(228) Mikhail Botvinnik - William Winter [A15]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (15), 28.08.1936

1.Nf3 Notes by Alekhine 1...Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 Entering the Schlechter variation of the Slav defence, which according to modern theory leaves White with but an insignificant aqdvantage. 5.d4 Bg7 6.Qb3 0-0 7.Bd2 b6 The slight weakness at c6 occasioned by this move is not easy to exploit. 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Bb5 a6 11.Be2 Nbd7 ! Somewhat better than ...Nc6 as Black has now the prospect of playing ...b5 followed by ...Nb6. 12.Nxd7 ? If Botvinnik had not intended to take the d-pawn on his next move, he certainly would have avoided this exchange and played 12 f4 which was the logical sequence to 9 Ne5. 12...Nxd7 13.f4 He realised now that 13 Nxd5 e5! would lead to complications in Black's favor. But also after the text-move his advantage is definitely gone. 13...e6 14.0-0 f5 Black had no reason to hurry with this move, which should be made only in case of necessity. The natural course was ...Rb8 followed by ...b5. 15.Bf3 Rb8 16.Rac1 b5 17.Ne2 17 a4 would be advantageously answered by bxa4 as well as Bc6. the text-move prepares an irrelevant exchange, which, as will soon be seen, only facilitates Black's work of simplification. 17...Re8 18.Qa3 Bf8 19.Bb4 Bxb4 20.Qxb4 Qb6 21.Rc2 Kf7 Protecting e7 and thus making ready Rec8. 22.Nc1 ? By doubling his rooks on the open file White could obtain an easy draw. From now on Black gets the initiative. 22...Rbc8 23.Rff2 Rc4 ! With this important gain of tempo Black forces his opponent to a painful retreat, as 24 Rxc4 dxc4 would give Black a threatening Q-side majority. 24.Qe1 Rec8 25.Bd1 Rxc2 ? Instead of this 25...b4 26 Nd3 a5 27 Ne5+ Nxe5 28 fxe5 Kg7 would maintain the pressure. After the text move White could retake with the rook, thus getting out of trouble. 26.Bxc2 ? 26...a5 27.Nd3 Ba6 28.b4 ? A comparatively better chance of equalising was 28 Ne5+. 28...axb4 29.Nxb4 29 Qxb4 was not a pleasant alternative. 29...Qa5 30.Bb3 Nf6 31.Rf1 Ne4 32.Nxa6 Qxa6 33.Qb4 33 Qh4 simply h5. 33...Rc3 34.Re1 Qc6 35.h3 Rc1 36.Kh2 Qc3 37.Qxc3 37 Qxb5 would not force a draw, because after Qxe1 the Black queen would protect h4. 37...Rxc3 38.Re2 Black agreed to call the game a draw; but it was a very premature decision, to say the least. A simple plan was to bring his king over to b4 threatening to sacrifice the exchange. To prevent this white would be obliged to create new weaknesses in his position; e.g., after 38...Ke7 39 Bc2 followed by Bxe4 the rook ending would be quite hopeless for White. It is a pity a game of such importance should have remained practically a torso. 1/2-1/2

(229) Mikhail Botvinnik - Savielly Tartakower [A15]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (4), 13.08.1936

1.Nf3 Notes by Alekhine 1...Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 This defence, in some aspects similar to the Hanham, was often adopted by Tchigorin who did not mind defensive cramped positions. Nowadays it is mostly played in connection with the fianchetto of the king's bishop, in fact a more promising procedure. 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 c6 8.e4 Another effective line of development is 8 b3 followed by Bb2. 8...Qc7 9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 Nf8 ? The first of a series of weak moves, which rapidly ruin Black's position. His best chance to obtain some activity for his pieces in spite of the weak d-pawn was 10...exd4 11 Nxd4 Nc5 12 Qc2 a5; or 11 Bxd4 Nb6, etc. 11.Rc1 h6 ? Either loss of time or preparation for a bad move (g5). Indicated was 11...Bd7. 12.d5 Bd7 If 12...g5 then 13 h4 Ng4 14 hxg5 Nxe3 15 fxe3 hxg5 16 Nh2 followed by Qh5 etc. 13.Nd2 g5 ? After this the game can hardly be saved. A much lesser evil was 13...Ng6 14 f4 exf4 15 gxf4 Bf8 etc. 14.f4 gxf4 15.gxf4 Kg7 16.fxe5 The attack from now on is very easy to conduct as there are "many roads to Rome". 16...dxe5 17.c5 cxd5 ? Black sees that he must lose anyhow and does not even try to resist. After 17...Qc8 16 d6 Bd8 the attack would not develop quite as rapidly as in the actual game. 18.Nxd5 Qc6 19.Nc4 Ng6 20.Nd6 Decisive as the Black rook cannot move. If for instance 20...Rf8 then 21 Qd2 Rh8 22 Qf2 and wins. 20...Be6 21.Nxe7 Instead of taking the exchange plus a pawn by 21 Nxe8+ Rxe8 22 Nxe7 followed by Bxh6+ and Rxf6, White prefers to sacrifice material in order to buid up a mating attack. It is difficult to say which of the two methods is stronger as they both secure the win. But certainly Botvinnik's way is the more elegant. 21...Nxe7 If 21...Rxe7 22 Nf5+ and wins. 22.Rxf6 The continuation is by no means difficult, but makes a specially pleasant impression because of the text-moves are of a so-called "quiet" nature, that is, without checks. 22...Kxf6 23.Qh5 Threatening mate in two. 23...Ng6 24.Nf5 ! 24...Rg8 If 24...Rh8 then simply 25 Rf1. 25.Qxh6 Bxa2 26.Rd1 Rad8 27.Qg5+ A more logical move was first 27 Rxd8. 27...Ke6 28.Rxd8 f6 29.Rxg8 Nf4 30.Qg7 1-0

(230) Jose Raul Capablanca - Mikhail Botvinnik [A47]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (7), 17.08.1936

1.Nf3 Notes by Alekhine 1...Nf6 2.d4 b6 3.g3 The present game, perhaps more than any other, shows that this fianchetto system, BEFORE BLACK HAS PLAYED E6, does not bring White any advantage. On the contrary, he must be very careful not to get himself into trouble. 3...Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.0-0 Although not very promising, the alternative 5 e3 would still offer some prospects of a fighting game. 5...cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bxg2 7.Kxg2 g6 The correct system; but he could also start with ...Qc8. 8.c4 Bg7 9.Nc3 Qc8 10.b3 Qb7+ 11.f3 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Bb2 0-0 White's knight is most uncomfortably pinned. The next moves are therefore practically forced. 15.Qd3 Rd8 16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.Rac1 Threatening 18 Nc6 Qxd3 19 Rxd3 Bxb2 20 Rcd1. 17...Nc5 18.Qb1 At last the bishop is protected, and the knight can move. 18...Qb7 19.Nc2 ...but unfortunately there are no more promising squares at the knight's disposal. If 19 Nb5 Qa6! 19...Qa6 This move does not lead to anything, as White can attack the queen on the 21st move. But ...Bh6 at once would also leave Black with but an insignificant advantage after 20 Rxd8 Rxd8 21 Rd1 Rd2 (threatening ...Qa6!) 20.Kf1 Bh6 21.Nb4 Qb7 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rd7 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.Rxd3 Bg7 26.Bxg7 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 Kxg7 28.Qd8 b5 29.b4 a6 1/2-1/2

(231) Mikhail Botvinnik - Reuben Fine [A09]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (2), 11.08.1936

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Na3 c5 4.Nxc4 Nc6 5.b3 f6 6.Bb2 e5 7.g3 Nge7 8.Bg2 Nd5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Nh4 0-0 11.Qb1 Rf7 12.Nf5 Be6 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Nb6 15.Be4 Bxc4 16.bxc4 Nxc4 17.Bc3 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Bxh7+ Kf8 20.Bb4 d3 21.Bxe7+ Rxe7 22.Qxd3 Qxd3 23.exd3 Nb6 24.Be4 Rd8 25.Rac1 Nd5 26.a3 Red7 27.Kg2 b6 28.Kf3 Nc7 29.Ke3 Na6 30.Rc3 Nc5 31.Rf2 Rd4 32.f5 Ra4 33.Rg2 Rad4 34.Rf2 Ra4 35.Rg2 Rad4 36.Rc4 R4d6 1/2-1/2

(232) Mikhail Botvinnik - Theodore Tylor [E07]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (8), 18.08.1936

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qd3 b6 9.b3 Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 c5 12.Nc3 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Ne8 14.Rd1 Bf6 15.Qe3 Qe7 16.Rb1 Nc5 17.Ba3 Nd6 18.Bxc5 bxc5 19.Qxc5 Bxc3 20.Qxd6 Qf6 21.Nh4 g5 22.Bxb7 Rad8 23.Qc6 gxh4 24.Qf3 hxg3 25.hxg3 Qg7 26.c5 Bd4 27.Rbc1 e5 28.c6 e4 29.Qxe4 Qxg3+ 30.Qg2 Bxf2+ 31.Kf1 Rxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Bb6 34.Rd7 Rd8 35.c7 Bxc7 36.Rxc7 1-0

(233) Mikhail Botvinnik - George Alan Thomas [D37]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (11), 22.08.1936

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.e3 a6 6.c5 c6 7.Na4 Ne4 8.Bd3 e5 9.Nd2 Nxd2 10.Bxd2 e4 11.Be2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.f3 f5 14.fxe4 fxe4 15.Rxf8+ Qxf8 16.Ba5 Nf6 17.Bc7 Be6 18.Qb3 Bg4 19.Bxg4 Nxg4 20.Bf4 Qf7 21.h3 Bh4 22.hxg4 g5 23.g3 gxf4 24.gxh4 Qe6 25.Kh2 Rf8 26.Rf1 f3 27.Qc2 Kh8 28.Qf2 Qxg4 29.Rg1 Qd7 30.Nc3 Rf6 31.Nd1 Qe7 32.Qg3 Rg6 33.Qb8+ Kg7 34.Rxg6+ Kxg6 35.Kg3 Qg7 36.Kh2 Kh5 37.Qg3 Qg4 38.Qxg4+ Kxg4 39.Nf2+ Kxh4 40.b4 Kg5 41.Kg3 Kf5 42.Nh3 Kf6 43.a4 Kf5 44.Nf4 Kf6 45.b5 axb5 46.axb5 Ke7 47.b6 Kd7 48.Nh5 Kd8 49.Nf6 h6 50.Ng4 h5 51.Nf2 Kd7 52.Kh4 Kd8 53.Kxh5 Ke7 54.Kg4 Ke6 55.Kg3 Kd7 56.Nh3 Kd8 57.Nf4 Kd7 58.Nh5 Ke6 59.Ng7+ Kd7 60.Nf5 Kc8 61.Nd6+ Kb8 62.Nf5 Kc8 63.Kf4 Kb8 64.Ke5 Kc8 65.Ke6 Kb8 66.Kd7 Ka8 67.Ng3 Kb8 68.Nf1 Ka8 69.Kc8 1-0

(234) Mikhail Botvinnik - Milan Vidmar [D60]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (13), 25.08.1936

1.c4 Notes by Alekhine 1...e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 The variations starting with 7 Rc1 have been so much analysed of recent years that the text-move, though it allows the immediate ...c5, offers better fighting chances. 7...c5 8.0-0 cxd4 As the Black pieces are not developed so as to attack the isolated d-pawn, the better policy here is the usual line 8...dxc4 9 Bxc4 a6 10 a4 Re8. 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 The beginning of a risky plan, in view of White's prospects of a K side attack. The half-pinning of his king's knight, which seems so harmless at the moment, will in a few moves become extremely disagreeable for Black. It was wiser therefore to clear the situation at once by 11...Nfd5 without much danger in the near future. 12.Qd3 ! Intending, if 12...Nfd5; 13 Bc2. 12...Nbd5 13.Ne5 Bc6 14.Rad1 Nb4 ? A second mistake, after which White's attack becomes tremendously strong. A lesser evil was ...Rc8 in order to answer 15 Qh3 with ...Nxc3 16 bxc3 Be4. 15.Qh3 Bd5 This does not solve the problem of the defence, as White preserves his powerful king's bishop. 16.Nxd5 Nbxd5 17.f4 ! 17...Rc8 Or ...g6 18 Bh6 Re8 19 g4, etc. 18.f5 exf5 19.Rxf5 Qd6 ? Losing immediately. The only move was ...Rc7, after which White would increase his pressure against f7 by 20 Rdf1 followed eventually by Qh4 with decisive advantage. 20.Nxf7 ! Simple and neat. Black cannot avoid serious material loss. 20...Rxf7 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxd5 Much stronger than 22 Bxd5. 22...Qc6 Or 22...Bxd4+ 23 Kh1. 23.Rd6 Qe8 24.Rd7 1-0

(235) Efim Bogoljubov - Mikhail Botvinnik [A47]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (3), 12.08.1936

1.d4 Notes by Alekhine 1...Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 More usual and strategically safer is 3.c4 Bb7 4.g3, etc. 3...c5 4.c4 Bb7 5.Nc3 The complications which could arise after 5.d5 b5, etc. would be rather in Black's favor. 5...cxd4 6.exd4 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.b3 With this move, which weakens the Q-side without any necessity, and the next one, White completely spoils his position, which would be promising enough after 9.Bf4 followed, in case of 9...d5 by 10.Qe2,Rad1, etc. 9...d5 10.Be3 ? And now he should prevent ...Ne4 by playing, for instance 10.Qe2 as 10...dxc4 would not be dangerous because of 11.Bxc4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxd4 13.Rd1. From now on Black has the better game. 10...Ne4 11.Rc1 Nd7 12.Qe2 ? The aim of this move is difficult to understand. Because of his already inferior position he should try to simplify matters by 12.Ne5 as 12...Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Nxe5 14.dxe5 d4? would be answered by 15.Bxd4. After the Queen's move this will, of course, be impossible. 12...Rc8 Black does not hurry with ...f5 as the opponent already has no really useful moves at his disposal. 13.Rfd1 f5 14.Bf4 ? Directly provoking the unavoidable K-side attack. White plays the whole game with the resignation of a lamb under the threat of the butcher's knife. 14...g5 15.Be5 g4 16.Ne1 Nxe5 17.Bxe4 17.dxe5 Qc7 etc, would not alter the situation. 17...dxe4 18.dxe5 Qc7 19.Nb5 The only way to prevent material disadvantage. 19...Qxe5 20.Rd7 The last of a series of mistakes which loses in a few moves. After 20.Nxa7 Ra8 21.Nb5 etc. White in spite of the obvious advantage of Black's position (the two powerful Bishops) could still put up a stubborn resistance. 20...Bg5 21.Rcd1 He may at his previous move, have overlooked, that 21.Rxb7 Bxc1 22.Nd3 would be fatal because of 22...Qa1. 21...Bc6 22.Rxa7 Rcd8 The occupation of the open file is absolutely decisive. 23.a4 Rxd1 24.Qxd1 Rd8 25.Qc2 Bd2 If now 26.Qb1 e3 27.fxe3 Qxe3+ 28.Kf1 Be4 etc. 0-1

(236) Emanuel Lasker - Mikhail Botvinnik [D91]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (9), 20.08.1936

1.d4 Notes by Alekhine 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 The more usual 5 e3 gives White only a very slight positional advantage. As he plays, he allows his opponent to obtain the advantage of the two bishops, which, however, is not easy to exploit, since Black cannot without taking chances transform the game into an open one. 5...Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 The game, up to the 20th move, develops quite logically, and is easy to understand. White by starting the "minority attack" on the Q side, usual in this kind of position, finally (on the 21st move) compels Black to play b5 after which both sides get strong points at respectively c4, and c5. The only chance for Black after that would be in open diagonals for his bishops through an advance on the other wing; but that advance makes his king's position unsafe, and allows White to force the exchange of queens before the bishops become dangerous. A well-played but rather a dull game is the result. 10...c6 11.0-0 Qe7 Preventing for the time being b4. 12.a3 Be6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Ne1 The knight aims at c5; but after Black's next cautious move the manoeuver will prove harmless. 14...Nb6 15.Nd3 Rad8 16.Nc5 Bc8 17.b4 If 17 b3 (to prevent Nc4) Black could at once start a counter-attack with 17...f5. 17...Nc4 18.Nb1 b6 19.Nb3 Ba6 20.Re1 A mistake would be 20 Nb1d2 for then Nb2 21 Qe1 Nd3. 20...Rfe8 21.N1d2 b5 22.Ra1 Bc8 23.Bf1 Preventing the promising sacrifice Nxe3, etc, - e.g., after 23 Nc5. 23...Qd6 24.Nc5 Re7 25.Ndb3 Rde8 26.Qc1 Still preparing a4 which here would be premature on account of 26...bxa4 27 Rxa4? Nb2. 26...f5 27.Nd3 g5 28.Qc3 f4 Black, as already mentioned, is practically obliged to force matters, since otherwise White would take the initiative with a4. 29.exf4 gxf4 30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.a4 a6 32.axb5 axb5 33.Ra8 Re8 34.Qc1 Rf8 35.Qd1 Not of course 35 Nxf4? for then Bh6 followed by Qxb4. 35...Bf5 36.Rxf8+ Bxf8 37.Qh5 Qg6 Otherwise-after 37...Bg6 38 Qg5-the pressure exerted by the White queen would become unpleasant. 38.Qxg6+ hxg6 39.Nxf4 Bxb4 40.Bd3 Nd2 This last chance to win is sufficiently parried by White's 43rd move. 41.Nxd2 Bxd2 42.Bxf5 gxf5 43.Ne6 ! 43...Bc3 Or 43...Kf7 44 Nd8+. Or 43...b4 44 Nc5. An easy draw in either case. 44.Kf1 1/2-1/2

(237) Samuel Reshevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [A95]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (12), 24.08.1936

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rb1 Qe8 9.c5 Qh5 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.b5 Bf6 13.Bf4 Qe8 14.Bc7 Rf7 15.Ba5 e5 16.e3 Nxc3 17.Bxc3 e4 18.Nd2 Nf8 19.f3 cxb5 20.fxe4 dxe4 21.d5 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Bd7 23.Nb3 Rc8 24.g4 g6 25.Qd4 Qe7 26.Rbc1 Be8 27.Rf4 Rd8 28.Rcf1 Qd7 29.gxf5 gxf5 30.Bh3 Qxd5 31.Rxf5 Qxd4 32.Nxd4 Rg7+ 33.Kh1 Bd7 34.Rh5 Bxh3 35.Rxh3 Rg5 36.Nf5 Rd7 37.Rh4 Rc7 38.Nh6+ Kg7 39.Nf5+ Kg8 40.Nh6+ Kg7 41.Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

(238) Max Euwe - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (14), 27.08.1936

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 b6 10.c4 Qd6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Be2 Rc8 13.0-0 Be4 14.Qc3 0-0 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.d5 Qf8 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Ne5 Qe7 19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Rd2 Bc6 21.Bg4 Nf6 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Bxd1 Qd6 25.Be2 Kf7 26.f3 Ba4 27.Bd3 h6 28.g3 Bc6 29.Kf2 e5 30.Be2 Nd7 31.Qd3 Qxd3 32.Bxd3 e4 33.Bxe4 Bxe4 34.fxe4 Nb8 35.Kf3 Nc6 36.Bc3 g6 37.Kf4 a6 38.a4 Ke6 39.h4 Nb4 40.Kf3 Nd3 41.Bg7 Ne5+ 42.Ke2 Nxc4 43.Bxh6 Nb2 44.Bg7 Nxa4 45.g4 b5 46.h5 gxh5 47.gxh5 Kf7 48.Ba1 Nb6 49.Kf3 b4 50.e5 Nd7 51.Ke4 Ke6 52.h6 Nf8 53.Kd3 Kd5 54.e4+ Kc6 55.Kc4 a5 56.e6 Kd6 1/2-1/2

(239) Mikhail Botvinnik - Salomon Flohr [B05]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (6), 15.08.1936

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.0-0 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.c4 Ne7 11.Bg4 Nd7 12.f4 h5 13.Bh3 0-0-0 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Bxf5 exf5 16.Qf2 Qa5 17.Nd2 Nb6 18.a3 Rd3 19.Rfd1 Be7 20.c5 Nd5 21.Nc4 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Qa4 23.Rc1 h4 24.b4 h3 25.g3 Rd8 26.Qc2 Qxc2 27.Rxc2 Kd7 28.Kf2 Ke6 29.Bc1 g6 30.Bb2 Ra8 31.Na5 Rb8 32.Kf3 Bd8 33.Nb3 Kd7 34.Nd4 Ra8 35.Re2 Be7 36.Nb3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

(240) C H Alexander - Mikhail Botvinnik [B24]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (1), 10.08.1936

1.e4 Notes by Alekhine 1...c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Quite a harmless variation, which offers Black many good possibilities of defence. 3...g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nge2 e6 Black already having the control over d4 protects d5, thus obtaining a certain advantage in the middle. A promising strategy which could be successfully met only by very energetic play. 6.d3 Nge7 7.0-0 ? Too indifferent, he should make a demonstration on the K-side by 7.h4 and 8.Bg5; if 7...h6 then Bf4 followed by Qd2 and Black would have more difficulties in completing his mobilisation than in the actual game. 7...0-0 8.Be3 And here 8.Bg5 or Bf4 was better. White should leave himself the possibility of taking the intruding Knight at d4 with his own Knight. 8...Nd4 9.Qd2 d5 10.Nf4 Comparatively better was 10.Nd1 in order to dislodge, as rapidly as possible, the powerful Knight. 10...dxe4 11.dxe4 Qc7 12.Rad1 Other methods like 12.Rfc1 followed by Qe1 would have their inconveniences too. The game is already very difficult to defend. 12...Rd8 13.Qc1 b6 14.Rfe1 Ba6 15.Kh1 ? This move, and not the next one as was generally suggested, is the decisive mistake. White's last chance of salvation consisted in 15.Nb1 with the intention 16.c3, and if 15...g5 16.Nd3 h6 then 17.f4 with some kind of counter-play. After the King's move the game is strategically hopeless. 15...Nec6 16.Nfe2 Only shortens the end. The threats 16...Ne5 or eventually (in case of 16.Nb1 for instance) 16...Nb4 were too strong. 16...Nxe2 17.Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.Nxe2 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Rd1+ 21.Bf1 Rxf1+ 22.Kg2 Rd1 23.Rd2 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Qe5 ! Forcing an endgame in which besides the extra Pawn he will possess a powerful Knight against an anemic Bishop. 25.Qxe5 Nxe5 26.Bc3 f6 27.Bxe5 One has the impression that White wants to finish the game as rapidly as possible; the Pawn endgame does not offer, of course, any chance. 27...fxe5 28.a4 Kf7 29.Kf3 c4 30.Ke3 Ke7 31.f4 Kd6 32.c3 Kc5 33.fxe5 b5 34.axb5 Kxb5 35.Kd2 Ka4 0-1

(241) Alexander Alekhine - Mikhail Botvinnik [B72]
Nottingham Nottingham ENG (5), 14.08.1936

1.e4 Notes by Alekhine 1...c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 On another ocassion I would probably have played 3 b4 a sacrifice for which White in this particular position has to my mind sufficient strategical reasons. But playing for the first time with the Soviet Champion, for whose play I have the greatest appreciation, I did not like the idea of being accused of overweening confidence, undue boldness ( and this independent of the result of the game) or of such things as "underestimating," "bluster", etc. 3...cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Already intending to make the following pawn advance. Otherwise I would first play 7 O-O followed by Nb3. 7...Nc6 8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 In order to be able to answer 9...d5 by 10 e5. 9...0-0 10.g4 I first saw this interesting move in a game of the talented Slovakian Master, Foltys, from the recent tournament at Podebrad but did not know that it had already experimented with in the Moscow Tournament. As the present game shows, the move permits White to force a quick draw - but no more. 10...d5 ! Already played by Botvinnik against Lowenfish (Moscow, 1936) who answered 11 e5 d4 12 Nxd4 Nxd4 13 Bxd4 Nxg4 14 Qd3 a6 15 O-O-O with about even chances. 11.f5 Bc8 12.exd5 Nb4 13.d6 Doubtless the best move. If instead 13 fxg6 hxg6 14 Bf3 then 14...Nxg4 15 Bxg4 Bxg4 16 Qxg4 Nxc2+ 17 Ke2 Nxa1 18 Rxa1 Bxc3 19 Qxd5 with rook and three pawns for two minor pieces. 13...Qxd6 Of course not 13...exd6 because of 14 g5 followed by f6. 14.Bc5 The alternative 14 Qxd6 exd6 15 O-O-O gxf5 was certainly not dangerous for Black. 14...Qf4 ! Again the only move as 14...Qxd1+ 15 Rxd1! Nc6 (...Nxc2+ 16 Kd2) 16 g5 followed by 17 f6 etc., would give White a distinct advantage. 15.Rf1 White, too, has nothing better than to accept the piece sacrifice. 15...Qxh2 16.Bxb4 Nxg4 This second sacrifice forces the perpetual check. 17.Bxg4 Qg3+ 18.Rf2 Of course not 18 Kd2? ...Bh6+ and wins. 18...Qg1+ 19.Rf1 Qg3+ 20.Rf2 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

(242) Salomon Flohr - Mikhail Botvinnik [E13]
Moscow Moscow, URS (6), 21.05.1936

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb4 7.Qc2 0-0 8.e3 d6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Nd2 f5 14.f4 Ndf6 15.Be2 Qe8 16.fxg5 hxg5 17.Rae1 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Qd2 Rd8 20.Bf3 Nf6 21.h4 g4 22.Bd1 e5 23.Bb3 c5 24.Rd1 Nh5 25.Kh2 Qe7 26.dxe5 dxe5 27.Qe2 Rxd1 28.Bxd1 Kh8 29.Be1 Rd8 30.Bc2 Bxc2 31.Qxc2 f4 32.Qf5 g3+ 33.Kh3 Ng7 34.Qg4 Qe6 35.exf4 exf4 36.Qxe6 Nxe6 37.Kg4 Kg7 38.Kf5 Kf7 39.Ke4 Kg6 40.Rh1 Kh5 41.Kf5 Re8 42.Rg1 Re7 43.Kf6 Re8 44.Kf5 Re7 1/2-1/2

(243) Mikhail Botvinnik - Jose Raul Capablanca [A14]
Moscow Moscow, URS (7), 22.05.1936

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.d4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Qc7 13.e4 Rad8 14.Rad1 Qb7 15.f3 Ne8 16.Rd2 f5 17.Rfd1 Bg5 18.Rd3 Bf6 19.e5 Be7 20.Qf2 Rf7 21.Qd2 Bb4 22.a3 Bf8 23.Ne2 Nc7 24.Nf4 g6 25.h4 b5 26.cxb5 Qxb5 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Rxc7 Qxc7 29.Nxe6 dxe6 30.Rxd8 f4 31.g4 Qe7 32.Kh3 Qb7 33.Qd3 Kg7 34.b4 a5 35.b5 a4 36.g5 Bc5 37.Rd6 Bxd6 38.exd6+ Kf8 39.Bf6 Ke8 40.Be7 Rf5 41.Qc3 Kd7 42.b6 Qc6 43.Qg7 Qxf3+ 44.Kh2 Qg3+ 45.Kh1 Qxh4+ 46.Kg1 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 Kc6 48.Qb2 Rd5 49.Qc2+ Kb5 0-1

(244) Emanuel Lasker - Mikhail Botvinnik [C01]
Moscow Moscow, URS (1), 14.05.1936

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nge7 9.Rb1 b6 10.h3 Bf5 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bf4 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Ng6 14.Qd2 Qd7 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.Bg3 f6 17.Rxe8+ Rxe8 18.Re1 Kf7 19.Kf1 Rxe1+ 20.Nxe1 Nd8 21.Nc2 Ne6 22.c4 Ne7 23.f3 c5 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Qc3 Qf5 26.Ne3 Qd7 27.cxd5 Nf5 28.Nxf5 Qxf5 29.d4 Qd3+ 30.Qxd3 Nxd3 31.Bb8 a6 32.Ke2 Nb2 33.Ba7 b5 34.Bc5 Ke8 35.Kd2 Nc4+ 36.Kc3 Na5 37.Kb4 Nb7 1/2-1/2

(245) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
Moscow Moscow, URS (8), 23.05.1936

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.e3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bd7 12.Qc5 Qxc5 13.Bxc5 Bc6 14.Rc1 Nd7 15.Ba3 f6 16.Be2 Kf7 17.0-0 Rhd8 18.Rfd1 Nb6 19.Bc5 Na4 20.Ba3 Nb6 21.Bc5 1/2-1/2

(246) Mikhail Botvinnik - Erich Eliskases [E33]
Moscow Moscow, URS (13), 30.05.1936

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.g3 e5 7.d5 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Ne7 9.Bg2 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.Nh4 Nf6 12.Bd2 h6 13.f4 e4 14.Bh3 0-0 15.0-0 Qe8 16.Rf2 Bd7 17.Bc3 Qh5 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Bf1 b6 20.e3 g5 21.Be2 Qf7 22.Ng2 g4 23.Qc3 a5 24.Rff1 Kh7 25.Kf2 Rg6 26.Rh1 Ng8 27.Ne1 Qf6 28.Qc1 Qg7 29.Nc2 Nf6 30.Nd4 Rg8 31.Qg1 h5 32.h4 gxh3 33.Rxh3 Rh6 34.Qh2 Kg6 35.Rh1 Rgh8 36.b3 Ng4+ 37.Bxg4 hxg4 38.Rxh6+ Rxh6 39.Qxh6+ Qxh6 40.Rxh6+ Kxh6 41.Ke2 Kg6 42.Kd2 Kf6 43.Kc3 Ke7 44.a3 Kd8 45.b4 axb4+ 46.axb4 Ke7 47.Kb3 Kd8 48.Ne2 Ke7 49.Kc3 Bc8 50.Kd4 Ba6 51.Nc3 Kd8 52.Nb1 Ke7 53.Nd2 Kd8 54.Nb3 Ke7 55.c5 Kf6 56.c6 Bd3 57.Kc3 b5 1/2-1/2

(247) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [B72]
Moscow Moscow, URS (14), 02.06.1936

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 0-0 10.g4 Na5 11.g5 Ne8 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Bd4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 Rxc4 15.0-0-0 Qd7 16.Qd3 Rc8 17.h4 Bg4 18.Rd2 b6 19.Nd5 e5 20.Bc3 f5 21.gxf6 Nxf6 22.Nxf6+ Rxf6 23.Qd5+ Rf7 24.h5 gxh5 25.Rg1 Qc6 26.fxe5 dxe5 27.Qxc6 Rxc6 28.Rd5 Rcf6 29.Nd2 Bh6 30.b3 Rf2 31.Kb2 Re2 32.Nc4 Rff2 33.Rd8+ Bf8 34.b4 Rxc2+ 35.Kb3 Rg2 36.Rf1 Rcf2 37.Rxf2 Rxf2 38.Nxe5 Be6+ 39.Ka4 Rxa2+ 40.Kb5 Rc2 41.Rd3 h4 42.Bd4 Bg7 43.Ra3 h3 44.Rxa7 h2 45.Ra8+ Bc8 46.Ra1 Bh3 47.Nf3 Bxd4 48.Nxd4 Rf2 0-1

(248) Grigory Levenfish - Mikhail Botvinnik [B72]
Moscow Moscow, URS (18), 08.06.1936

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 0-0 10.g4 d5 11.e5 d4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxg4 14.Qd3 a6 15.0-0-0 Nh6 16.Bf3 Qc7 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Nf5 19.Bc3 e6 20.Be4 Rfc8 21.Qf3 Rab8 22.Rd2 b5 23.Rhd1 b4 24.Bd4 Nxd4 25.Rxd4 Rd8 26.Rd6 Bf8 27.Rxa6 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Rd8+ 29.Bd3 Qc5 30.Ke2 Qd4 31.Rc6 Qxb2 32.Rc7 Qd4 33.Qe3 Bh6 34.Kf3 Qd5+ 35.Qe4 Qd4 36.Qe3 Qa1 37.Rc4 Bf8 38.Qb6 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qd2+ 40.Qf2 Qxf2+ 41.Kxf2 Ra8 42.Rc7 Rxa2 43.Kf3 b3 44.cxb3 Rxh2 45.Bb5 Rh3+ 46.Kg2 1/2-1/2

(249) Riumin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90]
Moscow Moscow, URS (2), 15.05.1936

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Nf1 Qc7 13.Ne3 Re8 14.h3 g6 15.Nh2 Be6 16.Nhg4 Nxg4 17.Nxg4 Qd7 18.Qf3 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Qh5 Rf8 22.d4 cxd4 23.g4 Bf6 24.Nxf5 Bf7 25.Qh6 Bg6 26.Bg5 Bxg5 27.Qxg5 dxc3 28.bxc3 Bxf5 29.Bxf5 Qg7 30.Qxg7+ Kxg7 31.Be4 Rac8 32.a4 bxa4 33.Rxa4 Nb8 34.c4 Rc7 35.Bf5 Rd8 36.Rb1 Kf6 37.Rb6 h5 38.Kg2 hxg4 39.hxg4 Kg5 40.Kg3 Kf6 41.Be4 Ke7 42.Bd5 Nd7 43.Rbxa6 Nc5 44.Ra7 Rxa7 45.Rxa7+ Kf6 46.Rf7+ Kg6 47.Ra7 Kf6 48.Rh7 Kg6 49.Ra7 Kf6 50.Rf7+ Kg6 51.Rf5 Rh8 52.Bf7+ Kg7 53.Bd5 Kg6 54.Rf3 Rb8 55.Rf5 Rh8 56.Bf7+ Kg7 57.Bd5 Rf8 58.Rxf8 Kxf8 59.Kh4 Kg7 60.Kg5 Nb3 61.Kf5 Nd4+ 62.Ke4 Kf6 63.f4 Nb3 64.g5+ Kg6 65.Kf3 exf4 66.Kxf4 Na5 67.Be4+ Kg7 68.Bd3 Kf7 69.Kf5 Kg7 70.Kf4 Kf7 71.Ke3 Kg7 72.Kd4 Nc6+ 73.Kc3 Ne5 74.Be4 Nf7 75.g6 Ne5 76.Kd4 Nd7 77.Bf5 Nb6 78.Kc3 Na4+ 79.Kd4 Nc5 80.Bc2 Nd7 1/2-1/2

(250) Mikhail Botvinnik - Andre Lilienthal [A15]
Moscow Moscow, URS (3), 16.05.1936

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 c5 5.0-0 g6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bxg2 8.Kxg2 Bg7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.e4 Nc6 11.Be3 Qc8 12.b3 Qb7 13.f3 Rfd8 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Qd2 a6 16.Rfd1 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 d6 18.a4 Ne8 19.Nd5 Rc6 20.Bxg7 Nxg7 21.h4 Re8 22.Rc3 Nh5 23.Qd4 b5 24.cxb5 axb5 25.Rdc1 Rxc3 26.Rxc3 bxa4 27.Rc7 Qb5 28.bxa4 Qe2+ 29.Qf2 Qxf2+ 30.Kxf2 e6 31.Nb6 Nf6 32.a5 Rb8 33.Rc8+ Rxc8 34.Nxc8 Ne8 35.a6 Nc7 36.a7 Na8 37.Nxd6 Kf8 38.e5 Ke7 39.Ke3 f6 40.Kf4 h6 41.Nc8+ Kf7 42.Ke4 Kg7 43.Kd4 Nc7 44.Kc5 1-0

(251) Erich Eliskases - Mikhail Botvinnik [E22]
Moscow Moscow, URS (4), 17.05.1936

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bg5 Bb7 9.e3 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 Nc5 12.Qc2 Nfe4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.b4 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Ne4 17.Qb2 Rfd8 18.Rc1 d5 19.cxd5 Bxd5 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc1 Qb7 22.Nd2 Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1 Nd6 24.f3 e5 25.e4 Be6 26.Qc3 f6 27.Nf1 Qc8 28.Qxc8+ Bxc8 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Ke1 1/2-1/2

(252) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [E33]
Moscow Moscow, URS (5), 18.05.1936

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bg5 Re8 7.e3 d6 8.Be2 e5 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 h6 11.Bh4 Qe7 12.Rae1 Bd7 13.Nd2 g5 14.Bg3 Kg7 15.f4 e4 16.h3 Nh7 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Nxe4 f5 19.Nd2 Nf6 20.Bd3 Ne4 21.Bh2 Nd8 22.c5 Nf7 23.cxd6 cxd6 24.c4 Rac8 25.Qb2 Nxd2 26.Qxd2 Nh6 27.Qb4 Rc6 28.Qxb7 Rb6 29.Qxa7 Reb8 30.Qa3 g4 31.c5 Rb2 32.Bxd6 Bc6 33.d5 Bxd5 34.e4 Qg5 35.h4 Qxh4 36.Re3 Rxa2 37.Qc3+ Kh7 38.Bxb8 fxe4 39.Bxe4+ Bxe4 40.Rxe4 Qd8 1-0

(253) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [D50]
Moscow Moscow, URS (9), 24.05.1936

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qb3 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.Nf3 0-0 11.0-0 Re8 12.h3 Nf8 13.Qc2 Be7 14.Rab1 Bd6 15.Rfe1 Be6 16.b4 Rc8 17.Qa4 Qd7 18.Qd1 Bb8 19.Nd2 Re7 20.Nf1 Bf5 21.Bxf5 Qxf5 22.Qg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Nd7 24.f3 Nb6 25.Kf2 Nc4 26.a4 a5 27.bxa5 Bc7 28.a6 bxa6 29.Rb3 Ba5 30.Reb1 Kh7 31.Ne2 Rce8 32.Rb7 Bc7 33.R7b3 Bd6 34.Nc1 a5 35.Rb7 c5 36.Rxe7 Rxe7 37.Rb5 cxd4 38.exd4 Bb4 39.Nb3 Be1+ 40.Kg1 Ne3 41.g3 Nd1 42.Nxa5 Bf2+ 43.Kh1 Re1 44.Kg2 Re2 45.Kh1 Be1 46.Nc6 Nf2+ 47.Kg1 Nh3+ 48.Kh1 Nf2+ 49.Kg1 Nh3+ 50.Kh1 Nf2+ 51.Kg1 1/2-1/2

(254) Mikhail Botvinnik - Salomon Flohr [B05]
Moscow Moscow, URS (15), 03.06.1936

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.0-0 dxe5 7.Nxe5 Bxe2 8.Qxe2 Nd7 9.f4 e6 10.c4 N5b6 11.Be3 Be7 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Rf3 Qe8 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.b3 f5 16.Nd3 Bf6 17.Bf2 Qf7 18.Ne1 Rfe8 19.Rfd3 Nf8 20.Nf3 Qc7 21.Ne5 Nbd7 22.Qd2 Be7 23.Nf3 Nf6 24.Qc1 Ne4 25.Ne5 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 Nd7 27.Qe3 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Qa5 29.a4 Rd7 30.g3 Qd8 31.Kg2 Bg5 32.Qf3 Qe7 33.c5 a5 34.Nb1 Qf8 35.Na3 Bd8 36.Nc4 Bc7 37.Nd6 Rb8 38.Rb1 Qd8 39.b4 axb4 40.Rxb4 Bxd6 41.exd6 Qa5 42.Rdb3 Re8 43.Qe2 Qa8 44.Re3 Kf7 45.Qc4 b5 46.Qc2 Rxd6 47.cxd6 c5+ 48.Kh3 cxb4 49.Qc7+ Kg8 50.d7 Rf8 51.Qd6 h6 52.Qxe6+ Kh7 53.Qe8 b3 54.Qxa8 Rxa8 55.axb5 Rd8 56.Rxb3 Rxd7 57.b6 Rb7 58.Kg2 Kg6 59.Kf3 Kf6 60.Rb5 Ke6 61.Ke3 Kd6 62.Kd3 Kc6 63.Kc4 Kd6 64.Rd5+ Kc6 65.Rc5+ Kd6 66.Kb5 1-0

(255) Mikhail Botvinnik - Emanuel Lasker [E07]
Moscow Moscow, URS (10), 27.05.1936

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.e4 c6 9.a4 a5 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Rd1 Bb4 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 b5 16.Qe2 Rab8 17.axb5 cxb5 18.e5 Ne8 19.d5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Qxe5 21.Nxb4 1-0

(256) Mikhail Botvinnik - Riumin [A04]
Moscow Moscow, URS (11), 28.05.1936

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.c4 0-0 6.b3 Qe8 7.Nc3 Qh5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.d4 d6 10.Ba3 Rf7 11.Rad1 Bd7 12.d5 Nd8 13.dxe6 Nxe6 14.c5 dxc5 15.Ne5 Nd4 16.Qd3 Ng4 17.Nxg4 fxg4 18.Bxb7 Raf8 19.Bd5 Be6 20.Bxe6 Nxe6 21.Ne4 Nd4 22.Bb2 Rd8 23.Qc4 Qe5 24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.f3 gxf3 26.Rxf3 Qd5 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Rxd4 Qxc4 29.Rxc4 c5 30.Kf2 Rd5 31.Ra4 Rd4 32.Nc3 Rxa4 33.Nxa4 Ke6 34.Ke3 Kf5 35.Kf3 Ke5 36.e3 Bd6 37.Nb2 Kd5 38.Nc4 Bc7 39.Ke2 Ke4 40.Nd2+ Kf5 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Nc4+ Kd5 43.Ke2 Ke4 44.Nd2+ Kf5 45.Kf3 Ke5 46.g4 Kd5 47.h3 Bd8 48.Ke2 Bc7 49.Kd3 Bg3 50.Ne4 Be1 51.Ng5 h6 52.Ne4 Bh4 53.Nc3+ Kc6 54.Ke4 Bf6 55.Nb1 Kd6 56.Na3 Ke6 57.Nb5 a5 58.Nc7+ Kd7 59.Nd5 Bb2 60.Nb6+ Kc6 61.Nc4 Bc3 62.a3 g6 63.a4 1-0

(257) Andre Lilienthal - Mikhail Botvinnik [C15]
Moscow Moscow, URS (12), 29.05.1936

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nxf6+ Bxf6 9.Qd2 e5 10.0-0-0 0-0 11.d5 Ne7 12.Ng3 Ng6 13.Nh5 Be7 14.Be2 f5 15.f4 Bd6 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Kb1 Bd7 18.h3 Qe7 19.g4 fxg4 20.hxg4 Rae8 21.Bd4 Rf7 22.Rde1 Qf8 23.g5 Bf5 24.Nf4 Nf3 25.Bxf3 Bxf4 26.Qg2 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Bd6 28.Bg4 Qc8 29.Re6 Qd7 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.g6 hxg6 32.Bxg7 g5 33.Bc3 Bf8 34.Rg6+ Kf7 35.Rxg5 Rxg5 36.Qxg5 Ke8 37.Qg6+ Qf7 38.Qe4+ Kd8 39.Bd2 Be7 40.Bf4 a6 41.Qe5 Bd6 42.Bg5+ Kd7 43.Qe4 c6 44.dxc6+ bxc6 45.Qe2 Qd5 46.Bc1 Qb5 47.Qg4+ Kc7 48.Qg7+ Kb8 49.Qg8+ Kb7 50.Qf7+ Bc7 51.c4 Qe5 52.Ka2 Qe4 53.Bd2 Qe5 54.Bc3 Qf4 55.Qe6 Qd6 56.Qe2 Qf4 57.Bd2 Qd4 58.Bc3 Qf4 59.Qd3 Bb6 60.Bb4 Qd4 61.Qb3 Ka7 62.a4 Qe5 63.Qd3 Bc7 64.Bd2 Ka8 65.Be3 Qa5 66.Qb3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

(258) Jose Raul Capablanca - Mikhail Botvinnik [A95]
Moscow Moscow, URS (16), 04.06.1936

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.c4 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Qb3 Kh8 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Rd1 Nb6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Na4 Nc4 14.Nc5 b6 15.Nd3 Bf6 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.e3 Nd6 18.a4 a5 19.b3 Re8 20.Ba3 Ne4 21.f3 Ng5 22.Ne5 Rc8 23.Rac1 Kg8 24.Qd3 Nf7 25.f4 Be7 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Rc3 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Qb4 29.Rdc1 Rb8 30.Qd4 b5 31.Ra1 Ra8 32.axb5 Qxb5 33.Rc5 Qxb3 34.Rxd5 Be6 35.Rd6 c5 36.Qxc5 Rec8 37.Qb6 Rab8 38.Qxb3 Bxb3 39.Bc6 a4 40.g4 fxg4 41.Kf2 Kf8 42.Kg3 1/2-1/2

(259) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [A15]
Moscow Moscow, URS (17), 05.06.1936

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Re8 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 b5 12.Rfd1 Bb7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd7 15.f4 f6 16.e6 Nc5 17.f5 b4 18.Na4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 d4 20.Nc5 Bxg2 21.e4 Rc8 22.Na4 gxf5 23.Kxg2 fxe4 24.Qxe4 f5 25.Qxf5 Rf8 26.Qe4 Qa5 27.Rf1 Qg5+ 28.Kh1 Qd2 29.Rad1 Rxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Qc2 31.Qxc2 Rxc2 32.Rc1 Rd2 33.Rc8+ Bf8 34.Rd8 d3 35.Bf6 Rf2 36.Bxe7 d2 37.Nb2 1-0

(260) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [B84]
Training game April Training game April, 1936

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.a4 b6 9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.0-0 0-0 13.g4 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Bg2 Bd5 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.Bf2 Nc5 19.b4 Nd3 20.cxd3 Qxc1+ 21.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22.Bf1 Rfc8 23.Qb2 exd3 24.b5 axb5 25.axb5 Rd1 26.Nc6 Bf8 27.Bxb6 d2 28.Qc2 Bf3 0-1

(261) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C15]
Training game April Training game April, 1936

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Bb2 Bd7 11.Rd1 Rg6 12.Qe3 Qa5 13.dxc5 0-0-0 14.Ng3 Ng4 15.Qxe4 Qxc5 16.Rd2 Qb6 17.Bc1 f5 18.Qc4 Qb1 19.Ne2 Qb6 20.Nf4 Rgg8 21.Bd3 Kb8 22.Qb3 Qc7 23.Re2 e5 24.Ne6 Bxe6 25.Qxe6 e4 26.Bb5 Nce5 27.c4 Nxh2 28.Rxh2 0-1

(262) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [A84]
Training Game, 1936

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 d6 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.Ne2 0-0 9.a3 e5 10.Qc3 Qe7 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Rad1 Rae8 13.Bb1 Bc8 14.b4 Kh8 15.Rfe1 Qf7 16.b5 Nd8 17.dxe5 Rxe5 18.f3 Nd7 19.e4 f4 20.Nd4 Nc5 21.N2b3 Nde6 22.Rd2 Nxd4 23.Nxd4 Qf6 24.Rf2 Qh4 25.Qd2 Rh5 26.h3 g6 27.Ne2 Be6 28.Rc1 Kg8 29.Nd4 Qf6 30.Ba2 Rg5 31.Kf1 Re5 32.Ne2 Kh8 33.Nc3 Bg8 34.a4 a5 35.b6 c6 36.Rd1 Rd8 37.Kg1 g5 38.Qb2 Re7 39.Rfd2 Qe5 40.Qa3 h5 Game was left unfinished 1/2-1/2

(263) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [E33]
Training Game, 1936

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 e5 9.e3 exd4 10.cxd4 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bh3 12.0-0 0-0 13.Rab1 a6 14.Rfc1 Rad8 15.Qb2 Ne4 16.gxh3 Rd6 17.Be1 Rf6 18.Nh4 Ng5 19.f3 Re8 20.e4 Nxh3+ 21.Kh1 Qg5 22.Bg3 Qe3 23.e5 Rf4 24.Be4 Rxh4 25.Bxh4 f5 26.Bxc6 1-0

(264) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [A95]
Training Game, 1936

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nc3 d5 7.d4 c6 8.Qc2 Qe8 9.Bf4 Qh5 10.Rad1 Nbd7 11.h3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Ne5 Bf6 14.g4 Qe8 15.Bg3 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Be7 17.f3 exf3 18.exf3 b6 19.f4 Ba6 20.b3 Rd8 21.Kh2 Bc5 22.f5 dxc4 23.bxc4 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 h5 25.f6 hxg4 26.hxg4 Bc8 27.Be4 gxf6 28.Bg6 Qe7 29.Bh4 Qc7 30.Bg3 fxe5 31.Kg2 Qg7 32.Rh1 Bd4 33.Bh7+ Kf7 34.Qe4 Ke7 35.Bg6 Rh8 36.Rf1 Rf8 37.Rh1 Rh8 38.Rf1 Rf8 39.Rh1 Rh8 40.Rf1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

(265) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [A09]
Training Game, 1936

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.d4 Bd6 9.Qe2 N5b6 10.Bb3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bd2 0-0 13.Ne4 Nf6 14.Nxd6 Qxd6 15.a3 Rfd8 16.Rac1 Ne4 17.Bb4 Qc7 18.g4 Bg6 19.Ne5 Nd5 20.Be1 Nd6 21.f3 Qb6 22.Ba2 f6 23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.Rc5 a5 25.Bg3 Nf7 26.e4 Nc7 27.Bf2 Qa6 28.Qc2 Ng5 29.Be3 Nxh3+ 30.Kg2 Ng5 31.Bc4 Qa7 32.f4 Nf7 33.f5 gxf5 34.gxf5 exf5 35.Rcxf5 Rd6 36.Qf2 b5 37.Bxf7+ Kxf7 38.e5 Rdd8 39.Rxf6+ Kg8 40.Rf7 1-0

