Nc6 19. Be2 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 e5
21. Rd5 Be6 22. Rd1 Bb3 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. f3 Ne6 25. Rf1 Nd4 26. Bd1 Bc4 27. Rff2
Rac8 28. Bc2 a6 29. Bb1 b5 30. Ba2 Bxa2 31. Nxa2 a5 32. Rd1 f6 33. Rfd2 Kf7 34.
Nc3 Ke7 35. Kf2 Rc5 36. f4 Rcc8 37. g3 Rc5 38. Rd3 Ke6 39. R1d2 Ke7 40. Ke3
Rcc8 41. Nd5+ Kf7 42. Nxf6 exf4+ 43. gxf4 Nf5+ 44. exf5 Rxd3+ 45. Rxd3 Kxf6 46.
fxg6 hxg6 47. Rd5 b4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Rd4 b3 50. Rd3 Rh8 51. Ke4 Rxh2 52. Rxb3
Re2+ 53. Kd3 Rf2 54. Ke3 Rg2 55. Rb5 Rg1 56. Kd3 Rf1 57. Rb4 Rf2 58. b3 Rf3+
59. Ke4 Rg3 60. Rb6+ Kf7 61. Rb5 Rg1 62. Rd5 Rb1 63. Rb5 Kf6 64. Rb6+ Kf7 65.
Rb8 Kf6 66. Rb6+ Kf7 67. Rb4 Kf6 68. Rb6+ Kf7 69. Rb8 Kf6 70. Rb6+ Kf7 71. Rb7+
Ke6 72. Rb6+ Kf7 73. b4 Re1+ 74. Kd4 Rf1 75. Ke5 Re1+ 76. Kd6 Re4 77. b5 Rxf4
78. Rc6 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nbd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Bf3 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qd7 12. h3 h5 13. Be5 Rfd8 14. Bxf6
exf6 15. Nge2 Rac8 16. O-O Nc4 17. Ng3 Nd6 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Ngxe4
Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Kg7 22. Qf3 f5 23. Nc3 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Qg3 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27.
Ne2 Kh7 28. Nf4 Re8 29. Qf3 Rcd8 30. Re5 Bg7 31. Rde1 Rc8 32. d6 Rf8 33. Rd5
Rfe8 34. Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Nd3 Rd8 36. Nc5 Qc6 37. d7 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Qxc5 39. Qd5
Qxd5 40. Rxd5 Kg7 41. Kf1 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. e3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. Qc5 Qxc5 13. Bxc5 Bc6 14. f3
Nd7 15. Bd4 f6 16. e4 Ke7 17. Be2 a6 18. Kf2 Bb5 19. Rhd1 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Rhd8
21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Rad1 Ke8 23. g4 e5 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27.
h4 Kd7 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rd3+ Kc7 30. Rc3+ Kd7 31. Rd3+ Kc7 32. Rc3+ Kd7 33. Rd3+
Kc7 34. Rc3+ Kd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Re2 Ne7 14. Nbxd4
Nf5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Bf4 Bb5 17. Rd2 Rc4 18. g3 Qe7 19. c3 Bd7 20. Rd3 Re4 21.
a4 f6 22. a5 Bd8 23. Rd4 Qf7 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nd2 e5 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd7
Qxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kxd7 29. Be3 a6 30. b4 Be7 31. Rd1+ Kc6 32. h4 f4 33. gxf4 exf4
34. Bxf4 Rxh4 35. Bg3 Rg4 36. Kf1 e3 37. Rd3 exf2 38. Kxf2 f5 39. Rf3 Rc4 40.
Be5 f4 41. Bxf4 Re4 42. Bd2 Bh4+ 43. Kf1 Re6 44. Rh3 Re4 45. Rf3 Re6 46. Rf5
Rf6 47. Rxf6+ Bxf6 48. Ke2 Kd5 49. Kd3 Bh4 50. Be3 Bf6 51. c4+ Kc6 52. Kc2 Bh4
53. Kb3 Bf6 54. Ka4 Bh4 55. b5+ axb5+ 56. cxb5+ Kd5 57. Bb6 Bf6 58. Kb3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Levenfish Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Ba3 Re8 10. Rc1 e6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. h3 a6 14. Bb2 c5 15. cxd5
exd5 16. Bb1 Qa7 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Na4 d4 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Nc4 Bc6 21. Qf3 Nb4
22. Qg3 Bxa4 23. bxa4 dxe3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. fxe3 Nf6 26. a3 Nbd5 27. e4 Nb6
28. Nd6 Re6 29. e5 Ne8 30. a5 Na4 31. Nc4 Rb8 32. Qf2 Rxb1 33. Rxb1 Nc3 34.
Rbc1 Nxd1 35. Rxd1 Qc7 36. Rd5 Rc6 37. Qd2 Qe7 38. Rd7 Qe6 39. Qd5 Qxd5 40.
Rxd5 Kf8 41. Rd7 Rc7 42. Rd8 Ke7 43. Rd6 Ra7 44. Rc6 Kd7 45. Rb6 Ke7 46. Kf2 f6
47. Ke2 Ra8 48. Rc6 fxe5 49. Rxc5 Nd6 50. Rc7+ Ke6 51. Nxd6 Kxd6 52. Rxh7 Rb8
53. Rg7 Rb2+ 54. Kf1 e4 55. Rxg6+ Ke5 56. Rxa6 Ra2 57. Ra8 Kf4 58. a6 Ra1+ 59.
Ke2 Ra2+ 60. Kd1 Rxa3 61. a7 Ke3 62. h4 Rd3+ 63. Kc2 Rd7 64. g4 Rc7+ 65. Kb3
Rd7 66. Kc3 Rc7+ 67. Kb4 Rd7 68. Kc5 1-0
[Event "It AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Alekhin A"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. Bf4
Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rxe7
Qxe7 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 f6 23. Kf1 Rf7 24. Rc8+ Rf8 25. Rc3 g5 26. Ne1 h5
27. h4 Nd7 28. Rc7 Rf7 29. Nf3 g4 30. Ne1 f5 31. Nd3 f4 32. f3 gxf3 33. gxf3 a5
34. a4 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Kf2 Rf5 37. b3 Kd8 38. Ke2 Nb8 39. Rg6 Kc7 40. Ne5
Na6 41. Rg7+ Kc8 42. Nc6 Rf6 43. Ne7+ Kb8 44. Nxd5 Rd6 45. Rg5 Nb4 46. Nxb4
axb4 47. Rxh5 Rc6 48. Rb5 Kc7 49. Rxb4 Rh6 50. Rb5 Rxh4 51. Kd3 1-0
[Event "It AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Capablanca J"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. a4 Rfe8 14. Qd3 c4
15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. f3 Nb3 19. e4 Qxa4 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qf2
g6 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. f5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Re6 Rxe6 27. fxe6 Kg7
28. Qf4 Qe8 29. Qe5 Qe7 30. Ba3 Qxa3 31. Nh5+ gxh5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8
34. e7 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 Qe4+ 38. Kxh5 Qe2+ 39. Kh4 Qe4+
40. g4 Qe1+ 41. Kh5 1-0
[Event "It AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Reshevsky Samuel H"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. O-O Nf5 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. a3 Nc5 14. b4 Nd7 15.
Qb3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Rfe1 axb4 19. axb4 Nf6 20. h3 h5 21. c5
Bf5 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Bc8 25. Nxd6 Be6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Nf5 Qe8
28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd7+ Rf7 30. Be5 Kg8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Bxc7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Ra7
34. Be5 Rf7 35. c7 Nd7 36. Qc2 Rf8 37. c8=Q 1-0
[Event "It AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca J"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Rd1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qa5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bd5 Rb8
15. a3 e6 16. Bf3 a6 17. Nde2 Nd7 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bd7 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. f4 Be8 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 11 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Yudovich Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. O-O Bh3 12. f3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nh5 14. Bb2 f5 15.
exf5 Qxf5 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. Qd5 Rae8 18. Rae1 Nf6 19. Qd2 a6 20. f4 Ne7 21. Rf2
Nf5 22. Rfe2 Nxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Re8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 11 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5
Rd8 9. Qd2 Nxd5 10. Bc7 Qxc7 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Rd1 Rd8
15. Qc1 Qa5+ 16. Rd2 Rd5 17. Ne2 Rxc5 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Qb2 Ra3
21. Qb5 Qc3 22. Qb2 Qc5 23. Qb1 Bxa2 24. Rxa2 Qa5+ 25. Rd2 Ra1 26. Bd3 Rxb1+
27. Bxb1 Ne5 28. Ke2 Qb5+ 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 a5 31. Rd1 Qc4 32. Kf3 b5 33.
Rd7 b4 34. Ra7 a4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rda8 a3 37. g3 Qb5 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 11 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dubinin Petr"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Ne3 Rad8 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nc6 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 c4 21. g4
Ne4 22. Bb1 Bd6 23. Nh4 Bf4 24. Qf3 Bg5 25. Ng2 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Re7 27. Qf4 Nxd4
28. Qxc7 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Ned2# 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 11 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Panov Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 12. Bf1 Nd7 13. g3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Nh4 g6 16. Ng2 Ng7 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Bg2 Be6 19. c4 Rad8 20. Qe2 Nd7 21. Bb2
f6 22. f4 Rde8 23. Rad1 b6 24. Rd2 exf4 25. gxf4 g5 26. fxg5 fxg5 27. e5 Qf7
28. Nd5 Nh5 29. Rf1 Nf4 30. Qe4 Qf5 31. Qxf5 Bxf5 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Bd5+ Kg7
34. e6+ Nf6 35. Rxf4 Kg6 36. Rg2+ Ng4 37. Rgxg4+ Bxg4 38. Rxg4+ Kf5 39. Rg3 Rg8
40. Bg7 Re7 41. Bf8 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 11 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Kan Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 d6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nd7
15. f5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rad1 b6 20. h3 Ba6 21.
Bd5 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. c4 Rb6 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. e4 Bc8 27. Qa4
Bd7 28. Qa7 Be8 29. Rb1 Rd6 30. a4 Kh7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Qxa5 Ra6 33. Qxc5 Ra2
34. Qe3 Qa6 35. Rb8 Qa4 36. Kh2 Ra3 37. Qc5 Ra2 38. Ra8 Qxa8 39. Bxa8 Rxa8 40.
Qxe5 Bc6 41. Qc7 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 11 Ch"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Bd7 9. b3 a5 10. Bd3 a4 11. Nd2 Re8 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 axb3
15. Nxb3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qg5 19. f4 Qg6 20. Rfd1 Nd6
21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qc3 Be4 23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. Be5 f6 26. Bxc7 Rxe3 27.
Qc4+ Kh8 28. Bb6 Ree8 29. Qf1 h5 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Re4 32. Re1 Rxe1 33.
Qxe1 Rxa3 34. Kh1 Ra8 35. Re2 Kh7 36. h3 Re8 37. Qf2 Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Rxe2 0-1
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Boleslavsky Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5
8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. a4 Bf5 14. Nfd4
Nxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. Nc5 a6 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd6 20. c3 a5
21. Qf3 Ng6 22. Re3 b6 23. Nd3 Rd7 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. g3 Rd6 26. h4 f6 27. Qf5
Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. h5 Nf8 30. Re7 Rcd8 31. Nf4 R8d7 32. g4 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 g5
34. hxg6 Nxg6 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. Rb7 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Ke3 g5 39. Kd3 Re6 40.
b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Kd8 42. a5 Kc8 43. a6 b5 44. Rxb5 Rxa6 45. Rxd5 Ra1 46. Rc5+
Kb7 47. d5 Rf1 48. Rc4 f5 49. Ke2 1-0
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lilienthal Andre"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. e4
Re8 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. b3 Nfg4 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Nde2 f5 14. h3 Nf6 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd2 h5 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Kh7 19. Bg5 Ne5 20. Nf4 c6 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Qc3 Qc7 24. Ne2 Rad8 25. f4 Nf7 26. Nd4 Nh6 27. Ng5+ 1-0
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bf5 13. e3 Rc8 14. Bd3
Qd7 15. Kb1 Bxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qf5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Ka1 O-O 19. Rd1 b5 20. Qxb5 Nd4
21. Qd3 Nc2+ 22. Kb1 Nb4 0-1
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bondarevsky Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Be2 Qxc5 14. O-O Qa5
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a3 a6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 19. Ra1 Bg5 20. f4 Bf6 21.
b4 Qc7 22. Rac1 Qd7 23. b5 Qd6 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. a4 g5 26. g3 gxf4 27. gxf4 Kh8
28. Kh1 Rg8 29. Bf3 Rc4 30. Qe3 Rgc8 31. Ne2 Bf5 32. a5 Qd7 33. Rg1 Re8 34. Qf2
Qc8 35. Rce1 Be4 36. Rg2 Bxf3 37. Qxf3 Qf5 38. Reg1 Bxd4 39. Ng3 Qh7 40. Qxd5
Bxg1 41. Qxc4 Ba7 42. Nf1 Qf5 43. Qc3+ f6 44. Qc7 Qh7 45. Qc6 Qf7 46. Qxa6 Bd4
47. Qd3 Re1 48. h3 Qd7 49. f5 Qd5 50. a6 Ra1 51. Qe2 Qc6 52. Kh2 Be5+ 53. Kg1
Qc5+ 54. Kh1 Qc3 55. Kg1 Bd4+ 56. Kh2 Be5+ 57. Kg1 Qxh3 58. Qc4 Qe3+ 59. Rf2 h5
60. Kg2 Qg5+ 61. Kh1 Rc1 62. Qa4 Qg8 63. Qh4 Qa8+ 64. Kg1 Rc7 65. Rg2 Qa7+ 66.
Kh1 Qxa6 67. Kg1 Qa7+ 68. Kh1 Qa6 69. Kg1 Qb6+ 70. Kh1 Qb5 71. Kg1 Qa6 72. Kh1
Qb5 73. Kg1 Qc5+ 74. Kh1 Qc1 75. Kg1 Qd1 76. Qe4 Kh7 77. Rd2 Rg7+ 78. Rg2 Rd7
79. Qc4 Rg7 80. Rxg7+ Kxg7 81. Qe4 Qg4+ 82. Qxg4+ hxg4 83. Nd2 Kh6 84. Ne4 Kh5
85. Kh1 Kh4 86. Kg2 Bd4 87. Kh2 Bb2 88. Kg2 Be5 0-1
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qd2 c4 10. Be2 Qa4 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 h6 13. Nh4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. Rg1 Ne7 16. g4 fxg4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rxg4 Nf5 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Rf4 Qe6 21.
Qf3 g6 22. a4 O-O-O 23. Ba3 b6 24. Kd2 Rhg8 25. Rb1 Kb7 26. a5 Rc8 27. axb6
axb6 28. Qg4 Kc6 29. Rh1 Kd7 30. Rh3 Rce8 31. Rhf3 Kc7 32. Qh3 Rg7 33. Qh1 Ra8
34. Qc1 Rgg8 35. Qb2 Ra4 36. Bd6+ Kc6 37. Qb1 Rga8 38. Qh1 Ra1 39. Qh3 Rg1 40.
hxg6 Raa1 41. Re3 Rad1+ 42. Ke2 Nxd4+ 0-1
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Boleslavsky Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. O-O Ne7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. fxe3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qb6 14.
Qc3 Rb8 15. Rab1 Re8 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. b4 Rbd8 20. e4
dxe4 21. Rxe4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 f6 24. Rbe1 Kh8 25. Kh1 Bd7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7
27. Qxc6 Qd8 28. Nf3 Rc7 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxe5 Qg8 32. Re8 Rxc2
33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. b5 Ke6 36. b6 Rc8 37. h3 Rb8 38. Kh2 Kd5 39. Kg3
Kc6 40. Kg4 Kb7 41. Re1 Rg8 42. Re6 Ka6 43. Kg5 Kb7 44. h4 Ka6 45. h5 Kb7 46.
g4 Ka6 47. Kh4 Kb7 48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxh6 Rg7 50. Kh5 Ka6 51. Rc6 Re7 52. Rc7
Re5+ 53. g5 Kxb6 54. Rxh7 Kc6 55. Kh6 Kd6 56. g6 Re1 57. Rf7 Ke6 58. Rf2 Ra1
59. g7 Rh1+ 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kh7 Rh1+ 62. Kg8 Ke7 63. Re2+ Kd7 64. Re4 Rh2 65.
Kf7 1-0
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lilienthal Andre"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. Qd3 a5 11. a4 c6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd1 Nb8 14. b3 Na6 15.
Na2 Re8 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Re1 Qe7 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Nxb4
Bxb4 22. Rf1 Bg4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bc1 Ba3 25. Rfe1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 h5 27. Qd2 Qa3
28. Qc3 Re7 29. Ra1 Qd6 30. Ra2 Rae8 31. Rae2 b6 32. Nd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 c5 34.
Bf1 Nd7 35. Rd1 Qf6 36. f4 cxd4 37. exd4 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Qe7 39. Bf3 Nf6 40. Kg2
Rc8 41. Rd2 Qb4 42. f5 Rc3 43. Qe2 g5 44. Qe5 Rxb3 45. Re2 Kg7 46. Bxd5 Rb2 47.
Bc4 Rxe2+ 48. Bxe2 Qxa4 49. Bxh5 Qc2+ 50. Be2 a4 51. d5 Qc5 52. h4 Qxd5+ 53.
Qxd5 Nxd5 54. hxg5 a3 0-1
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. h3 h6 13. Nh2 Nh7 14. Ng4 Bg5 15.
Qe2 Qd6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. Nh2 Nf8 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Nf1
Nh7 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. g4 Ne7 25. Qg3 Bc4 26. f3 Bd3 27. Bb3 c5 28.
Be3 c4 29. Bd1 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. a4 b4 32. cxb4 Nf4 33. Kh1 g5 34. b5 a5 35.
Bc5 Nxf5 36. gxf5 Kh7 37. Qg4 gxh4 38. Rg1 h5 39. Qg5 Qxg5 40. Rxg5 f6 41. Rg1
Nh3 42. Re1 Rg8 43. Ra2 Bb1 44. Ra1 Bd3 45. Ra2 Nf4 46. b4 Rc8 47. b6 Rb7 48.
Be3 axb4 49. a5 b3 50. Ra3 b2 51. Ba4 c3 52. Rb3 Ne2 53. Bb5 Bxb5 54. Rxb5 Nd4
55. Bxd4 exd4 56. a6 Rxb6 57. Rxb6 d3 58. Rg1 d2 59. Rxf6 Rc7 60. Rfg6 d1=Q 0-1
[Event "Ch URS (match-tournament), 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow/Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal Andre"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
a4 Bd6 16. axb5 Bb7 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. bxc6 Ke7 20. Bc4 Qxc6 21.
Bg5 Qc5 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. b3 g6 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. g3 Kg7 26. Qf3 Be5 27. Qb7 Rb8
28. Qe4 Bf6 29. Kg2 Qa5 30. Qe2 Ra8 31. Rd3 Qc5 32. Qe4 Ra1 33. Rd2 Qa5 34. Qe2
Qa8+ 35. Kh3 Rg1 36. f4 Qc8 37. Ba6 Qc5 38. Bd3 Qd5 39. Rd1 Rg2 40. Qe4 Rxh2+
41. Kxh2 Qh5+ 42. Kg2 Qxd1 43. Bc4 h5 44. Qf3 Qxf3+ 45. Kxf3 Be7 46. Ke4 Bc5
47. Bb5 Kf6 48. Be2 Ke7 49. Bb5 Bb4 50. Kxd4 Be1 51. Ke4 Bxg3 52. Kf3 Be1 53.
Bc6 Bb4 54. Ba4 Bd6 55. Bc6 f5 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bondarevsky Igor"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. O-O a6 12. Ng3 b5 13. cxb5 c4 14. Bc2 axb5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rfa1 Bd7 21. R4a3
Qb6 22. Qd1 Ra7 23. Nf1 Rfa8 24. Ne3 Kf8 25. R1a2 Ra6 26. h3 Qd8 27. Nxc4 Bb5
28. Nxa5 Rxa5 29. Qa1 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Qc7 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Bd1 Kg6
34. Bg4 Bd7 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Qd8 Qd2 37. Qxd7 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Boleslavsky Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
Re8 9. d5 Nc5 10. Ne1 a5 11. h3 Rf8 12. Be3 Ne8 13. Nd3 b6 14. Qd2 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 e4 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Rf2 Bd7 20. Rd1 Qg6 21. Ne2 Nf6
22. Bd4 Rae8 23. Qe3 h6 24. Nc3 Rf7 25. Bf1 Kh7 26. Be2 h5 27. Rg2 Bh6 28. Rf1
Rg8 29. Rff2 Bg7 30. a3 h4 31. gxh4 Qh6 32. Rg5 Qxh4 33. Rfg2 Be8 34. Rxf5 Bh6
35. Rfg5 Bxg5 36. fxg5 Nh5 37. Bxh5 Qxh5 38. Qxe4+ Rg6 39. Qxe8 Rxg5 40. Qh8+
Kg6 41. Qg8+ Kf5 42. Qc8+ Kf4 43. Qe6 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Qg3+ 46. Kf1
Qf3+ 47. Bf2 Qh5 48. Ne2+ Kg5 49. h4+ 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 Bd7 15.
d5 Na5 16. Nf1 Nh5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bh6 Rfc8 19. Ne3 Qd8 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4
22. Rc1 c3 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Rc2 Nf4 25. Nd1 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxc3 Rac8 28.
Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. e5 Kf8 31. Nb2 Rc3 32. e6 Be8 33. Re4 g5 34. Nd4
Bf6 35. Kh2 Be5 36. Nf3 Rxf3 37. e7+ Kg7 38. Rxe5 Rxf2 39. Rxg5+ Kf6 40. Nd3
Ra2 41. Rg8 Kxe7 42. Nxf4 Rxa3 43. Rg4 Bd7 44. Rh4 Bf5 45. Ne2 Bg6 46. Rf4 h5
47. Nd4 Kd7 48. b5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Makagonov Vladimir"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nd3 Qe8 10. f3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nd2 c5 13. e3 Rc8 14. Qe2 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Qf7 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. f4 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 cxd4 19. exd4 Bb4 20. Nef3 Nb8 21. a3
Bxd2 22. Nxd2 b5 23. Rac1 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qd7 25. Rfe1 Rfe8 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. d5
Nxd5 28. Nc4 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb3 30. Rd2 Reb8 31. Qe2 Nd8 32. Qe5 R8b5 33. g4 Rc5
34. gxf5 Rxc4 35. fxe6 Nxe6 36. Rxd5 Qf7 37. f5 Nf8 38. Bd4 Rd3 39. Rd8 Rd2 40.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qd5+ Kh8 42. Qxc4 Qd8 43. f6 Rxd4 44. f7 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Keres Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 g5 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. g3 Ng7 15.
Qe2 h5 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 Nf8 18. Rh2 Ng6 19. d5 O-O-O 20. Nf1 h4 21. g4 Qf6
22. Qe3 Kb8 23. Nd2 Ne8 24. O-O-O c6 25. Kb2 Nc7 26. Nb3 Na6 27. Rdh1 Rh7 28.
Bf1 Rdh8 29. Be1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas Vladas"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qa3 Be6 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Qf6 15. e3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. Ne2 Rxc5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. Bxd7 Bxd7
21. g4 Qg6+ 22. Ka1 Qf6 23. Qd3 Ba4 24. Rde1 Bc2 25. Qd2 Bh7 26. Rc1 b6 27.
Rxc5 bxc5 28. Nb3 c4 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Re1 Bd3 31. Qc3 Qe5 32. Nc6 Qd6 33. Nb4 d4
34. exd4 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 a5 36. Nxd3 cxd3 37. Qe3 Qa6 38. b3 Qc6 39. Qd2 a4 40.
Kb2 a3+ 41. Kxa3 Qd6+ 42. b4 Qxd4 43. Kb3 Kf8 44. a4 Qd5+ 45. Kc3 Qc6+ 46. Kxd3
Qxa4 47. Kc4 Kg8 48. Kc5 Qa7+ 49. Kb5 Qb7+ 50. Ka4 Qa6+ 51. Kb3 Qe6+ 52. Ka3
Qa6+ 53. Kb2 Qc4 54. Qc3 Qb5 55. Qc8+ Kg7 56. Qc5 Qe2+ 57. Qc2 Qf1 58. Kb3 Kg8
59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qc6 Qd1+ 61. Kb2 Qd2+ 62. Ka3 Qd3+ 63. Ka4 Qd1+ 64. Ka5 Qd2
65. g3 Qe1 66. Qe4 Qd2 67. Qe5+ Kg6 68. Kb5 Qd7+ 69. Kb6 Qd8+ 70. Kb7 Qd7+ 71.
Qc7 Qd3 72. Qc6+ Kg7 73. b5 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 12 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal Andre"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne1 Nc6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nb4 14. Qd2 a5 15.
a3 Na6 16. b4 Bf6 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Nd3 a4 20. Rac1 Qf7 21. Nf4 Bc8
22. Rc3 Bd7 23. Rfc1 h6 24. h4 Ra7 25. h5 Ra8 26. Re3 Kh7 27. Rcc3 Rb8 28. Qd3
Ra8 29. Ng6 Rxg6 30. hxg6+ Kxg6 31. Re6+ Kh7 32. g4 c5 33. b5 Nc7 34. gxf5 Nxb5
35. f6+ Kg8 36. Rc4 Re8 37. Rg4 g5 38. Rxe8+ Bxe8 39. Re4 Kf8 40. Re7 Qg6 41.
Be4 Qh5 42. Bf3 Qg6 43. Rxe8+ 1-0
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Nxf2 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qf1 Bg4
15. Kh1 Bxf2 16. Qxf2 Rae8 17. Qg3 Ne5 18. Bd1 Nd3 19. h3 Bh5 20. Bc2 Nf4 21.
Ng1 c5 22. Ndf3 Ne2 23. Nxe2 Rxe2 24. Bd1 Re6 25. Bd2 h6 26. Kh2 Re4 27. Ng5
hxg5 28. Bxh5 Re5 29. Bf3 Qe7 30. a4 Kh7 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra7 Qd6 33. Bg4 Rd8
34. Kh1 d4 35. cxd4 cxd4 36. Bf4 Re1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxf4 38. Rd7 Rxd7 39. Bxd7 d3
40. Bg4 d2 41. Qe2 b4 42. Qd3+ g6 43. Kg1 Kh6 44. b3 Kg7 45. Bf3 Qf7 46. Kf2
Qe6 47. Qe3 Qd6 48. Bd1 Qd5 49. g4 Kh7 50. Ke2 1-0
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. Ba3 Na5 12. Nd2 Bxa4 13. c4 Bd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
c4 O-O 16. dxc5 Qxe5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Bf3 Rfe8 19. Re1 Qf6 20. cxd5 Nf5 21.
Ne4 Qd4 22. Qe2 Nh4 23. Rad1 Qc4 24. Qd2 Qa4 25. Bc1 Nc4 26. Qf4 Ng6 27. Qg3
Bf5 28. Rd4 Qc2 29. h4 Ra1 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. h5 Rxc1+ 33. Kh2 Qb1
34. Qb8 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Qg1 36. Rg8+ Kh6 37. Bg4 Qh2+ 38. Kf3 Nce5+ 39. Ke2 Bxg4+
40. Rxg4 Qxh5 0-1
[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk (Russia)"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
h3 Bd7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qe3 Rfb8 16. a3 Rb5 17. Qg5 Rab8 18. b3 h6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd3
f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rc3 Bd7 23. Rd1 Be8 24. a4 Ra5 25. Nd2 Rd5 26. Ne4 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. Nf6 Ke7 31. Ng8+ Ke6 32. Nxh6 f5 33.
Rg7 Bd7 34. Rg6+ Kd5 35. g4 f4 36. Rg8 Rxg8 37. Nxg8 Kd4 38. Nf6 Bc8 39. f3 Kc3
40. h4 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 13 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bronstein David I"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. e5 Nd7 16. a4 c4 17. Qg3 Re8 18. Rd1 Bh4 19. Qg4 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nxe5 21.
Rxd8 Nxg4+ 22. hxg4 Raxd8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bd2 Rd3 25. Ra5 Rb3 26. Bc1 f6 27.
Ra3 Rd3 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Be3 Re4 30. Kf3 Rb4 31. Bc1 g5 32. g3 Rc4 33. Be3 h5
34. gxh5 g4+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Nd2 Rxb2 37. Bf4 Ra2 38. Ke3 Ra3 39. Kd4 Kf7 40.
Ke4 b4 41. Kd4 Ra5 42. h6 Rb5 43. Kc4 Rb6 44. Kc5 Rb7 45. Nb3 Kg6 46. Kc4 Rb6
47. Nc5 Kh7 48. Kb3 d2 49. Bxd2 Rd6 50. Bf4 Rd1 51. Ne4 Kg6 52. Nf2 Rb1+ 53.
Kc2 Ra1 54. Kb2 Ra3 55. Nxg4 Rc3 56. Ne3 Rd3 57. Nc2 Rd8 58. Nxb4 Kf5 59. Nc6
Rd7 60. Kc3 Ke4 61. Kc4 Kf5 62. Nd4+ Ke4 63. Ne6 Kf5 64. Nf8 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 13 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Flor S"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 e5 8.
Be3 Qd8 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Be6 14. d4 Qd7
15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bh5 17. Bf5 Qc7 18. Raf1 Bg6 19. Rh4 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Qd8 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rh3 Qd7 23. a3 Rad8 24. Rd3 Qe6 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5 Qa6 27. Rd1
Bd6 28. h3 h6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 a6 32. Qd3 Nh5 33. Re1 Ng3+
34. Kg1 Rf8 35. Qe3 Kh7 36. Ne4 Nxe4 37. Qxe4 Rf5 38. Rd1 Rf6 39. Qb4 Qxb4 40.
axb4 Rd6 41. Kf2 Kg8 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Rf1+ Rf6 44. Rxf6+ gxf6 45. g4 Ke7 46. h4
Kd6 47. Ke4 b6 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 a5 50. Kf5 axb4 51. Kxf6 Kxd5 52. Kg6 Ke6
53. Kxh6 Kf6 54. b3 Kf7 55. Kg5 Kg7 56. Kf5 Kh6 57. Ke5 Kxh5 58. Kd5 Kg5 59.
Kc6 Kf5 60. Kxb6 Ke6 61. Kc5 Kd7 62. Kxb4 Kc6 63. Ka5 Kb7 64. Kb5 Ka7 65. Kc6
Ka6 66. b4 Ka7 67. b5 Kb8 68. Kb6 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 13 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Ng6 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Ne7 15.
h4 Bxa4 16. h5 Qb5 17. Kd1 Rc8 18. Bc1 Rc6 19. Be2 Ra6 20. Kd2 O-O 21. g4 f6
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qc7 Rf7 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. f4 Qa5 26. Qb8 Nc6 27. Qe8 Re7 28.
Qg6+ Kg8 29. Ba3 e5 30. fxe5 Nxd4 31. Bb4 Qd8 32. Qxa6 bxa6 33. cxd4 Rb7 34.
Rxa4 Qg5+ 35. Kd1 a5 36. Bf3 Rxb4 37. Bxd5+ Kf8 38. Rf1+ Ke8 39. Bc6+ Ke7 40.
Rxb4 Qxg4+ 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 13 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Boleslavsky Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. exf6 gxf6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg3 a6 13. Bd3 Na4 14. Rb1 b5 15.
c3 Bd7 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. Re3 Rg7 18. Qe2 Qf8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rg3 Rxg3 21. hxg3
Qe7 22. Re1 Qg7 23. Qc2 Nd8 24. Nc1 Rc8 25. b3 Nb6 26. b4 Ra8 27. Nb3 Nb7 28.
Nc5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Na4 30. c6 Bc8 31. c4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb6 33. Bd3 Rb8 34. Qc5
Qf8 35. Bxh7+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ exf5 37. Re7+ Kh8 38. Bg6 Be6 39. Rxe6 Qxc5 40. dxc5
Na4 41. Bxf5 Nc3 42. Re7 Nb5 43. Bd3 Rc8 44. a4 Nd4 45. Bxa6 Nxc6 46. Re6 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 13 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikenas Vladas"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 b4 13. Ne4 Ba6 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15.
Bg2 Qd5 16. Be3 c3 17. b3 e5 18. Ng5 exd4 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. Nxf7 dxe3 21. fxe3
Bc5 22. Nxd8 Kxd8 23. O-O-O Bxe3+ 24. Kc2 d4 25. h4 Nxf6 26. Rxd4+ Bxd4 27. Rd1
Kc7 28. Rxd4 Rg8 29. Rxb4 Rxg3 30. Ra4 Rxg2+ 31. Kxc3 Kb6 32. Rb4+ Kc5 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 13 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. b3 a6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6
15. Bf3 c4 16. g3 Rc8 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Bg2 h5 21. Ne2
b5 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Qd1 h4 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Rfd1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Rh6 27. Qe2 hxg3 28.
fxg3 Qg5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Qd5 32. Qg2 Rhc6 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34.
h3 b4 35. Kh2 e3 36. Qxd5 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Bxd5 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 13 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tolush Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O d6
8. Qg3 Kh8 9. f4 f5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qe8 12. Nf3 f4 13. Qf2 Bg4 14. Re1 Rd8
15. Bd3 Qh5 16. Be4 Ba5 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rhf1 Bb6 19. Qe2 Be6 20. a3 a6 21. Bd3
Ba7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. g4 Qe8 24. Neg5 Bg8 25. Qe4 Ne3 26. e6 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 h6 28.
Nf7+ Bxf7 29. exf7 Qxf7 30. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 31. Kb1 Rd8 32. Qc3 Qd5 33. h4 Qe4 34.
h5 Rd5 35. g5 hxg5 36. h6 Qg6 37. hxg7+ Qxg7 38. Rh1+ Kg8 39. Qc4 Qf7 40. Qb3
Nd8 41. Rh5 Qxh5 42. Qxd5+ Nf7 43. Qe4 Kf8 44. Rd1 g4 45. Ne1 Nd6 46. Qe6 g3
47. Rd5 Qf7 48. Qh6+ Qg7 49. Qh4 Nf7 50. Ng2 Qg6 51. Rd7 Kg8 52. Qe7 b6 53. Nh4
Qh5 54. Qf6 Bc5 55. Ng6 g2 56. Qxf7# 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 14 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Flor S"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Ra7 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 e5 12. a4 Bd6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Kh1 e4 15.
Rg1 exf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 O-O 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bd3 Raa8 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. b3
Rfe8 22. Raf1 Rad8 23. Qd1 Bxf4 24. exf4 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rg3 Red8 27.
Qe2 Qd7 28. Rff3 Rd4 29. Bc3 Re8 30. Qf1 Nh4 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Rf2 Re3 33. Kg1
Qe7 34. Re2 Qc5 35. Rc2 Qf8 36. Rxe3 dxe3 37. Qh3 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 14 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Be8 12. Bb1 Nh5 13. Bh2 f5 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Nc5
Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rf7 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 Nf6 20. f4 b6 21. Qxb6 Rb8
22. Qxa6 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Qe6 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Rxb2 27. Rc2 Rb8
28. Rg2 Qh4 29. g5 Nh5 30. g6 hxg6 31. Bxg6 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 14 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanovsky Petr"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. Be2 e5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5
15. Nd2 b5 16. b4 Nb7 17. c4 f5 18. f3 Bg5 19. Qb3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qg5 21. f4
exf4 22. Qb6 Rab8 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. Rae1 Qe3 25. Nf3 Ra8 26. Qxb7 Ra7 27. Bd3
Rxb7 28. Rxe3 bxc4 29. Re7 cxd3 30. Ne1 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Nxd3 Bb5 33. Rd1
Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxb4 35. Rd1 Ra4 36. Rd2 g5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Kg1 Ke5 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 14 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Boleslavsky Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 g6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Ne3 Ne7 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nc8 19. Rad1 c6 20. Rd2 Qe7 21.
Red1 Nb6 22. b4 Be6 23. Bb3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qe6 26. c4 Bf6 27. c5
Nc8 28. Qd7 Qxb3 29. Qxb7 Bg5 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Qxa6 Ne7 32. Qb7 Re8 33. Qd7
Kf8 34. Qd6 Qxb4 35. Ng4 Ra8 36. Qxe5 Qb3 37. Rd7 Ng8 38. Qd6+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kh7
40. Nf6+ Nxf6 41. Qxf6 Kg8 42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Qxc6 Kg7 44. Qd5 Qb1 45. Qd4+ Kh7
46. c6 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 14 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lilienthal Andre"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Bd6 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Rhe1 Be6 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Kb8 15. f4 c5 16. Kb1 c4 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bb4 19. Qc2 Rd6 20. Re2 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Ne4 22. Ka1 Ra6 23. Qc1 Rd8 24. Rc2 Rdd6 25. Ng4 Rg6 26. h3 h5 27. Ne5
Rgb6 28. Nf3 Qa3 29. Ng5 Nxc3 30. Qxa3 Rxa3 31. Rdc1 Nb5 32. Nxf7 Rxe3 33. Ne5
Kc7 34. g4 Nxd4 35. Rd2 Ne2 36. Re1 Nc3 0-1
[Event "Match-radio URS-USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Denker Arnold S"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
Ne4 c5 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Ng3 cxd4 18. Bxc4 Qc6 19. f3 d3 20. Qc1 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Qd6
22. Qf4 Rxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Qh4 Rxh4+ 25. Bxh4 Qf4 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Euwe Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Bg4 16. Qc4 Bh5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Rd5 Rd8 20. Nd7 Rxd7 21.
Rxh5 Qd8 22. Rf1 g6 23. Rh3 Rd1 24. g4 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qf4
f6 28. e4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Bd6 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Be5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Rc3 Rc8
34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. f4 exf4+ 37. Kxf4 c4 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. h4 h6 40. g5
h5 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Rc2 c3 43. Kd3 Rd8+ 44. Ke3 Rd4 45. Rxc3 Rxe4+ 46. Kf3 Rxh4
47. Rc6 Rf4+ 48. Ke3 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Rf6+ Kxg5 51. Rxg6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Qe2 c6 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. dxc6 bxc6
21. e5 Nh6 22. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. Rc1 Nf5 26. Rc4 e6 27.
Nxb6 Rb8 28. Na4 Rd8 29. Be4 Nh4 30. Kf1 Bh6 31. Bb7 Nf5 32. Ke2 Nd4+ 33. Ke3
Nf5+ 34. Kf3 Nd4+ 35. Ke4 Ne2 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Nxf4 38. b4 Nh3 39. b5
Nxf2+ 40. Kd4 Bf4 41. h3 f6 42. Bxe6+ Kg7 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Nc5 Ke7 45. Kd5 g5
46. a4 Nd1 47. a5 Nc3+ 48. Kc6 Nxb5 49. Kxb5 Bb8 50. Kb6 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Vidmar M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. Nbd2 Qxc4 8.
Nxc4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nfxd2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Ke2 Bd7 13. Bg2 Bc6 14. f3
Nd7 15. a3 Nd5 16. e4 N5b6 17. Na5 Bb5+ 18. Ke3 O-O-O 19. Rhc1 Nb8 20. b3 Bd7
21. Bf1 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. a4 Be8 24. a5 Na8 25. a6 b6 26. b4 Kb8 27. Rc3 c6
28. Rac1 f6 29. Nb1 Bd7 30. Na3 Nc7 31. b5 Nxb5 32. Bxb5 cxb5 33. Rc7 Rc8 34.
Rb7+ Ka8 35. Rxd7 Rxc1 36. Nxb5 Rhc8 37. Rxg7 h6 38. Rxa7+ Kb8 39. Rb7+ Ka8 40.
Ra7+ Kb8 41. Rb7+ Ka8 42. g4 e5 43. d5 R1c5 44. Ra7+ Kb8 45. Rb7+ Ka8 46. Rxb6
Rb8 47. Rxb8+ Kxb8 48. a7+ Kb7 49. Nd6+ Kxa7 50. Ne8 Kb6 51. Nxf6 Rc3+ 52. Kf2
Rc7 53. h4 Rf7 54. Nh5 Kc7 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Rh7 57. Nf6 Rh2+ 58. Kg3 Rh1
59. Kg2 Rh8 60. g6 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower Savielly"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Nc3 b6 8. cxb6
axb6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c6 15.
Bg5 Nxg4 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. hxg4 f5 19. Rae1 fxg4 20. Re5 Rf3 21.
Qb5 Ng6 22. Rxd5 Qf6 23. Rg5 Rf8 24. Ne4 Qf4 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rh5 Rh3 27. Rxh3
gxh3 28. Ng3 Nh4 29. Qe4 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Rf4 32. Rc1 h6 33. Rc3 g5
34. Re3 g4 35. d5 Kg7 36. Nc3 Rf6 37. Re6 Kf7 38. Rxf6+ Kxf6 39. d6 Ke6 40. Nd5
Kxd6 41. Nxb6 h5 42. Nc4+ Kd5 43. Ne3+ Ke4 44. a4 Kd3 45. Nd5 Ke2 46. Nf4+ Kxf2
47. Nxh3+ Kf1 48. Nf4 g3 49. Ng2 Kf2 50. a5 h4 51. Nf4 Kf1 52. Ng2 h3 53. Ne3+
Kf2 54. Ng4+ Ke2 0-1
[Event "Match URS-USA"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky Samuel H"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nxe5 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 e5 15. Bh5 Bf5 16. Bxf7+ Kd7 17. Qh6 Rxg2 18. Rf1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20.
O-O-O Rxa3 21. Kb2 Ra4 22. Be3 Be6 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Bxb6 Rxh2 25. Rg1 Rh6 26.
Rg7 Rg6 27. Rh7 Nf5 28. Rxb7 Nd6 29. Kb3 Ra8 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Rc6 Kd7 32. Rc7+
Ke6 33. Rc6 Rb7 34. c4 dxc4+ 35. Kb4 Ke7 36. Ka5 Kd7 37. Rxc4 Re6 38. Ka6 Rb8
39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Ka7 Rd8 41. Rh1 Nb5+ 42. Kb7 Nxc7 43. Bxc7 Rd4 44. c3 Rc4 45.
Ba5 Kd7 46. Rh8 Rf6 47. Rd8+ Ke7 48. Rd2 Rd6 49. Ra2 Kd7 50. Rb2 Rc5 51. Bb6
Rxc3 52. Rb4 Ke6 53. Rb2 Rdd3 54. Ra2 Rd7+ 55. Ka6 Rb3 56. Be3 Rd6+ 57. Ka5 Rd8
58. Ka6 Rxe3 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Kh8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qf3 Qe8 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. a3 Rc7 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Qd2 Nf6 21.
