Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games

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The 100 chess games featured in this volume are Mikhail Botvinnik's own choices as the best chess games he played before becoming World Champion in 1948.

They range from his first major tournament - the 1927 USSR Championship, in which Botvinnik, 16, became a teacher - to the Groningen International Tournament in 1946, where he demonstrated his abilities to win the world championship.

Botvinnik, an expert analyst and champion, had scored these games himself, giving a full exposition of his strategy and techniques against leading chess players such as Alekhine, Capablanca, Euwe, Keres, Reshevsky, Smyslov, Tartakower, Vidmar, and many others.

In a foreword, he talks about his career, his method of play, and the training system he has adopted for tournament practice.

A careful study of these 100 games should be rewarding for anyone interested in modern chess. This volume also includes a long article on the development of chess in Russia, in which Botvinnik discusses Tchigorin, Alekhine, and his influence on the Soviet chess school; the author's six studies on final positions; and Botvinnik's record in tournaments and games until 1948.


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[Event "Sweden"] [Site "Match, Stockholm"] [Date "1926.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Stoltz, Goesta"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D55"] [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 "Russia"] [Site "Match, Leningrad"] [Date "1927.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Grigoriev, Nikolay Dmitrievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E16"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. Rad1 g6 13. Rfe1 c6 14. b3 Ne8 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Bh3 f6 17. Qh6 Nc7 18. Nh4 Rf7 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rdf8 22. Rd2 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 f4 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26. Bxf5 Nf6 27. Qh6 Kh8 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. d6 Qd8 30. dxc7 Qxd2 31. Qxf8+ Ng8 32. c8=Q 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Tournament, Leningrad"] [Date "1927.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] [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"] [Site "USSR"] [Date "1927.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A95"] [PlyCount "68"] 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 0-1 [Event "10"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1927.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Nenarokov, Vladimir Ivanovich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D95"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Ne4 cxd4 15. Bb4 Bxe5 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. exd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh6 19. Rad1 Be5 20. Rd8+ Kg7 21. g3 Bd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6 Kh8 25. Qxd7 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Kg2 Qb8 28. Ng5 Bg7 29. Ne6 Bf6 30. b3 Qg8 31. h4 b6 32. Kf2 h6 33. Nf4 Qg7 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qe4 Be5 36. Nd3 Bd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1927.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [PlyCount "132"] 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 "Moscow Educational t"] [Site "Moscow Educational t"] [Date "1929.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Poliak, Abram Borisovich"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D63"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Bb1 Rfe8 15. Qd3 Nf8 16. f4 Qf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Rce1 c5 20. Ng5 Qd6 21. Nxh7 Qd5 22. Qh3 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qf2 24. Rc1 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nxh7 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Kf3 Rad8 29. Rcd1 Kg6 30. Rfe1 Kf6 31. h3 Rxe1 32. Rxd8 Rc1 33. Rd2 c4 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rd2 c3 36. Re2+ Kd6 37. Kf2 cxb2 38. Rxb2 Rc3 39. Rd2+ Ke6 40. Re2+ Kf6 0-1 [Event "Novgorod"] [Site "Novgorod"] [Date "1929.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Sozin, Veniamin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "125"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qe7 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. Qf4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Rd3 e5 22. Qh6 N6h7 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. Ng5 Rd7 26. Nxh7 Nxh7 27. Bxh7 Qxh7 28. Qf6+ Rg7 29. Rd1 Bc8 30. h4 Reg8 31. Qxe5 Qf5 32. Qxf5 Bxf5 33. Rxg7 Rxg7 34. f3 Be6 35. b3 Kg8 36. Rd6 Bd7 37. g4 Kf8 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Rd2 a5 40. Kg3 Be8 41. Kf4 Rf7+ 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Re2 Re7 44. Rxe7 Kxe7 45. h5 Kf6 46. Kf4 b5 47. cxb5 cxb5 48. g5+ Kg7 49. h6+ Kg6 50. Ke5 Bf7 51. f4 Bg8 52. Kd6 a4 53. bxa4 bxa4 54. a3 Bh7 55. Ke7 Bg8 56. Kd6 Kf5 57. Ke7 Kg6 58. Ke8 Be6 59. Kf8 Bf5 60. Ke7 Bc2 61. Kd6 Bd3 62. Ke6 Bc4+ 63. Ke7 1/2-1/2 [Event "URS"] [Site "URS"] [Date "1929.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Silich, Vladislav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [PlyCount "57"] 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. Qf4 Qh4+ 25. Qxh4 Rxh4 26. Bf4 Rf8 27. Bd6 Rg8 28. Rxf7 Kd8 29. Re1 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Tournament, Leningrad"] [Date "1930.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C56"] [PlyCount "126"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. Rxe4+ Be7 9. Nxd4 f5 10. Rf4 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 bxc6 13. Rxc4 Bd6 14. Be3 f4 15. Bd4 Rf5 16. g4 Rg5 17. f3 h5 18. h4 Rg6 19. g5 a5 20. Nf2 Re6 21. Ne4 Ba6 22. Rc3 Bb4 23. Rb3 Bc4 24. c3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Bf8 26. b4 a4 27. Kf1 Ree8 28. Ke2 c5 29. bxc5 Reb8 30. Ra2 Rb3 31. Nd2 Rb5 32. b4 g6 33. Kd3 Bg7 34. Nb3 Rbb8 35. Na5 Bxd4 36. Kxd4 Re8 37. Rxa4 Re3 38. b5 Rxf3 39. b6 cxb6 40. cxb6 Rd8+ 41. Kc4 Re3 42. Nc6 Re4+ 43. Nd4 f3 44. Ra2 Rc8+ 45. Kb4 Re1 46. c4 Re4 47. Kc3 Re3+ 48. Kb4 Re4 49. Kc3 Rd8 50. Nc6 Re3+ 51. Kb4 Re2 52. Ra1 f2 53. Nxd8 Re1 54. Ra8 f1=Q 55. Nc6+ Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. b7 Rb1+ 58. Kc5 Qf5+ 59. Kd6 Rd1+ 60. Kc7 Qd7+ 61. Kb6 Rb1+ 62. Kc5 Rxb7 63. Ra8+ Kg7 0-1 [Event "Leningrad Masters' Tournament"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1930.