(266) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [A25]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (12), 03.11.1937

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.d4 Bxc4 8.d5 Nb8 9.Qa4+ b5 10.Nxb5 Bxb5 11.Qxb5+ Nd7 12.e4 Ne7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Nc3 Rb8 15.Qe2 c5 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Qd2 Ne6 19.Rac1 Ned4 20.f4 Qa5 21.f5 f6 22.Rf2 Kh8 23.Qd1 Rbd8 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.Qg4 Ne7 26.Bf1 d5 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.exd5 Nf5 29.Bc5 Bh6 30.b4 Qa3 31.Qxg6 Qxc1 32.Rxf5 Bg5 33.h4 Rg8 34.Qh5+ Bh6 35.Rxf6 Kh7 36.Qf5+ Kh8 37.Qh5 Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kh8 39.Qh5 Kh7 40.Rf7+ Rg7 1-0

(267) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [D10]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (10), 28.10.1937

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 b6 8.b3 c5 9.dxc5 Ne4 10.Bxe4 dxe4 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nd4 bxc5 13.Nde2 Bg4 14.f3 exf3 15.gxf3 Bh3 16.Re1 Nc6 17.Ba3 Nb4 18.Rab1 Bh6 19.f4 Nc2 20.Bxc5 Nxe1 21.Rxe1 Bf8 22.Kf2 Bg4 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Nxd1 Rd8 25.Ndc3 Rd2 26.Ke1 Rc2 27.Kd1 Rxc3 28.Kd2 Bxe2 29.Kxc3 a6 30.a4 e5 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.b4 Ke7 33.fxe5 Kd7 34.Kd4 Kc6 35.b5+ axb5 36.axb5+ Kb6 37.Kd5 Bg4 38.Kd6 Be6 39.c5+ Kxb5 40.c6 Kb6 0-1

(268) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [D10]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (2), 07.10.1937

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 e6 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Re8 10.Bb2 b6 11.Rad1 Bb7 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.f4 Qe7 15.cxd5 exd5 16.e4 d4 17.Nb1 c5 18.Nd2 g5 19.g3 gxf4 20.gxf4 Kh8 21.Nc4 Rg8 22.Kh1 f6 23.Nd6 fxe5 24.Nxb7 exf4 25.e5 Bxe5 26.b4 Nf6 27.Qf3 Ng4 28.Rd2 Rab8 29.Be4 d3 30.Qxd3 Rxb7 31.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 32.Qf3 Qxf3+ 33.Rxf3 Bxb2 34.Rxb2 Ne5 35.Rf1 Nd3 36.Rg2 c4 37.Rc2 b5 38.a3 f3 39.Rd2 Rg2 40.Rxg2 fxg2+ 41.Kxg2 c3 42.Kf3 c2 0-1

(269) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [D10]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (4), 11.10.1937

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.e4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.Ba3 a6 12.Rc1 Qc7 13.e5 b6 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.e6 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 fxe6 17.Qe4 e5 18.dxc5 Nxc5 19.Qc4+ Kh8 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 21.Qxc5 bxc5 22.Be4 Rab8 23.Rb1 Bh6 1/2-1/2

(270) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [D10]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (8), 20.10.1937

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 b6 8.b3 Bb7 9.Ba3 Re8 10.Rc1 e6 11.Qe2 Nbd7 12.Rfd1 Qb8 13.h3 a6 14.Bb2 c5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Bb1 Qa7 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Na4 d4 19.Nd2 Nd5 20.Nc4 Bc6 21.Qf3 Nb4 22.Qg3 Bxa4 23.bxa4 dxe3 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.fxe3 Nf6 26.a3 Nbd5 27.e4 Nb6 28.Nd6 Re6 29.e5 Ne8 30.a5 Na4 31.Nc4 Rb8 32.Qf2 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Nc3 34.Rbc1 Nxd1 35.Rxd1 Qc7 36.Rd5 Rc6 37.Qd2 Qe7 38.Rd7 Qe6 39.Qd5 Qxd5 40.Rxd5 Kf8 41.Rd7 Rc7 42.Rd8 Ke7 43.Rd6 Ra7 44.Rc6 Kd7 45.Rb6 Ke7 46.Kf2 f6 47.Ke2 Ra8 48.Rc6 fxe5 49.Rxc5 Nd6 50.Rc7+ Ke6 51.Nxd6 Kxd6 52.Rxh7 Rb8 53.Rg7 Rb2+ 54.Kf1 e4 55.Rxg6+ Ke5 56.Rxa6 Ra2 57.Ra8 Kf4 58.a6 Ra1+ 59.Ke2 Ra2+ 60.Kd1 Rxa3 61.a7 Ke3 62.h4 Rd3+ 63.Kc2 Rd7 64.g4 Rc7+ 65.Kb3 Rd7 66.Kc3 Rc7+ 67.Kb4 Rd7 68.Kc5 1-0

(271) Grigory Levenfish - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (7), 18.10.1937

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 e5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Rd1 Qc5 12.e3 0-0 13.Be2 Bg4 14.0-0 Rac8 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.h3 Bh5 17.Qa4 Rfd8 18.Qh4 a6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Bxd1 Qd6 22.Bb3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 b5 24.Kg2 Nd7 25.Qh5 g6 26.Qh4 Nc5 27.Bc2 a5 28.Qg4 b4 29.Qc8+ Kg7 30.Be1 Qd5 31.Qa8 Qc4 32.Bb1 Qd5 33.a3 e4 34.fxe4 Nxe4 35.Ba2 Qd7 36.axb4 Ng5 37.Bc3+ Kh6 38.Kf1 Qd1+ 39.Kg2 Qf3+ 40.Kf1 Ne4 41.Qf8+ 0-1

(272) Grigory Levenfish - Mikhail Botvinnik [A17]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (1), 05.10.1937

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.d4 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rc1 c6 12.Qd2 Ne4 13.Qc2 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Bd6 15.Rfe1 Nf6 16.Nd2 Bf8 17.Bb2 Rc8 18.Qd3 Rc7 19.Rcd1 g6 20.Nb1 Bc8 21.Ba3 Bf5 22.Qa6 Bg7 23.Nc3 h5 24.Bc1 Ne4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.h4 Rd7 27.Bg5 Bf6 28.Bxf6 Qxf6 29.Qc4 Red8 30.Rc1 Rd6 31.Qc3 Qxd4 32.Qxd4 Rxd4 33.Rxc6 Rd2 34.a4 Rb2 35.Rc3 Rd4 36.Re3 Rb4 37.Rc1 R2xb3 38.Rxb3 Rxb3 39.Rc4 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Rb2 41.Bf1 Ra2 0-1

(273) Grigory Levenfish - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (5), 13.10.1937

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc6 10.e3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bd7 12.Qc5 Qxc5 13.Bxc5 Bc6 14.f3 Nd7 15.Bd4 f6 16.e4 Ke7 17.Be2 a6 18.Kf2 Bb5 19.Rhd1 Bxe2 20.Kxe2 Rhd8 21.Rd2 Rac8 22.Rad1 Ke8 23.g4 e5 24.Be3 Nf8 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rc1 Ne6 27.h4 Kd7 28.Rc3 Rc8 29.Rd3+ Kc7 30.Rc3+ Kd7 31.Rd3+ Kc7 32.Rc3+ Kd7 33.Rd3+ Kc7 34.Rc3+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

(274) Grigory Levenfish - Mikhail Botvinnik [C02]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (9), 24.10.1937

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.0-0 Bc5 7.Nbd2 Nge7 8.Nb3 Bb6 9.Bf4 Ng6 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Re1 Bd7 12.Bg3 Rc8 13.Re2 Ne7 14.Nbxd4 Nf5 15.Nxf5 gxf5 16.Bf4 Bb5 17.Rd2 Rc4 18.g3 Qe7 19.c3 Bd7 20.Rd3 Re4 21.a4 f6 22.a5 Bd8 23.Rd4 Qf7 24.exf6 gxf6 25.Nd2 e5 26.Nxe4 dxe4 27.Rxd7 Qxd7 28.Qxd7+ Kxd7 29.Be3 a6 30.b4 Be7 31.Rd1+ Kc6 32.h4 f4 33.gxf4 exf4 34.Bxf4 Rxh4 35.Bg3 Rg4 36.Kf1 e3 37.Rd3 exf2 38.Kxf2 f5 39.Rf3 Rc4 40.Be5 f4 41.Bxf4 Re4 42.Bd2 Bh4+ 43.Kf1 Re6 44.Rh3 Re4 45.Rf3 Re6 46.Rf5 Rf6 47.Rxf6+ Bxf6 48.Ke2 Kd5 49.Kd3 Bh4 50.Be3 Bf6 51.c4+ Kc6 52.Kc2 Bh4 53.Kb3 Bf6 54.Ka4 Bh4 55.b5+ axb5+ 56.cxb5+ Kd5 57.Bb6 Bf6 58.Kb3 1/2-1/2

(275) Grigory Levenfish - Mikhail Botvinnik [D93]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (11), 30.10.1937

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Qa4 Qxc5 9.Qb5 Qxb5 10.Nxb5 Na6 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Nfd4 Bd7 13.Be5 Rfc8 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.e4 Ndb4 17.Nc3 Nc5 18.a3 Nc6 19.Be2 Nxd4 20.Rxd4 e5 21.Rd5 Be6 22.Rd1 Bb3 23.Rd2 Rd8 24.f3 Ne6 25.Rf1 Nd4 26.Bd1 Bc4 27.Rff2 Rac8 28.Bc2 a6 29.Bb1 b5 30.Ba2 Bxa2 31.Nxa2 a5 32.Rd1 f6 33.Rfd2 Kf7 34.Nc3 Ke7 35.Kf2 Rc5 36.f4 Rcc8 37.g3 Rc5 38.Rd3 Ke6 39.R1d2 Ke7 40.Ke3 Rcc8 41.Nd5+ Kf7 42.Nxf6 exf4+ 43.gxf4 Nf5+ 44.exf5 Rxd3+ 45.Rxd3 Kxf6 46.fxg6 hxg6 47.Rd5 b4 48.axb4 axb4 49.Rd4 b3 50.Rd3 Rh8 51.Ke4 Rxh2 52.Rxb3 Re2+ 53.Kd3 Rf2 54.Ke3 Rg2 55.Rb5 Rg1 56.Kd3 Rf1 57.Rb4 Rf2 58.b3 Rf3+ 59.Ke4 Rg3 60.Rb6+ Kf7 61.Rb5 Rg1 62.Rd5 Rb1 63.Rb5 Kf6 64.Rb6+ Kf7 65.Rb8 Kf6 66.Rb6+ Kf7 67.Rb4 Kf6 68.Rb6+ Kf7 69.Rb8 Kf6 70.Rb6+ Kf7 71.Rb7+ Ke6 72.Rb6+ Kf7 73.b4 Re1+ 74.Kd4 Rf1 75.Ke5 Re1+ 76.Kd6 Re4 77.b5 Rxf4 78.Rc6 1-0

(276) Grigory Levenfish - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (3), 09.10.1937

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 b6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.c4 Qd6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Be2 cxd4 13.exd4 0-0 14.0-0 Ng4 15.h3 Bxf3 16.hxg4 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Rc7 19.d5 e5 20.Re1 f6 21.a4 h6 22.a5 bxa5 23.Ba3 Nc5 24.Reb1 a6 25.Qe1 Rfc8 26.Qxa5 Qd7 27.Rb6 Nd3 28.d6 Nf4 29.dxc7 Qxg4 30.g3 Ne2+ 31.Kh2 Nf4 32.Kg1 Ne2+ 33.Kh2 Nf4 34.Kg1 Ne2+ 35.Kg2 Nf4+ 36.Kg1 Ne2+ 37.Kg2 Nf4+ 38.Kg1 Ne2+ 39.Kh2 Nf4 40.Kg1 Ne2+ 41.Kg2 Nf4+ 42.Kg1 Ne2+ 43.Kh2 Nf4 44.gxf4 Qxf4+ 45.Kg2 Qg4+ 46.Kf1 Qxc4+ 47.Ke1 Qe4+ 48.Kd2 Qd4+ 49.Kc2 Rxc7+ 50.Kb1 Rc3 51.Rb4 Qd3+ 52.Ka2 Rc2+ 53.Bb2 Rxf2 54.Rc1 Kh7 55.Rb3 Qe4 56.Qxa6 h5 57.Rc7 Rg2 58.Qd3 Qxd3 59.Rxd3 Kh6 60.Kb3 h4 61.Rc2 Rg4 62.Rf2 Kh5 63.Kc2 Rg1 64.Ba3 e4 65.Re3 Kg4 66.Rxe4+ Kg3 67.Rff4 1-0

(277) Grigory Levenfish - Mikhail Botvinnik [D83]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (13), 09.11.1937

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nbd7 9.Be2 Nb6 10.Bf3 Bf5 11.Rd1 Qd7 12.h3 h5 13.Be5 Rfd8 14.Bxf6 exf6 15.Nge2 Rac8 16.0-0 Nc4 17.Ng3 Nd6 18.Rfe1 Bf8 19.Be4 Bxe4 20.Ngxe4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Kg7 22.Qf3 f5 23.Nc3 b5 24.a3 a5 25.Qg3 b4 26.axb4 axb4 27.Ne2 Kh7 28.Nf4 Re8 29.Qf3 Rcd8 30.Re5 Bg7 31.Rde1 Rc8 32.d6 Rf8 33.Rd5 Rfe8 34.Rxe8 Rxe8 35.Nd3 Rd8 36.Nc5 Qc6 37.d7 Bxd4 38.Rxd4 Qxc5 39.Qd5 Qxd5 40.Rxd5 Kg7 41.Kf1 1-0

(278) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [A06]
Botvinnik-Levenfish Leningrad RUS (6), 16.10.1937

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Bc4 Qd8 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Qe2 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Rac1 b6 14.Bb5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.d4 cxd4 17.exd4 Qd6 18.Qe5 Qa3 19.h4 Bb7 20.h5 h6 21.Rc3 Rfd8 22.Rg3 Qf8 23.Qc7 Rab8 24.Qf4 Qd6 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.Rc1 Rxd4 27.Rc7 Rd1+ 28.Kh2 Rd5 29.Be2 Rd2 30.Bf3 Bd5 31.Rxa7 Rxf2 32.Kg1 Rd2 33.Bxd5 Rxd5 34.Rf3 Rf8 35.a4 Rd4 36.Rb7 Rb4 37.Kf2 e5 38.Ke2 e4 39.Rc3 Rd8 40.g4 Rf8 41.Rbc7 f5 42.Re7 f4 43.Rcc7 f3+ 44.Kf1 Rd8 45.g5 Rd1+ 46.Kf2 Rd2+ 47.Ke1 Re2+ 48.Kf1 hxg5 49.Rxg7+ Kf8 50.Rh7 Kg8 51.Rcg7+ Kf8 52.h6 1-0

(279) I Rabinovich - Mikhail Botvinnik [C02]
Training Training, 1937

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 Qa5+ 5.c3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qf4 Nge7 8.Bd3 Ng6 9.Bxg6 hxg6 10.Nf3 Qa6 11.Ng5 Nd8 12.Nd2 Qd3 13.Nb3 b6 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.0-0-0 Rc8 16.Be1 Qa6 17.Kb1 Be7 18.h4 Rc4 19.Qg3 Ra4 20.Nc1 Nc6 21.Bd2 Na5 22.Nf3 Bb5 23.Bg5 f6 24.Bf4 Kf7 25.Nd4 Nc6 26.Nxc6 Bxc6 27.exf6 gxf6 28.Bd6 Bxd6 29.Qxd6 Qc8 30.Rd4 Qd7 31.Qg3 e5 32.Rxa4 Bxa4 33.b3 Bc6 34.Nd3 Qf5 35.Kb2 Qe4 36.f4 Bb5 37.Nb4 exf4 38.Qf2 Qe2+ 39.Qxe2 Bxe2 40.Nxd5 f3 41.Nf4 fxg2 42.Rg1 Bf3 43.Nxg2 Bxg2 44.Rxg2 Rxh4 45.c4 g5 46.Kc3 Ke6 47.b4 Ke5 48.b5 g4 49.c5 bxc5 50.Kc4 g3+ 51.Kxc5 Kf4 52.Rg1 Rh2 53.a4 Rc2+ 54.Kd5 g2 55.a5 Kf3 0-1

(280) I Rabinovich - Mikhail Botvinnik [A15]
Training Training, 1937

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Be2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 c5 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 d5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Kxg7 12.d4 Nd7 13.Ng5 Nf6 14.Bf3 Bxf3 15.Rxf3 h6 16.Nh3 Qd6 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Rd1 e5 19.Nf2 cxd4 20.exd4 exd4 21.Rf4 Rfe8 22.g3 Rd7 23.Rxd4 Qxd4 24.Qxd4 Rxd4 25.Rxd4 Re1+ 26.Kg2 Re2 27.c5 Rxa2 28.cxb6 axb6 29.Kf3 Rb2 30.Rb4 Nd7 31.h4 Ne5+ 32.Ke4 f6 33.Nh3 Re2+ 34.Kd5 g5 35.g4 Kg6 36.h5+ Kf7 37.Rxb6 Nxg4 38.Rb7+ Kf8 39.b4 f5 40.b5 Re3 41.Ng1 f4 42.b6 Nf6+ 43.Kd4 g4 44.Ra7 Rb3 45.Ke5 Nxh5 46.b7 f3 47.Ra8+ Kg7 48.b8Q Rxb8 49.Rxb8 f2 50.Rb1 Ng3 51.Kd5 Kg6 0-1

(281) Mikhail Botvinnik - I Rabinovich [D45]
Training Game, 1937

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.Na4 e5 8.Bd2 Ne4 9.Be2 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11.Be1 exd4 12.exd4 0-0 13.Nd2 f5 14.Nb3 f4 15.f3 Ng5 16.Ba5 Qf6 17.Qe1 Rf7 18.Qf2 Ne6 19.Rad1 Bh6 20.Rfe1 Bg5 21.Bf1 Ndf8 22.Re5 Ng7 23.Nb6 Rb8 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Bd3 Nd7 26.Re2 Bh4 27.Qf1 Nh5 28.Be1 Bg3 29.Bf2 Qh4 30.h3 Bxf2+ 31.Qxf2 Ng3 32.Ree1 g5 33.Nc1 Rcf8 34.Bf1 h5 35.Re6 Rg7 36.Ne2 g4 37.fxg4 hxg4 38.Nxg3 gxh3 39.Ne4 Qg4 40.Nf6+ Nxf6 0-1

(282) Mikhail Botvinnik - I Rabinovich [A28]
Training Game, 1937

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne5 8.e4 h6 9.Bc1 d6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.Be2 c5 12.Nb3 b6 13.f4 Ng6 14.0-0 Bb7 15.Bd3 Qc7 16.Nd2 Rae8 17.Bb2 Re7 18.Rae1 Rfe8 19.Re2 Bc6 20.g3 Qd7 21.Bc1 Qg4 22.Ree1 Qc8 23.Rf2 h5 24.f5 Ne5 25.Bf1 Qa6 26.h3 Rb7 27.Rf4 Qa4 28.Qxa4 Bxa4 29.Nb3 Bc6 30.Kf2 Rbe7 31.Nd2 a6 32.Re3 b5 33.cxb5 axb5 34.Be2 d5 35.Ba3 Ned7 36.e5 Rxe5 37.Rxe5 Rxe5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Re8 40.g5 Nh7 41.g6 fxg6 42.fxg6 Nhf8 43.Nb3 Nxg6 44.Rf5 Ra8 45.Bxc5 Nxc5 46.Nxc5 Rxa2 47.Nd3 Rc2 48.Nb4 Rxc3 49.Nxc6 Rxc6 50.Rxd5 Rc2 51.Rd8+ Kf7 52.Ke3 b4 53.Bh5 Rc3+ 54.Kd2 Rg3 55.Rb8 Rg5 56.Rb7+ Kf6 57.Bxg6 Kxg6 58.Rxb4 Re5 59.Rb1 Re6 60.Rg1+ Kf6 61.Rf1+ Ke7 62.Rf3 Re5 63.Rg3 Kf6 64.Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

(283) I Rabinovich - Mikhail Botvinnik [A91]
Training Game, 1937

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nh3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Qb3 c6 8.Nd2 Kh8 9.Qc3 d5 10.Rd1 Qe8 11.Nf4 Bd6 12.Nf3 Ne4 13.Qc2 Nd7 14.Nd3 Rg8 15.Nfe5 g5 16.f3 Nef6 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Ne5 Rd8 19.e4 fxe4 20.fxe4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Be3 c5 24.Bxc5 Bc6 25.Qf2 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 h6 27.Rf1 b6 28.Bf8 Rg6 29.Qd4 e3 30.Bb4 e2 31.Rf2 Rg7 32.Qe3 Rf7 33.Qxe2 Kg7 34.Qh5 Rxf2 35.Qxe8 Rg2+ 36.Kf1 Bxe8 37.Kxg2 Kg6 38.g4 Bc6+ 39.Kf2 Be4 40.Ke3 Bb1 41.a4 Bc2 42.a5 bxa5 43.Bxa5 Kf7 44.b4 a6 45.Bd8 Bd1 46.h3 Ba4 47.Kd4 Ke8 48.Bf6 Kd7 49.Kc5 Kc7 50.Bg7 Bc6 51.Bxh6 Bg2 52.h4 gxh4 53.Be3 h3 54.Bg1 Bf3 55.g5 Be4 56.Kd4 Bf5 57.Kc5 Be4 58.b5 axb5 59.cxb5 Kd7 60.b6 Ke7 61.g6 Bd5 62.Bh2 1-0

(284) Alexander Alekhine - Mikhail Botvinnik [E19]
AVRO The Netherlands (14), 27.11.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 f5 10.Be3 Bf6 11.Qd2 d6 12.d5 e5 13.Ng5 Bxg5 14.Bxg5 Qe8 15.e4 fxe4 16.Rae1 Nd7 17.Rxe4 Qg6 18.Rh4 Nf6 19.f4 exf4 20.Bxf6 Rxf6 21.Rhxf4 Raf8 22.Be4 Rxf4 23.Rxf4 Qe8 24.Bf5 Bc8 25.Bxc8 Qxc8 26.Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.Qe3 h6 28.Qe6+ Qf7 29.Qc8+ Kh7 30.Kg2 Qg6 1/2-1/2

(285) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexander Alekhine [D41]
AVRO The Netherlands (7), 15.11.1938

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 b6 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.Qa4 Nb8 14.Bf4 Bxb5 15.Qxb5 a6 16.Qa4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rac1 Ra7 19.Qc2 Re7 20.Rxe7 Qxe7 21.Qc7 Qxc7 22.Rxc7 f6 23.Kf1 Rf7 24.Rc8+ Rf8 25.Rc3 g5 26.Ne1 h5 27.h4 Nd7 28.Rc7 Rf7 29.Nf3 g4 30.Ne1 f5 31.Nd3 f4 32.f3 gxf3 33.gxf3 a5 34.a4 Kf8 35.Rc6 Ke7 36.Kf2 Rf5 37.b3 Kd8 38.Ke2 Nb8 39.Rg6 Kc7 40.Ne5 Na6 41.Rg7+ Kc8 42.Nc6 Rf6 43.Ne7+ Kb8 44.Nxd5 Rd6 45.Rg5 Nb4 46.Nxb4 axb4 47.Rxh5 Rc6 48.Rb5 Kc7 49.Rxb4 Rh6 50.Rb5 Rxh4 51.Kd3 1-0

(286) Reuben Fine - Mikhail Botvinnik [C17]
AVRO The Netherlands (1), 06.11.1938

1.e4 Notes by Reuben Fine. *** Before this tournament I was known as a d4 player, hence my first move must have come as somewhat of a surprise to Botvinnik. 1...e6 Botvinnik does not vary. Against e4 he almost invariably played the French, sometimes he tried the Sicilian. 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.dxc5 This is the prepared move. Unlike Euwe, I make it a rule not to anatlyze such lines too profoundly before the game because it is most essential to be able to meet whatever surprises come up over the board and not everything can be forseen. 5...Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.Bd3 d4 Accepts the complications. On 7...Bxc5 8.O-O, White's game is freer. 8.a3 Ba5 9.b4 Nxb4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.Bb5+ Another possibility was O-O, but the move played was part of the prepared variation. 11...Nc6 ? The fatal error. Necessary was 11...Bd7 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Ra4 Bxc3+ 14.Bd2 Suddenly Black discovers that he is lost. The Bishop is hopelessly shut in, and it is only a question of time before White's superior development make itself felt. 14...f6 Desperately trying to free the bishop. 15.0-0 0-0 16.Bxc3 dxc3 17.Qe1 a5 18.Qxc3 Ba6 19.Rfa1 Bb5 20.Rd4 ! Black was hoping for 20.Rxa5 which would bring some freedom to the Black pieces. 20...Qe7 21.Rd6 a4 To tie the rook down. 22.Qe3 ! Threatens to win a pawn, but not in an obvious way. 22...Ra7 23.Nd2 ! The point: the poor Bishop will be driven away. 23...a3 The pawn goes anyhow. 24.c4 Ba4 25.exf6 Qxf6 26.Rxa3 Re8 27.h3 After this quiet move, Black might as well resign. 27...Raa8 28.Nf3 Qb2 29.Ne5 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Qg3 Too many threats. Black can't guard the 7th rank.--Fine (Black does not have a single move, and Rf3 is threatened. A combination of a splendid strategic idea with tactical subtleties.--Botvinnik) 1-0

(287) Suren Abramian - Mikhail Botvinnik [C05]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (9), 30.05.1938

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Qe2 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6 9.Ngf3 Nb4 10.0-0 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 Be7 12.Re1 a5 13.Nf1 Ba6 14.Qe3 Rc8 15.Qf4 Bd3 16.Bd2 0-0 17.Rac1 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Qb8 19.Qe3 Ba6 20.Ne1 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Qxc8 22.Qc3 Qxc3 23.Bxc3 Nb8 24.Bd2 Nc6 25.Be3 b5 26.Nd2 b4 27.f4 a4 28.Kf2 f6 29.b3 a3 30.Ndf3 h6 31.h4 h5 32.Bd2 Kf7 33.Ke3 Kg6 34.g3 Kf5 35.Nc2 Bb5 36.Be1 Ba6 37.Bd2 Bf8 38.Nfe1 Be7 39.Kf3 Kg6 40.Ke3 Kf5 41.Kf3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

(288) Mikhail Botvinnik - Igor Bondarevsky [A56]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (2), 21.05.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nge2 e6 8.0-0 a6 9.Ng3 exd5 10.exd5 Nbd7 11.f4 Ne8 12.a4 f5 13.Be3 Ndf6 14.h3 b6 15.Qd2 Ra7 16.Rfe1 Re7 17.Rab1 a5 18.Re2 Nc7 19.Rbe1 Rfe8 20.Bf2 Rxe2 21.Rxe2 Rxe2 22.Bxe2 Qe8 1/2-1/2

(289) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexander S Budo [B14]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (8), 29.05.1938

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Rad1 Bc6 13.Ne5 Bd5 14.Bc2 Nfd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bg5 17.Qh5 h6 18.Bg3 Qc7 19.h4 Bd8 20.Rd4 Qc5 21.Rg4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Be5 Bc6 24.Rxg7+ 1-0

(290) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vitaly Chekhover [E21]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (4), 23.05.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 0-0 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Qe7 7.Be2 e5 8.Qc2 Re8 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 h6 11.Bh4 c5 12.Rae1 Bg4 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qe4 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nc6 16.dxc5 dxc5 17.Rd1 Rad8 18.Rd5 b6 19.Rfd1 Na5 20.h3 Rxd5 21.Rxd5 Qe7 22.Bg4 Qb7 23.Bf5 Qb8 24.Rd7 Rd8 25.Qxe5 Nxc4 26.Qxb8 Rxb8 27.Be4 Na3 28.Bd5 Rf8 29.e4 a5 30.c4 b5 31.cxb5 Nxb5 32.e5 a4 33.f4 Nd4 34.Kf2 g5 35.g3 gxf4 36.gxf4 Ne6 37.Ke3 c4 38.f5 Nc5 39.Rc7 Nd3 40.e6 fxe6 41.fxe6 1-0

(291) Mikhail Botvinnik - Genrikh Kasparian [A34]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (6), 26.05.1938

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nxc1+ 8.Rxc1 e6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Rhd1 Be7 14.Nxe6 1-0

(292) Mikhail Botvinnik - Georgy Lisitsin [E13]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (1 (15), 08.06.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bb7 7.e3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Bd3 d6 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.Nd2 g5 12.Bg3 h5 13.h3 0-0-0 14.Bh2 Rdg8 15.e4 h4 16.f3 Nh5 17.Re1 Nf4 18.Bf1 Qd8 19.Qc2 Rf8 20.a4 a5 21.Rab1 Rh6 22.Rb2 f5 23.exf5 exf5 24.Nb3 Re6 25.Rxe6 Nxe6 26.c5 g4 27.c6 Bxc6 28.Nxa5 Ba8 29.Qe2 g3 30.Qxe6 Qe8 31.Qc4 Qe3+ 32.Kh1 gxh2 33.Kxh2 Qf4+ 34.Kg1 Qe3+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qe3+ 37.Kh2 Qf4+ 38.Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

(293) Mikhail Botvinnik - V Makogonov [D37]
USSR USSR (17), 13.06.1938

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 c6 7.0-0 b6 8.Ne5 Bb7 9.e4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Ba6 11.b3 Nbd7 12.Re1 Bb4 13.Bd2 b5 14.Ne3 Nb6 15.e5 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Nfd5 17.Qd2 Nd7 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Bb4 Re8 20.Rac1 Rc8 21.Ba5 Qe7 22.Bf1 Nb8 23.Bb4 Qb7 24.Bd6 h6 25.a3 Rc6 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxc6 Qxc6 28.Rc1 Qb6 29.Qb4 Bc8 30.Qe7 1-0

(294) Mikhail Botvinnik - Abram Borisovich Poliak [D46]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (11), 02.06.1938

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 Bb4 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 g6 16.Qc3 f5 17.Bc2 e4 18.c5 Bc7 19.Bb3+ Kf8 20.d5 Be5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rad1 Bd7 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Rd6 Rad8 25.Qxe5 1-0

(295) Mikhail Botvinnik - I Rabinovich [E09]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (13), 05.06.1938

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 b5 9.c5 Qc7 10.Nb3 e5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Nfg4 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bxe4 f6 15.dxe5 fxe5 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bd2 Be6 18.Ba5 Qc8 19.Nd2 Rf6 20.h3 Rh6 21.Be4 Rxh3 22.Bg2 Rh6 23.Ne4 Qe8 24.Rfe1 Qh5 25.b3 Rf8 26.Rad1 Bd5 27.Re2 Qh2+ 28.Kf1 Rxf2+ 29.Rxf2 Ne3+ 30.Ke2 Nxc2 31.Rh1 Nd4+ 32.Kd2 Qxh1 33.Bxh1 Rxh1 34.Nc3 Bxc5 0-1

(296) Michael David - Mikhail Botvinnik [A02]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (5), 25.05.1938

1.f4 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Ne5 Bd7 9.d3 Ne8 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bxg7 Nxg7 12.Qe1 Qd6 13.Nd2 e5 14.Qf2 exf4 15.exf4 Rae8 16.Rae1 Re7 17.Bg4 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Re8 19.Rxe8+ Nxe8 20.g3 b6 21.Bf3 Nc7 22.Bg2 Kg7 23.a4 f6 24.Qe1 Kf7 25.Qe2 Ne6 26.Nf3 Ng7 27.d4 Nf5 28.c3 Qe7 29.Qxe7+ Kxe7 30.dxc5 bxc5 31.Nd2 Kd6 32.Kf2 Ne7 33.Bf3 c4 34.bxc4 Bxa4 35.cxd5 Nxd5 36.Ne4+ Ke7 37.c4 Nb6 38.Nc3 Be8 39.Be2 Bf7 40.c5 Nd7 41.c6 Nb6 42.Ba6 Na8 43.Bd3 Nc7 44.g4 a5 45.Bc2 Bd5 46.f5 g5 47.Ba4 Kd6 48.Ke3 Bxc6 49.Bxc6 Kxc6 50.Ne4 Ne8 51.Kd4 a4 52.Kd3 a3 53.Kc2 Kd5 54.Nd2 Kd4 55.Kb3 Ke3 56.Nc4+ Kf3 57.Nxa3 Kxg4 58.Kc4 Kxf5 59.Kd3 Kg4 0-1

(297) S Gotthilf - Mikhail Botvinnik [D83]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (1 (14), 06.06.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3 c5 7.cxd5 cxd4 8.exd4 Nbd7 9.Be2 Nb6 10.Bf3 Bf5 11.Rd1 Qd7 12.h3 h5 13.Nge2 Rad8 14.d6 exd6 15.0-0 d5 16.Rfe1 Nh7 17.Be3 Rfe8 18.Nf4 Nf6 19.Rc1 Ne4 20.Red1 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Be4 22.Be2 Qd6 23.a4 Bh6 24.g3 h4 25.a5 Nc4 26.Bxc4 dxc4 27.Qxc4 Qf6 28.Bc1 Qf5 29.g4 Qxa5 30.Nh5 Bg5 31.Qc5 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 Be7 33.Re5 Bc6 34.Nf4 Bd6 35.Rxe8+ Rxe8 36.Be3 Bf3 37.Rc1 Be4 38.Ng2 f6 39.Nf4 Kf7 40.Ne2 Bf3 0-1

(298) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (1 (10), 01.06.1938

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Nc6 15.Ne3 Be7 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nh7 18.Bg3 Ng5 19.dxe5 Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 dxe5 21.Bb3 Be6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Red1 Qb6 24.Qh5 Bg5 25.Ng4 Qc7 26.Rd3 Kh7 27.Rad1 Red8 28.Nxe5 Nxe5 29.Bxe5 Qb7 30.Qg4 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.h4 Qf7 34.f4 Bf6 35.Bxf6 Qxf6 36.e5 Qd8 37.Kh2 Qd5 38.a3 Kg8 39.h5 a5 40.Kh3 Qb3+ 41.Kh4 Kf8 42.Qe2 b4 43.axb4 Qxb4 44.Kg4 Qb3 45.Qd2 Qb7 46.Kg3 Qb3+ 47.Kh2 Qc4 48.Kg3 Qb3+ 49.Kh2 Qc4 50.Kh3 Qb3+ 51.Kh2 Qc4 52.Kg1 Ke8 53.Kh2 a4 54.Qf2 Qc1 55.Qd4 Qc2 56.Kg3 Qb3+ 57.Kh2 a3 58.bxa3 Qxa3 59.Qc4 Qe7 60.Kh3 Qd7 61.f5 Ke7 62.Qg4 Qd3+ 63.Kh2 Qxf5 64.Qxf5 exf5 65.Kg3 Kf7 66.Kf4 g6 1/2-1/2

(299) Isaak Mazel - Mikhail Botvinnik [A19]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (7 (7), 28.05.1938

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e5 Ng4 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qb3 Nb4 9.a3 c4 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qd1 Qb6 0-1

(300) P Romanovsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C15]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (3), 22.05.1938

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Bg5 Rg6 11.Qh4 cxd4 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Qxf6 Rxf6 14.cxd4 Bd7 15.c3 Na5 16.Ng3 Bc6 17.Rb1 a6 18.Be2 Rc8 19.0-0 Rg6 20.Rfe1 Bd5 21.Rec1 Nb3 22.Rxb3 Bxb3 23.Nxe4 Ke7 24.Nc5 Bd5 25.f3 Rgg8 26.Kf2 h6 27.g3 Rgd8 28.f4 Rd6 29.c4 b6 30.cxd5 bxc5 31.dxe6 fxe6 32.dxc5 Rdc6 33.a4 a5 34.h3 Rxc5 35.Rb1 Rc2 36.Ke3 R2c3+ 37.Kf2 Ra3 38.Rb7+ Kf6 39.Rh7 Kg6 40.Re7 Rc6 41.Ra7 Rc5 42.Re7 Kf6 43.Rh7 Rc2 44.Rxh6+ Ke7 45.Rh5 Rxa4 46.Re5 Raa2 47.Kf3 a4 48.Bb5 a3 49.Kg4 Rab2 50.Bd3 Rc1 51.f5 a2 52.Rxe6+ Kf7 0-1

(301) Tolush - Mikhail Botvinnik [C02]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (16), 09.06.1938

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nge7 6.c3 Nf5 7.Qd2 Nxe3 8.fxe3 Be7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Qc2 h6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Rac1 b5 14.Bxb5 Nxe5 15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.Kh1 Qb6 17.Rf2 f5 18.Rcf1 Nf6 19.Ne1 Bd6 20.Ndf3 Ne4 21.Re2 c4 22.Nd2 Qc7 23.g4 Nxd2 24.Rxd2 fxg4 25.Rg1 h5 26.e4 Bf4 27.Re2 Rf6 28.exd5 exd5 29.Rf1 Rcf8 30.Ref2 Qe7 31.Ng2 Bg5 32.Rxf6 Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Qxf6 34.Kg1 Qe6 35.Kf1 h4 0-1

(302) Gavriil Veresov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
1/2 final Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia) (1 (12), 04.06.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a3 Be7 9.e3 h6 10.Bh4 0-0 11.Be2 c5 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Rfc1 a6 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Nce4 16.Qd3 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Qb6 19.Qd4 Qxd4 20.Nxd4 Rc8 21.f3 Kf8 22.Kf1 Bd7 23.Bd3 g6 24.Ke2 Rc3 25.Kd2 Rc8 26.Ke2 Ba4 27.g4 Ne8 28.Bxe7+ Kxe7 29.h4 Nd6 30.Kd2 Bb5 31.Bxb5 axb5 32.Kd3 Kd7 33.Nb3 Nc4 34.Nd4 Re8 35.Nc2 Ne5+ 36.Ke2 Rc8 37.Nd4 Rc3 38.Ra2 Nc4 39.Nxb5 Rxe3+ 40.Kf2 Rd3 41.Ke2 Rb3 42.Rc2 b6 43.Ra2 Re3+ 44.Kf2 Rd3 45.Ke2 Rb3 46.Ra1 Re3+ 47.Kf2 Rd3 48.h5 d4 49.hxg6 fxg6 50.a4 Rd2+ 51.Kg3 d3 52.a5 bxa5 53.bxa5 Rb2 54.Nc3 Rc2 55.Nd5 d2 56.Rd1 Rc1 57.Ne3 Kc6 58.Kf4 Kb5 59.Ke4 h5 60.gxh5 gxh5 61.Kd3 h4 62.Ke2 h3 63.Ng4 Rxd1 0-1

(303) Mikhail Botvinnik - Jose Raul Capablanca [E40]
AVRO The Netherlands (11), 22.11.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Ne2 b6 10.0-0 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Bb2 Qd7 13.a4 Rfe8 14.Qd3 c4 15.Qc2 Nb8 16.Rae1 Nc6 17.Ng3 Na5 18.f3 Nb3 19.e4 Qxa4 20.e5 Nd7 21.Qf2 g6 22.f4 f5 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.f5 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Re6 Rxe6 27.fxe6 Kg7 28.Qf4 Qe8 29.Qe5 Qe7 30.Ba3 Qxa3 31.Nh5+ gxh5 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.e7 Qc1+ 35.Kf2 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Qd3+ 37.Kh4 Qe4+ 38.Kxh5 Qe2+ 39.Kh4 Qe4+ 40.g4 Qe1+ 41.Kh5 1-0

(304) Mikhail Botvinnik - Max Euwe [A13]
AVRO The Netherlands (5), 13.11.1938

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.d4 b6 10.Nc3 Bb7 11.Rc1 Ne4 12.dxc5 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 bxc5 14.Qd2 Qd6 15.Rfd1 Rad8 16.Bf1 Qh6 17.g3 Bc8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bg4 20.Be2 Qh5 21.Bxg4 Qxe5 22.Qe2 Qd6 23.Bf5 Qb6 24.Qf3 g6 25.Bb1 d4 26.e4 a5 27.Rc4 Qd6 28.Bd3 Rb8 29.Rc2 Rb4 30.Bc4 a4 31.Re2 Qf6 32.Qxf6 Bxf6 33.Rd3 Kg7 34.Kg2 Be7 35.e5 Rfb8 36.Rf3 Rf8 37.Rd3 Rfb8 38.Rf3 Rf8 39.h3 Rb7 40.Rd3 axb3 41.axb3 Ra7 1/2-1/2

(305) Mikhail Botvinnik - Reuben Fine [C48]
AVRO The Netherlands (8), 17.11.1938

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.d3 0-0 7.0-0 d6 8.h3 c6 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.Ng3 Ne8 12.Bb3 Nc7 13.Be3 Ne6 14.c3 g6 15.Bxe6 Bxe6 16.d4 d5 17.dxe5 Bxe3 18.fxe3 Qg5 19.Qf3 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

(306) Mikhail Botvinnik - Salomon Flohr [D96]
AVRO The Netherlands (13), 25.11.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Bg5 e6 8.e4 dxe4 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Nxe4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nxf6 Qxf6 13.Rc1 Qd8 14.0-0 a6 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Be4 Ne7 17.Rc5 Ra7 18.Rfc1 b6 19.R5c2 Kg7 20.Qa3 Bd7 21.Ne5 Bb5 22.Qb4 Rf8 23.a4 Be8 24.b3 a5 25.Qd2 f6 26.Nf3 Qd6 27.h3 Bf7 28.Qe3 Rd8 29.g3 Rdd7 30.Qe2 Rac7 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.Qd2 Be8 34.h4 h5 1/2-1/2

(307) Mikhail Botvinnik - Paul Keres [E29]
AVRO The Netherlands (9), 19.11.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 d6 9.Ng3 b6 10.Bb2 Ba6 11.e4 Rc8 12.Rc1 cxd4 13.cxd4 e5 14.Qa4 Na5 15.0-0 Qe8 16.Qb4 Nc6 17.Qa4 Na5 18.Qb4 Nc6 19.Qd2 Qd8 20.d5 Na5 21.Qb4 Nd7 22.Be2 Nc5 23.Rc3 Rc7 24.Bc1 Bc8 25.f4 f6 26.f5 Qd7 27.Be3 Ba6 28.Rfc1 Rfc8 29.Bd1 Qe8 30.Be2 Rb8 31.h3 Bc8 32.Bxc5 Rxc5 33.Nf1 Ba6 34.a4 Bc8 35.Nd2 Bd7 36.Ra1 Qd8 37.Nb3 Nxb3 38.Rxb3 Rbc8 39.Rc3 Qc7 40.Kf2 Ra5 41.Rb3 1/2-1/2

(308) Mikhail Botvinnik - Samuel Reshevsky [A25]
AVRO The Netherlands (3), 10.11.1938

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 0-0 9.0-0 Nf5 10.d5 Ne5 11.b3 a5 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.a3 Nc5 14.b4 Nd7 15.Qb3 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Rad1 Bg7 18.Rfe1 axb4 19.axb4 Nf6 20.h3 h5 21.c5 Bf5 22.Nb5 Bd7 23.c6 bxc6 24.dxc6 Bc8 25.Nxd6 Be6 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Nf5 Qe8 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Rd7+ Rf7 30.Be5 Kg8 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Bxc7 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 Ra7 34.Be5 Rf7 35.c7 Nd7 36.Qc2 Rf8 37.c8Q 1-0

(309) Jose Raul Capablanca - Mikhail Botvinnik [D93]
AVRO The Netherlands (4), 12.11.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.Qb3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Rd1 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Qa5 13.0-0 Nb6 14.Bd5 Rb8 15.a3 e6 16.Bf3 a6 17.Nde2 Nd7 18.Ne4 Ne5 19.Rc1 Bd7 20.Nd4 Ba4 21.Qc3 Qxc3 22.Nxc3 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3 Bd7 24.Rfd1 Rfd8 25.f4 Be8 26.Ne4 1/2-1/2

(310) Max Euwe - Mikhail Botvinnik [D96]
AVRO The Netherlands (12), 24.11.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.Bf4 dxc4 7.Qxc4 Be6 8.Qd3 Nd5 9.Bd2 Nb4 10.Qb1 c5 11.dxc5 N8a6 12.e4 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Be3 Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Qd3 17.Nc7 Nxe4 18.Nxa8 Rxa8 19.Rd1 Qxb1 20.Raxb1 e6 21.Rd7 b6 22.Rc1 Bf8 23.Ne5 Nd5 24.Nxf7 Be7 25.Ne5 Bf6 26.Nd3 Nxe3 27.fxe3 Bg5 28.Rcc7 Bxe3+ 29.Kf1 Nf6 30.Rxa7 Rc8 31.Rg7+ Kh8 32.Rgc7 Rd8 33.Ne5 Re8 34.Re7 1-0

(311) Salomon Flohr - Mikhail Botvinnik [D84]
AVRO The Netherlands (6), 14.11.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Bxc7 Na6 9.Bxa6 Qxg2 10.Qf3 Qxf3 11.Nxf3 bxa6 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Ne5 f6 14.Nd3 Rfe8 15.Nc5 Bf3 16.Nb3 Kf7 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.Kf1 e5 19.Nd2 Bd5 20.e4 Be6 21.d5 Bh3+ 22.Ke2 Bh6 23.Rc3 Bg4+ 24.f3 Bd7 25.a4 Bf8 26.Rc4 g5 27.Rac1 g4 28.fxg4 Bxg4+ 29.Kd3 Bd7 30.b3 Bh6 31.Bd6 f5 32.Rc7 Kf6 33.R1c5 Rxc7 34.Rxc7 Bc8 35.Rxa7 Kg6 36.Be7 Bxd2 37.Kxd2 fxe4 38.d6 Kf7 39.d7 Bxd7 40.Rxd7 Rxe7 41.Rxe7+ Kxe7 42.b4 1/2-1/2

(312) Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik [E17]
AVRO The Netherlands (2), 08.11.1938

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 d5 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.Ne5 Ne4 10.cxd5 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Nxe5 12.d6 Bxg2 13.dxe7 Qxe7 14.Kxg2 Nc6 15.Qa4 Qd7 16.e4 Rfd8 17.Rb1 Rac8 18.Be3 Na5 19.Qxd7 Rxd7 20.Rb4 f6 21.Ra4 Rcd8 22.Rc1 Kf7 23.Rd1 Nc6 24.Rb1 Na5 25.Rd1 Nc6 26.Rb1 Na5 1/2-1/2

(313) Samuel Reshevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [E46]
AVRO The Netherlands (10), 20.11.1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.g3 Nd7 10.Bg2 Nf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Nc3 c6 13.b4 a6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Bb2 Bf8 16.Qd3 Be6 17.f3 Nd7 18.Na4 b6 19.Rac1 b5 20.Nc5 Nb6 21.Bc3 Ra7 22.e4 Nc4 23.Ra1 Bxc5 24.dxc5 Rd7 25.Qd4 f6 26.f4 dxe4 27.Qxe4 Rd3 28.Rac1 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Bf7 30.Rd3 Qb8 31.Red1 Rxe4 32.Bxe4 Qf8 33.Rd8 Be8 34.Re1 Kf7 35.Bxh7 Ne5 36.fxe5 Qh8 37.Bc2 Ke7 38.Rc8 f5 39.Bxf5 Qh5 40.g4 Qg5 41.Rc7+ Kd8 42.Rc8+ Ke7 43.e6 g6 44.Rc7+ Kd8 45.Rd7+ Kc8 46.e7 gxf5 47.Rd8+ Kc7 48.Rxe8 Qxg4+ 49.Kh1 Qf3+ 50.Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

(314) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D94]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 b6 8.a4 a5 9.b3 Na6 10.Ba3 Nb4 11.Ne5 c5 12.Rc1 Bb7 13.cxd5 Nfxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxb4 axb4 16.Nd3 cxd4 17.exd4 Qd6 18.Nb2 Qf4 19.Bc4 Bb7 20.Nd3 Qg5 21.g3 Rad8 22.Nxb4 Rxd4 23.Qe2 Rd2 24.h4 Qh6 25.Qg4 Rxf2 26.Rxf2 Qxc1+ 27.Bf1 h5 28.Qf4 Qxf4 29.Rxf4 Rd8 30.Bg2 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Rd2 0-1

(315) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D38]
Training Training, 1938

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Qd6 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.e3 c6 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 Bd8 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.e4 dxe4 15.Ndxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Nf6 17.Nd6 Nd5 18.Be5 Rf8 19.Nxc8 Rxc8 20.Qg4 f5 21.Bxf5 Ra8 22.Rae1 Qg5 23.Be6+ Kh8 24.Qxg5 Bxg5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.f4 Bd8 27.Bd6 Rg8 28.Re6 Bf6 29.Be5 Rge8 30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Rc1 1-0

(316) Mikhail Botvinnik - Evsey Poliak [D46]
USSR USSR, 1938

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 Bb4 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 g6 16.Qc3 f5 17.Bc2 e4 18.c5 Bc7 19.Bb3+ Kf8 20.d5 Be5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rad1 Bd7 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Rd6 Rad8 25.Rxd8 1-0

(317) Alexey Sokolsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [D94]
URS-ch sf Leningrad (1), 20.05.1938