Bf4 Qd7 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Rfc8 25. e3 Bb5 26. Rfe1 Kg8 27. f3
Bc4 28. Bf1 Ne8 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Kf2 Nd6 31. Ke2 b5 32. Kd3 b4 33. Na2 bxa3
34. bxa3 Ra4 35. Rxc8+ Nxc8 36. Nc3 Rxa3 37. Kc2 Nd6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Rb4 Ra1
40. Kd3 Ra3 41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Kd3 Re1 43. Ra4 Nc4 44. Rxa7+ Kg6 45. e4 Re3+ 46.
Kc2 Rxf3 47. exf5+ Kxf5 48. Rxg7 Rf2+ 49. Kb3 Rb2+ 50. Ka4 Rxh2 51. Rf7+ Kg6
52. Rf8 Nd6 53. Nb5 Nf5 54. Nc7 Re2 55. Ne8 Nxd4 56. Rf6+ Kh5 57. Rf7 Nf5 58.
Rxh7+ Kg4 59. Rd7 Kxf4 60. Nc7 Ke5 61. Kb4 Rc2 62. Kb3 Nd4+ 63. Kb4 Rc4+ 64.
Ka5 Nf5 65. Kb6 d4 66. Na6 Nd6 67. Nc5 Kd5 68. Nd3 e5 69. Rh7 Rc6+ 70. Ka5 Nc4+
71. Kb5 Rb6+ 72. Ka4 Nb2+ 73. Ka5 Nc4+ 74. Ka4 Rb8 75. Nb4+ Ke6 76. Nc6 Nb2+
77. Ka3 Nc4+ 78. Ka4 Rb1 79. Rh6+ Kf5 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Euwe Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Bc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 a5
15. Ba2 Nf6 16. Qh4 e4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. f3 Nd5 21.
Qxe7 Nxe7 22. fxe4 b6 23. Rd1 Ng6 24. Rd6 Ba6 25. Rf2 Bb5 26. e5 Ne7 27. e4 c5
28. e6 f6 29. Rxb6 Bc6 30. Rxc6 Nxc6 31. e7+ Rf7 32. Bd5 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Reshevsky Samuel H"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2
c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Ne2 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15.
Qb3 a4 16. Qd3 Ra5 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. O-O Rc8 20. e4 Nc4 21. Bc1 e5
22. Rd1 exd4 23. Qxd4 Qe6 24. Ra2 h6 25. h3 Ra6 26. Nd5 Nxe4 27. Re2 f5 28. g4
Bc5 29. gxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxe4 Qxh3 31. Nh2 Rcc6 32. Nf4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. b4 c5 5. b5 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. e4 Qc7 8. Ne2 h5 9.
h4 Nh6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 Bg4 13. f5 Nd7 14. Nd2 g6 15. fxg6 fxg6
16. Nf3 Be7 17. Rf2 Qd6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Re1 Qb6 22.
Nf3 Nd7 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. a4 Bh6 26. a5 Qf6 27. Nc1 O-O-O 28. Nb3
Rf8 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Qc1 Kb8 31. Ra2 Rf7 32. Qa3 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Bd1 34. Qc1 Bxb3
35. Rb2 Bd1 36. Qxd1 Qxg5 37. Qe1 Nf8 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Bh3 Nh7 40. Qd1 Ng5 41.
b6 h4 42. Qg4 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rf8 44. bxa7+ Kxa7 45. a6 Nxh3 46. Qxh3 Qf4+ 47.
Kg2 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53.
Qxe3 dxe3 54. axb7 Kxb7 55. Kg2 Kb6 56. Kf3 Ka5 57. Kxe3 Kb4 58. Kd2 g5 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Keres Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 7. Ne2 e5 8.
Ng3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Bb2 exd4 14. e4 Be6
15. Rc1 Re7 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Qf4 19. Bc1 Qb8 20. Rg5 Nbd7 21.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Qe3 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Euwe Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O Nc5
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Rc1 Rd5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 f6 22. Qg3 fxe5 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Rc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc7 Bd5 26. Qxe5 d3 27.
Qe3 Bc4 28. b3 Rf7 29. f3 Rd7 30. Qd2 e5 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke6
34. Qb4 Rc7 35. Qd2 Rc6 36. a4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd4 Kh8 12. Kh1 Rg8 13. f4 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rc8
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 d5 17. f5 Qc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qd4 c5 20. Qxc4 Bd6 21. g3
Bb5 22. Qc2 exf5 23. exf5 Rce8 24. Rf2 Re3 25. Bg2 Qe7 26. Ng1 Bd3 27. Qd2 c4
28. Rf3 Re8 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. b3 Re1 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Bf1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Rd8 34.
Qc2 Bd5 35. Qc3 Bd4 36. Qd3 Qe3 37. Qxe3 Bxe3 38. Bg2 Bxf3 39. Bxf3 Rd2 40. Ne2
Rxa2 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Reshevsky Samuel H"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 d6 11. O-O Na5 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. f4 f5 15.
Rae1 g6 16. Rd1 Qf7 17. e5 Rc8 18. Rfe1 dxe5 19. dxe5 Ng7 20. Nf1 Rfd8 21. Bf2
Nh5 22. Bg3 Qe8 23. Ne3 Qa4 24. Qa2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 h5 26. Be2 Kf7 27. Kf2 Qb3
28. Qxb3 Nxb3 29. Bd3 Ke7 30. Ke2 Na5 31. Rd2 Rc7 32. g4 Rcd7 33. gxf5 gxf5 34.
Red1 h4 35. Ke1 Nb3 36. Nd5+ exd5 37. Bxf5 Nxd2 38. Rxd2 dxc4 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40.
Rf2 Ke6 41. Rf3 Rd8 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Keres Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nb3 Ba7 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. Nfd4 O-O 10. Be2 Qd6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxe3 14. fxe3
bxc6 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qe1 Ng4 17. Qh4 f5 18. Rf4 Ne5 19. Qg3 Ra7 20. Raf1 Raf7
21. Nd4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 c5 23. Nf3 Qb6 24. Rh4 h6 25. Ne5 Rf6 26. d4 cxd4 27.
Rxd4 Qxb2 28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rd4 Kh7 30. Nd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rg6 32. Qf2 Qe5 33.
Rd4 Rb8 34. Qf4 Qe6 35. Rd2 Rb5 36. h3 Re5 37. Kh2 Rf6 38. Rfd1 Re4 39. Qb8
Rxe3 40. Rd8 Qe5+ 41. Qxe5 Rxe5 42. R1d2 g5 43. g4 Rf7 44. R8d7 Kg7 45. gxf5
Rxf5 46. a3 Rf2+ 47. Kg3 Rxd2 48. Rxd2 Rc7 49. Rd4 Rc6 50. a4 Kg6 51. h4 Kh5
52. hxg5 hxg5 53. Rd3 Rc4 54. Ra3 a5 55. Kh3 Rb4 56. Kg3 Rf4 57. Ra1 Rg4+ 58.
Kh3 Re4 59. Ra3 Kg6 60. Kg3 Kf5 61. Kf3 Ke5 62. Kg3 Rd4 63. Ra1 Kd5 64. Rb1 Rb4
65. Rf1 Ke4 66. Re1+ Kd4 67. Kh2 Rxa4 68. Rg1 Rc4 69. Rxg5 a4 70. Kg2 Kc3 71.
Kf3 a3 72. Ra5 Kb3 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Reshevsky Samuel H"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. Qd3 Nb8 16. h4 Nbc6 17. Rh3 Rac8 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. h5 Rf7 20. h6 g6 21. Rc1
Rff8 22. Ne2 Nb8 23. Kf1 Rc4 24. Kg1 Nbc6 25. Bg5 Ng8 26. Re1 Qf7 27. c3 Na5
28. Nf4 Rc6 29. Bf6+ Nxf6 30. exf6 Nc4 31. Qb1 Qxf6 32. a4 g5 33. Nd3 f4 34.
Rh3 g4 35. Rh1 Rc7 36. Qd1 Qg6 37. Rh4 f3 38. g3 Rcf7 39. Nf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4
Rxf4 41. Qb1 Rf5 42. Qd3 g3 43. Qf1 gxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Rg5 45. Qh3 Rg2+ 46. Kxf3
Nd2+ 47. Ke3 Rg3+ 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Keres Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7
8. e3 Qd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Rfc8 12. Bd3 a4 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nd8 15. O-O Ne6 16. Rc3 b5 17. Qc2 Rcb8 18. Ne1 Nc8 19. Rc6 Qe7 20. Nd3 Nb6 21.
Nb4 Rd8 22. Qf5 Rd6 23. Rfc1 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25. Rxb6 cxb6 26. Nc6 Qc7 27.
Nxd8 Qxd8 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Nxc7 30. Nb1 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Kd3
Kc6 34. Nc3 Ne8 35. Na2 f6 36. f3 Nc7 37. Nb4+ Kd6 38. e4 dxe4+ 39. fxe4 Ne6
40. Ke3 Nc7 41. Kd3 Ne6 42. Nd5 Kc6 43. h4 Nd8 44. Nf4 Kd6 45. Nh5 Ne6 46. Ke3
Ke7 47. d5 Nc5 48. Nxg7 Kd6 49. Ne6 Nd7 50. Kd4 Ne5 51. Ng7 Nc4 52. Nf5+ Kc7
53. Kc3 Kd7 54. g4 Ne5 55. g5 fxg5 56. hxg5 Nf3 57. Kb4 Nxg5 58. e5 h5 59. e6+
Kd8 60. Kxb5 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "46"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Reshevsky Samuel H"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 Nf8 13. Nh4 Ng4 14. g3 Qf6
15. f3 Nh6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Ng2 Bh3 19. Be2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 d5 21.
exd5 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf5 23. Bf2 Red8 24. c4 h5 25. h4 b5 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. hxg5
h4 28. Bd3 hxg3 29. Bxg3 Nxd4 30. Rad1 c5 31. dxc6 Nxc6 32. Be4 Rac8 33. Rxd8+
Nxd8 34. Bf5 Ra8 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. cxb5 f6 37. Bc7 Ne6 38. Rxa8 Nxc7 39. Rxa7
Nxb5 40. Rd7 fxg5 41. a4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "48"]
[White "Keres Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 dxe4 5. Qg4 Nf6 6. Qxg7 Rg8 7. Qh6 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Rg6 9. Qh4 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qd5 11. b3 Ne7 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Bc6 14. c4 Qf5
15. d5 exd5 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Nh3 Ng4 18. Qg3 Qc5 19. Qxc7 Rc8 20. Qf4 Qe3+ 21.
Rd2 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 e3 23. Rc2 Rg5 24. Be2 Nf2 25. Re1 Rd8 26. g3 Rf5 27. Bf1
Rxf4 28. gxf4 Nd3+ 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Rc3 Rxc3+ 31. Bxc3 Nf5 32. Bd2 Kd7 33.
Bxe3 b6 34. Bf2 f6 35. Kd2 h5 36. Kd3 Nh6 37. Bh4 f5 38. Re7+ Kd6 39. h3 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 19 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Geller Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxd1+
8. Nxd1 Ne4 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Nc5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. f4 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 Na4 15. Rc1 Bd5 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. Rg1 Rhe8 18. Kf2 Be4 19. Rgd1 Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 Nxc3 21. Rc1 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Bxa7+ Ka8 24. Bb6+ Kb8 25. Ba7+ Ka8 26.
Be3+ Na6 27. Ra4 Bd5 28. Bd7 Rd8 29. Bb5 Be6 30. Bxa6 bxa6 31. Rxa6+ Kb7 32.
Ra5 Rd1 33. Rc5 Rh1 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. Rb5+ Kc6 36. Rc5+ Kd7 37. f5 Bxf5 38. Rxc4
Ra2 39. g4 Be6 40. Rd4+ Kc8 41. Kf3 Ra5 42. g5 c5 43. Rh4 c4 44. Rxh7 g6 45.
Rh8+ Kc7 46. Rd8 Bd5+ 47. Kf2 c3 48. Rd6 c2 49. h4 Bc4 50. Rd4 Ba6 51. Rf4 Rxe5
52. Rxf7+ Kc6 53. Rf6+ Kd5 54. Rxa6 Rxe3 55. Ra1 Rc3 56. Rc1 Kc4 57. Ke1 Kb3
58. Kd2 Kb2 59. Rxc2+ Rxc2+ 60. Kd3 Kb3 61. e4 Rc4 62. e5 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 19 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lipnitsky I"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2
c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bd7 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. Qe2 Na4 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rab1 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 Red8 20. Rfb1 Be8 21.
Qd2 a4 22. Na7 Qxa7 23. Rxb7 Qa8 24. Rxe7 Rb8 25. Rc7 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Nd5 27.
Rc1 Qb8 28. Qc2 g6 29. Ba2 Ne7 30. h3 Kf8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc2 Nf5
34. Nc4 Rc8 35. Rb2 Ne7 36. e4 Rd8 37. Rd2 Bb5 38. Ne3 Nc6 39. d5 Ne5 40. Rb2
Bd3 41. Rb4 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 19 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein David I"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Bg2 Bb7 15.
O-O-O Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rd6 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qd8 20. Ne4 Qa5 21.
Kb1 Qb6 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qg6 c5 24. g4 Bxe4+ 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5
Qd8 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qg4 Qe8 30. g6 Bh6 31. Qxh4 Kg7 32. d7 Qd8 33. Qxe4 Bg5
34. a4 Qe7 35. Qg4 Qf6 36. Ka2 b4 37. Rg1 b3+ 38. Ka3 Be3 39. Qh5 Bh6 40. Qxc5
Rd8 41. Rd1 Kxg6 42. Qg1+ Kh7 43. Kb4 Rb8+ 44. Kc5 Be3+ 45. Qxe3 Qb6+ 46. Kxc4
Qxe3 47. d8=Q Rxd8 48. Rxd8 Qe6+ 49. Rd5 a5 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 19 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Qd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5 Na5 15.
Qc2 c6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Nbd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nf1 Nc4 20. b3 Nb6 21. Ne3
d5 22. Ng4 d4 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qb2 dxc3 25. Rxc3 Nd7 26. Rec1 Rxc3 27. Qxc3
Qd6 28. Qc6 Nf6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Nxe5 Nxe4 31. f3 Ng5 32. f4 Ne6 33. f5 Nd8
34. Rc8 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Nd3 Nc6 39. Rxa6 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bronstein David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 11. b4 Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Nc3 a6 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bf1
Nd8 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bg2 Nf7 19. c5 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rae8 21. Na4 b5
22. Nc3 f4 23. d5 fxg3 24. fxg3 exd5 25. Qd4 Nf6 26. Nh4 Re5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28.
Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Nf5 Nc4 30. Rd1 Kh8 31. Re1 Nxa3 32. Nd6 Bc6 33. Ra1 Nc2 34. Rxa6
d4 35. Ncxb5 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Ng4 37. Nf5 d3 38. Rd6 Rxf5 39. Rxd7 Nce3+ 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bronstein David I"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Rhf1
h5 15. Rf3 Qc5 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Re3 Qa5 18. Bf3 O-O-O 19. Qd3 Rd7 20. h4 Kb8 21.
a3 Bd8 22. Ka2 Qc5 23. Re2 a5 24. a4 Bb6 25. b3 Rc8 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Rh8
28. Kb3 Rdd8 29. Rd3 Bg1 30. Red2 Kc7 31. Ne2 Bf2 32. Rd1 Bc5 33. Ng3 Rdg8 34.
Ne2 Rh7 35. f5 e5 36. Nc3 Bd4 37. Rxd4 exd4 38. Rxd4 Rhg7 39. Ne2 Rxg2 40. Bxg2
Rxg2 41. Nf4 Rg3+ 42. Kb2 Rg4 43. Nxh5 Rxh4 44. Nxf6 Kb6 45. Rxd6 Kc5 46. e5
Rd4 47. Rxd4 Kxd4 48. Ng4 Bxa4 49. e6 fxe6 50. f6 Be8 51. Kb3 e5 52. c3+ Ke4
53. Nh6 Kf4 54. f7 Bxf7 55. Nxf7 e4 56. Nd8 e3 57. Kc2 Kg3 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bronstein David I"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Ba3 b6
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e3 Rac8 14. Rc1 c5 15.
Qe2 Nf6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Ne4 21.
Ne5 Nf6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qa6 Kg7 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. a4 Ne8 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Qc3 Ne4
28. Qd3 cxd4 29. exd4 a5 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. Qe2 f4 32. gxf4 Nh5 33. Rxc7+ Rxc7 34.
Rxc7+ Qxc7 35. Qg4 Nf6 36. Qe6 Nh5 37. Qd7+ Qxd7 38. Nxd7 Nxf4+ 39. Kf3 Nd3 40.
Nxb6 Nb4 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Ne5 Ke6 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. f3 g5 46. Kd2 h5
47. Nd3 Na6 48. Nc5 Nb4 49. Nd3 Na6 50. h3 Nc7 51. Ke3 Na6 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Kd2
Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. b4 axb4+ 56. Nxb4 Nc7 57. a5 Nb5+ 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Ke3 Na7
60. a6 Nb5 61. Nc6 Nc7 62. Nb4 Kf5 63. a7 Ke6 64. Kf2 h4 65. f4 gxf4 66. Kf3
1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bronstein David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 Bf8 12. Rc1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Nb5 Re7
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qg4+ Bg7 18. Rfd1 Qf8 19. Nd4 Bc8 20. Qh4 f5 21.
Nc6 Re8 22. Bh3 Bh6 23. Rc2 e3 24. fxe3 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Be6 26. Bg2 a5 27. Bf3
Kh8 28. Nd4 Rad8 29. Rxc7 Bd5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Rc2 Re4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 33. Qxe4
fxe4 34. Nf5 Qb4 35. Rxe3 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 38. Kh3 Qf2 39. Kg4
f6 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bronstein David I"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O-O
Qe7 9. f3 dxc4 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 b5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. f4 Na6 14. Be2 c5 15.
Bf3 Rb8 16. Bc3 Nb4 17. dxc5 Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nxc3+ 19. Qxc3 Qxc5 20. Rhe1 h6 21.
Re5 Qc7 22. g4 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. g5 Nd5 25. Rdxd5 exd5 26. Qd4 c3 27. b3
Qd7 28. Nf2 c2+ 29. Kc1 hxg5 30. Rxg5 Qe6 31. Re5 Qd6 32. Kxc2 Rc7+ 33. Kd2 Qc5
34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Nd3 Rc6 36. Rxd5 a6 37. h4 Rh6 38. h5 Rhf6 39. b4 Rf5 40. Rd6
R8f6 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bronstein David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Nxf1 exd5 10. Ng3 Qd7 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. O-O g6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Nce2 h5
15. Rfc1 h4 16. Nf1 Ne4 17. Nf4 a5 18. Rc2 Bd8 19. Be1 Ne7 20. Qe2 Nd6 21. f3
g5 22. Nd3 Qe6 23. a4 Ng6 24. h3 f5 25. Bc3 Bf6 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Qd1 Rf7 28. b3
Rfe7 29. Bb2 f4 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Nf7 32. exf4 Nxf4 33. Nh2 c5 34. Ng4 d4
35. Nf6+ Qxf6 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bronstein David I"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Nb4 11. Nc3 N8c6 12. a3 Nd3 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Ndxe5 16. Qe4 Qd3 17. Qa4 Qc4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bd5 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 e6 21.
Ba2 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nfd4 23. g4 h6 24. Rd2 Kh7 25. f4 f5 26. Nc3 e5 27. fxe5 Bxe5
28. Nd5 fxg4 29. hxg4 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 Rf8+ 31. Rf2 Rxf2+ 32. Bxf2 a6 33. Kg2 Kg7
34. Bc4 Ne6 35. b4 Bb2 36. a4 Ne5 37. Be2 Bd4 38. Bg3 a5 39. bxa5 Nxc5 40. Nc7
Nc6 41. a6 bxa6 42. Nxa6 Ne4 43. Bc7 Nc3 44. Bf3 Ne5 45. a5 h5 46. g5 Nc4 47.
Nb4 Nb5 48. Bd8 Kf8 49. Nc6 Bc5 50. Be2 Ne3+ 51. Kf3 Nd4+ 52. Nxd4 Bxd4 53. Bd3
Ng4 54. Bxg6 Ne5+ 55. Ke4 Nc6 56. Bb6 Bxb6 57. axb6 h4 58. Bf5 Ke7 59. Kf4 Kd6
60. Be4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Bronstein David I"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Nh5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nh2 Kh8 12. Re1 a6 13. a3 Rb8 14. Bf1 Nhf6 15. Qd2
b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rad1 Nb6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Be6 20. Nf3 Bb3 21. Rd2
Nfd7 22. Qe3 Bc4 23. Bg2 f6 24. Rc2 Bb3 25. Rce2 Nc4 26. Qd3 Na5 27. Rd2 Nb6
28. Qb1 Nbc4 29. Rde2 b4 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. h4 Nb6 32. Na2 Bxa2 33. Qxa2 Nbc4
34. h5 Rfb8 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Qb1 Kg7 37. dxe5 fxe5 38. Qc1 Nxb2 39. Qc3 Na4
40. Qc1 Rc4 41. Qg5 Qxg5 42. Nxg5 Nb3 43. f4 Nd4 44. Ra2 Rb2 45. Rxb2 Nxb2 46.
Kh2 Nd3 47. Re3 Rc3 48. Bf1 Rc2+ 49. Kh3 Nf2+ 50. Kh4 Rc1 51. Bg2 Rg1 52. Bh3
Rh1 53. fxe5 dxe5 54. Ra3 Kf6 55. Nh7+ Ke7 56. Ng5 Kd6 57. Nf7+ Ke7 58. Kg5
Kxf7 59. Ra7+ Ke8 60. Bd7+ Kd8 61. Kxg6 Nxe4 62. g4 Rf1 63. Bf5 Nxf5 64. gxf5
Ke8 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Bronstein David I"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Nge2 c6 8. b3 Ne4
9. O-O Nd7 10. Bb2 Ndf6 11. Qd3 g5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 g4 15.
fxg4 Nxg4 16. Bh3 Nh6 17. Nf4 Bd6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Qe7 20. Rab1 b5 21. Bg2 Ng4
22. Bd2 Nf6 23. Rb2 Bd7 24. Ra1 Ne4 25. Be1 Rfe8 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. Rba2 Qf8 28.
Nd3 Rab8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra7 Re7 31. Ne5 Be8 32. g4 fxg4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34.
