[Event "Soviet Union"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Abramovic"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 b6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Bb7 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Rc1 Na6 11.a3 Rf6 12.Qa4 Nxc3
13.Rxc3 Bxf3 14.Qxa6 Rg6 15.g3 Qg5 16.Re1 Qh5 17.e4 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Sweden"]
[Site "Match, Stockholm"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Gosta Stoltz"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1927.10.14"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "K Kholodkevich"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nge2
c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Nd5 Nxd5
13.exd5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.cxb5 Bxb5
18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Re3 f5 20.a4 Ba6 21.Rae1 Rf7 22.b4 Bb7 23.b5 a6
24.b6 Rc8 25.a5 Rc5 26.Rc3 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Rf8 28.Qe3 Re8 29.Rc1
Rc8 30.Rxc8+ Bxc8 31.Qe6+ Qxe6 32.dxe6 Kg7 33.b7 Bxb7 34.Bxb7
Kf6 35.Bxa6 Kxe6 36.Bc8+ 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Tournament, Leningrad"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1927.09.27"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "I Rabinovich"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Boris Yuriev"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Bd3
a6 8.c5 c6 9.b4 a5 10.a3 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1 12.Qxa1 b6 13.Bf4
bxc5 14.bxc5 Nh5 15.Qa7 Nxf4 16.exf4 f6 17.O-O e5 18.Bf5 exd4
19.Na4 Nb6 20.cxb6 Bxf5 21.Nxd4 Bd7 22.f5 Qc8 23.Ne6 Bxe6
24.Qxe7 Bxf5 25.b7 Qb8 26.Nc5 Rf7 27.Qe2 Kf8 28.Qa6 Re7 29.Qa8
Re8 30.Qxb8 Rxb8 31.Ra1 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch URS, Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rokhlin"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bb5 Nf6 5.d3 Nd4 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.Nxe5 Nxb3 9.cxb3 d4 10.Nc6 dxc3 11.Nxb4 c5 12.Nc2 c4
13.bxc4 bxc4 14.e5 Ng4 15.d4 cxb2 16.Bxb2 Qa5+ 17.Qd2 Qxd2+
18.Kxd2 Nxf2 19.Rhf1 Ne4+ 20.Ke3 Bb7 21.Rf4 c3 22.Ba3 Nd2
23.Bc5 g5 24.Rg4 h6 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Bxa7 f5 27.exf6 Kf7 28.Bc5
Kxf6 29.Nb4 Rhe8+ 30.Kd3 Ne4 31.Rf1+ Kg6 32.Rxe4 Bxe4+ 33.Kxc3
Bxg2 34.Rf2 Bh3 35.Nd3 Bf5 36.Nb4 Be4 37.Kd2 h5 38.a3 h4
39.Na2 g4 40.Nc3 Bf3 41.Bd6 Rcd8 42.Bc5 h3 43.Nb5 Bg2 0-1

[Event "Leningrad ch-city"]
[Site "Leningrad ch-city"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "A Batuev"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3
dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nbd5 12.Ne5 Nd7
13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.Rfd1 b6 16.Rac1 Bb7 17.f3 Rc8
18.Nxf7 Rxf7 19.Qxe6 Qf8 20.Ne4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nfd5 22.Nd6 Ba8
23.Re1 g6 24.Nxf7 Qxf7 25.Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Leningrad tt"]
[Site "Leningrad tt"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Yurgis"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
e6 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.d3 Nd7 12.Qc2 Rc8
13.Rae1 b5 14.e4 Bb7 15.Nd2 Nb8 16.f4 Nc6 17.a3 Qd7 18.Nf3
Rfd8 19.Rd1 Ba6 20.Ba1 b4 21.a4 Nd4 22.Qb2 Bf6 23.e5 Be7
24.Nxd4 cxd4 25.Qe2 Rc5 26.Bb2 f5 27.h4 Rc3 28.Bxc3 dxc3
29.Qe3 Bxd3 30.Rf2 Qd4 31.Qxd4 Rxd4 32.Bf1 c2 33.Rc1 Bxf1
34.Rcxf1 Rc4 35.bxc4 Bc5 36.Kg2 Bxf2 37.Kxf2 b3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1931.10.25"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "N Sorokin"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
c6 8.O-O a6 9.a4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qe2 h6 13.Bh4
Be7 14.Rfd1 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Rd2 Nb6 17.Rad1 Qc5 18.Ba2 Nf6
19.e4 e5 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Bg4 22.a5 Nc8 23.Rc1 Bxf3 24.gxf3
Ne7 25.Nd5 Nc6 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.Rd7 Rab8 28.Kf2 Nxa5 29.Rcc7
Rbc8 30.Rxf7 Rxc7 31.Rxc7 Kh8 32.Bd5 b5 33.b3 Rd8 34.Kg3 f5
35.Kh4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Rd6 37.Kh5 Rf6 38.h3 Rd6 39.h4 Rb6 40.Kg4
Rf6 41.Ra7 Rb6 42.Re7 Rd6 43.Rc7 Rf6 44.Ra7 Rb6 45.Rc7 Rf6
46.Kh5 Rd6 47.Bf7 Rf6 48.Bg6 Nxb3 49.Kxh6 Rf8 50.Rh7+ Kg8
51.Rg7+ Kh8 52.Bf7 Rxf7 53.Rxf7 Kg8 54.Kg6 Nd2 55.Rd7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1931.11.03"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1931.11.10"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "V G Kirillov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.O-O e5 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 f6 11.Ne1 Bf5 12.Na4 Na6
13.Ba3 Qa5 14.Nc2 Rfd8 15.Ne3 Be6 16.d3 Rac8 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Nd2
b6 19.Bb2 Qd7 20.Re1 Nd4 21.Nc3 Nb4 22.Nf3 Nxa2 23.Nxd4 Nxc3
24.Rxc3 cxd4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.e3 Bb4 27.Re2 Bc3 28.exd4 Bxb2
29.Rxb2 Qxd4 30.Ra2 a5 31.Ra4 Qc3 32.Rh4 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Moscow ch-SU sf"]
[Site "Moscow ch-SU sf"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Akshanov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.Nf3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd2
cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.g3 Qb6 10.Nf3 d4 11.Nd1 Nc6 12.a3 Bxd2+
13.Nxd2 Bg4 14.b4 Rfe8 15.Qc5 Qd8 16.f3 Rc8 17.Kf2 Ne5 18.Qxa7
Rc2 19.fxg4 Rxd2 20.Qxb7 d3 21.Rc1 dxe2 22.Bxe2 Nd3+ 23.Kf1
0-1