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.b3 Bb7 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.Qc2 a6 12.Rac1 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.Qb1 Rfd8 15.Bf1 c5 16.dxc5 bxc5 17.Ne2 Bh6 18.Ba3 Ng4 19.Qd3 Nde5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Ng3 Qf6 22.Nh1 d4 23.Qe2 Ne5 24.exd4 cxd4 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Re1 d3 27.Qd1 Bg4 28.Qa1 d2 29.Rxe5 d1Q 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Qxf6 Be2 32.Ng3 Bg7 33.Qc6 Bb5 34.Qc1 Qxc1 35.Bxc1 Re1 36.Be3 Ra1 37.a4 Bd3 38.f4 Rb1 39.Kf2 Bxf1 40.Nxf1 Rxb3 0-1

(318) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C05]
Training Game, 09.10.1938

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 c5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.f4 Nc5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Nxd4 Bxb5 11.Nxb5 Nc6 12.c4 Rc8 13.Kh1 Be7 14.b3 0-0 15.Ba3 a6 16.Nd6 Bxd6 17.exd6 Qxd6 18.Ne4 Qd8 19.Nxc5 bxc5 20.Bxc5 Re8 21.Rc1 a5 22.a3 dxc4 23.Rxc4 Qd5 24.Qc2 a4 25.bxa4 e5 26.Bg1 exf4 27.Rc5 Qd7 28.Rxf4 Re1 29.Re4 Rd1 30.Rec4 g6 31.a5 Rb8 32.Rxc6 Rbb1 33.Rc8+ Kg7 34.Qc3+ f6 35.Qc1 Rbxc1 36.Rxc1 Rxc1 37.Rxc1 Qa4 38.Rc7+ Kh6 39.Ra7 g5 40.a6 Qc6 41.Rb7 Qxa6 42.Rb6 1/2-1/2

(319) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C65]
Training Game, 10.10.1938

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Be7 5.Re1 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Nc3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.h3 0-0 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Qd3 Bf8 13.Rad1 Be6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 Nh5 17.Bh2 Bg7 18.Nxe6 Rxe6 19.Qf3 Nf6 20.e5 Ne8 21.Nb5 d5 22.Rxd5 Qe7 23.Nd4 Rb6 24.Nf5 Qb4 25.c3 Qxb2 26.g4 Qxa2 27.Rd7 Qc4 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Nd5 Rb3 30.Rxf7 c6 31.Rf8+ Bxf8 32.Qxf8+ Kh7 33.Qf7+ Kh8 34.e6 Ng7 35.Be5 Rg8 36.Ne7 1-0

(320) S Belavenets - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (6), 23.04.1939

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.0-0 Bd7 10.a4 b6 11.Qd2 h6 12.Qf4 c4 13.Be2 0-0 14.Ba3 f6 15.Bd6 Qd8 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.Qd2 Be8 18.Bg3 Nf5 19.Be5 Rf8 20.h3 Nd6 21.Bh2 Bg6 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 Ne4 24.Qe3 Qg5 25.f4 Qe7 26.Bf3 Nd6 27.Qd2 Qd7 28.Rfe1 Nf7 29.Kh2 Rae8 30.Re2 Re7 31.Ree1 Nd8 32.g3 Nc6 33.h4 Rff7 34.Qg2 Re8 35.Kg1 Qd8 36.Re2 Qd7 37.Bg4 Be4 38.Bf3 Bxf3 39.Qxf3 Rf5 40.Kg2 Ref8 41.Ree1 h5 42.Kh3 Kh7 43.Qg2 Rh8 44.Re2 Kg8 45.Qf3 Rh6 46.Rg2 Rg6 47.g4 hxg4+ 48.Rxg4 Rxg4 49.Qxg4 Nxe5 50.dxe5 d4 51.cxd4 Qxd4 52.Rd1 Qxf4 53.Rd8+ Kh7 54.Qxf4 Rxf4 55.Rd7 Rf3+ 56.Kg4 Rf5 57.Rxa7 Rxe5 58.Rb7 Re4+ 59.Kg5 c3 60.Rxb6 Re2 61.a5 Rxc2 62.a6 Rc1 63.a7 c2 64.Rc6 Ra1 65.Rxc2 Rxa7 66.Re2 Ra5+ 67.Kg4 e5 68.Kf5 Kh6 69.Rxe5 Ra4 70.Re6+ Kh5 71.Re8 g6+ 72.Kf6 Ra6+ 73.Kg7 Ra7+ 74.Kf6 Ra6+ 75.Kg7 Kxh4 76.Re1 g5 77.Rh1+ Kg3 78.Rg1+ Kf4 79.Rf1+ Ke4 80.Rg1 1/2-1/2

(321) Mikhail Botvinnik - Igor Bondarevsky [D59]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (5), 22.04.1939

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bg3 c5 10.Bc4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.0-0 Bb7 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Na5 16.Bd3 Bd6 17.Ne5 Qe7 18.f4 Bd5 19.Rac1 Bxe5 20.fxe5 Qa3 21.Ra1 Bc4 22.Be1 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Qa4 24.Bxa5 Qxa5 25.Rad1 Rc3 26.Rxc3 Qxc3 27.h3 Rc8 28.Kh2 Qc2 29.Rd2 Qc1 30.Rd1 Qc2 31.Rd2 Qb1 32.Qd3 Qc1 33.d5 Rc3 34.Qd4 exd5 35.Qxd5 Rxe3 36.Re2 Rxe2 37.Qd8+ Kh7 38.Qd3+ g6 39.Qxe2 Qf4+ 40.Kh1 Qc1+ 41.Kh2 Qc5 42.Kh1 Qd5 43.Qa6 Qd7 44.a4 h5 45.Qc4 Kg7 46.Qc3 Kf8 47.Qb4+ Ke8 48.Qc4 Ke7 49.Kh2 Kd8 50.Kh1 Qc7 51.Qe4 Ke7 52.Qf3 Ke8 53.Qa8+ Kd7 54.Qd5+ Ke7 55.Qf3 Kf8 56.e6 Qc1+ 57.Kh2 Qc7+ 58.Kh1 f5 59.Qa3+ Qe7 60.Qe3 Qf6 61.Qa3+ Qe7 62.Qe3 Qf6 63.Qa3+ Qe7 64.Qe3 1/2-1/2

(322) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vitaly Chekhover [D35]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (16), 11.05.1939

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bf4 0-0 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c6 9.0-0 Ne8 10.Qc2 g6 11.Rfe1 f5 12.h3 Bd6 13.a3 Qc7 14.g3 Ndf6 15.Rac1 Qe7 16.Bxd6 Nxd6 17.Ne5 Nfe4 18.Kg2 Nf7 19.f4 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Be6 22.Re2 b6 23.Rd2 c5 24.Be2 Rad8 25.Bf3 Rd7 26.Rcd1 Rfd8 27.h4 h5 28.Kf2 Kh7 29.Ke1 Kh6 30.Rd3 Qf7 31.Kf2 Kh7 32.Bg2 Kh6 33.R1d2 Kh7 34.Bh1 Kh6 35.Bf3 Kh7 36.Ke1 Kh6 37.Rd1 Kh7 38.Bg2 Kh6 39.Bh1 Kh7 40.Bf3 Kh6 41.Kf2 1/2-1/2

(323) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [E21]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (10), 29.04.1939

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxd2 9.Nxd2 d6 10.e3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bd3 h6 13.0-0 0-0 14.f4 Nd7 15.f5 Nf6 16.Ne4 Qd8 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Be4 Rb8 19.Rad1 b6 20.h3 Ba6 21.Bd5 b5 22.cxb5 Rxb5 23.c4 Rb6 24.Rb1 Rd8 25.Rxb6 axb6 26.e4 Bc8 27.Qa4 Bd7 28.Qa7 Be8 29.Rb1 Rd6 30.a4 Kh7 31.a5 bxa5 32.Qxa5 Ra6 33.Qxc5 Ra2 34.Qe3 Qa6 35.Rb8 Qa4 36.Kh2 Ra3 37.Qc5 Ra2 38.Ra8 Qxa8 39.Bxa8 Rxa8 40.Qxe5 Bc6 41.Qc7 1-0

(324) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [D37]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (14), 07.05.1939

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 0-0 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.0-0 a6 10.Ne5 Re8 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.exd4 Nf8 13.Bb1 Bd6 14.Re1 Bg4 15.Qd2 Be6 16.Bg5 Qb6 17.Na4 Qb4 18.Nc5 Qxd2 19.Bxd2 Re7 20.Bd3 Rc8 21.Bb4 Ra8 22.a3 Ne8 23.Rc2 Bc8 24.Rec1 Be6 25.Kf1 f6 26.Nf3 Bf7 27.Nh4 g6 28.g3 Ne6 29.Nf3 Nd8 30.Bd2 Rc8 31.h4 Ne6 32.Ba5 Bb8 33.Na4 Rxc2 34.Rxc2 Ba7 35.Nb6 Rc7 36.Rxc7 N8xc7 37.Nc8 Bb8 38.Nd6 Nd8 39.h5 Nce6 40.Nxf7 Kxf7 41.Bb6 1/2-1/2

(325) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Panov [C49]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (9), 28.04.1939

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c6 12.Bf1 Nd7 13.g3 c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Nh4 g6 16.Ng2 Ng7 17.Ne3 Nf6 18.Bg2 Be6 19.c4 Rad8 20.Qe2 Nd7 21.Bb2 f6 22.f4 Rde8 23.Rad1 b6 24.Rd2 exf4 25.gxf4 g5 26.fxg5 fxg5 27.e5 Qf7 28.Nd5 Nh5 29.Rf1 Nf4 30.Qe4 Qf5 31.Qxf5 Bxf5 32.Nxf4 gxf4 33.Bd5+ Kg7 34.e6+ Nf6 35.Rxf4 Kg6 36.Rg2+ Ng4 37.Rgxg4+ Bxg4 38.Rxg4+ Kf5 39.Rg3 Rg8 40.Bg7 Re7 41.Bf8 1-0

(326) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [A04]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (7), 24.04.1939

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.0-0 c6 6.b3 Bd6 7.d4 0-0 8.Ba3 Bxa3 9.Nxa3 Nbd7 10.Nc2 Qe8 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nb4 Ne4 13.e3 a5 14.Nd3 Kh8 15.Qc2 Qh5 16.Nfe5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Ng5 18.f3 Ne6 19.f4 Bd7 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Qxc5 Qf7 22.a3 Rfb8 23.b4 b6 24.Qc3 Qe8 25.Rfc1 axb4 26.axb4 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 Ra8 28.Qd4 b5 29.Ra1 Rxa1+ 30.Qxa1 Qb8 31.Qa5 Kg8 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Ke2 Ke7 34.Bf3 Qb7 35.h3 Be6 36.Kd3 Ke8 37.Kd4 Qe7 38.Kc3 Qb7 39.Kd3 g6 40.g4 h6 41.Kd4 g5 42.Be2 Kf7 43.Bd3 fxg4 44.hxg4 Bxg4 45.f5 h5 46.e6+ Ke7 47.Kc5 Bf3 48.Qa1 d4 49.e4 Qc7 50.Qa8 Bd1 51.Kxd4 Qd6+ 52.Kc3 Ba4 53.Qa7+ Kf6 54.Qf7+ Ke5 55.Qg7+ Kf4 56.e7 Qd7 57.f6 Qe6 1/2-1/2

(327) Mikhail Botvinnik - P Romanovsky [D37]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (3), 18.04.1939

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qa4+ Nbd7 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Bf4 Bd6 9.Be5 Rb8 10.a4 0-0 11.Bg2 Ng4 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.d5 Nge5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qd4 Qe7 16.0-0 Rd8 17.Rfd1 Ng6 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.Rd2 Ne5 20.Rad1 Nf7 21.Qe3 Re8 22.a5 Bd7 23.b3 Bc6 24.Ne4 Rbd8 25.Qc3 Rc8 26.Qb4 Bxe4 27.Bxe4 d5 28.Qxe7 Rxe7 29.Bg2 Rc3 30.e4 dxe4 31.Bxe4 Rxb3 32.Rd7 Kf8 33.Bxh7 Rb5 34.Be4 Ke8 35.R7d2 Rc7 36.Bg6 Ke7 37.Bxf7 Kxf7 38.Rd7+ Rxd7 39.Rxd7+ Kf6 40.h4 g6 41.Kg2 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

(328) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mikhail M Yudovich Sr. [E72]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (1), 16.04.1939

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 0-0 6.g3 e5 7.Bg2 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nc2 Be6 10.b3 Qd7 11.0-0 Bh3 12.f3 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Nh5 14.Bb2 f5 15.exf5 Qxf5 16.Ne3 Qf7 17.Qd5 Rae8 18.Rae1 Nf6 19.Qd2 a6 20.f4 Ne7 21.Rf2 Nf5 22.Rfe2 Nxe3+ 23.Rxe3 Rxe3 24.Rxe3 Re8 1/2-1/2

(329) P Dubinin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (8), 25.04.1939

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Nf1 h6 13.h3 Be6 14.Ne3 Rad8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Nc6 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 d5 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.Rc1 c4 21.g4 Ne4 22.Bb1 Bd6 23.Nh4 Bf4 24.Qf3 Bg5 25.Ng2 Bxe3 26.Qxe3 Re7 27.Qf4 Nxd4 28.Qxc7 Nf3+ 29.Kf1 Ned2# 0-1

(330) Georgy Lisitsin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C49]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (11), 03.05.1939

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 Nd8 11.Bc4 Ne6 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.Bg3 Nh7 14.c4 Bd7 15.Qe2 Rae8 16.Rae1 a6 17.Qe3 f5 18.exf5 Qxf5 19.Qe4 Qxe4 20.Nxe4 b6 21.f3 Bc6 22.Rf2 Rf7 23.Kf1 Nf8 24.Ke2 Ne6 25.Kd1 b5 26.Nd2 Rff8 27.Kc1 Rb8 28.cxb5 axb5 29.a3 Ra8 30.Nb1 Ra4 31.Rd2 g5 32.c3 Bd5 33.Rb2 Ra5 34.Rd1 c5 35.c4 Bc6 36.Be1 Raa8 37.cxb5 1/2-1/2

(331) V Makogonov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E33]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (15), 10.05.1939

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 e5 9.e3 Bf5 10.Bd3 exd4 11.exd4 0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Be3 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Nd6 15.Qc2 Ne7 16.Bxf5 Ndxf5 17.Rfe1 c6 18.Rad1 Qd5 19.Qc5 f6 20.Bd2 a6 21.Ba5 Qd7 22.Kf1 Nd5 23.Bb4 h5 24.Bd2 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.Qc2 Qe6 28.Qd3 Kf7 29.h3 g6 30.a4 Nd6 31.b3 Qe4 32.Qxe4 Nxe4 33.Ke2 g5 34.Be3 Ke6 35.Kd3 Nd6 36.Bd2 Nf5 37.Ne1 Nde7 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Nh6 40.f3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

(332) I Rabinovich - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (4), 19.04.1939

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qd2 c4 10.Be2 Bd7 11.a4 f6 12.Ba3 0-0-0 13.0-0 Nf5 14.g4 Nfe7 15.Rfb1 Qa6 16.a5 Rdf8 17.Ne1 fxe5 18.Nd3 cxd3 19.Bxd3 Qxa5 20.Bxe7 Qc7 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Bb5 Rf4 23.h3 a6 24.Bxc6 Bxc6 25.Re1 e4 26.Re3 Bb5 27.Rg3 g5 28.Kg2 Qf7 29.Qe3 Qf6 30.Re1 Be8 31.Qe2 Kb8 32.Rb1 Bb5 33.Qe3 Be8 34.Qe2 Kc7 35.Rh1 Bg6 36.Re1 Be8 37.Rh1 h5 38.Kg1 Bb5 39.Qe1 h4 40.Re3 Bc4 41.Rh2 b6 42.Qa1 Qf8 43.Rg2 a5 44.Qa4 Qe7 45.Qa1 Kb7 46.Qa4 Rf8 47.Re1 Qd6 48.Qa1 Ka6 49.Re3 b5 50.Qb2 Rf3 51.Kh1 Rf6 52.Kg1 Kb6 53.Rh2 Rf7 54.Rg2 Rf3 55.Kh1 Rf8 56.Kg1 Rf6 57.Rh2 Kc6 58.Rg2 Rf3 59.Kh1 Bf1 60.Rxf3 exf3 61.Rh2 a4 62.Kg1 a3 63.Qc1 Bc4 64.Qxg5 a2 65.Qc1 e5 66.dxe5 Qxe5 67.Qa1 Qe2 0-1

(333) Tolush - Mikhail Botvinnik [D83]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (2), 17.04.1939

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.cxd5 Rd8 9.Qd2 Nxd5 10.Bc7 Qxc7 11.Nxd5 Rxd5 12.Qxd5 Be6 13.Qd2 Nc6 14.Rd1 Rd8 15.Qc1 Qa5+ 16.Rd2 Rd5 17.Ne2 Rxc5 18.Nc3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Rxc3 20.Qb2 Ra3 21.Qb5 Qc3 22.Qb2 Qc5 23.Qb1 Bxa2 24.Rxa2 Qa5+ 25.Rd2 Ra1 26.Bd3 Rxb1+ 27.Bxb1 Ne5 28.Ke2 Qb5+ 29.Bd3 Nxd3 30.Rxd3 a5 31.Rhd1 Qc4 32.Kf3 b5 33.Rd7 b4 34.Ra7 a4 35.Rd8+ Kg7 36.Rda8 a3 37.g3 Qb5 0-1

(334) Alexander Kotov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E33]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (17), 15.05.1939

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e3 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Bd7 9.b3 a5 10.Bd3 a4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.0-0 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bb2 axb3 15.Nxb3 Ne4 16.Qc2 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 Qg5 19.f4 Qg6 20.Rfd1 Nd6 21.Qd3 Bf5 22.Qc3 Be4 23.Rd2 Bc6 24.Qd3 Nf5 25.Be5 f6 26.Bxc7 Rxe3 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Bb6 Ree8 29.Qf1 h5 30.Nd4 Nxd4 31.Bxd4 Re4 32.Re1 Rxe1 33.Qxe1 Rxa3 34.Kh1 Ra8 35.Re2 Kh7 36.h3 Re8 37.Qf2 Qxg2+ 38.Qxg2 Rxe2 0-1

(335) Iosif Pogrebissky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (13), 06.05.1939

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qd2 c4 10.Be2 Qa4 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Ng5 h6 13.Nh3 0-0-0 14.f4 f6 15.Nf2 h5 16.Nd1 Nf5 17.Nb2 Qa5 18.a4 g5 19.Nd1 g4 20.exf6 Rdf8 21.Ba3 Rxf6 22.Bb4 Nxb4 23.cxb4 Qb6 24.c3 Qc7 25.Nb2 Rhf8 26.Bd1 Ne7 27.g3 Rh8 28.Bc2 h4 29.Kg2 Nf5 30.Bxf5 Rxf5 31.Qe2 Rfh5 32.Rh1 e5 33.dxe5 Bf5 34.Rag1 hxg3 35.Kf1 Rxh2 36.Rxh2 Rxh2 0-1

(336) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D49]
Training Training, 1939

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 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.0-0 Ba6 15.b4 0-0 16.Re1 Bb7 17.Bf4 f5 18.a4 bxa4 19.Bc4 Bd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Re7 Rf7 22.Rxf7 Kxf7 23.Qd3 Nf6 24.Qxf5 a3 25.Be5 Ra6 26.Ng5+ Kg8 27.Rc1 Qc6 28.Rxc6 Rxc6 29.g4 1-0

(337) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexander Chistiakov [D37]
USSR Championship Leningrad URS (12), 04.05.1939

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Nh5 9.Be5 f5 10.Qc2 a6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Na4 Nhf6 13.Bc7 Qe8 14.Rac1 Ne4 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bd7 17.Nb6 Ra7 18.Bb8 Ra8 19.Bc7 Ra7 20.Bb8 Ra8 21.Nxa8 Qxb8 22.Qc7 Qe8 23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.Qxb7 Bb5 25.Nc7 Qd7 26.Rfd1 Bh4 27.Qb6 Bxf2+ 28.Kh1 Bd3 29.Nxe6 Re8 30.Nc5 Qf5 31.Nxd3 exd3 32.Qd4 Rxe5 33.Rxd3 h6 34.Rf1 Qf6 35.Rdd1 Bxe3 36.Rxf6 Bxd4 37.Rxa6 Bxb2 38.Ra5 Bd4 39.g3 Bc3 40.Raxd5 Re2 41.R5d3 1-0

(338) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D38]
Training Game, 1939

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.e3 c4 10.Be2 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Be6 14.a3 Ba5 15.b4 cxb3 16.Nxb3 Rc8 17.0-0 0-0 18.Nc5 Qe7 19.Qb3 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Na5 21.Qb4 b6 22.Nxe6 Qxe6 23.Ba6 Rxc3 24.Qxc3 Nc4 25.Rc1 Re8 26.Bb7 b5 27.e4 dxe4 28.d5 Qb6 29.Bc6 Re5 30.Bxb5 Rf5 31.Rc2 Qxb5 32.Qxc4 Qxd5 33.Qxd5 Rxd5 34.Rc4 Ra5 35.a4 Re5 36.Rc7 a6 37.Rc6 Ra5 38.Rc4 Re5 39.Kf1 e3 40.f3 e2+ 41.Ke1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

(339) Mikhail Botvinnik - Isaac Boleslavsky [E67]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (2), 06.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 Re8 9.d5 Nc5 10.Ne1 a5 11.h3 Rf8 12.Be3 Ne8 13.Nd3 b6 14.Qd2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.f4 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 e4 18.Qd2 Qf6 19.Rf2 Bd7 20.Rd1 Qg6 21.Ne2 Nf6 22.Bd4 Rae8 23.Qe3 h6 24.Nc3 Rf7 25.Bf1 Kh7 26.Be2 h5 27.Rg2 Bh6 28.Rf1 Rg8 29.Rff2 Bg7 30.a3 h4 31.gxh4 Qh6 32.Rg5 Qxh4 33.Rfg2 Be8 34.Rxf5 Bh6 35.Rfg5 Bxg5 36.fxg5 Nh5 37.Bxh5 Qxh5 38.Qxe4+ Rg6 39.Qxe8 Rxg5 40.Qh8+ Kg6 41.Qg8+ Kf5 42.Qc8+ Kf4 43.Qe6 Rxg2+ 44.Kxg2 Qf3+ 45.Kg1 Qg3+ 46.Kf1 Qf3+ 47.Bf2 Qh5 48.Ne2+ Kg5 49.h4+ 1-0

(340) Alexander Kotov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (13), 23.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 0-0 11.Nge2 Qb6 12.Qd3 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Ne4 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Ba4 Rfe8 16.Rfe1 Qa5 17.Bb3 g5 18.Bg3 Re6 19.Be5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Rxe5 21.Qd4 Rae8 22.Ng3 Bg6 23.f3 Nxg3 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.hxg3 Qc7 26.Bxd5 Re2 27.Kh2 b6 28.Bc4 Re8 29.Rd1 h5 30.Bb3 h4 31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 hxg3+ 33.Kxg3 Kg7 34.Rd7 Rc8 35.Rxa7 Rxc3 36.Rb7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

(341) Mikhail Botvinnik - Konstantinopolsky [B84]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (14), 24.09.1940

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Nc6 8.0-0 Qc7 9.Nb3 b6 10.f4 Bb7 11.f5 Be7 12.fxe6 fxe6 13.Bh5+ g6 14.Bg4 Bc8 15.Bh6 Rg8 16.Bg5 Nxg4 17.Qxg4 Ne5 18.Qh4 Ra7 19.Qxh7 Rf8 20.Bxe7 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Qxe7 22.Qg8+ Kd7 23.Nd4 Kc7 24.Rf8 Ra8 25.Nf3 Nxf3+ 26.Rxf3 Qg5 27.h3 Ra7 28.Nd5+ exd5 29.Rc3+ Kd7 30.Qxc8+ Ke7 31.Rf3 dxe4 32.Rf8 Qc5+ 33.Kf1 Qxc8 34.Rxc8 Ke6 35.Ke2 b5 36.a5 b4 37.Rc4 Kd5 38.Rxb4 Rc7 39.c3 Rc5 40.Ke3 Rxa5 41.Rd4+ Ke5 42.Rxe4+ Kf6 43.Kd4 Rb5 44.Re2 a5 45.Kc4 Rc5+ 46.Kb3 d5 47.Ka4 Kf5 48.g3 Kf6 49.Re8 Kf5 50.Ra8 Rc6 51.Kxa5 Re6 52.Rf8+ Ke5 53.b4 Rc6 54.Re8+ Kd6 55.Rd8+ Ke5 56.Re8+ Kd6 57.Re3 Rc8 58.h4 g5 59.hxg5 Rg8 60.Kb5 Rxg5 61.Rd3 Rg4 62.Rd4 Rxg3 63.c4 Kc7 64.Rxd5 Rg6 65.c5 Rh6 66.c6 Rh4 67.Rd7+ Kc8 68.Kc5 Rg4 69.b5 Rg6 70.b6 Rg5+ 71.Rd5 Rg8 72.b7+ 1-0

(342) Mikhail Botvinnik - Grigory Levenfish [A28]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (4), 08.09.1940

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ne5 9.e3 Ng6 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 d6 13.f4 Qe7 14.Kf2 Nf8 15.c5 dxc5 16.Bb5+ Nd7 17.Nf5 Qf6 18.Rad1 g6 19.Nxh6 Rf8 20.g4 a6 21.g5 Qe6 22.Be2 Nb6 23.Ng4 Ke7 24.Nf6 Qc6 25.Rh7 Bf5 26.e4 Be6 27.f5 1-0

(343) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladimir Petrov [C05]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (6), 12.09.1940

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 c5 7.c3 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.0-0 Be7 10.f4 f5 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Nf3 0-0 13.Be3 Nc7 14.Qd3 Qc8 15.Ng3 Qa6 16.Qd2 Rae8 17.a4 Qb7 18.b4 a5 19.b5 Be7 20.Qd3 Rf7 21.Rae1 Ref8 22.Bd2 Bf6 23.f5 Re8 24.Bf4 c4 25.Qd2 Nf8 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.Bxe5 Qc8 28.Qg5 exf5 29.Nxf5 Ng6 30.Bxc7 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Qxc7 32.Re8+ Rf8 33.Ne7+ Kf7 34.Nxd5 Qb7 35.Re3 Rb8 36.h4 Kf8 37.h5 1-0

(344) Mikhail Botvinnik - Iosif Rudakovsky [B83]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (19), 02.10.1940

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Qc7 10.Nb3 Rd8 11.Qe1 a6 12.Qf2 Qb8 13.Bf3 Bd7 14.Na4 b5 15.Nb6 Be8 16.Nxa8 Qxa8 17.Rad1 e5 18.Rfe1 Rc8 19.c3 a5 20.a3 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Ra1 Qb8 23.c4 exf4 24.Bxf4 Ne5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Qa7 Qxa7+ 27.Rxa7 Bf8 28.Rc1 Bc6 29.Ra6 Bd7 30.Ra5 Be6 31.Rxe5 Nd7 32.Ra5 Nb6 33.Be2 g6 34.Kf2 h5 35.Ra6 Nd7 36.h3 Ne5 37.Ra5 Nc6 38.Rb5 Bg7 39.Rc2 Ra8 40.Rd2 Kh7 41.Rd6 Ne5 42.Nd2 Ra2 43.Rxb4 Bf8 44.c5 Nd7 45.Rb5 Nxc5 46.Rc6 Na4 47.Bc4 Bxc4 48.Nxc4 Bg7 49.e5 Nc3 50.Rb7 Ne4+ 51.Ke3 Ng5 52.Rcc7 Bh6 53.Ra7 Nxh3+ 54.Kd4 Rxa7 55.Rxa7 Ng5 56.b4 1-0

(345) Mikhail Botvinnik - Gavriil Veresov [C48]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (10), 18.09.1940

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Qe7 7.Nd3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.dxc3 Ne6 10.Nxc5 Qxc5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.f4 f5 13.Qf3 0-0 14.Rfe1 Rb8 15.Rad1 b6 16.Bf2 Kh8 17.Qh3 Rf7 18.b4 h6 19.Qh5 Rf8 20.Bh4 Qf7 21.Qxf7 Rxf7 22.c4 a6 23.Re5 Kh7 24.Bg3 Kg6 25.a3 c5 26.c3 Kh7 27.Rd6 g6 28.Bd1 Kg7 29.Bf3 Kf8 30.Bh4 g5 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Bg3 Ke7 33.Rd2 f4 34.Bf2 Kf6 35.Red5 Rg7 36.Bg4 Rb7 37.Rd6 Ke7 38.h4 cxb4 39.cxb4 Rc7 40.c5 bxc5 41.Bxe6 dxe6 42.bxc5 Rd7 43.hxg5 Rxd6 44.Rxd6 Kf7 45.Rd8 Bb7 46.Bd4 Rh7 47.Rd6 Bd5 48.c6 Kg6 49.Bb6 Rh8 50.c7 Rc8 51.Ba5 Kxg5 52.Rxa6 Kg4 53.Rd6 f3 54.Rd8 Bb7 55.gxf3+ Kxf3 56.Kf1 e5 57.Ke1 e4 58.Kd2 Kf2 59.Kc3 e3 60.Kd4 e2 61.Rxc8 Bxc8 62.a4 1-0

(346) P Dubinin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D97]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (5), 09.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bg7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.e4 c6 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.0-0 Nb6 10.Qb3 Be6 11.Qc2 Bg4 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 e5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.g3 Rfd8 17.Bf4 Qe6 18.Kg2 Nc4 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1 21.Nxd1 h5 22.Be2 Nb6 23.Nc3 Nfd7 24.h4 Nc4 25.Nd1 Ncb6 26.b3 Qe7 27.Ne3 Nc5 28.f3 Ne6 29.Kh3 Qd7 30.Kh2 Nxf4 31.gxf4 Qe7 32.Kg3 Nd7 33.Kg2 Nc5 34.e5 Bh6 35.Bc4 Kf8 36.Qc3 Bg7 37.b4 Nd7 38.Qd2 Bh6 39.Qd4 Nb6 40.Bb3 Qd7 41.Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

(347) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C99]
Leningrad Leningrad (10), 1940

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nf1 exd4 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Be6 18.Nxc6 Qxc6 19.Be5 Rfd8 20.Rc1 Qd7 21.Qd3 Bc4 22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxe7 Bxa2 25.b3 Nd5 26.Rd7 Nc3 27.Rxd4 Ne2+ 28.Kh2 Nxd4 29.Be4 Nxb3 30.Rc7 Rb8 31.Bd5 Nc1 32.Bb7 Be6 33.Bxa6 Na2 34.Nd2 Nb4 35.Bb7 Nd5 36.Bxd5 Bxd5 37.f4 g6 38.Rc5 Ba2 39.g4 b4 40.Rc2 Be6 0-1

(348) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D85]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1940

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 Nd7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Rc1 0-0 11.0-0 a6 12.f4 Nb6 13.Bb3 c4 14.Bc2 f5 15.Ng3 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Bf5 17.Qf3 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qc6 19.Ng5 Qxf3 20.Rxf3 Nd5 21.Bd2 1/2-1/2

(349) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D83]
Leningrad 08 (8), 1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Qa4 Ne4 10.Be2 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 dxc4 12.Nd4 Bd5 13.Bh6 Re8 14.0-0 e5 15.Nf3 Nxc5 16.Qb5 b6 17.Rfd1 a6 18.Qb1 b5 19.Bg5 Qd7 20.a4 e4 21.axb5 axb5 22.Nd4 Nxd4 23.exd4 Nb3 24.Qc2 Nxc1 25.Qxc1 Ra2 26.Qe3 Qc6 27.h4 f6 28.Bh6 Rea8 29.Kh2 Rb2 30.Bg4 b4 31.cxb4 c3 32.Rc1 c2 33.f3 Rb1 34.fxe4 Bxe4 35.d5 Qd6+ 36.Bf4 Qxb4 37.Be6+ Kh8 38.d6 Rxc1 39.Qxc1 Qd4 40.d7 Bc6 41.h5 0-1

(350) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D19]
Leningrad m 11, 1940

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Na2 Bd6 11.Bd3 Bg6 12.Nc3 Ng5 13.Nxg5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qxg5 15.Ne4 Qg6 16.Rd1 Be7 17.Bd2 Na6 18.Bc3 Rfd8 19.Rac1 Rd7 20.Qb1 Rad8 21.Nd2 e5 22.Qxg6 hxg6 23.Kf1 exd4 24.Bxd4 Nb4 25.Ke2 c5 26.Bc3 Nd3 27.Rb1 Bf6 28.Nc4 Kf8 29.Rd2 Ne5 1/2-1/2

(351) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D19]
Russia Match, Leningrad (1), 1940

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Na2 Bd6 11.Bd3 Bg6 12.Nc3 Ng5 13.Ne1 f5 14.f4 Nf7 15.Bc4 Re8 16.Nd3 Nd7 17.b3 Nb6 18.Bb2 Nd5 19.Rac1 Qh4 20.Ne5 Bh5 21.Qe1 Qxe1 22.Rfxe1 Nxe5 23.fxe5 Bb4 24.Be2 Bxe2 25.Rxe2 Bxc3 26.Bxc3 Re7 27.Bb2 Rd7 28.Ba3 Rc8 29.Kf2 Kf7 30.Kf3 g5 31.Rec2 Kg6 32.g3 Rg8 33.Bd6 h5 34.Rf2 g4+ 35.Ke2 Nf6 36.Bb4 Ne4 37.Rg2 Rh7 38.Be1 Ng5 39.b4 Rc8 40.Kf1 Nf3 41.b5 h4 42.gxh4 Nxe1 43.Kxe1 Rxh4 44.Kf1 Rh3 45.Rc3 Kg5 46.Kg1 Rb8 47.Rg3 Rhh8 48.Rg2 Rh3 49.Rg3 Rhh8 50.Rg2 Rh3 1/2-1/2

(352) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C77]
Russia Match, Leningrad (7), 1940

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Nc3 d6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nd5 Qg6 10.Qe2 b5 11.Bb3 Ra7 12.c3 0-0 13.0-0 Bg4 14.Ne3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Na5 16.Bc2 c5 17.Qe1 Qe6 18.Nh4 Nc6 19.h3 Bh5 20.Nf5 Bg6 21.Qe2 Bxf5 22.exf5 Qf6 23.Bb3 Rd8 24.e4 Ne7 25.a4 b4 26.Qe3 Rb7 27.Bc4 bxc3 28.bxc3 d5 29.exd5 Nxd5 30.Qe4 Rbd7 31.Rfe1 Nf4 32.Re3 Qg5 33.Kh2 Nd5 34.Bxd5 Rxd5 35.Rf1 Qf6 36.Rff3 Qd6 37.c4 Rd4 38.Qxe5 Rxd3 39.Qxd6 R3xd6 40.Re5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

(353) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [A28]
Russia Match, Leningrad (5), 1940

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 e4 5.Nd2 Bb4 6.e3 0-0 7.Be2 Re8 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.bxc3 d6 10.f3 exf3 11.Bxf3 Rxe3 12.Nb3 Re8 13.Bg5 Ne7 14.Qd2 c6 15.Rae1 Bf5 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.h4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bd1 Be4 20.Rxf6 Ng6 21.Qf2 Re6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.h5 Nf8 24.Qg3+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Bf5 26.Qf4 Nd7 27.Bc2 Qb8 28.Qh6 Qg8 29.Bxf5 exf5 30.Rxf5+ Ke7 31.Rg5 Qe6 32.Rg7+ 1-0

(354) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [A90]
Russia Match, Leningrad (9), 1940

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 d5 5.0-0 c6 6.d4 Bd6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.gxf4 Nbd7 11.e3 Ne4 12.Ne2 Qe7 13.Rc1 Ndf6 14.Qe1 Be6 15.Ne5 Nd7 16.Kh1 a5 17.Rc2 Qh4 18.Nc1 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qe7 20.Ne2 Bd7 21.Rg1 b6 22.f3 Nc5 23.Rd2 Ne6 24.Bh3 Kh8 25.Ng3 g6 26.Bf1 Rad8 27.Qf2 Bc8 28.Ne2 c5 29.Bg2 Bb7 30.Rgd1 Bc6 31.h3 b5 32.Kh2 b4 33.h4 Ng7 34.Bh3 Ba4 35.Rc1 Bb5 36.Rcd1 Bc6 37.Rc1 Bb7 38.Qg3 Ne6 39.Qf2 Ba6 40.Rcd1 d4 41.exd4 Bxe2 42.Rxe2 Nxf4 43.d5 Nxd5 44.f4 Nc7 45.Red2 Rxd2 46.Rxd2 Ne6 47.Bf1 Rd8 48.Kg3 Kg7 49.Bc4 Rxd2 50.Qxd2 Qd8 51.Qf2 Nd4 52.Qg2 Qd7 53.Qa8 a4 54.Qg8+ Kh6 55.Qf8+ Kh5 56.Qf6 h6 57.e6 1-0

(355) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D94]
Russia Match, Leningrad (3), 1940

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.d5 c5 13.d6 Rb8 14.e4 Ne8 15.Be3 a6 16.a4 Rc8 17.Rd2 h6 18.Rad1 Nef6 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Rb8 21.Qe2 Kh7 22.Rc2 Qf6 23.Ba2 Rbc8 24.b4 cxb4 25.Rc7 Rxc7 26.dxc7 Nb6 27.Bxb6 Qxb6 28.Qc4 Rc8 29.Rd7 Qc6 30.Qxc6 bxc6 31.Rxf7 c5 32.Be6 1-0

(356) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
Russia Match, Leningrad (2), 1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be6 7.e3 h6 8.Bh4 0-0 9.a3 Be7 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.0-0 c5 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Ne4 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.a5 Na8 17.Qa3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rc7 19.Ne5 Rfc8 20.Nd3 cxd4 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.cxd4 b6 23.axb6 Nxb6 24.Nc5 Rcc7 25.Rfc1 Bc8 26.Bb5 f6 27.h3 Kf7 28.Rc3 Bd7 29.Be2 Bc8 30.Rca3 Ke8 31.f3 Kd8 32.Bb5 g5 33.Kf2 h5 34.Ra5 h4 35.Bd3 Rg7 36.e4 Rge7 37.R1a3 Rg7 38.exd5 Nxd5 39.Na6 Rcd7 40.Nb8 Rd6 41.Rxa7 Rxa7 42.Rxa7 Nb4 43.Be4 Rb6 44.Rf7 Rxb8 45.Rxf6 Ke7 46.Rh6 Be6 47.g3 hxg3+ 48.Kxg3 Nd5 49.Rg6 Rb4 50.Rxg5 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

(357) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [E33]
Russia Match, Leningrad (4), 1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 e5 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Qe7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e3 a5 11.b3 0-0 12.Be2 Bg4 13.0-0 Rfe8 14.h3 Bh5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 e4 19.Be2 Nxb4 20.Qb2 c5 21.Rb1 b6 22.Bxb4 cxb4 23.Qxb4 Qxb4 24.Rxb4 Re6 25.f3 g6 26.fxe4 Nxe4 27.Bf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

(358) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C05]
Russia Match, Leningrad (6), 1940

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.0-0 g6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.Bg5 Qc8 12.Qd2 h6 13.Be3 Qb7 14.Ne1 Nab8 15.f4 Nc6 16.b3 Ne7 17.Nd3 Rc8 18.Rf3 h5 19.Bf2 Nf5 20.Ne1 Bh6 21.Nc2 Bf8 22.Ne3 Be7 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Rh3 Nf8 25.Rb1 Ng6 26.Kh1 Kf8 27.Ng3 cxd4 28.Bxd4 h4 29.Ne2 Bc5 30.Kg1 Kg7 31.a4 Qe7 32.Rf3 Rc7 33.Qd3 1/2-1/2

(359) Igor Bondarevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [E29]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (1), 05.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 d6 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Na5 11.0-0 a6 12.Ng3 b5 13.cxb5 c4 14.Bc2 axb5 15.a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nd7 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Bxc5 dxc5 19.Qh5 f6 20.Rfa1 Bd7 21.R4a3 Qb6 22.Qd1 Ra7 23.Nf1 Rfa8 24.Ne3 Kf8 25.R1a2 Ra6 26.h3 Qd8 27.Nxc4 Bb5 28.Nxa5 Rxa5 29.Qa1 Rxa3 30.Rxa3 Rxa3 31.Qxa3 Qc7 32.Qa8+ Kf7 33.Bd1 Kg6 34.Bg4 Bd7 35.d6 Qxd6 36.Qd8 Qd2 37.Qxd7 Qe1+ 38.Kh2 1-0

(360) V Makogonov - Mikhail Botvinnik [A93]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (11), 19.09.1940

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d5 6.0-0 0-0 7.b3 c6 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Nd3 Qe8 10.f3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Nd2 c5 13.e3 Rc8 14.Qe2 dxc4 15.bxc4 Qf7 16.Ne5 Qe8 17.f4 Bxg2 18.Qxg2 cxd4 19.exd4 Bb4 20.Nef3 Nb8 21.a3 Bxd2 22.Nxd2 b5 23.Rac1 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Qd7 25.Rfe1 Rfe8 26.Ne3 Nc6 27.d5 Nxd5 28.Nc4 Rb8 29.Rc2 Rb3 30.Rd2 Reb8 31.Qe2 Nd8 32.Qe5 R8b5 33.g4 Rc5 34.gxf5 Rxc4 35.fxe6 Nxe6 36.Rxd5 Qf7 37.f5 Nf8 38.Bd4 Rd3 39.Rd8 Rd2 40.Rxf8+ Qxf8 41.Qd5+ Kh8 42.Qxc4 Qd8 43.f6 Rxd4 44.f7 1-0

(361) Mikhail Botvinnik - Paul Keres [E21]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (12), 21.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 e5 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bd3 g5 13.Bf2 Nh5 14.g3 Ng7 15.Qe2 h5 16.h4 gxh4 17.Rxh4 Nf8 18.Rh2 Ng6 19.d5 0-0-0 20.Nf1 h4 21.g4 Qf6 22.Qe3 Kb8 23.Nd2 Ne8 24.0-0-0 c6 25.Kb2 Nc7 26.Nb3 Na6 27.Rdh1 Rh7 28.Bf1 Rdh8 29.Be1 1/2-1/2

(362) Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (15), 25.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.dxc5 Bxc3 10.Qxc3 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Qa3 Be6 13.f3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qf6 15.e3 Rc8 16.Kb1 Nd7 17.Ne2 Rxc5 18.Nd4 a6 19.Bb5 Rac8 20.Bxd7 Bxd7 21.g4 Qg6+ 22.Ka1 Qf6 23.Qd3 Ba4 24.Rde1 Bc2 25.Qd2 Bh7 26.Rc1 b6 27.Rxc5 bxc5 28.Nb3 c4 29.Nd4 Re8 30.Re1 Bd3 31.Qc3 Qe5 32.Nc6 Qd6 33.Nb4 d4 34.exd4 Rxe1+ 35.Qxe1 a5 36.Nxd3 cxd3 37.Qe3 Qa6 38.b3 Qc6 39.Qd2 a4 40.Kb2 a3+ 41.Kxa3 Qd6+ 42.b4 Qxd4 43.Kb3 Kf8 44.a4 Qd5+ 45.Kc3 Qc6+ 46.Kxd3 Qxa4 47.Kc4 Kg8 48.Kc5 Qa7+ 49.Kb5 Qb7+ 50.Ka4 Qa6+ 51.Kb3 Qe6+ 52.Ka3 Qa6+ 53.Kb2 Qc4 54.Qc3 Qb5 55.Qc8+ Kg7 56.Qc5 Qe2+ 57.Qc2 Qf1 58.Kb3 Kg8 59.Qc8+ Kg7 60.Qc6 Qd1+ 61.Kb2 Qd2+ 62.Ka3 Qd3+ 63.Ka4 Qd1+ 64.Ka5 Qd2 65.g3 Qe1 66.Qe4 Qd2 67.Qe5+ Kg6 68.Kb5 Qd7+ 69.Kb6 Qd8+ 70.Kb7 Qd7+ 71.Qc7 Qd3 72.Qc6+ Kg7 73.b5 1-0

(363) Mikhail Botvinnik - E Gerstenfeld [A34]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (16), 26.09.1940

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 e6 7.d3 Be7 8.0-0 a6 9.a3 N4c6 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.Bf4 0-0 12.Ng3 b5 13.Ba2 Bb7 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.h4 Nf8 17.h5 Rd7 18.h6 g6 19.e5 Nd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Be3 Rh4 22.f4 Qc6 23.Bb1 Nd7 24.d4 f5 25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 27.Qf2 Bd5 28.Ba2 Qxf2+ 29.Rxf2 Nb6 30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.Ne2 Rc8 32.Nc3 Nxf4 33.Rd7 g5 34.g3 Nh3+ 35.Kg2 Rxh6 36.Rfd2 g4 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Rxd8+ Kf7 39.Rd7+ Ke8 40.Ra7 Ng5 41.Rxa6 Nf3 42.Kf2 Nxe5 43.Nxb5 Kf7 44.Nd4 Rh2+ 45.Kf1 Rxb2 46.Nxe6 Nf3 47.Nf4 Nd2+ 48.Kg1 Ne4 49.Ra7+ Kf8 50.Ra8+ Ke7 51.Ra7+ Kd6 52.Ra6+ Kc7 53.Nh5 Ra2 54.a4 Ra3 55.Kg2 Kd7 56.a5 Ke7 57.Ra7+ Ke6 58.a6 Nc5 59.Rxh7 Ra2+ 60.Kf1 Nxa6 61.Nf4+ Ke5 62.Re7+ Kf6 63.Re6+ Kf7 64.Re5 Kf6 65.Re6+ 1/2-1/2

(364) Andre Lilienthal - Mikhail Botvinnik [E19]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (17), 27.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 d6 10.Qc2 f5 11.Ne1 Nc6 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Nb4 14.Qd2 a5 15.a3 Na6 16.b4 Bf6 17.Bb2 Qd7 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Nd3 a4 20.Rac1 Qf7 21.Nf4 Bc8 22.Rc3 Bd7 23.Rfc1 h6 24.h4 Ra7 25.h5 Ra8 26.Re3 Kh7 27.Rcc3 Rb8 28.Qd3 Ra8 29.Ng6 Rxg6 30.hxg6+ Kxg6 31.Re6+ Kh7 32.g4 c5 33.b5 Nc7 34.gxf5 Nxb5 35.f6+ Kg8 36.Rc4 Re8 37.Rg4 g5 38.Rxe8+ Bxe8 39.Re4 Kf8 40.Re7 Qg6 41.Be4 Qh5 42.Bf3 Qg6 43.Rxe8+ 1-0

(365) Georgy Lisitsin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C97]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (18), 30.09.1940

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Rfe8 14.Ng3 Rac8 15.Bd3 h6 16.d5 c4 17.Bc2 Nb7 18.Nh2 Nh7 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Ne3 g6 21.Ngf1 Qd8 22.Nh2 Kg7 23.Qe2 Rf8 24.Nf3 Nc5 25.Nxg5 hxg5 26.b4 cxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.Bd2 Ra8 29.Reb1 Qc7 30.Kh2 Rfb8 1/2-1/2

(366) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C99]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (3), 07.09.1940

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.h3 0-0 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 Bd7 15.d5 Na5 16.Nf1 Nh5 17.Bd3 g6 18.Bh6 Rfc8 19.Ne3 Qd8 20.b4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Rc1 c3 23.Qb3 Qc7 24.Rc2 Nf4 25.Nd1 Qc4 26.Qxc4 Rxc4 27.Rxc3 Rac8 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Bxf4 exf4 30.e5 Kf8 31.Nb2 Rc3 32.e6 Be8 33.Re4 g5 34.Nd4 Bf6 35.Kh2 Be5 36.Nf3 Rxf3 37.e7+ Kg7 38.Rxe5 Rxf2 39.Rxg5+ Kf6 40.Nd3 Ra2 41.Rg8 Kxe7 42.Nxf4 Rxa3 43.Rg4 Bd7 44.Rh4 Bf5 45.Ne2 Bg6 46.Rf4 h5 47.Nd4 Kd7 48.b5 1/2-1/2

(367) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [E21]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (8), 14.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Qe7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 d6 7.Nd2 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.Be2 g5 10.Bg3 e5 11.0-0 Re8 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nf8 14.c5 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Bd3 e4 17.Be2 Be6 18.c4 Rac8 19.Rc1 b6 20.Kh1 d5 21.Qa4 a5 22.Qb5 Qxa3 23.c5 bxc5 24.dxc5 Ne7 25.Nb3 Bd7 26.Qb6 Rc6 27.Nd4 Rxb6 28.cxb6 Nf5 29.Nxf5 Bxf5 30.Bb5 Bd7 31.Ba6 h5 32.b7 h4 33.b8Q Rxb8 34.Bxb8 h3 35.Kg1 hxg2 36.Rfe1 Ng4 37.Bg3 Nh6 38.Ra1 Qc5 39.Rec1 Qb6 40.Bc8 Bxc8 41.Rxc8+ Kh7 42.Ra8 d4 43.exd4 Qxd4 44.R8xa5 Nf5 45.R5a4 Qd3 46.R4a3 Qe2 47.R3a2 Qg4 48.Ra4 Nxg3 49.fxg3 Qf3 50.R4a2 e3 51.Rxg2 f5 52.Ra7+ Kg6 53.Ra6+ Kf7 54.Ra1 Qe4 55.Ra7+ Ke6 56.Ra6+ Kd7 57.Ra7+ Ke6 58.Ra6+ Ke7 59.Ra7+ Kf6 60.Ra6+ Kg7 61.Ra7+ Kg8 62.Rb2 Qe8 63.Rbb7 1/2-1/2