Bh4 Rxe5 35. dxe5 Bxe5 36. Rf1 Qg8 37. Bg3 Bg7 38. Qxg8+ 1-0
[Event "Ch URS (match), 20 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Taimanov Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. g4 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Qd7 13. f4 Nd8 14. Bd3 Nf7 15.
b4 a5 16. b5 Nd6 17. Qf3 a4 18. Ra2 c6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc2 Qd7 21. g5 Nfe8
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. g6 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. g7 Re8
28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rg2 Nf7 31. Rf3 Ra5 32. Qh4 e5 33. Rh3 Qxh3 34.
Qxh3 exf4 35. exf4 Bb6 36. Bb2 Rb5 37. Kf1 1-0
[Event "Ch URS (match), 20 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Bc1 c4 12. g4 Nb6 13. h3 Re8 14. Bg2 Bb4
15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be1 f6 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Rc1
Ba4 22. Qe2 Bb5 23. Bc3 Na4 24. g5 Bd7 25. gxf6 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Bd3 27. Qd1 Nxc3
28. bxc3 gxf6 29. Ne1 Be4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Rc2 Kh8 32. Ng2 Rg8 33. Nf4 Qd7 34.
f3 Ng5 35. Rb2 b5 36. Re1 Rae8 37. h4 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. e4 Rge8 40. Rbe2 b4
41. Qd2 Qe7 42. e5 bxc3 43. Qxc3 Qb4 44. Qb2 fxe5 45. Qxb4 axb4 46. Rxe5 Rxe5
47. Rxe5 Rxe5 48. dxe5 d4 49. e6 Kg7 50. f4 Kf6 51. f5 d3 52. Kb2 h5 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 20 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Geller Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Qc2 a6 10. O-O Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15.
Rab1 Rb4 16. a3 Rb8 17. Nd1 Qc7 18. Ne3 Rb7 19. Bc3 Rfb8 20. h3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 22. Nxb1 Qb6 23. Nd2 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Kh2 Ne8 26. f4 Nf6 27. e5 Ne8
28. Qc3 f6 29. e6 Ba4 30. Be4 Ng7 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. Be2 Ng7 33. h4 Ne8 34. Bd3
Ng7 35. f5 Nb3 36. Qb2 Qa5 37. Nxb3 Qe1 38. Ng2 Qd1 39. Nc1 gxf5 40. Be2 Qd4
41. Qxd4 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 20 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Keres Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. f3 Be7 14. Rbe1 Nd7
15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Qb6 20. e4 dxe4 21.
fxe4 Rd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nf8 24. Nd6 Qc7 25. Be4 Ne6 26. Qh4 g6 27. Bxd5
cxd5 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Rc3 Rf8 30. Nf5 Rfe8 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Qf6 Ng7 33. Rcf3 Rc8
34. Nxf7 Re6 35. Qg5 Nf5 36. Nh6 Qg7 37. g4 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 20 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. Rac1 Be8 13. Rfd1 Qd8 14. Bb1 a6 15.
Ne5 b5 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qe1 Rac8 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Nc1 Nd6 21. Nd3
Nc4 22. Qe2 f6 23. Bg3 Bg6 24. f3 Qb6 25. Bf2 Bxd3 26. Bxd3 Qc7 27. e4 Nb6 28.
g3 dxe4 29. fxe4 e5 30. d5 Rc1 31. Kg2 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Na4 33. b3 Nc5 34. Qc2 Bd6
35. Be2 Kf8 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Qa5 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Bxa6 Ke7 40. Be2 Kd6 41.
h4 Qe1 42. Bf3 Qb4 43. Kh3 g6 44. Bg2 h5 45. Kh2 Ke7 46. Qd1 Qa3 47. Bf3 Bd6
48. Kg2 Qa2+ 49. Kh3 Qa3 50. Bg2 f5 51. Kh2 f4 52. Qf3 Qxf3 53. Bxf3 fxg3+ 54.
Kxg3 Bb4 55. Kf2 Kd6 56. Be2 Ba5 57. Bb5 Bd8 58. Kg3 Ke7 59. Bc6 Bc7 60. Bb7
Kd7 61. Ba6 Bd8 62. Bb5+ Ke7 63. Bf1 Ba5 64. Kf2 Kd6 65. Bh3 Bd8 66. Kg3 Kc5
67. Bd7 Kd4 68. Kf3 Bxh4 69. a5 Kc5 70. Be8 Bd8 71. a6 Kb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 20 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Taimanov Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 Na5 10. O-O c6 11. Na4 b6 12. Nac3 Ba6 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qc2 Bd6 15.
b4 Nb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Re8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nc3 Bc4 23. Qd2 Nb5 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. a4 Rxe4 26. axb5 Re2 27. Qf4
Bxb5 28. Bf3 Re7 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rbc1 Red7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxd5
Qf6 34. Rc7 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Be8 36. Bc4 Kf8 37. b5 Rd4 38. Kg2 Rxf4 39. Kg3 Rf5
40. Rxa7 Bxb5 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Bd7 43. Rb7 b5 44. Bd3 Rc5 45. Bxh7 g6 46.
Bg8 Rd5 47. h5 Rg5+ 48. Kf4 Rxh5 49. Ke4 Rf5 50. f4 Kd6 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 20 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein David I"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. g3 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5
15. c4 Qf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. a4 Be2 21.
Qc3 Nd7 22. a5 Nf6 23. Ba4 Re6 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Qa3 g5 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kottnauer Ch"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. d5 Ne8 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rc1 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 f5 15. Bg5
Bf6 16. Bh6 Bh4 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Kd1 Rf7 19. Bd3 Nf8 20. Kc2 Ng7 21. Ra1 Bd7
22. Kb2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ng6 24. Qc2 Qc8 25. Nge2 Bf6 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. Ra3 Ne7 28.
Kb3 c6 29. Ng3 Rf8 30. Nge2 b5 31. Qa2 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Nxe4 Be5 34. Kc2
bxc4 35. Bxc4 cxd5 36. Bxd5+ Nxd5 37. Qxd5+ Be6 38. Qa5 Qb7 39. N4c3 Qxg2 40.
Kd2 Qxh2 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sliwa Bogdan"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. O-O Bc6 13. Rbe1 Qd7 14. b3 b6 15. Rb1
Rd8 16. Rbe1 Kf8 17. Nf4 Kg8 18. Nce2 Kh7 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. b4 Ra8 21. b5 Bb7
22. a4 Rhe8 23. Bh3 Ng8 24. Nc1 Qd8 25. Nb3 h5 26. Qd1 Nh6 27. Ne2 e5 28. f4
Bc8 29. f5 Ng4 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. fxg6+ fxg6 32. Kg2 Ra7 33. Ng1 Bh6 34. Na1 Rh8
35. Nc2 Kg8 36. Rf2 Rah7 37. Qe2 Bg5 38. Kh1 Bf4 39. Rg2 Bg5 40. Rf1 Be6 41.
Rff2 Kg7 42. Qe1 Rh5 43. Qe2 Qe7 44. Rf1 Kg8 45. Rff2 Qg7 46. Rf1 Qh6 47. Rff2
Rh7 48. Rf1 Bd7 49. Rff2 Bc8 50. Rf1 Be7 51. Rff2 Rf5 52. Rf1 Rxf1 53. Qxf1 Rf7
54. Qe1 Qf8 55. Re2 Rf1 56. Qd2 Qf3+ 57. Rg2 Rd1 58. Qh6 Qf6 59. Rd2 Bf8 60.
Qxf8+ Qxf8 61. Rxd1 Qf2 62. Ne1 Qb2 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7
9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bd3 Bb8 11. Nbxd4 a6 12. Be3 Ba7 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+
15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. c3 Rc8 18. Qe1 h6 19. a4 a5 20. Nb3 Qc7 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. Qf2 O-O 23. Nb3 Bd7 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Rc7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. bxa5
Ra8 28. a6 bxa6 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd4 31. Be2 Nd5 32. g3 Nc3 33. Bf3 Rb8 34.
Ra3 Nb1 35. Ra2 Nd2 36. Rf2 Nc4 37. h4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. fxg5 Nxe5 40. Be2
Rb1+ 41. Kg2 a5 42. Rc2 Rb3 43. Rf4 Rd5 44. Re4 Kg7 45. Bh5 Ng6 46. Rg4 Re3 47.
Bxg6 Kxg6 48. Rf2 Rf5 49. Rxf5 exf5 50. Rc4 Re4 51. Rc7 Rxa4 52. Ra7 Ra3 53.
Kh3 f4 54. Kh4 fxg3 55. Ra6+ Kf5 56. Rf6+ Ke4 57. Kh3 Rf3 58. Ra6 Rf5 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. g4 c6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxf4
15. Bxf4 O-O 16. h5 Re8 17. Nd6 Re6 18. d5 Rxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxg5 20. Qf3 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 cxd5 22. Rc1 Na6 23. b4 h6 24. Rh3 Kh7 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. b5 Nc5 27. Bxc5
bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb8 29. a4 Rb7 30. Rdc3 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nd2 Ngf6 11. Ne4 c5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d5 e5 14. a5 Bd6
15. e4 O-O 16. Be3 c4 17. Qxc4 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Qg6 19. Kf1 f5 20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Rg2
Nc5 22. Qd1 Qh4 23. Kg1 f4 24. Bd2 Rab8 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Bc4 Rf6 27. Qg1 Bf8 28.
Rg4 Qh5 29. Qg2 Qf7 30. b3 Kh8 31. Rg1 Rd6 32. Bc1 Nd7 33. Bb2 Re8 34. Qf1 Qh5
35. Qg2 Qh6 36. Rg5 g6 37. Qf1 Bg7 38. Bc1 Bf6 39. R5g4 Be7 40. Bd2 Nf6 41.
R4g2 Rd7 42. Bxa6 Ra7 43. Bb5 Rg8 44. a6 g5 45. Qd3 Bd6 46. Qe2 Rag7 47. Qd1
Qh4 48. Be2 g4 49. Be1 h5 50. fxg4 hxg4 51. Bxg4 Rxg4 52. f3 Rxg2 53. Bxh4
Rxg1+ 54. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 55. Kxg1 Ne8 56. a7 Nc7 57. Kf1 Kg7 58. Ke2 Kf7 59. Bf2
Ke8 60. Kd3 Kd7 61. Kc4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Rg6 10. Qe3 Nc6 11. dxc5 Ng4 12. Qxe4 Qd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 14. Ke1
Nxe4 15. Nf4 Rg8 16. Bd3 Nxc5 17. Bxh7 Rh8 18. Bd3 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bd7 20. Be3
O-O-O 21. Kf2 e5 22. Ne2 Bg4 23. h3 Bh5 24. d4 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 exd4 26. cxd4
Nxd4+ 27. Kf2 b6 28. Rhd1 Ne6 29. Rac1+ Kb7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. h4 Rh8 32. g3 b5
33. Kf3 a5 34. Ke4 Re8 35. Kf3 Rh8 36. Rc3 f5 37. Rd3 Kc6 38. Bd2 Ra8 39. Bc3
Kc5 40. Bf6 b4 41. h5 Ra7 42. Re3 Kd6 43. Be5+ Kd5 44. Bb2 Kd6 45. Rd3+ Kc5 46.
Rd2 Rh7 47. Rh2 Kd6 48. a4 Ke7 49. g4 f4 50. Rd2 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nf8 12. Qd3 Qxa5 13. h4 Bd7 14. Bg5 Rc8
15. Nd4 Nf5 16. Rb1 Rc4 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Rxb7 Re4+ 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Rb8+ Bc8
21. Bb5+ Qxb5 22. Rxb5 Ne6 23. Bf6 Rxg2 24. h5 Ba6 25. h6 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. f4 Ngf6 11. Bf3 Ra7 12. Bc6 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nc4 a5 15.
Ne5 Nb8 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Bb5 Qh4 20. Rc1 Kh8 21. Be2 Bxe5
22. dxe5 N8d7 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Bd2 Nxe5 25. Qe3 Ng4 26. Qg3 Qxg3 27. fxg3 Nf2
28. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 29. Ke3 Rxb2 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 c5 32. Rd1 Ra8 33. Rd6 Rb8
34. Kd2 c4 35. Kc2 g6 36. Rc6 c3 37. Kb3 Rc8 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. e5 dxe5
15. Rxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bd6 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nd2 Be5 19. Nb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 c4
21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Rd8 g5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Bg3 a5 25. f3 f5 26. Be5 Kf7 27. f4
Nd6 28. Na6 Ne8 29. Kf2 Be4 30. g3 Kg6 31. Ke3 Kh5 32. Kd4 Kg4 33. Kxc4 Kh3 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. Nxc7 Nxc7 36. Bxc7 Kxh2 37. Kb5 Kh3 38. c4 Kg4 39. c5 f4 40. gxf4
gxf4 41. Bxa5 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. f3 Bg6 11. e4 e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qe2 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 g5 18. g3 Rad8 19. Ba2 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Nf8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qc6 27. f5
Nc5 28. Qg5 Rd7 29. Rg1 f6 30. exf6 Ne4 31. f7+ Rxf7 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Bxd5 Nf2+
34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 37. Bf3 Rf4 38. Rg4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 b6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Bb7 8. f4 f5
9. g4 fxg4 10. f5 Qd7 11. Nf4 gxf5 12. exf5 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15.
Qe2 Nf6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 c4 19. Be3 Nf3 20. Bd4 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Rc8 22. Rf2 cxd3 23. cxd3 Kf7 24. Re1 Rhd8 25. Ne6 Rd7 26. Ree2 Rb7 27.
Kg3 Rg8 28. Kh4 h6 29. Rg2 Rbb8 30. Rc2 Rbc8 31. a4 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Nd5 33. Rf2
Kf6 34. Kg3 h5 35. Kh4 Ne3 36. d5 Nxf5+ 37. Kxh5 a6 38. Rb2 Ne3 39. Rf2+ Nf5
40. Rb2 b5 41. axb5 axb5 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. h3 exd4 12. Na4 Qa6 13. hxg4 b5 14. Nxd4 bxa4 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. e5 Qxc4 17. Bxa8 Nxe5 18. Rc1 Qb4 19. a3 Qxb2 20. Qxa4 Bb7 21.
Rb1 Nf3+ 22. Kh1 Bxa8 23. Rxb2 Nxg5+ 24. Kh2 Nf3+ 25. Kh3 Bxb2 26. Qxa7 Be4 27.
a4 Kg7 28. Rd1 Be5 29. Qe7 Rc8 30. a5 Rc2 31. Kg2 Nd4+ 32. Kf1 Bf3 33. Rb1 Nc6
0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. c3
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Nf5 15.
Bf2 h5 16. Rae1 Qd8 17. Kh2 Bh6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Be4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxh4 21. Be3
Nf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qg2 Qg4 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Re5 26. Ree1 Rfe8 27. Bf2
h4 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. d4 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rg5+ 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. Be3 cxd4 33. cxd4
Kh7 34. Rf2 g5 35. Ne2 Rxf2+ 36. Bxf2 f5 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Ba3 Rb8 10. O-O a6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxc5 b6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Bd4 Re8 16. e4 Bb7 17. f4 Neg4 18. h3 c5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Nd7 22. Rad1 Nf8 23. Rd6 Ne6 24. Ne4 Red8 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8
Nxd8 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nd5 b5 30. Nc7 g5 31. Kf3 gxf4 32. gxf4 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4
34. Nxa6 f6 35. Nc7 fxe5 36. fxe5 Kg6 37. Ke4 Kg5 38. a4 Kh4 39. a5 Nc6 40. a6
Kxh3 41. Nb5 c3 42. Nbxc3 Kg4 43. Nd4 Na7 44. Nd5 h5 45. Nf6+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Ba3 h5 10. h3 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Nh7 13. O-O h4 14. Bc1 c6 15. Be3
hxg3 16. fxg3 Qe7 17. Qd2 b5 18. Rad1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Qb4 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Kh2 Nc5
22. Nb1 a5 23. Qc2 Be6 24. Rfd1 Reb8 25. Bf1 a4 26. Bd2 Qb6 27. Be3 a3 28. Nec3
Qa5 29. Qf2 Be7 30. Rc2 Nf6 31. Nd2 Rb2 32. Rdc1 Rd8 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Qe2 Qb4
35. Nb3 Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Ne8 37. Nb1 Nd6 38. N1d2 Nb7 39. h4 Nc5 40. Nxc5 Qxc5 41.
Nb3 Qd6 42. Rd2 Qb4 43. Rc2 f6 44. Bh3 Bf7 45. Bg4 Kg7 46. Kg2 Qd6 47. Rd2 Qb8
48. Rc2 Bb4 49. h5 Qd6 50. hxg6 Bxg6 51. Bh5 Qd3 52. Bxg6 Qxe2+ 53. Rxe2 Kxg6
54. Rf2 Kf7 55. Rf1 Ke6 56. Rf3 Be7 57. Rf1 Bb4 58. Rf3 Ke7 59. Rf1 Kf7 60. Rf3
Kg6 61. Rf2 Rd6 62. Rf5 Bd2 63. Rf3 Bg5 64. c5 Rd7 65. Rc3 f5 66. Kf3 Kf6 67.
exf5 Kxf5 68. g4+ Ke6 69. Ke2 e4 70. Rc4 Ke5 71. Ra4 Rh7 72. Rxa3 Rh2+ 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Ngf3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
d6 9. a4 f5 10. Qb3 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Re1 f4 13. Nf1 Bg4 14. gxf4 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Kh8 16. Bd2 Bh6 17. Re6 Bxf4 18. Rae1 Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Nf5 20. Bg2 Nh4 21.
Qxd5 Nxg2 22. Qxg2 Qxd3 23. Ne4 Rf5 24. Nd6 Rf3 25. Nxb7 Raf8 26. Nxc5 Qf5 27.
Re8 Kg8 28. Rxf8+ 1-0
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Najdorf Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. e3
Bf5 9. b3 Qc8 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. d5 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Nd8
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 17. f4 e6 18. e4 exd5 19. cxd5 Nf7 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Rce3 Qd7 22. Qf3 Rad8 23. a4 b6 24. exf5 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxf5 26. g4 Qc2 27. Re2
Rf8 28. Ne4 Qd1 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. g5 Rc8 31. Re3 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 h6 33. h4 hxg5
34. hxg5 a6 35. Re7 Rb8 36. Ra7 b5 37. Rxa6 bxa4 38. bxa4 Rc8 39. a5 Kf8 40.
Rc6 Ra8 41. a6 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh Yuri L"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Ncd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bh4 Bb4
21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Bc2 Be7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. b3 g6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 e5 28. Ne1 e4 29. Nc2 Qd6 30. Ne3 Qd4 31. Nd5 Bg5 32. g3 f5 33. h4 Bd8 34.
Bc2 Kf7 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Ke6 37. Nf4+ Kf6 38. Kf1 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40.
Nd5+ Ke5 41. a3 Kd4 42. Be2 Bc8 43. Kg2 Bd7 44. Kf1 Be8 45. Kg1 Bf7 46. Kg2 a5
47. Kf1 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Nxf4 Kc3 50. Bd1 Kd2 51. Bg4 Kc2 52. Be6 Bxe6 53.
Nxe6 Be7 54. Nd4+ Kc3 55. Nf5 Bf8 56. Ng3 Kxb3 57. Ke2 Kxa3 58. Nxe4 Kb3 59.
Kd3 a4 60. Nd2+ Kb2 61. c5 b5 62. c6 Bd6 63. Ne4 Bb8 64. Nc3 a3 65. f4 Bxf4 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Furman Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c4 Nfg4
15. Ng5 Ng6 16. Ne4 Nh4 17. Kf1 Qc6 18. Qc3 f6 19. f3 Ne5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Kf2
Qa4 22. Rhc1 Rd7 23. Nf1 Nhg6 24. f4 Nf7 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Nd6 27. Ng3 Rad8
28. Bc1 Nf5 29. Ne4 b6 30. g4 Re7 31. Nc3 Nd6 32. f5 Nxf5 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Rd2
Rde8 35. Nd5 Rf7 36. Bb2 Be4 37. Rad1 Ne5 38. Nc3 Bb7 39. Nb5 Ref8 40. Nd6 Re7
41. Nxb7 Rxb7 42. Bxe5 fxe5+ 43. Kg3 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Geller Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 Re8 13. Bf2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. b3 Nc6 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. Nd3 Nxa2 21.
Nxa2 Rxa2 22. Rfe1 Bd6 23. h3 Rc2 24. Kf1 Rc3 25. b4 b5 26. Re2 Rb3 27. Be1 Nh5
28. g4 Ng3+ 29. Bxg3 Bxg3 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Kf2 Rc8 32. Red2 Rc4 33. Nc1 Rbxb4
34. Rxd5 Rb2+ 35. Ne2 Bb4 36. Kf1 Bc5 37. Nd4 b4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Rc8 Rc3 40.
Ne2 Rxe3 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bd2 Re8 7. e4 Nd4 8. a3
Bc5 9. b4 Bf8 10. Nge2 Nxe2 11. Nxe2 c6 12. O-O d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Be6
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc3 Qe6 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Rfd1 b6
21. g4 Bh6 22. Qf5 Rd4 23. Ne4 Qxf5 24. gxf5 Red8 25. Kf1 Rxd3 26. Ke2 R3d4 27.