[Event "Leningrad ch-city"]
[Site "Leningrad ch-city"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Grigory Miasoedov"]
[ECO "E23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qa5
7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.Nf3 Qxc5 9.a3 Ba5 10.e3 a6 11.Be2 Rg8 12.O-O Bc7
13.Ne4 Qe7 14.Qc3 Rg6 15.c5 d5 16.cxd6 Bxd6 17.Rfd1 Bc7 18.Nc5
Kf8 19.Rac1 Be5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.f4 Nc6 22.Bf3 e5 23.b4 Nd8
24.Qd3 Ke8 25.f5 Rg5 26.Ne4 Rg8 27.Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch Leningrad, Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "I Rabinovich"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 Nge7
7.O-O Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.Be3 Nf5 10.Bf2 Qd7 11.Na4 b6 12.a3 Be7
13.Nac3 Bf6 14.Ba6 O-O 15.Na2 Qd6 16.Qd2 h6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.g4
Nh4 19.Bg3 Qe7 20.Bb5 Na5 21.Qb4 c6 22.Qxe7 Bxe7 23.Bd3 Bf6
24.c3 Ng6 25.Rfe1 Nc4 26.Bxc4 dxc4 27.Nb4 c5 28.Nc6 Rd7
29.dxc5 bxc5 30.Rxd7 Bxd7 31.Na5 Be6 32.f4 Bxg4 33.Nxc4 h5
34.Nc1 Rd8 35.Ne3 Bh3 36.Rd1 h4 37.Rxd8+ Bxd8 38.Bf2 Nxf4
39.Nc4 Be7 40.b4 Be6 41.Na5 Nh3+ 42.Kg2 Nxf2 43.Kxf2 cxb4
44.axb4 Bd6 45.Kg2 h3 46.Kg1 g5 47.Nc6 Bd5 48.Nd4 Bf4 49.Nce2
Be3+ 50.Kf1 Be4 51.Ke1 f5 52.Ng3 Bxd4 53.cxd4 Kf7 54.Ne2 Ke6
55.Nc3 Bc6 56.Kf2 f4 57.Ne2 Bg2 58.Nc3 g4 59.Kg1 Bb7 60.b5 Kf5
61.Na4 g3 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch Leningrad, Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Rd1 Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Ne5 Nbd5
13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Bd7 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Ng6 fxg6
18.Bxd5 Rae8 19.Re1 Qb4 20.Bb3 Rf6 21.Rad1 Ref8 22.f3 Kh7
23.Qd2 Qb6 24.Re5 Rf4 25.Qe3 R8f6 26.Qc3 Bc6 27.Qc5 Qxc5
28.dxc5 R4f5 29.Rde1 Rxe5 30.Rxe5 Rf5 31.Rxf5 exf5 32.Kf2 g5
33.Ke3 Kg6 34.Kd4 Kf6 35.Bd5 h5 36.h3 g4 37.hxg4 fxg4 38.fxg4
hxg4 39.g3 Kf5 40.b4 Kf6 41.Ke4 Ke7 42.Bxc6 bxc6 43.Kf5 a6
44.a3 Kf7 45.Kxg4 Ke6 46.Kg5 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Ch Leningrad, Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O e5 7.d3
Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 f6 10.Be3 Be6 11.a4 Qd7 12.Qd2 b6 13.Rfc1
Rac8 14.Qd1 Kh8 15.Bd2 Rfd8 16.Qb3 Nc7 17.Bc3 Rb8 18.Qc2 Nd5
19.Nfd2 Rbc8 20.Nf1 Nd4 21.Qd1 Bg4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.Qd2 Bf8
24.Re1 Re8 25.h4 Bh3 26.Bf3 Re7 27.Nh2 Rce8 28.Kh1 Be6 29.b3
Nb4 30.Bg2 Bd5 31.Nf3 Rf7 32.Kh2 Bd6 33.Bh3 Qd8 34.Rab1 Rfe7
35.Ng1 Bc7 36.Na3 Bb7 37.Bg2 Bxg2 38.Kxg2 Nd5 39.Nc2 Qd6
40.Na3 Ne3+ 41.Kh1 Ng4 42.Qf4 Qxf4 43.gxf4 Nxf2+ 44.Kg2 Nxd3
0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1933.08.19"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vsevolod Rauzer"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1933.08.27"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mikhail M Yudovich Sr."]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

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+ { Kh7
24.Nf6+ Kh8 25.Qh7# } 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik-Flohr Match"]
[Site "Moscow / Leningrad  URS"]
[Date "1933.12.15"]
[EventDate "1933.11.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 "Leingrad"]
[Site "Leingrad"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Hans Kmoch"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 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 bxc6 28.bxc6 Nc8 29.c7 Rf8
30.Nc6 1-0