(368) Vasily Panov - Mikhail Botvinnik [B40]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (9), 15.09.1940

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Be2 Bd6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Nf1 0-0 8.Ne3 f5 9.exd5 exd5 10.g3 f4 11.Ng2 Ng6 12.Qb3 Be6 13.Nxf4 Nxf4 14.Bxf4 Bxf4 15.gxf4 Rxf4 16.Qxb7 Na5 17.Qa6 Bc8 18.Qb5 Bg4 19.Ng1 Qc7 20.b4 Nb7 21.bxc5 Nd6 22.Qb2 Qxc5 23.Bxg4 Rxg4 24.Ne2 Re8 25.0-0-0 a5 26.Kb1 a4 27.Nd4 Re7 28.f3 Rh4 29.Rhe1 Rb7 30.Re8+ Kf7 31.Rf8+ Ke7 32.Re1+ Re4 33.fxe4 Rxb2+ 34.Kxb2 Qb6+ 35.Kc2 Kxf8 36.exd5 Nb5 37.Rf1+ Ke8 38.Ne6 Na3+ 39.Kd1 Qb1+ 40.Ke2 Qb2+ 41.Ke3 Qxc3 0-1

(369) Mark Moiseevich Stolberg - Mikhail Botvinnik [E48]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (7), 13.09.1940

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd6 11.h3 h6 12.b4 Re8 13.Qb3 Be6 14.Bd2 Qd7 15.f4 Bf5 16.Qc2 Be4 17.b5 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Na5 19.Ng3 Nc4 20.Bc1 Rac8 21.Ra2 Bf8 22.a4 Bb4 23.Nd1 Ne4 24.f5 Nxg3 25.Qxg3 Bd6 26.Qf3 Be7 27.Qg3 Bf6 28.Bxh6 Bxd4+ 29.Kh1 f6 30.Bc1 Re4 31.Qd3 Ne5 32.Qb1 Rc4 33.a5 Bc5 34.b6 a6 35.Nb2 Rc3 36.Bd2 Rb3 37.Qc2 Qb5 38.Rc1 Bf8 39.Rd1 Re2 40.Qc1 Rxh3+ 41.gxh3 d4 0-1

(370) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90]
Training Game, 1940

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.a4 b4 10.d3 Na5 11.cxb4 Nc6 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.Bc3 Qb8 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nxb4 16.d4 exd4 17.Bxd4 Nc6 18.Rd1 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Nd7 20.Qd1 Bf6 21.Rd2 Qb4 22.Nc3 Rab8 23.Bd5 Bxc3 24.bxc3 Qxc3 25.Rc1 Qa5 26.Rdc2 Nc5 27.Bc6 Qb6 28.Qd5 Qb3 29.Rc3 Qb6 30.Kh2 Qb2 31.R1c2 Qa1 32.Rc1 Rb1 33.Rxb1 Qxc3 34.Kg1 Nd3 35.Qb3 Qd2 36.f3 Nc5 37.Qb2 Qe3+ 38.Qf2 Qc3 39.Qb2 Qe3+ 40.Qf2 Qc3 41.Qb2 Qxb2 42.Rxb2 g6 43.f4 f5 44.e5 Kf7 45.exd6 cxd6 46.Bd5+ Ke7 47.a5 Kd7 48.Rb6 Kc7 49.Rc6+ Kd7 50.Rb6 Kc7 51.Rc6+ Kd7 52.Rb6 Kc7 1/2-1/2

(371) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C79]
Training Game, 1940

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Nxe4 7.d4 Bd7 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Bxc6 Bxc6 10.dxe5 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 dxe5 12.Qxb7 Qd5 13.Qxc7 Bd6 14.Qb6 0-0 15.Qb3 Qc6 16.Nd2 Rfc8 17.Qc2 Rab8 18.Re1 Rb4 19.c4 Bc5 20.b3 Ng4 21.Ne4 Bd4 22.Rb1 Qg6 23.Re2 f5 24.Ba3 Rb6 25.Nc3 Nxh2 26.Nd5 Nf3+ 27.Kf1 Qh5 28.Re3 Bxe3 29.fxe3 Rxc4 30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.Qd3 Rb8 32.Rd1 1/2-1/2

(372) Isaac Boleslavsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C15]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (6), 31.03.1941

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nbd7 9.Nf3 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qe2 0-0 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.cxd4 Rfe8 16.Qg4 f5 17.Qh4 Nf8 18.Rfe1 Rac8 19.c4 Qd7 20.Red1 Ba6 21.Rac1 b5 22.c5 Bb7 23.Bf1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

(373) Isaac Boleslavsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C82]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (16), 21.04.1941

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Qe2 Bf5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Ng5 Nxe5 14.Nxe4 Qd3 15.Qxd3 Nxd3 16.Nxc5 Nxc5 17.Be3 Nxb3 18.axb3 a5 1/2-1/2

(374) Igor Bondarevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C02]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (9), 20.04.1941

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.0-0 Bc5 7.a3 Nge7 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 Bd7 11.g3 f6 12.Bxg6+ hxg6 13.Qd3 Kf7 14.h4 Qg8 15.Bd2 Qh7 16.Bb4 g5 17.Qxh7 Rxh7 18.exf6 gxf6 19.hxg5 e5 20.gxf6 Kxf6 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Nh4 Rg8 23.Kh2 Bf5 24.Re2 d3 25.Rd2 dxc2 26.f4 Be3 27.Bxe5+ Nxe5 28.fxe5+ Ke7 29.Rf1 c1Q 0-1

(375) Igor Bondarevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [D02]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (19), 27.04.1941

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.b3 0-0 9.Bb2 e5 10.Be2 e4 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Bb4 13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Re8 15.f3 Nf8 16.Rf2 Qd7 17.Raf1 exf3 18.Rxf3 Re6 19.Qd3 Rae8 20.Nb1 Ng6 21.Be1 dxc4 22.Qxc4 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 Rxe3 24.Bf2 Nd5 25.Nd2 Ngf4 26.h3 Rc3 27.Qa4 Ne2+ 28.Kh2 Rxh3+ 0-1

(376) Mikhail Botvinnik - Isaac Boleslavsky [C07]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (11), 11.04.1941

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.fxe3 0-0 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Qc3 Rb8 15.Rab1 Re8 16.Rfe1 Ng6 17.Nc5 Bg4 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.b4 Rbd8 20.e4 dxe4 21.Rxe4 a5 22.a3 axb4 23.axb4 f6 24.Rbe1 Kh8 25.Kh1 Bd7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Qxc6 Qd8 28.Nf3 Rc7 29.Nxe5 fxe5 30.Qxe8+ Qxe8 31.Rxe5 Qg8 32.Re8 Rxc2 33.Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.Rb1 Kf7 35.b5 Ke6 36.b6 Rc8 37.h3 Rb8 38.Kh2 Kd5 39.Kg3 Kc6 40.Kg4 Kb7 41.Re1 Rg8 42.Re6 Ka6 43.Kg5 Kb7 44.h4 Ka6 45.h5 Kb7 46.g4 Ka6 47.Kh4 Kb7 48.h6 gxh6 49.Rxh6 Rg7 50.Kh5 Ka6 51.Rc6 Re7 52.Rc7 Re5+ 53.g5 Kxb6 54.Rxh7 Kc6 55.Kh6 Kd6 56.g6 Re1 57.Rf7 Ke6 58.Rf2 Ra1 59.g7 Rh1+ 60.Kg6 Rg1+ 61.Kh7 Rh1+ 62.Kg8 Ke7 63.Re2+ Kd7 64.Re4 Rh2 65.Kf7 1-0

(377) Mikhail Botvinnik - Isaac Boleslavsky [C07]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (1), 28.03.1941

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.0-0 Nge7 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 0-0 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.a4 Bf5 14.Nfd4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Rac8 16.Nc5 a6 17.Rae1 Rc7 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Qd6 20.c3 a5 21.Qf3 Ng6 22.Re3 b6 23.Nd3 Rd7 24.Rfe1 Qc6 25.g3 Rd6 26.h4 f6 27.Qf5 Qc8 28.Qxc8 Rxc8 29.h5 Nf8 30.Re7 Rcd8 31.Nf4 R8d7 32.g4 Rxe7 33.Rxe7 g5 34.hxg6 Nxg6 35.Nxg6 hxg6 36.Rb7 Kf8 37.Kf2 Ke8 38.Ke3 g5 39.Kd3 Re6 40.b4 axb4 41.cxb4 Kd8 42.a5 Kc8 43.a6 b5 44.Rxb5 Rxa6 45.Rxd5 Ra1 46.Rc5+ Kb7 47.d5 Rf1 48.Rc4 f5 49.Ke2 1-0

(378) Mikhail Botvinnik - Igor Bondarevsky [D55]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (4), 27.03.1941

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qc2 c5 9.dxc5 Qa5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qd2 Be6 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Be2 Qxc5 14.0-0 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.a3 a6 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.exd4 Rac8 19.Ra1 Bg5 20.f4 Bf6 21.b4 Qc7 22.Rac1 Qd7 23.b5 Qd6 24.bxa6 bxa6 25.a4 g5 26.g3 gxf4 27.gxf4 Kh8 28.Kh1 Rg8 29.Bf3 Rc4 30.Qe3 Rgc8 31.Ne2 Bf5 32.a5 Qd7 33.Rg1 Re8 34.Qf2 Qc8 35.Rce1 Be4 36.Rg2 Bxf3 37.Qxf3 Qf5 38.Reg1 Bxd4 39.Ng3 Qh7 40.Qxd5 Bxg1 41.Qxc4 Ba7 42.Nf1 Qf5 43.Qc3+ f6 44.Qc7 Qh7 45.Qc6 Qf7 46.Qxa6 Bd4 47.Qd3 Re1 48.h3 Qd7 49.f5 Qd5 50.a6 Ra1 51.Qe2 Qc6 52.Kh2 Be5+ 53.Kg1 Qc5+ 54.Kh1 Qc3 55.Kg1 Bd4+ 56.Kh2 Be5+ 57.Kg1 Qxh3 58.Qc4 Qe3+ 59.Rf2 h5 60.Kg2 Qg5+ 61.Kh1 Rc1 62.Qa4 Qg8 63.Qh4 Qa8+ 64.Kg1 Rc7 65.Rg2 Qa7+ 66.Kh1 Qxa6 67.Kg1 Qa7+ 68.Kh1 Qa6 69.Kg1 Qb6+ 70.Kh1 Qb5 71.Kg1 Qb6+ 72.Kh1 Qb5 73.Kg1 Qc5+ 74.Kh1 Qc1 75.Kg1 Qd1 76.Qe4 Kh7 77.Rd2 Rg7+ 78.Rg2 Rd7 79.Qc4 Rg7 80.Rxg7+ Kxg7 81.Qe4 Qg4+ 82.Qxg4+ hxg4 83.Nd2 Kh6 84.Ne4 Kh5 85.Kh1 Kh4 86.Kg2 Bd4 87.Kh2 Bb2 88.Kg2 Be5 89.Kg1 0-1

(379) Mikhail Botvinnik - Igor Bondarevsky [C84]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (14), 15.04.1941

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Bb7 9.Nc3 Nd4 10.Ba2 b4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 d3 15.Re3 Bc5 16.Rxd3 Re8 17.Rf3 Qe7 18.Qf1 Qe4 19.c3 Qxd5 20.d4 Bd6 21.Re3 c5 22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Bf4 Qb3 25.cxb4 Qxb4 26.Bg3 Qxb2 27.Re1 Rxe1 28.Qxe1 Qa3 29.Qd1 Bd4 30.Kf1 Qa1 31.Qxa1 Bxa1 32.Ke2 f6 33.Kd3 d5 34.h3 Kf7 35.f3 Ke6 36.Bf2 Kd6 37.Bg1 Be5 38.Bf2 Kc6 39.Be3 f5 40.Bf2 Kd6 41.Ba7 Ke6 42.Be3 Kf6 43.Bd2 Kg6 44.Ke2 Kh5 45.Be1 Kg5 46.Bd2+ Kh4 47.Be1+ Bg3 48.Bc3 g5 49.Bd4 g4 50.Bf6+ Kh5 51.hxg4+ fxg4 52.Bd8 Bf4 53.Be7 g3 54.Kd3 Kg6 55.Kd4 Kf7 56.Bh4 Ke6 57.Bd8 h5 58.Bh4 Kd6 59.Bf6 Kc6 60.Bh4 Bc7 61.Bg5 Kd6 62.Bh4 Bb6+ 63.Kd3 Bf2 64.Bg5 Ke5 65.Bh4 Kf5 66.Bd8 Bc5 67.Bh4 Bd6 68.Kd4 Ke6 69.Kd3 Be5 70.Ke3 Kf5 71.Kd3 Ke6 72.Ke3 Kf5 73.Kd3 d4 74.Bd8 Bg7 1/2-1/2

(380) Mikhail Botvinnik - Paul Keres [D27]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (8), 04.04.1941

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.a4 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.h3 0-0 11.Nc3 Rd8 12.b3 Bd7 13.Bb2 Be8 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxd5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd5 17.Nf5 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 f6 19.Qg4 Bg6 20.Ba5 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qe5 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.Rd7 Qe4 24.Qg3 Qc6 25.Qc7 Qxc7 26.Rxc7 Rb8 27.Bb6 Bc2 28.a5 Bxb3 29.Bxc5 Bd5 30.f3 Bc6 31.Bb6 Rf8 32.Bc5 Rd8 33.e4 Rd7 34.Rc8+ Kf7 35.Kh2 Rd2 36.Kg3 Bb5 37.f4 g6 38.f5 gxf5 39.exf5 Bc6 40.Kf4 Rd5 41.Rc7+ Rd7 1/2-1/2

(381) Mikhail Botvinnik - Paul Keres [D37]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (18), 24.04.1941

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 c6 8.Qc2 Nf8 9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.0-0 Ng7 12.b4 a6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.a4 Bf5 15.b5 0-0 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.Rab1 Qd6 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxe4 1/2-1/2

(382) Mikhail Botvinnik - Andre Lilienthal [E46]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (12), 12.04.1941

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Nbd7 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.Qd3 a5 11.a4 c6 12.0-0 Nbd7 13.Rd1 Nb8 14.b3 Na6 15.Na2 Re8 16.Bb2 Bd6 17.Re1 Qe7 18.Rad1 g6 19.Nf4 Bf5 20.Qe2 Nb4 21.Nxb4 Bxb4 22.Rf1 Bg4 23.f3 Bf5 24.Bc1 Ba3 25.Rfe1 Bxc1 26.Rxc1 h5 27.Qd2 Qa3 28.Qc3 Re7 29.Ra1 Qd6 30.Ra2 Rae8 31.Rae2 b6 32.Nd3 Bxd3 33.Qxd3 c5 34.Bf1 Nd7 35.Rd1 Qf6 36.f4 cxd4 37.exd4 Rxe2 38.Bxe2 Qe7 39.Bf3 Nf6 40.Kg2 Rc8 41.Rd2 Qb4 42.f5 Rc3 43.Qe2 g5 44.Qe5 Rxb3 45.Re2 Kg7 46.Bxd5 Rb2 47.Bc4 Rxe2+ 48.Bxe2 Qxa4 49.Bxh5 Qc2+ 50.Be2 a4 51.d5 Qc5 52.h4 Qxd5+ 53.Qxd5 Nxd5 54.hxg5 a3 0-1

(383) Mikhail Botvinnik - Andre Lilienthal [E67]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (2), 24.03.1941

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 Re8 9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.b3 Nfg4 12.Bf4 Nc6 13.Nde2 f5 14.h3 Nf6 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Qd2 h5 17.Rae1 Qd7 18.Kh2 Kh7 19.Bg5 Ne5 20.Nf4 c6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Ne4 Be7 23.Qc3 Qc7 24.Ne2 Rad8 25.f4 Nf7 26.Nd4 Nh6 27.Ng5+ 1-0

(384) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [C42]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (20), 29.04.1941

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Nd4 Bxe2 11.Ncxe2 Nd5 12.Bxe7 Nxe7 13.0-0-0 Nbc6 14.Nxc6 Nxc6 15.Rhe1 Kd7 1/2-1/2

(385) Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik [C50]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (13), 13.04.1941

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.c3 0-0 10.a4 a6 11.0-0 Ba7 12.Ne3 Ne7 13.d4 Ng6 14.Re1 c6 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Qf3 Qe7 18.Rad1 Be6 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Nf5 Rad8 21.h4 Kh7 22.h5 g6 23.Ne3 Kg7 24.g3 Bb6 25.Kg2 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.Qg4 Qxg4 29.Nxg4 Bc7 30.Ne3 b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Nc2 Bd6 33.hxg6 fxg6 34.Ne1 Kf6 35.Nd3 Ke6 36.Kf3 h5 37.Ke3 g5 38.Kf3 Bf8 1/2-1/2

(386) Andre Lilienthal - Mikhail Botvinnik [D49]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (17), 23.04.1941

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.0-0 Qd5 14.Qe2 Ba6 15.a4 Bd6 16.axb5 Bb7 17.Rxa8+ Bxa8 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.bxc6 Ke7 20.Bc4 Qxc6 21.Bg5 Qc5 22.Bxf6+ Kxf6 23.b3 g6 24.Rd1 Rd8 25.g3 Kg7 26.Qf3 Be5 27.Qb7 Rb8 28.Qe4 Bf6 29.Kg2 Qa5 30.Qe2 Ra8 31.Rd3 Qc5 32.Qe4 Ra1 33.Rd2 Qa5 34.Qe2 Qa8+ 35.Kh3 Rg1 36.f4 Qc8 37.Ba6 Qc5 38.Bd3 Qd5 39.Rd1 Rg2 40.Qe4 Rxh2+ 41.Kxh2 Qh5+ 42.Kg2 Qxd1 43.Bc4 h5 44.Qf3 Qxf3+ 45.Kxf3 Be7 46.Ke4 Bc5 47.Bb5 Kf6 48.Be2 Ke7 49.Bb5 Bb4 50.Kxd4 Be1 51.Ke4 Bxg3 52.Kf3 Be1 53.Bc6 Bb4 54.Ba4 Bd6 55.Bc6 f5 0-1

(387) Andre Lilienthal - Mikhail Botvinnik [C82]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (7), 01.04.1941

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Nfd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 Qd6 16.Qd3 c6 17.Qg3 Qd7 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Bf5 20.Bb3 Rae8 21.Be3 Re4 22.Rad1 Rg4 23.Qd6 Qe8 24.h3 Rg6 25.Qh2 Qe6 26.Kh1 Nh5 27.Rde1 Be4 28.Rg1 Rf3 29.Qb8+ Rf8 30.Qh2 Rf3 31.Qb8+ Rf8 32.Qh2 1/2-1/2

(388) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C77]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (15), 17.04.1941

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 d5 10.Nbd2 dxe4 11.dxe4 Be6 12.h3 h6 13.Nh2 Nh7 14.Ng4 Bg5 15.Qe2 Qd6 16.Ne3 Rfd8 17.Nf3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Qe7 19.Nh2 Nf8 20.Qf3 Rd7 21.Nf1 Nh7 22.Ng3 Rad8 23.Nf5 Qf6 24.g4 Ne7 25.Qg3 Bc4 26.f3 Bd3 27.Bb3 c5 28.Be3 c4 29.Bd1 Ng5 30.h4 Ne6 31.a4 b4 32.cxb4 Nf4 33.Kh1 g5 34.b5 a5 35.Bc5 Nxf5 36.gxf5 Kh7 37.Qg4 gxh4 38.Rg1 h5 39.Qg5 Qxg5 40.Rxg5 f6 41.Rg1 Nh3 42.Re1 Rg8 43.Ra2 Bb1 44.Ra1 Bd3 45.Ra2 Nf4 46.b4 Rc8 47.b6 Rb7 48.Be3 axb4 49.a5 b3 50.Ra3 b2 51.Ba4 c3 52.Rb3 Ne2 53.Bb5 Bxb5 54.Rxb5 Nd4 55.Bxd4 exd4 56.a6 Rxb6 57.Rxb6 d3 58.Rg1 d2 59.Rxf6 Rc7 60.Rfg6 d1Q 0-1

(389) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (5), 29.03.1941

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Qd2 c4 10.Be2 Qa4 11.h4 Bd7 12.h5 h6 13.Nh4 Nf5 14.Nxf5 exf5 15.Rg1 Ne7 16.g4 fxg4 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Rxg4 Nf5 19.Qe2 Qd7 20.Rf4 Qe6 21.Qf3 g6 22.a4 0-0-0 23.Ba3 b6 24.Kd2 Rhg8 25.Rb1 Kb7 26.a5 Rc8 27.axb6 axb6 28.Qg4 Kc6 29.Rh1 Kd7 30.Rh3 Rce8 31.Rhf3 Kc7 32.Qh3 Rg7 33.Qh1 Ra8 34.Qc1 Rgg8 35.Qb2 Ra4 36.Bd6+ Kc6 37.Qb1 Rga8 38.Qh1 Ra1 39.Qh3 Rg1 40.hxg6 Raa1 41.Re3 Rad1+ 42.Ke2 Nxd4+ 0-1

(390) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [E70]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (10), 06.04.1941

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 11.0-0-0+ 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

(391) Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
USSR Absolute Championship Leningrad- Moscow URS (3), 26.03.1941

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.0-0-0 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 g5 10.Bg3 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc6 12.Qa4 Bf5 13.e3 Rc8 14.Bd3 Qd7 15.Kb1 Bxd3+ 16.Rxd3 Qf5 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Ka1 0-0 19.Rd1 b5 20.Qxb5 Nd4 21.Qd3 Nc2+ 22.Kb1 Nb4 0-1

(392) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D44]
Training Training, 1941

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.0-0 0-0-0 14.h4 Bh6 15.a4 Bxg5 16.hxg5 b4 17.Ne4 c5 18.a5 Qc7 19.Ng3 Ne5 20.a6 Bc6 21.Qc1 Rxd4 22.Qe3 Rdh4 23.Rfc1 Rh2 24.f4 Rxg2+ 25.Kf1 Rh3 26.Qxc5 Rgxg3 27.Qf8+ Qd8 28.Qxd8+ Kxd8 29.fxe5 Rh1+ 30.Kf2 Rg2+ 31.Ke3 Rh3+ 32.Kd4 Rxe2 33.Rxc4 Re4+ 34.Kc5 Rxc4+ 35.Kxc4 Rg3 0-1

(393) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C09]
Training game March Training game March, 1941

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 cxd4 7.0-0 Bd6 8.Nb3 Nge7 9.Nbxd4 h6 10.Be3 0-0 11.Qd2 Bg4 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Rad1 Bb8 14.h3 Bh5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.g4 Bg6 17.Ba6 Qd6 18.Rfe1 Be4 19.Qe2 Ng6 20.Kf1 Rce8 21.Ng1 f5 22.gxf5 Nh4 23.Qg4 Nxf5 24.f3 0-1

(394) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [E68]
Training Game, 11.03.1941

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 Re8 9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 c6 11.h3 Nb6 12.b3 d5 13.exd5 cxd5 14.c5 Nbd7 15.Ndb5 Ne4 16.Nxd5 Ndxc5 17.Rc1 Na6 18.Nbc7 Nxc7 19.Nxc7 Nc3 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.Nxa8 1-0

(395) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D55]
Training Game, 14.03.1941

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qd3 0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.Qxe4 c5 10.0-0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.Bd3 Rd8 13.Nb3 Nd7 14.Qh7+ Kf8 15.Rhe1 Ne5 16.c5 Qc7 17.Bc2 Bd7 18.Rd6 Be8 19.Nd5 exd5 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Qxh6+ Ke7 22.f4 d4 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Be4 a5 25.g4 Ra6 26.Qh4+ f6 27.g5 a4 28.Qh7+ Bf7 29.g6 Rf8 30.gxf7 axb3 0-1

(396) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C48]
Training Games, 15.03.1941

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.d3 0-0 7.Nxd4 Bxd4 8.Ne2 d5 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.f3 Qd6 11.0-0 dxe4 12.fxe4 Ng4 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.h3 Ne5 15.Qh5 Ng6 16.Bg3 Be6 17.Bb3 c5 18.Bd5 Rad8 19.Rae1 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qd7 21.d6 f5 22.Bh2 b6 23.g4 f4 24.Qd5+ Qf7 25.Re6 Rfe8 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.Bxf4 Re2 29.Bg3+ Ke6 30.Rf2 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Nf8 32.c4 Nd7 33.Bf4 Nb8 34.Kf3 Nc6 35.Ke4 Nb4 36.a3 Nc2 37.h4 a5 38.a4 Nb4 39.h5 Nc6 40.Bg3 Nb4 41.Be5 g6 42.Bg3 Nc6 43.Bf4 Kd7 44.b3 Ke6 45.Bg3 Nb4 46.Bf4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

(397) Mikhail Botvinnik - Andrey Khachaturov [A15]
Moscow Moscow, 1943

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.d4 g6 7.e4 Nb6 8.d5 Nb4 9.a3 Na6 10.Nc3 Bg7 11.h3 0-0 12.0-0 e5 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.Bg5 f6 15.Be3 Nc8 16.Nd2 Nd6 17.Nc4 Qe7 18.Rac1 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Bf1 Bf8 21.f4 Kh8 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.fxe5 fxe5 24.Nb5 Qb6 25.Kh2 Bxb5 26.Qxb5 Qxb5 27.Bxb5 Nc7 28.Be2 Ne8 29.Bg5 Rd6 30.Rf1 Kg7 31.Bg4 Rc7 32.Be6 Rb6 33.Rc2 h6 34.Bd8 1-0

(398) Tolush - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
Moscow ch Botvinnik Moscow ch Botvinnik, 1943

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Be2 Qc7 10.0-0 b6 11.Ba3 Na5 12.Nd2 Bxa4 13.c4 Bd7 14.cxd5 exd5 15.c4 0-0 16.dxc5 Qxe5 17.cxb6 axb6 18.Bf3 Rfe8 19.Re1 Qf6 20.cxd5 Nf5 21.Ne4 Qd4 22.Qe2 Nh4 23.Qd2 Qc4 24.Qe2 Qd4 25.Rad1 Qc4 26.Qd2 Qa4 27.Bc1 Nc4 28.Qf4 Ng6 29.Qg3 Bf5 30.Rd4 Qc2 31.h4 Ra1 32.Nf6+ gxf6 33.Rxe8+ Kg7 34.h5 Rxc1+ 35.Kh2 Qb1 36.Qb8 Rh1+ 37.Kg3 Qg1 38.Rg8+ Kh6 39.Bg4 Qh2+ 40.Kf3 Nce5+ 41.Ke2 Bxg4+ 42.Rxg4 Qxh5 0-1

(399) A Zhivtsov - Mikhail Botvinnik [D44]
Moscow ch-city Moscow ch-city, 1943

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.exf6 Qb6 13.Qe3 0-0-0 14.0-0-0 Qa5 15.Kb1 Nb6 16.h4 b4 17.Ne4 c5 18.f3 c3 19.Be2 Bd5 20.a3 Na4 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.bxc3 bxc3 24.Rd3 Qb6+ 25.Kc1 Qb2+ 26.Kd1 Nxd3 27.Bxd3 Bb3+ 0-1

(400) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C82]
Moscow Moscow, 1943

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6 13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Qf1 Bg4 15.Kh1 Bxf2 16.Qxf2 Rae8 17.Qg3 Ne5 18.Bd1 Nd3 19.h3 Bh5 20.Bc2 Nf4 21.Ng1 c5 22.Ndf3 Ne2 23.Nxe2 Rxe2 24.Bd1 Re6 25.Bd2 h6 26.Kh2 Re4 27.Ng5 hxg5 28.Bxh5 Re5 29.Bf3 Qe7 30.a4 Kh7 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra7 Qd6 33.Bg4 Rd8 34.Kh1 d4 35.cxd4 cxd4 36.Bf4 Re1+ 37.Qxe1 Qxf4 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.Bxd7 d3 40.Bg4 d2 41.Qe2 b4 42.Qd3+ g6 43.Kg1 Kh6 44.b3 Kg7 45.Bf3 Qf7 46.Kf2 Qe6 47.Qe3 Qd6 48.Bd1 Qd5 49.g4 Kh7 50.Ke2 1-0

(401) Isaac Boleslavsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C82]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (11), 09.05.1943

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nfd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 f4 16.f3 Ng3 17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.Bxf5 Qh4 21.Bh3 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe5 23.Bd2 c5 24.Rae1 Qxb2 25.Bf4 d4 26.Bxg3 d3 27.Be5 Qxa2 28.Bd6 Qb2 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.Be5 Qd2 31.f4 c4 32.f5 Rf8 33.Re4 c3 34.Ref4 Rf6 35.R4f2 Qh6+ 36.Kg1 b4 37.Rf3 d2 38.Bb3 Qh4 39.Rd3 Rf8 40.Rg3 Qe7 41.Bd4 Rf6 42.Re3 Qd7 43.Rf4 a5 44.Rfe4 Rf8 45.f6 gxf6 46.Rg3 h6 47.Rh4 Kh7 48.Kh2 f5 49.Be3 Qc6 50.Bf4 Rd8 51.Be5 Qb7 52.Be6 Rf8 53.Bf4 Qg7 54.Rxg7+ Kxg7 55.Bb3 Rd8 56.Be5+ Kg6 57.Rd4 Re8 58.Bf4 Re1 59.Rd6+ Kg7 60.Bxh6+ Kh7 61.Bg5 Rb1 62.Bc2 Rc1 63.Bxf5+ Kg7 64.Rd7+ Kf8 65.Bxd2 cxd2 66.Rxd2 b3 67.Rd8+ Ke7 68.Ra8 Ra1 69.g4 Kf6 70.Rb8 a4 71.Rb4 Kg5 72.Kg2 Kf6 73.Rb6+ Ke5 74.Rb5+ Kf6 75.Rb6+ Ke5 76.Rb4 Kf6 77.Kh2 Kg5 78.Rb5 Rc1 79.Bd7+ Kf4 80.Be6 Rc2+ 81.Kh3 b2 82.Ba2 a3 83.Rf5+ Ke3 84.Ra5 Rc3 85.Kh4 Kf4 86.Ra4+ Ke5 87.g5 Rc1 88.Rxa3 Ra1 89.Rb3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

(402) Mikhail Botvinnik - V Makogonov [B14]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (14), 15.05.1943

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 a6 11.Bd3 Ncb4 12.Bb1 b5 13.Ne4 Nf6 14.a3 Nbd5 15.Nc5 Qb6 16.Qc2 a5 17.Bd2 Rd8 18.Ba2 Bb7 19.Rac1 b4 20.Bb1 Rac8 21.Ng5 g6 22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Nxh7 Kh8 24.Ng5 Rg8 25.Nf7+ Kh7 26.Ng5+ Kh8 27.Nf7+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

(403) Mikhail Botvinnik - Evgeny Zagorjansky [A09]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (6), 04.1943

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf6 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Be2 Be6 13.0-0 Bxb2 14.Qxb2 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Rd2 Rd7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.h3 h6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Qc5 21.Bf3 b6 22.Qb2 Rc8 23.Qe5 Rcd8 24.Rd4 a5 25.g4 Qc6 26.g5 hxg5 27.Qxg5 f6 28.Qg6 Bf7 29.Qg3 f5 30.Qg5 Qe6 31.Kh1 Qe5 32.Rg1 Rf8 33.Qh6 Rb8 34.Rh4 Kf8 35.Qh8+ Bg8 36.Rf4 Rbb7 37.Rg5 Rf7 38.Qh5 Qa1+ 39.Kg2 g6 40.Qxg6 Bh7 41.Qd6+ Rbe7 42.Qd8+ 1-0

(404) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [E44]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (1), 21.04.1943

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 0-0 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 c6 10.e4 Na6 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.b4 Nc7 13.0-0 Qb8 14.Be3 b5 15.a4 bxc4 16.b5 Bb7 17.Bxc4 d5 18.exd5 Ncxd5 19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nf5 Bf6 22.Bd4 exf5 23.Bxf6 Qb7 24.Ra3 gxf6 25.Rg3+ Kh8 26.Qd4 Qe7 27.Qxd5 Qe6 28.Qd4 Rfd8 29.Qh4 Rg8 30.Rd1 Rg4 31.Rxg4 fxg4 32.h3 Rg8 33.hxg4 Rxg4 34.Qh6 Qe7 35.a5 Rg6 36.Qh3 Qe2 37.Qd3 Qg4 38.g3 Qh3 39.Qf3 h5 40.b6 axb6 41.axb6 Qc8 1-0

(405) Konstantinopolsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C31]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (10), 08.05.1943

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe5 Nd7 5.d4 exd3 6.Bxd3 Nxe5 7.fxe5 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qg4 9.Qxg4 Bxg4 10.Be3 Ne7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.0-0-0 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Rhf1 Be7 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Rd8 18.Rfd1 h5 19.h3 Rxd5 20.Rxd5 f6 21.Bf4 c6 22.Rd3 g5 23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Be3 Rh7 25.b3 Re7 26.Kd2 Re6 27.Bd4 Bxd4 28.Rxd4 Ke7 29.Kd3 Re5 30.Rb4 Rd5+ 31.Ke4 b5 32.Rd4 Rc5 33.c4 Ke6 34.Kd3 Rf5 35.Re4+ Kd6 36.cxb5 cxb5 37.Rd4+ Ke6 38.Re4+ Kd6 39.Rd4+ Ke5 40.Re4+ 1/2-1/2

(406) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [C46]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (12), 05.1943

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Be7 5.d4 d6 6.Bb5 Bg4 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.h3 Bd7 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.0-0-0 Be6 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qe3 Rab8 16.a3 Rb5 17.Qg5 Rfb8 18.b3 h6 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.Rd3 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Rc3 Bd7 23.Rd1 Be8 24.a4 Ra5 25.Nd2 Rd5 26.Ne4 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Rd8+ 28.Ke2 Kg7 29.Rg3+ Kf8 30.Nf6 Ke7 31.Ng8+ Ke6 32.Nxh6 f5 33.Rg7 Bd7 34.Rg6+ Kd5 35.g4 f4 36.Rg8 Rxg8 37.Nxg8 Kd4 38.Nf6 Bc8 39.f3 Kc3 40.h4 1-0

(407) Mikhail Botvinnik - Isaac Boleslavsky [B59]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (4), 25.04.1943

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Kh1 Qb6 13.Qe2 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Bxb3 15.Be3 Qb4 16.axb3 Qxb3 17.Ra5 Qe6 18.Bd4 Bd8 19.Raf5 Nd7 20.Qg4 Ne5 21.Qg3 f6 22.Nd5 a6 23.Qh3 Re8 24.g4 h6 25.Qg3 Rc8 26.Bc3 a5 27.h4 b5 28.Qh3 Nf7 29.Bxf6 Bxf6 30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Rxf6 Qd7 32.Rxf7 Qxf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.g5 hxg5 35.Qf5+ Kg7 36.Qxg5+ Kh7 37.Qxb5 Rf8 38.Qd7+ Kg8 39.Qe6+ Kg7 40.Qd7+ Kg8 41.Kg2 Rc2+ 42.Kg3 Rcf2 43.Qxd6 R2f7 44.Qd5 Kh8 45.e5 Rg7+ 46.Kh3 Rg6 47.d4 Rf1 48.Qe4 Rgg1 49.d5 Rh1+ 50.Kg4 Rhg1+ 51.Kh5 Rf7 52.e6 1-0

(408) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [E00]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (8), 05.05.1943

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.a4 b4 8.Nd2 g6 9.Ngf3 Ba6 10.Qc2 Bg7 11.Nc4 0-0 12.0-0 Re8 13.Ne1 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Nbd7 15.a5 Qe7 16.Nd3 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.Bf4 Qe7 19.Qa6 Rad8 20.Rae1 Ng4 21.h3 Ne5 22.Bc1 Qc7 23.Bg5 Rc8 24.f4 Nd7 25.b3 h6 26.Bh4 Bc3 27.Rd1 c4 28.Qxc4 Qxa5 29.Qd3 Qc5+ 30.Kh1 Re3 31.Qa6 Bf6 32.Bxf6 Nxf6 33.Rf3 Rce8 34.Qc6 Rxe2 35.Qxc5 dxc5 36.d6 Re1+ 37.Rf1 Rxd1 38.Rxd1 Rd8 39.Bc6 Kf8 40.Kg2 Ne8 41.d7 Nf6 42.Ba4 Ke7 43.Re1+ Kf8 44.Rd1 Ke7 45.Re1+ Kd6 46.Re8 Kc7 47.Re7 a5 48.Kf3 Nd5 49.Re5 Kd6 50.Re8 Kc7 51.Re5 1/2-1/2

(409) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (2), 22.04.1943

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Ba3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 Nf5 13.Rb1 b6 14.c3 Na5 15.Bb4 Nc4+ 16.Bxc4 dxc4 17.a5 Bc6 18.Ne1 f6 19.exf6 gxf6 20.f3 Rg8 21.Ke2 Kd7 22.Ra1 1/2-1/2

(410) V Makogonov - Mikhail Botvinnik [D45]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (7), 05.1943

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Nd7 8.f4 Bb4 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3 13.Kf2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 16.g4 Qe6 17.Ba3 Ne4+ 18.Kf3 h5 19.h3 f6 20.c4 hxg4+ 21.hxg4 Rxh1 22.Qxh1 0-0-0 23.Rd1 fxe5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rc1+ Kb8 26.Qh4 Re8 27.f5 Qf7 28.Rc2 g6 29.Bb2 a6 30.Ke2 Ka7 31.Qh2 Qf6 32.fxg6 Qxg6 33.Qg2 Rf8 34.Bxe5 Rf2+ 35.Qxf2 Nxf2 36.Bd4+ b6 37.Rc7+ Kb8 38.Be5 Nxg4 39.Bf4 Ne5 40.Re7 Qc2+ 41.Ke1 Kc8 42.Bxe5 Qxa2 43.Rc7+ Kd8 44.Rc1 a5 45.Bd4 b5 46.Ra1 Qb3 47.Kf2 a4 48.Kf3 Qc2 49.Kf4 Kd7 50.Ke5 Qe4+ 51.Kf6 Qe7+ 52.Kg6 a3 53.Rf1 b4 54.Rf7 Qxf7+ 55.Kxf7 b3 0-1

(411) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (5), 28.04.1943

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.Be2 Qc7 10.0-0 h6 11.Ba3 b6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Bxc5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxc5 15.Nxd7 Kxd7 16.Bb5+ Kc7 17.Qh5 g6 18.Qe5+ Qd6 19.Qf6 e5 20.Qf3 e4 21.Qxf7 Raf8 22.Qg7 Qf6 23.Qxf6 Rxf6 24.Rad1 Rd8 25.Rfe1 Nf5 26.Bf1 Re6 27.g3 h5 28.f3 Re7 29.Bg2 Rd6 30.fxe4 dxe4 31.Rxd6 Nxd6 32.Kf2 Re5 33.Ke3 Ra5 34.Bxe4 Nxe4 35.Kxe4 Rxa4+ 36.Kd5 Ra5+ 37.Kd4 Kd6 38.c4 Rf5 39.Re8 Rf2 40.h4 Rg2 41.c5+ Kd7 42.Re3 a5 43.Ra3 Kc6 44.c4 a4 45.Ke4 Kxc5 46.Kf3 Rd2 47.Rxa4 Rd3+ 48.Kf4 Rd4+ 49.Ke3 Rd6 50.Ra1 Kxc4 51.Kf4 Rd4+ 52.Ke5 Rd3 53.Rc1+ Kb5 54.Rg1 Rf3 55.Ke6 Kc4 56.g4 Rf4 57.g5 Kd3 58.Ra1 Ke3 59.Ra7 Ke2 60.Rh7 Ke3 61.Rh6 Rxh4 62.Kf6 Ra4 63.Kxg6 h4 64.Kh5 Kf3 65.g6 h3 66.Kg5 1/2-1/2

(412) Evgeny Zagorjansky - Mikhail Botvinnik [E17]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (13), 13.05.1943

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nf4 Qb7 13.Qb3 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Be3 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 Nf6 19.f3 Rd7 20.Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Qd3 Rc8 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.Kg2 1/2-1/2

(413) Victor Liublinsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C77]
Russia Tournament, Moscow, 1943

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4 Nd7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.0-0 Bd6 10.Ne2 0-0 11.Ng3 Rb8 12.b3 Re8 13.Be3 g6 14.c3 a5 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Rfd1 Nc5 17.Ne1 Ne6 18.Nd3 Nf4 19.f3 Ba6 20.c4 c5 21.Qd2 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Red8 23.Ne2 c6 24.Nc3 Bc7 25.Qc2 Rd4 26.Ne2 Bc8 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Bf2 c5 29.Rf1 f5 30.Bg3 Bd7 31.Rad1 f4 32.Bf2 g5 33.g4 fxg3 34.Bxg3 Bh3 35.Rf2 h5 36.Rfd2 h4 37.Bf2 Rf8 38.Rd3 Rf4 39.Kh1 Kh7 40.Rg1 Bd8 41.Qe2 Qf7 42.Qd1 Qh5 43.Be3 Qxf3+ 44.Qxf3 Rxf3 45.Bxg5 Rxd3 46.Bxd8 Re3 47.Bb6 Rxe4 48.Bxc5 Re2 49.Rd1 Bg4 50.h3 Bxh3 51.b4 Bf5 52.Bd6 d3 53.bxa5 h3 0-1

(414) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [B84]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (9), 06.05.1943

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.a4 Qc7 8.f4 Nbd7 9.0-0 b6 10.Bf3 Bb7 11.f5 e5 12.Nb3 Nc5 13.Qe2 Be7 14.Kh1 h6 15.Bd2 Rd8 16.Be1 Qc8 17.Rd1 Qa8 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Bg3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Qb8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bd6 23.f6 g6 24.Bxe5 Kd8 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Qe7+ Qxe7 27.fxe7+ Kd7 28.d6 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rc8 30.Kg2 g5 31.Rd5 Rg8 32.Kg3 f6 33.Kg4 Ke6 34.Kh5 a5 35.Kxh6 Kf7 36.Kh5 Rh8+ 37.Kg4 Rh4+ 38.Kg3 Rh8 39.f4 gxf4+ 40.Kxf4 Ke6 41.d7 Kxe7 42.d8Q+ Rxd8 43.Rxd8 Kxd8 44.Kf5 1-0

(415) Mikhail Botvinnik - Konstantinopolsky [B14]
Sverdlovsk Sverdlovsk RUS (3), 24.04.1943

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg5 0-0 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.c5 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Be2 Bd7 12.a3 f5 13.Bb5 Ng5 14.Bxc6 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 bxc6 16.Qf4 Rae8 17.0-0 e5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.f4 Re7 21.Rfe1 Rfe8 22.Rxe7 Rxe7 23.Kf2 Kf7 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rd2 h6 26.Re2 Rb8 27.Ke3 Rb3 28.Kd4 Kf6 29.Na2 Rb8 30.b4 g5 31.g3 gxf4 32.gxf4 a6 33.Nc3 Rg8 34.a4 Rg4 35.Rf2 Be6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.Nxb5 Rg1 39.Nc3 Kf7 40.Rb2 Rf1 41.Ne2 Re1 42.Ke5 d4 43.Kxd4 Kg6 44.Nc3 Kh5 45.Re2 Rxe2 46.Nxe2 Kg4 47.Ke5 Bc8 48.Nd4 h5 49.Nxf5 Bd7 50.Ng7 Ba4 51.f5 Kg5 52.Ne6+ 1-0

(416) Yuri Averbakh - Mikhail Botvinnik [C07]
Russia Ch Moscow, Moscow, 1944

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Qe7+ 8.Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Bd7 10.N2f3 a6 11.Bd3 Bd6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 Nge7 14.Bd3 Nb4 15.c3 Nxd3 16.Kxd3 Kd7 17.Bg5 f6 18.Be3 Rac8 19.Rad1 Rhe8 20.g3 Rc4 21.Nd4 Be5 22.Nc2 Rec8 23.Ke2 a5 24.Rd3 b5 25.a3 Bd6 26.Bd4 R4c6 27.Rhd1 Rb8 28.R3d2 b4 29.axb4 axb4 30.cxb4 Bxb4 31.Nxb4 Rxb4 32.Ra1 Rb7 33.Ra5 Kd6 34.Be3 Rc4 35.Kd1 g5 36.Ke2 Ke6 37.Rc5 Rxc5 38.Bxc5 Nc6 39.b4 d4 40.Bxd4 Nxb4 1/2-1/2

(417) Mikhail Botvinnik - Isaac Boleslavsky [C04]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 f6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.Bf4 0-0 9.exf6 gxf6 10.0-0 Nb6 11.Re1 Bd6 12.Bg3 a6 13.Bd3 Na4 14.Rb1 b5 15.c3 Bd7 16.Nh4 Rf7 17.Re3 Rg7 18.Qe2 Qf8 19.Bxd6 Qxd6 20.Rg3 Rxg3 21.hxg3 Qe7 22.Re1 Qg7 23.Qc2 Nd8 24.Nc1 Rc8 25.b3 Nb6 26.b4 Ra8 27.Nb3 Nb7 28.Nc5 Nxc5 29.bxc5 Na4 30.c6 Bc8 31.c4 bxc4 32.Bxc4 Nb6 33.Bd3 Rb8 34.Qc5 Qf8 35.Bxh7+ Kg7 36.Nf5+ exf5 37.Re7+ Kh8 38.Bg6 Be6 39.Rxe6 Qxc5 40.dxc5 Na4 41.Bxf5 Nc3 42.Re7 Nb5 43.Bd3 Rc8 44.a4 Nd4 45.Bxa6 Nxc6 46.Re6 1-0

(418) Andre Lilienthal - Mikhail Botvinnik [D44]
Moscow Moscow, 1944

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qa5 13.exf6 0-0-0 14.Qf3 Nb6 15.0-0 Rxd4 16.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.Qxd1 Nd5 18.Ne4 b4 19.a3 bxa3 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.bxa3 Qd4 22.Qc1 Bc5 23.Rb1 Rd8 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Qb2 Qb6 26.Qa1 Qc5 27.Rc1 Ba6 28.Bf1 Nb6 29.Be3 Qf5 30.a4 c5 31.Qa3 Rd5 32.Bg2 Nd7 33.Bxd5 Qxd5 34.Bf4 e5 35.Bg5 Nf8 36.f3 Ne6 37.Qe3 Bb7 38.Rc3 e4 39.fxe4 Qxg5 40.Qxg5 Nxg5 41.Rxc4 Nxe4 42.h4 1/2-1/2

(419) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexey Sokolsky [E40]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (1), 1944

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nge2 e5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 exd4 8.exd4 d5 9.c5 h6 10.Bb5 0-0 11.0-0 Bf5 12.f3 Re8 13.g4 Bh7 14.Bf4 a6 15.Ba4 Re6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Qd2 Nd7 18.Rae1 Nf8 19.Be5 Qd7 20.Kh1 f6 21.Bg3 Rae8 22.Rxe6 Nxe6 23.Re1 Ng5 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Kg2 h5 26.h3 hxg4 27.hxg4 Ne6 28.Ne2 Ng5 29.Nc3 Ne6 30.Qe3 Kf7 31.Kf2 g5 32.Na2 Bb1 33.Nc3 Bh7 1/2-1/2

(420) Vladas Ivanovich Mikenas - Mikhail Botvinnik [D44]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Qa5 12.exf6 b4 13.Ne4 Ba6 14.Qf3 0-0-0 15.Bg2 Qd5 16.Be3 c3 17.b3 e5 18.Ng5 exd4 19.Qxd5 cxd5 20.Nxf7 dxe3 21.fxe3 Bc5 22.Nxd8 Kxd8 23.0-0-0 Bxe3+ 24.Kc2 d4 25.h4 Nxf6 26.Rxd4+ Bxd4 27.Rd1 Kc7 28.Rxd4 Rg8 29.Rxb4 Rxg3 30.Ra4 Rxg2+ 31.Kxc3 Kb6 32.Rb4+ Kc5 0-1

(421) Mikhail Botvinnik - V Makogonov [C48]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Bc5 6.d3 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.h3 d6 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Ne2 Bb6 11.Ng3 Nd7 12.c3 Nc5 13.Bc2 d5 14.Qf3 Bc7 15.Be3 d4 16.cxd4 exd4 17.Bd2 a5 18.Qh5 b6 19.f4 f5 20.b4 g6 21.Qh6 axb4 22.Bxb4 Qf6 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Bb3+ Kh8 25.Rae1 Ba6 26.exf5 gxf5 27.Qxf6+ Rxf6 28.Rf3 c4 29.Bxc4 Bxc4 30.dxc4 Rff8 31.c5 Rad8 32.Rd1 Rd5 33.Ne2 Rxc5 34.Kf1 Re8 35.Rfd3 Rc2 36.Nxd4 Rxa2 37.Nxf5 Bxf4 38.Rd8 Ra8 39.R8d7 c5 40.g3 Be5 41.Re1 1/2-1/2

(422) Alexander Kotov - Mikhail Botvinnik [A47]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.c4 e6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.b3 a6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Bb2 Rc8 13.Ne5 Bd6 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Bf3 c4 16.g3 Rc8 17.bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qd3 Qc8 19.Rac1 Qe6 20.Bg2 h5 21.Ne2 b5 22.Nf4 Qe7 23.Qd1 h4 24.Qf3 Kg8 25.Rfd1 Ne4 26.Nd3 Rh6 27.Qe2 hxg3 28.fxg3 Qg5 29.Bxe4 dxe4 30.Nf4 Bxf4 31.exf4 Qd5 32.Qg2 Rhc6 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.h3 b4 35.Kh2 e3 36.Qxd5 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 Bxd5 0-1