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rochlin J"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C49"] [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 Masters' Tournament"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1930.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Gotthilf, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E22"] [PlyCount "93"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. e5 Nfe4 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. c5 Ne8 22. Qa4 Rdc8 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Ne4 Ndf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Rfd1 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Qe7 29. Qd1 Kh7 30. Rd8 g6 31. g3 Nf6 32. Qd6 Nd5 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Bb3 Kh7 35. Ba4 Kg7 36. Ra8 Qxd6 37. cxd6 Rd7 38. Bxc6 Rxd6 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Rxa7 d4 41. Kf1 Re6 42. b5 d3 43. Rd7 Re5 44. a4 Re4 45. a5 Re5 46. Rxd3 Rxb5 47. Ra3 1-0 [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1930.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Kann I"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E23"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 b6 8. e4 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. f3 h6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Nb5 Nh5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nd6+ Kf8 15. c5 Qe7 16. Qxe3 Nf4 17. Qa3 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Kg8 19. g3 Ng6 20. Bc4 Kh7 21. O-O-O a5 22. Bxf7 Ba6 23. Kb1 Be2 24. Rd5 Bxf3 25. Bxg6+ Kxg6 26. Rxe5 Qf6 27. Re1 Rhb8 28. Nf5 Ra6 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Bxe4+ 31. R1xe4 Kxf5 32. Rf4+ Kg6 33. Rg4+ Kf5 34. Rf4+ Kg6 35. Rg4+ Kf5 36. Rgxg7 Rab6 37. Rgf7+ Kg6 38. Rg7+ Kf5 39. Ref7+ Ke5 40. Rf2 d5 41. Re2+ Kd6 42. Ra7 Rb5 43. Rh7 1-0 [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1930.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Kan, Ilya"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A84"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1930.??.??"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nf6 6. g3 b6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Qe7 10. d5 e5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Ng5 Nbd7 13. Ncxe4 O-O 14. Ne6 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rf6 16. Qc2 Rh6 17. Nxc7 Rc8 18. Nb5 a6 19. Na7 Rf8 20. Nc6 Qg5 21. Bg2 Nf6 22. Qf5 Qh5 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. f4 Re8 25. Rae1 Bxc6 26. dxc6 Nf6 27. g4 Nxg4 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. c7 Rf6 31. Bb7 1-0 [Event "Leningrad-Moscow Match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1930.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kann I"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E22"] [PlyCount "78"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Qb3 Bc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e4 Be7 12. Be2 Na6 13. e5 Nb4 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rad1 Nxa2 19. Nd4 Nb4 20. Nb5 Qc5 21. Nxa7 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qd4 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nb5 Nc6 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rc1 d4 28. f3 d3 29. Bd1 d2 30. Rxc5 Bd3 31. Rf2 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Re6 33. Rf1 Re1 34. Rc5 Nb4 35. Rc4 Nd5 36. Re4 Ne3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Kf2 Rde8 39. Ba4 Re1 0-1 [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Myasoyedov, G."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E23"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Qc2 f5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. b4 Ne4 12. Bb2 b6 13. g4 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 fxg4 15. Rg1 Qh4+ 16. Ke3 Qh6+ 17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. Ke3 Qh6+ 19. Kd3 d5 20. Qc1 dxc4+ 21. Qxc4 Rd8+ 22. Kc2 Bb7 23. Qxg4 Nxb4+ 24. axb4 Rac8+ 25. Bc3 Rxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Qe3+ 27. Kb2 Rd2+ 28. Nxd2 Qxd2+ 29. Kb1 Qd1+ 30. Kb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leningrad Championship"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Batuyev, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [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 "Russia"] [Site "Tournament, Leningrad"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Chekhover, Vitaly"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A50"] [PlyCount "98"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. d5 e6 9. e4 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nh4 Qe7 13. Ndf3 Nbd7 14. Bd2 b5 15. Qc1 Qf8 16. Qc2 a5 17. h3 b4 18. Nh2 Ba6 19. f4 Nh5 20. Bf1 c4 21. Kg2 Rec8 22. Be3 Nc5 23. g4 Nf6 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. g5 Nh5 26. f5 Qd8 27. f6 Nxf6 28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. N4f3 Qxb2 30. Qxb2 Bxb2 31. Rab1 c3 32. Bxa6 Rxa6 33. Nd4 a4 34. Rf1 a3 35. Rf2 Ra7 36. Rbf1 Rc4 37. Nc6 Rc7 38. e5 dxe5 39. Nxe5 c2 40. Nxc4 Rxc4 41. Rxf7 c1=Q 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. R8f7+ Kh6 44. Rxc1 Rxc1 45. Ng4+ Kg5 46. d6 b3 47. d7 Rd1 48. Kg3 h6 49. Rf3 bxa2 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Moscow"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Kasparian, Genrikh Moiseevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [PlyCount "69"] 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 Nde5 33. Rc8 Rae7 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Bxf5 1-0 [Event "Moscow ch-SU"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Sorokin, Nikolay"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [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 "Moscow ch-SU"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E85"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 f5 11. Bg2 fxe4 12. fxe4 Nf6 13. h3 b6 14. b3 Kh8 15. g4 Neg8 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. O-O-O h6 18. g5 hxg5 19. h4 Bg4 20. hxg5+ Nh5 21. Nce2 Ne7 22. Rh4 Qd7 23. Rdh1 Kg8 24. Rxg4 Qxg4 25. Bh3 Qf3 26. Rf1 Nxg3 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Rxf3 Rxf3 29. Nxg3 Rxg3 30. Qh2+ 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Moscow"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Kann I"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A98"] [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 "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Moscow"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [PlyCount "68"] 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 32. e7+ Rxc4 33. e8=Q+ Qf8 34. Qe6+ Qf7 0-1 [Event "Moscow ch-SU"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Riumin, Nikolay Nikolaevich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [PlyCount "64"] 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+ Kh7 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Moscow"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kirilov, Vladimir"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [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 "Leningrad ch-city"] [Site "Leningrad ch-city"] [Date "1932.