[Event "-12544"]
[Site "Leningrad -"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.g4 Nxg4 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Bf4 Ndf6
13.Bd3 Nh5 14.h3 Ngf6 15.Be5 Ng8 16.O-O-O Nh6 17.Rhg1 Be6
18.Qe2 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Nh4 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-Moskva"]
[Site "Leningrad-Moskva"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail M Yudovich Sr."]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6
8.Qc2 Qe8 9.Bf4 Qh5 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Kh8 12.Kh1 Rg8 13.e3 g5
14.Bc7 Ne8 15.Be5+ Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Nf6 17.f3 Bd6 18.e4 Nd7 19.g4
Qe8 20.Nxd7 Bxd7 21.e5 Bb4 22.gxf5 exf5 23.cxd5 Bxc3 24.dxc6
Bxc6 25.Qxc3 Qe6 26.Qd2 Bd5 27.Rc1 Rg7 28.Rc2 f4 29.Qc1 Rag8
30.h3 h5 31.Kg1 g4 32.hxg4 hxg4 33.Kf2 Rh7 34.Rh1 g3 35.Ke1
Rxh1+ 36.Bxh1 Qh6 37.Bg2 Bc6 38.a4 Bd7 39.d5 Bf5 40.Rc7 Qh2
41.Qb2 Qg1+ 42.Bf1 Qe3+ 43.Be2 Be6 44.Qc2 Rg7 45.dxe6 Qf2+
46.Kd2 Qd4+ 47.Ke1 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow, URS"]
[Date "1935.03.08"]
[EventDate "1935.02.15"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vitaly Chekhover"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Nd4 dxc4 10.bxc4 Nc5 11.f4 Qc7 12.Nf3 Rd8
13.Qc2 Ncd7 14.d4 c5 15.Ne5 b6 16.Bd3 cxd4 17.exd4 Bb7 18.Qe2
Nf8 19.Nd1 Ra7 20.Nf2 Qb8 21.Nh3 h6 22.Ng5 hxg5 23.fxg5 N8d7
24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.g6+ Kg8 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 27.Qh3+ Kg8 28.Bf5 Nf8
29.Be6+ Nxe6 30.Qxe6+ Kh8 31.Qh3+ Kg8 32.Rxf6 Bxf6 33.Qh7+ Kf8
34.Re1 Be5 35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Qxg7+ Kd6 37.Qxe5+ Kd7 38.Qf5+ Kc6
39.d5+ Kc5 40.Ba3+ Kxc4 41.Qe4+ Kc3 42.Bb4+ Kb2 43.Qb1# 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.13"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 {This
defence, in some aspects similar to the Hanham, was often
adopted by Tchigorin who did not mind defensive cramped
positions. Nowadays it is mostly played in connection with the
fianchetto of the king's bishop, in fact a more promising
procedure.} 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4
{Another effective line of development is 8 b3 followed by
Bb2.} Qc7 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Nf8 {? The first of a series of
weak moves, which rapidly ruin Black's position. His best
chance to obtain some activity for his pieces in spite of the
weak d-pawn was 10...exd4 11 Nxd4 Nc5 12 Qc2 a5; or 11 Bxd4
Nb6, etc.} 11. Rc1 h6 {? Either loss of time or preparation
for a bad move (g5). Indicated was 11...Bd7.} 12. d5 Bd7 {If
12...g5 then 13 h4 Ng4 14 hxg5 Nxe3 15 fxe3 hxg5 16 Nh2
followed by Qh5 etc.} 13. Nd2 g5 {? After this the game can
hardly be saved. A much lesser evil was 13...Ng6 14 f4 exf4 15
gxf4 Bf8 etc.} 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 Kg7 16. fxe5 {The attack
from now on is very easy to conduct as there are "many roads
to Rome".} dxe5 17. c5 cxd5 {? Black sees that he must lose
anyhow and does not even try to resist. After 17...Qc8 16 d6
Bd8 the attack would not develop quite as rapidly as in the
actual game.} 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Nc4 Ng6 20. Nd6 {Decisive as
the Black rook cannot move. If for instance 20...Rf8 then 21
Qd2 Rh8 22 Qf2 and wins.} Be6 21. Nxe7 {Instead of taking the
exchange plus a pawn by 21 Nxe8+ Rxe8 22 Nxe7 followed by
Bxh6+ and Rxf6, White prefers to sacrifice material in order
to buid up a mating attack. It is difficult to say which of
the two methods is stronger as they both secure the win. But
certainly Botvinnik's way is the more elegant.} Nxe7 {If
21...Rxe7 22 Nf5+ and wins.} 22. Rxf6 {The continuation is by
no means difficult, but makes a specially pleasant impression
because of the text-moves are of a so-called "quiet" nature,
that is, without checks.} Kxf6 23. Qh5 {Threatening mate in
two.} Ng6 24. Nf5 {!} Rg8 {If 24...Rh8 then simply 25 Rf1.}
25. Qxh6 Bxa2 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qg5+ {A more logical move was
first 27 Rxd8.} Ke6 28. Rxd8 f6 29. Rxg8 Nf4 30. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 {Notes by Alekhine} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 {The variations starting with 7
Rc1 have been so much analysed of recent years that the
text-move, though it allows the immediate ...c5, offers better
fighting chances.} c5 8. O-O cxd4 {As the Black pieces are not
developed so as to attack the isolated d-pawn, the better
policy here is the usual line 8...dxc4 9 Bxc4 a6 10 a4 Re8.}
9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 {The beginning of a
risky plan, in view of White's prospects of a K side
attack. The half-pinning of his king's knight, which seems so
harmless at the moment, will in a few moves become extremely
disagreeable for Black. It was wiser therefore to clear the
situation at once by 11...Nfd5 without much danger in the near
future.} 12. Qd3 {! Intending, if 12...Nfd5; 13 Bc2.} Nbd5
13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nb4 {? A second mistake, after which
White's attack becomes tremendously strong. A lesser evil was
...Rc8 in order to answer 15 Qh3 with ...Nxc3 16 bxc3 Be4.}
15. Qh3 Bd5 {This does not solve the problem of the defence,
as White preserves his powerful king's bishop.} 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5
17. f4 {!} Rc8 {Or ...g6 18 Bh6 Re8 19 g4, etc.} 18. f5 exf5
19. Rxf5 Qd6 {? Losing immediately. The only move was ...Rc7,
after which White would increase his pressure against f7 by 20
Rdf1 followed eventually by Qh4 with decisive advantage.}
20. Nxf7 {! Simple and neat. Black cannot avoid serious
material loss.} Rxf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 {Much stronger
than 22 Bxd5.} Qc6 {Or 22...Bxd4+ 23 Kh1.} 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow, URS"]
[Date "1936.05.16"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Bxg2 8.Kxg2 Bg7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.e4 Nc6 11.Be3 Qc8 12.b3 Qb7 13.f3
Rfd8 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Qd2 a6 16.Rfd1 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 d6 18.a4 Ne8
19.Nd5 Rc6 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.h4 Re8 22.Rc3 Nh5 23.Qd4 b5 24.cxb5
axb5 25.Rdc1 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 bxa4 27.Rc7 Qb5 28.bxa4 Qe2+ 29.Qf2
Qxf2+ 30.Kxf2 e6 31.Nb6 Nf6 32.a5 Rb8 33.Rc8+ Rxc8 34.Nxc8 Ne8
35.a6 Nc7 36.a7 Na8 37.Nxd6 Kf8 38.e5 Ke7 39.Ke3 f6 40.Kf4 h6
41.Nc8+ Kf7 42.Ke4 Kg7 43.Kd4 Nc7 44.Kc5 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.12"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 {More usual and
strategically safer is 3.c4 Bb7 4.g3, etc.} c5 4. c4 Bb7
5. Nc3 {The complications which could arise after 5.d5 b5,
etc. would be rather in Black's favor.} cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Bd3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 {With this move, which weakens the Q-side
without any necessity, and the next one, White completely
spoils his position, which would be promising enough after
9.Bf4 followed, in case of 9...d5 by 10.Qe2,Rad1, etc.} d5
10. Be3 {? And now he should prevent ...Ne4 by playing, for
instance 10.Qe2 as 10...dxc4 would not be dangerous because of
11.Bxc4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxd4 13.Rd1. From now on Black has the
better game.} Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2 {? The aim of this move
is difficult to understand. Because of his already inferior
position he should try to simplify matters by 12.Ne5 as
12...Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 d4? would be answered by
15.Bxd4. After the Queen's move this will, of course, be
impossible.} Rc8 {Black does not hurry with ...f5 as the
opponent already has no really useful moves at his disposal.}
13. Rfd1 f5 14. Bf4 {? Directly provoking the unavoidable
K-side attack. White plays the whole game with the resignation
of a lamb under the threat of the butcher's knife.} g5 15. Be5
g4 16. Ne1 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 {17.dxe5 Qc7 etc, would not alter the
situation.} dxe4 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Nb5 {The only way to prevent
material disadvantage.} Qxe5 20. Rd7 {The last of a series of
mistakes which loses in a few moves. After 20.Nxa7 Ra8 21.Nb5
etc. White in spite of the obvious advantage of Black's
position (the two powerful Bishops) could still put up a
stubborn resistance.} Bg5 21. Rcd1 {He may at his previous
move, have overlooked, that 21.Rxb7 Bxc1 22.Nd3 would be fatal
because of 22...Qa1.} Bc6 22. Rxa7 Rcd8 {The occupation of the
open file is absolutely decisive.} 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Rd8
25. Qc2 Bd2 {If now 26.Qb1 e3 27.fxe3 Qxe3+ 28.Kf1 Be4 etc.}
0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {On another
ocassion I would probably have played 3 b4 a sacrifice for
which White in this particular position has to my mind
sufficient strategical reasons. But playing for the first time
with the Soviet Champion, for whose play I have the greatest
appreciation, I did not like the idea of being accused of
overweening confidence, undue boldness ( and this independent
of the result of the game) or of such things as
"underestimating," "bluster", etc.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 {Already intending to make the following
pawn advance. Otherwise I would first play 7 O-O followed by
Nb3.} Nc6 8. Nb3 Be6 9. f4 {In order to be able to answer
9...d5 by 10 e5.} O-O 10. g4 {I first saw this interesting
move in a game of the talented Slovakian Master, Foltys, from
the recent tournament at Podebrad but did not know that it had
already experimented with in the Moscow Tournament. As the
present game shows, the move permits White to force a quick
draw - but no more.} d5 {! Already played by Botvinnik against
Lowenfish (Moscow, 1936) who answered 11 e5 d4 12 Nxd4 Nxd4 13
Bxd4 Nxg4 14 Qd3 a6 15 O-O-O with about even chances.} 11. f5
Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 {Doubtless the best move. If instead
13 fxg6 hxg6 14 Bf3 then 14...Nxg4 15 Bxg4 Bxg4 16 Qxg4 Nxc2+
17 Ke2 Nxa1 18 Rxa1 Bxc3 19 Qxd5 with rook and three pawns for
two minor pieces.} Qxd6 {Of course not 13...exd6 because of 14
g5 followed by f6.} 14. Bc5 {The alternative 14 Qxd6 exd6 15
O-O-O gxf5 was certainly not dangerous for Black.} Qf4 {!
Again the only move as 14...Qxd1+ 15 Rxd1! Nc6 (...Nxc2+ 16
Kd2) 16 g5 followed by 17 f6 etc., would give White a distinct
advantage.} 15. Rf1 {White, too, has nothing better than to
accept the piece sacrifice.} Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4 {This second
sacrifice forces the perpetual check.} 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2
{Of course not 18 Kd2? ...Bh6+ and wins.} Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+
20. Rf2 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow, URS"]
[Date "1936.06.03"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