Rxd4 Rxd4 28. f3 Bf4 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. h3 b5 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Kg7 33. Nc3
a6 34. Ne4 Be3 35. Kc2 Bd4 36. Nd6 Kh6 37. Ne4 Kh5 38. Nxf6+ Kg5 39. Nxh7+ Kxf5
40. h4 Be3 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Spassky Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. e3 Qc7 8. d3
dxe3 9. Bxe3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. cxb5 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qb5 Qa8 18. d4 Ng4 19. Qe2 f5 20. Bd2 Rb6 21. b3
Ba3 22. Bc1 Bb4 23. Na4 Rc6 24. Bb2 Nf6 25. Rac1 f4 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. f3 h5 28.
Bc1 Bd6 29. gxf4 Nd5 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Qf2 Qa5 33. Kh1 Nxf4
1/2-1/2
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 Bg4 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8.
Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ Qd7 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxf3 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14.
Nf3 Ke7 15. Bd5 Nf6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6+ Kxf6 18. O-O-O Bd6 19. g3 Rhe8 20. Nd2
Bf8 21. Ne4+ Kf5 22. f3 Rad8 23. h4 Nc6 24. h5 Be7 25. Rhe1 Ne5 26. Nf2 g5 27.
hxg6 1-0
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi Viktor"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. c3
Ne8 9. Qe2 Nc7 10. Nb3 b6 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Qc2 e5 15. d4
Qe7 16. d5 Nb8 17. a4 Nd7 18. a5 b5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d6 Qd7 22.
dxc7 Qxc7 23. c4 b4 24. Nd2 Rad8 25. Nb3 Bf6 26. Bf1 Bb7 27. f3 Bg5 28. Qf2 Be7
29. Be2 Kg7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Bc8 33. Qd2 Be6 34. Be2 Bg5
35. Qd3 f5 36. Kf2 f4 37. g4 h5 38. h3 Be7 39. Ke1 Bh4+ 40. Kf1 Qe7 41. Qd1 Qc7
42. Qd2 Be7 43. Kg2 Qc6 44. Nc1 Qc7 45. Nb3 Bf7 46. Bf1 Kf8 47. Be2 Qc6 48. Nc1
Qc7 49. Nb3 Ke8 50. Qd1 Be6 51. Kf1 Bd8 52. Kg2 Be7 53. Kf1 Kf7 54. Kg2 Kf6 55.
Qe1 Qd7 56. Qf2 Qd6 57. Bf1 Qc7 58. Qd2 Qc6 59. Qf2 Bf7 60. Qh4+ Ke6 61. Qf2
Kd6 62. Be2 Kc7 63. Bf1 Kb8 64. Qd2 Kc8 65. Qf2 Qa4 66. Nxc5 Qxa5 67. Nd3 Bxc4
68. Qc2 Qc7 69. Qa4 hxg4 70. hxg4 a5 71. Qe8+ Kb7 72. Qxg6 Bd6 73. Nc5+ Qxc5
74. Bxc4 Qxc4 75. Qxd6 Qe2+ 76. Kg1 Qe1+ 0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc2 Bc5 18. Na4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bf5 20. Bb4 Qd7 21.
Rc3 Ne4 22. Rcc1 b6 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Be4 26. Qd2 Qg4 27. h3
Qg6 28. Qf2 h5 29. Kh2 a5 30. Ba3 b5 31. Bc5 b4 32. Rcc1 Rdc8 33. Bd4 Bc2 34.
Rd2 Be4 35. Rdd1 Qf5 36. Qe2 Qg6 37. Qf2 a4 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. bxa4 Qe8 40. Rd2
Qxa4 41. Qh4 Rc2 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43. Qg3 Qxa2 44. Bxf6 Qxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Bxg2 46.
Bd4 Be4 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. h4 g6 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kf5 51. Kd2 Kg4 52. Bf6 Kg3
53. Be7 Kh3 54. Bf6 Kg4 55. Be7 Bf5 56. Bf6 Kf3 57. Be7 b3 58. Kc3 Be6 59. Bc5
g5 60. fxg5 d4+ 61. exd4 Kg3 62. Ba3 Kxh4 63. Kd3 Kxg5 64. Ke4 h4 65. Kf3 Bd5+
0-1
[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a4
Ne8 9. Nc4 e5 10. c3 f5 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. Ne3 Nxb4 15.
Rb1 a5 16. Ba3 Nc7 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Bh6 19. Rb6 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Bc4 21.
Rxd6 Qe8 22. Re1 Rf7 23. Ng5 Re7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qxa4 26. Rd8+ Re8 27.
Qf3 Qc4 28. Rd7 1-0
[Event "Match URS-USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky Samuel H"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Bd6
15. Qc6+ Ke7 16. Bd2 b4 17. Qxd6+ Kxd6 18. Nc4+ Kd7 19. Nxa5 Rxa5 20. Rhc1 Ba6
21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc4 Nd5 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. Kd3 h5 25. Kc4 b3 26. a4 Rc6+ 27.
Kd3 Rc2 28. Rb1 Rbc8 29. a5 R8c6 30. Ke2 Rd6 31. Ke1 Nc7 32. Rxd6+ Kxd6 33. Bc3
f6 34. Ra1 Na6 35. Ra3 Kc7 36. Rxb3 Nc5 37. Rb5 Na4 38. Bd4 e5 39. Kd1 Rc4 40.
Be3 Kc6 41. Rb8 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Szabo Laslo"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. d3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 a6 8. a4 a5
9. Be3 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. b3 h5 12. h4 Bh3 13. d4 O-O 14. Ra2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 d5
16. dxe5 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxe5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Rd2 Bxc3 20. Rxd7 Bb4 21. c5 Rfe8
22. Rfd1 f5 23. Rxb7 fxe4 24. Rd6 Kf7 25. Nf4 Reb8 26. Rbd7 Ke8 27. Ne6 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Uhlmann Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Rb8 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b5 11. h4 Ba6 12. N1h2 b4 13. Bf4 Bb5 14. Bh3 c4 15. d4
Qb6 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. f4 Nd8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Nde6 21. Qf3 Nxg5
22. hxg5 Rd8 23. Ng4 Ng6 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Rh1 Qe6 27. Rh5 Rb6 28.
Rah1 Nf8 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. exf6 Qe4 32. Qxe4 dxe4 33. Rg5+ Ng6
34. Rc5 Rxf6 35. Rc8+ Nf8 36. Rh4 Kg7 37. Rxe4 Ra6 38. Rxc4 Rb7 39. d5 Rxa2 40.
Rxb4 Rxb2 41. Bd4+ 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 h5 11. Kb1 Bd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Nb3 O-O-O 14. Rhf1
Na5 15. Rf3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Kb8 17. Na4 Qa7 18. f5 Be7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf6 Rh7
21. Rg6 b5 22. Nc3 Qc5 23. Na2 Ka7 24. Nb4 Rf8 25. Bf3 h4 26. h3 Bc8 27. Nd3
Qc7 28. Nf4 Rf6 29. Bg4 Rxg6 30. Nxg6 Bb7 31. Bxe6 Bd8 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5
Rf7 34. e5 1-0
[Event "Memorial A.Alekhine"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Najdorf Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Bc3 Na6 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. Rxa6 Bd3 16. Ra5 Bc4 17. Kd2 a6 18. Rc5 Rfd8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Rd7
21. Rb1 Re8 22. b3 Bb5 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Bd4 Re6 25. f3 Re8 26. h5 f6 27. Rgc1
Kg8 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ra8 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. Rd7 Bc2 33. Rxd5 Bxb3
34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Bd4 Be8 37. Rc5 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rd8 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Bc3
Rd8 41. e4 Rd3 42. Ke2 Bb5 43. Rxb5 Rxc3 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kf7
47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kf2 Rb3 49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52. Kg3 a5 53.
b5 a4 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. b6 Kg8 56. Kf5 Rb5+ 57. Ke6 a3 58. f4 a2 59. Ra7 Rxb6+
60. Kf5 Rb7 61. Rxa2 Kf7 62. Ra5 Rc7 63. Rd5 Ra7 64. e5 fxe5 65. fxe5 Ke7 66.
e6 Ra4 67. g5 hxg5 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Rf7+ Kg8 70. Kg6 g4 71. h6 gxh6 72. e7 Ra8
73. Rf6 1-0
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Gligoric Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. h4 d6 7. d3 Rb8 8. h5 Bd7
9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qc1 Bg7 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 e6
15. Ng5 Ke7 16. Kd2 Be8 17. Qg7 Kd7 18. f4 Qe7 19. Rh1 Nd8 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Rh8
Bc6 22. Nf6 Kb6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Rh7 Nd8 25. Qxg6 Ka6 26. a4 Ka5 27. Qg5 Kxa4
28. Rh1 Kb3 29. Qh4 Kb2 30. g4 1-0
[Event "Olympiad, Final"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Padevsky Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bb2 b6 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe7 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. h4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Qb2+ f6 23. Nxf6 Kf7 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Nxh7 Ne6 26. Qe5 b5 27.
Ng5+ Nxg5 28. hxg5 Qa8+ 29. e4 Qc6 30. Kf3 c4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qd5+ 1-0
[Event "Olympiad, Final"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Gligoric Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. h4 d6 7. d3 Rb8 8. h5 Bd7
9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qc1 Bg7 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 e6
15. Ng5 Ke7 16. Kd2 Be8 17. Qg7 Kd7 18. f4 Qe7 19. Rh1 Nd8 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Rh8
Bc6 22. Nf6 Kb6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Rh7 Nd8 25. Qxg6 Ka6 26. a4 Ka5 27. Qg5 Kxa4
28. Rh1 Kb3 29. Qh4 Kb2 30. g4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. a3
Bd7 9. h3 Ne8 10. d3 Nc7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15.
d4 Qc8 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Kh2 Rd8 18. Qc1 Nd4 19. Nc3 Rb7 20. f4 Bc6 21. Rf2 a5
22. Qf1 Nb5 23. e5 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxg2 25. Rxg2 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qc6 27. Rd2 Rxd2+
28. Bxd2 c4 29. Be3 f6 30. Bd4 Kf7 31. Qd1 a4 32. Qe2 Qd5 33. Kg1 Bf8 34. f5
fxe5 35. fxg6+ hxg6 36. Bxe5 e6 37. Qf2+ Ke8 38. Qf6 Bxa3 39. Qxg6+ Kd7 40.
Qh7+ Be7 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qf2 Qc7 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qg3 g6
15. Kb1 O-O-O 16. Qf2 Kb7 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nc1 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rhe1 f5 21.
Nb3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bd6 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Qb6 25. Qe2 Ka7 26. Rc1 Bb7 27. Red1
e4 28. Bd5 Bf4 29. Bxb7 Bxc1 30. Bd5 Be3 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Qc4 Rh7 33. Qxe4
Rhd7 34. Rd3 Bg5 35. Qf3 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Qg1+ 37. Kc2 Rc8+ 38. Kd3 Qb1+ 39. Kd4
Qxb2+ 40. Ke4 Re8+ 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nc6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. h4 f4 14. Bh3 Rf6 15. Qe2 Bh6
16. Bd2 Nc5 17. b4 f3 18. Qf1 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Na6 20. a3 c6 21. Qd3 Nc7 22. Rab1
Rb8 23. Rhc1 a5 24. b5 c5 25. b6 Ne8 26. Re1 Ng7 27. Re3 Qf8 28. Rb5 Ra8 29.
Na4 Qf7 30. Qc3 h5 31. Rxa5 Rb8 32. Nb2 Kh7 33. Qb3 Ng8 34. Nd3 Nh6 35. Re1 Ng4
36. Qa4 Qe7 37. Kc2 Rff8 38. Ra7 Ne8 39. Bxg4 hxg4 40. Qb5 Nf6 41. a4 Kg8 42.
Qa5 Qd8 43. Nb2 Nd7 44. Nd1 Nf6 45. Qb5 Qe7 46. a5 Qh7 47. Kd3 Rf7 48. Qb2 Nh5
49. Rg1 g5 50. hxg5 Rbf8 51. Qd2 Rf4 52. Nc3 Nxg3 53. Rxg3 Qh2 54. Qe1 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nb6 12. Qc5 f5 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. e5
Qxc5+ 15. dxc5 Nc4 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Bg2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nb4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. c6
Kf7 21. Nd4 e6 22. Nb5 Nd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Nxc7 Rdc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxd5
Rxc6+ 27. Kd2 Ke6 28. Nc3 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Bg1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5
15. Bg1 exf4 16. Nd5 Ne3 17. Bxe3 fxe3 18. Qxe3 Be6 19. Qa7 Bxd5 20. exd5 Be7
21. Rhe1 Qc7 22. Qxa6 O-O 23. c3 Bf6 24. Bxb5 Ra8 25. Qc6 Qb8 26. Qc4 Rc8 27.
Bc6 Ra7 28. Qb3 Qc7 29. Re4 g6 30. Rf1 Be5 31. h3 Kg7 32. Rb4 Rf8 33. a3 h5 34.
Ka2 Qd8 35. Qc2 f5 36. Qf2 Raf7 37. a4 g5 38. Rb5 g4 39. a5 f4 40. hxg4 hxg4
41. a6 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Nd4 Nxe4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxa7 Bf5
14. f3 Nd6 15. a4 Ra8 16. Bb6 O-O 17. c5 Nc8 18. g4 Be6 19. a5 Nxb6 20. cxb6
Rfb8 21. Bd3 Rxb6 22. axb6 Rxa1+ 23. Kd2 Ra2+ 24. Ke3 Bc8 25. Rd1 Rb2 26. Bc4
Kg7 27. Rd8 Be6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rb8 e5 30. c4 Kf7 31. c5 Ke6 32. Rd8 g5 33.
h3 Rb1 34. Kd2 Rb5 35. Kd3 Rb1 36. Kc4 Rc1+ 37. Kb4 Rb1+ 38. Ka4 Ra1+ 39. Kb4
Rb1+ 40. Ka3 Ra1+ 41. Kb2 Ra5 42. Rd3 Ra8 43. Kb3 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. a4 c5 10. Ba3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. Nb5 Bb7 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Bf3 Ng5 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. f3 a6 17. Nc3 f5 18. O-O Qf6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. d5 Nf7 21. e4 exd5
22. cxd5 Bd7 23. Bb2 Ne5 24. Qe2 f4 25. Nd1 b5 26. Nf2 c4 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qd2
Rac8 29. Rfc1 Re8 30. Bc3 Rc7 31. Kh1 Rb7 32. Ra2 h5 33. Rca1 b4 34. Bxb4 Qb6
35. Bc3 Qe3 36. Nd1 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Nd3 38. Bd4 Reb8 39. Nc3 Rb3 40. h4 R8b7 41.
Ra8+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O e6 12. f4 Bg7 13. Rc1 f6 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. e3
Qd7 16. Qe2 Na5 17. h4 Nc4 18. Bh3 Nd6 19. Kh2 a5 20. Rfe1 b5 21. Nd1 b4 22.
Nf2 Ba6 23. Qd1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qc6 27. Nd3 Qc2+ 28.
Qxc2 Rxc2+ 29. Rf2 Rxf2+ 30. Nxf2 Nc4 31. Nd1 Kf7 32. b3 Nd6 33. Kg2 h5 34. Kh3
Ne4 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 f5+ 37. Kh3 Bf6 38. Ne1 Kg7 39. Nd3 Nc3 40. Nxc3 bxc3
41. Ne1 Kh6 42. Nc2 Be7 43. Kg3 Kh5 44. Kf3 Kxh4 45. Ne1 g5 46. fxg5 Kxg5 47.
Nc2 Bd6 48. Ne1 Kh4 49. Nc2 Kh3 50. Na1 Kh2 51. Kf2 Bg3+ 52. Kf3 Bh4 53. Nc2
Kg1 54. Ke2 Kg2 55. Na1 Be7 56. Nc2 Kg3 57. Ne1 Bd8 58. Nc2 Bf6 59. a3 Be7 60.
b4 a4 61. Ne1 Bg5 62. Nc2 Bf6 63. Kd3 Kf2 64. Na1 Bd8 65. Nc2 Bg5 66. b5 Bd8
67. Nb4 Bb6 68. Nc2 Ba5 69. Nb4 Ke1 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Rg6 10. Qe3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Ne7 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. c4 Bc6
15. Be2 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Rxg4 17. h3 Rg6 18. Nxe4 Nf5 19. Nd6+ Qxd6 20. cxd6 Nxe3
21. Bxe3 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Kd7 23. h4 h5 24. c5 Rag8 25. Rb1 Bf3 26. Rxg6 Rxg6 27.
Kd2 e5 28. Kd3 f6 29. Bd2 Rg2 30. Ke3 Bc6 31. Bc3 Ke6 32. f4 Rxc2 33. Kd3 Rg2
34. fxe5 f5 35. Rb4 Be4+ 36. Kd4 Rg4 37. Be1 a5 38. Rb2 Bd5+ 39. Kd3 Ra4 40.
Ke2 Rxa3 41. Rd2 Bc4+ 42. Kf2 Kd7 43. Rd4 Bb5 44. Bd2 a4 45. Bg5 Rd3 46. Rxd3
Bxd3 47. Bc1 Bb5 48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Kf4 Bd7 50. Bb2 Kd5 51. Ba3 Bc8 52. Bc1 Be6
53. Ba3 Bd7 54. Bc1 Kd4 55. Ba3 Be6 56. Bb4 Bc8 57. Ba3 Be6 58. Bb4 Bd7 59. Ba3
Bc8 60. Bc1 Kd5 61. Ba3 Bd7 62. Bc1 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Wageningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Donner Johann H"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4 e5 15.
Rae1 exf4 16. gxf4 Re8 17. Nd1 Rb7 18. Bc3 Bd7 19. e3 Nh5 20. Nf2 Bg7 21. Bxg7
Nxg7 22. Qc3 f5 23. Bf3 Bc8 24. Nd3 Rf7 25. Rf2 Nb7 26. Rfe2 Ref8 27. Nf1 Qa5
28. Qxa5 Nxa5 29. Rc2 Rb7 30. Nd2 Ne8 31. Rc3 Rb6 32. Ra3 Nb7 33. Rb1 Rxb1+ 34.
Nxb1 Nc7 35. Nd2 Kf7 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. h4 h6 38. Bd1 Bd7 39. Rb3 Na5 40. Rb6 Ra8
41. Nxc5 dxc5 42. d6+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. f3 c6 7. Bd3 b5 8. Qd2 bxc4
9. Bxc4 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Ne2 a5 13. O-O a4 14. Bc4 Nbd7 15.
Rac1 Rb8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Be2 Be6 19. Rfd1 Bg7 20. Bh6 Bxh6 21.
Qxh6 f6 22. Rd2 Bf7 23. h4 Qd7 24. a3 Rfd8 25. Ne4 Qe8 26. Bf1 Bd5 27. Nc5 Qf8
28. Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Na6 Rbc8 30. Nb4 Bb3 31. Rxc6 Rxc6 32. Nxc6 Rd6 33. Na5 Ba2
34. Nb7 Rd5 35. Nc5 e5 36. Ne4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 exd4 38. Nxf6 Ke7 39. Nxh7 Bb1 40.
Ba6 Nd5 41. Kf2 Ne3 42. Be2 Ke6 43. Ng5+ Kd5 44. Ne4 Bxe4 45. fxe4+ Kxe4 46. g4
Kf4 47. h5 gxh5 48. gxh5 Kg5 49. Kf3 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. a3 Nd7 10. Bb1 Na5 11. Ba2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
O-O c6 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 f6 19. a4 Na8 20. Rfb1 f5 21. Qe3 fxe4
22. fxe4 Nc7 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Bb7 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Qd4 e6 27. dxe6 Nxe6 28.
Qg4 Rfe8 29. Nd4 Qg7 30. Rad1 Nc7 31. Qf4 Re5 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Qxc4+ d5 34.
Qxc6 Rd8 35. Qb6 Qe7 36. Qd4 Qd6 37. Rfe1 Rde8 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. b5 Ne6 40. Qa7
d4 41. Ne4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8.
Qg3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bf4 Qb6 11. Rab1 O-O 12. Bc7 Qd4 13. Bf3 e5 14. Bd6 Rfe8
15. Ba3 dxe4 16. dxe4 b5 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. b3 Nc5 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. Be3 Ne6 21. a4
a6 22. b4 Rad8 23. Be2 Qe7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bb6 Ra8 27. f3 Ra3
28. Qe1 Bh6 29. Bf1 Nd4 30. Bc5 Qe6 31. Bd3 Nd7 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Ne2 Be3+ 34.
Kh1 Ne5 35. Qf1 Qd6 36. f4 Nxd3 37. cxd3 Rxd3 38. Qf3 Rd2 39. Rf1 Qxb4 40. e5
Qc4 41. Ng3 Rc2 42. f5 Rc1 43. e6 fxe6 44. fxg6 Rxf1+ 45. Nxf1 hxg6 46. Qf6 b4
47. Kh2 g5 48. Nxe3 dxe3 49. Qxg5+ Kf7 50. Qxe3 b3 51. Qe5 c5 52. Qc7+ Kg6 53.
Qb8 Kf5 54. Qf8+ Ke4 55. Qf6 Qd5 56. Qf3+ Kd4 57. Qd1+ Ke5 58. Qe2+ Kd6 59.
Qa6+ Ke7 60. Qa7+ Kf6 61. Qh7 Qe5+ 62. Kh1 b2 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Ngf6 11. O-O-O e6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. c4 c5 14. Bc3 cxd4
15. Nxd4 a6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Rd7 20. Rc1 Qc5 21.
Nb3 Qf5+ 22. Rc2 Bc7 23. c5 Rd5 24. c6 Bb6 25. Nd2 Qd3 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Qxd3
Rxd3 28. Ne5 Rxc3 29. cxb7+ Kxb7 30. Rxc3 Bxe5 31. Rb3+ Ka7 32. Rc1 Rb8 33.