(423) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C48]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 c6 9.Bd3 d5 10.0-0 Bc5 11.Qh5 h6 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Rae1 0-0 14.Bxb6 axb6 15.a3 Be6 16.Qe5 Qxe5 17.Rxe5 Rfe8 18.Rfe1 Kf8 19.f4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

(424) Tolush - Mikhail Botvinnik [C22]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Nge7 6.Bd2 0-0 7.0-0-0 d6 8.Qg3 Kh8 9.f4 f5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Qe8 12.Nf3 f4 13.Qf2 Bg4 14.Re1 Rd8 15.Bd3 Qh5 16.Be4 Ba5 17.h3 Bf5 18.Rhf1 Bb6 19.Qe2 Be6 20.a3 a6 21.Bd3 Ba7 22.Ne4 Nd5 23.g4 Qe8 24.Neg5 Bg8 25.Qe4 Ne3 26.e6 Rxd3 27.Qxd3 h6 28.Nf7+ Bxf7 29.exf7 Qxf7 30.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 31.Kb1 Rd8 32.Qc3 Qd5 33.h4 Qe4 34.h5 Rd5 35.g5 hxg5 36.h6 Qg6 37.hxg7+ Qxg7 38.Rh1+ Kg8 39.Qc4 Qf7 40.Qb3 Nd8 41.Rh5 Qxh5 42.Qxd5+ Nf7 43.Qe4 Kf8 44.Rd1 g4 45.Ne1 Nd6 46.Qe6 g3 47.Rd5 Qf7 48.Qh6+ Qg7 49.Qh4 Nf7 50.Ng2 Qg6 51.Rd7 Kg8 52.Qe7 b6 53.Nh4 Qh5 54.Qf6 Bc5 55.Ng6 g2 56.Qxf7# 1-0

(425) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladimir Alatortsev [D19]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Nb6 13.Rd1 Qh4 14.Bb3 Bh5 15.Qe1 Qxe1+ 16.Rxe1 Nd5 17.Bxd5 cxd5 18.Bd2 0-0 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Nd6 Bxd6 21.exd6 Rfd8 22.Bb4 Rac8 23.Rac1 f6 24.a5 Be8 25.Kf2 Bb5 26.Bc5 a6 27.Red1 Kf7 28.g4 Ba4 29.Rd4 Bb5 30.Rc3 Bc6 31.Rd1 Ba4 32.Rd2 Bb5 33.Kg3 Bc6 34.e4 dxe4 35.Bb6 Rd7 36.h4 h5 37.g5 Re8 38.Bc7 Kg6 39.Rf2 Kf5 40.Rc5+ Bd5 41.Rf1 Rf8 42.Rc3 Rff7 43.Rf2 e5 44.fxe5+ Kxe5 45.g6 Rf8 46.Rd2 e3 47.Rxe3+ Be4 48.Bb6 f5 49.Bd4+ Ke6 50.Kf4 Rxd6 51.Bxg7 Rxd2 52.Bxf8 Kf6 53.Rg3 Bd5 54.Bc5 Rd1 55.Rg5 Rf1+ 56.Ke3 Rf3+ 57.Kd4 Bg8 58.Bd6 Ke6 59.Bb8 Rb3 60.Rxh5 Rb4+ 61.Ke3 Rg4 62.Rh8 Rxg6 63.h5 Rg4 64.Bf4 Bf7 65.Rh6+ Kd5 66.Rd6+ Kc5 67.h6 Rh4 68.Rd7 Rh3+ 69.Kd2 Bd5 70.h7 Bc6 71.Re7 Be4 72.Be5 1-0

(426) Georgy Lisitsin - Mikhail Botvinnik [A06]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 f6 4.e3 e5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Be2 Nge7 8.d3 Be6 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Re1 Qd7 11.Bf1 0-0 12.c4 d4 13.Ne4 Bc7 14.Qd2 Bg4 15.Be2 f5 16.Ng3 e4 17.dxe4 Bxg3 18.hxg3 fxe4 19.Nh2 Bf5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nf1 Rf7 22.Ng3 Raf8 23.Rf1 Qc7 24.Rae1 d3 25.Bd1 Ne5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Nh1 h5 28.f4 exf3 29.gxf3 hxg4 30.f4 Qd6 31.Rf2 Be4 32.Ng3 Bb7 33.Rh2 Nf5 34.Nxf5 Rxf5 35.Rh4 g3 36.Rf1 g5 37.Rg4 Qh6 38.Bf3 Qh3 39.Qg2 Qxg4 40.Bxg4 Bxg2 41.Kxg2 R5f6 0-1

(427) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ravinsky [D41]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 0-0 10.Be3 a6 11.Bd3 Ncb4 12.Bb1 b5 13.Ne4 Bb7 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Re1 Rac8 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bc1 Qc7 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Nd4 Nc7 21.Be3 Qd5 22.f3 Qh5 23.Qb3 Nbd5 24.Bf2 Kh8 25.Be4 f5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Qa3 Qf7 28.Rac1 Rcd8 29.Qe3 Rd7 30.b3 Qf6 31.Qf4 Ne8 32.Nc6 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Qb2 34.Rcxe6 Nf6 35.Qxf5 Rd2 36.Re8 Rg8 37.Rxg8+ Nxg8 38.Qc5 Qxa2 39.b4 Re2 40.Rxe2 Qxe2 41.h3 Qe6 42.Bh4 h6 43.Bd8 Qd7 44.Bh4 Qe6 45.f4 Qe4 46.Qd6 Kh7 47.Bd8 Qe1+ 48.Kh2 Qe4 49.Qd2 Ne7 50.Bxe7 Qxe7 51.Kg3 Qe4 52.Kf2 Qc4 53.Ke3 Qe6+ 54.Kd4 Qd6+ 55.Kc3 Qc6+ 56.Kb2 Qf6+ 57.Kb1 Kh8 58.Kc2 Qg6+ 59.Kc3 Qc6+ 60.Kd4 Qd6+ 61.Ke3 Qe6+ 62.Kf2 Qe4 63.g4 Kh7 64.Kg3 Qb1 65.Kg2 Qe4+ 66.Kf2 Kh8 67.Kg3 Qb1 68.f5 Qa1 69.Qe3 Qf6 70.Qe6 Qc3+ 71.Kh4 Qd2 72.Qe7 Qf4 73.Kh5 Kh7 74.h4 Qc4 75.g5 hxg5 76.hxg5 Qc8 77.Qe4 Qf8 78.f6+ Kg8 79.Qe6+ Qf7+ 80.Qxf7+ Kxf7 81.fxg7 Kxg7 82.g6 a5 83.bxa5 b4 84.a6 b3 85.a7 b2 86.a8Q b1Q 87.Qa7+ Kf6 88.Qf7+ Ke5 89.Kh6 Qh1+ 90.Kg7 Kd4 91.Qf6+ Kc5 92.Kg8 Kb5 93.g7 Ka4 94.Kf7 Qh5+ 95.Ke7 Qc5+ 96.Qd6 Qg5+ 97.Kf8 Qf5+ 98.Ke8 Qh5+ 99.Kf8 Qf5+ 100.Ke7 Qg5+ 101.Qf6 Qc5+ 102.Kd7 Qd5+ 103.Kc7 Qa5+ 104.Kb7 Qb5+ 105.Qb6 Qd7+ 106.Qc7 Qb5+ 107.Ka7 Qd5 108.Kb8 Qg8+ 109.Ka7 Qd5 110.Qf4+ Ka5 111.Qf6 Qc5+ 112.Kb7 Qb5+ 113.Kc7 Qc5+ 114.Kd7 Qd5+ 115.Ke7 Qc5+ 116.Kf7 Qc4+ 117.Ke7 Qc5+ 118.Ke6 Qc8+ 119.Ke5 Qc3+ 120.Kf5 Qd3+ 121.Kg5 Qe3+ 122.Kg6 Qe8+ 123.Kh6 Qg8 124.Qe5+ Ka4 125.Kg6 Qc8 126.Qf4+ 1-0

(428) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [C92]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.e5 Nd7 16.a4 c4 17.Qg3 Re8 18.Rd1 Bh4 19.Qg4 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 Nxe5 21.Rxd8 Nxg4+ 22.hxg4 Raxd8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Bd2 Rd3 25.Ra5 Rb3 26.Bc1 f6 27.Ra3 Rd3 28.Rxd3 cxd3 29.Be3 Re4 30.Kf3 Rb4 31.Bc1 g5 32.g3 Rc4 33.Be3 h5 34.gxh5 g4+ 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Nd2 Rxb2 37.Bf4 Ra2 38.Ke3 Ra3 39.Kd4 Kf7 40.Ke4 b4 41.Kd4 Ra5 42.h6 Rb5 43.Kc4 Rb6 44.Kc5 Rb7 45.Nb3 Kg6 46.Kc4 Rb6 47.Nc5 Kh7 48.Kb3 d2 49.Bxd2 Rd6 50.Bf4 Rd1 51.Ne4 Kg6 52.Nf2 Rb1+ 53.Kc2 Ra1 54.Kb2 Ra3 55.Nxg4 Rc3 56.Ne3 Rd3 57.Nc2 Rd8 58.Nxb4 Kf5 59.Nc6 Rd7 60.Kc3 Ke4 61.Kc4 Kf5 62.Nd4+ Ke4 63.Ne6 Kf5 64.Nf8 1-0

(429) Mikhail Botvinnik - Abram Leonidovich Khavin [B14]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 Nc6 9.0-0 a6 10.Re1 b5 11.Bxd5 exd5 12.Bg5 0-0 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Nd2 Ra7 15.Nb3 Rc7 16.Qd2 Rc6 17.Ne2 Nf5 18.Rac1 Rh6 19.Qf4 Nd6 20.Nc5 Rh4 21.Qf3 Nf5 22.Rcd1 Re8 23.Ng3 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Ne7 25.h3 Kf8 26.Qe3 Nc6 27.Nb3 Qe7 28.Qc1 Qd6 29.Na5 Bd7 30.Nxc6 Qxc6 31.Qg5 Rh6 32.Qe7+ 1-0

(430) Gavriil Veresov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.a3 Ba5 10.0-0-0 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 c4 12.Qe3+ Be6 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.g4 0-0-0 15.f4 Rhe8 16.Qf3 Qe7 17.e3 Na5 18.Bg2 f6 19.Ng6 Qc7 20.Kb1 c3 21.Rc1 Nc4 22.Rxc3 Nd2+ 23.Kc2 Nxf3 24.Bxf3 Bf7 25.Nh4 Rxe3 26.Rxc7+ Kxc7 27.Kd2 Rde8 28.Rc1+ Kb6 29.Rc3 Rxc3 30.bxc3 g6 31.Ng2 Kc7 32.Ne3 Kd6 33.h4 Rh8 34.h5 gxh5 35.gxh5 Be6 36.c4 dxc4 37.Bxb7 Rb8 38.Be4 Rb2+ 39.Kc3 Rb3+ 40.Kd2 Rxa3 41.d5 Rxe3 42.Kxe3 Bxd5 43.Bc2 Kc5 44.Bf5 a5 45.Bc2 Bc6 0-1

(431) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Nbc6 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Bd2 c4 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nh3 Ng6 12.Qf3 Bd7 13.Nf4 Nxf4 14.Qxf4 Ne7 15.h4 Bxa4 16.h5 Qb5 17.Kd1 Rc8 18.Bc1 Rc6 19.Be2 Ra6 20.Kd2 0-0 21.g4 f6 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Qc7 Rf7 24.Qd8+ Kh7 25.f4 Qa5 26.Qb8 Nc6 27.Qe8 Re7 28.Qg6+ Kg8 29.Ba3 e5 30.fxe5 Nxd4 31.Bb4 Qd8 32.Qxa6 bxa6 33.cxd4 Rb7 34.Rxa4 Qg5+ 35.Kd1 a5 36.Bf3 Rxb4 37.Bxd5+ Kf8 38.Rf1+ Ke8 39.Bc6+ Ke7 40.Rxb4 Qxg4+ 0-1

(432) Andre Lilienthal - Mikhail Botvinnik [D44]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (2), 1944

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qa5 13.exf6 0-0-0 14.Qf3 Nb6 15.0-0 Rxd4 16.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17.Qxd1 Nd5 18.Ne4 b4 19.a3 bxa3 20.Bd2 Qb6 21.bxa3 Qd4 22.Qc1 Bc5 23.Rb1 Rd8 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Qb2 Qb6 26.Qa1 Qc5 27.Rc1 Ba6 28.Bf1 Nb6 29.Be3 Qf5 30.a4 c5 31.Qa3 Rd5 32.Bg2 Nd7 33.Bxd5 Qxd5 34.Bf4 e5 35.Bg5 Nf8 36.f3 Ne6 37.Qe3 Bb7 38.Rc3 e4 39.fxe4 Qxg5 40.Qxg5 Nxg5 41.Rxc4 Nxe4 42.h4 Kd7 43.g4 Bd5 44.Rc1 Ke6 45.g5 Ke5 46.a5 c4 47.Kf1 c3 48.Ke2 Kd4 49.Rd1+ Kc4 50.Ke3 c2 51.Rg1 Kc3 52.Kf4 Nf2 53.Ke5 Nd1 54.g6 c1Q 55.Rg3+ Kb4 56.Kxd5 Qc5+ 57.Ke4 fxg6 0-1

(433) Mikhail Botvinnik - Salomon Flohr [A09]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS), 1944

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.Nc3 c6 7.d3 e5 8.Be3 Qd8 9.Be2 Nf6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Kh1 0-0 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Be6 14.d4 Qd7 15.Bd3 Bg4 16.Qd2 Bh5 17.Bf5 Qc7 18.Raf1 Bg6 19.Rh4 Rfe8 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Rh3 Qd7 23.a3 Rad8 24.Rd3 Qe6 25.d5 cxd5 26.cxd5 Qa6 27.Rd1 Bd6 28.h3 h6 29.Bxd6 Qxd6 30.Re3 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 a6 32.Qd3 Nh5 33.Re1 Ng3+ 34.Kg1 Rf8 35.Qe3 Kh7 36.Ne4 Nxe4 37.Qxe4 Rf5 38.Rd1 Rf6 39.Qb4 Qxb4 40.axb4 Rd6 41.Kf2 Kg8 42.Ke3 Kf7 43.Rf1+ Rf6 44.Rxf6+ gxf6 45.g4 Ke7 46.h4 Kd6 47.Ke4 b6 48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 a5 50.Kf5 axb4 51.Kxf6 Kxd5 52.Kg6 Ke6 53.Kxh6 Kf6 54.b3 Kf7 55.Kg5 Kg7 56.Kf5 Kh6 57.Ke5 Kxh5 58.Kd5 Kg5 59.Kc6 Kf5 60.Kxb6 Ke6 61.Kc5 Kd7 62.Kxb4 Kc6 63.Ka5 Kb7 64.Kb5 Ka7 65.Kc6 Ka6 66.b4 Ka7 67.b5 Kb8 68.Kb6 1-0

(434) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D55]
Training Games, 11.05.1944

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Rc1 c6 9.h4 Nd7 10.g4 g6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.h5 g5 13.Bd3 Bg7 14.Bf5 Re8 15.Kf1 Nb6 16.Nd2 Bxf5 17.gxf5 Nc8 18.Ne2 Bf8 19.Kg2 Bd6 20.Nf1 Qf6 21.Qd3 Bc7 22.f3 Nd6 23.Neg3 Rad8 24.b3 g4 25.f4 Kh8 26.Rc2 Re7 27.Kg1 Rde8 28.Rhh2 Bb6 29.Kh1 Bc7 30.Rhg2 Rg8 31.Kg1 Bb6 32.Kh1 Ne4 33.Kg1 Nd6 34.Kh1 a6 35.Rh2 Ba7 36.Rhg2 Ne4 37.a4 Bb6 38.Nxe4 dxe4 39.Qc3 Qxf5 40.d5+ Kh7 41.Qb4 Bd8 42.dxc6 Qxh5+ 43.Rh2 Qa5 44.Qxa5 Bxa5 45.Ng3 Re6 46.cxb7 Rb8 47.b4 Bb6 48.a5 Bxe3 49.Rc7 Rf6 50.Rhc2 Rxf4 51.b5 Rf6 52.Kg2 axb5 53.Nxe4 Re6 54.Nc5 Bxc5 55.R2xc5 b4 56.Rb5 Kg6 57.Rc8 1-0

(435) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
Training Game, 15.05.1944

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Qd2 Nbc6 9.Be2 Bd7 10.a4 Rc8 11.0-0 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2 13.Bxd2 Nf5 14.c3 Na5 15.Rfb1 Rc7 16.Bc1 f6 17.Ba3 h5 18.Bb4 Nc4 19.a5 Bc6 20.Bc5 a6 21.Bd3 Kf7 22.Re1 Re8 23.Rab1 Bb5 24.h3 Ne7 25.Bxc4 Bxc4 26.Bd6 Rd7 27.Nd2 Rc8 28.Rb6 Bb5 29.exf6 gxf6 30.Bb4 Rc6 31.Rxc6 Nxc6 32.f4 Nxb4 33.cxb4 Rc7 34.Nb3 Rc4 35.Nc5 Rxd4 36.Rxe6 Rxb4 37.f5 Rf4 38.Rb6 Rxf5 39.Rxb7+ Kg6 40.Rb6 d4 41.Nxa6 d3 42.Nc7 d2 43.Rd6 Rf1+ 44.Kh2 d1Q 45.Rxd1 Rxd1 46.Nxb5 Rd5 47.Nc3 Rxa5 48.Ne2 Kf5 49.Kg3 Ra3+ 50.Kh4 Ra2 51.g4+ Ke5 52.Nc1 Rc2 53.Nd3+ Ke4 54.Nb4 Rc4 0-1

(436) P Romanovsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [B62]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (8), 13.06.1945

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.Kh1 h6 10.Be3 a6 11.Be2 e5 12.Nb3 0-0 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Na5 15.Nd2 b5 16.b4 Nb7 17.c4 f5 18.f3 Bg5 19.Qb3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Qg5 21.f4 exf4 22.Qb6 Rab8 23.Qxa6 Qe7 24.Rae1 Qe3 25.Nf3 Ra8 26.Qxb7 Ra7 27.Bd3 Rxb7 28.Rxe3 bxc4 29.Re7 cxd3 30.Ne1 Rf7 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Nxd3 Bb5 33.Rd1 Bxd3 34.Rxd3 Rxb4 35.Rd1 Ra4 36.Rd2 Kf6 37.h4 g5 38.Kg1 Ke5 0-1

(437) Iosif Rudakovsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [E36]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (14), 24.06.1945

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Ne4 8.Qb3 Na5 9.Qa4+ c6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e3 Bf5 12.Bd3 Qb6 13.Qc2 Nb3 14.Rb1 c5 15.Nh4 Be6 16.0-0 Rc8 17.Bxe4 cxd4 18.Qd3 dxe4 19.Qxe4 0-0 20.exd4 Rfe8 21.d5 Bd7 22.Qd3 Qb5 23.Qd1 Qc4 24.Be3 Re5 25.g3 Bg4 26.f3 Bh3 27.Re1 g5 28.f4 Rxd5 29.Qf3 gxh4 30.g4 Nd2 31.Bxd2 Rxd2 32.Qxh3 Qxf4 33.Qxh4 Rcc2 34.Qg3 Qd4+ 0-1

(438) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladimir Alatortsev [D13]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (7), 10.06.1945

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.e3 0-0 8.Bd3 a6 9.0-0 b5 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Rc1 h6 12.Bb1 Qe7 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.Ne2 Nbd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Be5 Be7 17.f3 Rxc1 18.Nxc1 Kf8 19.Qd2 Qd8 20.Nd3 Nd7 21.Bg3 Rc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1 Qc8 24.Qd2 Ke8 25.Kf2 Qc4 26.b4 Qc8 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.bxc5 Bc6 29.Be5 f6 30.Bg3 Qd8 31.Ke1 a5 32.Qd3 f5 33.Kd1 Kf7 34.Be5 Bf6 35.Bf4 Bg5 36.g3 Bxf4 37.exf4 g6 38.Kd2 Qb8 39.Kc1 Kf6 40.Qe3 Qc7 41.g4 Kf7 42.h4 h5 43.a3 Qb8 44.Bc2 Be8 45.g5 Ke7 46.Bd3 Bc6 47.a4 b4 48.Bb5 Bxb5 49.axb5 Qxb5 50.Qe5 Qc4+ 51.Kd2 Qc3+ 52.Ke2 Qc2+ 53.Ke3 Qc3+ 54.Kf2 Qc2+ 55.Kg3 Qc1 56.Qd6+ Ke8 57.Qxe6+ Kd8 58.Qxd5+ Kc7 59.Qd6+ Kc8 60.Qc6+ Kb8 61.Qe8+ Kc7 62.Qf7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

(439) Mikhail Botvinnik - Igor Bondarevsky [E67]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (13), 23.06.1945

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 c6 9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.Bb2 Nc5 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Rad1 Qg5 14.h3 Nh6 15.b4 Ne6 16.Nf3 Qe7 17.Rfe1 f6 18.Kh2 Nf7 19.Nh4 Nf8 20.f4 a5 21.b5 Be6 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Nf5 Qb7 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.c5 dxc5 26.Na4 Qb4 27.Nxc5 Bc4 28.Qf2 Rab8 29.Ba1 Red8 30.e5 Rxd1 31.Rxd1 Rb5 32.Nd7 Qa4 33.exf6+ Kg8 34.Rd2 Rb1 35.Nxf8 Rxa1 36.Nd7 Qb4 37.Rb2 Rxa2 38.Qe3 Nd6 39.Qe7 Bf7 40.Qf8# 1-0

(440) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [E67]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (9), 14.06.1945

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Nbd7 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nc3 e5 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 c6 9.d5 cxd5 10.cxd5 Nc5 11.Qc2 a5 12.Nd2 b6 13.Nb3 Ba6 14.Rd1 Ncd7 15.a4 Rc8 16.Bh3 Rc7 17.Be3 h5 18.Bg5 Qe8 19.f3 Nh7 20.Be3 Qe7 21.Bf1 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 f5 23.Qe2 f4 24.Nb5 Rcc8 25.gxf4 exf4 26.Bd4 Nhf6 27.Na7 Rce8 28.Qg2 Kh7 29.Rac1 Nc5 30.Nc6 Qd7 31.Nxc5 bxc5 32.Bc3 Bh6 33.Rcd1 Qf7 34.Rfe1 Bg7 35.Bxa5 Nd7 36.Bc3 g5 37.Bxg7 Qxg7 38.Kh1 Ne5 39.Rg1 Kh6 40.Nxe5 Qxe5 41.Qh3 Rf6 42.Rg2 Rg8 43.Rdg1 Qd4 44.Re1 Rfg6 45.Qf5 Qd3 46.Rf2 Qd4 47.Rg2 Rf6 48.Rd2 Rxf5 49.Rxd4 Re5 50.Rd3 Rb8 51.b3 g4 52.Kg2 Kg5 53.a5 Ra8 54.Ra1 Re7 55.Ra3 Rea7 56.e5 dxe5 57.d6 Kf5 58.Rd5 Rd8 59.Ra2 Ke6 60.Rxc5 Rxd6 61.Rac2 Rd5 62.Rxd5 Kxd5 63.b4 Ra8 64.Kf2 Rb8 1/2-1/2

(441) Mikhail Botvinnik - Salomon Flohr [D22]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (1), 01.06.1945

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Ra7 8.Bd2 Nf6 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.d5 e5 12.a4 Bd6 13.0-0 Qe7 14.Kh1 e4 15.Rg1 exf3 16.Bxf3 Ne5 17.Be2 0-0 18.f4 Ng6 19.Bd3 Raa8 20.Qc2 Qc7 21.b3 Rfe8 22.Raf1 Rad8 23.Qd1 Bxf4 24.exf4 Nxd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Rg3 Red8 27.Qe2 Qd7 28.Rff3 Rd4 29.Bc3 Re8 30.Qf1 Nh4 31.Bxd4 cxd4 32.Rf2 Re3 33.Kg1 Qe7 34.Re2 Qc5 35.Rc2 Qf8 36.Rxe3 dxe3 37.Qh3 1-0

(442) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [D13]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (5), 07.06.1945

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.h3 Bd7 10.0-0 a6 11.Rc1 Be8 12.Bb1 Nh5 13.Bh2 f5 14.Na4 Bd6 15.Nc5 Bxh2+ 16.Nxh2 Qe7 17.Qb3 Rf7 18.g4 fxg4 19.hxg4 Nf6 20.f4 b6 21.Qxb6 Rb8 22.Qxa6 e5 23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.fxe5 Qxe5 25.Qe6 Qg3+ 26.Kh1 Rxb2 27.Rc2 Rb8 28.Rg2 Qh4 29.g5 Nh5 30.g6 hxg6 31.Bxg6 1-0

(443) Vitaly Chekhover - Mikhail Botvinnik [C77]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (6), 09.06.1945

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 b4 10.a5 Rb8 11.Bc4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.d3 Qd6 14.cxb4 Ndxb4 15.Nc3 Bg4 16.Be3 Kh8 17.Ne4 Qg6 18.Nc5 Nc2 19.Nd7 N2d4 20.Bxd4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxe2 22.Nxf8 Bxf8 23.Nxe2 Rxb2 24.Nc3 Bb4 25.Nd5 Bc5 26.Nxc7 Qd6 27.Nxa6 Bxf2+ 28.Rxf2 Qd4 29.Raf1 e4 30.dxe4 Rxf2 31.Rxf2 Qxc4 32.Nb8 Qb5 33.Rxf7 Qxb8 34.g3 Kg8 35.Rf4 Qb1+ 36.Kf2 Qa2+ 37.Kf3 Qxh2 38.Rf5 Qa2 39.g4 Qa3+ 40.Kf4 Qd6+ 0-1

(444) Tolush - Mikhail Botvinnik [C19]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (2), 06.1945

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 c4 9.a4 Nd7 10.Be2 Nb6 11.0-0 Nxa4 12.Nh4 Ng6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Re1 Bd7 15.Bf1 b5 16.Qf3 Rb8 17.Reb1 Qc7 18.Bc1 a5 19.Ba3 Rb6 20.Qg3 Qd8 21.Bd6 Rxd6 22.exd6 Bc6 23.h3 Kd7 24.Re1 Qh4 25.Qe5 Qf6 26.Qg3 Rh4 27.Re3 Rf4 28.Be2 Qh4 29.Bf3 b4 30.Qxh4 Rxh4 31.g3 Rh8 32.cxb4 axb4 33.Rb1 Rb8 34.h4 Rb7 35.Kh2 Kxd6 36.g4 Nc3 37.Ra1 Nb5 38.Rd1 Ra7 39.h5 g5 40.Kg2 Ra2 41.Be2 0-1

(445) Boris Yakovlevich Ratner - Mikhail Botvinnik [D87]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (10), 06.1945

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 Nd7 10.a4 Qc7 11.Ba2 b6 12.Be3 Ba6 13.Re1 Rad8 14.Qb3 e5 15.d5 c4 16.Qa3 f5 17.Bg5 Bf6 18.Bh6 Rf7 19.exf5 gxf5 20.a5 b5 21.Rad1 Nc5 22.Ng3 Be7 23.Qc1 f4 24.Nh5 Qd6 25.Bg7 Rxg7 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Bb1 Bc8 28.Qc2 Rh8 29.Qe2 Bf6 30.Qh5 Bd7 31.Bc2 e4 32.Bxe4 Qe5 33.Qf3 Re8 34.Bd3 Qxe1+ 35.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36.Bf1 Ne4 37.Qxf4 Nxc3 38.Qg3+ Kf7 0-1

(446) Mikhail Botvinnik - Isaac Boleslavsky [C79]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (11), 06.1945

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Bd7 7.d4 g6 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.Re1 Bg7 10.Nf1 0-0 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qe8 13.Bc2 Nh5 14.Ne3 Ne7 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Rd8 18.Qe2 Nc8 19.Rad1 c6 20.Rd2 Qe7 21.Red1 Nb6 22.b4 Be6 23.Bb3 Rxd2 24.Qxd2 Bxb3 25.axb3 Qe6 26.c4 Bf6 27.c5 Nc8 28.Qd7 Qxb3 29.Qxb7 Bg5 30.Nxg5 hxg5 31.Qxa6 Ne7 32.Qb7 Re8 33.Qd7 Kf8 34.Qd6 Qxb4 35.Ng4 Ra8 36.Qxe5 Qb3 37.Rd7 Ng8 38.Qd6+ Kg7 39.Qd4+ Kh7 40.Nf6+ Nxf6 41.Qxf6 Kg8 42.Kh2 Rf8 43.Qxc6 Kg7 44.Qd5 Qb1 45.Qd4+ Kh7 46.c6 1-0

(447) Andre Lilienthal - Mikhail Botvinnik [D43]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (12), 20.06.1945

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 Bd6 9.e3 Nd7 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.0-0-0 Nf6 12.Rhe1 Be6 13.Qc2 0-0-0 14.Ne5 Kb8 15.f4 c5 16.Kb1 c4 17.Bf5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5 Bb4 19.Qc2 Rd6 20.Re2 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Ne4 22.Ka1 Ra6 23.Qc1 Rd8 24.Rc2 Rdd6 25.Ng4 Rg6 26.h3 h5 27.Ne5 Rgb6 28.Nf3 Qa3 29.Ng5 Nxc3 30.Qxa3 Rxa3 31.Rdc1 Nb5 32.Nxf7 Rxe3 33.Ne5 Kc7 34.g4 Nxd4 35.Rd2 Ne2 36.Re1 Nc3 37.Rc1 0-1

(448) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexander Kotov [A13]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (15), 25.06.1945

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 Bb4+ 8.Nbd2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.0-0 b5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.a3 Qd5 13.Re1 Bb7 14.b4 0-0 15.Ne4 Rfd8 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.Rxc5 Qd6 19.d5 exd5 20.Bf5 Ra8 21.Nd4 Re8 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.Re3 Rxe3 24.fxe3 Re8 25.Qc2 Bd7 26.Bxf6 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Qxf6 28.Qxf6 gxf6 29.Kf2 Re5 30.Rc8+ Kg7 31.Rd8 Kg6 32.Rd6 Re6 33.Rxd5 Rc6 34.Rd3 Kf5 35.Kf3 Ke6 36.g4 Rc4 37.Rd8 Rc3 38.Re8+ Kd6 39.Rh8 Rxa3 40.Rxh7 Ke6 41.Rh8 Ke7 42.h4 Ra4 43.Ra8 Rxb4 44.Rxa6 f5 45.gxf5 Rxh4 46.e4 b4 47.Rb6 b3 48.Ke3 Rh3+ 49.Kd4 f6 50.Re6+ Kf7 51.Rc6 Ke7 52.Rb6 Rg3 1/2-1/2

(449) G Goldberg - Mikhail Botvinnik [A34]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (16), 27.06.1945

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 e5 8.b3 Be7 9.Bb2 0-0 10.Rc1 f6 11.Ne1 Bf5 12.Na4 Na6 13.Nc2 Qd7 14.Ne3 Be6 15.d3 Nd4 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Nc3 Nb4 18.Ba1 f5 19.Nc4 Bf6 20.Rfd1 b5 21.Nb2 e4 22.e3 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 exf3 24.Qe1 Rc8 25.d4 cxd4 26.exd4 Bg5 27.d5 Bf7 28.a3 Rfe8 29.Qf1 Bxc1 30.Rxc1 Nxd5 31.Nd3 Nxc3 32.Bxc3 Bxb3 33.Nf4 Bc4 0-1

(450) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [D50]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (18), 29.06.1945

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bf4 0-0 8.c5 c6 9.Bd3 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 axb4 12.axb4 Rxa1 13.Qxa1 Nh5 14.Qa7 Nxf4 15.exf4 bxc5 16.bxc5 f6 17.0-0 e5 18.Bf5 exd4 19.Na4 Nb6 20.Bxc8 Nxc8 21.Qb7 d3 22.Qxc6 Na7 23.Qa6 Qc7 24.Qxd3 Qc6 25.Qc2 Nb5 26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Rb1 Ra8 28.g3 Ra5 29.Qb4 Qa6 30.Nb6 Na3 31.Rc1 Rb5 32.Qe1 Bxc5 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Nxd5 Qd6 35.Qe4+ Kh8 36.Rd1 Rb2 37.Ne3 Qf8 38.Nh4 Kg8 39.Qe6+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kg8 41.Ng6 1-0

(451) Konstantinopolsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C09]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (19), 01.07.1945

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be6 8.Re1 Qb6 9.Nf1 cxd4 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bd3 0-0 12.Ng3 Rae8 13.Bg5 Ng4 14.b4 h6 15.Bd2 Bc8 16.Nh5 Nce5 17.h3 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Qf3 Qg6 21.Nf4 Qf6 22.Rac1 Bd7 23.Nxd5 Qxf3 24.gxf3 Bc6 25.Bf4 f6 26.Bxe5 fxe5 27.Nc7 Re7 28.b5 Bxf3 29.Rc5 Rf5 30.Kh2 Rg5 31.Rg1 Rxg1 32.Kxg1 b6 33.Rc4 Be2 34.Nd5 Re6 35.Rc6 Kf7 36.Rc7+ Kf8 37.Rc6 Rxc6 38.bxc6 Ke8 39.f4 Bf3 40.Nb4 exf4 41.Kf2 Bh1 42.h4 a5 43.c7 Kd7 44.Nc2 Kxc7 45.Nxd4 Kd6 46.Nf5+ Ke5 47.Nxg7 b5 48.Ke2 Bc6 49.Kd2 Bd7 50.Nh5 Bg4 51.d4+ Kf5 52.Ng7+ Ke4 53.Ne8 Kxd4 54.Nd6 Bd7 55.Ke2 b4 56.axb4 axb4 57.h5 b3 0-1

(452) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexander Koblents [D46]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (3), 06.1945

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Rac1 Bd6 12.e4 dxc4 13.bxc4 e5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Rcd1 Qe7 16.Nh4 Qb4 17.Qc2 Nc5 18.a3 Qa5 19.Nf5 Rcd8 20.f4 Nxd3 21.Rxd3 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Qxc4 23.fxe5 Rxd3 24.exf6 Rd7 25.Qc1 Rfd8 26.Rg1 1-0

(453) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C59]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (4), 06.1945

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.d4 exd3 12.Nxd3 Qc7 13.Nd2 0-0 14.b4 Nd5 15.Bb2 Nxb4 16.Nxb4 Bxb4 17.0-0 Rb8 18.Nb3 Rd8 19.Be5 Rxd1 20.Bxc7 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Nxb3 22.Rd1 Ra8 23.Rd8+ Bf8 24.axb3 Bb7 25.Bb8 a5 26.f3 a4 27.bxa4 Rxa4 28.Kf2 c5 29.Ke3 Bc6 30.Bd3 Ra8 31.Bc4 Ra3+ 32.Kd2 g5 33.Rc8 Bd7 34.Rd8 Bc6 35.Bd3 Ra8 36.Ke3 Kg7 37.Be5+ f6 38.Rxa8 Bxa8 39.Bc7 Bc6 40.h3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

(454) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D14]
Training Training, 1945

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 Qb6 8.Bb5 Bg4 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e6 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Na4 Qa5+ 13.Ke2 Bb4 14.Bd3 0-0 15.a3 Be7 16.Qxb7 Qxa4 17.Bb5 Nxd4+ 18.exd4 Qxd4 19.Rxc8 Qxf4 20.Rhc1 Bd8 21.Qb8 Nh5 22.Qxf4 Nxf4+ 23.Kf1 Bb6 24.b4 d4 25.a4 Nd5 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rc8+ Ke7 28.a5 Bc7 29.Bc6 Nxb4 30.Rxc7+ Kd6 31.Rd7+ Kxc6 32.Rxa7 Kb5 33.Rxf7 Kxa5 34.Rxg7 Nd5 35.Ke2 Nf4+ 36.Kd2 Kb4 37.Rxh7 Kc4 38.h4 Kd5 39.h5 Ke5 40.Rh8 1-0

(455) Mikhail Botvinnik - Arnold Denker [D13]
USSR - USA Radio Match Moscow RUS and New York USA (2.1), 03.09.1945

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Qa5 7.e3 Ne4 8.Qb3 e6 9.Bd3 Bb4 10.Rc1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Ba3 12.Rb1 b6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Nd2 a6 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Nc4 Qf5 18.Bd6 e3 19.Nxe3 Qxb1+ 20.Qxb1 Bxd6 21.Qxb6 Kd7 22.Qb3 Rab8 23.Qc2 Rb5 24.0-0 Rh5 25.h3 Rb8 26.c4 g6 27.Ng4 Rf5 28.Ne5+ Bxe5 29.dxe5 Rxe5 30.Qd2+ 1-0

(456) Arnold Denker - Mikhail Botvinnik [D44]
USSR - USA Radio Match Moscow RUS and New York USA (1.1), 01.09.1945

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.0-0 0-0-0 14.a4 b4 15.Ne4 c5 16.Qb1 Qc7 17.Ng3 cxd4 18.Bxc4 Qc6 19.f3 d3 20.Qc1 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Qd6 22.Qf4 Rxh2+ 23.Kxh2 Rh8+ 24.Qh4 Rxh4+ 25.Bxh4 Qf4 0-1

(457) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D90]
Training Game, 16.05.1945

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ c6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nc7 8.Be3 Nd7 9.Be2 Nb6 10.Qc2 0-0 11.0-0 f5 12.Rad1 fxe4 13.Qxe4 Ncd5 14.Qh4 Nxe3 15.fxe3 e5 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Be6 19.Rd4 Rd7 20.Ne4 Re7 21.b3 Kg7 22.Nc5 Rae8 23.e4 Bc8 24.Nd3 Nd7 25.Bg4 Nf8 26.Bxc8 Rxc8 27.h4 Rce8 28.h5 Nd7 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Rd6 Nxe5 31.Rff6 Rf7 32.Rxf7+ Kxf7 33.Nxe5+ Rxe5 34.Rd7+ Re7 35.Rd4 Ke6 36.Kf2 Rd7 37.Ra4 a6 38.Ke3 c5 39.Rc4 Rc7 40.b4 b6 41.bxc5 bxc5 42.Kf4 Kf6 43.e5+ Ke6 44.Ke4 g5 45.Rc3 g4 46.Ra3 Rc6 47.Rg3 Rb6 48.a3 Rb1 49.Rxg4 Re1+ 50.Kf4 Kd5 51.Rg6 Re4+ 52.Kf3 Ra4 53.e6 Kd6 54.g4 a5 55.Rf6 Rxa3+ 56.Ke4 Ra1 57.e7+ Kxe7 58.Ra6 a4 59.Kd3 1/2-1/2

(458) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [B74]
Training Game, 25.05.1945

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 Be6 10.f4 Na5 11.f5 Bc4 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Nxb3 14.Qxb3 Ng4 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Qxb3 19.axb3 Rfc8 20.Rfc1 Kf8 21.h3 Ne5 22.Nd5 Nxd3 23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rxa7 Bd4 25.Rxb7 Rc1+ 26.Kh2 h5 27.f6 Bg1+ 28.Kh1 Bc5+ 29.Kh2 exf6 30.h4 Bg1+ 31.Kh1 Nf2+ 32.Bxf2 Bxf2+ 33.Kh2 gxh4 34.g3 Bxg3+ 35.Kg2 Rc2+ 36.Kf3 Rf2+ 37.Ke3 h3 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Ne7 h2 40.Rg8+ Kh7 41.Rxg3 Rxb2 0-1

(459) Mikhail Botvinnik - Arnold Denker [C83]
Groningen Groningen NED (6), 20.08.1946

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nxb3 14.Nxb3 Rc8 15.Be3 c5 16.dxc5 d4 17.Nxd4 Bc4 18.Qg4 h5 19.Qg3 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Bxc5 21.Bh6 g6 22.Bxf8 Bxd4 23.Bd6 Qd7 24.b3 Qf5 25.Qf3 Rc2 26.Qxf5 gxf5 27.a3 Rc3 28.Rb1 Rc2 29.Rf1 Rc3 30.g3 Rxb3 31.Rd1 Bb6 32.Rd2 f4 33.gxf4 h4 34.h3 Rxh3 35.Kg2 Rc3 36.Be7 h3+ 37.Kh2 Rf3 38.Bh4 Rxf4 39.Kxh3 Ra4 40.Rd6 Bc7 41.Rd5 Rxa3+ 42.Kg4 b4 43.Bd8 Rc3 44.Bxc7 Rxc7 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Rb8 a5 47.f4 1/2-1/2

(460) Mikhail Botvinnik - Cenek Kottnauer [D02]
Groningen Groningen NED (16), 03.09.1946

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qc2 0-0 8.e3 Re8 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 Be6 11.Ne5 c5 12.0-0 cxd4 13.exd4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bg3 Bxg3 16.hxg3 Ng4 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.b3 Qf6 19.Qf4 Qxf4 20.gxf4 Rb4 21.Rfd1 Kf8 22.Bf1 Nf6 23.Rac1 Bd7 24.f3 Nh5 25.Ne2 a5 26.g4 Nf6 27.Nc3 h5 28.g5 Ng8 29.Na4 Ne7 30.Nc5 Bc8 31.a3 Rb8 32.Bd3 Nf5 33.Bxf5 Bxf5 34.Kf2 h4 35.Rh1 h3 36.Rce1 f6 37.g6 Rxe1 38.Rxe1 Rc8 39.Kg3 Bxg6 40.Kxh3 Bf5+ 41.Kg3 Rb8 42.Re2 Kf7 43.Kf2 Bc8 44.Ke1 Ra8 45.Kd2 Ra7 46.Re1 Re7 47.Rb1 Ra7 48.a4 Ke7 49.Rh1 Kd6 50.Rh8 Bf5 51.Re8 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kb6 53.b4 axb4+ 54.Kxb4 Rf7 55.Ra8 1-0

(461) Martin Christoffel - Mikhail Botvinnik [C17]
Groningen Groningen NED (17), 04.09.1946

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc5 8.a3 Nge7 9.b4 Bb6 10.Bd3 Ng6 11.Qe2 Bc7 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.0-0 0-0 15.Nxc7 Qxc7 16.Rfd1 f6 17.Bf4 g5 18.Bg3 f5 19.Nxg5 f4 20.Qh5 g6 21.Qxg6+ Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Bh4 Nxe5 24.f3 Rf5 25.Nh3 Ng6 26.Bf2 e5 27.c3 Rh5 28.cxd4 e4 29.fxe4 dxe4 30.Kf1 Bxh3 31.gxh3 e3 32.Bg1 Re8 33.Rd3 Rxh3 34.Ra2 Re7 35.Re2 Kf6 36.Ke1 Nh4 37.Kf1 Rf3+ 38.Ke1 Rg7 39.Bxe3 fxe3 40.Kd1 Nf5 41.d5 Rg1+ 42.Kc2 Rf2 0-1

(462) Gosta Stoltz - Mikhail Botvinnik [C00]
Groningen Groningen NED (11), 27.08.1946

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nge7 5.Nc3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Be3 d5 8.exd5 Nd4 9.Qd2 exd5 10.Nce2 h6 11.Qc1 Bf5 12.c3 Nxe2 13.Nxe2 d4 14.Bd2 Bxd3 15.Bxb7 0-0 16.Bf3 g5 17.0-0 Ng6 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Bg2 Ba6 20.Qd1 Nd3 21.Qa4 Qf6 22.f4 Rae8 23.Bc6 Nxe1 24.Bxe8 Nf3+ 25.Kf2 Nxd2 26.Bc6 Bxe2 27.Kxe2 dxc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Be4 gxf4 31.gxf4 Qh3 32.Rg1 Qh5+ 33.Ke3 Qh3+ 34.Ke2 Qxh2+ 35.Rg2 Qh5+ 36.Ke3 Qh3+ 37.Ke2 Qe6 0-1

(463) Mikhail Botvinnik - Milan Vidmar [D02]
Groningen Groningen NED (5), 17.08.1946

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Qd7 6.Qxc4 Qc6 7.Nbd2 Qxc4 8.Nxc4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nfxd2 Nc6 11.e3 Nb4 12.Ke2 Bd7 13.Bg2 Bc6 14.f3 Nd7 15.a3 Nd5 16.e4 N5b6 17.Na5 Bb5+ 18.Ke3 0-0-0 19.Rhc1 Nb8 20.b3 Bd7 21.Bf1 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.a4 Be8 24.a5 Na8 25.a6 b6 26.b4 Kb8 27.Rc3 c6 28.Rac1 f6 29.Nb1 Bd7 30.Na3 Nc7 31.b5 Nxb5 32.Bxb5 cxb5 33.Rc7 Rc8 34.Rb7+ Ka8 35.Rxd7 Rxc1 36.Nxb5 Rhc8 37.Rxg7 h6 38.Rxa7+ Kb8 39.Rb7+ Ka8 40.Ra7+ Kb8 41.Rb7+ Ka8 42.g4 e5 43.d5 R1c5 44.Ra7+ Kb8 45.Rb7+ Ka8 46.Rxb6 Rb8 47.Rxb8+ Kxb8 48.a7+ Kb7 49.Nd6+ Kxa7 50.Ne8 Kb6 51.Nxf6 Rc3+ 52.Kf2 Rc7 53.h4 Rf7 54.Nh5 Kc7 55.g5 hxg5 56.hxg5 Rh7 57.Nf6 Rh2+ 58.Kg3 Rh8 59.g6 1-0

(464) Herman Steiner - Mikhail Botvinnik [A90]
Groningen Groningen NED (4), 16.08.1946

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf4 Qe8 10.Qc2 Qh5 11.Rae1 Nbd7 12.Nd2 g5 13.Bc7 Ne8 14.Be5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 f4 16.gxf4 gxf4 17.Nf3 Kh8 18.Kh1 Ng7 19.Qc1 Bd7 20.a3 Rf7 21.b4 Rg8 22.Rg1 Nf5 23.Nd1 Rfg7 24.Qxf4 Rg4 25.Qd2 Nh4 26.Ne3 Nxf3 27.exf3 Rh4 28.Nf1 Bg5 0-1

(465) Mikhail Botvinnik - Laszlo Szabo [D41]
Groningen Groningen NED (1), 13.08.1946

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 cxd4 9.exd4 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Bb5 Bb7 15.c4 a6 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Qb2 Ba8 19.Rac1 b5 20.c5 Qd5 21.f3 f6 22.Ng4 Red8 23.Rfd1 g5 24.Ne3 Qc6 25.h4 Qe8 26.hxg5 fxg5 27.Ng4 Qg6 28.Re1 Bf6 29.Rcd1 Rd5 30.Rxe6 Bxd4+ 31.Qxd4 1-0

(466) Mikhail Botvinnik - Salomon Flohr [D42]
Groningen Groningen NED (12), 28.08.1946

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Ncb4 11.Be4 Nf6 12.Bb1 b6 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Re3 Nbd5 15.Rh3 g6 16.Bh6 Re8 17.Qd2 Rc8 18.Bd3 a6 19.Re1 b5 20.Rg3 Nh5 21.Rh3 Nhf6 22.Bb1 Rc7 23.Rg3 Nh5 24.Rh3 Nhf6 25.Qe2 Nxc3 26.bxc3 b4 27.Rg3 Rxc3 28.Nxf7 Qd5 29.Ne5 Rxg3 30.fxg3 Qxd4+ 31.Kh1 Bd6 32.Bf4 Nh5 33.Rd1 Nxf4 34.gxf4 Qxf4 35.Rxd6 Bd5 36.Bc2 Rf8 37.h3 Qf1+ 38.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 39.Kh2 Rf2 40.Rxd5 exd5 41.Bb3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

(467) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexander Kotov [E24]
Groningen Groningen NED (14), 30.08.1946

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 c5 8.f3 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 0-0 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Kf2 Qe7 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Nf4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.h3 Qd6 17.Rhb1 b6 18.Bf1 Re7 19.a4 Rae8 20.Re1 c4 21.g4 g5 22.Ne2 Rxe3 23.Ng3 Qxg3+ 24.Kxg3 Ne4+ 0-1

(468) Daniel Abraham Yanofsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C99]
Groningen Groningen NED (15), 02.09.1946

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5 16.Nf1 Bd7 17.Bd2 Rfc8 18.Bxb4 axb4 19.Bd3 Bd8 20.Qd2 Qa5 21.Ne3 b3 22.a3 Qa4 23.Nd1 b4 24.Ne3 bxa3 25.Rxa3 Nxe4 26.Qd1 Qb4 27.Rxb3 Qa4 28.Bc2 Nc5 29.Rc3 Qb4 30.Qb1 g6 31.Rc4 Qb7 32.b4 Na6 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Bd3 Nxb4 35.Re2 Ba5 36.Rb2 Rb8 37.Nd2 Qa7 38.Ndc4 Qc5 39.Nxa5 Qxa5 40.Nc2 Nxd3 41.Rxb8+ Kg7 42.Ne3 Qd2 43.Qf1 Nc5 44.Qd1 Qc3 45.Rb6 Ba4 46.Qf3 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 f5 48.Rxd6 f4 49.Nf5+ Kf7 50.Qg4 Ne4 51.Qh4 gxf5 52.Qxh7+ Ke8 53.Qg8+ 1-0