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Myasoyedov, G."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E23"] [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.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [PlyCount "122"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 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.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D26"] [PlyCount "93"] 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 Kd5 47. Kg6 1-0 [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1932.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Chekhover, Vitaly"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E18"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1932.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nb5 Ne8 11. Rc1 c6 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bh3 g6 15. Rfd1 Nf7 16. Bg2 g5 17. Bd2 Nd6 18. Ne1 Bf6 19. e3 Qe7 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. Be1 Rac8 22. Qb3 Rfe8 23. Bh3 g4 24. Bg2 Nf8 25. Nf4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Ne2 Bg5 28. Qa3 a5 29. Qb3 Ba6 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Qc2 Rbc8 32. Ne2 Qf7 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Qh5 35. -- Re6 36. -- Rh6 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Ch Leningrad, Leningrad"] [Date "1932.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lisitsin, Georgy"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A30"] [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 "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Leningrad"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rauzer, Vsevolod"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B74"] [PlyCount "64"] 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 30. Rf1 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qe4 0-1 [Event "Ch URS, Leningrad"] [Site "Ch URS, Leningrad"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Yudovich, Mikhail M"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D96"] [PlyCount "45"] 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 "Russia"] [Site "Match, Leningrad/Moscow (9)"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Flohr, Salo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [PlyCount "65"] 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 "Russia"] [Site "Match, Leningrad/Moscow (10)"] [Date "1933.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Flohr, Salo"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A95"] [PlyCount "62"] 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+ 31. Kg2 Bxh3+ 0-1 [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Belavenets, Sergey Vesevolodovi"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E18"] [PlyCount "98"] 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. Bf4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qb7+ 12. Kg1 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. e3 Rxd4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Qc1 Nf3+ 17. Kh1 e5 18. Be3 Ng4 19. Qc2 Nd2+ 20. Kg1 Nf3+ 21. Kh1 Nd2+ 22. Kg1 Nxc4 23. Bc1 Qf3 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 e4 26. b3 Nce5 27. h3 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nge5 29. Be3 f5 30. Rfd1 Kf7 31. Bd4 Nd3 32. Bc3 Rd8 33. Kf1 Bd6 34. Nc1 Nc5 35. Ne2 Nd3 36. Nc1 Nxc1 37. Raxc1 g6 38. Bb2 Ke6 39. Ke2 c5 40. Rc2 Rg8 41. b4 cxb4 42. Rc6 Rd8 43. a3 b3 44. a4 Ne5 45. Bxe5 Kxe5 46. Rc3 b2 47. Rb1 Bb4 48. Rc2 Bc5 49. Rbxb2 Rd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leningrad-Moskva"] [Site "Leningrad-Moskva"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Belavenets, Sergey Vesevolodovi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D49"] [PlyCount "49"] 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 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 "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Alatortsev, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D61"] [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. Rdg1 Be6 18. Qe2 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Nh4 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Tournament, Leningrad"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [PlyCount "153"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bb2 Rad8 12. Rac1 Qb8 13. h3 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bf4 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rb1 c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Ne5 Qa8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Bh6 22. Bf6 Rd7 23. Bf1 Qc8 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bg5 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 h6 28. Qd2 Be4 29. Qd7 Rc8 30. f3 Bc2 31. Rd2 Bb1 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. a3 Rb7 34. Rb2 Bg6 35. b4 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Be2 Kc7 39. b5 Rb8 40. a4 f6 41. a5 e5 42. Rd2 Bf7 43. f4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Re8 45. Bf3 Be6 46. Bc6 g5+ 47. Kf3 Rf8 48. Bd5 Rd8 49. Ke3 Bc8 50. Ra2 Bb7 51. Rd2 Re8+ 52. Kf2 Rd8 53. g4 Bc8 54. Rd3 Rf8 55. Re3 f5 56. gxf5 Rxf5+ 57. Kg2 Bd7 58. b6+ axb6 59. a6 Kb8 60. Re7 Ka7 61. Bb7 Bc6+ 62. Bxc6+ Kxa6 63. Be4 Rf4 64. Bd3 Rf6 65. Be2 Ka5 66. Kg3 Kb4 67. Re3 Rf4 68. Re6 Kc3 69. Rxb6 Re4 70. Bf1 Rf4 71. Kg2 h5 72. Rg6 g4 73. h4 Kd2 74. Rg5 g3 75. Rxh5 Rf2+ 76. Kg1 Rf4 77. Rd5+ 1-0 [Event "Leningrad-Moskva"] [Site "Leningrad-Moskva"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Yudovich, Mikhail M"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A95"] [PlyCount "100"] 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 48. Qxc7 g2 49. Qc8+ Kg7 50. Qc7+ Kh6 