Rxb8 Kxb8 34. Rc4 Nd5 35. Kc2 h5 36. b4 Kb7 37. Kb3 Bd6 38. a3 Bc7 39. Rc2 Bb6
40. Kc4 Nf4 41. g3 Nh3 42. f3 Ng1 43. f4 Nf3 44. a4 Nd4 45. Rd2 Nf5 46. a5 Be3
47. Rd8 Bf2 48. b5 Kc7 49. Rg8 axb5+ 50. Kxb5 Bxg3 51. a6 Bf2 52. Ka5 g6 53.
Ra8 Be1+ 54. Kb5 Nd6+ 55. Ka4 Nc8 56. Kb5 Bf2 57. Ka5 Ba7 58. Kb5 f6 59. Kb4 e5
60. fxe5 fxe5 61. Kc3 Bb8 62. Kd3 Nb6 63. a7 Nxa8 64. axb8=Q+ Kxb8 65. Ke4 Nb6
66. Kxe5 Nd7+ 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. h4
Qd7 15. a4 a5 16. Nb5 Nc8 17. Bd4 Nd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Kg8 20. Rg1 Qh3 21.
Qe3 c5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qg5 c5 24. Nc6 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Bh7 12. Bc3 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. b4 Qc7 15.
Qb2 Nb6 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Na4 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Rc1
Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 Ne8 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. Bh3 Bg8 25. Ndb3 f6 26. Ba1 Qa7 27. d4 Nd6
28. Qa2 Nc4 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 e5 31. Qb1 d4 32. Qf5 Qc7 33. Nd3 Bf7 34. Qh7
Bg8 35. Qe4 Bf7 36. Qa8+ Be8 37. Bg2 Ke7 38. f4 Ne3 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Qe4 Nxg2
41. Nxe5 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
c4 O-O 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. O-O b6 11. d4 e5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. dxe5 Bb7 14. Qc2 Nxe5
15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxe5 18. Rd5 Qe6 19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Rd1 Re8
21. Qe4 Bf6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Kf3 Rc6 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. e3 Bc5 26. Bb2 f5 27. Ke2
Kf7 28. h3 Be7 29. a4 h5 30. Kd3 h4 31. g4 Rc5 32. Bc3 Rc6 33. Rg1 Rd6+ 34. Kc2
Bf6 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 37. Rg8 Rc6 38. Kc3 a6 39. Rh8 Kg5 40. Rg8+ Kf6
41. Rh8 Kg5 42. Kd4 Rc5 43. Rh7 Kg6 44. Rd7 Kf6 45. Rd5 Rc6 46. Kc3 Re6 47. Rd4
Kg5 48. Rd7 Rc6 49. Kb4 Kf6 50. Rd4 Kg5 51. Rd8 Re6 52. Rc8 f4 53. exf4+ Kxf4
54. Rxc7 Kf3 55. Rh7 Re4 56. Rh6 b5 57. axb5 axb5 58. Rf6+ Kg2 59. Kxb5 Re2 60.
c5 Rb2+ 61. Ka6 Ra2+ 62. Kb7 Rb2+ 63. Rb6 Rc2 64. c6 Kxh3 65. c7 Kg2 66. Rc6
Rb2+ 67. Rb6 Rc2 68. f4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Qb6 7. a3 c5 8. Nge2 Nc6
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. Nec3 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Bd3 exd5
15. O-O O-O 16. f4 g6 17. Qe1 Bg7 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. b4 Qd8 20. Rd1 b6 21. Qf2 Be6
22. Ba6 Qf6 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Nd1 Nf5 25. Nac3 d4 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Bd3 a5 28.
bxa5 bxa5 29. a4 Qb4 30. Re2 Bd5 31. Ng3 Nxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Rde8 33. Ref2 Bf6 34.
Qh3 Kg7 35. Bb5 Re1 36. Qd3 Be4 37. Qb3 Rxf1+ 38. Rxf1 Qd2 39. Nf2 Ba8 40. Qd3
Qxf4 41. h3 h5 42. Qe2 Qe3 43. Qxe3 dxe3 44. Nd1 Rc8 45. Nxe3 Rc3 46. Bd3 Rc5
47. Nc4 Rg5 48. Rf2 Bc6 49. Nd6 Re5 50. Nc4 Rg5 51. Nd6 Rd5 52. Nb5 Re5 53. Re2
Rxe2 54. Bxe2 Be7 55. Kg1 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Qc2 c5 11. d3 Bf5 12. e4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bb5 15.
Rfd1 Ba4 16. Re1 f6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qxd3 19. e5 Nc6 20. Re3 Qc2 21. exf6
exf6 22. Rae1 Rcd8 23. Bh3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. f4 Bc6 26. Qg5 Rde8 27. Rxe5
Qxc3 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 b6 31. Re7 a5 32. Rb7 Rf6 33. Rb8 Kf7
34. Kf2 Rd6 35. Ke3 Ba4 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40.
Rb7+ Kf8 41. Rxh7 c4 42. Rc7 b5 43. Ke4 b4 44. Rxc4 Rd2 45. Ke5 Rxa2 46. Rc8+
Be8 47. Bd7 Re2+ 48. Kf6 g5 49. fxg5 Rf2+ 50. Ke5 Re2+ 51. Kf4 b3 52. Rb8 b2
53. Bxe8 Rxe8 54. Rxb2 a4 55. Ra2 Ra8 56. Ra3 Kf7 57. h4 Kg6 58. Ke4 Kh5 59.
Kd4 Rd8+ 60. Kc4 Re8 61. Kd5 Rd8+ 62. Ke5 Ra8 63. Kd5 Rd8+ 64. Kc5 Rb8 65. Rxa4
Rb3 66. Kd6 Rxg3 67. Ke7 Rb3 68. Ra6 Rb7+ 69. Kf6 Rb4 70. Rd6 Ra4 71. Re6 Rb4
72. Kf7 Rb7+ 73. Re7 Rb4 74. Kg7 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 d5 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. e3 Qe8 10. Qc2 Kh8 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nf4 g5
15. Nd3 Rg8 16. Qc3 Be7 17. Nfe5 Nf6 18. f3 Be6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Nd7 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rae1 Rg7 23. Rf2 b6 24. Qc3 Qd6 25. Rc2 Bd7 26. b4 h5 27. Kh1 h4
28. gxh4 gxh4 29. f4 Rag8 30. Bf3 Be8 31. Qd2 Qh6 32. Qe2 h3 33. Rcc1 Rg2 34.
Bxg2 Rxg2 35. Qf3 Qh4 36. b5 Bh5 37. Qxg2 hxg2+ 38. Kg1 c5 0-1
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Munich (Germany)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Pomar Salamanca Arturo"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. Na4 Nfd7 11. b5 bxc5 12. dxc5 e5 13. c6 e4 14. cxd7 Nxd7 15.
O-O exf3 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qg3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bd6 19. Ba3 Rb8 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Rfd1 Be6 22. Nc3 Qa3 23. Rab1 Rfc8 24. Rb3 Qc5 25. Ne2 Qc2 26. Nd4 Qxa2 27. Ra3
Qc4 28. Qe3 Re8 29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Rxa5 Bxb5 31. h3 Bd7 32. Ra7 Be6 33. Rc1 Qb4
34. Qxb4 Rxb4 35. Nxe6 fxe6 36. Rcc7 Rh4 37. Rxg7+ Kh8 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. Rge7 Rh6
40. f3 Kg8 41. Rad7 Rff6 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Rge7 Kg8 44. Kg1 Rf8 45. Kf2 Rff6 46.
Rd8+ Rf8 47. Rd6 Rff6 48. Rb6 Kf8 49. Rd7 Kg8 50. Ra6 Rhg6 51. Ra8+ Rf8 52.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 53. Rxh7 Ke8 54. f4 d4 55. Ra7 Rf6 56. Kg3 Rf5 57. Ra2 Ke7 58. Rd2
Rd5 59. Kf3 Kd6 60. Ke4 Kc5 61. Rc2+ Kd6 62. g4 Ra5 63. Rd2 Ke7 64. Rxd4 Ra3
65. Rd3 Ra4+ 66. Kf3 Kf6 67. Re3 Ra1 68. g5+ Kf7 69. Kg4 Ra4 70. h4 Rb4 71. Re5
Rb1 72. Ra5 Rg1+ 73. Kh5 Rf1 74. Ra7+ Kf8 75. Kg6 Rxf4 76. h5 e5 77. h6 e4 78.
h7 1-0
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Munich (Germany)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Djukstein"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Bg3 Be7 11. f3 Ne5 12. f4 Nh5 13. Be2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc6
15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Nb3 O-O-O 17. Bh5 g6 18. Bf3 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. Re3 Bf8 21.
a3 Qc7 22. Rd3 Bc8 23. Ne2 h5 24. Nbd4 e5 25. Nxc6+ bxc6 26. Rb3+ Ka8 27. Qd3
Ka7 28. Qe3+ Ka8 29. Qd3 Ka7 30. Nc3 Be6 31. Qe3+ c5 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rb8
34. fxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Rxb8 Kxb8 37. Be2 a5 38. Bc4 f5 39. Qb3+ Kc8
40. Be6+ Kd8 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Qd5+ Qd6 43. Qa8+ Ke7 44. Bxf5 e4 45. Qxe4+ Kf7
46. Qf3 Ke7 47. Qxh5 Qxg3 48. Qe2+ Kf6 49. Qe6+ Kg7 50. Be4 Bd6 51. Bd5 1-0
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Munich (Germany)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Uhlmann Wolfgang"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Qc2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Rb1 c5 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 d6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Nd7 15.
Rb2 bxa5 16. Ra1 Nb6 17. Rxa5 Be4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxa5 21.
Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Qxe4 Qf7 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korchnoi Viktor"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 f5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d6 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Qh4+
15. g3 Qh6 16. O-O c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Bxf5 Nc5 20. b4 Ba4 21.
Bxh7+ Qxh7 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. bxc5 exf4 24. cxb6 axb6 25. exf4 Re4 26. Rae1
Rfe8 27. Kf2 Rxc4 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 g6 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kg3 Bc6
33. Kh4 Bg2 34. Kg5 Bh3 35. Bb2+ Kf7 36. a4 Bg2 37. h4 Bc6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Kxh5
Bxa4 40. f5 Bd1 41. Kg5 b5 42. Bc3 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8.
Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxe6 Qc7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bg8+
Kf8 15. Bxh7 Rxh7 16. Nf5 g6 17. Bxh6+ Kg8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bg5 Re7 20. Qd3
Kg7 21. Qg3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Rf8 24. c4 Ng4 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5
Ndf6 27. d6 Rf7 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Rc7 Kf7 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Rxd7 Kxd7
33. Kf3 Kxd6 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. g4 Nd5+ 36. Ke4 Nf6+ 37. Kf4 Nd5+ 38. Ke4 Nb4 39.
a3 Nc6 40. h5 g5 41. h6 Kf6 42. Kd5 Kg6 43. Ke6 Na5 44. a4 Nb3 45. Kd6 a5 46.
Kd5 Kxh6 47. Kc4 Nc1 48. Kb5 Nd3 49. b3 Nc1 50. Kxa5 Nxb3+ 51. Kb4 Nc1 52. Kc3
Kg6 53. Kc2 Ne2 54. Kd3 Nc1+ 55. Kc2 Ne2 56. Kd3 Nf4+ 57. Kc4 Kf6 58. g3 Ne2
0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. Qh5+ Ng6 13. Ne2 d3 14. cxd3 Ba4+
15. Ke1 Qxe5 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. d4 Qc7 18. h4 e5 19. Rh3 Qf7 20. dxe5 Ncxe5 21.
Re3 Kd7 22. Rb1 b6 23. Nf4 Rae8 24. Rb4 Bc6 25. Qd1 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Ng6 27. Rd4
Rxe3+ 28. fxe3 Kc7 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Qg7 31. Bxg8 Qxg8 32. h5 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rfc8
15. Rb1 Nh5 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Qe2 Rc4 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Kh2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Ra1 Nf4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bd2 Qxb2 24. Rab1 f3 25. Rxb2 fxe2 26. Rb3 Rd4 27.
Be1 Be5+ 28. Kg1 Bf4 29. Nxe2 Rxc1 30. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Be4 32. Ne2 Be5 33.
f4 Bf6 34. Rxb7 Bxd5 35. Rc7 Bxa2 36. Rxa7 Bc4 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39.
Ra3 d5 40. Kf2 Bh4+ 41. Kg2 Kd6 42. Ng3 Bxg3 43. Bxc4 dxc4 44. Kxg3 Kd5 45. Ra7
c3 46. Rc7 Kd4 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8.
Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
Nxc5 15. Rhe1 Nf6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Kf1+ Kf8 18. Bb3 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nh3 Rg8
21. Red1 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Rad1 Re5 25. Nh5 Bg6 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7
27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Nf6+ Kd6 29. Nxg8 Rc5 30. Nh6 f6 31. Ng4 Bxc2 32. Nxf6 Bxb3
33. axb3 Rb5 34. Nxg5 Rxb3 35. f4 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Kg4 Rb2
39. g3 b5 40. Nfe4+ Kd5 41. f5 b4 42. f6 Ra2 43. f7 Ra8 44. Nh7 b3 45. Nd2 b2
46. Kf3 Kd4 47. Ke2 c5 48. f8=Q Rxf8 49. Nxf8 c4 50. Ne6+ Kd5 51. Nf4+ Kd4 52.
Nb1 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3
Re8 9. Nd2 d6 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Bf3 c4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. a5 Nd7 17. Nce4 Be5 18. Qxc4 Qd8 19. Qa2 f5 20. Nc3 g5 21. Nc4 g4
22. Be2 Qf6 23. Na4 Kh8 24. g3 h5 25. f4 Bd4 26. Qa3 Rb8 27. Nab6 h4 28. Rad1
Bxb6 29. axb6 Nc5 30. gxh4 Bd7 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. bxc3 Bb5 33. Rfe1 Ne4 34. Rc1
Rbc8 35. Na5 Bxe2 36. Rxe2 Nxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Nxb7 Rcxe3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40.
Nxd6 Rb3 41. Nf7+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Na6 11. Rac1 Qd6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Qa5
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. Qe1 Qb8 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nc7 19. Bh3 e6 20. Bc1 Qa8
21. Bg5 Re8 22. Qd2 f5 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Re7 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Rc5 Qd8 27.
Re5 Rg7 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Bf1 Rd7 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. R5e4 Rf6 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5
gxh5 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. Bd3 Rg7 36. Re5 Rff7 37. Qh6 Qe7 38. Rexh5 Nd5 39. Qd2 Nf6
40. Rh6 Qd6 41. Rf4 Qf8 42. Qe3 Nd5 43. Rxf7 Qxf7 44. Qe5 Nc7 45. Qc5 Qf3 46.
Bxh7+ Rxh7 47. Qg5+ Kh8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Rxh7+ Kxh7 50. Qxc7+ Kg6 51. Qxb7 Qe4
52. Qa6 Qb1+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qb1+ 55. Ke2 Qc2+ 56. Kf3 Qf5+ 57. Ke3 Qg5+
58. Ke2 Qh5+ 59. Kd2 Kf6 60. Qxc6 Qa5+ 61. Qc3 Qxa2+ 62. Ke3 Kf7 63. d5 exd5
64. Qc7+ Ke6 65. Qc6+ Ke7 66. Qxd5 Qa1 67. Qe4+ Kf7 68. Kf4 Qc1+ 69. Kg4 Qa1
70. Qd5+ Kf8 71. Kf5 Qb1+ 72. Kf6 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Nd8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf7 15.
Bh3 Qf6 16. Bd2 d5 17. Qe2 dxc4 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Ng5 Re8 20. Bg2 Ra6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 b5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb5 Rf8 25. Qxb3 Rb6 26. Qe3 Rxb1 27. Bxb1
Bb7 28. Ba2 Bd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bxc7 a4 31. Rd3 Qf5 32. Be5 Bh6 33. Qe2 Rc8
34. Rf3 Qh3 35. Bc7 Bf8 36. Qb5 Qe6 37. Be5 Qc6 38. Qa5 Ra8 39. Qd2 Rc8 40. Kg2
Qd7 41. h4 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Littlewood Paul E"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Bc4
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 O-O 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 b4 16. e5 Nd7 17. h4 bxc3 18. h5 dxe5 19. hxg6 Nf6 20. bxc3 exd4 21.
gxh7+ Kh8 22. Rxd4 Qa5 23. Qe3 Nd5 24. Qd2 Nxc3+ 25. Ka1 Rad8 26. Rc1 Qxa2+ 27.
Qxa2 Nxa2 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Nb5 e5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Ke2 Ncxe5 14. Bd5
c6 15. Be4 Be6 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Nd3 21.
Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Bb2 R3d7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b4 Bf5 25. Nb3 Bd3+ 26. Ke1 b6 27.
Rac1 Be4 28. f3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Bd5 31. Nd4 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33.
Nb5 a6 34. Nc7 Bc4 35. Ne8 f5 36. h4 Kf8 37. Nd6 Bf1 38. g3 Ke7 39. Nxf5+ Ke6
40. e4 Ke5 41. Kd2 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bd6 9. O-O Nd5 10. Ngh5 O-O 11. Bb3 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Qd3
Rad8 15. Re1 N7f6 16. h3 Bf4 17. c3 b6 18. Qf3 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Qf4 20. Qe2 c5
21. Rcd1 Qc7 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qe2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8
27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bc4 Qb8 29. Qd2 Qc7 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. b4 cxb4 32. cxb4 Nd5 33.
a3 Qc3 34. Qg5 Qf6 35. Qg3 Qf4 36. Qd3 Qc1 37. a4 Kg8 38. a5 Qe1 39. Qd4 a6 40.
b5 axb5 41. a6 Qa5 42. a7 b4 43. Bc4 f6 44. Bb5 b3 45. Qa4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. b4 e5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. Ne6 fxe6 15.
dxe6 Kh8 16. exd7 Qxd7 17. O-O Qf5 18. Nd5 Ng8 19. Qg4 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qf5 21. Qg4
Qc2 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. e4 Qd7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Qg4 Qe8 26. g3 Nh6 27. Qh5 Ng8 28.
Qe2 N6e7 29. Ne3 Nh6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Nc6 32. Kg2 Be7 33. Bd5 Nd4 34. Bxd4
exd4 35. Bc4 c5 36. b5 Bf6 37. f4 d3 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Bd4 40. e5 g6 41.
Rh1 Kg7 42. Qe4 b6 43. Bc4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Bh4 dxe4 13. Re1 g5 14. Bf2 Qe7
15. Ne2 b5 16. Qc2 Qxa3 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Nbd7 19. Ng3 O-O-O 20. Nxe4 Rhe8
21. Kf2 Nxe4+ 22. fxe4 f6 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Rxa7 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Ra8+ Nb8
27. Bg3 Kb7 28. Rha1 Rc8 29. R8a7+ Kb6 30. Bxb8 b4 31. Bd6 bxc3 32. Bc5+ Kb5
33. R1a4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Qg4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6
Qxc6 9. Be3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nbd2 Qxc5 12. c4 O-O-O 13. O-O Kb8 14. Rfd1
Qb6 15. Qh4 a5 16. Rac1 Rg8 17. Nb3 a4 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nbd4 Rc8 20. b4 axb3 21.
axb3 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. b4 Rg4 24. b5 Rc8 25. c6 Be8 26. Rc2 Bg7 27. Ra1
Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxd4 29. Nd7+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 cxd5 8. Bg2
a5 9. d3 a4 10. Be3 Qb4 11. Nd4 a3 12. Nc2 Qxb2 13. Bd4 Bb4 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. O-O Be6 17. Rc1 Nc6 18. dxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxa2 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21.
Nxb7 Ne5 22. Nc5 Rb8 23. Na6 Bb3 24. Nxb4 Bxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rxb4 26. Ra1 Rb2 27.
Kf1 Kg7 28. Rxa3 Rc8 29. Be4 Re8 30. Ra4 Re7 31. Bf5 Rc7 32. Rh4 h6 33. Ra4 Rc5
34. h3 Nc4 35. Bd3 Ne5 36. Be4 Nc4 37. Bd3 Ne5 38. Be4 Nc4 39. Ke1 Ne5 40. Rad4
Rc3 41. R1d2 Rc1+ 42. Rd1 Rc3 43. f4 f5 44. Bxf5 Nc4 45. R4d3 Rcc2 46. Bg4 Ra2
47. Rb3 Kg6 48. Kf2 Nd2 49. Re3 Nc4 50. Rb3 Nd2 51. Re3 Nc4 52. Re8 Nd2 53. Re5
Kf6 54. Rf5+ Kg6 55. Re5 Kf6 56. Bh5 Rc3 57. h4 Rc4 58. Bf3 Rcc2 59. Bd5 Ra4
60. Bf3 Raa2 61. Re1 Ra4 62. h5 Rc3 63. Bg2 Rc2 64. Rd1 Ra3 65. Bd5 Ra4 66. Ke1
Rd4 67. Bg2 Nb3 68. Rxd4 Nxd4 69. Kf2 Ne6 70. Be4 Rb2 71. Rf5+ Kg7 72. Rd5 Kf6
73. Kf3 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bh3 e6 9.
Be3 Qb6 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bf1 b4 15. Nb5
Kd8 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Bc6 20. Ne5 Bxh1 21. Nxf7+
Ke8 22. Nxh8 Be4 23. d5 exd5 24. Bd4 Nf6 25. Kd2 Kd7 26. Nf7 Ke6 27. Ne5 Kxd6
28. f3 Bh7 29. g5 hxg5 30. h6 gxh6 31. Nf7+ Ke6 32. Nxh6 Ng8 33. Ng4 Bf5 34.
