Mikhail Botvinnik
Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander vs. Botvinnik, Mikhail, Leningrad, 1926.??.??, Round ?
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[Event Leningrad NW Provincial f] [Site Leningrad] [Date 1926.??.??] [Round ?] [White Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander] [Black Botvinnik, Mikhail] [Result 1/2-1/2] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO C90]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. a4 Be6 15. d4 cxd4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qxb5 Rb8 19. Qe2 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 dxc3 22. bxc3 f5 23. Qe2 e4 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 Qa3 26. f3 Rb2 27. Bd2 Qa2 28. fxe4 f4 29. Qd3 Bc4 30. Qd6 Bxf1 31. Qxc6 Bb5 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kf7 39. Qxf4+ Kg8 40. Qb8+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kg8 42. c4 Qxc4 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Qf4+ Kg8 45. h3 h6 46. Ra1 Bc6 47. Rf1 Qxe4 48. Qxe4 Bxe4 49. Rf2 1/2-1/2
Reuben Fine vs Botvinnik
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Reuben Fine |
Mikhail Botvinnik |
In the first round of the famous A.V.R.O. Tournament of 1938, Reuben Fine of the United States demolished the future (and several times) World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. It’s hard to find a game (most likely impossible) where Botvinnik was ever strategically outplayed within the first dozen moves; certainly not in such a high profile event. A.V.R.O. 1938 was supposed to select a challenger to play against Alexander Alekhine – the (then) World Champion; Alekhine managed to slip around that and avoid playing a match against the tournament Co-Winners Paul Keres and Reuben Fine.
The notes in the the PGN file (Click on the Diagram and/or See Comments) are by Fine with a little Botvinnik sprinkled in.
This game is truly a Classic.
Golubev, I. vs. Botvinnik, Mikhail, Leningrad, 1926.??.??, Round ?
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[Event Leningrad NW Provincial f] [Site Leningrad] [Date 1926.??.??] [Round ?] [White Golubev, I.] [Black Botvinnik, Mikhail] [Result 0-1] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D52]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nc3 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 Bb4 10. Rc1 c5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nb6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Be5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qb4 Bg4 18. Qxb7 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Qxe5 21. f4 Qf5 22. Qb1 Qh3 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. Rc2 Qh4+ 25. Ke2 Rfe8 26. Qxc4 Qh3 27. Qc5 Qg2+ 0-1
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs. Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich, Leningrad, 1926.??.??, Round ?
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[Event Leningrad NW Provincial f] [Site Leningrad] [Date 1926.??.??] [Round ?] [White Botvinnik, Mikhail] [Black Rabinovich, Ilya Leontievich] [Result 1/2-1/2] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D48]1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. O-O h5 15. d5 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe6 f6 18. Qe2 Be7 19. Rad1 h4 20. f4 h3 21. fxe5 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 hxg2 23. Kxg2 fxg5 24. Rf7 Rh6 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nd5+ Kxe6 27. Nc7+ Kxe5 28. Nxa8 Rc6 29. Rd7 Rd6 30. Rxg7 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Rxg5+ Kd4 33. h4 Rxa2 34. h5 Ra1 35. Kg2 Ra2+ 36. Kg3 Ra1 37. Kg2 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Ra1 41. Nc7 c4 42. Ne6+ Ke3 43. Nf4 c3 44. Rc5 Rg1+ 45. Ng2+ Kd3 46. h6 Rh1 47. Nf4+ Kd4 48. Rc6 c2 49. Kg2 Rh4 50. Kg3 Rh1 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik, Mikhail vs. Kagan, Moisey, Leningrad NW Provincial f, Leningrad, 1926.??.??, Round ?, 1-0
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[Event Leningrad NW Provincial f] [Site Leningrad] [Date 1926.??.??] [Round ?] [White Botvinnik, Mikhail] [Black Kagan, Moisey] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D12]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. g3 b6 16. Rfe1 Rae8 17. Bd2 e5 18. Bc3 e4 19. Nh4 f5 20. c5 bxc5 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. dxc5 Be5 23. f4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rb8 25. Rd6 Rb5 26. Qd4 Nxc5 27. c4 Ra5 28. Nxf5 Qf7 29. Nh4 Qe7 30. Rxc6 Rd8 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. fxe5 g6 33. e6 Re8 34. Ng2 Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Nxe6 36. Rxe4 Ng5 37. Re2 Nf3+ 38. Kf2 Nxh2 39. Ne3 h5 40. Rc2 Rc5 41. Kg2 Ng4 42. Nxg4 hxg4 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kd4 Rf5 46. Re2 Rf3 47. Re3 g5 48. Kd3 Kf5 49. Ke2 1-0Botvinnik, Mikhail vs. Shebarshin, M., Leningrad-5ch sf, Leningrad, 1926.??.??, Round ?, 1-0