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Tournament, Leningrad"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Kann I"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D63"] [PlyCount "96"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Re8 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bf4 h6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. e4 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb1 Nf8 17. O-O Qb6 18. Qc2 Rec8 19. Be3 a5 20. Qf5 b4 21. Qg4 c5 22. Bf5 Rc6 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nd4 h5 25. Qh4 Ng6 26. Qxh5 Bxd4 27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. e6 Be8 29. exf7+ Bxf7 30. Bxd4 Qxd4 31. Bxg6 Bxg6 32. Qxg6 Qxb2 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qxd5 Rc8 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. axb4 axb4 37. Qd5+ Kh8 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qd5+ Kh8 40. g4 Rc1 41. g5 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Qb1+ 43. Ke2 b3 44. Qd3 Qa2+ 45. Kf3 Qc2 46. Qd7 Kh7 47. Qh3+ Kg6 48. Qe6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Russia"] [Site "It, Moscow (1)"] [Date "1935.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [PlyCount "25"] 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 Qa3 13. Rc3 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1935.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D90"] [PlyCount "48"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. a5 bxa5 13. Qa3 Bb7 14. Qxa5 Rfc8 15. Qxc7 Rxc7 16. Ra5 e5 17. Rd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Rxa7 Bxf3 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. gxf3 exd4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Rxd7 Bxf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "4"] [Site "Moskva Alekhine-mem"] [Date "1935.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C68"] [PlyCount "118"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Be3 c5 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. Ng3 Be6 10. c3 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. Rad1 b6 15. f3 Be7 16. Nb3 a5 17. Nc1 Bd6 18. Qf2 Ne7 19. Rd2 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Ne4 h6 22. Qe1 Be7 23. Bf2 Bd5 24. Qe2 Rfe8 25. Rdd1 Qe6 26. Rfe1 Bf8 27. Qc2 Qf7 28. Rd2 Re6 29. Rde2 Rde8 30. Qa4 Ne7 31. Bg3 Bc6 32. Qc2 Nd5 33. Nb3 g5 34. Nbd2 Bg7 35. Nf1 R6e7 36. Rd2 Rd7 37. Ne3 Nxe3 38. Rxe3 Qxa2 39. h4 gxh4 40. Bxh4 Qf7 41. Rde2 Rf8 42. Bg3 Qg6 43. Kf2 h5 44. Nd2 Bh6 45. Rxe5 Rg7 46. Nf1 h4 47. Bxh4 Bxf3 48. Kg1 Bxe2 49. Rxe2 Qh5 50. Re4 Rf4 51. Rxf4 Bxf4 52. Qb3+ Kh7 53. Bf2 Qf3 54. g3 Qxd3 55. Qe6 Bh6 56. Qh3 Rf7 57. Ne3 Qb1+ 58. Nf1 Qf5 59. Qh2 a4 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "It, Moscow"] [Date "1935.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Levenfish, Grigory"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D23"] [PlyCount "83"] 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, Moscow"] [Site "It, Moscow"] [Date "1935.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Riumin, Nikolay Nikolaevich"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C86"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 b4 15. a5 Kh8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh2 Bh4 18. Be3 f5 19. f4 Bg3 20. g5 h6 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Nd2 Ne7 23. Kh1 Qe8 24. Rg1 Bh5 25. Nhf3 Rg8 26. Nf1 Qf7 27. Bd1 Rg7 28. Rc1 c6 29. Rc2 Rag8 30. Rg2 Bxf4 31. Qxa6 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 Qg6+ 34. Kh1 Bxe3 35. Nxe3 Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Nxd1 0-1 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1935.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Goglidze, Victor Arsentievich"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D90"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. a4 Nc6 12. Qa3 Na5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nb3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc4 16. Qb4 Rfc8 17. a5 e5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Bb2 Bf8 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qd3 e4 23. Qb1 Qc2 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Qxe2 26. Qxb6 Rab8 27. Qd6 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Rc2# 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "It, Moscow (3)"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Lilienthal, Andor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A30"] [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 "Russia"] [Site "It, Moscow (5)"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Kann I"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E33"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 Re8 7. e3 d6 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Kg7 15. f4 e4 16. h3 Nh7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Bd3 Ne4 21. Bh2 Nd8 22. c5 Nf7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. c4 Rac8 25. Qb2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Nh6 27. Qb4 Rc6 28. Qxb7 Rb6 29. Qxa7 Reb8 30. Qa3 g4 31. c5 Rb2 32. Bxd6 Bc6 33. d5 Bxd5 34. e4 Qg5 35. h4 Qxh4 36. Re3 Rxa2 37. Qc3+ Kh7 38. Bxb8 fxe4 39. Bxe4+ Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Qd8 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Flohr, Salo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B05"] [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 "Russia"] [Site "It, Moscow (14)"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kann I"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B72"] [PlyCount "96"] 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 Na5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Bd4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. O-O-O Qd7 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. h4 Bg4 18. Rd2 b6 19. Nd5 e5 20. Bc3 f5 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qd5+ Rf7 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rg1 Qc6 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Rd5 Rcf6 29. Nd2 Bh6 30. b3 Rf2 31. Kb2 Re2 32. Nc4 Rff2 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. b4 Rxc2+ 35. Kb3 Rg2 36. Rf1 Rcf2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Nxe5 Be6+ 39. Ka4 Rxa2+ 40. Kb5 Rc2 41. Rd3 h4 42. Bd4 Bg7 43. Ra3 h3 44. Rxa7 h2 45. Ra8+ Bc8 46. Ra1 Bh3 47. Nf3 Bxd4 48. Nxd4 Rf2 0-1 [Event "It, Nottingham"] [Site "It, Nottingham"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bogoljubow, Efim"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [PlyCount "50"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 f5 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be5 g4 16. Ne1 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qxe5 20. Rd7 Bg5 21. Rcd1 Bc6 22. Rxa7 Rcd8 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Qc2 Bd2 0-1 [Event "England"] [Site "It, Nottingham"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Tartakower, Saviely"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A55"] [PlyCount "59"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 Qc7 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Rc1 h6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 Kg7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. c5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Nc4 Ng6 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. Rxf6 Kxf6 23. Qh5 Ng6 24. Nf5 Rg8 25. Qxh6 Bxa2 26. Rd1 Rad8 27. Qg5+ Ke6 28. Rxd8 f6 29. Rxg8 Nf4 30. Qg7 1-0 [Event "England"] [Site "It, Nottingham"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B72"] [PlyCount "40"] 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 "England"] [Site "It, Nottingham"] [Date "1936.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D40"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Qh3 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. f4 Rc8 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Qd6 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rd7 1-0 [Event "1/2 final"] [Site "Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia)"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Sokolsky, Alexey"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D94"] [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.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Chekhover, Vitaly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E21"] [PlyCount "85"] 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. Rd1 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 Re8 42. e7+ Kg7 43. Bc6 1-0 [Event "Netherlands"] [Site "It, Amsterdam"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [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 "AVRO"] [Site "AVRO"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D41"] [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 "Netherlands"] [Site "It, Amsterdam (11)"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E49"] [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 "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Leningrad (2)"] [Date "1939.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D82"] [PlyCount "76"] 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. Rhd1 Qc4 32. Kf3 b5 33. Rd7 b4 34. Ra7 a4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rda8 a3 37. g3 Qb5 38. Ra4 Qb7+ 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Leningrad (4)"] [Date "1939.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C19"] [PlyCount "134"] 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 Bd7 11. a4 f6 12. Ba3 O-O-O 13. O-O Nf5 14. g4 Nfe7 15. Rfb1 Qa6 16. a5 Rdf8 17. Ne1 fxe5 18. Nd3 cxd3 19. Bxd3 Qxa5 20. Bxe7 Qc7 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Bb5 Rf4 23. h3 a6 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Re1 e4 26. Re3 Bb5 27. Rg3 g5 28. Kg2 Qf7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Re1 Be8 31. Qe2 Kb8 32. Rb1 Bb5 33. Qe3 Be8 34. Qe2 Kc7 35. Rh1 Bg6 36. Re1 Be8 37. Rh1 h5 38. Kg1 Bb5 39. Qe1 h4 40. Re3 Bc4 41. Rh2 b6 42. Qa1 Qf8 43. Rg2 a5 44. Qa4 Qe7 45. Qa1 Kb7 46. Qa4 Rf8 47. Re1 Qd6 48. Qa1 Ka6 49. Re3 b5 50. Qb2 Rf3 51. Kh1 Rf6 52. Kg1 Kb6 53. Rh2 Rf7 54. Rg2 Rf3 55. Kh1 Rf8 56. Kg1 Rf6 57. Rh2 Kc6 58. Rg2 Rf3 59. Kh1 Bf1 60. Rxf3 exf3 61. Rh2 a4 62. Kg1 a3 63. Qc1 Bc4 64. Qxg5 a2 65. Qc1 e5 66. dxe5 Qxe5 67. Qa1 Qe2 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Leningrad (10)"] [Date "1939.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Kann I"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E24"] [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"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1939.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pogrebissky, Iosif"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C19"] [PlyCount "70"] 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. O-O Bd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 O-O-O 14. f4 f6 15. Nf2 h5 16. Nd1 Nf5 17. Nb2 Qa5 18. a4 g5 19. Nd1 g4 20. exf6 Rdf8 21. Ba3 Rxf6 22. Bb4 Nxb4 23. cxb4 Qb6 24. c3 Qc7 25. Nb2 Rhf8 26. Bd1 Ne7 27. g3 Rh8 28. Bc2 h4 29. Kg2 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Qe2 Rfh5 32. Rh1 e5 33. dxe5 Bf5 34. Rag1 hxg3 35. Kf1 Rxh2 0-1 [Event "Leningrad ch-SU"] [Site "Leningrad ch-SU"] [Date "1939.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kotov, Alexander"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E33"] [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 "Russia"] [Site "Match, Leningrad (3)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D94"] [PlyCount "63"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 c5 13. d6 Rb8 14. e4 Ne8 15. Be3 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rd2 h6 18. Rad1 Nef6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Qe2 Kh7 22. Rc2 Qf6 23. Ba2 Rbc8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. dxc7 Nb6 27. Bxb6 Qxb6 28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Rd7 Qc6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Rxf7 c5 32. Be6 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Match, Leningrad (5)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [PlyCount "65"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 Rxe3 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Qd2 c6 15. Rae1 Bf5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bd1 Be4 20. Rxf6 Ng6 21. Qf2 Re6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. h5 Nf8 24. Qg3+ Kf7 25. Rf1+ Bf5 26. Qf4 Nd7 27. Bc2 Qb8 28. Qh6 Qg8 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Rxf5+ Ke7 31. Rg5 Qe6 32. Rg7+ Kd6 33. Rxd7+ 1-0 [Event "08"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D82"] [PlyCount "81"] 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. Qa4 Ne4 10. Be2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Nd4 Bd5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Nf3 Nxc5 16. Qb5 b6 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Qb1 b5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. a4 e4 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. exd4 Nb3 