Mikhail Botvinnik
6th World Chess Champion · Soviet era · Russia · 1911–1995
The patriarch of the Soviet school, world champion in three separate reigns.
Career In The Collection
891Games
406Wins
375Draws
110Losses
67%Score
1926–1970Active
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | Games | Wins | Draws | Losses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasily Smyslov | 94 | 26 | 48 | 20 | view games |
| Mikhail Tal | 44 | 12 | 20 | 12 | view games |
| David Bronstein | 30 | 7 | 17 | 6 | view games |
| Tigran Petrosian | 27 | 2 | 19 | 6 | view games |
| Paul Keres | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | view games |
| Samuel Reshevsky | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | view games |
| Max Euwe | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | view games |
| Svetozar Gligoric | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | view games |
| Bent Larsen | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | view games |
| Efim Geller | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | view games |
| Boris Spassky | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | view games |
| Jose Raul Capablanca | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | view games |
| Emanuel Lasker | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Lajos Portisch | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | view games |
| Miguel Najdorf | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | view games |
| Alexander Alekhine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | view games |
| Reuben Fine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | view games |
| Lev Polugaevsky | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Savielly Tartakower | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | view games |
| Viktor Korchnoi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Bobby Fischer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | view games |
| Rudolf Spielmann | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | view games |
891 Games · Page 2 of 5
- 1961 vs Francisco Jose Perez Perez White EU-chT B20 1-0
- 1961 vs Karl Robatsch Black Hastings6162 C19 0-1
- 1961 vs Laszlo Szabo Black EU-chT E44 0-1
- 1961 vs Laszlo Szabo White EU-chT A36 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E81 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th C18 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E87 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B12 0-1
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E51 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B12 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th A23 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B12 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E81 0-1
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E81 0-1
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B18 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B12 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E24 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E51 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E85 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B12 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B12 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th D14 1-0
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B12 0-1
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 24th B12 1/2-1/2
- 1961 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 24th E51 1-0
- 1961 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White EU-chT D34 1-0
- 1961 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black EU-chT C19 1-0
- 1961 vs Robert Graham Wade White Hastings6162 C77 1-0
- 1960 vs Manuel Aaron Black Leipzig olm prel A46 0-1
- 1960 vs Jan Hein Donner White Leipzig olm prel D78 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Dolfi Drimer Black Leipzig olm fin-A B62 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Leipzig olm prel C99 1-0
- 1960 vs Borislav Ivkov White Leipzig olm fin-A A16 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Anatole Kostjoerin White Leipzig olm prel A25 1-0
- 1960 vs William James Lombardy White Leipzig olm fin-A E89 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Oleg Neikirkh Black Leipzig olm fin-A B88 0-1
- 1960 vs Ludek Pachman White Leipzig olm fin-A A07 1-0
- 1960 vs Lajos Portisch Black Leipzig olm fin-A D46 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Lothar Schmid White Leipzig olm fin-A A43 1-0
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th E24 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th A60 1-0
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th A30 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th A61 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th B18 0-1
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th E24 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th B18 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th E27 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th D78 1-0
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th E89 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th E69 0-1
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th B18 1-0
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th B18 1-0
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th A87 1-0
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th E24 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th C18 1-0
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th E24 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th B11 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal White World Championship 23th D40 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th E19 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mikhail Tal Black World Championship 23th B18 1/2-1/2
- 1960 vs Mario Tamburini Black Leipzig olm prel E82 0-1
- 1960 vs Alfred Tarnowski Black Leipzig olm prel D13 0-1
- 1959 vs Barenboim White URS-chT A21 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Bukhuti Gurgenidze White URS-chT A36 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Ratmir D Kholmov Black URS-chT A34 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Rashid Nezhmetdinov White URS-chT A36 1/2-1/2
- 1959 vs Mammed Nurmamedov Black URS-chT B15 0-1
- 1959 vs Boris Spassky Black URS-chT B63 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Conel Hughes Alexander White Munich olm fin-A A42 1-0
- 1958 vs Rafael Cintron Black Munich olm prel D13 0-1
- 1958 vs Jan Hein Donner White Munich olm prel E25 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Andreas Dueckstein White Munich olm fin-A A29 1-0
- 1958 vs Andreas Dueckstein Black Munich olm prel B66 1-0
- 1958 vs William James Lombardy White Munich olm fin-A A42 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Ludek Pachman Black Munich olm fin-A D30 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Arturo Pomar Salamanca White Munich olm fin-A B14 1-0
- 1958 vs Maurice Raizman White Munich olm prel D24 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B34 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th A30 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B72 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B19 0-1
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th D47 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th A95 0-1
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B11 0-1