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[Event Leningrad-5ch sf] [Site Leningrad] [Date 1926.??.??] [Round ?] [White Botvinnik, Mikhail] [Black Shebarshin, M.] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO E94]1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. h3 e5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. a3 Nh5 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bf1 h6 14. g3 Nh5 15. Rc1 Kh7 16. b4 b6 17. Kh2 Ndf6 18. Ng1 Ng8 19. Bg2 Bd7 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bf3 Nhf6 22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Re2 Ne8 24. Reb2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 f5 26. Qd2 Qf6 27. Nd1 Ne7 28. Qa5 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Kg2 Qf7 32. Qa6 Nf6 33. Qb7 Qg8 34. Nc3 Rd8 35. a4 Rd7 36. Qb8 Qf7 37. a5 e4 38. Rb1 Ng4 39. hxg4 Nxe3+ 40. fxe3 Bxc3 41. a6 Bd2 42. Qb3 Bb4 43. Qc2 Qe8 44. Rf1 Qe5 45. Rf4 Re7 46. Kh3 Be1 47. Ne2 Bb4 48. Rf1 g5 49. Ng1 Kg6 50. Qf2 Kh7 51. Ne2 Qg7 52. Qf5+ Qg6 53. Qf8 Qg7 54. Qf6 Bd2 55. Qxd6 Bxe3 56. Qc6 Rc7 57. Qe6 Re7 58. Qf5+ Qg6 59. d6 Qxf5 60. Rxf5 Rd7 61. Rd5 Kg6 62. Nc3 Kf6 63. Nxe4+ Ke6 64. Kg2 Bd4 65. Kf3 Rf7+ 66. Rf5 Rg7 67. Ke2 Rg8 68. Nxc5+ Bxc5 69. Rxc5 Kxd6 70. Rf5 Rg6 71. Rf7 Kc5 72. Rxa7 Kxc4 73. Rc7+ Kb5 74. a7 Ra6 75. Kf3 Ra4 76. Rh7 Kc5 77. Rxh6 Rxa7 78. Ke4 Rg7 79. Ke5 Rg8 80. Re6 Rf8 81. Rg6 Re8+ 82. Kf6 Re4 83. Kxg5 Kd5 84. Rf6 Re8 85. Kh6 Ke5 86. g5 Rh8+ 87. Kg7 Rh3 88. g6 Rxg3 89. Rf1 Ke6 90. Kh7 Ke7 91. g7 Rh3+ 92. Kg8 Rh4 93. Re1+ Kd7 94. Kf7 Rf4+ 95. Kg6 Rg4+ 96. Kf6 Rg3 97. Re5 1-0Botvinnik, Mikhail vs. Mukhin, Mikhail A, Leningrad-5ch sf, Leningrad, 1926.??.??, Round ?, 1-0
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[Event Leningrad-5ch sf] [Site Leningrad] [Date 1926.??.??] [Round ?] [White Botvinnik, Mikhail] [Black Mukhin, Mikhail A] [Result 1-0] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D30]1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Nxg6 Ndf6 10. Qh4 Rg8 11. Nxf8 Kxf8 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Rxg2 14. O-O-O Kf7 15. Rhg1 Qg8 16. Rxg2 Qxg2 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qg4 19. Qh6 Qg6 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Rg1 Ng4 22. Qf4 Ne5 23. Rg3 Nxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Ke7 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. Qh4+ Ke8 27. Bb4 Bc8 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Qd8+ 1-0Zaslavsky, A. vs. Botvinnik, Mikhail, Leningrad-5ch sf, Leningrad, 1926.??.??, Round ?, 0-1
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[Event Leningrad-5ch sf] [Site Leningrad] [Date 1926.??.??] [Round ?] [White Zaslavsky, A.] [Black Botvinnik, Mikhail] [Result 0-1] [WhiteElo ] [BlackElo ] [ECO D52]1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nb3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Be7 Nxc3 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 Rxe7 18. Qxc3 Ba6 19. O-O Rc8 20. Qd2 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf6 22. f3 Rec7 23. Rf2 Rc3 24. Qf1 Rxe3 25. Re1 Rxe1 26. Qxe1 Qc4 27. Rd2 a5 28. Qh4+ Kg8 29. Rd1 a4 30. Rc1 axb3 31. Rxc4 dxc4 0-1Botvinnik Mikhail" vs. "Smyslov Vasili
King’s Indian Kramer system
[Event "10"]
[Site "Leningr/Moskva ch-SU"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov Vasili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70/04"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 e5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Nd5 c6 13.Ne3 Kc7 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Rxd7+ Kxd7 16.Bxe5 f6 17.Bc3 Ke6 18.g4 Nf4 19.Nxf4+ gxf4 20.Bd3 a5 21.a3 Bc5 22.e5 Kf7 23.exf6 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Bxf2 25.Rf1 Bh4 26.Bd3 Rhf8 27.c5 Bxf6 28.Rxf4 Kg7 29.Bxf6+ Rxf6 30.Bf5 Rff8 31.Kc2 Rfe8 32.h4 Re5 33.b4 axb4 34.axb4 Re3 35.Kb2 Rd8 36.Kc2 Ra8 37.Kb2 Re2+ 38.Kb3 Rae8 39.Rd4 R8e7 40.Rd6 Rf2 41.Bd3 Rf6 42.Rd4 Ref7 43.Bf5 h5 44.b5 hxg4 45.Bxg4 cxb5 46.Bd7 Rf1 47.Bxb5 Rb1+ 48.Kc4 Rc1+ 49.Kb4 Re7 50.Bd3 Re3 51.h5 Kh6 52.Rd5 Rh3 53.Kb5 Rd1 54.Be4 1/2-1/2
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