24. Qc2 Nxc1 25. Qxc1 Ra2 26. Qe3 Qc6 27. h4 f6 28. Bh6 Rea8 29. Kh2 Rb2 30. Bg4 b4 31. cxb4 c3 32. Rc1 c2 33. f3 Rb1 34. fxe4 Bxe4 35. d5 Qd6+ 36. Bf4 Qxb4 37. Be6+ Kh8 38. d6 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Qd4 40. d7 Bc6 41. h5 0-1 [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "Leningrad"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C98"] [PlyCount "80"] 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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Be5 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qd3 Bc4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxe7 Bxa2 25. b3 Nd5 26. Rd7 Nc3 27. Rxd4 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Nxd4 29. Be4 Nxb3 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Bd5 Nc1 32. Bb7 Be6 33. Bxa6 Na2 34. Nd2 Nb4 35. Bb7 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. f4 g6 38. Rc5 Ba2 39. g4 b4 40. Rc2 Be6 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Leningrad"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E68"] [PlyCount "97"] 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 "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Moscow (4)"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Levenfish, Grigory"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A28"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Kf2 Nf8 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nxh6 Rf8 20. g4 a6 21. g5 Qe6 22. Be2 Nb6 23. Ng4 Ke7 24. Nf6 Qc6 25. Rh7 Bf5 26. e4 Be6 27. f5 1-0 [Event "9"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Panov, Vasily N"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3 f5 9. exd5 exd5 10. g3 f4 11. Ng2 Ng6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Rxf4 16. Qxb7 Na5 17. Qa6 Bc8 18. Qb5 Bg4 19. Ng1 Qc7 20. b4 Nb7 21. bxc5 Nd6 22. Qb2 Qxc5 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. Ne2 Re8 25. O-O-O a5 26. Kb1 a4 27. Nd4 Re7 28. f3 Rh4 29. Rhe1 Rb7 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rf8+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Re4 33. fxe4 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Qb6+ 35. Kc2 Kxf8 36. exd5 Nb5 37. Rf1+ Ke8 38. Ne6 Na3+ 39. Kd1 Qb1+ 40. Ke2 Qb2+ 41. Ke3 Qxc3 0-1 [Event "match-tournament"] [Site "Ch URS , Leningrad/Moscow (Ru"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Lilienthal, Andor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E68"] [PlyCount "57"] 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+ Bxg5 28. fxg5 Nf7 29. Nxf5 1-0 [Event "03"] [Site "Leningr/Moscow ch-URS"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E35"] [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 "match-tournament"] [Site "Ch URS , Leningrad/Moscow (Ru"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C19"] [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 "match-tournament"] [Site "Ch URS , Leningrad/Moscow (Ru"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bondarevsky, Igor"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. a3 Nge7 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. g3 f6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qd3 Kf7 14. h4 Qg8 15. Bd2 Qh7 16. Bb4 g5 17. Qxh7 Rxh7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. hxg5 e5 20. gxf6 Kxf6 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Nh4 Rg8 23. Kh2 Bf5 24. Re2 d3 25. Rd2 dxc2 26. f4 Be3 27. Bxe5+ Nxe5 28. fxe5+ Ke7 29. Rf1 c1=Q 0-1 [Event "match-tournament"] [Site "Ch URS , Leningrad/Moscow (Ru"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C09"] [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 "match-tournament"] [Site "Ch URS , Leningrad/Moscow (Ru"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [PlyCount "120"] 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 "match-tournament"] [Site "Ch URS , Leningrad/Moscow (Ru"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lilienthal, Andor"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D49"] [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 "4"] [Site "Sverdlovsk"] [Date "1943.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B83"] [PlyCount "107"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bxb3 15. Be3 Qb4 16. axb3 Qxb3 17. Ra5 Qe6 18. Bd4 Bd8 19. Raf5 Nd7 20. Qg4 Ne5 21. Qg3 f6 22. Nd5 a6 23. Qh3 Re8 24. g4 h6 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Bc3 a5 27. h4 b5 28. Qh3 Nf7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Rxf6 Qd7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. g5 hxg5 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qxg5+ Kh7 37. Qxb5 Rf8 38. Qd7+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Kg8 41. Kg2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 Rcf2 43. Qxd6 R2f7 44. Qd5 Kh8 45. e5 Rg7+ 46. Kh3 Rg6 47. d4 Rf1 48. Qe4 Rgg1 49. d5 Rh1+ 50. Kg4 Rhg1+ 51. Kh5 Rf7 52. e6 Rh7+ 53. Qxh7+ Kxh7 54. d6 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Sverdlovsk"] [Date "1943.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Makagonov V"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D45"] [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 "Sverdlosk Masters' Tournament"] [Site "Sverdlosk"] [Date "1943.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Kann I"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [PlyCount "101"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Qc7 8. f4 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. f5 e5 12. Nb3 Nc5 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Kh1 h6 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Be1 Qc8 17. Rd1 Qa8 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bg3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qb8 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bd6 23. f6 g6 24. Bxe5 Kd8 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qe7+ Qxe7 27. fxe7+ Kd7 28. d6 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rc8 30. Kg2 g5 31. Rd5 Rg8 32. Kg3 f6 33. Kg4 Ke6 34. Kh5 a5 35. Kxh6 Kf7 36. Kh5 Rh8+ 37. Kg4 Rh4+ 38. Kg3 Rh8 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4 Ke6 41. d7 Kxe7 42. d8=Q+ Rxd8 43. Rxd8 Kxd8 44. Kf5 Ke7 45. Kg6 Ke6 46. h4 f5 47. Kg5 Ke5 48. h5 f4 49. h6 f3 50. h7 f2 51. h8=Q+ 1-0 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Tournament, Moscow"] [Date "1943.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ljublinsky V"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [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 "Moscow ch [Botvinnik"] [Site "Moscow ch [Botvinnik"] [Date "1943.