Ne3 Bg6 35. Ng4 Bf5 36. Ne3 Bg6 37. Ng4 Kd6 38. Ne5 Bf5 39. Nf7+ Kd7 40. Nxg5
Ne7 41. f4 Nc6 42. Nf3 Kd6 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Bb4 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Qc1 Qxc1 14. Rfxc1
O-O 15. f3 h6 16. Nxc6 Rfe8 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bd6 Nb6 19. Bc5 Bd3 20. Nxa7 Rxa7
21. Bxb6 Ra6 22. a5 Bc4 23. Ra3 f6 24. e4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Raa8 26. Ke3 Reb8 27.
Rac3 Rc8 28. g4 Rab8 29. h4 Rc6 30. h5 Rbc8 31. e5 g6 32. hxg6+ Kxg6 33. R3c2
fxe5 34. dxe5 Rh8 35. Rh2 Rcc8 36. Kd2 Bb3 37. a6 Bc4 38. a7 Rh7 39. Ra1 Ra8
40. Be3 Rb7 41. Rxh6+ Kg7 42. Rah1 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nf3 Qxc3 14. Ra2
Nbc6 15. Rb2 Kc7 16. Rb5 Rh8 17. Qxh8 Rxh8 18. Bb2 Qxf3+ 19. gxf3 Ng6 20. h4
Ngxe5 21. h5 Nf7 22. f4 Nd6 23. Rb3 Ne4 24. Ke1 Rh6 25. Be2 Be8 26. Rd3 Nf6 27.
Bxd4 Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Bxh5 29. Rd3 Rh7 30. Rdh3 Bg6 31. Rxh7+ Nxh7 32. Rh6 Nf8 33.
Rh8 Nd7 34. Rg8 Bf7 35. Rg7 Be8 36. Re7 Kd8 37. Rxe6 Bf7 38. Rh6 Ke7 39. Bd3
Be6 40. Rh5 Nf6 41. Rg5 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. O-O-O c5 14. Bc2 Nd7
15. Ne2 Bf8 16. Nc3 a6 17. b3 Rac8 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Be2 Rd6 20. Kb2 f5 21. Rc1
Rf6 22. a4 bxa4 23. bxa4 a5 24. Kc2 c4 25. Rb1 Bb4 26. Na2 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5
28. Nc3 Bc8 29. Rb2 Bd7 30. Rhb1 Bxa4+ 31. Nxa4 Nxa4 32. Rb8+ Kg7 33. R1b7+ Rf7
34. d6 Rxb7 35. Rxb7+ Kf6 36. Rxh7 Rc8 37. d7 Rd8 38. Bxc4 Nc5 39. Rf7+ Kg5 40.
Bb5 fxe4 41. fxe4 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nge2
exd4 9. Bxd4 c5 10. Bf2 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. b3 Rab8 15.
Bb1 Rfd8 16. f4 Bg4 17. h3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Re8 20. Ng3 Bf8 21. Re1
Re6 22. Nf1 Rbe8 23. Rde2 Bg7 24. g4 Nd7 25. Kg2 R6e7 26. Nh2 Nf8 27. Bh4 Ne6
28. Rf1 Rd7 29. g5 h5 30. gxh6 Bxh6 31. Ng4 Bg7 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Ng7 34.
Rd2 Nh5 35. Bc3 Red8 36. Bc2 Kf8 37. Bd1 Ke7 38. Bg4 Rc7 39. f5 Ke8 40. f6 b5
41. Rd5 bxc4 42. bxc4 Rb7 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Bxb4 Nxb4 45. Bxh5 Nxd5 46. exd5 gxh5
47. Rb1 Kf8 48. Rb6 Kg8 49. Kf4 Kh7 50. Kg5 Rg8+ 51. Kxh5 Rg3 52. h4 Re3 53.
Rxd6 Re5+ 54. Kg4 Kg6 55. Kf4 Rf5+ 56. Ke3 Rh5 57. Rxa6 Rxh4 58. Kd3 Kf5 59.
Rc6 Rh2 60. Rxc5 Rxa2 61. Rc7 Kxf6 62. Rd7 Ke5 63. Re7+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tal Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. Nge2
Nh5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Nc5 13. Bb1 Ne6 14. Qe1 Bf6
15. Kh1 Nhf4 16. g3 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 h5 18. Qf2 b6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Bb7 21. e5
c5+ 22. Rd5 Bg7 23. Kg1 Nc7 24. Nc3 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Rad8 26. Be4 Ba8 27. Qg3 b5
28. Qf2 Qd7 29. Bxc5 Rfe8 30. Qg3 Rc8 31. b4 Kh8 32. Qf3 a6 33. Kh1 f5 34. exf6
Bxf6 35. Bxg6 Qg4 36. Qd3 Rg8 37. Be4 Rce8 38. Bf3 Qxf4 39. Ne2 Qh4 40. Bf2 Qg5
41. Ng3 Rd8 42. Be3 Qe5 43. Rd1 Rg4 44. a3 Bb7 45. Bb6 Rd7 46. Be3 Rh4 47. Nf1
Rc4 48. Bg2 Rg7 49. Qd2 h4 50. h3 Qb2 51. Qxb2 Bxb2 52. Bc5 Rd7 53. Ne3 Rc1 54.
Rxc1 Bxc1 55. Bd4+ Kg8 56. Ng4 Bg5 57. Kg1 Bxd5 58. Ne5 Bxg2 59. Nxd7 Bxh3 60.
Nc5 Bc8 61. Kf2 Kh7 62. a4 bxa4 63. Nxa4 Bf4 64. Kf3 h3 65. Bg1 h2 66. Bxh2
Bxh2 67. Ke4 Bd7 68. Nc5 Bb5 69. Kd5 Kg6 70. Ne4 Kf5 71. Nc3 Bf1 72. Kc5 Be5
73. Nb1 Ke6 74. Nd2 Bd6+ 75. Kb6 Bg2 76. Nb3 Bxb4 77. Kxa6 Bf1+ 78. Kb6 Kd6 79.
Na5 Bc5+ 80. Kb7 Be2 81. Nb3 Be3 82. Na5 Kc5 83. Kc7 Bf4+ 0-1
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Varna (Bulgaria)"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Fischer R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Qc5 Qd6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rfd8 14. d5
Ne5 15. Nb5 Qf6 16. f4 Ned7 17. e5 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Nxc5 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. d6 exd6
21. exd6 Bxb2 22. O-O Nbd7 23. Rd5 b6 24. Bf3 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rd3 Nc5 27.
Re3 e5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxd6 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Bg4 Rc7 33.
Re1 Kf7 34. Kg2 Nc5 35. Re3 Re7 36. Rf3+ Kg7 37. Rc3 Re4 38. Bd1 Rd4 39. Bc2
Kf6 40. Kf3 Kg5 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Bxe4 Rxe4 43. Ra3 Re7 44. Rf3 Rc7 45. a4 Rc5
46. Rf7 Ra5 47. Rxh7 Rxa4 48. h4+ Kf5 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Rg7 Ra1 51. Kf3 b5 52.
h5 Ra3+ 53. Kg2 gxh5 54. Rg5+ Kd6 55. Rxb5 h4 56. f4 Kc6 57. Rb8 h3+ 58. Kh2 a5
59. f5 Kc7 60. Rb5 Kd6 61. f6 Ke6 62. Rb6+ Kf7 63. Ra6 Kg6 64. Rc6 a4 65. Ra6
Kf7 66. Rc6 Rd3 67. Ra6 a3 68. Kg1 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Donner Johann H"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. a3 N5f6 13. b4 Be7 14. Nd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. e4 N5f6 20. b5 a6 21.
Nc6 Bf8 22. a4 axb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rd1 Ne8 26. Nc4 Nc5 27. e5
Rc8 28. Ra1 Rc7 29. Ra7 Qxa7 30. Nxa7 Rxa7 31. Nxb6 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Ng3 g6 13. f3 h5 14. Be2 Nd7 15.
Kf2 h4 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Rhe1 Bf5 19. h3 Rae8 20. Nf1 Ne6 21. Qd2 Ng7
22. Rad1 Nh5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rc3 Ng3 25. Kg1 Nh5 26. Bd1 Re6 27. Qf2 Qe7 28.
Bb3 g5 29. Bd1 Bg6 30. g4 hxg3 31. Nxg3 Nf4 32. Qh2 c5 33. Qd2 c4 34. Ba4 b5
35. Bc2 Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 Qf6 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. exf4 Rxe1 39. fxg5 Qe6 40. f4 Re2+
0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5
e6 9. dxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ke2 Nc6 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. Rxd8
Rxd8 15. Ng5 Re8 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. Rb1 Nb4 19. Bd2 Nd5 20. a4 Rc8
21. b3 Bf8 22. Rc1 Be7 23. b4 c4 24. b5 Kf7 25. Bc3 Ba3 26. Rc2 Nxc3+ 27. Rxc3
Bb4 28. Rc2 Ke7 29. Nd2 c3 30. Ne4 Ba5 31. Kd3 Rd8+ 32. Kc4 Rd1 33. Nxc3 Rh1
34. Ne4 Rxh2 35. Kd4 Kd7 36. g3 Bb4 37. Ke5 Rh5+ 38. Kf6 Be7+ 39. Kg7 e5 40.
Rc6 Rh1 41. Kf7 Ra1 42. Re6 Bd8 43. Rd6+ Kc8 44. Ke8 Bc7 45. Rc6 Rd1 46. Ng5
Rd8+ 47. Kf7 Rd7+ 48. Kg8 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nbc6 8.
Nxc6 Nxc6 9. O-O d6 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rae8 14. Rc1 f5
15. Nd5 Kh8 16. Be3 Bg8 17. Qd2 Nd8 18. Rfd1 Ne6 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Qc8 21.
h4 Re7 22. Bf3 Bf7 23. Qa5 Be8 24. c5 d5 25. Bd6 Qd7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxd5 f4
28. Qd2 Bc6 29. Rd3 Bb5 30. Rd4 fxg3+ 31. fxg3 Bxd4 32. Qxd4+ Qg7 33. Qxg7+
Kxg7 34. Rc2 Re8 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Kf2 Bc6 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Rc4 Ke5 39. Ra4 Ra8
40. Ra6 Kd5 41. b4 Kc4 42. a3 Kb5 43. Ra5+ Kc4 44. Ke3 a6 45. Kf4 Kd5 46. Kg5
Re8 47. Rxa6 Rxe2 48. Ra7 Re5+ 49. Kf4 Re7 50. Rb7 Ke6 51. a4 Kd7 52. Rb8 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3
Nf6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Kg2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Nd7
15. Qc2 Nf6 16. f3 Rc8 17. Be5 Bd6 18. Rae1 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 g6 20. Qf2 Nd7 21.
Re2 Nb6 22. Rhe1 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Re3 a6 26. b3 Rc6 27. Na4 b6
28. Nb2 a5 29. Nd3 f6 30. h4 Bf7 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Qe3 Bf7 33. g5 Be6 34. Nf4
Bf7 35. Nd3 Be6 36. gxf6 Qxf6 37. Qg5 Qxg5+ 38. hxg5 a4 39. bxa4 Rc4 40. a5
bxa5 41. Nc5 Bf5 42. Kg3 a4 43. Kf4 a3 44. Ke5 Rb4 45. Nd3 Rb5 46. Kd6 Kf7 47.
Kc6 Bxd3 48. Rxd3 Rb2 49. Rxa3 Rg2 50. Kxd5 Rxg5+ 51. Kc6 h5 52. d5 Rg2 53. d6
Rc2+ 54. Kd7 h4 55. f4 Rf2 56. Kc8 Rxf4 57. Ra7+ 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. d5 Nd7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. O-O-O
Nxf3 15. gxf3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. h4 h5 18. f4 e6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6
21. Rhg1 Kh7 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. Nd4 Re8 24. Nf3 Bh6 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Nc4 27.
Rdg1 Rg8 28. Kc2 b6 29. b3 Nd6 30. f3 Rd7 31. R5g2 Rdd8 32. a4 Nf7 33. Bc1 e5
34. Be3 exf4 35. Bxf4 Rd7 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Rd8+ 38. Ke2 c5 39. a5 Rd7 40.
axb6 axb6 41. Ra1 Kg7 42. Ra6 Rb7 43. Ra8 Kf6 44. Rc8 Ne5 45. Ke3 Nd7 46. Rc6+
Kf7 47. e5 Nf8 48. Rf6+ Kg7 49. Ke4 b5 50. Rc6 Kf7 51. Rxc5 Ne6 52. Rd5 Ke7 53.
Be3 Rb8 54. Rd6 b4 55. Ra6 Rb5 56. Ra7+ Ke8 57. f4 Kf8 58. f5 1-0
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3
Nf6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Qc2 Nc4 12. Kf1 Nd6 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. Kg2 Nd7 15.
f3 g6 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. b3 Qd7 18. Ne2 Ndc8 19. a4 a5 20. Bg3 Bd6 21. Nf4 Ne7
22. Nf1 h5 23. Be2 h4 24. Bh2 g5 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Qd2 Nd7 27. Bg1 Ng6 28. Bh2
Ne7 29. Bd1 b6 30. Kg1 f6 31. e4 Bxh2+ 32. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 33. Rxh2 Rd8 34. Kf2 Kf7
35. Ke3 Rhe8 36. Rd2 Kg7 37. Kf2 dxe4 38. fxe4 Nf8 39. Ne1 Nfg6 40. Ng2 Rd7 41.
Bc2 Bf7 42. Nfe3 c5 43. d5 Ne5 44. Rf1 Bg6 45. Ke1 Nc8 46. Rdf2 Rf7 47. Kd2 Nd6
48. Nf5+ Bxf5 49. exf5 c4 50. Rb1 b5 51. b4 c3+ 52. Kxc3 Rc7+ 53. Kd2 Nec4+ 54.
Kd1 Na3 55. Rb2 Ndc4 56. Ra2 axb4 57. axb5 Nxb5 58. Ra6 Nc3+ 59. Kc1 Nxd5 60.
Ba4 Rec8 61. Ne1 Nf4 0-1
[Event "Match"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Bg5
15. Qc2 Bh6 16. e4 f4 17. Ne1 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Rad8 20. Qe2 Qg5 21. Kg2
a5 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Ba3 Rfe8 24. Rd4 Nb8 25. Rfd1 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 fxg3 27. hxg3
Qf7 28. Qe4 g6 29. Qb7 Bg7 30. c5 bxc5 31. Bxc5 Nd7 32. Qxc7 Nxe5 33. Qxf7+
Nxf7 34. Ra4 Bc3 35. Rc4 Bf6 36. Bb6 Ra8 37. Ra4 Bc3 38. Bd4 Bb4 39. a3 Bd6 40.
b4 Bc7 41. Bc3 Kf8 42. b5 Ke8 43. Rc4 Kd7 44. a4 Rc8 45. Nd2 Nd6 46. Rd4 Ke7
47. Rd3 Nb7 48. Ne4 e5 49. Bb2 Bb6 50. Ba3+ Ke6 51. Ng5+ Kf5 52. Nxh7 e4 53.
g4+ Kf4 54. Rd7 Rc7 55. Rxc7 Bxc7 56. Nf6 Bd8 57. Nd7 Kxg4 58. b6 Bg5 59. Nc5
Nxc5 60. Bxc5 Bf4 61. b7 Bb8 62. Be3 g5 63. Bd2 Kf5 64. Kh3 Bd6 65. Bxa5 g4+
66. Kg2 1-0
[Event "Ch URS (team) (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 d5 8. e3 O-O
9. Bb2 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bh3 Rb8 14. Re1 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bb4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Qd3 g6 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Ne5 Bg7 21. f3
Na5 22. Qd1 a6 23. Na2 Nc6 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Qd2 a5 26. Bb2 Qd6 27. Nc1 Bc8 28.
Bf1 Be6 29. Ncd3 Ne7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ne8 32. b5 f6 33. Ng4 Bd7 34. Bc3 Nf5
35. Nf4 Qf8 36. Nxd5 Kh8 37. Bb4 Qf7 38. Ne7 Ned6 39. Nxf5 Nxf5 40. d5 Re8 41.
Re4 h5 42. Nf2 Rd8 43. Bc4 Bc8 44. d6 Qd7 45. Re1 Bb7 46. Ne4 Bxe4 47. Rxe4
Nxd6 48. Bxd6 Bf8 49. Rd4 Kh7 50. Bxf8 Qxd4+ 51. Qxd4 Rxd4 52. Bf1 g5 53. Ba3
Rd1 54. Kf2 Kg7 55. Bb4 h4 56. gxh4 Rd4 57. Be1 Rxh4 58. Kg3 Rd4 59. Bf2 Rd1
60. Bc4 Rd6 61. f4 Kg6 62. fxg5 1-0
[Event "Ch URS (team) (1/2 final)"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 e4 7. Nh3 Re8 8.
O-O d6 9. Nf4 b6 10. f3 e3 11. d3 Bb7 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. g4 h6 14. h4 Nf8 15. Qg3
Ng6 16. Nh3 Nh7 17. h5 Nh4 18. Bh1 f5 19. Bb2 Qf6 20. f4 Bxh1 21. g5 hxg5 22.
fxg5 Qe5 23. Qxh4 Bc6 24. Rf4 g6 25. hxg6 Nf8 26. Qh6 Qg7 27. Rxf5 Nxg6 28.
Raf1 Rf8 29. Rf6 Qxh6 30. gxh6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 Kh7 32. Bc1 Rg8 33. Ng5+ Kxh6 34.
Bxe3 Kh5 35. Rf7 Re8 36. Rh7+ Kg4 37. Kf2 Ne7 38. Ne6 Nf5 39. Nd4 Nxd4 40. cxd4
Rc8 41. d5 Ba4 42. Bd4 a6 43. e4 c5 44. Bf6 1-0
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Tel Aviv (Israel)"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Gligoric Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 e5 11. Bg3 d4 12. fxg4 dxc3 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rxc3 h6
15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Rc1 Nxc5 17. Be2 e4 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. b3 Be3 21.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Be2 a5 24. h4 Ne6 25. Rh3 Bc1 26. Be5 Nf4 27. Bxf4
Bxf4 28. c5 Rd2 29. Rc3 Rxa2 30. Kf2 Rb2 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 Kg7 33. g4 Bg5
34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Bd2 36. Rc4 e3 37. c6 bxc6 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39. Ra6 Rb8 40.
Kf3 Rd8 41. Ke4 Re8+ 42. Kf4 Re6 43. Ra8 Rf6+ 44. Ke4 Rf2 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Rh8
Kg7 47. Ra8 Rf4 48. Rb8 Rf6 49. Ke4 Rc6 50. Ra8 Kf6 51. Ra7 Re6+ 52. Kf4 Bb4
53. Kf3 Re5 54. Kf4 Bd6 55. Kf3 Be7 56. Kf4 Bd6 57. Kf3 Kg7 58. Bc4 Be7 59. Be2
Bd8 60. Bc4 Be7 61. Be2 Kf6 62. Kf4 Bb4 63. Bc4 Re6 64. Kf3 Rc6 65. Rxf7+ Ke5
66. Bb5 Rc3 67. Rh7 Bf8 68. Rh8 Bg7 69. Re8+ Kd4 70. Re6 Rb3 71. Be2 Be5 72.
Re8 Rb6 73. Kg2 Rb2 74. Kf1 Bf6 75. Rc8 Ra2 76. Rc6 Bg5 77. Rc8 Ke4 78. Rf8 a4
0-1
[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Tel Aviv (Israel)"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ciocaltea V"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. N1e2 Nf6 8.
Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. Bb3 Bd6 11. Nfh5 Rg8 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Nbd7 14. Qd2
Qc7 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Nd3 c5 17. Qf4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nb6 19. Qf4 Bxd3 20. Qxc7+
Kxc7 21. Rxd3 Rxd3 22. cxd3 Rd8 23. Kd2 Nbd7 24. Rc1+ Kb6 25. Rc3 Nc5 26. Ke2
Rd4 27. h5 a5 28. Ke3 Rb4 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Nordwijk-aan-Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trifunovic P"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Re1 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nf4
15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Be2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 Ne5 20. Nb3 b4 21.
c4 Rfd8 22. Rd5 c6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rb6 Bf8 25. c5 Ra8 26. Rxb4 Ra2 27. Nd2
Bxc5 28. Rb8+ Kg7 29. Nc4 Bd4 30. Rb7 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. Nxe5 Rxe2 33. Nxc6
Rxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bxb2 35. Nd8 Kh6 36. Rb5 Kg7 37. Rb7 Kh6 38. Rb5 f6 39. Nf7+ Kg7
40. Rb7 Kf8 41. Nd8 Be5 42. Ne6+ Ke8 43. Ng7+ Kd8 44. Ne6+ Kc8 45. Rxh7 Rxf3
46. Kg2 Rg3+ 47. Kf2 g5 48. h4 Rh3 49. h5 g4 50. Rg7 Rh2+ 51. Kg1 g3 52. h6 f3
0-1
[Event "Match Moscow-Leningrad"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Tolush Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Bg5
Ng6 15. f4 h6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxf5 Nf4 19. Rxf6 Nxd3 20. Rxf7
Nxb2 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Be6 Rd8 24. d5 Bc8 25. Rf7 Bxe6 26. dxe6
Rd6 27. Rxg7 Rxe6 28. Rxa7 Nd3 29. h3 Nf4 30. Ra4 Ne2+ 31. Nxe2 Rxe2 32. Ra7
Kf8 33. Rb7 Re6 34. Kf2 Rf6+ 35. Kg3 Rg6+ 36. Kf3 Kg8 37. g3 Rc6 38. Kg4 Kh8
39. Kf5 Rc5+ 40. Kg6 Rc6+ 41. Kh5 1-0
[Event "Match Moscow-Leningrad"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Ne2
Qc7 9. c3 e5 10. h4 Ndf6 11. Ng3 Ng4 12. h5 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bh6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Nb3
Kf8 22. Qf2 Be8 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Ra6 Kg7 25. O-O Nb6 26. Bd3 Bd7 27. Nc5 Rhd8
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. f4 exf4 30. Nd4 Re8 31. b4 Bc8 32. Ra5 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Bxd7 34.