(469) Mikhail Botvinnik - O'Kelly [E44]
Groningen Groningen NED (8), 22.08.1946

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 0-0 8.Ng3 b5 9.dxe6 fxe6 10.Nxb5 c5 11.Nd6 Bc6 12.e4 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb7 14.e5 Ne4 15.Be3 a6 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Bxg2 18.Rb1 Qc6 19.Rg1 Bxf1 20.Kxf1 Rf7 21.Qh5 Qa4 22.Qg4 Nc6 23.Qe4 Raf8 24.Nh5 Kh8 25.Rg4 Na5 26.Kg2 Qc6 27.Ng3 Nxc4 28.Qxc6 Nxe3+ 29.fxe3 dxc6 30.Ne4 g6 31.Rb7 Kg7 32.Rf4 g5 33.Rxf7+ Rxf7 34.Rc7 a5 35.Nd6 Bxd6 36.exd6 1-0

(470) Ossip Bernstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [B73]
Groningen Groningen NED (9), 23.08.1946

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.f3 Be6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bd4 f6 14.b3 Qa5 15.Nb1 Qxd2 16.Nxd2 Bh6 17.Rad1 c5 18.Bf2 a5 19.a4 Rfc8 20.Rfe1 c4 21.Be3 Bg7 22.bxc4 Bxc4 23.Nb3 Bf7 24.Re2 Rc4 25.Rd4 Rc3 26.Rdd2 Rc4 27.Rd4 f5 28.Rxc4 Bxc4 29.Re1 fxe4 30.Bd2 exf3 31.Rxe7 fxg2 32.Nxa5 Bd5 33.c4 Bf3 34.Kf2 Rf8 35.Be3 Bc3 36.Ra7 Bc6+ 37.Kg3 Bxa5 38.Rxa5 Rf3+ 39.Kxg2 Rxe3+ 40.Kg1 Rc3 41.Ra7 Rxc4 42.Rc7 Rc1+ 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

(471) Isaac Boleslavsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C92]
Groningen Groningen NED (7), 21.08.1946

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nd7 10.d3 Bf6 11.Nbd2 Nb6 12.Nf1 Be6 13.Ne3 Qd7 14.d4 exd4 15.Nxd4 Bxb3 16.axb3 Rfe8 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Ng4 Nd7 19.Qf3 Re6 20.Bf4 Rae8 21.b4 Bd8 22.Re3 h5 23.Nh6+ gxh6 24.Qxh5 Rg6 25.Qd5 Qxd5 26.exd5 Rxe3 27.Bxe3 Nf6 28.Rxa6 Kf8 29.Ra8 Ke8 30.f4 Nxd5 31.f5 Rf6 32.Bd2 Nb6 33.Ra1 Nc4 0-1

(472) Mikhail Botvinnik - Carlos Enrique Guimard [C10]
Groningen Groningen NED (18), 05.09.1946

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg2 c5 8.Ne2 Qb6 9.0-0 Bd7 10.c4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Rd8 12.Be3 Bc5 13.b4 Qxb4 14.Rb1 Qc3 15.Rxb7 0-0 16.Qe2 Rc8 17.Nb5 Qe5 18.Nxa7 Bxa7 19.Rxa7 Bc6 20.f3 Rfd8 21.Ra3 h5 22.Rd3 h4 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.gxh4 Rb8 25.Qd3 Rb2 26.Rf2 Rxf2 27.Bxf2 Qa1+ 28.Bf1 Nh5 29.Qd6 Ba4 30.a3 Bd1 31.Qd4 Qc1 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qd3+ f5 34.Be3 Qa1 35.Bd4 Qc1 36.Be3 Qa1 37.Bd4 Qc1 38.Qe3 Qb1 39.Kf2 Ba4 40.Qd2 Bc6 41.Qe3 Qd1 42.Be2 Qc2 43.Be5 Be8 44.Qc3 Qb1 45.Qb2 Qh1 46.Qa1 Qxa1 47.Bxa1 Nf4 48.Bf1 Ng6 49.Kg3 Ne7 50.Kf4 Ng6+ 51.Kg5 Nf8 52.h5 Bc6 53.f4 Kg8 54.Be2 Nh7+ 55.Kh4 Kf7 56.Kg3 Nf6 57.Kf2 1-0

(473) Mikhail Botvinnik - Max Euwe [D27]
Groningen Groningen NED (10), 24.08.1946

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.b3 Bd7 12.Bb2 Rac8 13.d5 exd5 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 Bg4 16.Qc4 Bh5 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Ne5 Qe8 19.Rd5 Rd8 20.Nd7 Rxd7 21.Rxh5 Qd8 22.Rf1 g6 23.Rh3 Rd1 24.g4 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 b5 26.axb5 axb5 27.Qf4 f6 28.e4 Qd1+ 29.Kg2 Bd6 30.Qf3 Qxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Be5 32.Bxe5 fxe5 33.Rc3 Rc8 34.Kf3 Kf7 35.Ke3 Ke6 36.f4 exf4+ 37.Kxf4 c4 38.bxc4 bxc4 39.h4 h6 40.g5 h5 41.Ke3 Ke5 42.Rc2 c3 43.Kd3 Rd8+ 44.Ke3 Rd4 45.Rxc3 Rxe4+ 46.Kf3 Rxh4 47.Rc6 Rf4+ 48.Ke3 Re4+ 49.Kf3 Kf5 50.Rf6+ Kxg5 51.Rxg6+ 1/2-1/2

(474) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [D98]
Groningen Groningen NED (3), 15.08.1946

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nc6 9.d5 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Ne5 11.Qe2 c6 12.f4 Ned7 13.Bg2 Nb6 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.0-0 Rfd8 16.Rc1 Qd7 17.Rfd1 Qg4 18.Qxg4 Nxg4 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.e5 Nh6 22.Bxc6 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rc8 24.Nd5 Bf8 25.Rc1 Nf5 26.Rc4 e6 27.Nxb6 Rb8 28.Na4 Rd8 29.Be4 Nh4 30.Kf1 Bh6 31.Bb7 Nf5 32.Ke2 Nd4+ 33.Ke3 Nf5+ 34.Kf3 Nd4+ 35.Ke4 Ne2 36.Rc8 Rxc8 37.Bxc8 Nxf4 38.b4 Nh3 39.b5 Nxf2+ 40.Kd4 Bf4 41.h3 f6 42.Bxe6+ Kg7 43.exf6+ Kxf6 44.Nc5 Ke7 45.Kd5 g5 46.a4 Nd1 47.a5 Nc3+ 48.Kc6 Nxb5 49.Kxb5 Bb8 50.Kb6 1-0

(475) Erik Ruben Lundin - Mikhail Botvinnik [E18]
Groningen Groningen NED (2), 14.08.1946

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 Qc8 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Qb3 Qe6 12.Nd3 Rd8 13.Be3 c6 14.Rfd1 Nd7 15.Rac1 Nf6 16.Rc2 Ne4 17.Rdc1 Rac8 18.Nf4 Qd7 19.Qa4 a5 20.Qb3 b5 21.Qd3 g5 22.Nh5 f5 23.f3 Nd6 24.Bf2 Rf8 25.b3 Rf7 26.h3 Qe6 27.g4 Qg6 28.Bg3 f4 29.Bf2 Qxd3 30.exd3 b4 31.Re1 Rc7 32.Re5 Nb5 33.Kh2 Bc8 34.h4 h6 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Kg1 Bd7 37.Rce2 Kf8 38.Rc2 Ra7 39.Bf1 a4 40.bxa4 Rxa4 41.Rb2 Nc3 42.Re1 Rh7 43.Ra1 Kf7 44.Be1 Nb5 45.Be2 Nxd4 46.Bd1 c5 47.Bxa4 Nxf3+ 48.Kf2 Bxg4 49.Bd1 Ne5 50.Bxg4 Nxg4+ 51.Kg1 Rxh5 52.Rg2 Bf6 0-1

(476) Samuel Reshevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C18]
Russia Match, Moscow (2), 14.09.1946

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nd7 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nxe5 11.Be2 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qxc5 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 e5 15.Bh5 Bf5 16.Bxf7+ Kd7 17.Qh6 Rxg2 18.Rf1 Qb6 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.0-0-0 Rxa3 21.Kb2 Ra4 22.Be3 Be6 23.Bxe6+ Kxe6 24.Bxb6 Rxh2 25.Rg1 Rh6 26.Rg7 Rg6 27.Rh7 Nf5 28.Rxb7 Nd6 29.Kb3 Ra8 30.Rc7 Rb8 31.Rc6 Kd7 32.Rc7+ Ke6 33.Rc6 Rb7 34.c4 dxc4+ 35.Kb4 Ke7 36.Ka5 Kd7 37.Rxc4 Re6 38.Ka6 Rb8 39.Rc7+ Ke8 40.Ka7 Rd8 41.Rh1 Nb5+ 42.Kb7 Nxc7 43.Bxc7 Rd4 44.c3 Rc4 45.Ba5 Kd7 46.Rh8 Rf6 47.Rd8+ Ke7 48.Rd2 Rd6 49.Ra2 Kd7 50.Rb2 Rc5 51.Bb6 Rxc3 52.Rb4 Ke6 53.Rb2 Rdd3 54.Ra2 Rd7+ 55.Ka6 Rb3 56.Be3 Rd6+ 57.Ka5 Rd8 58.Ka6 Rxe3 59.fxe3 0-1

(477) Mikhail Botvinnik - Samuel Reshevsky [E47]
Moscow SU-US 1 (1), 12.09.1946

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d5 8.Ne2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Ba3 b6 12.Qc2 Rd8 13.Rc1 Na5 14.Ba2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qxc2 16.Rxc2 Bd7 17.Nc3 Rdc8 18.Kd2 Nc4+ 19.Bxc4 Rxc4 20.Rhc1 Rac8 21.Kd3 e5 22.f3 Bf5+ 23.e4 Rxd4+ 24.Ke3 Be6 25.Nb5 Rxc2 26.Rxc2 Rxa4 27.Bd6 Ra5 28.Nc7 h6 29.Nxe6 fxe6 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.g4 Rb5 32.h4 a5 33.Ra8 Rb3+ 34.Ke2 Rb2+ 35.Ke3 Ra2 36.Bxe5 Nd7 37.Bxg7 Kxg7 38.Ra7 Ra3+ 39.Ke2 Ra2+ 40.Ke3 Ra3+ 41.Ke2 a4 42.Rxd7+ Kf8 43.Rd3 Ra1 44.Rd1 1/2-1/2

(478) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D49]
Training Training, 1946

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Qf3 Bb4+ 14.Ke2 Rb8 15.Qg3 Qd6 16.Nf3 Qxg3 17.hxg3 Bd6 18.Nxd4 Bd7 19.Bd2 Be5 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.gxf4 Ke7 22.Rac1 Rhc8 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Kd2 b4 25.f5 e5 26.Re1 Rc5 27.Nc2 Kd6 28.f3 Nd5 29.g4 g6 30.Rh1 gxf5 31.gxf5 Rc8 32.Be4 Nf6 33.Rh6 Ke7 34.b3 Rb8 35.Ne3 Rg8 36.Nc4 Rg2+ 37.Ke3 Rxa2 38.Nxe5 Rb2 39.Rxf6 Rxb3+ 40.Kf4 Kxf6 41.Nxd7+ Ke7 42.Nc5 Rc3 43.Nd3 b3 44.Ke5 h5 45.f6+ Kf8 46.Kf4 Rc2 47.Kg5 b2 48.Nxb2 Rxb2 49.Kxh5 Rb6 50.Kg5 Ke8 51.f4 Kd7 52.Bf5+ 1/2-1/2

(479) C H Alexander - Mikhail Botvinnik [C18]
URS-BCF URS-BCF, 1946

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 Qa5 10.Rb1 Qxc3+ 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.f4 Nbc6 13.Nf3 Bd7 14.Ng5 Rxg5 15.fxg5 0-0-0 16.Qxf7 Qxe5+ 17.Kd1 Nf5 18.g6 Ne3+ 19.Kc1 Qe4 20.Bd3 Qxg2 21.Re1 Ne5 22.Qf4 Nf3 23.Re2 Qh3 24.Bxe3 e5 25.Qf7 dxe3 26.g7 Qg4 27.h3 Qg1+ 28.Kb2 Qg3 29.Bg6 Nd4 30.g8Q Rxg8 31.Qxg8+ Kc7 32.Qh7 Kd6 33.Bd3 e4 34.Qh6+ Kc7 35.Rxe3 Qe5 36.Ka2 Nf5 37.Qg5 Be6 38.Be2 d4+ 39.Reb3 b6 40.Qd2 d3 41.Bg4 1-0

(480) Mikhail Botvinnik - C H Alexander [E40]
radio URS-ENG 01, 1946

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Ne2 b6 10.a4 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Ba3 Re8 13.Qd3 c4 14.Qc2 Qd7 15.0-0 Nb8 16.Rae1 Nc6 17.Ng3 Na5 18.f3 Nb3 19.e4 Qxa4 20.Qb2 a5 21.e5 b5 22.Bd6 Re6 23.exf6 Rxd6 24.fxg7 b4 25.Re5 Re8 26.f4 Qd7 27.Qe2 Rde6 28.f5 Rxe5 29.dxe5 bxc3 30.f6 Qa7+ 31.Kh1 Nd4 32.Qe3 Ra8 33.Qxc3 a4 34.Qxd4 Qxd4 35.Nf5 h5 36.Nxd4 Re8 37.Nf5 d4 38.e6 1-0

(481) Miguel Najdorf - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
Groningen Groningen NED (19), 07.09.1946

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 Qa5 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Nb3 Qa4 11.Qb2 Na6 12.e3 c4 13.Nd2 0-0 14.Be2 b5 15.Bd1 Qa5 16.Bc2 Rfe8 17.0-0 Rab8 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.Ne5 Be6 20.f3 Nc5 21.Bd2 Na4 22.Qb1 Rb6 23.Qe1 Nd7 24.Qh4 Nf8 25.e4 f6 26.Ng4 Ng6 27.Qh5 Qf7 28.Rae1 Rbb8 29.Ne3 Ne7 30.Qh4 f5 31.g4 f4 32.exd5 Ng6 33.dxe6 Rxe6 34.Bxg6 hxg6 35.Ng2 Rbe8 36.Rxe6 Rxe6 37.Nxf4 Rf6 38.Qg5 Nxc3 39.Bxc3 Rxf4 40.Kg2 1-0

(482) Savielly Tartakower - Mikhail Botvinnik [C01]
Groningen Groningen NED (13), 29.08.1946

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Be7 7.Nc3 b6 8.cxb6 axb6 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6 13.Ne5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 c6 15.Bg5 Nxg4 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.hxg4 f5 19.Rae1 fxg4 20.Re5 Rf3 21.Qb5 Ng6 22.Rxd5 Qf6 23.Rg5 Rf8 24.Ne4 Qf4 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Rh5 Rh3 27.Rxh3 gxh3 28.Ng3 Nh4 29.Qe4 Nf3+ 30.Kh1 Qxe4 31.Nxe4 Rf4 32.Rc1 h6 33.Rc3 g5 34.Re3 g4 35.d5 Kg7 36.Nc3 Rf6 37.Re6 Kf7 38.Rxf6+ Kxf6 39.d6 Ke6 40.Nd5 Kxd6 41.Nxb6 h5 42.Nc4+ Kd5 43.Ne3+ Ke4 44.a4 Kd3 45.Nd5 Ke2 46.Nf4+ Kxf2 47.Nxh3+ Kf1 48.Nf4 g3 49.Ng2 Kf2 50.a5 h4 51.Nf4 Kf1 52.Ng2 h3 53.Ne3+ Kf2 54.Ng4+ Ke2 0-1

(483) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C92]
Training Game, 12.07.1946

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Na5 12.axb5 Nxb3 13.Qxb3 Rb8 14.Be3 axb5 15.Ra7 c5 16.d5 Qb6 17.Qa2 Bb7 18.b4 Ra8 19.Ra3 Qc7 20.Qb2 c4 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Na3 Qb7 23.Ra1 Be7 24.g4 f5 25.gxf5 Nf6 26.Nd2 Nxd5 27.exd5 Qxd5 28.Kf1 Rxf5 29.Nxb5 Bb7 30.Qc2 g6 31.Ra5 Qg2+ 32.Ke2 Bh4 33.Qxf5 gxf5 34.Nxd6 f4 35.Bc5 Bc6 36.Nf5 Bf6 37.Be7 Be4 38.Nh6+ Kg7 39.Bxf6+ Kxh6 40.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 0-1

(484) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C84]
Training Game, 13.07.1946

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 0-0 9.Re1 Nxd4 10.Rxe4 Ne6 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Rd4 f6 13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.e6 Nxe6 15.Rxd7 Qe8 16.Rd3 Bd6 17.Be3 Qc6 18.Qd2 f5 19.f3 Rae8 20.Nd5 Qc4 21.Bf2 Be5 22.c3 Nc5 23.Re3 c6 24.Rae1 Nd7 25.Nb6 Nxb6 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Rxe5 Nd5 28.b3 Qxc3 29.Rxd5 Qa1+ 30.Qd1 Qxa2 31.Rd7 b5 32.Bc5 Re8 33.Rd8 1-0

(485) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D13]
Training Game, 16.07.1946

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Qc2 Nc6 8.e3 Bd7 9.Be2 Be7 10.Nd2 Rc8 11.a3 0-0 12.0-0 Qd8 13.Rfc1 Ne8 14.Bg3 Nd6 15.Nb3 Ne4 16.Qd1 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Na5 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qf6 20.b4 Nc6 21.Nb5 Rfd8 22.Qd2 a6 23.Nd6 Rb8 24.a4 b6 25.Rab1 bxc5 26.bxc5 a5 27.Nb7 Rdc8 28.Rb6 d4 29.Bb5 dxe3 30.Qxe3 Ne5 31.c6 Ng4 32.Qd2 Rc7 33.f3 Ne5 34.Qd6 Qg5 35.f4 Qxg3 36.Qxe5 Rcc8 37.Rc3 Qg4 38.cxd7 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Rxc3 40.Qxb8+ 1-0

(486) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C18]
Training Game, 17.07.1946

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Nf5 8.Bd3 h5 9.Qf4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qh4 11.Qxh4 Nxh4 12.g3 Nf5 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.c3 Bd7 15.Nf4 Na5 16.f3 Bc6 17.Kf2 Kd7 18.Nxh5 Nxd4 19.cxd4 Rxh5 20.h4 Rhh8 21.Rb1 Nc4 22.g4 b5 23.f4 a5 24.f5 Rab8 25.Kg3 b4 26.fxe6+ Kxe6 27.Bg5 Kd7 28.Rhf1 Ke8 29.axb4 axb4 30.Rfc1 Kd7 31.Bf5+ Kc7 32.Bf4 g6 33.Bd3 Ra8 34.e6+ Kd8 35.Bg5+ Kc7 36.Bxc4 dxc4 37.Rxc4 Ra3+ 38.Kf2 fxe6 39.Rbc1 Rf8+ 40.Ke2 Ra2+ This game was left unfinished. 1/2-1/2

(487) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D41]
Russia Bolshevo, 1947

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Bc4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.Rab1 Bf6 17.h4 Qd6 18.Bf4 Qa3 19.h5 Na5 20.Be5 Qe7 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Ne5 Red8 23.Ng4 Qg7 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Qg5 Kf8 26.Rb5 Nc6 27.Nf6 Ne7 28.Re3 Ng8 29.Nxg8 Kxg8 30.Qe7 Bc6 31.Rbe5 Rd7 32.Qh4 Qh8 33.Qf4 Qg7 34.Rg3 Bd5 35.Reg5 Rxc3 36.Bxg6 Rxg3 37.Bxf7+ Kf8 38.Rxg7 Rxg7 39.Bxe6+ 1-0

(488) Mikhail Botvinnik - Nikolay Novotelnov [D74]
Moscow Moscow URS (5), 02.12.1947

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 c5 8.e4 Nb6 9.d5 e6 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 Na6 12.Nc3 Nc4 13.Bc1 e5 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.a4 Qb6 16.b3 Na5 17.Re1 Nb4 18.Na3 a6 19.Be3 Qd6 20.Nd2 b5 21.Bf1 f5 22.f3 f4 23.Bf2 fxg3 24.hxg3 Bh6 25.Be3 Bxe3+ 26.Rxe3 Qb6 27.Kf2 Nb7 28.Nc2 Nxc2 29.Qxc2 g5 30.Qc3 Qf6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Re1 h5 34.Ra1 Re8 35.Ra7 Qb6 36.Rxb7 Qxb7 37.Qe3 g4 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.Qf6+ Kg8 40.Qg6+ Kf8 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.Qg6+ Kf8 43.Qxh5 Ra8 44.Qh8+ Kf7 45.Qh7+ Kf8 46.Qh8+ Kf7 47.Qh7+ Kf8 48.Bxb5 Qxb5 49.Qh8+ Kf7 50.Qxa8 Qd3 51.Qa5 Bb5 52.Qc7+ Ke8 53.Qxe5+ Kd7 54.Qf5+ Ke8 55.Qh5+ 1-0

(489) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ludek Pachman [A28]
Moscow Moscow URS (13), 16.12.1947

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.d4 exd4 6.exd4 d5 7.Bg5 Bg4 8.a3 Be7 9.Be3 0-0 10.h3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Re8 12.Be2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bd6 14.Qd3 Qe7 15.0-0-0 Nh5 16.Rdg1 Qf6 17.Rg5 Rxe3 18.Rxg7+ Nxg7 19.fxe3 Re8 20.Nd5 Qh6 21.Kb1 Na5 22.e4 Nxc4 23.Qxc4 c6 24.Nc3 Qe6 25.d5 cxd5 26.Nxd5 f5 27.Re1 Kh8 28.Qd3 fxe4 29.Rxe4 Qg6 30.Ka2 Rxe4 31.fxe4 Qe6 32.Ka1 Be5 33.Qb5 b6 34.Qf1 Kg8 35.Qf3 Ne8 36.Qb3 Nc7 37.Qf3 Nxd5 38.exd5 Qf6 39.Qg4+ Kf7 40.Qd7+ Qe7 41.Qf5+ Kg7 42.Ka2 Kh6 43.b4 Qg5 44.Qe6+ Qf6 45.Qd7 a6 0-1

(490) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [E40]
Moscow Moscow URS (11), 12.12.1947

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Qe7 5.Nge2 b6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 Bb7 8.d5 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.e4 exd5 12.exd5 Rfe8 13.Be3 a6 14.Qc2 Ne5 15.Rae1 Bc8 16.Bd4 Bd7 17.f4 Ng6 18.g4 Qd8 19.g5 Ng4 20.Qd2 h6 21.f5 N6e5 22.h3 Nf6 23.gxf6 Qxf6 24.Qf4 Re7 25.Kh1 c5 26.Bg1 g6 27.fxg6 Qxf4 28.Rxf4 fxg6 29.Rf6 Bf5 30.Rxd6 Nxc4 31.Re6 Rxe6 32.dxe6 Bxe6 33.Bf3 1-0

(491) Svetozar Gligoric - Mikhail Botvinnik [D95]
Moscow Moscow URS (3), 28.11.1947

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3 e6 7.Bd2 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.0-0 c6 12.Rfd1 Re8 13.Be1 Bf8 14.Nd2 Re6 15.Bf3 Qe7 16.Ne2 Bh6 17.Nf4 Rd6 18.Nf1 a5 19.Ng3 c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Qc2 Bxf4 22.exf4 d4 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.b4 axb4 25.Bxb4 Rd5 26.Qe2 Qd7 27.f5 Re8 28.Qf3 gxf5 29.Ne2 h6 30.Nf4 Rde5 31.h3 Rc8 32.Qg3+ Kh7 33.Nh5 Nxh5 34.Qxe5 Nd3 35.Rxd3 Rxc1+ 36.Kh2 Rc4 37.Bd6 Qe6 38.Rxd4 Rxd4 39.Qxd4 Qxa2 40.Qxb6 Qe6 41.Qd4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

(492) Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik [A95]
Moscow Moscow URS (14), 19.12.1947

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rb1 Kh8 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bf4 Nc6 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Qd3 Nh5 14.Bd2 Bd6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Qf3 Qe8 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.a3 Rc7 19.Bg5 Ng4 20.Qd2 Nf6 21.Bf4 Qd7 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.Qf4 Qxf4 24.gxf4 Rfc8 25.e3 Bb5 26.Rfe1 Kg8 27.f3 Bc4 28.Bf1 Ne8 29.Bxc4 Rxc4 30.Kf2 Nd6 31.Ke2 b5 32.Kd3 b4 33.Na2 bxa3 34.bxa3 Ra4 35.Rxc8+ Nxc8 36.Nc3 Rxa3 37.Kc2 Nd6 38.Rb1 Kf7 39.Rb4 Ra1 40.Kd3 Ra3 41.Kc2 Ra1 42.Kd3 Re1 43.Ra4 Nc4 44.Rxa7+ Kg6 45.e4 Re3+ 46.Kc2 Rxf3 47.exf5+ Kxf5 48.Rxg7 Rf2+ 49.Kb3 Rb2+ 50.Ka4 Rxh2 51.Rf7+ Kg6 52.Rf8 Nd6 53.Nb5 Nf5 54.Nc7 Re2 55.Ne8 Nxd4 56.Rf6+ Kh5 57.Rf7 Nf5 58.Rxh7+ Kg4 59.Rd7 Kxf4 60.Nc7 Ke5 61.Kb4 Rc2 62.Kb3 Nd4+ 63.Kb4 Rc4+ 64.Ka5 Nf5 65.Kb6 d4 66.Na6 Nd6 67.Nc5 Kd5 68.Nd3 e5 69.Rh7 Rc6+ 70.Ka5 Nc4+ 71.Kb5 Rb6+ 72.Ka4 Nb2+ 73.Ka5 Nc4+ 74.Ka4 Rb8 75.Nb4+ Ke6 76.Nc6 Nb2+ 77.Ka3 Nc4+ 78.Ka4 Rb1 79.Rh6+ Kf5 80.Nb4 0-1

(493) Igor Bondarevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [D30]
Moscow Moscow URS (1), 26.11.1947

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 f5 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Nxd7 Bxd7 8.Bg2 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.c5 Bc7 11.Nf3 Be8 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.gxf4 Bh5 14.Ne5 Nd7 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Qd2 h6 17.Rac1 Kh7 18.Rc3 Rg8 19.Rg3 Raf8 20.Rc1 g5 21.e3 Rf6 22.fxg5 hxg5 23.f4 Rfg6 24.fxg5 Rxg5 25.Rxg5 Rxg5 26.Rf1 Qg7 27.Rf4 Bg4 28.Qf2 Qh6 29.Kh1 Kg7 30.Bf3 Bxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Kf6 32.Rg3 Qh4 33.Qf4 Qxf4 34.exf4 Rxg3 35.hxg3 Kg6 36.Kg2 Kh6 1/2-1/2

(494) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90]
Moscow Moscow URS (10), 11.12.1947

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.d3 Be6 10.Nbd2 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Nd7 12.Qc2 Nb6 13.Nf1 d5 14.Ng3 Qd7 15.Be3 dxe4 16.dxe4 Nc4 17.Nf5 Rfd8 18.Rad1 Qe6 19.Bc1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.b3 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Nd6 23.Ng3 f6 24.Ne1 Nb7 25.Nf5 Nd6 26.Nxe7+ Nxe7 27.Ba3 f5 28.exf5 Nexf5 29.Nc2 e4 30.Qd2 h6 31.Bc5 Qe5 32.Ba7 Kh7 33.h3 a5 34.Ne3 Nxe3 35.Bxe3 a4 36.Bf4 Qc5 37.bxa4 bxa4 38.Qe2 Qc6 39.Be5 Qd5 40.Bxd6 cxd6 41.a3 1/2-1/2

(495) Isaac Boleslavsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C92]
Moscow Moscow URS (12), 15.12.1947

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.d4 Qd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd7 Nxd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Bxc5 Bxc5 16.Nbd2 Bb6 1/2-1/2

(496) Mikhail Botvinnik - Petar Trifunovic [D14]
Moscow Moscow URS (15), 22.12.1947

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Bb5 0-0 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.Bxc6 Bxb2 12.Bxb7 Bxa1 13.Rxa1 1/2-1/2

(497) Mikhail Botvinnik - Cenek Kottnauer [D13]
Moscow Moscow URS (2), 27.11.1947

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Rc1 Bb7 11.a3 Rc8 12.Qe2 Bxf4 13.exf4 Na5 14.Rc2 Nc4 15.Rfc1 a6 16.Nb1 b5 17.b3 Nd6 18.Rxc8 Bxc8 19.Ne5 Bd7 20.g4 g6 21.Kg2 Nfe8 22.Qe3 f6 23.Nf3 Ng7 24.h3 Qb6 25.Rc5 Nb7 26.Rc2 Rc8 27.Rxc8+ Bxc8 28.g5 Qc7 29.gxf6 Nh5 30.Ne5 Nxf6 31.Qd2 Nd6 32.Qc2 Qxc2 33.Bxc2 Nf7 34.Nc3 Nxe5 35.fxe5 Ne8 36.Kf3 Nc7 37.Ke3 Kf7 38.Ne2 Ke7 39.Nf4 a5 40.Nd3 Na6 41.b4 axb4 42.axb4 Nb8 43.Kd2 Nc6 44.Kc3 Nd8 45.h4 Nf7 46.Nf4 Bd7 47.Kd2 Be8 48.Bd3 Nh6 49.h5 Nf5 50.hxg6 hxg6 51.Kc3 Kf7 52.Be2 Bd7 53.Nd3 Ke7 54.Nc5 Be8 55.Na6 Kd8 56.Bg4 Bd7 57.Nc5 Ke7 58.Kd3 Bc8 59.Bh3 Ke8 60.Kc3 1-0

(498) Alexander Kotov - Mikhail Botvinnik [A84]
Moscow Moscow URS (4), 01.12.1947

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nge2 c5 8.d5 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 exd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.0-0 Na6 12.Be2 Bd7 13.b3 Qe7 14.Bb2 Rae8 15.Rae1 Nc7 16.Bxg4 fxg4 17.e4 Nb5 18.f4 gxf3 19.Rxf3 Rxf3 20.gxf3 Nd4 21.Qg2 Rf8 22.Rf1 Qh4 23.Qg3 Qxg3+ 24.hxg3 Bh3 25.Rf2 Nxf3+ 26.Kh1 Nd4 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Kg1 Ke7 29.Kf2 Bg4 30.Ke3 g5 31.Nb1 Nf3 32.Nd2 Nxd2 33.Kxd2 h5 34.Kd3 Bh3 35.Ke3 Bg2 36.Bc3 b6 37.b4 h4 38.gxh4 gxh4 39.bxc5 bxc5 40.Be1 h3 41.Bg3 Bf1 42.a3 Bc4 43.Kd2 Ba2 44.Kc3 Bb1 45.e5 Ba2 46.exd6+ Kd7 47.Bh2 Bxd5 48.Bg3 Kc6 49.Bh2 Be6 50.Bg3 Kb5 51.Bh2 Ka4 52.Kb2 a5 53.Bg3 Bf5 54.Bh2 c4 55.Bg3 c3+ 56.Kxc3 Kxa3 57.Bh2 Ka2 58.Bg3 1/2-1/2

(499) Kazimierz Plater - Mikhail Botvinnik [B20]
Moscow Moscow URS (6), 03.12.1947

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Nxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qd8 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.d3 e6 9.0-0 Be7 10.f4 0-0 11.Ne4 Na5 12.Bb3 Qd4+ 13.Kh1 c4 14.c3 Qxd3 15.Qxd3 cxd3 16.Nf2 Rd8 17.Rd1 Bc5 18.Rxd3 Bd7 19.Be3 Bxe3 20.Rxe3 Bb5 21.Ne4 h6 22.Rae1 Nxb3 23.axb3 a5 24.h3 Rac8 25.Kg1 Kf8 26.Kh2 Rc7 27.Kg3 b6 28.Kh2 Rcd7 29.Kg1 Rd1 30.c4 Bc6 31.Nc3 Rxe1+ 32.Rxe1 Ke7 33.Re2 f6 34.Kf2 Rd3 35.h4 h5 36.Re3 Rd2+ 37.Re2 Rd3 38.Re3 Rd2+ 39.Re2 Rxe2+ 40.Nxe2 Kd6 41.Nd4 g6 42.g3 e5 43.fxe5+ fxe5 44.Nc2 Be4 45.Ne1 Kc5 46.Ke3 Bf5 47.Nf3 Kb4 48.Nd2 Bc2 49.Kf3 Bxb3 50.Ke4 Bxc4 51.Kxe5 Bd3 52.Kd4 Bf5 53.Nc4 b5 54.Nd2 a4 55.Kd5 Bh3 56.Kd4 Bg2 57.Kd3 Kc5 58.Kc3 b4+ 59.Kd3 Bd5 60.Nb1 Be6 61.Nd2 Bf5+ 62.Ke3 Bc2 0-1

(500) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexandar Tsvetkov [E06]
Moscow Moscow URS (7), 06.12.1947

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Nb6 9.Nxc4 Nxc4 10.Qxc4 Rb8 11.Bf4 Nd5 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Ne5 Be8 14.Rac1 c6 15.Rfd1 f6 16.Nd3 Bf7 17.Qc2 Bd6 18.e4 Nc7 19.Be3 Qe8 20.a4 a6 21.Qc3 Bg6 22.Qa5 Rf7 23.Nf4 Rd7 24.Nxg6 Qxg6 25.Qb6 Qh5 26.Qb3 Rdd8 27.d5 exd5 28.Ba7 Rbc8 29.Qxb7 f5 30.exd5 1-0

(501) Alexey Sokolsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [B51]
Moscow Moscow URS (8), 08.12.1947

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.0-0 a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 e5 8.Qd3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.Na3 Ra7 12.Nc4 Rd7 13.Ne3 h6 14.Bh4 g6 15.c4 Nh5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Qc2 Nf4 18.b4 Rdd8 19.Rd2 h5 20.g3 Bg4 21.Nxg4 Nh3+ 22.Kg2 hxg4 23.Ng1 Ng5 24.Rad1 f5 25.c5 Nxe4 26.cxd6 Qb7 27.Qc4+ Kg7 28.Rc2 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 Nxd6 30.Qc5 Nf7 31.Qxc6 Qxb4 32.Rc4 Qb5 33.a4 Qa5 34.Rc5 Qb4 35.Rc4 Qd2 36.Rc2 Qd4 37.Rc4 Qd8 38.Rb4 Qa8 39.Rb6 a5 40.Ne2 Qxc6+ 41.Rxc6 Rd8 42.Nc3 Rd2 43.Rc7 Kf8 44.Rc5 e4 45.Nd5 Ng5 46.Ne3 Ke7 47.Re5+ Kf6 48.Rc5 Ra2 49.Rc4 Nf3 50.Nd5+ Kg5 51.Nf4 e3 0-1

(502) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ratmir Kholmov [E47]
Moscow Moscow URS (9), 09.12.1947

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Nb8 9.a3 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 a5 11.e4 Ne8 12.Be3 f6 13.Qd2 Rf7 14.b4 Nd7 15.c5 b6 16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Nb5 Ra8 19.Qc2 Na4 20.Rfb1 g6 21.Na7 c5 22.Nxc8 Qxc8 23.Bb5 Rfa7 24.Bc6 f5 25.f3 f4 26.Bf2 g5 27.Rb3 g4 28.fxg4 Qxg4 29.Bxa8 Rxa8 30.Rab1 1-0

(503) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C36]
Training Training, 1947

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Nd5 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Bb3 0-0 10.c4 Nf6 11.d4 c5 12.d5 Bg4 13.Nc3 a6 14.Qe1 Nbd7 15.Bc2 h6 16.Qh4 Qc7 17.Bd2 Rae8 18.Rae1 Bh5 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf6 21.Bc2 Bg6 22.Ba4 Re4 23.b3 Bh7 24.Bc3 Rxe1 25.Qxe1 Ne4 26.Bb2 f5 27.Qa1 Rf7 28.Be5 Re7 29.Bxd6 Qxd6 30.Qb2 g5 31.Bc6 g4 32.Ne1 Ng5 33.Nd3 f3 34.b4 Re2 0-1

(504) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D47]
Training Game, 12.11.1947

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bb3 Ba6 9.0-0 c5 10.Re1 Qb6 11.d5 e5 12.a4 b4 13.Nb5 Bd6 14.Nd2 Bxb5 15.axb5 Qc7 16.e4 Nb6 17.Ra6 0-0 18.Nc4 Nfd7 19.Qg4 Kh8 20.Bg5 Rfc8 21.Qf5 Kg8 22.Rea1 Nxc4 23.Rc6 Nxb2 24.Rxc7 Rxc7 25.Rb1 c4 26.Rxb2 cxb3 27.Rxb3 Rb8 28.h4 Rxb5 29.Bd8 g6 30.Rg3 Rcb7 31.h5 b3 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Rxg6+ fxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kh8 35.Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

(505) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C84]
Training Game, 17.11.1947

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Re1 Nc5 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.Nxd4 Ne6 11.Nf5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Bf8 13.Nc3 c5 14.Nd5 Bd7 15.Be3 0-0-0 16.Rd2 Re8 17.Rad1 Bc6 18.f4 h5 19.Nh4 Nd4 20.c4 g5 21.Nf3 Bxd5 22.cxd5 Nf5 23.Bf2 gxf4 24.d6 cxd6 25.exd6 Nxd6 26.Rxd6 Bxd6 27.Rxd6 Re2 28.Bxc5 Rxb2 29.Bd4 Rb1+ 30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Rf6 Rd7 32.Rxf4 Rb4 33.g4 hxg4 34.Rxg4 Ra4 35.h4 Rxa2+ 36.Kg3 Rd5 37.Rf4 b5 38.Rxf7 b4 39.Rf8+ Kd7 40.Rb8 Ra3 41.Rb7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

(506) Mikhail Botvinnik - Max Euwe [D02]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (22), 09.05.1948

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 0-0 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Ne5 Qe8 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.b4 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

(507) Mikhail Botvinnik - Max Euwe [D46]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (2), 04.03.1948

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rae1 Bc7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 a5 15.Ba2 Nf6 16.Qh4 e4 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Bc3 Qe7 20.f3 Nd5 21.Qxe7 Nxe7 22.fxe4 b6 23.Rd1 Ng6 24.Rd6 Ba6 25.Rf2 Bb5 26.e5 Ne7 27.e4 c5 28.e6 f6 29.Rxb6 Bc6 30.Rxc6 Nxc6 31.e7+ Rf7 32.Bd5 1-0

(508) Mikhail Botvinnik - Max Euwe [D49]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (12), 13.04.1948

1.d4 Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene from "Battle of Bonn", ISBN-13:978-1-906661-01-4, 2008. --- Traditionally, the title of world champion is decided by a mano a mano battle between the world's two top players. This format was recognised even in the early matches between Staunton and St Amant and Morphy and Anderssen which predate the widely accepted year [1886] from which the Championship officially emanates. The sole expection to this rule hitherto was 1948 when Alekhine's death as incumbent caused an interregnum which necessitated a five man match tournament to decide the destination of the title. The Soviet iron man Mikhail Botvinnik won easily, ahead of Vassily Smyslov, Paul Keres, Sammy Reshevsky and in last place the former world champion Dr Max Euwe. Botvinnik raced away with the tournament making a clear plus score against all his rivals. He considered the following to be his best game. 1...d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.0-0 Nc5 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Rc1 Rd5 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 f6 22.Qg3 fxe5 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7 Qxc7 25.Qxc7 Bd5 26.Qxe5 d3 27.Qe3 Bc4 28.b3 Rf7 29.f3 Rd7 30.Qd2 e5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Qb4 Rc7 35.Kd2 Rc6 36.a4 Black resigns. Almost 60 years after this game was played, eight grandmasters assembled in Mexico City where they were once again to decide the undisputed World Championship by means of a tournament. This circumstance reflected the resolution of the schism that had arisen in the chess world in 1993 and also the confusion surrounding Kasparov/^s retirement from world chess. The chosen ones were: world champion Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk, Lev Aronian and Boris Gelfand. From this crucible, Anand emerged victorious, and FIDE claimed that from 2008, the Championship would revert to its traditional match format. 1-0

(509) Mikhail Botvinnik - Paul Keres [D02]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (20), 04.05.1948

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.e3 Qd6 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Rc1 a5 11.a3 Rfc8 12.Bd3 a4 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nd8 15.0-0 Ne6 16.Rc3 b5 17.Qc2 Rcb8 18.Ne1 Nc8 19.Rc6 Qe7 20.Nd3 Nb6 21.Nb4 Rd8 22.Qf5 Rd6 23.Rfc1 Rxc6 24.Rxc6 Rd8 25.Rxb6 cxb6 26.Nc6 Qc7 27.Nxd8 Qxd8 28.Qc2 Qc7 29.Qxc7 Nxc7 30.Nb1 Kf8 31.Kf1 Ke7 32.Ke2 Kd6 33.Kd3 Kc6 34.Nc3 Ne8 35.Na2 f6 36.f3 Nc7 37.Nb4+ Kd6 38.e4 dxe4+ 39.fxe4 Ne6 40.Ke3 Nc7 41.Kd3 Ne6 42.Nd5 Kc6 43.h4 Nd8 44.Nf4 Kd6 45.Nh5 Ne6 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.d5 Nc5 48.Nxg7 Kd6 49.Ne6 Nd7 50.Kd4 Ne5 51.Ng7 Nc4 52.Nf5+ Kc7 53.Kc3 Kd7 54.g4 Ne5 55.g5 fxg5 56.hxg5 Nf3 57.Kb4 Nxg5 58.e5 h5 59.e6+ Kd8 60.Kxb5 1-0

(510) Mikhail Botvinnik - Paul Keres [E28]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (10), 25.03.1948

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Re8 7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.0-0 c5 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb6 13.Bb2 exd4 14.e4 Be6 15.Rc1 Re7 16.Qxd4 Qc7 17.c5 dxc5 18.Rxc5 Qf4 19.Bc1 Qb8 20.Rg5 Nbd7 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nh5+ Kg6 23.Qe3 1-0

(511) Mikhail Botvinnik - Samuel Reshevsky [E29]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (14), 18.04.1948

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Nc6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.Ne2 b6 9.e4 Ne8 10.Be3 d6 11.0-0 Na5 12.Ng3 Ba6 13.Qe2 Qd7 14.f4 f5 15.Rae1 g6 16.Rd1 Qf7 17.e5 Rc8 18.Rfe1 dxe5 19.dxe5 Ng7 20.Nf1 Rfd8 21.Bf2 Nh5 22.Bg3 Qe8 23.Ne3 Qa4 24.Qa2 Nxg3 25.hxg3 h5 26.Be2 Kf7 27.Kf2 Qb3 28.Qxb3 Nxb3 29.Bd3 Ke7 30.Ke2 Na5 31.Rd2 Rc7 32.g4 Rcd7 33.gxf5 gxf5 34.Red1 h4 35.Ke1 Nb3 36.Nd5+ exd5 37.Bxf5 Nxd2 38.Rxd2 dxc4 39.Bxd7 Rxd7 40.Rf2 Ke6 41.Rf3 Rd3 42.Ke2 0-1

(512) Mikhail Botvinnik - Samuel Reshevsky [E40]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (4), 09.03.1948

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.b4 Nbd7 8.Bb2 c6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bd6 11.Ne2 a5 12.b5 Nb6 13.Bd3 cxb5 14.Bxb5 Bd7 15.Qb3 a4 16.Qd3 Ra5 17.Nc3 Qe8 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.0-0 Rc8 20.e4 Nc4 21.Bc1 e5 22.Rd1 exd4 23.Qxd4 Qe6 24.Ra2 h6 25.h3 Ra6 26.Nd5 Nxe4 27.Re2 f5 28.g4 Bc5 29.gxf5 Qxf5 30.Qxe4 Qxh3 31.Nh2 Rcc6 32.Nf4 1-0

(513) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [D76]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (18), 27.04.1948

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 Nb6 8.Nc3 a5 9.Bf4 c6 10.Qc1 Re8 11.Rd1 Na6 12.h3 a4 13.e4 Bd7 14.Ne5 Qc8 15.Kh2 Rd8 16.Bg5 f6 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Be3 Kh8 19.Bf1 f5 20.d5 c5 21.Bb5 Qc7 22.Bf4 Be5 23.Bxe5+ Qxe5 24.f4 Qg7 25.Qe3 fxe4 26.Rac1 a3 27.bxa3 Nc8 28.Nxe4 Nd6 29.Bxa6 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Rxa6 31.Rxc5 Rxa3 32.Rd2 Rda8 33.Qe6 Rc3 34.Rxc3 Qxc3 35.Qe5+ Qxe5 36.fxe5 Kg7 37.Kg2 Kf7 38.Rf2+ Ke8 39.Rd2 Ra3 40.Rb2 Rd3 41.Rb5 Kd8 42.a4 b6 43.Rxb6 Rxd5 44.Rb8+ Kd7 45.Rh8 Rxe5 46.Rxh7 Ke6 47.Rh4 Re2+ 48.Kf3 Ra2 49.Re4+ Kf6 50.Rf4+ Kg7 51.Rc4 Ra3+ 52.Kg4 e5 53.Kh4 Kh6 54.Rb4 Ra1 55.Kg4 Ra3 56.h4 Kg7 57.h5 gxh5+ 58.Kxh5 Kf6 59.Kh4 Kf5 60.g4+ Kf6 61.Rb6+ Kf7 62.Rb7+ Kg6 63.Rb4 Kf6 64.Rb6+ Kf7 65.Rb7+ Kg6 66.Ra7 e4 67.Ra6+ Kf7 68.g5 e3 69.Kg3 e2+ 70.Kf2 Re3 71.Ke1 Kg7 72.Ra7+ Kg6 73.Ra8 Kg7 74.a5 Re5 75.g6 Kxg6 76.a6 Kg7 77.Ra7+ Kg6 78.Rb7 Ra5 79.Rb6+ Kf7 80.Kxe2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

(514) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [D98]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (8), 18.03.1948

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Bg4 8.Be3 Nfd7 9.Nd2 Nb6 10.Qd3 c6 11.f3 Be6 12.Rd1 Na6 13.a3 Qd7 14.Qc2 Nc7 15.Nb3 Bc4 16.Be2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Rad8 18.0-0 Qe6 19.Nc5 Qc8 20.Kh1 Nd7 21.Nb3 b6 22.Qc4 Qb7 23.f4 e6 24.Rc1 Nf6 25.Bg1 Rc8 26.Rc2 Rfd8 27.Qe2 Nb5 28.e5 Nxc3 29.bxc3 Nd5 30.c4 Ne7 31.Nd2 Nf5 32.Ne4 Nxd4 33.Bxd4 Rxd4 34.Nd6 Rxd6 35.exd6 c5 36.Rd2 Rd8 37.Qf3 Qxf3 38.Rxf3 Bd4 39.g3 Rxd6 40.Kg2 f5 41.a4 Kf7 42.Rb3 Kf6 43.Ra2 a5 44.Rd2 Ke7 45.Kf3 Kd7 46.g4 h6 47.Rg2 Ke7 48.Rd3 Kf7 49.h4 fxg4+ 50.Rxg4 h5 51.Rg2 Rd8 52.Rgd2 Ke8 53.Rg2 Kf7 54.Rgd2 Ke8 55.Ke2 Ke7 56.Rd1 Rf8 57.Rf1 Bf6 58.Rb3 Bxh4 59.Rxb6 Bg3 60.Rb7+ Kf6 61.Rb5 Kf5 62.Rxc5+ Ke4 63.Re5+ Kd4 64.Rd1+ Kxc4 65.Re4+ Kc5 66.Kf3 h4 67.Rb1 Kd6 68.Rb6+ Kd7 69.Kg4 Rf5 70.Rd4+ Ke7 71.Rb7+ Kf6 72.Rb5 e5 73.Rd6+ Kg7 74.Rxa5 Rxf4+ 75.Kh3 Kh6 76.Raa6 Kh5 77.Rxg6 Rxa4 78.Rh6+ Kg5 79.Rhg6+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

(515) Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik [A13]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (5), 11.03.1948

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 d4 4.b4 c5 5.b5 e5 6.d3 Bd6 7.e4 Qc7 8.Ne2 h5 9.h4 Nh6 10.0-0 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.f4 Bg4 13.f5 Nd7 14.Nd2 g6 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.Nf3 Be7 17.Rf2 Qd6 18.Bxh6 Rxh6 19.Qd2 Rh8 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.Re1 Qb6 22.Nf3 Nd7 23.Ng5 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.a4 Bh6 26.a5 Qf6 27.Nc1 0-0-0 28.Nb3 Rf8 29.Ra1 Qe7 30.Qc1 Kb8 31.Ra2 Rf7 32.Qa3 Bxg5 33.hxg5 Bd1 34.Qc1 Bxb3 35.Rb2 Bd1 36.Qxd1 Qxg5 37.Qe1 Nf8 38.Kh2 Qf6 39.Bh3 Nh7 40.Qd1 Ng5 41.b6 h4 42.Qg4 hxg3+ 43.Kxg3 Rf8 44.bxa7+ Kxa7 45.a6 Nxh3 46.Qxh3 Qf4+ 47.Kg2 Qf1+ 48.Kh2 Rf2+ 49.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 50.Kh1 Qe1+ 51.Kg2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qe3+ 53.Qxe3 dxe3 54.axb7 Kxb7 55.Kg2 Kb6 56.Kf3 Ka5 57.Kxe3 Kb4 58.Kd2 g5 0-1

(516) Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik [C15]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (25), 16.05.1948

