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 4 of 5
- 1943 vs Vasily Smyslov White Sverdlovsk C46 1-0
- 1943 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Sverdlovsk C19 1/2-1/2
- 1943 vs Evgeny Zagoriansky Black Sverdlovsk E18 1/2-1/2
- 1943 vs Evgeny Zagoriansky White Sverdlovsk A13 1-0
- 1941 vs Isaak Boleslavsky Black Leningrad/Moscow C15 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Isaak Boleslavsky Black Leningrad/Moscow C82 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Isaak Boleslavsky White Leningrad/Moscow C09 1-0
- 1941 vs Isaak Boleslavsky White Leningrad/Moscow C09 1-0
- 1941 vs Igor Bondarevsky White Leningrad/Moscow C88 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Igor Bondarevsky White Leningrad/Moscow D55 0-1
- 1941 vs Igor Bondarevsky Black Leningrad/Moscow C02 0-1
- 1941 vs Igor Bondarevsky Black Leningrad/Moscow D02 0-1
- 1941 vs Paul Keres Black Leningrad/Moscow C50 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Paul Keres Black Leningrad/Moscow E35 0-1
- 1941 vs Paul Keres White Leningrad/Moscow D36 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Paul Keres White Leningrad/Moscow D27 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Andor Lilienthal Black Leningrad/Moscow C82 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Andor Lilienthal White Leningrad/Moscow E46 0-1
- 1941 vs Andor Lilienthal Black Leningrad/Moscow D49 0-1
- 1941 vs Andor Lilienthal White Leningrad/Moscow E68 1-0
- 1941 vs Vasily Smyslov White Leningrad/Moscow E70 1/2-1/2
- 1941 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Leningrad/Moscow C19 0-1
- 1941 vs Vasily Smyslov Black Leningrad/Moscow C77 0-1
- 1941 vs Vasily Smyslov White Leningrad/Moscow C42 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Isaak Boleslavsky White URS-ch12 E68 1-0
- 1940 vs Igor Bondarevsky Black URS-ch12 E29 1-0
- 1940 vs Peter Vasilievich Dubinin Black URS-ch12 D97 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Eduard Issakovich Gerstenfeld White URS-ch12 A34 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Paul Keres White URS-ch12 E13 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Alexander Konstantinopolsky White URS-ch12 B85 1-0
- 1940 vs Alexander Kotov Black URS-ch12 E35 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Grigory Levenfish White URS-ch12 A28 1-0
- 1940 vs Andor Lilienthal Black URS-ch12 E19 1-0
- 1940 vs Georgy Lisitsin Black URS-ch12 C97 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov Black URS-ch12 A93 1-0
- 1940 vs Vladas Mikenas Black URS-ch12 E35 1-0
- 1940 vs Vasily N Panov Black URS-ch12 C00 0-1
- 1940 vs Vladimirs Petrovs White URS-ch12 C05 1-0
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Leningrad m E33 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Leningrad m A28 1-0
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Leningrad m A90 1-0
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Leningrad m C98 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Leningrad m C77 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White URS-ch12 E21 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Leningrad m D82 0-1
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Leningrad m D94 1-0
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Leningrad m D19 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Leningrad m E35 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Leningrad m C05 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Iosif Rudakovsky White URS-ch12 B83 1-0
- 1940 vs Vasily Smyslov Black URS-ch12 C99 1/2-1/2
- 1940 vs Mark Moiseevich Stolberg Black URS-ch12 E48 0-1
- 1940 vs Gavriil N Veresov White URS-ch12 C48 1-0
- 1939 vs Sergey Vesevolodovi Belavenets Black URS-ch11 C19 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Igor Bondarevsky White URS-ch11 D59 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Vitaly Chekhover White URS-ch11 D35 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Alexander Nikolaevi Chistiakov White URS-ch11 D37 1-0
- 1939 vs Peter Vasilievich Dubinin Black URS-ch11 C90 0-1
- 1939 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan White URS-ch11 E24 1-0
- 1939 vs Alexander Kotov Black URS-ch11 E33 0-1
- 1939 vs Grigory Levenfish White URS-ch11 D35 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Georgy Lisitsin Black URS-ch11 C49 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov Black URS-ch11 E37 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Vasily N Panov White URS-ch11 C49 1-0
- 1939 vs Iosif Pogrebissky Black URS-ch11 C19 0-1
- 1939 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich Black URS-ch11 C19 0-1
- 1939 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White URS-ch11 A94 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky White URS-ch11 E06 1/2-1/2
- 1939 vs Alexander V Tolush Black URS-ch11 D82 0-1
- 1939 vs Mikhail Sr Yudovich White URS-ch11 E72 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Suren Abramian Black URS-ch sf C05 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Alexander Alekhine Black AVRO E19 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Alexander Alekhine White AVRO D41 1-0
- 1938 vs Igor Bondarevsky White URS-ch sf E70 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs A. Budo White URS-ch sf D26 1-0
- 1938 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black AVRO D93 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White AVRO E49 1-0
- 1938 vs Vitaly Chekhover White URS-ch sf E21 1-0
- 1938 vs Michael David Black URS-ch sf A03 0-1
- 1938 vs Max Euwe Black AVRO D96 1-0
- 1938 vs Max Euwe White AVRO A06 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Reuben Fine White AVRO C48 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Reuben Fine Black AVRO C17 1-0
- 1938 vs Salo Flohr White AVRO D96 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Salo Flohr Black AVRO D84 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs S. Gotthilf Black URS-ch sf B14 0-1
- 1938 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black URS-ch sf C90 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Genrikh Kasparian White URS-ch sf A34 1-0
- 1938 vs Paul Keres White AVRO E29 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Paul Keres Black AVRO E17 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Georgy Lisitsin White URS-ch sf E13 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov White URS-ch sf A51 1-0
- 1938 vs Isaak Mazel Black URS-ch sf A19 0-1
- 1938 vs Abram Borisovich Poliak White URS-ch sf D46 1-0
- 1938 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich White URS-ch sf E09 0-1
- 1938 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black AVRO E46 1/2-1/2
- 1938 vs Samuel Reshevsky White AVRO A25 1-0
- 1938 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky Black URS-ch sf C15 0-1
- 1938 vs Alexey Sokolsky Black URS-ch sf D94 0-1
- 1938 vs Alexander V Tolush Black URS-ch sf C02 0-1
- 1938 vs Gavriil N Veresov Black URS-ch sf E35 0-1
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow/Leningrad m A13 1-0