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 Rb7 58.Kg2 Kg6 59.Kf3 Kf6 60.Rb5 Ke6 61.Ke3
Kd6 62.Kd3 Kc6 63.Kc4 Kd6 64.Rd5+ Kc6 65.Rc5+ Kd6 66.Kb5 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.15"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 "AVRO"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.22"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Sokolsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O b6
8.cxd5 exd5 9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Qc2 a6 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Rfd1
Qe7 14.Qb1 Rfd8 15.Bf1 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Ne2 Bh6 18.Ba3 Ng4
19.Qd3 Nde5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Ng3 Qf6 22.Nh1 d4 23.Qe2 Ne5
24.exd4 cxd4 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Re1 d3 27.Qd1 Bg4 28.Qa1 d2
29.Rxe5 d1=Q 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Qxf6 Be2 32.Ng3 Bg7 33.Qc6 Bb5
34.Qc1 Qxc1 35.Bxc1 Re1 36.Be3 Ra1 37.a4 Bd3 38.f4 Rb1 39.Kf2
Bxf1 40.Nxf1 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "1/2 final"]
[Site "Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vitaly Chekhover"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Qe7 7.Be2
e5 8.Qc2 Re8 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Rae1 Bg4
13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qe4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nc6 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Red1 Rad8
18.Rd5 b6 19.Rfd1 Na5 20.h3 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Qe7 22.Bg4 Qb7 23.Bf5
Qb8 24.Rd7 Rd8 25.Qxe5 Nxc4 26.Qxb8 Rxb8 27.Be4 Na3 28.Bd5 Rf8
29.e4 a5 30.c4 b5 31.cxb5 Nxb5 32.e5 a4 33.f4 Nd4 34.Kf2 g5
35.g3 gxf4 36.gxf4 Ne6 37.Ke3 c4 38.f5 Nc5 39.Rc7 Nd3 40.e6
fxe6 41.fxe6 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.10"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 "Russia"]
[Site "Ch URS, Leningrad  (10)"]
[Date "1939.04.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "Leningrad ch-SU"]
[Site "Leningrad ch-SU"]
[Date "1939.05.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 "USSR Absolute Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad- Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.23"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

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 "USSR Absolute Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad- Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.03.26"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

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 "USSR Absolute Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad- Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.11"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6
7.O-O Nge7 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 "USSR Absolute Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad- Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.03.29"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Evgeny Zagorjansky"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf6 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Be2 Be6
13.O-O Bxb2 14.Qxb2 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Rd2 Rd7 17.Rad1 Rad8
18.h3 h6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Qc5 21.Bf3 b6 22.Qb2 Rc8 23.Qe5
Rcd8 24.Rd4 a5 25.g4 Qc6 26.g5 hxg5 27.Qxg5 f6 28.Qg6 Bf7
29.Qg3 f5 30.Qg5 Qe6 31.Kh1 Qe5 32.Rg1 Rf8 33.Qh6 Rb8 34.Rh4
Kf8 35.Qh8+ Bg8 36.Rf4 Rbb7 37.Rg5 Rf7 38.Qh5 Qa1+ 39.Kg2 g6
40.Qxg6 Bh7 41.Qd6+ Rbe7 42.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "V Makogonov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.dxe5
Nd7 8.f4 Bb4 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3
13.Kf2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 16.g4 Qe6 17.Ba3 Ne4+
18.Kf3 h5 19.h3 f6 20.c4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rxh1 22.Qxh1 O-O-O
23.Rd1 fxe5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rc1+ Kb8 26.Qh4 Re8 27.f5 Qf7
28.Rc2 g6 29.Bb2 a6 30.Ke2 Ka7 31.Qh2 Qf6 32.fxg6 Qxg6 33.Qg2
Rf8 34.Bxe5 Rf2+ 35.Qxf2 Nxf2 36.Bd4+ b6 37.Rc7+ Kb8 38.Be5
Nxg4 39.Bf4 Ne5 40.Re7 Qc2+ 41.Ke1 Kc8 42.Bxe5 Qxa2 43.Rc7+
Kd8 44.Rc1 a5 45.Bd4 b5 46.Ra1 Qb3 47.Kf2 a4 48.Kf3 Qc2 49.Kf4
Kd7 50.Ke5 Qe4+ 51.Kf6 Qe7+ 52.Kg6 a3 53.Rf1 b4 54.Rf7 Qxf7+
55.Kxf7 b3 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Tournament, Moscow"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4
Nd7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.O-O Bd6 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Ng3 Rb8 12.b3 Re8
13.Be3 g6 14.c3 a5 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Rfd1 Nc5 17.Ne1 Ne6 18.Nd3
Nf4 19.f3 Ba6 20.c4 c5 21.Qd2 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Red8 23.Ne2 c6
24.Nc3 Bc7 25.Qc2 Rd4 26.Ne2 Bc8 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Bf2 c5 29.Rf1
f5 30.Bg3 Bd7 31.Rad1 f4 32.Bf2 g5 33.g4 fxg3 34.Bxg3 Bh3
35.Rf2 h5 36.Rfd2 h4 37.Bf2 Rf8 38.Rd3 Rf4 39.Kh1 Kh7 40.Rg1
Bd8 41.Qe2 Qf7 42.Qd1 Qh5 43.Be3 Qxf3+ 44.Qxf3 Rxf3 45.Bxg5
Rxd3 46.Bxd8 Re3 47.Bb6 Rxe4 48.Bxc5 Re2 49.Rd1 Bg4 50.h3 Bxh3
51.b4 Bf5 52.Bd6 d3 53.bxa5 h3 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Tournament, Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg5
O-O 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.c5 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Be2 Bd7 12.a3 f5 13.Bb5
Ng5 14.Bxc6 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 bxc6 16.Qf4 Rae8 17.O-O e5 18.Qxe5
Qxe5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.f4 Re7 21.Rfe1 Rfe8 22.Rxe7 Rxe7 23.Kf2
Kf7 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rd2 h6 26.Re2 Rb8 27.Ke3 Rb3 28.Kd4 Kf6
29.Na2 Rb8 30.b4 g5 31.g3 gxf4 32.gxf4 a6 33.Nc3 Rg8 34.a4 Rg4
35.Rf2 Be6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.Nxb5 Rg1 39.Nc3 Kf7
40.Rb2 Rf1 41.Ne2 Re1 42.Ke5 d4 43.Kxd4 Kg6 44.Nc3 Kh5 45.Re2
Rxe2 46.Nxe2 Kg4 47.Ke5 Bc8 48.Nd4 h5 49.Nxf5 Bd7 50.Ng7+ Ba4
51.f5 Kg5 52.Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow ch-city"]
[Site "Moscow ch-city"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Zhivtsov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

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.Qf3 Bb7 12.exf6 Qb6
13.Qe3 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Kb1 Nb6 16.h4 b4 17.Ne4 c5 18.f3
c3 19.Be2 Bd5 20.a3 Na4 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.bxc3 bxc3
24.Rd3 Qb6+ 25.Kc1 Qb2+ 26.Kd1 Nxd3 27.Bxd3 Bb3+ 0-1

