Botvinnik, Mikhail




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1924  55  2426 (51) 31
1925  30  2463 (42) 29
1926  21  2495 (36) 46
1927  15  2520 (35) 34
1928  2536 (42) 14
1929  2579 (39) 27
1930  2608 (40) 12
1931  2627 (35) 43
1932  2630 (38) 13
1933  2615 (32) 54
1934  2613 (37) 13
1935  2609 (35) 28
1936  2626 (33) 38
1937  2605 (38) 13
1938  2621 (35) 31
1939  2614 (38) 17
1940  2608 (38) 31
1941  2624 (45) 20

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
   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     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


Player information updated: 13 Feb. 2024