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B10 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B12 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B72 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B11 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th D98 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th A16 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th A16 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th E81 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th E69 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th A16 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th A16 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th A12 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th D99 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th A05 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 22th E81 1-0
- 1958 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 22th B72 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann Black Munich olm fin-A E43 0-1
- 1958 vs Wolfgang Unzicker White Munich olm fin-A E49 1/2-1/2
- 1958 vs Chris Walsh Black Munich olm prel B27 0-1
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th E62 1-0
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th E66 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th C98 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th E45 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th A36 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th D79 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th E62 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th C18 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th E45 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th C11 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th D98 1-0
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th E45 1-0
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th B66 1-0
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th B66 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th D73 0-1
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th A42 1-0
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th D79 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th C98 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th C15 1/2-1/2
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th B66 0-1
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 21th A36 0-1
- 1957 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 21th C18 1-0
- 1956 vs Otto Benkner White Moscow olm prel A29 1-0
- 1956 vs Max Blau White Moscow olm fin-A A26 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs David Bronstein White Alekhine mem D40 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Victor Ciocaltea White Alekhine mem C75 1-0
- 1956 vs Moshe Czerniak Black Moscow olm fin-A B26 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miroslav Filip Black Moscow olm fin-A E53 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric White Moscow olm fin-A A37 1-0
- 1956 vs Svetozar Gligoric Black Alekhine mem C11 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Harry Golombek White Moscow olm fin-A A30 1-0
- 1956 vs Harry Golombek White Alekhine mem B14 1-0
- 1956 vs Paul Keres Black Alekhine mem B63 1-0
- 1956 vs Bent Larsen Black Moscow olm fin-A B63 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miguel Najdorf Black Moscow olm fin-A A37 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Miguel Najdorf White Alekhine mem E42 1-0
- 1956 vs Ludek Pachman Black Alekhine mem A36 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Nikola Padevsky White Moscow olm fin-A E64 1-0
- 1956 vs Nikola Padevsky White Moscow olm prel D35 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Nikola Padevsky Black Alekhine mem B88 0-1
- 1956 vs Bogdan Sliwa Black Alekhine mem C01 0-1
- 1956 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Alekhine mem B39 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Alekhine mem A14 1-0
- 1956 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Moscow olm prel A11 1-0
- 1956 vs Laszlo Szabo White Moscow olm fin-A A36 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Laszlo Szabo White Alekhine mem A21 1-0
- 1956 vs Mark E Taimanov White Alekhine mem A36 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Wolfgang Uhlmann White Alekhine mem A08 1-0
- 1956 vs Wolfgang Unzicker Black Alekhine mem B07 1/2-1/2
- 1956 vs Aage Vestol Black Moscow olm prel B34 0-1
- 1955 vs Vladimir S Antoshin Black URS-ch22 C19 0-1
- 1955 vs Yuri L Averbakh Black URS-ch22 C15 0-1
- 1955 vs Georgy K Borisenko White URS-ch22 E66 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Salo Flohr Black URS-ch22 A90 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Semen Abramovich Furman White URS-ch22 E49 1-0
- 1955 vs Efim Geller White URS-ch22 D35 0-1
- 1955 vs Georgi A Ilivitzki White URS-ch22 D91 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan White URS-ch22 A20 1-0
- 1955 vs Paul Keres Black URS-ch22 C03 1-0
- 1955 vs Viktor Korchnoi Black URS-ch22 A04 0-1
- 1955 vs Alexander Kotov Black URS-ch22 D46 0-1
- 1955 vs Georgy Lisitsin White URS-ch22 E26 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vladas Mikenas White URS-ch22 D30 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Tigran Petrosian Black URS-ch22 D94 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Samuel Reshevsky White URS-USA telex E51 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black URS-USA telex D49 1-0
- 1955 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black URS-USA telex A04 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Samuel Reshevsky White URS-USA telex D41 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vitaly S Sherbakov White URS-ch22 A24 1-0
- 1955 vs Vladimir Simagin White URS-ch22 B08 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch22 A04 1-0
- 1955 vs Boris Spassky White URS-ch22 A30 1/2-1/2
- 1955 vs Mark E Taimanov Black URS-ch22 D46 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Conel Hughes Alexander Black Amsterdam olm B37 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Max Euwe White Amsterdam olm E59 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Nikolay N Minev White Amsterdam olm D47 1-0
- 1954 vs Miguel Najdorf White Amsterdam olm E65 1-0
- 1954 vs D. Parliaros Black Amsterdam olm D02 0-1
- 1954 vs Vasja Pirc White Amsterdam olm E42 1-0
- 1954 vs Yosef Porath White Amsterdam olm D35 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Toivo Salo White Amsterdam olm E69 1-0
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 20th B25 0-1
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 20th E69 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 20th C17 0-1
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 20th E61 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 20th D06 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 20th C17 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 20th D44 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 20th E68 0-1
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 20th D18 1-0
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 20th E45 1-0
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 20th C17 1-0
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 20th A04 1-0
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 20th D86 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 20th C15 1/2-1/2
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov White World Championship 20th D22 1-0
- 1954 vs Vasily Smyslov Black World Championship 20th C73 1-0
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