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4 5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6 Nc6 8.0-0-0 Rg6 9.Qh4 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qd5 11.b3 Ne7 12.f3 Bd7 13.Bb2 Bc6 14.c4 Qf5 15.d5 exd5 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Nh3 Ng4 18.Qg3 Qc5 19.Qxc7 Rc8 20.Qf4 Qe3+ 21.Rd2 Qxf4 22.Nxf4 e3 23.Rc2 Rg5 24.Be2 Nf2 25.Re1 Rd8 26.g3 Rf5 27.Bf1 Rxf4 28.gxf4 Nd3+ 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Rc3 Rxc3+ 31.Bxc3 Nf5 32.Bd2 Kd7 33.Bxe3 b6 34.Bf2 f6 35.Kd2 h5 36.Kd3 Nh6 37.Bh4 f5 38.Re7+ Kd6 39.h3 1-0

(517) Samuel Reshevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [A91]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (9), 23.03.1948

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nh3 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.e4 fxe4 9.Nf4 c6 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 e5 12.Ng2 Nd7 13.Ne3 exd4 14.Qxd4 Ne5 15.f4 Ng4 16.Nxg4 Bxg4 17.Re1 Bf6 18.Qd3 Qh5 19.Bd2 Rfe8 20.Rab1 Re7 21.Bb4 Rae8 22.Bxd6 Re6 23.Re3 Rxd6 24.Qxd6 Rd8 25.Qc7 Qc5 26.Rbe1 Rc8 27.Qxb7 Bd4 28.Kf2 Bxe3+ 29.Rxe3 Qd4 30.Qb3 Qd2+ 31.Kg1 Qc1+ 32.Kf2 Qd2+ 33.Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

(518) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [B60]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (13), 15.04.1948

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ndb5 a6 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nd4 Kh8 12.Kh1 Rg8 13.f4 Bd7 14.Bf3 Rc8 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Ne2 d5 17.f5 Qc7 18.c4 dxc4 19.Qd4 c5 20.Qxc4 Bd6 21.g3 Bb5 22.Qc2 exf5 23.exf5 Rce8 24.Rf2 Re3 25.Bg2 Qe7 26.Ng1 Bd3 27.Qd2 c4 28.Rf3 Re8 29.Rd1 Bc5 30.b3 Re1 31.bxc4 Bxc4 32.Bf1 Rxd1 33.Qxd1 Rd8 34.Qc2 Bd5 35.Qc3 Bd4 36.Qd3 Qe3 37.Qxe3 Bxe3 38.Bg2 Bxf3 39.Bxf3 Rd2 40.Ne2 Rxa2 41.Kg2 0-1

(519) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [D96]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (3), 08.03.1948

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e4 Nb6 8.Be3 Be6 9.Qc2 Bc4 10.Be2 Na6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rfd1 Qd6 13.b3 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Rac8 15.Bf4 Qe6 16.Be5 f6 17.Bg3 Qf7 18.Nf4 Bh6 19.Nd3 f5 20.Nc5 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Nxc5 22.dxc5 Nd5 23.Re1 Rce8 24.Be5 Bf4 25.Bb2 Qf5 26.Qc4 e5 27.Re4 Qf7 28.Rae1 Nf6 29.Qxf7+ Rxf7 30.R4e2 Nd7 31.b4 a5 32.a3 axb4 33.axb4 Rfe7 34.g3 Bh6 35.Nxe5 Bg7 36.f4 Nf6 37.Kf2 Nd5 38.Re4 Nf6 39.R4e3 Nd5 40.Rb3 g5 41.Kf3 Rf8 42.Re4 Nf6 43.Re2 Nd5 44.Re4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

(520) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [D22]
match-tournament Ch World , Hague/Moscow (Neth (23), 11.05.1948

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.0-0 Ngf6 8.h3 Bh5 9.b3 c5 10.Be2 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Bc5 13.Bb2 0-0 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Rfd1 Qe7 16.N4f3 Bb4 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 1/2-1/2

(521) Mikhail Botvinnik - Samuel Reshevsky [C49]
The Hague/Moskva Wch 24 (24), 13.05.1948

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 Rd8 12.Bf1 Nf8 13.Nh4 Ng4 14.g3 Qf6 15.f3 Nh6 16.Be3 Re8 17.Qd2 Ng6 18.Ng2 Bh3 19.Be2 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 d5 21.exd5 exd4 22.cxd4 Nf5 23.Bf2 Red8 24.c4 h5 25.h4 b5 26.Qg5 Qxg5 27.hxg5 h4 28.Bd3 hxg3 29.Bxg3 Nxd4 30.Rad1 c5 31.dxc6 Nxc6 32.Be4 Rac8 33.Rxd8+ Nxd8 34.Bf5 Ra8 35.Re8+ Kh7 36.cxb5 f6 37.Bc7 Ne6 38.Rxa8 Nxc7 39.Rxa7 Nxb5 40.Rd7 fxg5 41.a4 1-0

(522) Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik [C07]
WCC Match Tournament WCC Match Tournament (15), 20.04.1948

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Ba7 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nfd4 0-0 10.Be2 Qd6 11.0-0 Ne4 12.Be3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxe3 14.fxe3 bxc6 15.Bd3 Nf6 16.Qe1 Ng4 17.Qh4 f5 18.Rf4 Ne5 19.Qg3 Ra7 20.Raf1 Raf7 21.Nd4 Nxd3 22.cxd3 c5 23.Nf3 Qb6 24.Rh4 h6 25.Ne5 Rf6 26.d4 cxd4 27.Rxd4 Qxb2 28.Rxd5 Be6 29.Rd4 Kh7 30.Nd7 Bxd7 31.Rxd7 Rg6 32.Qf2 Qe5 33.Rd4 Rb8 34.Qf4 Qe6 35.Rd2 Rb5 36.h3 Re5 37.Kh2 Rf6 38.Rfd1 Re4 39.Qb8 Rxe3 40.Rd8 Qe5+ 41.Qxe5 Rxe5 42.R1d2 g5 43.g4 Rf7 44.R8d7 Kg7 45.gxf5 Rexf5 46.a3 Rf2+ 47.Kg3 Rxd2 48.Rxd2 Rc7 49.Rd4 Rc6 50.a4 Kg6 51.h4 Kh5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Rd3 Rc4 54.Ra3 a5 55.Kh3 Rb4 56.Kg3 Rf4 57.Ra1 Rg4+ 58.Kh3 Re4 59.Ra3 Kg6 60.Kg3 Kf5 61.Kf3 Ke5 62.Kg3 Rd4 63.Ra1 Kd5 64.Rb1 Rb4 65.Rf1 Ke4 66.Re1+ Kd4 67.Kh2 Rxa4 68.Rg1 Rc4 69.Rxg5 a4 70.Kg2 Kc3 71.Kf3 a3 72.Ra5 Kb3 0-1

(523) Max Euwe - Mikhail Botvinnik [C07]
m, Hague/Moscow 33 (17), 25.04.1948

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Qe7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nb3 Qxe2+ 10.Nxe2 Nxb3 11.axb3 Bc5 12.Bd2 Ne7 13.Bc3 Nc6 14.0-0-0 Bxf2 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bh6 Rxg2 17.Rxd5 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.Kd2 Ne6 20.Be3 Ke7 21.Bxf2 Rxf2 22.Ke3 Rf5 23.Ra1 a5 24.Ra4 Rh5 25.h4 Re5+ 26.Kf3 Rf5+ 27.Ke3 Re5+ 28.Kf3 Rf5+ 29.Ke3 1/2-1/2

(524) Samuel Reshevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C18]
m, Hague/Moscow 38 (19), 03.05.1948

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Ne7 10.Bd2 0-0 11.Bd3 b6 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.Nf4 Qd7 14.Bxa6 Nxa6 15.Qd3 Nb8 16.h4 Nbc6 17.Rh3 Rac8 18.Rg3 Kh8 19.h5 Rf7 20.h6 g6 21.Rc1 Rff8 22.Ne2 Nb8 23.Kf1 Rc4 24.Kg1 Nbc6 25.Bg5 Ng8 26.Re1 Qf7 27.c3 Na5 28.Nf4 Rc6 29.Bf6+ Nxf6 30.exf6 Nc4 31.Qb1 Qxf6 32.a4 g5 33.Nd3 f4 34.Rh3 g4 35.Rh1 Rc7 36.Qd1 Qg6 37.Rh4 f3 38.g3 Rcf7 39.Nf4 Rxf4 40.gxf4 Rxf4 41.Qb1 Rf5 42.Qd3 g3 43.Qf1 gxf2+ 44.Kxf2 Rg5 45.Qh3 Rg2+ 46.Kxf3 Nd2+ 47.Ke3 Rg3+ 0-1

(525) Max Euwe - Mikhail Botvinnik [C08]
World Ch Tournament Moscow RUS / The Hague NED (7), 16.03.1948

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Qe7 7.dxc5 Qxe2+ 8.Nxe2 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Bd2 Nge7 11.Bb4 a6 12.Bc5 Bc7 13.Bxc6+ Nxc6 14.0-0-0 Be6 15.Ned4 0-0-0 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rd4 Kd7 18.g3 f6 19.Ra4 Ra8 20.Re1 Rhe8 21.Be3 Bd6 22.Bf4 Bf8 23.Be3 Bf5 24.Rd1 Kc7 25.Rdd4 Be4 26.Ra5 Bg2 27.Nc5 Bf1 28.Nd3 Re4 29.Rda4 Rxa4 30.Rxa4 Bxd3 31.cxd3 c5 32.b3 d4 33.Bd2 Kb6 34.Kd1 Re8 35.a3 Kb5 36.Ra5+ Kb6 37.b4 Re5 38.bxc5+ Bxc5 39.f4 Re8 40.Ra4 Kb5 1/2-1/2

(526) Mikhail Botvinnik - Nikolay Novotelnov [E45]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (6), 21.11.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 d5 8.b3 0-0 9.Bb2 c6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.Nh5 Nxh5 13.Qxh5 f5 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.f3 Qh4 16.g3 Qh3 17.Rad1 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.bxc4 Rce8 20.f4 Nf6 21.e4 Ng4 22.e5 Be7 23.Rd3 Rc8 24.Qg2 Qh5 25.h3 Nh6 26.Bc1 g5 27.fxg5 Bxg5 28.Bxg5 Qxg5 29.Ne2 Nf7 30.Nf4 Qh6 31.Qe2 Ng5 32.Kh2 Rfd8 33.Qh5 Qxh5 34.Nxh5 Nf7 35.Re1 Kf8 36.g4 fxg4 37.hxg4 Ke7 38.Kg3 b5 39.c5 a5 40.Kf4 Rg8 41.Nf6 Rg7 42.Rh1 h6 43.a4 b4 44.Rd2 Rg6 45.Ke3 Rd8 46.Rdh2 Rb8 47.Rf2 Rh8 48.Rhf1 Nd8 49.Rf4 Rg7 50.Rh1 Rg6 51.Ne4 Rhg8 52.Kf3 R8g7 53.Nd2 Rg8 54.Nb3 Nb7 55.Kg3 R8g7 56.Rh2 Rg8 57.Rh4 Rh8 58.Kf3 Rh7 59.Nd2 Nd8 60.Nc4 Nb7 61.Rh3 Rhg7 62.Ne3 Rh7 63.Rh2 Nd8 64.Ke4 Rf7 65.Nc4 Rxf4+ 66.Kxf4 Nb7 67.Kg3 Kf8 68.Nd2 Nd8 69.Nb3 Nb7 70.Rf2+ Kg7 71.Kh4 Kh7 72.Nc1 Nd8 73.Nb3 Nb7 74.Nd2 Rg8 75.Rf7+ Rg7 76.Rxg7+ Kxg7 77.Kh5 b3 78.Nxb3 Kh7 79.d5 exd5 80.e6 Kg7 81.e7 Kf7 82.Kxh6 Kxe7 83.g5 Nd8 84.g6 Ne6 85.Nxa5 d4 86.Nxc6+ Kd7 87.Ne5+ 1-0

(527) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [D44]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (5), 19.11.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.exf6 gxh4 10.Ne5 Qxf6 11.g3 Nd7 12.Qe2 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Qe7 14.Bg2 Bb7 15.0-0-0 Bg7 16.f4 0-0 17.Rd6 Rad8 18.Rhd1 Rxd6 19.exd6 Qd8 20.Ne4 Qa5 21.Kb1 Qb6 22.Qg4 f5 23.Qg6 c5 24.g4 Bxe4+ 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.g5 hxg5 27.fxg5 Qd8 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.Qg4 Qe8 30.g6 Bh6 31.Qxh4 Kg7 32.d7 Qd8 33.Qxe4 Bg5 34.a4 Qe7 35.Qg4 Qf6 36.Ka2 b4 37.Rg1 b3+ 38.Ka3 Be3 39.Qh5 Bh6 40.Qxc5 Rd8 41.Rd1 Kxg6 42.Qg1+ Kh7 43.Kb4 Rb8+ 44.Kc5 Be3+ 45.Qxe3 Qb6+ 46.Kxc4 Qxe3 47.d8Q Rxd8 48.Rxd8 Qe6+ 49.Rd5 a5 50.h4 0-1

(528) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [A91]
match Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (1) (1), 16.03.1951

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.e3 d6 7.Nge2 c6 8.0-0 e5 9.d5 Qe8 10.e4 Qh5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.f3 Qg6 13.Be3 Nbd7 14.Qd2 cxd5 15.cxd5 Bd8 16.Rac1 Ba5 17.g4 Bd3 18.Rfd1 Bc4 19.Qc2 Qxc2 20.Rxc2 Nb6 21.Rcd2 Ba6 22.Bf2 Nc4 23.Rc2 Bb6 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.Re1 Ne3 26.Rd2 Nc4 27.Rc2 Ne3 28.Rd2 Nc4 29.Rc2 1/2-1/2

(529) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [A91]
match Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (9) (9), 03.04.1951

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.d5 Bb4 7.Bd2 e5 8.e3 d6 9.Nge2 a6 10.Qc2 Qe8 11.f3 b5 12.Qb3 Bc5 13.cxb5 Bd7 14.Na4 Ba7 15.b6 Bxa4 16.b7 Bxb3 17.bxa8Q Bb6 18.axb3 Qb5 19.Nc3 Qxb3 20.Rxa6 Nxa6 21.Qxa6 Nxd5 22.Qa4 Qxa4 23.Nxa4 Bxe3 24.Bf1 Ra8 25.b3 Bxd2+ 26.Kxd2 Kf8 27.Bd3 g6 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.Nc3 Nb4 30.Be2 Ra8 31.Na4 c6 32.Rc4 Rb8 33.Bd1 Ke7 34.Nb2 d5 35.Rh4 h5 36.g4 hxg4 37.fxg4 f4 38.g5 Rf8 39.Rh7+ Kd6 40.Rg7 e4 41.Rxg6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

(530) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [E60]
match Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (23 (23), 08.05.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nh3 Bxh3 8.Bxh3 Nc6 9.Bg2 e6 10.e3 0-0 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.0-0 Nd7 13.Ne2 Qb6 14.Bc3 Rfd8 15.Nf4 Nf6 16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Qxb6 axb6 18.Be1 Na5 19.Nd3 Bf8 20.f3 Nd6 21.Bf2 Bh6 22.Rac1 Nac4 23.Rfe1 Na5 24.Kf1 Bg7 25.g4 Nc6 26.b3 Nb5 27.Ke2 Bf8 28.a4 Nc7 29.Bg3 Na6 30.Bf1 f6 31.Red1 Na5 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Rc1 Rxc1 34.Nxc1 Ba3 35.Kd1 Bxc1 36.Kxc1 Nxb3+ 37.Kc2 Na5 38.Kc3 Kf7 39.e4 f5 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Bd3 Kg6 42.Bd6 Nc6 43.Bb1 Kf6 44.Bg3 fxe4 45.fxe4 h6 46.Bf4 h5 47.exd5 exd5 48.h4 Nab8 49.Bg5+ Kf7 50.Bf5 Na7 51.Bf4 Nbc6 52.Bd3 Nc8 53.Be2 Kg6 54.Bd3+ Kf6 55.Be2 Kg6 56.Bf3 N6e7 57.Bg5 1-0

(531) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [C07]
Haag Haag (15), 17.04.1951

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nd4 Qd7 11.N2f3 0-0 12.Ne5 Qc8 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Nd3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Qg4 16.Be3 Bc5 17.h3 Qg6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Rad1 Re4 20.c3 b6 21.Nc2 Rd8 22.Rd3 Kf8 23.Rfd1 Ke7 24.Kf1 Kd7 25.Bg5 Kc6 26.b4 Bf8 27.Ne3 Re5 28.f4 Re4 29.f5 Re5 30.Bf4 Re4 31.Bg5 Re5 32.Bf4 Re4 33.Bg5 1/2-1/2

(532) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [A84]
Russia Match, Moscow (12) (12), 10.04.1951

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Qc2 0-0 8.0-0-0 Qe7 9.f3 dxc4 10.e4 fxe4 11.Nxe4 b5 12.Nxd6 Qxd6 13.f4 Na6 14.Be2 c5 15.Bf3 Rb8 16.Bc3 Nb4 17.dxc5 Nxa2+ 18.Kb1 Nxc3+ 19.Qxc3 Qxc5 20.Rhe1 h6 21.Re5 Qc7 22.g4 Bb7 23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.g5 Nd5 25.Rdxd5 exd5 26.Qd4 c3 27.b3 Qd7 28.Nf2 c2+ 29.Kc1 hxg5 30.Rxg5 Qe6 31.Re5 Qd6 32.Kxc2 Rc7+ 33.Kd2 Qc5 34.Qxc5 Rxc5 35.Nd3 Rc6 36.Rxd5 a6 37.h4 Rh6 38.h5 Rhf6 39.b4 Rf5 40.Rd6 R8f6 0-1

(533) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [A84]
Russia Match, Moscow (10) (10), 06.04.1951

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nge2 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 Nc6 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.b3 Bd7 12.Bb2 Ne5 13.Be2 Bc6 14.f3 Nh5 15.Nd1 Ng6 16.Qc3 Qg5 17.g3 e5 18.Nf2 Rad8 19.Rg1 Qe7 20.Rd1 Nf6 21.Rd2 a6 22.Kd1 b5 23.Kc1 b4 24.Qc2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 Rd8 26.Qc2 f4 27.gxf4 exf4 28.e4 a5 29.Nd3 Nd7 30.axb4 axb4 31.Ba1 Ndf8 32.Rd1 Ne6 33.Ne5 Nxe5 34.Bxe5 Qg5 35.Rxd8+ Qxd8 36.Qd2 Qxd2+ 37.Kxd2 g5 38.Kd3 Kf7 39.Bf1 h5 40.Be2 Ke7 41.Bf1 Bd7 42.Bh3 Nd8 43.Bxd7 Kxd7 44.h3 Ke7 45.Bg7 Kf7 46.Be5 Ke7 47.Bg7 Nb7 48.Bh6 Kf6 49.Bf8 Kf7 50.Bh6 Kg6 51.Bf8 Kf6 52.Ke2 Kf7 53.Bh6 Kg6 54.Bf8 Kf6 55.Kd3 1/2-1/2

(534) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [D45]
Russia Match, Moscow (18) (18), 24.04.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.Bd3 b5 7.b3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bb7 9.c5 Be7 10.a3 a5 11.Bb2 0-0 12.Qc2 g6 13.b4 axb4 14.axb4 Qc7 15.Rae1 Rfe8 16.Ne2 Bf8 17.h3 Bg7 18.Ne5 Nf8 19.f3 N6d7 20.f4 f6 21.Nf3 Re7 22.Nc3 f5 23.Ra1 Ree8 24.Ne5 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Ra8 26.Qb1 Qc8 27.Bxb5 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Bh6 29.Bc1 cxb5 30.Nxb5 Nd7 31.Nd6 Rxa1 32.Qxa1 Qa8 33.Qc3 Bf8 34.b5 Bxd6 35.exd6 Qa4 36.Qb2 Kf7 37.Kh2 h6 38.e4 f4 39.e5 g5 40.Qe2 Kg7 41.Qd3 Nb8 42.h4 Qc4 43.Qh3 Qxb5 44.hxg5 hxg5 45.Qxe6 Qd3 46.Qf6+ Kh7 47.Qf7+ Kh8 48.Qf6+ Kh7 49.Bxf4 gxf4 50.Qf7+ Kh8 51.Qe8+ Kg7 52.Qe7+ Kh8 53.Qe8+ Kh7 54.Qe7+ Kh8 55.Qf8+ Kh7 56.Qf7+ Kh8 57.Qxb7 Qg3+ 58.Kh1 1/2-1/2

(535) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [A07]
Russia Match, Moscow (14), 1951

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.0-0 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Qe2 Nge7 8.e5 Qc7 9.Re1 h6 10.c3 Bd7 11.Na3 a6 12.Rb1 Nf5 13.Nc2 Rc8 14.h4 Qa5 15.a3 Qd8 16.Bf4 0-0 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Kh7 19.Nh2 Ne7 20.Ng4 Ng8 21.Qd2 Bc6 22.d4 cxd4 23.Qxd4 Bb5 24.b3 a5 25.a4 Ba6 26.Qd2 Qe7 27.b4 Bc4 28.bxa5 Ba6 29.Bf1 Qc5 30.Bb5 Qxc3 31.Qxc3 Rxc3 32.Bxa6 bxa6 33.Rb6 Rc4 34.Nh2 Ne7 35.Rxa6 Nc6 36.Nf3 Nb4 37.Rb6 Nd3 38.Ra1 Nxf4 39.gxf4 Rxf4 40.Kg2 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Nxg5+ Kg6 43.Nf3 Rg8 44.Ra3 Bf8 45.Rd3 Rxa4 46.Kf1 Ra1+ 47.Ke2 Ra2+ 48.Rd2 Rxa5 49.Rb8 Rh8 50.Nd4 Bg7 51.Rxh8 Bxh8 52.f4 Ra6 53.Rd1 Ra2+ 54.Kf3 Ra3+ 55.Kg4 Bg7 56.Kh4 Bf8 57.f5+ exf5 58.Rg1+ Kh7 59.Nxf5 Ra6 60.Rg5 Bh6 61.Rg3 Re6 62.Rf3 Rxe5 63.Nxh6 Kxh6 64.Rxf7 Kg6 65.Rf4 Rf5 66.Kg4 1/2-1/2

(536) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [A91]
Russia Match, Moscow (16) (16), 20.04.1951

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.Nge2 c6 8.b3 Bd6 9.0-0 Qe7 10.Qc2 Ne4 11.Nd1 Na6 12.Nb2 Bd7 13.c5 Bc7 14.Nd3 Be8 15.b4 Nb8 16.Bb2 a5 17.a3 Nd7 18.Ne5 Nef6 19.Nc1 g5 20.f3 g4 21.Ncd3 gxf3 22.Bxf3 Ne4 23.Rae1 Ndf6 24.Nf4 Kh8 25.Re2 Ng5 26.Bg2 Rg8 27.Bc3 Nge4 28.Be1 axb4 29.axb4 Nh5 30.Nfd3 Nhf6 31.Qb1 Bh5 32.Rb2 Be8 33.Ra2 Rxa2 34.Qxa2 Bb8 35.Qb2 h6 36.Nf4 Kh7 37.Kh1 Ng4 38.Nxg4 Rxg4 39.Bh3 Rg5 40.Qa1 Bf7 41.Bg2 Rg8 42.Bf3 Nf6 43.Qb2 Ng4 44.Qe2 Nf6 45.Rg1 Ne4 46.Rf1 Qe8 47.Qd3 Bxf4 48.exf4 Bh5 49.Qa3 Bxf3+ 50.Rxf3 Rg7 51.Kg2 Qd8 52.Kf1 Qf6 53.Rd3 h5 54.h4 Rg8 55.Rd1 Qg7 56.Qf3 Kh6 57.Kg2 Ra8 58.Rd3 Ra2+ 59.Kf1 Ra1 60.Qg2 Qg4 61.Qh2 Qg8 62.b5 Qa8 63.Qb2 Qa5 64.Re3 cxb5 65.Re2 Qa4 66.Kg2 Rd1 67.Bf2 Qc4 68.c6 Qxc6 69.Qb4 Qe8 70.Rc2 Rd3 71.Be1 Qg8 72.Qe7 Rxg3+ 73.Bxg3 Qxg3+ 74.Kh1 Qe1+ 75.Kh2 1/2-1/2

(537) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [A91]
Russia Match, Moscow (22) (22), 06.05.1951

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.e3 d5 7.Nge2 c6 8.b3 Ne4 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Bb2 Ndf6 11.Qd3 g5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.f3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 g4 15.fxg4 Nxg4 16.Bh3 Nh6 17.Nf4 Bd6 18.b4 a6 19.a4 Qe7 20.Rab1 b5 21.Bg2 Ng4 22.Bd2 Nf6 23.Rb2 Bd7 24.Ra1 Ne4 25.Be1 Rfe8 26.Qb3 Kh8 27.Rba2 Qf8 28.Nd3 Rab8 29.axb5 axb5 30.Ra7 Re7 31.Ne5 Be8 32.g4 fxg4 33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Bh4 Rxe5 35.dxe5 Bxe5 36.Rf1 Qg8 37.Bg3 Bg7 38.Qxg8+ 1-0

(538) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [E47]
Russia Match, Moscow (5) (5), 25.03.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 Qc7 11.b4 Ng4 12.g3 f5 13.Nc3 a6 14.Re1 Nc6 15.Bf1 Nd8 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Bg2 Nf7 19.c5 Qc7 20.Rc1 Rae8 21.Na4 b5 22.Nc3 f4 23.d5 fxg3 24.fxg3 exd5 25.Qd4 Nf6 26.Nh4 Re5 27.Rxe5 Qxe5 28.Qxe5 Nxe5 29.Nf5 Nc4 30.Rd1 Kh8 31.Re1 Nxa3 32.Nd6 Bc6 33.Ra1 Nc2 34.Rxa6 d4 35.Ncxb5 Bxg2 36.Kxg2 Ng4 37.Nf5 d3 38.Rd6 Rxf5 39.Rxd7 Nce3+ 0-1

(539) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [A94]
Russia Match, Moscow (7) (7), 30.03.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.Ba3 b6 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.e3 Rac8 14.Rc1 c5 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Nf3 Rc7 19.Rc2 Rfc8 20.Rfc1 Ne4 21.Ne5 Nf6 22.Qd3 g6 23.Qa6 Kg7 24.Qe2 Qd6 25.a4 Ne8 26.Qd2 Nf6 27.Qc3 Ne4 28.Qd3 cxd4 29.exd4 a5 30.Kg2 Nf6 31.Qe2 f4 32.gxf4 Nh5 33.Rxc7+ Rxc7 34.Rxc7+ Qxc7 35.Qg4 Nf6 36.Qe6 Nh5 37.Qd7+ Qxd7 38.Nxd7 Nxf4+ 39.Kf3 Nd3 40.Nxb6 Nb4 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.Nd7+ Ke7 43.Ne5 Ke6 44.Ke3 Kf5 45.f3 g5 46.Kd2 h5 47.Nd3 Na6 48.Nc5 Nb4 49.Nd3 Na6 50.h3 Nc7 51.Ke3 Na6 52.Ke2 Ke6 53.Kd2 Ke7 54.Kc3 Kd6 55.b4 axb4+ 56.Nxb4 Nc7 57.a5 Nb5+ 58.Kd3 Ke6 59.Ke3 Na7 60.a6 Nb5 61.Nc6 Nc7 62.Nb4 Kf5 63.a7 Ke6 64.Kf2 h4 65.f4 gxf4 66.Kf3 1-0

(540) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [C07]
Moscow Moscow (3), 20.03.1951

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.dxc5 Nf6 8.Ngf3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nb3 Bxc5 11.Qd3 a6 12.Bxd7 Nbxd7 13.Bg5 Bf8 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.c3 h6 16.Bh4 Re4 17.Bg3 Qb6 18.Nfd2 Ree8 19.Qc2 Rac8 20.Nf3 g6 21.Rfe1 Bg7 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8 23.Bf4 Bf8 24.h3 Kh7 25.Nh2 Ne5 26.Be3 Qc7 27.Bd4 Ne4 28.Bxe5 Qxe5 29.Ng4 Qf4 30.Qc1 Qd6 31.Qc2 Nf6 32.Nxf6+ Qxf6 33.Qd3 Rd8 34.Qe3 Bg7 35.g3 h5 36.Kg2 Rd6 37.Nd4 Rd7 38.Nf3 Bh6 39.Qd4 Qxd4 40.Nxd4 Bg7 41.Nc2 a5 42.a4 Rd8 43.Kf3 Bf6 44.Nd4 Kg7 45.Nb5 Kf8 46.Nc7 d4 47.c4 Be7 48.Nd5 Bc5 49.Ke2 Re8+ 50.Kd3 b6 51.g4 Kg7 52.Rh1 h4 53.g5 Re5 54.Rg1 Kf8 55.f3 Kg7 56.f4 Re8 57.Kd2 Re6 58.Re1 Rxe1 59.Kxe1 Kf8 60.Ke2 Ke8 61.Kd3 Kd7 62.Ke4 Kd6 63.Nf6 Ke6 64.Kd3 Kf5 65.Nd5 Ke6 66.Ke4 d3 67.Kxd3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

(541) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [D74]
Moscow Moscow (19), 27.04.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c5 8.e4 Nf6 9.e5 Nd5 10.dxc5 Nb4 11.Nc3 N8c6 12.a3 Nd3 13.Be3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Ndxe5 16.Qe4 Qd3 17.Qa4 Qc4 18.Rad1 Rad8 19.Bd5 Qxa4 20.Nxa4 e6 21.Ba2 Nf3+ 22.Kg2 Nfd4 23.g4 h6 24.Rd2 Kh7 25.f4 f5 26.Nc3 e5 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.Nd5 fxg4 29.hxg4 Rxf1 30.Kxf1 Rf8+ 31.Rf2 Rxf2+ 32.Bxf2 a6 33.Kg2 Kg7 34.Bc4 Ne6 35.b4 Bb2 36.a4 Ne5 37.Be2 Bd4 38.Bg3 a5 39.bxa5 Nxc5 40.Nc7 Nc6 41.a6 bxa6 42.Nxa6 Ne4 43.Bc7 Nc3 44.Bf3 Ne5 45.a5 h5 46.g5 Nc4 47.Nb4 Nb5 48.Bd8 Kf8 49.Nc6 Bc5 50.Be2 Ne3+ 51.Kf3 Nd4+ 52.Nxd4 Bxd4 53.Bd3 Ng4 54.Bxg6 Ne5+ 55.Ke4 Nc6 56.Bb6 Bxb6 57.axb6 h4 58.Bf5 Ke7 59.Kf4 Kd6 60.Be4 1-0

(542) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [E17]
Moscow Wch-m 11 (11), 08.04.1951

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.b3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Ne5 Bf8 12.Rc1 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Rxe5 14.Nb5 Re7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.e4 dxe4 17.Qg4+ Bg7 18.Rfd1 Qf8 19.Nd4 Bc8 20.Qh4 f5 21.Nc6 Re8 22.Bh3 Bh6 23.Rc2 e3 24.fxe3 Bxe3+ 25.Kh1 Be6 26.Bg2 a5 27.Bf3 Kh8 28.Nd4 Rad8 29.Rxc7 Bd5 30.Re1 Qd6 31.Rc2 Re4 32.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 33.Qxe4 fxe4 34.Nf5 Qb4 35.Rxe3 Rd1+ 36.Kg2 Rd2+ 37.Rxd2 Qxd2+ 38.Kh3 Qf2 39.Kg4 f6 0-1

(543) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [E44]
Moscow Wch-m 13 (13), 13.04.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 0-0 8.Bd3 c5 9.d5 b5 10.0-0 bxc4 11.Bxc4 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.b3 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 Rb8 15.Bb2 Ne7 16.Qg4 Ng6 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.b4 a5 19.Bc3 axb4 20.axb4 cxb4 21.Bxb4 Re8 22.Bc3 Qh4 23.Qf3 Rc7 24.Bd4 Nf8 25.Ra5 Ne6 26.Be5 Rc6 27.Bg3 Qc4 28.Rd5 Nc5 29.Rd4 Qe6 30.Qd5 h6 31.h3 Ra8 32.Rfd1 Qxd5 33.Rxd5 Ne4 34.Rxd7 Nxg3 35.fxg3 Ra2 36.R1d2 Rxd2 37.Rxd2 Kf8 38.g4 Ke7 39.Kf2 Rf6+ 40.Ke2 Ra6 41.Rd5 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 g5 43.Rf5 Kf8 44.Rf6 Kg7 45.Rd6 Rb2 46.g3 Ra2 47.h4 Rh2 48.Rd1 Kf6 49.e4 Kg6 50.h5+ Kf6 51.Rd6+ Kg7 52.e5 Rh1 53.e6 fxe6 54.Rxe6 Rf1+ 55.Ke4 Re1+ 56.Kd5 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

(544) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [E45]
Moscow Wch-m 17 (17), 22.04.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1 9.Nxf1 exd5 10.Ng3 Qd7 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.0-0 g6 13.Bd2 0-0 14.Nce2 h5 15.Rfc1 h4 16.Nf1 Ne4 17.Nf4 a5 18.Rc2 Bd8 19.Be1 Ne7 20.Qe2 Nd6 21.f3 g5 22.Nd3 Qe6 23.a4 Ng6 24.h3 f5 25.Bc3 Bf6 26.Re1 Rae8 27.Qd1 Rf7 28.b3 Rfe7 29.Bb2 f4 30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.dxe5 Nf7 32.exf4 Nxf4 33.Nh2 c5 34.Ng4 d4 35.Nf6+ Qxf6 0-1

(545) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [D87]
Moscow Wch-m 2 (2), 18.03.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 0-0 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Rc1 a6 13.Qd2 Kh7 14.Bd3 b5 15.Nf4 e5 16.Nd5 Qd6 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.c4 Nxd3 19.Qxd3 Rd8 20.c5 Qc6 21.Rfd1 Be6 22.Rd2 Rd7 23.Rcd1 a5 24.a3 Rad8 25.Qb3 Rb8 26.f3 Rdb7 27.Qb2 b4 28.Nb6 Bf8 29.axb4 axb4 30.Rc1 b3 31.Nd5 Bg7 32.Rd3 Rb5 33.h4 R8b7 34.Kh2 f5 35.Rcc3 fxe4 36.fxe4 Rb4 37.Nxb4 Rxb4 38.Rd6 Qxe4 39.Bf2 Qf4+ 40.Bg3 Qf5 41.Rf3 Qg4 42.c6 g5 43.c7 Rc4 44.Rxb3 e4 45.Qf2 gxh4 46.Bf4 Rxc7 47.Rxe6 Qxe6 48.Bxc7 Qxb3 49.Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

(546) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [A14]
Moscow Wch-m 20 (20), 29.04.1951

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 Be7 6.b3 0-0 7.Bb2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qc2 Re8 10.e3 Nbd7 11.d3 Bf8 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rad1 b5 14.a4 b4 15.Ne2 c5 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Nf4 Rc8 18.Qb1 a5 19.Rfe1 Rc7 20.d4 Ng6 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.dxc5 Bxc5 23.Qa1 Qe7 24.Rc1 Ng4 25.Bd4 Rec8 26.Nf3 Nf6 27.Bh3 Bxd4 28.Nxd4 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30.Qxc1 Ne4 31.Bc8 Nc3 32.Bxb7 Qxb7 33.f3 Kf8 34.Qf1 Qc8 35.Kg2 g5 36.g4 g6 37.Qe1 Qe8 38.Qd2 Qe5 39.Qd3 Qf6 40.Nc2 Ke7 41.Qd4 Qxd4 42.Nxd4 Nd1 43.Nc2 Nb2 44.Nd4 Nd1 45.Nc2 Nb2 46.Nd4 1/2-1/2

(547) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [E69]
Moscow Wch-m 21 (21), 04.05.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Nh5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Nh2 Kh8 12.Re1 a6 13.a3 Rb8 14.Bf1 Nhf6 15.Qd2 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Rad1 Nb6 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Be6 20.Nf3 Bb3 21.Rd2 Nfd7 22.Qe3 Bc4 23.Bg2 f6 24.Rc2 Bb3 25.Rce2 Nc4 26.Qd3 Na5 27.Rd2 Nb6 28.Qb1 Nbc4 29.Rde2 b4 30.axb4 Rxb4 31.h4 Nb6 32.Na2 Bxa2 33.Qxa2 Nbc4 34.h5 Rfb8 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.Qb1 Kg7 37.dxe5 fxe5 38.Qc1 Nxb2 39.Qc3 Na4 40.Qc1 Rc4 41.Qg5 Qxg5 42.Nxg5 Nb3 43.f4 Nd4 44.Ra2 Rb2 45.Rxb2 Nxb2 46.Kh2 Nd3 47.Re3 Rc3 48.Bf1 Rc2+ 49.Kh3 Nf2+ 50.Kh4 Rc1 51.Bg2 Rg1 52.Bh3 Rh1 53.fxe5 dxe5 54.Ra3 Kf6 55.Nh7+ Ke7 56.Ng5 Kd6 57.Nf7+ Ke7 58.Kg5 Kxf7 59.Ra7+ Ke8 60.Bd7+ Kd8 61.Kxg6 Nxe4 62.g4 Rf1 63.Bf5 Nxf5 64.gxf5 Ke8 0-1

(548) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [D44]
Moscow Wch-m 24 (24), 11.05.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.a4 Bb4 7.e4 c5 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 h6 10.Be3 Nxe4 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Qf3 0-0 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Rfe1 Nc6 15.Qg3 Kh8 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bd4 Rd8 18.Rd3 Bb7 19.Ree3 Rxd4 20.Rxd4 Bc5 21.Rd1 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 1/2-1/2

(549) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [D15]
Moscow Wch-m 4 (4), 23.03.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Bg7 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6 9.h3 Ne4 10.Rc1 Be6 11.0-0 Rc8 12.Nd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Qa5 14.a3 a6 15.Ra1 Bf5 16.Rfd1 Rcd8 17.b4 Qb6 18.Na4 Qa7 19.Bc7 Rd7 20.Bb6 Qb8 21.f4 Na7 22.g4 Be6 23.Bxa7 Qxa7 24.Nc5 Rd6 25.Nxe6 Rxe6 26.Rac1 Qb8 27.Kg2 Rc8 28.Bf3 Rd6 29.Rc5 e6 30.Rdc1 Rxc5 31.Rxc5 Bf8 32.Qc2 Rd8 33.Rc3 Bd6 34.h4 Kg7 35.Qc1 h6 36.Rc2 g5 37.fxg5 hxg5 38.h5 Kh6 39.Qe1 Rf8 40.e4 dxe4 41.Qxe4 Rc8 42.Bd1 Rxc2+ 43.Bxc2 Qh8 44.Bd3 Qg7 45.Kf3 a5 46.bxa5 Bxa3 47.Kg2 Bd6 1/2-1/2

(550) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [B63]
Moscow Wch-m 6 (6), 26.03.1951

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0-0-0 a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Be2 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qa5 14.Rhf1 h5 15.Rf3 Qc5 16.Qd2 Bc6 17.Re3 Qa5 18.Bf3 0-0-0 19.Qd3 Rd7 20.h4 Kb8 21.a3 Bd8 22.Ka2 Qc5 23.Re2 a5 24.a4 Bb6 25.b3 Rc8 26.Qc4 Qxc4 27.bxc4 Rh8 28.Kb3 Rdd8 29.Rd3 Bg1 30.Red2 Kc7 31.Ne2 Bf2 32.Rd1 Bc5 33.Ng3 Rdg8 34.Ne2 Rh7 35.f5 e5 36.Nc3 Bd4 37.Rxd4 exd4 38.Rxd4 Rhg7 39.Ne2 Rxg2 40.Bxg2 Rxg2 41.Nf4 Rg3+ 42.Kb2 Rg4 43.Nxh5 Rxh4 44.Nxf6 Kb6 45.Rxd6 Kc5 46.e5 Rd4 47.Rxd4 Kxd4 48.Ng4 Bxa4 49.e6 fxe6 50.f6 Be8 51.Kb3 e5 52.c3+ Ke4 53.Nh6 Kf4 54.f7 Bxf7 55.Nxf7 e4 56.Nd8 e3 57.Kc2 Kg3 0-1

(551) Mikhail Botvinnik - Oleg Leonidovich Moiseev [E45]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (1), 11.11.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 0-0 8.b4 d5 9.b5 Bb7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bb2 c5 12.Be2 c4 13.0-0 a6 14.a4 Bb4 15.Qc2 Qd7 16.Rfb1 Re8 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Qd6 19.Ra2 a5 20.Qc1 Nbd7 21.Qa3 Qxa3 22.Rxa3 Nf8 23.h4 Rad8 24.Bf3 Ne6 25.Nh5 Nxh5 26.Bxh5 g6 27.Bf3 f5 28.Ra2 Kg7 29.Kf1 h6 30.g3 Kf6 31.Kg2 Rh8 32.Rh1 Rhe8 33.Rd2 Re7 34.Re2 Ree8 35.Kf1 Rh8 36.Ke1 Rhe8 37.Kd2 Re7 38.Ree1 Ree8 39.Ne2 Rh8 40.g4 Rhg8 41.Reg1 fxg4 42.Bxg4 Rdf8 43.Bxe6 Kxe6 44.Nf4+ Kd6 45.Rh2 Rf6 46.Rhg2 Bc8 47.Rxg6 Rgxg6 48.Rxg6 Rxg6 49.Nxg6 Bf5 50.Ne5 Bb1 51.Kc3 Ba2 52.e4 dxe4 53.Nxc4+ Bxc4 54.Kxc4 h5 55.d5 Ke5 56.d6 Kxd6 57.Kd4 1-0

(552) Mikhail Botvinnik - Paul Keres [E41]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (10), 29.11.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 b6 8.e4 d6 9.Ne2 e5 10.0-0 Nd7 11.Qa4 Qc7 12.d5 Na5 13.Ng3 0-0 14.Qd1 Re8 15.Nf5 Nf8 16.Ne3 Ng6 17.g3 Qe7 18.Ra2 Bh3 19.Re1 Bd7 20.f3 a6 21.a4 Reb8 22.Bf1 Qe8 23.Nf5 Qf8 24.Rb2 f6 25.f4 Nh8 26.Qg4 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 Nf7 28.Qh5 Rb7 29.Qe2 Qe8 30.Qd1 Rab8 31.Bd3 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.cxb5 c4 34.Bc2 Qc8 35.Ba4 Nb3 36.Be3 Ra8 37.Ra2 Rxb5 38.Bxb3 cxb3 39.Rxa8 Qxa8 40.c4 Rb4 41.Bd2 Qa7+ 42.Kh1 Rb8 43.Qf3 Qd4 44.Qc3 Qf2 45.Qe3 Qxe3 46.Bxe3 b2 47.Rb1 Rb3 48.c5 Rxe3 49.Rxb2 g6 50.c6 Rc3 51.Rb7 Kg7 52.c7 Rc2 53.Kg1 h5 54.h4 Rc4 55.Kg2 Rc2+ 56.Kf1 Rc4 57.Kg2 Rc2+ 58.Kf1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

(553) Evgeny Terpugov - Mikhail Botvinnik [A46]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (11), 02.12.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.e5 Qd8 8.Bd3 d5 9.Ne2 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.Rad1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Be7 15.Nf4 g5 16.Ne2 g4 17.Ne1 Nxd4 18.Bxa6 Nc6 19.Bc4 Bg5 0-1

(554) Lev Aronin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C03]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (13), 06.12.1951

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.e5 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Ndf3 Bd7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bd3 Nge7 9.Bf4 Bb6 10.Bg3 Bc7 11.Qe2 Qb8 12.Kf1 Nf5 13.Bf4 Nfe7 14.Bg3 h6 15.h4 f6 16.Re1 0-0 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.Bxc7 Qxc7 19.g4 Raf8 20.g5 R6f7 21.gxh6 gxh6 22.Rh2 Rg7 23.Ne5 Nxe5 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Rxe5 Nc6 26.Re3 e5 27.Rg2 Rf4 28.Rgg3 Rxg3 29.Rxg3+ Kf7 30.Bg6+ Kf6 31.h5 e4 32.Ke2 Ne5 33.Ke3 Rg4 34.Kd4 Rxg3 35.fxg3 Nxg6 36.hxg6 Bg4 37.c4 dxc4 38.Kxe4 Kxg6 39.Kf4 h5 40.Ke4 Kf6 41.Kd4 b5 0-1

(555) Mikhail Botvinnik - Efim Geller [A45]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (14), 07.12.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Nxd1 Ne4 9.Bg2 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Nc5 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nc3 0-0-0 13.f4 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Na4 15.Rc1 Bd5 16.Bh3+ Kb8 17.Rg1 Rhe8 18.Kf2 Be4 19.Rgd1 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nxc3 21.Rc1 Nxa2 22.Ra1 Nb4 23.Bxa7+ Ka8 24.Bb6+ Kb8 25.Ba7+ Ka8 26.Be3+ Na6 27.Ra4 Bd5 28.Bd7 Rd8 29.Bb5 Be6 30.Bxa6 bxa6 31.Rxa6+ Kb7 32.Ra5 Rd1 33.Rc5 Rh1 34.Kg2 Ra1 35.Rb5+ Kc6 36.Rc5+ Kd7 37.f5 Bxf5 38.Rxc4 Ra2 39.g4 Be6 40.Rd4+ Kc8 41.Kf3 Ra5 42.g5 c5 43.Rh4 c4 44.Rxh7 g6 45.Rh8+ Kc7 46.Rd8 Bd5+ 47.Kf2 c3 48.Rd6 c2 49.h4 Bc4 50.Rd4 Ba6 51.Rf4 Rxe5 52.Rxf7+ Kc6 53.Rf6+ Kd5 54.Rxa6 Rxe3 55.Ra1 Rc3 56.Rc1 Kc4 57.Ke1 Kb3 58.Kd2 Kb2 59.Rxc2+ Rxc2+ 60.Kd3 Kb3 61.e4 Rc4 62.e5 Kb4 0-1

(556) Igor Bondarevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [B63]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (15), 09.12.1951

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0-0-0 a6 10.Be2 Bd7 11.f4 Qb6 12.Bh5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Rxd4 Rg8 15.g3 Be7 16.Rf1 Bc6 17.f5 Rg5 18.Be2 Bd8 19.Rxd6 Ke7 20.Rdd1 Bc7 21.Bf3 Be5 22.Ne2 Bb5 23.Rfe1 Rgg8 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Bg2 Bc7 26.Nf3 Rad8 27.Rd2 Bc8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd1 Rg8 30.Bh3 Bd7 31.Nh4 Bc6 32.Bg2 Be5 33.Bf3 Rg5 34.c3 Rg8 35.Re1 b5 36.Bd1 Bc7 37.Nf3 Bb7 38.Nd4 e5 39.Nc2 Bd6 40.Bf3 Rc8 41.a3 a5 42.Kb1 Bb8 43.Ne3 Ba7 44.Nd5+ Bxd5 45.exd5 b4 46.axb4 axb4 47.cxb4 Bd4 48.Rc1 Rxc1+ 49.Kxc1 Bg1 50.h3 Bf2 51.g4 Be1 52.b5 Ba5 53.Kc2 Kd6 54.Kd3 Kc5 55.d6 Kxd6 56.Kc4 Bb6 57.b4 Bf2 58.Be4 Bb6 59.Bc2 Bf2 60.Bb1 Bb6 61.Be4 Bf2 62.Bf3 Bb6 63.Kd3 Bf2 64.Be4 Bb6 65.Ke2 Bd4 66.Kf3 Bc3 67.b6 Bxb4 68.b7 Kc7 69.Ke2 Bc5 70.Kd3 Bf2 71.Kc4 Be1 72.Kb5 Bf2 73.Ka6 Kb8 74.Bd5 Bd4 75.Bxf7 e4 76.Bd5 e3 77.Bf3 Be5 78.h4 Bg3 79.g5 fxg5 80.hxg5 1/2-1/2

(557) Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexander Kotov [A54]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (16), 10.12.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Bf5 5.g3 Be7 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bh3 c6 9.0-0 cxd5 10.Nd2 Bg6 11.Qa4+ Nd7 12.cxd5 f5 13.e4 0-0 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Rxf5 16.Ne4 Nc5 17.Qc2 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Rf7 19.h4 Qb6 20.b3 Bd8 21.Be3 1/2-1/2