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 O-O
8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 c6 10.e4 Na6 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.b4 Nc7 13.O-O Qb8
14.Be3 b5 15.a4 bxc4 16.b5 Bb7 17.Bxc4 d5 18.exd5 Ncxd5
19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nf5 Bf6 22.Bd4 exf5 23.Bxf6 Qb7
24.Ra3 gxf6 25.Rg3+ Kh8 26.Qd4 Qe7 27.Qxd5 Qe6 28.Qd4 Rfd8
29.Qh4 Rg8 30.Rd1 Rg4 31.Rxg4 fxg4 32.h3 Rg8 33.hxg4 Rxg4
34.Qh6 Qe7 35.a5 Rg6 36.Qh3 Qe2 37.Qd3 Qg4 38.g3 Qh3 39.Qf3 h5
40.b6 axb6 41.axb6 Qc8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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 "tx URS-USA"]
[Site "tx URS-USA"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arnold Denker"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1945.06.??"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1945.06.??"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tolush"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3
Qa5 8.Bd2 c4 9.a4 Nd7 10.Be2 Nb6 11.O-O Nxa4 12.Nh4 Ng6
13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Re1 Bd7 15.Bf1 b5 16.Qf3 Rb8 17.Reb1 Qc7
18.Bc1 a5 19.Ba3 Rb6 20.Qg3 Qd8 21.Bd6 Rxd6 22.exd6 Bc6 23.h3
Kd7 24.Re1 Qh4 25.Qe5 Qf6 26.Qg3 Rh4 27.Re3 Rf4 28.Be2 Qh4
29.Bf3 b4 30.Qxh4 Rxh4 31.g3 Rh8 32.cxb4 axb4 33.Rb1 Rb8 34.h4
Rb7 35.Kh2 Kxd6 36.g4 Nc3 37.Ra1 Nb5 38.Rd1 Ra7 39.h5 g5
40.Kg2 Ra2 41.Be2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1945.06.27"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "G Goldberg"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.O-O e5 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 f6 11.Ne1 Bf5 12.Na4 Na6
13.Nc2 Qd7 14.Ne3 Be6 15.d3 Nd4 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Nc3 Nb4 18.Ba1
f5 19.Nc4 Bf6 20.Rfd1 b5 21.Nb2 e4 22.e3 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 exf3
24.Qe1 Rc8 25.d4 cxd4 26.exd4 Bg5 27.d5 Bf7 28.a3 Rfe8 29.Qf1
Bxc1 30.Rxc1 Nxd5 31.Nd3 Nxc3 32.Bxc3 Bxb3 33.Nf4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen  NED"]
[Date "1946.08.17"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

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 Rh8 59.g6
1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen  NED"]
[Date "1946.08.13"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4
Nxc3 8.bxc3 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qc2 g6
13.Bh6 Re8 14.Bb5 Bb7 15.c4 a6 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Qb2
Ba8 19.Rac1 b5 20.c5 Qd5 21.f3 f6 22.Ng4 Red8 23.Rfd1 g5
24.Ne3 Qc6 25.h4 Qe8 26.hxg5 fxg5 27.Ng4 Qg6 28.Re1 Bf6
29.Rcd1 Rd5 30.Rxe6 Bxd4+ 31.Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen  NED"]
[Date "1946.08.15"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen  NED"]
[Date "1946.08.16"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Herman Steiner"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 d5 7.Nc3
c6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 Qe8 10.Qc2 Qh5 11.Rae1 Nbd7 12.Nd2 g5
13.Bc7 Ne8 14.Be5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 f4 16.gxf4 gxf4 17.Nf3 Kh8
18.Kh1 Ng7 19.Qc1 Bd7 20.a3 Rf7 21.b4 Rg8 22.Rg1 Nf5 23.Nd1
Rfg7 24.Qxf4 Rg4 25.Qd2 Nh4 26.Ne3 Nxf3 27.exf3 Rh4 28.Nf1 Bg5
0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen  NED"]
[Date "1946.08.14"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erik Ruben Lundin"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
d5 8.Ne5 Qc8 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Qb3 Qe6 12.Nd3 Rd8
13.Be3 c6 14.Rfd1 Nd7 15.Rac1 Nf6 16.Rc2 Ne4 17.Rdc1 Rac8
18.Nf4 Qd7 19.Qa4 a5 20.Qb3 b5 21.Qd3 g5 22.Nh5 f5 23.f3 Nd6
24.Bf2 Rf8 25.b3 Rf7 26.h3 Qe6 27.g4 Qg6 28.Bg3 f4 29.Bf2 Qxd3
30.exd3 b4 31.Re1 Rc7 32.Re5 Nb5 33.Kh2 Bc8 34.h4 h6 35.hxg5
hxg5 36.Kg1 Bd7 37.Rce2 Kf8 38.Rc2 Ra7 39.Bf1 a4 40.bxa4 Rxa4
41.Rb2 Nc3 42.Re1 Rh7 43.Ra1 Kf7 44.Be1 Nb5 45.Be2 Nxd4 46.Bd1
c5 47.Bxa4 Nxf3+ 48.Kf2 Bxg4 49.Bd1 Ne5 50.Bxg4 Nxg4+ 51.Kg1
Rxh5 52.Rg2 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1947.12.03"]
[EventDate "1947.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kazimierz Plater"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qd8
7.Bc4 Nc6 8.d3 e6 9.O-O Be7 10.f4 O-O 11.Ne4 Na5 12.Bb3 Qd4+
13.Kh1 c4 14.c3 Qxd3 15.Qxd3 cxd3 16.Nf2 Rd8 17.Rd1 Bc5
18.Rxd3 Bd7 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Bb5 21.Ne4 h6 22.Rae1 Nxb3
23.axb3 a5 24.h3 Rac8 25.Kg1 Kf8 26.Kh2 Rc7 27.Kg3 b6 28.Kh2
Rcd7 29.Kg1 Rd1 30.c4 Bc6 31.Nc3 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Ke7 33.Re2 f6
34.Kf2 Rd3 35.h4 h5 36.Re3 Rd2+ 37.Re2 Rd3 38.Re3 Rd2+ 39.Re2
Rxe2+ 40.Nxe2 Kd6 41.Nd4 g6 42.g3 e5 43.fxe5+ fxe5 44.Nc2 Be4
45.Ne1 Kc5 46.Ke3 Bf5 47.Nf3 Kb4 48.Nd2 Bc2 49.Kf3 Bxb3 50.Ke4
Bxc4 51.Kxe5 Bd3 52.Kd4 Bf5 53.Nc4 b5 54.Nd2 a4 55.Kd5 Bh3
56.Kd4 Bg2 57.Kd3 Kc5 58.Kc3 b4 59.Kd3 Bd5 60.Nb1 Be6 61.Nd2
Bf5+ 62.Ke3 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1947.12.19"]
[EventDate "1947.11.26"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "159"]