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C19"] [PlyCount "84"] 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. Qd2 Qc4 24. Qe2 Qd4 25. Rad1 Qc4 26. Qd2 Qa4 27. Bc1 Nc4 28. Qf4 Ng6 29. Qg3 Bf5 30. Rd4 Qc2 31. h4 Ra1 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. h5 Rxc1+ 35. Kh2 Qb1 36. Qb8 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1 38. Rg8+ Kh6 39. Bg4 Qh2+ 40. Kf3 Nce5+ 41. Ke2 Bxg4+ 42. Rxg4 Qxh5 0-1 [Event "6"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Veresov, Gavriil N"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E35"] [PlyCount "90"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Qe3+ Be6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. g4 O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. e3 Na5 18. Bg2 f6 19. Ng6 Qc7 20. Kb1 c3 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Rxc3 Nd2+ 23. Kc2 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Bf7 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. Rxc7+ Kxc7 27. Kd2 Rde8 28. Rc1+ Kb6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 g6 31. Ng2 Kc7 32. Ne3 Kd6 33. h4 Rh8 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Be6 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxb7 Rb8 38. Be4 Rb2+ 39. Kc3 Rb3+ 40. Kd2 Rxa3 41. d5 Rxe3 42. Kxe3 Bxd5 43. Bc2 Kc5 44. Bf5 a5 45. Bc2 Bc6 0-1 [Event "07"] [Site "Moscow ch-URS"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Flohr, Salo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [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 "8"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C19"] [PlyCount "80"] 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 "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Moscow (9)"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C04"] [PlyCount "91"] 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 "16"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1944.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lisitsin, Georgy"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [PlyCount "82"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. e3 e5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Be2 Nge7 8. d3 Be6 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Bf1 O-O 12. c4 d4 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Be2 f5 16. Ng3 e4 17. dxe4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 fxe4 19. Nh2 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nf1 Rf7 22. Ng3 Raf8 23. Rf1 Qc7 24. Rae1 d3 25. Bd1 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nh1 h5 28. f4 exf3 29. gxf3 hxg4 30. f4 Qd6 31. Rf2 Be4 32. Ng3 Bb7 33. Rh2 Nf5 34. Nxf5 Rxf5 35. Rh4 g3 36. Rf1 g5 37. Rg4 Qh6 38. Bf3 Qh3 39. Qg2 Qxg4 40. Bxg4 Bxg2 41. Kxg2 R5f6 0-1 [Event "Russia"] [Site "Ch URS, Moscow (2)"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tolush, Alexander V"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C19"] [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 "Ch URS, Moscow"] [Site "Ch URS, Moscow"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B62"] [PlyCount "76"] 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 Kf6 37. h4 g5 38. Kg1 Ke5 0-1 [Event "11"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C79"] [PlyCount "95"] 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 Rh8 47. Qxh8+ Kxh8 48. c7 1-0 [Event "12"] [Site "Moscow ch-SU"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Lilienthal, Andor"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [PlyCount "73"] 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 37. Rc1 0-1 [Event "01"] [Site "radio USA-URS"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Denker, Arnold Sheldon"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D44"] [PlyCount "50"] 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 "02"] [Site "radio USA-URS"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Denker, Arnold Sheldon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D13"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e3 Ne4 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 b6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Nd2 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc4 Qf5 18. Bd6 e3 19. Nxe3 Qxb1+ 20. Qxb1 Bxd6 21. Qxb6 Kd7 22. Qb3 Rab8 23. Qc2 Rb5 24. O-O Rh5 25. h3 Rb8 26. c4 g6 27. Ng4 Rf5 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd2+ Ke7 31. Rd1 1-0 [Event "Netherlands"] [Site "It, Groningen"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Smyslov, Vassily"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D98"] [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 "juniors"] [Site "Ch Europe , Groningen (Nether"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Steiner, Herman"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A90"] [PlyCount "56"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nf3 c6 9. O-O Qe8 10. Bf4 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"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E01"] [PlyCount "123"] 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 Rh6 60. g7 Rg6+ 61. Kf2 Rxg7 62. Ne8+ 1-0 [Event "Netherlands"] [Site "It, Groningen"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Euwe, Max"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] [PlyCount "101"] 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 "GRONINGEN"] [Site "GRONINGEN"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Stoltz, Goesta"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "70"] 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 Nd4 9. Qd2 exd5 10. Nce2 h6 11. Qc1 Bf5 12. c3 Nxe2 13. Nxe2 d4 14. Bd2 Bxd3 15. Bxb7 O-O 16. Bf3 g5 17. O-O Ng6 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Bg2 Ba6 20. Qd1 Nd3 21. Qa4 Qf6 22. f4 Rae8 23. Bc6 Nxe1 24. Bxe8 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd2 26. Bc6 Bxe2 27. Kxe2 dxc3 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Be4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Qh3 32. Rg1 Qxh2+ 33. Rg2 Qh5+ 34. Ke3 Qh3+ 35. Ke2 Nf1 0-1 [Event "13"] [Site "GRONINGEN"] [Date "1946.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tartakower, Saviely"] [Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [PlyCount "108"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 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. d5 g4 35. Re3 Rf5 36. Nc3 Rf6 37. Re6 Kg7 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