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow/Leningrad m E34 0-1
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow/Leningrad m D94 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow/Leningrad m A25 1-0
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow/Leningrad m E17 0-1
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow/Leningrad m E34 1-0
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow/Leningrad m D93 1-0
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow/Leningrad m D94 0-1
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow/Leningrad m E34 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow/Leningrad m B14 1-0
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow/Leningrad m D94 0-1
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow/Leningrad m C02 1/2-1/2
- 1937 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow/Leningrad m D94 1-0
- 1936 vs Alexander Alekhine Black Nottingham B72 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Conel Hughes Alexander Black Nottingham B24 0-1
- 1936 vs Efim Bogoljubow Black Nottingham E14 0-1
- 1936 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Nottingham A30 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Moscow A95 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Jose Raul Capablanca White Moscow A30 0-1
- 1936 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases White Moscow E33 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Erich Gottlieb Eliskases Black Moscow E22 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Max Euwe Black Nottingham E34 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Reuben Fine White Nottingham A09 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow B05 1-0
- 1936 vs Salo Flohr White Nottingham B05 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow E13 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan Black Moscow B72 0-1
- 1936 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan White Moscow E33 1-0
- 1936 vs Emanuel Lasker White Moscow E07 1-0
- 1936 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Moscow C01 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Emanuel Lasker Black Nottingham D91 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Moscow B72 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow D53 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Andor Lilienthal White Moscow A30 1-0
- 1936 vs Andor Lilienthal Black Moscow C15 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Moscow D94 1-0
- 1936 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Moscow E34 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Samuel Reshevsky Black Nottingham A95 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin Black Moscow C90 1/2-1/2
- 1936 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin White Moscow A98 1-0
- 1936 vs Savielly Tartakower White Nottingham A55 1-0
- 1936 vs George Alan Thomas White Nottingham D37 1-0
- 1936 vs Theodore Tylor White Nottingham E07 1-0
- 1936 vs Milan Sr Vidmar White Nottingham D40 1-0
- 1936 vs William Winter White Nottingham D95 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Vladimir Alatortsev White Moscow A25 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk Black Moscow C49 1-0
- 1935 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Moscow D90 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Vitaly Chekhover White Moscow A13 1-0
- 1935 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow B33 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Victor Arsentievich Goglidze Black Moscow D90 0-1
- 1935 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan Black Moscow C29 1-0
- 1935 vs Emanuel Lasker White Moscow E01 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Grigory Levenfish White Moscow D23 1-0
- 1935 vs Andor Lilienthal Black Moscow E24 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Georgy Lisitsin White Moscow E39 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Vera Menchik White Moscow A34 1-0
- 1935 vs Vasja Pirc White Moscow A28 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich Black Moscow D79 1/2-1/2
- 1935 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Moscow C18 0-1
- 1935 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin Black Moscow C86 0-1
- 1935 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky Black Moscow C68 0-1
- 1935 vs Rudolf Spielmann White Moscow B13 1-0
- 1935 vs Gideon Stahlberg White Moscow D32 1-0
- 1934 vs Vladimir Alatortsev White Leningrad D61 1-0
- 1934 vs Jose Raul Capablanca Black Hastings3435 A91 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Vitaly Chekhover White Leningrad A50 1-0
- 1934 vs Max Euwe White Hastings3435 D27 0-1
- 1934 vs Max Euwe White Leningrad C83 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Salo Flohr Black Hastings3435 E34 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan White Leningrad D63 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Hans Kmoch White Leningrad B14 1-0
- 1934 vs Grigory Levenfish Black Leningrad A28 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Andor Lilienthal White Hastings3435 E34 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Georgy Lisitsin Black Leningrad D94 1-0
- 1934 vs Vera Menchik White Hastings3435 D37 1-0
- 1934 vs Reginald Pryce Michell Black Hastings3435 B85 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Philip Stuart Milner Barry Black Hastings3435 C19 0-1
- 1934 vs George Marshall Norman White Hastings3435 E72 1-0
- 1934 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich White Leningrad D46 1-0
- 1934 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin Black Leningrad A34 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky Black Leningrad B30 1/2-1/2
- 1934 vs George Alan Thomas Black Hastings3435 B40 1-0
- 1934 vs Mikhail Sr Yudovich Black Leningrad A95 0-1
- 1933 vs Vladimir Alatortsev White URS-ch08 A90 1-0
- 1933 vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk Black URS-ch08 B73 1-0
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow/Leningrad m B13 1-0
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow/Leningrad m D95 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow/Leningrad m C08 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow/Leningrad m B10 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow/Leningrad m A28 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow/Leningrad m E38 1-0
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow/Leningrad m E38 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow/Leningrad m D28 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow/Leningrad m A28 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr White Moscow/Leningrad m B13 0-1
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow/Leningrad m A95 0-1
- 1933 vs Salo Flohr Black Moscow/Leningrad m A84 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Sergey Nikolaevich Freiman Black URS-ch08 D10 0-1
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