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Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник, romanized: Mikhaíl
Moiseyevich Botvínnik) (August 17 [O.S.
August 4] 1911 – May...
- pla****
between Mikhail Botvinnik and
Vasily Smyslov in
Moscow from
March 4 to May 9, 1958.
Botvinnik won.
Smyslov had
unseated Botvinnik in the 1957 match...
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Championship was pla****
between Mikhail Botvinnik and
Mikhail Tal in
Moscow from
March 15 to May 7, 1960.
Botvinnik was the
reigning champion,
after winning...
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Mikhail Botvinnik and
champion Mikhail Tal in
Moscow from
March 15 to May 13, 1961. Tal had
unseated Botvinnik in the 1960 match; thus,
Botvinnik was entitled...
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International Chess Federation which had been
formed in 1924.
Mikhail Botvinnik won the five-player
championship tournament,
beginning the era of Soviet...
- 1960, at the age of 23, Tal
defeated the strategically-minded
Mikhail Botvinnik in a
World Championship match, held in Moscow, by 12½–8½ (six wins, two...
- players,
three of them
Soviet citizens—including the winner,
Mikhail Botvinnik.
Botvinnik would go on to win or
retain in four
further championship matches...
- Bf5. It was used by
Mikhail Botvinnik in his 1961
match versus Mikhail Tal (though with a
negative outcome for
Botvinnik – two
draws and a loss). The...
- The 1951
World Chess Championship was pla****
between Mikhail Botvinnik and
David Bronstein in
Moscow from
March 15 to May 11, 1951. It was the
first match...
- On 22
November 1938,
Mikhail Botvinnik (playing white)
defeated José Raúl
Capablanca (playing black) in one of the most
famous games in
chess history...