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
80.Nb4 0-1

[Event "match-tournament"]
[Site "Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth"]
[Date "1948.03.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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-tournament"]
[Site "Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth"]
[Date "1948.03.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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-tournament"]
[Site "Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth"]
[Date "1948.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene. ---
Traditionally, the title of world champion is decided by a
mano a mano battle between the world's two top players. This
format was recognised even in the early matches between
Staunton and St Amant and Morphy and Anderssen which predate
the widely accepted year [1886] from which the Championship
officially emanates. The sole expection to this rule hitherto
was 1948 when Alekhine's death as incumbent caused an
interregnum which necessitated a five man match tournament to
decide the destination of the title. The Soviet iron man
Mikhail Botvinnik won easily, ahead of Vassily Smyslov, Paul
Keres, Sammy Reshevsky and in last place the former world
champion Dr Max Euwe. Botvinnik raced away with the tournament
making a clear plus score against all his rivals. He
considered the following to be his best game.} 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 {At
first sight Black has nothing to complain of: he has easy
development and a pawn majority in the centre. But the safety
of his king becomes a constant headache. } Nc5 {It is
understandable that Black should want to exchange the
dangerous d3-bishop as soon as possible, but in so doing he
loses control of the important central squares. It is
noteworthy that in this case simplification does not solve all
Black's problems – while the queens are on the board, his king
remains in danger.} 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8 {Foreseeing the
inevitable exchange of his g7-bishop, Euwe apparently thought
it dangerous to castle, but with his king in the centre he
will have even greater problems.} 17.Rc1 Rd5 18.Be5 {It
transpires that the strange manoeuvre ... Rd8-d5 has merely
played into White's hands: he carries out his plan with gain
of tempo, and the exchange of one pair of rooks does not
weaken the attack.} Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 f6
{The attack on g2 is illusory: 21...Rg8 22 Qxh7 Rxg2+ 23 Kf1,
and Black can resign. By driving away the knight, Black is
hoping to breath more freely. But this is a mirage. } 22.Qg3
{White does not begrudge the knight: the invasion of his two
heavy pieces on the seventh rank is fatal for Black.} 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.Kd2 Rc6 36.a4 {Black resigns. At this very
moment eight grandmasters have assembled in Mexico City where
they will once again decide the undisputed World Championship
by means of a tournament. This circumstance reflects the
resolution of the schism that was obtained in the chess world
in 1993 and also the confusion surrounding Kasparov's
retirement from world chess. The players are: world champion
Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand Peter Svidler, Alexander
Morozevich, Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk, Lev Aronian and
Boris Gelfand. Next year FIDE claim that the Championship will
revert to its traditional match format.} 1-0

[Event "match-tournament"]
[Site "Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth"]
[Date "1948.04.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 41.Kg2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 50.h4
0-1

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (23)"]
[Date "1951.05.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nh3
Bxh3 8.Bxh3 Nc6 9.Bg2 e6 10.e3 O-O 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.O-O Nd7
13.Ne2 Qb6 14.Bc3 Rfd8 15.Nf4 Nf6 16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Qxb6 axb6
18.Be1 Na5 19.Nd3 Bf8 20.f3 Nd6 21.Bf2 Bh6 22.Rac1 Nac4
23.Rfe1 Na5 24.Kf1 Bg7 25.g4 Nc6 26.b3 Nb5 27.Ke2 Bf8 28.a4
Nc7 29.Bg3 Na6 30.Bf1 f6 31.Red1 Na5 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rc1 Rxc1
34.Nxc1 Ba3 35.Kd1 Bxc1 36.Kxc1 Nxb3+ 37.Kc2 Na5 38.Kc3 Kf7
39.e4 f5 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Bd3 Kg6 42.Bd6 Nc6 43.Bb1 Kf6 44.Bg3
fxe4 45.fxe4 h6 46.Bf4 h5 47.exd5 exd5 48.h4 Nab8 49.Bg5+ Kf7
50.Bf5 Na7 51.Bf4 Nbc6 52.Bd3 Nc8 53.Be2 Kg6 54.Bd3+ Kf6
55.Be2 Kg6 56.Bf3 N6e7 57.Bg5 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (12)"]
[Date "1951.04.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 "Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1951.03.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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 "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O
8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Bg5 Nc7 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Bh6 e6 13.Bxg7
Kxg7 14.Nc2 Nxc2 15.Qxc2 Rb8 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.d4 cxd4 18.Rxd4
Bc6 19.e5 Qc5 20.Qd2 Qxe5 21.Bxc6 dxc6 22.Re1 Qf5 23.g4 Qf3
24.Re3 Qf6 25.Rd7 Rfd8 26.Red3 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 Ne8 28.Ne4 Qf3
29.Qd4+ Kg8 30.Ng5 c5 31.Nxf3 cxd4 32.b3 Rc8 33.Nxd4 Nf6
34.Rxa7 Nxg4 35.Rb7 Rd8 36.Nf3 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Ra1 38.h3 Nf6
39.Ng5 Rxa2 40.Kf3 Rb2 41.Rxb6 h6 42.Ne4 Nd7 43.Rb5 Kf8 44.Ke3
f5 45.Nd2 Ke7 46.c5 Nf6 47.Rb7+ Kd8 48.Nc4 Nd5+ 49.Kd4 Nc7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Boris Petrovich Goldenov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Qd7 5.Qxc4 c5 6.Na3 Nc6
7.Qb5 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qa4 Rb8 10.Nf3 f6 11.d3 Ne7 12.Nc4 e5
13.Bd2 Nd5 14.Ba5 Be7 15.e4 Nb4 16.O-O-O Qg4 17.Ne1 Bd7 18.a3
Nd5 19.Qc2 Rb5 20.f3 Qe6 21.Ng2 O-O 22.Rhe1 Rfb8 23.f4 Bf8
24.fxe5 fxe5 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Nf4 Qh6 27.Rxe5 dxc4 28.Rh5 Qf6
29.Bc3 Qf7 30.dxc4 g6 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 32.Nxg6 R5b6 33.Nxf8 Kxf8
34.Rxh7 Qg4 35.Qf2+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Suetin"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "152"]

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.Bc4 h5 12.Kb1 Qb6
13.Rhf1 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Rc8 16.Bb3 Rg8 17.Rd2 h4
18.f5 Ke7 19.Rdf2 Bh6 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Rxf6 Rcf8 22.Rxf8 Bxf8
23.Rf2 Bh6 24.Bc4 Be3 25.Re2 Bg1 26.g3 hxg3 27.hxg3 Rxg3 28.a3
Be8 29.Ka2 Bh5 30.Re1 Bd4 31.Rh1 Rg5 32.Kb3 Be5 33.Bd3 Bg6
34.Rh4 Rg3 35.a4 Bf6 36.Rh1 Rg4 37.Re1 Be5 38.Nd1 Rf4 39.Nc3
Rf3 40.Nb1 Bg3 41.Rg1 Bxe4 42.Nd2 Bd5+ 43.Ka3 Rf2 44.Ne4 Bh2
45.Rg6 Bxe4 46.Bxe4 d5 47.Bd3 Be5 48.Rg8 Kd7 49.b4 Bf6 50.Rg1
Rh2 51.Kb3 Kd6 52.Rd1 Ke7 53.c4 Rb2+ 54.Ka3 dxc4 55.Bxc4 Rc2
56.Bb3 Bb2+ 57.Ka2 Rf2 58.Bc4 a5 59.bxa5 Bc3 60.Kb3 Bxa5
61.Bb5 b6 62.Kc4 Kf6 63.Kd4 Rf4+ 64.Ke3 Ke5 65.Rh1 Re4+ 66.Kd3
Rg4 67.Rh5+ Kd6 68.Rh8 Ke5 69.Rh5+ Kf4 70.Rh3 Rg8 71.Rh4+ Ke5
72.Rh5+ Kd6 73.Rh4 Rg3+ 74.Ke4 Bd2 75.Bd3 Bg5 76.Rh5 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1952.03.10"]
[EventDate "1952.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "156"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d5 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 c6
8.Ba3 Nbd7 9.Qc1 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Bxa3 11.Qxa3 b6 12.Rac1 Bb7
13.Rfd1 Qf6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Ne1 a5 16.Ndf3 f4 17.Nd3 fxg3
18.hxg3 Rae8 19.Rc2 Qh6 20.Qc1 Qd6 21.Bh3 Rf6 22.Kg2 c5
23.Bxd7 Qxd7 24.Nfe5 Qd6 25.f4 cxd4 26.Rc7 Nc5 27.Rxc5 bxc5
28.Qxc5 Qxc5 29.Nxc5 Ba8 30.Rxd4 Rc8 31.Ncd3 Rc2 32.Ra4 Rxe2+
33.Kf3 Rc2 34.Rxa5 Rf8 35.Ke3 d4 36.Kxd4 Rd8+ 37.Ke3 Rg2 38.g4
Rc2 39.b4 Bd5 40.a4 Bh1 41.Ra7 Ra2 42.b5 Ra3 43.a5 g5 44.f5
Rd5 45.Re7 Rxb5 46.f6 Rxe5+ 47.Rxe5 Kf7 48.Rf5 Bb7 49.Kd2 Bc8
50.Ne5+ Kf8 51.Rxg5 Rxa5 52.Nd7+ Bxd7 53.Rxa5 Bxg4 54.Ke3 Be6
55.Kf4 Bc4 56.Ra7 h5 57.Kg5 h4 58.Kxh4 Bb3 59.Kg5 Bc4 60.Rc7
Ba2 61.Rc1 Bd5 62.Kf5 Kf7 63.Ke5 Bb3 64.Rc7+ Kf8 65.Rb7 Bc4
66.Rb4 Ba2 67.Kf5 Bd5 68.Kg6 Bf7+ 69.Kg5 Bd5 70.Rh4 Bb3
71.Rh8+ Kf7 72.Rh7+ Kf8 73.f7 Ke7 74.Kg6 Bc4 75.Rg7 Bb3
76.f8=Q+ Kxf8 77.Kf6 Ke8 78.Re7+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "02, Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "02, Moscow Wch-m"]
[Date "1954.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 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 "Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1954.04.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 "Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1954.04.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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 "Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1954.03.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 Qb6 13.Bg2
O-O-O 14.O-O Ne5 15.Qe2 Qxd4 16.Be3 Qd3 17.Rfd1 Qxe2 18.Rxd8+
Kxd8 19.Nxe2 Nd3 20.b3 Kc7 21.bxc4 bxc4 22.Bxa7 c5 23.Rb1 Bxg2
24.Bb8+ Kc6 25.Kxg2 Bh6 26.f4 e5 27.a4 exf4 28.gxf4 c3 29.Nxc3
Bxf4 30.Bxf4 Nxf4+ 31.Kg3 Nh5+ 32.Kg4 Nxf6+ 33.Kg5 Nd5 34.Nxd5
Kxd5 35.h4 f6 36.Kg4 c4 37.a5 c3 38.a6 Ra8 39.Kf5 Rxa6 40.h5
Ra2 41.Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow (RUS)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