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Botvinnik vs Stoltz, 1926
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs N Grigoriev, 1927
(E16) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Ragozin, 1927
(C16) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0

I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1927
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 42 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Nenarokov, 1927
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik, 1927
(C00) French Defense, 66 moves, 0-1

A Poliak vs Botvinnik, 1929
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs V Sozin, 1929
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2

Rokhlin vs Botvinnik, 1930
(C49) Four Knights, 43 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs S B Gotthilf, 1930
(E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs G Miasoedov, 1931
(E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Chekhover vs Botvinnik, 1931
(A47) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Kasparian, 1931
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs N Sorokin, 1931
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Alatortsev, 1931
(E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Kan, 1931
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 38 moves, 1-0

Rauzer vs Botvinnik, 1931
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Riumin, 1931
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0

V G Kirillov vs Botvinnik, 1931
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs G Miasoedov, 1932
(E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 27 moves, 1-0

I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1932
(C01) French, Exchange, 61 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Alatortsev, 1932
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0

Chekhover vs Botvinnik, 1932
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 34 moves, 0-1

Lisitsin vs Botvinnik, 1932
(A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1

Rauzer vs Botvinnik, 1933
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 29 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs M Yudovich Sr., 1933
(D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Flohr, 1933
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0

Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 30 moves, 0-1

S Belavenets vs Botvinnik, 1934
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Botvinnik vs S Belavenets, 1934
(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 25 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Alatortsev, 1934
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs I Rabinovich, 1934
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 77 moves, 1-0

M Yudovich Sr. vs Botvinnik, 1934
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 47 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Kan, 1934
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Botvinnik vs Spielmann, 1935
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0

Capablanca vs Botvinnik, 1935
(D90) Grunfeld, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

P Romanovsky vs Botvinnik, 1935
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 59 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Levenfish, 1935
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0

Riumin vs Botvinnik, 1935
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 36 moves, 0-1

Goglidze vs Botvinnik, 1935
(D90) Grunfeld, 29 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Lilienthal, 1936
(A15) English, 44 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Kan, 1936
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Flohr, 1936
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 57 moves, 1-0

Kan vs Botvinnik, 1936
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 48 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Tartakower, 1936 
(A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs Botvinnik, 1936 
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Sokolsky vs Botvinnik, 1938
(D94) Grunfeld, 40 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Chekhover, 1938
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 41 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Reshevsky, 1938
(A25) English, 37 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Alekhine, 1938
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 51 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0

Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1939
(D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1

I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1939
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 67 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Kan, 1939
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 41 moves, 1-0

I Pogrebissky vs Botvinnik, 1939
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 36 moves, 0-1

Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1939
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Ragozin, 1940
(D94) Grunfeld, 32 moves, 1-0

Ragozin vs Botvinnik, 1940
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 40 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1940
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 49 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Levenfish, 1940
(A28) English, 27 moves, 1-0

Panov vs Botvinnik, 1940
(C00) French Defense, 41 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Lilienthal, 1941
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0

Keres vs Botvinnik, 1941
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 22 moves, 0-1

Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 42 moves, 0-1

Bondarevsky vs Botvinnik, 1941
(C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1

Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1941
(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 55 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1943
(B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 52 moves, 1-0

V Makogonov vs Botvinnik, 1943
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 55 moves, 0-1

V Liublinsky vs Botvinnik, 1943
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1

Veresov vs Botvinnik, 1944
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 45 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Flohr, 1944
(A09) Reti Opening, 68 moves, 1-0

Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1944
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 40 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1944
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 46 moves, 1-0

Lisitsin vs Botvinnik, 1944
(A06) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 0-1

Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1945
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1

P Romanovsky vs Botvinnik, 1945
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 38 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1945
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 46 moves, 1-0

Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1945
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 37 moves, 0-1

Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Denker, 1945
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1946
(D98) Grunfeld, Russian, 50 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1946
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1946
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2

Stoltz vs Botvinnik, 1946
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 0-1





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