Rfa1 Re7 35. Bc4 Rxe4 36. Rc5 f3 37. Qxf3 Be3+ 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mecking Henrique"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Kh8 9. Bg5 Be6 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nd4 Bg8 12. cxd5 Na6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nc5
15. Nb3 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Be3 Rf5 19. Qb4 Rxd5 20. Qxb7 Rc7
21. Qb4 Rc4 22. Qa3 Qd7 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Bg8 25. Qxa7 Qxa7 26. Bxa7 Ra4
27. Bd4 Rxa2 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nd4 Rxb2 30. Nc6 Kf6 31. e3 Be6 32. h4 Bg4 33.
Ra1 e5 34. Ra7 h5 35. Nd8 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 g5 37. hxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rg7+ Kf6 39. Rf7+
Kg6 40. Rb7 Ra1 41. Nf7 Bf3 42. Nh8+ Kg5 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Geller Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbc6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bh6 c5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 Nxd5
15. cxd5 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. f4 Qd7 18. f5 f6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Rf3 Qe5 21. Kg2
Rac8 22. b3 b5 23. a4 c4 24. axb5 cxd3 25. Rxa7+ Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. fxg6+
hxg6 28. Qxd3 Rc3 29. Qe2 Rc7 30. b6 Rb7 31. Qa6 Qe7 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. Rd3 g5 34.
hxg5 Kg6 35. Rxd4 Qe5 36. Qd3 fxg5 37. Kg2 Rxb6 38. Qe3 Rxb3 39. Qxb3 Qxd4 40.
Qf3 Qb2+ 41. Qf2 Qe5 42. Qe2 Qd4 43. Kf3 Qf6+ 44. Ke3 Qc3+ 45. Kf2 Qf6+ 46. Kg1
Qa1+ 47. Kg2 Qd4 48. Qf3 Qb2+ 49. Qf2 Qe5 50. Qe1 g4 51. Qb4 Qf6 52. Qa3 Kh5
53. Qe3 Kg6 54. Qe2 Kg5 55. Qf2 Qe5 56. Qe3+ Kg6 57. Kf1 Qf6+ 58. Ke2 Qb2+ 59.
Qd2 1/2-1/2
[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Keres Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 8.
d3 d6 9. h3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. b4
b6 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. Kg1 Nc6 19. Nd5 Ncd4 20. Bd1 f6 21. Kh2 Bc6
22. a4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Qf2 Ra7 25. g5 O-O 26. g6 f5 27. Rb8 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbc6 8. O-O
f5 9. Nd5 Kh8 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Rae1 Rae8 13. f4 exf4 14. Nexf4 Bg8
15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Bh3 b5 17. b3 c5 18. d4 Qc6 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21.
Rc1 Rd8 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Nxe2 c4 24. bxc4 Nc6 25. Bg5 fxe4 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27.
Bg2 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 e3 30. Rfe1 Bc5 31. Bf3 Be6 32. Kg2 Rd2+ 33. Re2
Bf5 34. Rc3 Be4 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Petrosian Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. a4
b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Re1 Rab8 12. Qc1 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Rbd8 14. h3 Qc8 15.
Bh6 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nce5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rd4 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qe3 Red8 23. Re2 e6 24. b3 h5 25. Rae1 Rh8 26. h4 Rc8 27. Qg5
1/2-1/2
[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Smyslov Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
exf4 9. Bxf4 Bg4 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rae1 Rb8 12. Bg5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Qf4 h6
15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 c6 17. Kh1 Re6 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. b3 Qh8 20. d4 Neg4 21. e4
Qh3 22. Kg1 Rh8 23. Re2 c5 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxg4 Qxg4 27. cxd5
Rxe4 28. Qc3+ Rd4 29. Qxc5 Qxe2 30. Qxd4+ Kg8 31. Rf2 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Rh5 33. d6
Qe6 34. Rd2 Qd7 35. Kg1 b6 36. Rc2 Kh7 37. Rc7 Qf5 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Kg7
40. Rxa7 Rd5 41. d7 Kf6 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. Ke3 Kd8 44. Ke4 Rh5 45. a4 Rxh2 46. Ke5
Ke7 47. d8=Q+ Kxd8 48. Rxf7 Rb2 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. Re7+ Kd8 51. Rb7 Rd2+ 52. Kc6
Rd4 53. Rxb6 Rxf4 54. Rb8+ Ke7 55. a5 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky Boris V"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Qe2 e6 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. f4 c5 17. c4 Nb4 18. Bxb4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 cxb4 20. Ne4 Be7
21. Nd6+ Kb8 22. Nxf7 Rf8 23. Nd6 Rxf4 24. g3 Rf8 25. Qg4 Qd7 26. Kb1 Bg5 27.
Nb5 Rf1 28. Kc2 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Be3 31. Ke2 Bc1 32. b3 Bb2 33. Nd6
Bxe5 34. Ne4 Kc7 35. g4 Kc6 36. Kd3 b5 37. cxb5+ Kd5 38. g5 hxg5 39. Nxg5 Bf4
40. Ne4 Bh6 41. Nf2 Bg5 42. Ng4 Bf4 43. Nf2 Bd6 44. Ng4 Bc5 45. h6 gxh6 46.
Nxh6 e5 47. Nf5 e4+ 48. Ke2 Ke5 49. Nh4 Kd4 50. Nf5+ Kd5 51. Nh6 Be7 52. Ng4
Bg5 53. Nf2 Kd4 54. Nd1 Bc1 55. Nf2 Kd5 56. Ng4 Bg5 57. Nf2 Bf6 58. Ng4 Bd4 59.
Nh2 Bc5 60. Nf1 Kd4 61. Nd2 Bb6 62. Nc4 Kc3 63. Kd1 Bd4 64. Ke2 e3 65. Na5 Kb2
66. Nc6 Bc5 67. Ne5 Kxa2 68. Nd3 Be7 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Nge2 Na6 9. g3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Bg2 Nb4 12. O-O Rd8 13. d6 exd6 14. Bg5
Re8 15. a3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Nec3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Ra5 21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Nc4 Ra8 23. d5 Nd4 24. Nxd6 Rb8 25. Nce4 f6 26. Nc4 Kf8 27.
h3 Nb3 28. Bf1 b5 29. Ncd6 f5 30. Re3 fxe4 31. Rxb3 Ke7 32. Nxe4 Rc8 33. g4 Rc1
34. Kg2 Re1 35. f3 Rd1 36. d6+ Kf7 37. Bxb5 Be6 38. Rc3 Rd4 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40.
Bxd3 Bd5 41. Nc5 b6 42. Be4 Be6 43. Nd3 Bb3 44. f4 Ke6 45. f5+ 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Keres Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Rad8 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. Qe2 Nxe5 16. Bxb7 Bf6 17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qa6 Ng4 20. h3 Ne5 21.
Qxa7 h5 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qa5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 h4 25. gxh4 f5 26. Rd8 f4 27. Rxf8+
Qxf8 28. exf4 Qxf4 29. Qxb5 Kf7 30. Qe2 Kf6 31. Qh5 Qd4 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Qe3
Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Ng6 35. h5 Nh4 36. Qf4+ Nf5 37. Be4 Qd4 38. Qf3 Kf6 39. a4 Qb6 40.
Bxf5 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca (Spain)"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gligoric Svetozar"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Na5 Nb6 18. Qg4 e5 19. b5 f5 20. Qe2 f4 21. exf4
Rxf4 22. Rfd1 Rdf8 23. Be1 Nc8 24. Nb3 Qf7 25. Nd2 e4 26. Nf1 Bh5 27. Qc2 Bxd1
28. Rxd1 Ne7 29. Ne3 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Qxf5 31. Rxd6 e3 32. Qxf5 exf2+ 33. Bxf2
R8xf5 34. Rd2 Rxc4 35. h3 h5 36. h4 Ra4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd3 Ra5 39. Rb3 c4 40.
Rc3 Rfxb5 41. Rxc4 Rxa3 42. Bd4 a5 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b4
Bb7 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. c5 Nd7 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. d5 cxd5 15.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Bb5 bxc5 17. bxc5 Rc8 18. Qc3+ Rf6 19. Nb3 Kg8 20. Rac1 a6 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rfd1 Bc6 23. Na5 f4 24. exf4 Rxf4 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Qe5 Rf5 27.
Qxe4 dxe4 28. Rxd7 Rfxc5 29. Re1 Rc1 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Rd4 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Rc2 33.
Ra4 e3 34. fxe3 Rxg2 35. h4 h5 36. Kf1 Rg4 37. Rxg4 hxg4 38. Kg2 g5 39. h5 Kg7
40. Kg3 Kh7 41. Kxg4 Kh6 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Czerniak M"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nd7 7. Be2 e5 8. d5 c5
9. O-O Ne7 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Nf3 a6 15.
Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 b6 17. a3 Qd7 18. b4 Rac8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qc2 f5 21. Na4
Qd6 22. Rab1 fxe4 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Rb6 Qd7 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 Qc7 27. Qf2
Nf5 28. Rc6 Qb7 29. Bxf8 e3 30. Qe1 Nd4 31. Bc5 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Hastings (England)"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Penrose J"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. O-O Nd7
9. Be3 e6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 c5 12. cxb5 Ne7 13. bxa6 Bxa6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Rb6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Nb5 Nb6 21. Nxd6+
Qxd6 22. Rfe1 Nxd5 23. Rad1 Kf7 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. b3 Bf6 26. Re2 g4 27. Ne1 Nc6
28. Red2 Nd4 29. b4 Qe6 30. bxc5 Nc3 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca (Spain)"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Larsen Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. d3 Rc8 11. Rc1 Rc7 12. Qe2 Rd7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Rxd5 16. d4 Qa8 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxc5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Bf8 21.
Rd7 f5 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Nd4 24. Rxd4 Bxg2 25. Rd7 Bh3 26. f3 Rd8 27. Rxg7+
Kf8 28. Rh7 Qd5 29. Kf2 Qd1 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Qc2 Qd5 33. Qc7+ Ke8
34. Qb8+ Kd7 35. Qxa7+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7 37. Qc4+ Qxc4 38. bxc4 Kc6 39. Bd4 h5
40. a4 Kc7 41. c5 bxc5 42. Bxc5 Kc6 43. Bb4 Kb6 44. g4 hxg4 45. Kg3 e5 46. e4
fxe4 47. fxg4 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Monte Carlo (Monaco)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko Pal C"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nbc6 7. d3 f5 8. Nd5
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. O-O Rf7 12. Rac1 Raf8 13. f4 fxe4 14. dxe4 Nc8
15. c5 Bh3 16. b4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 exf4 18. gxf4 Re8 19. Ng3 h5 20. b5 N6e7 21. f5
h4 22. fxg6 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 hxg3 24. Rf7 Be5 25. Bd4 Qg4 26. Rf4 Qh5 27. Bxe5
Qxh2+ 28. Kf3 Qxd2 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe8+ Kxg6 31. Rf6+ Kh7 32. Bxg3 Qd3+ 33.
Kf2 Qxb5 34. cxd6 Qxe8 0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "Monte Carlo (Monaco)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Larsen Bent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. d4 Qa5 8. e4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nfd7 11. Be3 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Qc7 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Nf4 Qb6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nf4 Qb6 18. b4 Nxe5 19. Bxc5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qc6 21.
Nd5 Re8 22. Rad1 e6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Nd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Bd4 e5 27.
Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxh3 29. Rd1 Qc8 30. c5 Qc6 31. Rd6 Qb5 32. Qd5 Qxb4 33. Rd7
Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Rxb7 Rc8 37. Rxa7 Rxc5 38. Kh3 Rf5 39. f4
Rd5 40. a4 e5 41. a5 1/2-1/2
[Event "It"]
[Site "Monte Carlo (Monaco)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Portisch Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nb6 8.
d3 Be7 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd5 13. Rfc1 Re8 14. Rc2 Bf8
15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Rxc7 Bc6 17. R1xc6 bxc6 18. Rxf7 h6 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Qc4+ Kh8
21. Nh4 Qxb7 22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Be4 Bd6 24. Nxe5+ g6 25. Bxg6+ Kg7 26. Bxh6+ 1-0
[Event "It"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Polugaevsky Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d5 Na5 8. e4 O-O
9. O-O Bg4 10. Be3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
Rc1 Ne5 16. b3 h5 17. Kg2 a6 18. Bb1 Rab8 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Bd2 b5 21. Nd1 Nb7
22. f4 Ng4 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nf2 Rbe8 25. Rce1 Re7 26. Qf3 Rfe8 27. Re2 Nh7 28.
Rfe1 Bd4 29. Bc2 b4 30. Kh2 Nd8 31. Nd3 Kh8 32. e5 Qc7 33. Kh1 dxe5 34. fxe5
Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Bf4 Rf5 38. Bxc7 Rxf3 39. Bxd8 Re3 40. Kg1
1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Suttles D"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7 7. f3 f5 8. Be3
Bh6 9. Bxh6 Nxh6 10. Qd2 Nf7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 c6 13. O-O cxd5 14. cxd5 Qb6+
15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Rae1 Kg7 17. f4 Rae8 18. Nc1 exf4 19. gxf4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5
21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Bh3 Ng3+ 23. hxg3 Bxh3 24. Nd4 Rfe8 25. Rf3 Rc4 26. Rd3 Qb4 27.
b3 Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Rc7 29. Rde2 Bg4 30. Re3 Bf5 31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. Nxf5+ gxf5 33.
Rxe8 Nxe8 34. Rxe8 Kg6 35. Re2 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Re6+ Kf7 38. Rd6 Ke7 39.
Rh6 Rxd5 40. Rxh7+ Kd6 41. Kh3 Ra5 42. Kh4 b5 43. Kg5 Rxa2 44. Kxf5 a5 45. g4
Ra3 46. Ra7 Kc5 47. g5 Kb6 48. Ra8 Rxb3 49. g6 Rg3 50. Kf6 b4 51. g7 Kb5 52.
g8=Q Rxg8 53. Rxg8 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matulovic Milan"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Rfd1 h6 12. Be3 Ne8 13. Ne1 Nd4 14. Bf1 Rd7
15. Ne2 Rad8 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nf4 Re7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Nd3 Re7 21.
Re1 h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 g5 24. b3 Nb5 25. Re2 Be5 26. a4 Nc3 27. Rd2 Bd6
28. Bg2 c6 29. a5 a6 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Rh1 f6 32. Rh5 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Kxh8 34. Kf1
Kg7 35. Nb2 Be5 36. Nc4 Kf8 37. Kg1 Rh7 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. Nxe5 fxe5 40. Bc4 Kd6
41. Kg2 Rh6 42. Bf7 Kc5 43. Be8 Kb4 44. Bd7 Nb1 45. Rd3 Na3 46. f4 Nxc2 47. Kg1
gxf4 48. Bf5 Ne3 49. g5 Rh5 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Geller Efim P"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re2 Ng4 13. Nc2 Nge5 14. Ne3 Nc5 15.
b3 Bxh3 16. Bd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 h5 18. Rb1 Qd8 19. b4 Ne6 20. f4 Nd3 21. Nf1 a5
22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Ndxf4+ 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matanovic Aleksandar"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
a5 9. a4 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e6 13. c4 Na6 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Ba2
Nb4 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Bd6 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 Qb3 19. Rfa1 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Nd2
Nb6 22. Bc5 Ra6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Kf1 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Rd4
28. Nd6 Nd7 29. Nxb7 Nxe5 30. Rc3 Nd3 31. Nd6 Nxc5 32. Rxc4 Nb3 33. Rxd4 Nxd4
34. Ra3 c5 35. Ne4 Rb6 36. Rc3 f5 37. Nxc5 Rxb2 38. Rc4 e5 39. Nd3 Rb1+ 40. Kg2
Kf6 41. f4 e4 42. Rxd4 Rd1 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Ra6 exd3 45. Rxa5 Kd6 46. Ra8 Kc7
47. Ra5 Kc6 48. Ra8 Kc5 49. Kf2 Ra1 50. Rd8 Kc4 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Re2+ 53.
Kf3 Re6 54. a5 Kc3 55. Rc8+ Kd2 56. h4 Re1 57. a6 Ra1 58. Rc7 Ke1 59. Kg2 Rxa6
60. Re7+ Kd1 61. Rxh7 Ra2+ 62. Kf1 d2 63. Rc7 Ra1 64. Kf2 Rc1 0-1
[Event "It"]
[Site "Beverwijk (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lombardy William J"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Rfd1 Rfc8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5
Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ Kg7 16. Nh5+ gxh5 17. Rxd2 f6 18. b3 Rc5 19. f4 Rac8 20. Re1 Be8
21. Bf1 Bf7 22. Kf2 a6 23. Re3 Ra5 24. a4 Rac5 25. Be2 R8c7 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27.
Rh3 R7c6 28. f5 Rb6 29. Rdd3 Rb4 30. Bxh5 Bg8 31. Rh4 e6 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33. Bd1
Bg8 34. Rxd6 Ke7 35. Rd3 Re5 36. Rg4 Bf7 37. Rg7 h6 38. Rh7 Rb6 39. Bg4 Kf8 40.
Rd8+ Be8 41. Rh8+ 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "Leiden (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Larsen Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 a5 7. O-O b6 8. Ne5
Ra7 9. Nd3 Bb7 10. Nf3 Be7 11. b3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. a3 c5 14. e3 Nc6 15. Nfe5
cxd4 16. exd4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. a4 Qc7 19. Qc2 Bc6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Nf4 Bg5
22. Ne2 Be3+ 23. Kh1 f4 24. Nd4 fxg3 25. Nxc6 dxc6 26. hxg3 Qf7 27. Bh3 Rd8 28.
Bc3 Rad7 29. Ra2 Rd3 30. b4 axb4 31. Bxb4 Qh5 32. Qh2 Qxe5 33. f4 Qe4+ 34. Qg2
Qxc4 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36. Qxc6 Re3 37. Raf2 Kh8 38. Qg2 h6 39. Bg4 Qxa4 40. Re2 e5
41. Ra2 Qc4 42. Rc2 Qb4 43. Bf5 exf4 44. gxf4 Re1 45. Re2 Rxf1+ 46. Qxf1 Rf8
47. Be4 Qd4 48. Kg2 Qf6 49. f5 Qg5+ 50. Kh1 Qh4+ 51. Kg2 Rd8 52. Bc2 Rd4 0-1
[Event "Match URS-ROW"]
[Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matulovic Milan"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nc4 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. O-O-O
Bg4 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qe4 Rad8 17. Qxf4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 b5 19. Ne3 Nxe5 20. Qg3 a5
21. a3 Kh7 22. Ng4 h5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Rhe1 Bf6 26. c3 c5 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. g3 c4 29. Bc2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. cxb4 Qb6 32. Rd1 Qxb4 33. Rxd8
Qxb2+ 34. Kd1 Bxd8 35. Qd5 Qf6 36. Ke2 Bb6 37. f4 Qc3 38. Qe4 Bd4 39. f5 gxf5
40. Qxf5 Qe3+ 41. Kf1 Qg1+ 42. Ke2 Qxh2+ 43. Kd1 Qg1+ 44. Ke2 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qxg3
46. Qh7+ Kf8 0-1
[Event "Match-Tournament"]
[Site "Leiden (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Larsen Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 c6 8. Bd3 b5
9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nb6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15.
Rxa4 Bd7 16. Ra5 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfc8 18. Nc3 Qd8 19. Qa2 Be6 20. Qa3 d5 21. e5 Nd7
22. Na4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ra6 Rc7 25. Rc1 Qc8 26. Ra5 e6 27. Bd2 Bf8 28. f4
Kh8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Qd8 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Rca1 Rcb7 33. Ra8 Qc8 34. Rxb8
Qxb8 35. Qa3 Kg8 36. Qa4 Qc7 37. Ra3 h6 38. Qa8 Rb8 39. Qa5 Qc8 40. Qa6 Be7 41.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Kf3 h5 44. Ke2 Kg7 45. Be1 Kg6 46. Ra7 Bd8 47. Bc3
h4 48. Kd3 h3 49. gxh3 Bh4 50. Ke2 Bd8 51. Kf3 Bh4 52. Kg2 Rd8 53. Kf3 Rc8 54.
Ke2 Bd8 55. Be1 f6 56. Kf3 fxe5 57. fxe5 Rc7 58. Ra8 Bg5 59. Rg8+ Kh5 60. h4
Bh6 61. Rh8 Kg6 62. h5+ Kg7 63. Ra8 Bg5 64. Ra6 Rc8 65. b5 cxb5 66. Rxe6 Bc1
67. Bb4 d4 68. Rg6+ Kh7 69. Rd6 Bb2 70. Rd7+ Kg8 71. e6 Bc3 72. e7 Re8 73. Rd8
Kf7 74. Rxe8 Kxe8 75. c6 1-0
[Event "?"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Muhutdinov Marat"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 c6 14. c4 b5 15.
cxb5 cxd5 16. exd5 a6 17. Be3 axb5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. a3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Ra4 21. Rc2
e4 22. Bg2 Nexd5 23. Rfc1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Ra7 25. Ne2 Re5 26. Nd4 Rb7 27. Nc6 Rd5
28. Qb4 h5 29. gxh5 Rxh5 30. Rd1 d5 31. Nd4 Rg5 32. Kf1 Nh5 33. Rf2 Qc7 34. Ke2
Rg3 35. Rdf1 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Bh6+ 0-1