Botvinnik, Mikhail




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1924  53  2432 (51) 31
1925  28  2468 (41) 29
1926  21  2499 (36) 46
1927  15  2524 (35) 34
1928  2541 (41) 14
1929  2583 (39) 27
1930  2611 (40) 12
1931  2629 (35) 43
1932  2632 (38) 13
1933  2617 (31) 54
1934  2614 (37) 13
1935  2611 (34) 28
1936  2628 (33) 38
1937  2608 (38) 13
1938  2625 (35) 31
1939  2623 (38) 17
1940  2623 (36) 31
1941  2652 (39) 20
1942  2670 (46) 0
1943  2687 (43) 14
1944  2712 (39) 31
1945  2726 (42) 20
1946  2695 (47) 23

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Botvinnik, Mikhail Moiseevich  
Born: 17 Aug. 1911
Died: 5 Apr. 1995
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 319
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 376
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 348
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 335
   Feenstra Kuiper, 100 Jahre Schachturniere, page 301
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 49
   Sánchez, José Raúl Capablanca, page 291
   Soltis, Mikhail Botvinnik
   Soltis, Soviet Chess, page 41, 63, 440
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 36
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 348

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Kaminer, S.M. - Botvinnik, M.M. 1924         (f)     3   -   0
Botvinnik, M.M. - Liutov, N.M. 1925         (f)     3.5   -   1.5
Botvinnik, M.M. - Rivlin, B.K. 1925         (f)     3   -   0
Botvinnik, M.M. - Flohr, S.M. 1933         (f)     6   -   6
Botvinnik, M.M. - Ragozin, V.V. 1936         (f)     4   -   2
Botvinnik, M.M. - Levenfish, G.Y. 1937         (f)     6.5   -   6.5
Botvinnik, M.M. - Ragozin, V.V. 1940         (f)     8.5   -   3.5

Tournament data

Leningrad 1924 (1)     Leningrad - School Championship     5  /  6
Leningrad 1924 (3)     Leningrad Non-Category Tournament     11.5  /  13
Leningrad 1924 (4)     Leningrad - Category 2 and 3 Tournament     8.5  /  11
Leningrad 1925 (5)     Leningrad - Category 2a and 1b Tournament     9  /  10
Leningrad 1925 (6)     Leningrad - Category 1 Tournament     7.5  /  11
Moscow 1926 (1)     4th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Yurdanski, P.K.     0.5 - 1.5    
Leningrad 1926 (3)     Northwest Provincial Championship - Preliminary Section B     9  /  11
Leningrad 1926 (4)     Northwest Provincial Championship - Final     6.5  /  10
Stockholm 1926 (1)     Stockholm - Leningrad Team Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Stoltz, G.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1926 (5)     5th Leningrad Championship - Semi-final     11.5  /  12
Leningrad 1926 (6)     5th Leningrad Championship     7  /  9
Leningrad 1927 (1)     5th Moscow - Leningrad Team Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Grigoriev, N.D.     1.5 - 0.5    
Moscow 1927 (4)     5th Soviet Union Congress - Championship     12.5  /  20
Leningrad 1927 (2)     Tournament of Six Players     7.5  /  10
Leningrad 1927 (3)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Team Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Panchenko, N.A.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1928 (1)     Union of Metalworkers Tournament     10  /  12
Leningrad 1928 (4)     Leningrad - Rostov Team Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Nikolaev (1)     1.5 - 0.5    
Odessa 1929 (2)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Quarter-Finals, Section 2     7  /  8
Odessa 1929 (5)     6th Soviet Union Championship - Semi-Finals, Section 1     2.5  /  5
Leningrad 1929 (2)     Regional Committee of Educational Workers Championship     10.5  /  13
Leningrad 1929 (8)     Leningrad University - Moscow University Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Goldberg, G.A.     1 - 0    
Leningrad 1930 (1)     Leningrad Master Tournament     6.5  /  8
Leningrad 1930 (2)     6th Leningrad - Moscow Team Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Kan, I.A.     2 - 0    
Leningrad 1930 (4)     Leningrad - Moscow Match of Metal Workers Teams    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Kan, I.A.     1 - 1    
Leningrad 1931 (1)     8th Leningrad Championship     14  /  17
Moscow 1931 (4)     7th USSR Championship Semi-Finals - Group 4     6.5  /  9
Moscow 1931 (10)     7th USSR Championship     13.5  /  17
Leningrad 1932 (1)     Leningrad - Kiev Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Bohatirchuk, F.P.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1932 (2)     9th Leningrad Championship     10  /  11
Moscow and Leningrad 1932     Moscow-Leningrad Radio Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Riumin, N.N.     0.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1933 (1)     House of Scientists Master Tournament     7  /  10
Leningrad 1933 (2)     Leningrad Masters Tournament     10  /  13
Leningrad 1933 (3)     8th U.S.S.R. Championship     14  /  19
Leningrad 1934 (1)     Moscow - Leningrad Trade Union Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Belavenets, S.V.     1.5 - 0.5    
Leningrad 1934 (3)     Leningrad International Tournament     7.5  /  11
Hastings 1935 (1)     15th Hastings Christmas Congress - Premier Tournament     5  /  9
Moscow 1935 (1)     Moscow International Tournament     13  /  19
Moscow 1936 (2)     Moscow International Tournament     12  /  18
Nottingham 1936 (1)     Nottingham Master Tournament     10  /  14
Leningrad 1938 (4)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship Semi-final     14  /  17
Netherlands 1938     AVRO Tournament     7.5  /  14
Leningrad 1939 (1)     11th U.S.S.R. Championship     12.5  /  17
Moscow 1940 (2)     12th U.S.S.R. Championship     11.5  /  19
Leningrad and Moscow 1941     Absolute U.S.S.R. Championship     13.5  /  20
Sverdlovsk 1943     Sverdlovsk Tournament     10.5  /  14
Moscow 1944 (1)     23rd Moscow Championship     12.5  /  15
Moscow 1944 (3)     13th U.S.S.R. Championship - Final     12.5  /  16
Moscow 1945 (3)     14th USSR Championship     16  /  18
Moscow and New York 1945     USSR - USA Radio Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Denker, A.S.     2 - 0    
Moscow and London, England 1946     U.S.S.R. - Great Britain Radio Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Alexander, C.H.O'D.     1 - 1    
Groningen 1946     Groningen International Tournament     14.5  /  19
Moscow 1946 (3)     U.S.S.R. - U.S.A. Match    
  Botvinnik, M.M. - Reshevsky, S.H.     1.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 17 Dec. 2024