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 5 of 5
- 1933 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan White URS-ch08 B83 1/2-1/2
- 1933 vs Georgy Lisitsin White URS-ch08 D47 1-0
- 1933 vs Vsevolod Rauzer Black URS-ch08 B74 0-1
- 1933 vs Leonid Savitsky Black URS-ch08 A50 0-1
- 1933 vs Nikolay Sorokin White URS-ch08 E35 1-0
- 1933 vs Mikhail Sr Yudovich White URS-ch08 D96 1-0
- 1932 vs Vladimir Alatortsev White Leningrad-ch D26 1-0
- 1932 vs A. Budo White Leningrad-ch A40 1-0
- 1932 vs Vitaly Chekhover Black Leningrad-ch E18 0-1
- 1932 vs Grigory Abramovich Goldberg Black Leningrad-ch E35 1/2-1/2
- 1932 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black Leningrad-ch C08 1/2-1/2
- 1932 vs Georgy Lisitsin Black Leningrad-ch A30 0-1
- 1932 vs Grigory Miasoedov White Leningrad-ch E23 1-0
- 1932 vs Abram Y Model White Leningrad-ch A49 1-0
- 1932 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich Black Leningrad-ch C01 0-1
- 1932 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Leningrad-ch E33 1-0
- 1932 vs Leonid Savitsky White Leningrad-ch E23 1-0
- 1931 vs Vladimir Alatortsev White URS-ch07 E85 1-0
- 1931 vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk White URS-ch07 D60 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs A. Budo Black URS-ch07 E11 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Victor Arsentievich Goglidze White URS-ch07 D94 1-0
- 1931 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black URS-ch07 C90 1-0
- 1931 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan White URS-ch07 A98 1-0
- 1931 vs Genrikh Kasparian Black URS-ch07 B44 0-1
- 1931 vs Vladimir Grigorevic Kirillov Black URS-ch07 A34 0-1
- 1931 vs Georgy Lisitsin White URS-ch07 D60 1/2-1/2
- 1931 vs Isaak Mazel White URS-ch07 E23 1-0
- 1931 vs Vsevolod Rauzer Black URS-ch07 D60 0-1
- 1931 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin White URS-ch07 D30 1-0
- 1931 vs Nikolay Sorokin White URS-ch07 D60 1-0
- 1931 vs Veniamin Sozin Black URS-ch07 B85 1-0
- 1931 vs Boris Verlinsky Black URS-ch07 C15 0-1
- 1931 vs Mikhail Sr Yudovich Black URS-ch07 C17 0-1
- 1931 vs Abram Davidovich Zamikhovsky Black URS-ch07 E18 0-1
- 1930 vs Vladimir Alatortsev Black Leningrad-ch E32 0-1
- 1930 vs A. Batuyev White Leningrad-ch D40 1-0
- 1930 vs Vitaly Chekhover Black Leningrad-ch A50 0-1
- 1930 vs S. Gotthilf White Leningrad-ch E22 1-0
- 1930 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black Leningrad-ch C01 0-1
- 1930 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky White Leningrad-ch A90 1-0
- 1930 vs Arvid Kubbel White Leningrad-ch E72 1-0
- 1930 vs Georgy Lisitsin White Leningrad-ch A53 1-0
- 1930 vs Abram Y Model White Leningrad-ch D55 0-1
- 1930 vs G. Myasoyedov White Leningrad-ch E23 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black Leningrad-ch C56 0-1
- 1930 vs Viacheslav Ragozin White Leningrad-ch D37 1-0
- 1930 vs Yakov Rokhlin Black Leningrad-ch C49 0-1
- 1930 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky Black Leningrad-ch D11 1/2-1/2
- 1930 vs G. Stepanov White Leningrad-ch D60 1-0
- 1930 vs Yakov S Vilner White Leningrad-ch D27 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Sergey Nikolaevich Freiman Black URS-ch06 qf2 D66 0-1
- 1929 vs P. Izmailov Black URS-ch06 sf1 D52 1-0
- 1929 vs Ilia Abramovich Kan Black URS-ch06 sf1 C51 1-0
- 1929 vs S. Mudrov Black URS-ch06 qf2 A45 0-1
- 1929 vs Vladimir Ivanovich Nenarokov White URS-ch06 qf2 A90 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Nikolay Pavlov Pianov Black URS-ch06 qf2 D03 0-1
- 1929 vs Abram Borisovich Poliak White URS-ch06 qf2 D30 1-0
- 1929 vs Viacheslav Ragozin Black URS-ch06 qf2 A46 0-1
- 1929 vs Vsevolod Rauzer White URS-ch06 qf2 C11 1/2-1/2
- 1929 vs Nikolay Nikolaevich Riumin White URS-ch06 qf2 D60 1-0
- 1929 vs Vladislav Silich White URS-ch06 sf1 E32 1-0
- 1929 vs K. Vigodchikov White URS-ch06 sf1 D55 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk Black URS-ch05 C17 1-0
- 1927 vs Sergey Nikolaevich Freiman Black URS-ch05 E19 1-0
- 1927 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black URS-ch05 C00 0-1
- 1927 vs K. Kholodkevich White URS-ch05 E72 1-0
- 1927 vs Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov Black URS-ch05 E19 0-1
- 1927 vs Abram Y Model White URS-ch05 C17 0-1
- 1927 vs Vladimir Ivanovich Nenarokov White URS-ch05 D95 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Nikolay Pavlov Pianov White URS-ch05 C16 1-0
- 1927 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich Black URS-ch05 A95 0-1
- 1927 vs Peter Arsenievich Romanovsky White URS-ch05 C41 1/2-1/2
- 1927 vs Yakov S Vilner Black URS-ch05 D00 1-0
- 1926 vs K. Barshev Black Leningrad NW Provincial sf D52 0-1
- 1926 vs J. Dobropistsev Black Leningrad-5ch sf C98 0-1
- 1926 vs I. Golubev Black Leningrad NW Provincial f D52 0-1
- 1926 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black Leningrad-ch C90 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black Leningrad tt C68 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Alexander Ilyin Zhenevsky Black Leningrad NW Provincial f C90 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Moisey Kagan White Leningrad NW Provincial f D12 1-0
- 1926 vs Moisey Kagan White Leningrad-ch D66 1-0
- 1926 vs B. Lavrentiev White Leningrad-5ch sf D30 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Abram Y Model Black Leningrad-ch D05 0-1
- 1926 vs Mikhail A Mukhin White Leningrad-5ch sf D30 1-0
- 1926 vs P. Ostrowski White Leningrad-ch E15 1-0
- 1926 vs Abram Rabinovich Black Leningrad-5ch sf C29 0-1
- 1926 vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich White Leningrad NW Provincial f D48 1/2-1/2
- 1926 vs Yakov Rokhlin Black Leningrad-ch D51 0-1
- 1926 vs M. Shebarshin White Leningrad-5ch sf E94 1-0
- 1926 vs Goesta Stoltz White Leningrad-Stockholm D55 1-0
- 1926 vs A. Zaslavsky Black Leningrad-5ch sf D52 0-1
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