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 "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1956.10.19"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

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 "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1956.10.31"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 "Russia"]
[Site "Olympiad, Moscow  (10)"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (4)"]
[Date "1957.03.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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+ 41.Kd3 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (5)"]
[Date "1957.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (8)"]
[Date "1960.03.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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 Rexe3 39.Rxe3
Rxe3 40.Nxd6 Rd3 41.Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

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 "Leipzig Olympiad Fin"]
[Site "Leipzig Olympiad Fin"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4
d4 8.a4 f6 9.Nh4 Be6 10.f4 Nd7 11.f5 Bf7 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Bh3
Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Nc4 Ng5 16.Bxg5 fxg5 17.Nf3 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Bf6
19.Qd2 Kg7 20.Ne1 a5 21.Nd3 b6 22.c5 Nc6 23.b5 Nb4 24.Nxb4
axb4 25.cxb6 cxb6 26.Qxb4 Be7 27.Qc4 Bc5 28.Kg2 Qd6 29.Be6
Rxf1 30.Rxf1 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Qxf8 32.Qd5 Kh6 33.Bg4 Qd6 34.Kf3 Kg7
35.Qxd6 Bxd6 36.Ke2 Bb4 37.Kd3 Kf6 38.Kc4 Be1 39.Kd5 Bb4
40.Bd7 Be1 41.Be8 Bc3 42.Kc6 1-0

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (11)"]
[Date "1961.04.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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 Rb2+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Wch"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1961.03.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 "Bulgaria"]
[Site "Olympiad, Varna"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Arturo Pomar-Salamanca"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.O-O Bd6 6.e4 d4 7.Nbd2
Nge7 8.c4 f6 9.Nh4 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.gxf4 Qc7 12.e5 fxe5 13.f5
Bf7 14.Ne4 O-O-O 15.Qg4 Kb8 16.Qxg7 Bh5 17.Rf2 h6 18.Bd2 Rdg8
19.Qf6 Nc8 20.Ng6 Bxg6 21.fxg6 Be7 22.Qf7 Nd8 23.Qf5 Bh4
24.Rf3 Ne7 25.Qh3 Nxg6 26.Nf6 Bxf6 27.Rxf6 Qe7 28.Raf1 Nf4
29.R6xf4 exf4 30.Bxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Stockholm Interzonal"]
[Site "Stockholm Interzonal"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "O Olson"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Nc6
7.O-O Be7 8.a3 f5 9.d3 O-O 10.b4 Bf6 11.b5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 exd4
13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Na4 Re8 15.Nc5 Rb8 16.a4 Re5 17.Ba3 Be7 18.Rfc1
Qf8 19.Qc2 Nd5 20.e3 Nc3 21.exd4 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nxd4 23.Qc3 Qd8
24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Bf6 26.Qc4 b6 27.Qf7 Ne6 28.Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Stockholm Interzonal"]
[Site "Stockholm Interzonal"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kristian Skold"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
Ng4 8.Bb5+ Kf8 9.Qd2 a6 10.Bc4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.h3 Nxe3
13.Qxe3 Rb8 14.Bb3 Qb6 15.Qf3 Bf6 16.g4 h6 17.h4 Qc5 18.Rg1 g5
19.O-O-O h5 20.gxh5 g4 21.Qd3 a5 22.f4 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Qxc3
24.bxc3 f5 25.e5 d5 26.c4 Be6 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.Bxd5 Kf7
29.Bxe6+ Kxe6 30.Rd4 Rxh5 31.Rc4 Rb4 32.Rxb4 axb4 33.Kd2 Kd5
34.Ke3 Rxh4 35.Rd1+ Kc5 36.Rd7 Rh3+ 37.Ke2 Rf3 38.Rxe7 Rxf4
39.Ke3 Re4+ 40.Kd3 Kd5 41.a3 Rd4+ 42.Ke3 f4 43.Ke2 bxa3 44.Ra7
Kxe5 45.Rxa3 f3 0-1

[Event "England"]
[Site "It, Hastings"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Eric Littlewood"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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 "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Berndt Soderborg"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nge2 Bg7 7.d3
Be6 8.Nd5 Ne7 9.Bg5 Nfg8 10.Qd2 h6 11.Be3 c6 12.Ndc3 Nf6 13.f4
Nd7 14.b3 c5 15.Rb1 Rb8 16.O-O Bg4 17.b4 b6 18.Nb5 Nc8 19.f5
Bxe2 20.Qxe2 g5 21.f6 Nxf6 22.Bh3 a6 23.Nc3 Ne7 24.a3 O-O
25.Qd1 Ne8 26.Rb2 Nc7 27.Rbf2 f6 28.Bg4 Nc6 29.Nd5 Nd4 30.Bxd4
cxd4 31.Qa4 Nxd5 32.cxd5 a5 33.Rc2 b5 34.Qxa5 Qxa5 35.bxa5 Ra8
36.Rc7 Rxa5 37.Rfc1 Rxa3 38.Rb7 h5 39.Rcc7 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 Ra2+
41.Ke1 Ra1+ 42.Kd2 Rfa8 43.Rxg7+ Kf8 44.Rbf7+ Ke8 45.Bd7+ Kd8
46.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (14)"]
[Date "1963.04.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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 "Wch25-Moscow ;MAINB"]
[Site "Wch25-Moscow ;MAINB"]
[Date "1963.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 "team"]
[Site "Ch URS  (1/2 final), Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

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
fxg5 63.Kg4 1-0

[Event "team"]
[Site "Ch URS  (1/2 final), Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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 "Israel"]
[Site "Olympiad, Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Izak Aloni"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Be3 e6
8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O Nde5
13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Rad1 Nd4 15.Bd3 Bxh3 16.b4 cxb4 17.Nd5 Bg4
18.Rb1 Qd8 19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Rxb4 b6 21.a4 f5 22.exf5 Bxf5 23.a5
bxa5 24.Rb5 Bxd3 25.Qxd3 Qh4 26.g3 Qg4 27.Re1 Rf3 28.Qb1 Raf8
29.Re4 Rxg3+ 30.fxg3 Qxg3+ 31.Kh1 d3 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.Qe1 Qh3+
34.Kg1 d2 35.Nxg6+ hxg6 36.Qh4+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tolush"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Aronin"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.h3
Nbd7 8.e5 Ne8 9.Re1 Nb6 10.Bg5 f6 11.exf6 exf6 12.Bf4 d5 13.a4
a5 14.Bd3 Nd6 15.b3 Nf7 16.Qd2 Bd7 17.Ne2 Be6 18.Ng3 Re8 19.h4
Nd7 20.Re2 Nf8 21.Rae1 Qd7 22.c4 b6 23.c5 Qa7 24.cxb6 Qxb6
25.Qc3 Bd7 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.h5 Bd7 28.hxg6 hxg6 29.Nf1 Ne6
30.Bg3 f5 31.Ne5 Nxe5 32.Bxe5 Re8 33.Nh2 Nxd4 34.Bxg7 Kxg7
35.Rxe8 Bxe8 36.Nf3 c5 37.Nxd4 cxd4 38.Qc8 Kf7 39.Qc2 Bd7
40.g3 Qb4 41.Qc7 Ke6 42.Qc2 Qc3 43.Qe2+ Kf6 44.Bc2 d3 45.Bxd3
Qxb3 46.Bc2 Qc4 47.Qd2 d4 48.g4 Qc3 49.g5+ Ke5 50.f4+ Kd6 0-1

[Event "Netherlands"]
[Site "Nordwijk-aan-Zee  (1)"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2
O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nge2 h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.f3 c5 12.O-O a6 13.Rad1
b5 14.Bf2 c4 15.Bf5 Nb6 16.Ng3 Bf8 17.a3 Bb7 18.e4 g6 19.Bh3
a5 20.e5 b4 21.Nce2 Nh7 22.f4 Bc6 23.Ra1 Ba4 24.Qb1 f5 25.axb4
axb4 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Bxf5 Qe7 28.Ng3 Bd7 29.Bxd7 Nxd7 30.Qg6+
Qg7 31.Qc6 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Qf7 33.Ra7 Nxe5 34.dxe5 Qe6 35.Qxe6+
Rxe6 36.Nf5 Rc6 37.Kf1 c3 38.bxc3 bxc3 39.Be3 Bc5 40.Bxc5 Rxc5
41.Ra1 Nf8 42.Ke2 Ne6 43.g3 h5 44.Kd3 d4 45.Nd6 Rc7 46.Ne4 Kh7
47.f5 Nd8 48.Nf6+ Kh6 49.Nd5 Rb7 50.e6 Nc6 51.Ra6 Ne5+ 52.Kxd4
1-0

[Event "USSR Team ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 "team"]
[Site "Ch URS , Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

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 "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Henrique Mecking"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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.Qa6 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 Rd1 41.Nf7 Bf3 42.Nh8+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Netherlands"]
[Site "It, Amsterdam"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Arturo Pomar-Salamanca"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3
e6 8.Bb5 Bb4 9.Ne5 Qa5 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Rc8
13.c4 O-O 14.g4 Bg6 15.c5 Ne4 16.f3 Nd2 17.Rf2 Nc4 18.Nxc4
dxc4 19.Bd6 Rfe8 20.e4 f5 21.Qc2 fxe4 22.fxe4 Qa3 23.Re1 Qh3
24.Rg2 Rcd8 25.Rg3 Qh6 26.Qxc4 Qd2 27.Qc3 Qxa2 28.Rg2 Qa6
29.h4 Rd7 30.h5 Bf7 31.Ra1 Qc8 32.Qf3 Qd8 33.g5 g6 34.h6 e5
35.Bxe5 Rb7 36.Qf4 a5 37.Rf2 Bb3 38.d5 cxd5 39.c6 Ra7 40.c7
Qe7 41.Bd6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Karl Robatsch"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Qc2
O-O 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Ne4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nd2 b6 15.Qa4 f5 16.f3 exf3 17.Nxf3 Bb7 18.Ne5
Qe6 19.Qc2 Bc8 20.e4 Qd6 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.Qb3 fxe4 23.Rf7 a5
24.Nxe4 Qd5 25.Rxg7+ Kxg7 26.Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "URS 4/163"]
[Site "URS 4/163"]
[Date "1967.07.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mamadzhan Mukhitdinov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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

[Event "Spain"]
[Site "Palma de Majorca"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 c6 5.Be3 Nbd7 6.Qd2 b5 7.Nh3
Bb7 8.Be2 e5 9.O-O a6 10.Rad1 Bg7 11.Nf2 O-O 12.dxe5 dxe5
13.Nd3 Qc7 14.Nc5 Rad8 15.Qc1 Rfe8 16.Nxb7 Qxb7 17.Rd3 Nf8
18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Re8 20.Bf1 Ne6 21.Ne2 Nd7 22.Qd2 Ndf8
23.c3 Bf6 24.Nc1 Be7 25.Qf2 Nd7 26.g3 Rd8 27.Nb3 c5 28.Bh3 c4
29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.Nc5 Nxc5 31.Rxd8+ Bxd8 32.Bxc5 Qd7 33.Be3 Qd3
34.a3 Be7 35.Qd2 Bc5 0-1

[Event "Monaco"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pal Benko"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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.Rae1 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 "Monaco"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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 "Yugoslavia"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Duncan Suttles"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

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 "Beograd"]
[Site "Beograd"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Predrag Ostojic"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bd3 O-O
8.f3 f5 9.Nge2 Nf6 10.Qd2 c6 11.h3 cxd5 12.cxd5 f4 13.Bf2 a6
14.a4 b6 15.b4 Nd7 16.a5 Bf6 17.Ra2 b5 18.Kd1 Rf7 19.Kc1 Qc7
20.Kb1 Qb7 21.Rc1 Nf8 22.Bc2 Bd7 23.Bb3 Kg7 24.Rac2 Ng8 25.Nd1
Bd8 26.Nb2 Nf6 27.Nd3 Ne8 28.h4 h6 29.Qd1 Rc8 30.Qg1 Rxc2
31.Rxc2 Bc8 32.g3 fxg3 33.Qxg3 Nf6 34.Qg2 Nh5 35.Ng3 Nxg3
36.Qxg3 Rc7 37.f4 Rxc2 38.Bxc2 exf4 39.Bd4+ Kh7 40.Qxf4 Qe7
41.e5 dxe5 42.Bxe5 Nd7 43.Bb2 Qf8 44.h5 Qxf4 45.Nxf4 Kg8
46.hxg6 1-0

[Event "USSR vs. Rest of the World"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1970.03.29"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[Round "1.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Matulovic"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 "Hastings (1934/35)"]
[Site "Hastings, ENG"]
[Date "1934.12.31"]
[EventDate "1934.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vera Menchik"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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