(558) Salomon Flohr - Mikhail Botvinnik [D14]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (2), 14.11.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Be7 10.Ne5 0-0 11.h3 Rc8 12.0-0 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.Rac1 Rfd8 15.Rfd1 Na5 16.Qb5 Qxb5 17.Nxb5 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Nc6 19.Kf1 Kf8 20.Ke2 Ke8 21.Nc3 Rc8 22.Kd1 Kd7 23.Bg3 h5 24.Ne2 h4 25.Bh2 g5 26.Rc2 Rg8 27.Nc1 Bd6 28.Bxd6 Kxd6 29.Ke2 f6 30.Nd3 b6 31.f3 Re8 32.Rc1 Re7 33.Kd2 Rc7 34.b3 Re7 35.Ke2 Re8 36.Kd2 Rh8 37.Ke2 Rg8 38.Kd2 Rg7 39.Ke2 Rh7 40.Kd2 Rb7 41.Ke2 Rh7 42.Kd2 Rh8 43.Nf2 e5 44.dxe5+ fxe5 45.Nd1 Rc8 46.Nc3 Ke6 47.Ne2 Kd7 48.Nc3 Ne7 49.Rg1 Ke6 50.Re1 Nc6 51.Rc1 Nb4 52.a3 Nc6 53.b4 Ne7 54.Re1 Kd7 55.Kd3 Rc6 56.Rg1 Rf6 57.Rc1 Rf8 58.Rd1 Rd8 59.Rc1 Rc8 60.Rg1 Ke6 61.Re1 Nf5 62.e4 Ne7 63.Nxd5 Nxd5 64.exd5+ Kxd5 65.Re4 Ke6 66.b5 Rc5 67.a4 Kf5 68.Rg4 Rd5+ 69.Ke3 Rd1 70.Ke2 Rc1 71.Kd2 Rc5 72.Kd3 Rd5+ 73.Ke3 Rd7 74.Ke2 Rd4 75.Ke3 Rd1 76.Ke2 Ra1 77.Ke3 Ra3+ 78.Ke2 Kf6 79.Kd2 Ra2+ 80.Ke3 Kg6 81.Kd3 1/2-1/2

(559) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mark Taimanov [E40]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (3), 15.11.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 h5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 h4 10.Nf1 h3 11.g3 0-0 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.f3 Bc8 14.b4 a5 15.b5 Nb8 16.0-0 c5 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Na4 Ba6 19.Nb3 Bb5 20.Nbc5 Na6 21.Nxa6 Bxa6 22.Rb1 Qc7 23.Bxa6 Rxa6 24.Qd3 Ra7 25.Bd2 Bd6 26.e4 dxe4 27.fxe4 Rd8 28.Qf3 Bf8 29.Bc3 Re8 30.e5 Nd5 31.Bd2 Qd7 32.Rb3 Rb7 33.Rxb7 Qxb7 34.Nc3 Nxc3 35.Bxc3 Bxa3 36.Bxa5 Bb2 37.Bb6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

(560) Mikhail Botvinnik - Isaac Lipnitsky [E40]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (4), 18.11.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.b4 Nbd7 8.Bb2 c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Bd3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 a5 12.b5 Nb6 13.Bd3 cxb5 14.Nxb5 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Qe2 Na4 17.0-0 Qb6 18.Rab1 Nxb2 19.Rxb2 Red8 20.Rfb1 Be8 21.Qd2 a4 22.Na7 Qxa7 23.Rxb7 Qa8 24.Rxe7 Rb8 25.Rc7 Rxb1+ 26.Bxb1 Nd5 27.Rc1 Qb8 28.Qc2 g6 29.Ba2 Ne7 30.h3 Kf8 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qxb8 Rxb8 33.Rc2 Nf5 34.Nc4 Rc8 35.Rb2 Ne7 36.e4 Rd8 37.Rd2 Bb5 38.Ne3 Nc6 39.d5 Ne5 40.Rb2 Bd3 41.Rb4 1-0

(561) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladimir Simagin [D49]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (8), 26.11.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Bb7 13.0-0 gxf6 14.Bxb5 Rg8 15.Bf4 Ra5 16.a4 Rxb5 17.axb5 Ne5 18.Bxe5 fxe5 19.Ra7 Qd5 20.Rxb7 Qxb7 21.g3 Bd6 22.Re1 f6 23.Qb3 Kf7 24.Nxd4 Qd5 25.Qxd5 exd5 26.Nf5 Ke6 27.Nxd6 Kxd6 28.Rc1 d4 29.Rc6+ Kd5 30.Rxf6 Rc8 31.Kf1 Rc2 32.Rf7 Rxb2 33.Rxh7 Rb1+ 34.Ke2 Rb2+ 35.Kf1 Rb1+ 36.Kg2 e4 37.Rd7+ Kc4 38.h4 Rb2 39.Kf1 Rb1+ 40.Kg2 Rb2 41.Kf1 Rb1+ 42.Kg2 1/2-1/2

(562) Petrosian - Mikhail Botvinnik [A46]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (9), 28.11.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 g5 5.Bg3 Ne4 6.Nbd2 Nxg3 7.hxg3 Bg7 8.c3 d6 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Bd7 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.0-0-0 a5 13.e4 a4 14.a3 Na5 15.Rde1 0-0-0 16.Kb1 Kb8 17.e5 d5 18.g4 Rc8 19.Qd1 c5 20.Bc2 Qe8 21.dxc5 Rxc5 22.g3 Nc6 23.Re3 Ra5 24.Rhe1 Bf8 25.c4 Bc5 26.R3e2 Ne7 27.Ka1 Qd8 28.Rh1 Ba7 29.Qb1 Rc5 30.cxd5 exd5 31.Bf5 Nxf5 32.gxf5 Bb5 33.Ree1 Rc7 34.Rh2 g4 35.Nh4 Qg5 36.f4 gxf3 37.Nhxf3 Qxg3 38.e6 fxe6 39.fxe6 Rhc8 40.Rxh6 Bf2 41.Reh1 Qg4 42.Rg6 Qf4 43.Rg5 Qd6 44.Qf5 Be3 45.Qxd5 Qxd5 46.Rxd5 Bc6 47.Rhh5 Bxd5 48.Rxd5 Re7 49.Re5 Bh6 50.Re4 Rc6 51.Rxa4 Rexe6 52.Re4 Rf6 53.Ka2 Kc7 54.Re7+ Kc8 55.Re2 Rc2 56.Kb1 Rcc6 57.Nd4 Rcd6 58.N2b3 Bg7 59.Ka2 Rf1 60.Nc2 Rf5 61.Rg2 Bf6 62.Nb4 Kd7 63.Rh2 Kc7 64.Nc2 Rg5 65.Nd2 Re6 66.Nb4 Bg7 67.Kb3 Re3+ 68.Ka2 Re6 69.Kb3 Re3+ 70.Ka2 Re8 71.Kb3 Kb8 72.Nb1 Re3+ 73.Nc3 Reg3 74.Rd2 Rg2 75.Rxg2 Rxg2 76.Nd3 Rh2 77.Kc4 Rd2 78.a4 Ka7 79.Nb5+ Kb6 80.b4 Rc2+ 81.Kb3 Rg2 82.Nc3 Rg3 83.Kc4 Rg4+ 84.Kb3 Rg3 85.Kc4 Bxc3 86.a5+ Kc7 87.Kxc3 Kc6 88.Kc4 Rg4+ 89.Kc3 Kb5 90.Nc5 Rc4+ 91.Kd3 Rxb4 92.Nxb7 Kc6 93.a6 Kd5 94.Nd8 Rd4+ 95.Ke3 Re4+ 96.Kd3 Rf4 97.a7 Ra4 98.Nf7 Rxa7 99.Ng5 Ra3+ 100.Ke2 1/2-1/2

(563) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Kopilov [A81]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (12), 05.12.1951

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 d5 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Nxd5 Bxd4 9.Nxc7+ Kf7 10.Nf3 Bxb2 11.Rb1 Qxd2+ 12.Nxd2 Bc3 13.Rb3 Bxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Be6 15.Nxe6 Kxe6 16.Rxb7 Rhd8+ 17.Kc1 Nd4 18.Re1 Rac8 19.Rb2 Rc5 20.e3 Nb5 21.Rd1 Rdc8 22.Rd5 Rxd5 23.Bxd5+ Kxd5 24.Rxb5+ Ke4 25.Rb7 Re8 26.Rxa7 Kf3 27.a4 Kxf2 28.a5 g5 29.a6 Kxe3 30.Rd7 e5 31.a7 Ra8 32.Rxh7 f4 33.gxf4 gxf4 34.Kd1 f3 35.c4 Rd8+ 36.Kc2 f2 37.Rf7 Ra8 0-1

(564) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C18]
Nikolina Gora Nikolina Gora, 1951

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.Qg4 Ne7 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qxh7 cxd4 9.b4 dxc3 10.bxa5 Nd7 11.Nf3 Qc7 12.Bf4 Nf8 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7 15.Qd3 Rg4 16.g3 Nfg6 17.Be3 Nc6 18.h3 Rc4 19.0-0 Ncxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Qh7 0-0-0 22.Bxa7 Nf3+ 23.Kg2 Nd2 24.Rfe1 d4 25.f3 f5 26.Qxd7+ Kxd7 27.Re5 Ke7 28.Rae1 Rc6 29.Rb5 d3 30.Rc1 Nc4 31.Rxb7+ Kf6 32.cxd3 Rxd3 33.Rb3 Rd2+ 34.Bf2 c2 35.a6 Rxa6 36.Rc3 Nxa3 37.f4 Rd1 38.R1xc2 Nxc2 39.Rxc2 Ra4 40.Rb2 Rc4 41.Be3 Rd3 42.Kf2 Rcc3 43.Re2 Ke7 44.Kf3 Kd6 45.g4 Ke7 46.Re1 Kf7 47.Re2 Rb3 48.Re1 Rdc3 49.Re2 Rc4 50.gxf5 exf5 51.Ra2 Re4 52.Re2 Kg6 53.Re1 Kh5 54.h4 Ra4 55.Rg1 Raa3 56.Re1 Ra2 57.Rh1 Rc2 58.Rg1 Rh2 0-1

(565) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C92]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (7), 22.11.1951

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Qd7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.d5 Na5 15.Qc2 c6 16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.Nbd2 Rac8 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Nf1 Nc4 20.b3 Nb6 21.Ne3 d5 22.Ng4 d4 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qb2 dxc3 25.Rxc3 Nd7 26.Rec1 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Qd6 28.Qc6 Nf6 29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Nxe5 Nxe4 31.f3 Ng5 32.f4 Ne6 33.f5 Nd8 34.Rc8 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Ke3 Rd1 37.Ra8 Kf6 38.Nd3 Nc6 39.Rxa6 1-0

(566) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [D74]
Training Training, 1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 c5 8.e4 Nf6 9.e5 Nd5 10.dxc5 Nc6 11.Qe2 Qa5 12.Nbd2 Qxc5 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Rd1 e6 15.h4 Qc7 16.Re1 b6 17.Bd2 a5 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.a3 Ba6 20.Qe4 Rac8 21.h5 Rfe8 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Bg5 Nce7 24.Nbd4 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.Qh4 Nc6 28.Nxc6 Qxc6 29.Bh6 Bf8 30.Bxf8 Kxf8 31.Ng5 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Ke8 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Qh8+ Kd7 35.Nxf7 Qd1 36.Qd8+ Kc6 37.Qa8+ Kb5 38.Nd6+ 1-0

(567) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [D10]
Training Training, 1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 b6 8.b3 Bb7 9.Bb2 e6 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 c5 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Bd4 Qe7 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.Bf3 Ng4 19.Bxb7 Qxb7 20.Nf3 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Qc7 22.Nf3 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.h3 Nf6 26.Kf1 Qd6 27.Ke2 e5 28.Qd2 Qc5 29.Qg5 Nd7 30.Qd8+ Nf8 31.Qf6 Nd7 32.Qd8+ Nf8 33.Ng5 Kg7 34.Ne4 Qa3 35.Qf6+ Kg8 36.Nd6 1-0

(568) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [B63]
Training Training, 1951

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nb3 a6 10.Be2 h5 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Rad1 Be7 13.Qe3 Na5 14.Qg3 Kf8 15.f4 Nxb3 16.axb3 Qa5 17.Kh1 Rd8 18.Rd4 Bc6 19.b4 Qb6 20.Rfd1 f5 21.Bf3 h4 22.Qh3 Bf6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Bxc6 bxc6 26.fxe5 Bc7 27.Qd3 Bxe5 28.Na4 Qc7 29.Nc5 Kg7 30.Nxa6 Qb6 31.c3 Qf2 32.Nc5 h3 33.Qf3 hxg2+ 34.Qxg2+ Qxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Rxh2+ 36.Kf3 Rh3+ 37.Kf2 Rh2+ 38.Kf3 Rxb2 39.Rg1+ Kh6 40.Nd3 Bxc3 41.Nxb2 Bxb2 42.Ke3 Bc3 43.Rb1 Kg5 44.Kd3 Be5 45.Rg1+ Kf6 46.Kc4 f4 47.Rg8 f3 48.Kd3 Bf4 49.Rc8 e5 50.Rxc6+ Kg5 51.Rc4 f5 52.Rxf4 Kxf4 53.b5 e4+ 0-1

(569) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [B24]
Training Training, 1951

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 Bd7 8.Nf3 Nd4 9.0-0 h6 10.Ne2 Nxe2+ 11.Qxe2 Bxb2 12.Rab1 Bg7 13.Rxb7 Bc6 14.Rb3 Ne7 15.Qd2 Kf8 16.e5 Nd5 17.c4 Nxe3 18.fxe3 Rc8 19.Nh4 Ke7 20.Qf2 Rf8 21.Bxc6 Rxc6 22.Rb7+ Rc7 23.Qf3 Rxb7 24.Qxb7+ Qd7 25.exd6+ Kxd6 26.Rb1 Rc8 27.Qe4 Ke7 28.a4 Bc3 29.Nf3 Rc7 30.Ne5 Qd6 31.d4 Bxd4 32.exd4 Qxd4+ 33.Qxd4 cxd4 34.Rc1 Kd6 35.Nd3 e5 36.c5+ Ke6 37.a5 e4 38.Nb4 d3 39.c6 d2 40.Rd1 e3 41.Kf1 1-0

(570) Yuri Averbakh - Mikhail Botvinnik [C07]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (17), 13.12.1951

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.0-0 cxd4 8.Nb3 Nge7 9.Bxc6+ Nxc6 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Nfxd4 0-0 12.Bf4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Bf5 14.c3 Qd7 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.Qd2 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.Nd4 Bc5 19.Be3 Bb6 20.Kh1 1/2-1/2

(571) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [A07]
Moscow-Wch Moscow-Wch (14), 15.04.1951

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.0-0 Nc6 5.d3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Qe2 Nge7 8.e5 Qc7 9.Re1 a6 10.c3 Bd7 11.Na3 h6 12.Rb1 Nf5 13.Nc2 Rc8 14.h4 Qa5 15.a3 Qd8 16.Bf4 0-0 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 Kh7 19.Nh2 Ne7 20.Ng4 Ng8 21.Qd2 Bc6 22.d4 cxd4 23.Qxd4 Bb5 24.b3 a5 25.a4 Ba6 26.Qd2 Qe7 27.b4 Bc4 28.bxa5 Ba6 29.Bf1 Qc5 30.Bb5 Qxc3 31.Qxc3 Rxc3 32.Bxa6 bxa6 33.Rb6 Rc4 34.Nh2 Ne7 35.Rxa6 Nc6 36.Nf3 Nb4 37.Rb6 Nd3 38.Ra1 Nxf4 39.gxf4 Rxf4 40.Kg2 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Nxg5+ Kg6 43.Nf3 Rg8 44.Ra3 Bf8 45.Rd3 Rxa4 46.Kf1 Ra1+ 47.Ke2 Ra2+ 48.Rd2 Rxa5 49.Rb8 Rh8 50.Nd4 Bg7 51.Rxh8 Bxh8 52.f4 Ra3 53.Rd1 Ra2+ 54.Kf3 Ra3+ 55.Kg4 Bg7 56.Kh4 Bf8 57.f5+ exf5 58.Rg1+ Kh7 59.Nxf5 Ra6 60.Rg5 Bh6 61.Rg3 Re6 62.Rf3 Rxe5 63.Nxh6 Kxh6 64.Rxf7 Kg6 65.Rf4 Rf5 66.Kg4 1/2-1/2

(572) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [D49]
Moscow-Wch Moscow-Wch (8), 01.04.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.Qf3 Bb4+ 14.Ke2 Rb8 15.Nc6 Bb7 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.Nxd8 Bxf3+ 18.Kxf3 Rxd8 19.Bxb5+ Ke7 20.Bd2 Rb8 21.a4 Nd5 22.b3 f5 23.Rhc1 e5 24.Ke2 e4 25.Rc6 Rhc8 26.Rac1 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Rb6 28.Rxb6 Nxb6 29.a5 Nd5 30.a6 Bc5 31.b4 Ba7 32.Bc6 Kd6 33.Bb7 h6 34.h4 g5 35.hxg5 hxg5 36.Bxg5 Nxb4 37.Bc8 Ke5 38.Bd2 Nd5 39.Bb7 Nc3+ 40.Bxc3 dxc3 41.g3 1/2-1/2

(573) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C89]
Training Game, 07.03.1951

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.d4 Nxe4 10.dxe5 Be6 11.Nd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Qg4 Nxf2 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.Be3 Ne4 17.Nd2 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 Nc4 19.Qh3 Bh4 20.Re2 d4 21.Be1 g5 22.Bxh4 gxh4 23.Re4 Ra7 24.Rxh4 Rff7 25.cxd4 cxd4 26.Rd1 Ne3 27.e6 Nxc2 28.exf7 Rxf7 29.Qe6 Rg7 30.Re4 1-0

(574) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D31]
Training Game, 08.03.1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Qxg2 9.Bf3 Qg5 10.Ne2 c5 11.Bc3 e5 12.Ng3 Nf6 13.Qd6 Nfd7 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Rg1 Nc6 16.Rxg7 Qxd6 17.Nxd6+ Ke7 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.0-0-0 Rf8 20.f4 h6 21.f5 Ba6 22.Be1 1-0

(575) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E03]
Training Game, 25.10.1951

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qc2 c5 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.Nb3 Nxb3 11.Qxb3 Qc7 12.0-0 Bc5 13.Bf4 e5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Qxb7 Qxb7 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bxa6 Rxb2 19.Rc1 Bb6 20.Nc3 Ba5 21.Nd1 Rd2 22.Ne3 Ke7 23.Nc4 Rd5 24.a4 Rb8 25.Bb5 Bd8 26.Ne3 Rd4 27.Nc2 Rd2 28.Nb4 Bd7 29.Rd1 Rd4 30.Rxd4 exd4 31.Rd1 Bxb5 32.axb5 Rxb5 33.Nc6+ Ke8 34.Nxd8 Kxd8 35.Rxd4+ Ke7 36.Rh4 h5 37.Rf4 Ke6 38.Kg2 Rb2 39.e3 Rb5 40.Kh3 Ke7 41.Kh4 1-0

(576) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [C90]
Training Game, 31.10.1951

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Nf1 Nd7 13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 f6 15.Ne3 Re8 16.d5 Bf7 17.b4 Nc4 18.Nxc4 bxc4 19.Ba4 a5 20.bxa5 Rf8 21.Bc6 Rxa5 22.Bd2 Ra3 23.Re3 Rxe3 24.Bxe3 Nb8 25.Bb5 c3 26.Qb3 Qa5 27.Rc1 Rc8 28.Bc4 Nd7 29.Rxc3 Nc5 30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Rc2 Be8 32.Bd3 Kf8 33.Rxc5 Qxc5 34.Qc4 Qa3 35.g3 Bd8 36.Kg2 Bb6 37.Ne1 Qa5 38.Nc2 Qd2 39.Be2 Bc5 40.Qd3 Qa5 41.Qa6 Qd2 42.Ne3 Bd7 43.Kf3 Qe1 44.Bf1 Ke7 45.Qe2 Qc3 46.Qc2 Qe1 47.Qd1 Qc3 48.Bd3 g6 49.Qc2 Qe1 50.Qd1 Qc3 51.Qe2 Qc1 52.Kg2 h5 53.Nc4 h4 54.gxh4 Qf4 55.Ne3 Qxh4 56.Qf3 Kd8 57.Bc2 Kc7 58.Qg3 Qxg3+ 59.Kxg3 Bxe3 60.fxe3 Kb6 61.h4 Kc5 62.Bd1 Be8 63.a3 Kc4 64.Kf2 Kc3 1/2-1/2

(577) Cenek Kottnauer - Mikhail Botvinnik [E80]
Budapest Budapest HUN (9), 18.03.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.d5 Ne8 10.Ng3 Nc5 11.b4 Nd7 12.Rc1 a5 13.a3 axb4 14.axb4 f5 15.Bg5 Bf6 16.Bh6 Bh4 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Kd1 Rf7 19.Bd3 Nf8 20.Kc2 Ng7 21.Ra1 Bd7 22.Kb2 Rxa1 23.Rxa1 Ng6 24.Qc2 Qc8 25.Nge2 Bf6 26.Ra7 Qb8 27.Ra3 Ne7 28.Kb3 c6 29.Ng3 Rf8 30.Nge2 b5 31.Qa2 e4 32.fxe4 fxe4 33.Nxe4 Be5 34.Kc2 bxc4 35.Bxc4 cxd5 36.Bxd5+ Nxd5 37.Qxd5+ Be6 38.Qa5 Qb7 39.N4c3 Qxg2 40.Kd2 Qxh2 0-1

(578) Bogdan Sliwa - Mikhail Botvinnik [B20]
Budapest Budapest HUN (1), 03.03.1952

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 e6 7.Nge2 Nge7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 Bd7 11.Rb1 a5 12.0-0 Bc6 13.Rbd1 Qd7 14.b3 b6 15.Rb1 Rd8 16.Rbe1 Kf8 17.Nf4 Kg8 18.Nce2 Kh7 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.b4 Ra8 21.b5 Bb7 22.a4 Rhe8 23.Bh3 Ng8 24.Nc1 Qd8 25.Nb3 h5 26.Qd1 Nh6 27.Ne2 e5 28.f4 Bc8 29.f5 Ng4 30.Bxg4 hxg4 31.fxg6+ fxg6 32.Kg2 Ra7 33.Ng1 Bh6 34.Na1 Rh8 35.Nc2 Kg8 36.Rf2 Rah7 37.Qe2 Bg5 38.Kh1 Bf4 39.Rg2 Bg5 40.Rf1 Be6 41.Rff2 Kg7 42.Qe1 Rh5 43.Qe2 Qe7 44.Rf1 Kg8 45.Rff2 Qg7 46.Rf1 Qh6 47.Rff2 Rh7 48.Rf1 Bd7 49.Rff2 Bc8 50.Rf1 Be7 51.Rff2 Rf5 52.Rf1 Rxf1 53.Qxf1 Rf7 54.Qe1 Qf8 55.Re2 Rf1 56.Qd2 Qf3+ 57.Rg2 Rd1 58.Qh6 Qf6 59.Rd2 Bf8 60.Qxf8+ Qxf8 61.Rxd1 Qf2 62.Ne1 Qb2 0-1

(579) Mikhail Botvinnik - O'Kelly [A07]
Budapest Budapest HUN (10), 19.03.1952

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 d5 5.d3 0-0 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 e5 9.Re1 Re8 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.Bf1 a5 13.b3 f5 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.Ba3 Bf8 16.Bf7 Re7 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Bxc5 Rf7 19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.Nc4 Re7 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Qc1 e4 23.Nh4 Qf6 24.Qf4 Rf8 25.Rad1 Ref7 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Rd5 Qxc3 28.Red1 a4 29.Ne3 Ne7 30.Rd7 axb3 31.Rxc7 Qb4 32.axb3 Kg8 33.Rdd7 1-0

(580) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C07]
Budapest Budapest HUN (12), 23.03.1952

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Qe7 7.dxc5 Qxe2+ 8.Nxe2 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Bd2 Bd7 11.Bc3 f6 12.0-0 Nge7 13.Ned4 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxc6+ bxc6 1/2-1/2

(581) Mikhail Botvinnik - Gedeon Barcza [E49]
Budapest Budapest HUN (13), 25.03.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Bb2 Qa5 10.Nf3 cxd4 11.exd4 b6 12.0-0 Ba6 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nbd7 15.c4 Rfd8 16.Qb3 Qh5 17.a4 Rac8 18.Rfe1 Rc7 19.a5 Rdc8 20.axb6 axb6 21.Ra4 Qf5 22.Rb4 h6 23.h3 Rc6 24.Nd2 Qf4 25.Re3 Qd6 26.Rb5 Nf8 27.Rf3 Ng6 28.Qe3 Rxc4 29.Nxc4 Rxc4 30.Rxf6 gxf6 31.Qxh6 Qf4 32.Qxf4 Nxf4 33.Rxb6 Ne2+ 34.Kh2 Nxd4 35.Rd6 Nf5 36.Rd3 Kg7 37.g4 Ne7 38.Rf3 e5 1/2-1/2

(582) Hans Platz - Mikhail Botvinnik [E34]
Budapest Budapest HUN (14), 26.03.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 0-0 9.f3 Re8 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.Kf2 Bd7 12.Ng3 Rc8 13.Qa2 Na5 14.Rb1 c4 15.Be2 h5 16.h4 Ba4 17.e4 dxe4 18.fxe4 Nxe4+ 19.Nxe4 Rxe4 20.Bg5 Qd7 21.Bxh5 Bc6 22.Rbf1 f6 23.Kg1 Rf8 24.Qf2 Rfe8 25.Rh3 R8e6 26.Rg3 Kf8 27.Qf5 Re1 28.Qxa5 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 fxg5 30.hxg5 g6 31.Bf3 Qe7 32.Qb4 Qxb4 33.axb4 Re3 34.Rh3 Rxc3 35.Bxc6 Rc1+ 36.Ke2 bxc6 37.Kd2 Rg1 38.Rg3 Rb1 39.Ra3 Rxb4 40.Rxa7 Rb3 41.Rc7 Rd3+ 42.Kc2 Rxd4 43.Rxc6 Kf7 44.Kc3 Rg4 45.Rxc4 Rxg5 46.g4 Kf6 47.Kd3 Re5 48.Re4 Ra5 49.Ke3 Ra3+ 50.Kf2 Kg5 51.Rb4 Kh4 52.Rb6 g5 53.Rb4 Kh3 54.Rc4 Ra2+ 55.Kf3 Rg2 56.Ra4 Rb2 57.Rc4 Rb8 58.Kf2 Rf8+ 59.Kg1 Kg3 60.Ra4 Rb8 61.Ra3+ Kxg4 62.Ra4+ Kg3 63.Ra3+ Kh4 64.Ra2 Rb3 65.Kg2 Rg3+ 66.Kh2 1/2-1/2

(583) Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik [A48]
Budapest Budapest HUN (16), 30.03.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nxe4 dxe4 9.Ng5 cxd4 10.exd4 Qd5 11.Qb3 e6 12.Qc2 f5 13.f3 0-0 14.fxe4 fxe4 15.g3 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 18.Nxe4 Bg4 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

(584) Mikhail Botvinnik - Efim Geller [E68]
Budapest Budapest HUN (2), 04.03.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 a5 12.Qc2 a4 13.Be3 c6 14.Rad1 Qa5 15.a3 Nfd7 16.Bf1 Re7 17.f4 Nf6 18.Bf2 Bd7 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Ne8 21.Nf3 Bf5 22.Qe2 h5 23.Bd4 Nc7 24.Qf2 N7e6 25.Be3 Rae8 26.Nh4 Bxe5 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Qxf5 Ng7 29.Qf2 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Ne4 31.Qf4 Nxc3 32.Rc1 Na2 33.Rcd1 Nc3 34.Rc1 Ne4 35.Re2 Qf5 36.g4 hxg4 37.hxg4 Qg6 38.Rg2 Ng5 39.Qxg5 Rxe3 40.Qxg6 fxg6 41.c5 Ne6 42.Rb2 Re7 43.Bc4 Kg7 44.Bxe6 R7xe6 45.g5 Rb3 46.Rxb3 axb3 47.Rd1 Re2 0-1

(585) Harry Golombek - Mikhail Botvinnik [A21]
Budapest Budapest HUN (3), 06.03.1952

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.Nh3 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bd2 c6 9.Kh1 Kh8 10.f4 e4 11.dxe4 fxe4 12.Nf2 d5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Nb5 Ng8 16.Bc5 Nge7 17.Nd4 Re8 18.Rc1 b6 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.Ba3 Nd4 21.Bh3 Bxh3 22.Nxh3 Qd7 23.Nf2 Nf5 24.Qb3 d4 25.Rfd1 Qb7 26.Kg1 d3 27.exd3 Nd4 28.Qb4 a5 29.Qd6 Ne2+ 30.Kf1 Nxc1 31.Rxc1 Rad8 32.Rc7 Qa8 33.Qxb6 exd3 34.Rb7 Rb8 35.Rxb8 Rxb8 36.Qe3 Rd8 37.Qd2 Qd5 38.b3 Qd4 39.Kg2 Qd5+ 40.Kg1 Kg8 41.Kf1 Rd7 42.Qe3 Rd8 43.Qd2 0-1

(586) Mikhail Botvinnik - Erno Gereben [A13]
Budapest Budapest HUN (6), 12.03.1952

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Qd7 6.Qxc4 Qc6 7.b3 Qxc4 8.bxc4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Nb5 Ba5 11.Ba3 a6 12.Nbd4 Bb6 13.Nb3 c6 14.d4 a5 15.0-0 a4 16.Nc1 Bd8 17.Nd3 Be7 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.c5 Nd5 20.Nfe5 Nc3 21.Bf3 f6 22.Nc4 Nb5 23.e3 Kd8 24.Rfc1 a3 25.Bg2 Kc7 26.f4 f5 27.Rab1 Nf6 28.Nb6 Ra6 29.Nb4 Ra5 30.Rb3 Bd7 31.Nd3 Rd8 32.Ne5 Be8 33.h3 h5 34.Kf2 Ra6 35.Bf3 Ra5 36.Rg1 g6 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 fxg4 39.Nxg4 Nxg4+ 40.Rxg4 Bf7 41.Nc4 Ra4 1-0

(587) Jozsef Szily - Mikhail Botvinnik [C03]
Budapest Budapest HUN (7), 15.03.1952

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.c4 Nf6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.Nb3 Be7 11.Nfxd4 0-0 12.Bf3 Bf6 13.Nc2 Nde7 14.Ne3 Qc7 15.Qc2 Be5 16.h3 Be6 17.Bd2 Rac8 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.Nc5 Nd4 20.Qd1 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Bxb2 22.Rc2 Bd4 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Qe4 Qe5 25.Qxb7 Bxe3 26.Rxc8 Bxd2 27.Rc2 Bg5 28.Qxa6 Qd5 29.Re1 e5 30.a4 Bf6 31.Qb6 Ra8 32.Rc5 Qd7 33.a5 Qa7 34.Qe6+ Kf8 35.Rec1 Qa6 36.Qa2 h6 37.Rc7 Qb5 38.R1c5 Qd3 39.Qe6 e4 40.Rf5 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Qb4 1-0

(588) Mikhail Botvinnik - Pal Benko [D13]
Budapest Budapest HUN (8), 16.03.1952

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Bxf4 9.exf4 0-0 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Rc1 Na5 12.Ne5 Rc8 13.Qe2 Nc6 14.Nf3 g6 15.Rfd1 Ne8 16.h4 Nd6 17.g3 f6 18.Kg2 Nf5 19.Bb1 h5 20.Qd2 Nce7 21.Re1 Qb6 22.b3 Qb4 1/2-1/2

(589) Octavio Troianescu - Mikhail Botvinnik [D94]
Budapest Budapest HUN (11), 22.03.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.b4 c6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5 9.Be2 a5 10.0-0 Be6 11.Qb2 axb4 12.Qxb4 Na6 13.Qb2 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Qb3 Ne4 17.Bb2 Nc7 18.Bd1 Nb5 19.Bc2 Nbd6 20.Rfc1 Be6 21.Qd3 c5 22.dxc5 Nxc5 23.Nxc5 Bc4 0-1

(590) Mikhail Botvinnik - Konstantinopolsky [B01]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (1), 29.11.1952

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Bc4 e6 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Rfe1 0-0 12.a3 Rfe8 13.Bg3 Qb6 14.Qd3 Rad8 15.b4 Nf8 16.Rad1 Bd6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Bxg3 19.Qxg3 Rd7 20.c3 Qc7 21.Qg5 Qd8 22.Qh5 Qf6 23.a4 b6 24.Rde1 Red8 25.f4 Rb7 26.Qf3 Rc7 27.Re5 g6 28.g4 Kg7 29.Qg3 c5 30.bxc5 bxc5 31.f5 exf5 32.Rxf5 gxf5 33.Qxc7 cxd4 34.Re7 Rd7 35.Rxd7 Nxd7 36.Qxd7 dxc3 37.Bd3 fxg4 38.Qxg4+ Kf8 39.Qc8+ Kg7 40.Qg4+ Kf8 41.Qb4+ Kg8 42.Kg2 h5 43.h4 Qc6+ 44.Qe4 Qf6 45.Kg3 Kf8 46.Qb4+ Kg7 47.Bc2 a6 48.Qc5 Qf1 49.Qxc3+ Kg8 50.Qe3 Qc4 51.Qe4 Qc3+ 52.Kf2 Qd2+ 53.Kf3 Qc3+ 54.Ke2 Kf8 55.Bd3 a5 56.Qf4 Qb2+ 57.Kf3 Qc3 58.Qe4 Qf6+ 59.Ke2 Qb2+ 60.Bc2 Qc3 61.Bd1 Kg7 62.Qf4 f6 63.Qe4 Kf8 64.Qa8+ Kg7 65.Qd5 Qb2+ 66.Kf1 Qb1 67.Qxh5 Qd3+ 68.Qe2 Qf5+ 69.Qf3 Qb1 70.Kg2 Qb2+ 71.Kh3 Kf8 72.Qa8+ Kg7 73.Qg2+ 1-0

(591) Mikhail Botvinnik - Efim Geller [E62]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (16), 23.12.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Na5 8.Nd2 c5 9.Qc2 a6 10.0-0 Bf5 11.e4 Bd7 12.b3 b5 13.Bb2 bxc4 14.bxc4 Rb8 15.Rab1 Rb4 16.a3 Rb8 17.Nd1 Qc7 18.Ne3 Rb7 19.Bc3 Rfb8 20.h3 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 22.Nxb1 Qb6 23.Nd2 Ne8 24.Bxg7 Nxg7 25.Kh2 Ne8 26.f4 Nf6 27.e5 Ne8 28.Qc3 f6 29.e6 Ba4 30.Be4 Ng7 31.Bd3 Nh5 32.Be2 Ng7 33.h4 Ne8 34.Bd3 Ng7 35.f5 Nb3 36.Qb2 Qa5 37.Nxb3 Qe1 38.Ng2 Qd1 39.Nc1 gxf5 40.Be2 Qd4 41.Qxd4 1-0

(592) Mikhail Botvinnik - Paul Keres [D35]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (8), 09.12.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Nge2 Nf8 10.0-0 c6 11.Rab1 Bd6 12.Kh1 Ng6 13.f3 Be7 14.Rbe1 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Ng3 Nf6 17.Qf2 Be6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Bxf5 Qb6 20.e4 dxe4 21.fxe4 Rd8 22.e5 Nd5 23.Ne4 Nf8 24.Nd6 Qc7 25.Be4 Ne6 26.Qh4 g6 27.Bxd5 cxd5 28.Rc1 Qd7 29.Rc3 Rf8 30.Nf5 Rfe8 31.Nh6+ Kf8 32.Qf6 Ng7 33.Rcf3 Rc8 34.Nxf7 Re6 35.Qg5 Nf5 36.Nh6 Qg7 37.g4 1-0

(593) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladimir Simagin [A25]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (6), 07.12.1952

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 Be7 6.d4 e4 7.f3 0-0 8.Nge2 Bb4 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.Nxc3 exf3 11.Qxf3 d6 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.Rae1 Qe8 14.Qd1 Qg6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Ne7 17.Qb3 b6 18.Rc1 Rac8 19.Rc3 f4 20.exf4 Nf5 21.Be3 Qf6 22.Bf2 Rfe8 23.Rd1 Re7 24.Qc2 Rce8 25.Bf3 Qg6 26.Kh1 Qf7 27.Qd2 Nh6 28.Re1 Bg4 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 30.Kg1 Bxf3 31.Rxf3 Qxd5 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Qxe3 Kf7 34.b3 c5 35.dxc5 dxc5 36.Qc3 Ng4 37.h3 Nf6 38.Qc2 Ne4 39.Be1 Qd4+ 40.Kg2 Qd5 41.Kf1 h5 42.Ke2 Qe6 43.Kd1 1/2-1/2

(594) Georgy Ilivitsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [D30]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (15), 20.12.1952

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 Ne4 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 Nd7 9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 Qe7 11.Nb1 b6 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Nc3 Bb7 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 f5 16.Qb2 Rac8 17.Rac1 Ba6 18.Nc4 Rc7 19.Rc2 Rfc8 20.Rfc1 Nf6 21.f3 Bb7 22.fxe4 Nxe4 23.Nd2 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Qxc2 Qb4 26.Nxe4 fxe4 27.Qc4 Qe1+ 28.Bf1 Bd5 29.Qc8+ Kf7 30.Qc7+ Kg6 31.Qf4 h6 32.h4 Kh7 33.h5 Qa1 34.e3 Qxa2 35.Qf7 Qa3 36.Bh3 Qc1+ 37.Kh2 Qc2+ 38.Bg2 Qc6 39.b4 a5 40.bxa5 bxa5 41.g4 a4 42.g5 hxg5 43.Qg6+ Kh8 44.h6 Qc7+ 45.Kg1 a3 46.hxg7+ Kg8 0-1

(595) Alexey Suetin - Mikhail Botvinnik [B63]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (19), 28.12.1952

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0-0-0 a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Bc4 h5 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.Rhf1 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Rc8 16.Bb3 Rg8 17.Rd2 h4 18.f5 Ke7 19.Rdf2 Bh6 20.fxe6 fxe6 21.Rxf6 Rcf8 22.Rxf8 Bxf8 23.Rf2 Bh6 24.Bc4 Be3 25.Re2 Bg1 26.g3 hxg3 27.hxg3 Rxg3 28.a3 Be8 29.Ka2 Bh5 30.Re1 Bd4 31.Rh1 Rg5 32.Kb3 Be5 33.Bd3 Bg6 34.Rh4 Rg3 35.a4 Bf6 36.Rh1 Rg4 37.Re1 Be5 38.Nd1 Rf4 39.Nc3 Rf3 40.Nb1 Bg3 41.Rg1 Bxe4 42.Nd2 Bd5+ 43.Ka3 Rf2 44.Ne4 Bh2 45.Rg6 Bxe4 46.Bxe4 d5 47.Bd3 Be5 48.Rg8 Kd7 49.b4 Bf6 50.Rg1 Rh2 51.Kb3 Kd6 52.Rd1 Ke7 53.c4 Rb2+ 54.Ka3 dxc4 55.Bxc4 Rc2 56.Bb3 Bb2+ 57.Ka2 Rf2 58.Bc4 a5 59.bxa5 Bc3+ 60.Kb3 Bxa5 61.Bb5 b6 62.Kc4 Kf6 63.Kd4 Rf4+ 64.Ke3 Ke5 65.Rh1 Re4+ 66.Kd3 Rg4 67.Rh5+ Kd6 68.Rh8 Ke5 69.Rh5+ Kf4 70.Rh3 Rg8 71.Rh4+ Ke5 72.Rh5+ Kd6 73.Rh4 Rg3+ 74.Ke4 Bd2 75.Bd3 Bg5 76.Rh5 Kc5 0-1

(596) Mikhail Botvinnik - Petrosian [B21]
Gagra Gagra, 1952

1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.c3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.Qf2 h5 10.Be3 Qb6 11.Qc2 h4 12.Nd2 Nh6 13.Bf2 Nf5 14.Nf3 Be7 15.Be2 Rg8 16.Qd2 0-0-0 17.0-0 d4 18.Rfc1 Kb8 19.Rab1 g5 20.fxg5 Qc7 21.Qf4 Rd5 22.b4 Nxe5 23.cxd4 Nxf3+ 24.Qxf3 c4 25.dxc4 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.Qxf7 Rxg5 28.Qf2 Rd2 29.Rd1 Rxa2 30.Ra1 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 a5 32.Kh1 Bxb4 33.Rd1 Qg3 34.Qxg3+ Rxg3 35.Bf3 Kc7 36.Kg1 a4 37.Rb1 Bc5+ 38.Kf1 b6 39.Ke2 a3 40.Kd3 Rg5 41.Re1 Kd6 42.Be4 Re5 43.Re2 Ke7 44.Ra2 Kf6 45.Ra1 Kg5 46.Rf1 Bd6 0-1

(597) Mikhail Botvinnik - Petrosian [B92]
Budapest Budapest HUN (15), 29.03.1952

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Nbd7 10.a4 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Qe2 Re8 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Bf4 Qc7 15.Kh1 Nfd7 16.Nd4 g6 17.Nf3 Bf6 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Rae1 Bg7 20.h3 Qc5 21.Be3 Qb4 22.Bc1 Re7 1/2-1/2

(598) Mikhail Botvinnik - Herman Pilnik [D54]
Budapest Budapest HUN (17), 01.04.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.f3 c5 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.0-0 Re8 13.Bf2 Bd6 14.Re1 a6 15.Ng3 Qb8 16.Kh1 cxd4 17.exd4 Rxe1+ 18.Qxe1 Nf8 19.Nce2 Ne6 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Be3 Ne8 22.Qh4 Qd8 23.Qg4 Kh8 24.Nf4 Qg5 25.Nxe6 Qxg4 26.fxg4 fxe6 27.Nh4 Kg8 28.Ng6 Bd6 29.g5 hxg5 30.Bxg5 Nf6 31.Kg1 Rc8 32.Rf1 Rc7 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Rxf6 Rc1+ 35.Rf1 Rc7 36.g3 b5 37.Re1 Bc8 38.Ne5 Kg7 39.Kg2 b4 40.h4 a5 41.g4 1-0

(599) Mikhail Botvinnik - Gideon Stahlberg [D37]
Budapest Budapest HUN (4), 08.03.1952

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.Qc2 g6 8.h3 Bf5 9.Qc1 0-0 10.e3 Ne4 11.Be2 Bd6 12.Bxd6 Qxd6 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Nd7 15.0-0 Be6 16.Bd3 f5 17.Rae1 Rae8 18.Ne2 Re7 19.Bb1 Nf6 20.f3 Nh5 21.Rf2 Bc8 22.f4 Rfe8 23.Rf3 b6 24.Nc1 c5 25.Nd3 cxd4 26.exd4 Rxe1+ 27.Nxe1 Nxf4 28.Rxf4 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Qxf4 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Qxc8 Qxd4+ 32.Kf1 Qd1+ 33.Kf2 Qxb1 34.Qc3+ Kf7 35.Qc7+ Ke6 36.Qc6+ Ke5 37.Qc3+ Kd6 38.Qf6+ Kc5 39.Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

(600) Laszlo Szabo - Mikhail Botvinnik [A94]
Budapest Budapest HUN (5), 10.03.1952

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 d5 6.0-0 0-0 7.b3 c6 8.Ba3 Nbd7 9.Qc1 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Bxa3 11.Qxa3 b6 12.Rac1 Bb7 13.Rfd1 Qf6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Ne1 a5 16.Ndf3 f4 17.Nd3 fxg3 18.hxg3 Rae8 19.Rc2 Qh6 20.Qc1 Qd6 21.Bh3 Rf6 22.Kg2 c5 23.Bxd7 Qxd7 24.Nfe5 Qd6 25.f4 cxd4 26.Rc7 Nc5 27.Rxc5 bxc5 28.Qxc5 Qxc5 29.Nxc5 Ba8 30.Rxd4 Rc8 31.Ncd3 Rc2 32.Ra4 Rxe2+ 33.Kf3 Rc2 34.Rxa5 Rf8 35.Ke3 d4+ 36.Kxd4 Rd8+ 37.Ke3 Rg2 38.g4 Rc2 39.b4 Bd5 40.a4 Bh1 41.Ra7 Ra2 42.b5 Ra3 43.a5 g5 44.f5 Rd5 45.Re7 Rxb5 46.f6 Rxe5+ 47.Rxe5 Kf7 48.Rf5 Bb7 49.Kd2 Bc8 50.Ne5+ Kf8 51.Rxg5 Rxa5 52.Nd7+ Bxd7 53.Rxa5 Bxg4 54.Ke3 Be6 55.Kf4 Bc4 56.Ra7 h5 57.Kg5 h4 58.Kxh4 Bb3 59.Kg5 Bc4 60.Rc7 Ba2 61.Rc1 Bd5 62.Kf5 Kf7 63.Ke5 Bb3 64.Rc7+ Kf8 65.Rb7 Bc4 66.Rb4 Ba2 67.Kf5 Bd5 68.Kg6 Bf7+ 69.Kg5 Bd5 70.Rh4 Bb3 71.Rh8+ Kf7 72.Rh7+ Kf8 73.f7 Ke7 74.Kg6 Bc4 75.Rg7 Bb3 76.f8Q+ Kxf8 77.Kf6 Ke8 78.Re7+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

(601) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [D10]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (10), 12.12.1952

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.h3 Bd7 10.0-0 Qb6 11.Qe2 Rfc8 12.Rac1 Be8 13.Rfd1 Qd8 14.Bb1 a6 15.Ne5 b5 16.Nxc6 Rxc6 17.Qe1 Rac8 18.Ne2 Ne4 19.Rxc6 Rxc6 20.Nc1 Nd6 21.Nd3 Nc4 22.Qe2 f6 23.Bg3 Bg6 24.f3 Qb6 25.Bf2 Bxd3 26.Bxd3 Qc7 27.e4 Nb6 28.g3 dxe4 29.fxe4 e5 30.d5 Rc1 31.Kg2 Rxd1 32.Qxd1 Na4 33.b3 Nc5 34.Qc2 Bd6 35.Be2 Kf8 36.a4 bxa4 37.bxa4 Qa5 38.Bxc5 Bxc5 39.Bxa6 Ke7 40.Be2 Kd6 41.h4 Qe1 42.Bf3 Qb4 43.Kh3 g6 44.Bg2 h5 45.Kh2 Ke7 46.Qd1 Qa3 47.Bf3 Bd6 48.Kg2 Qa2+ 49.Kh3 Qa3 50.Bg2 f5 51.Kh2 f4 52.Qf3 Qxf3 53.Bxf3 fxg3+ 54.Kxg3 Bb4 55.Kf2 Kd6 56.Be2 Ba5 57.Bb5 Bd8 58.Kg3 Ke7 59.Bc6 Bc7 60.Bb7 Kd7 61.Ba6 Bd8 62.Bb5+ Ke7 63.Bf1 Ba5 64.Kf2 Kd6 65.Bh3 Bd8 66.Kg3 Kc5 67.Bd7 Kd4 68.Kf3 Bxh4 69.a5 Kc5 70.Be8 Bd8 71.a6 Kb6 1/2-1/2

(602) Viktor Korchnoi - Mikhail Botvinnik [A15]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (11), 15.12.1952

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Qc2 e5 5.d3 h6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 c5 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Be3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 cxd4 13.Nb5 Bb8 14.Ne1 Bd7 15.Na3 h5 16.Nd3 h4 17.c5 Qe7 18.Nc4 hxg3 19.hxg3 Bc7 20.b4 b5 21.Nd2 Bc6 22.Rae1 g6 23.Nb3 Kg7 24.f4 Ng4 25.fxe5 Rad8 26.Qb2 Nxe5 27.Nf4 Nc4 28.Qf2 Be5 29.Ne2 Qd7 30.Nf4 Qg4 31.Qf3 Qg5 32.Rf2 Ne3 33.Bh3 Rde8 34.Na5 Bxf4 35.Qxf4 Qxf4 36.gxf4 Bxe4 37.Rd2 Bf5 38.Bxf5 Nxf5 39.Rxe8 Rxe8 40.Nc6 Re1+ 41.Kf2 Re4 42.Nxa7 Rxf4+ 1/2-1/2

(603) Mikhail Botvinnik - Isaac Boleslavsky [E67]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (12), 16.12.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 Re8 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.b4 Ne6 14.Nf5 gxf5 15.exf5 Ne5 16.fxe6 Bxe6 17.Bxb7 Kh8 18.Bd5 Bg4 19.Qa4 f5 20.Qc2 Qf6 21.Bg5 Qxg5 22.f4 Qh6 23.fxe5 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Bxe5 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Qg2 c6 27.Nd1 Qh6 28.Nf2 Be2 29.Rae1 Bxf1 30.Rxf1 Rg8 31.Nh3 Rg4 32.b5 Rxc4 33.bxc6 Qe3 34.Rxf5 Qc5 35.Qf3 Qxc6 36.Rf8+ Kg7 37.Rf7+ Kg6 38.Qxc6 Rxc6 39.Rxa7 Rc1+ 40.Kg2 Rc2+ 41.Kf3 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

(604) Genrikh Kasparian - Mikhail Botvinnik [C01]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (13), 17.12.1952

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Be7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Qc2 f5 11.b4 Nd7 12.a4 Qe8 13.Nbd2 g5 14.Bb2 a5 15.b5 g4 16.Ne1 Qh5 17.f3 g3 18.h3 Nf2 19.f4 Nf6 20.Ndf3 N6e4 21.Ne5 Rf6 22.Qe2 Qe8 23.Bc1 Rh6 24.Bc2 Qf8 25.Be3 Qg7 26.Ra3 Ng4 27.Rf3 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Rg6 29.Bf4 Bd8 30.b6 h5 31.Nd3 h4 32.Bc1 Kh8 33.Nf4 Rh6 34.Qe1 Ng5 35.Rfb3 Ne4 36.Rf3 Qf8 1/2-1/2

(605) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [A04]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (14), 19.12.1952

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.e4 0-0 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Bg5 Nc7 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Bh6 e6 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nc2 Nxc2 15.Qxc2 Rb8 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.d4 cxd4 18.Rxd4 Bc6 19.e5 Qc5 20.Qd2 Qxe5 21.Bxc6 dxc6 22.Re1 Qf5 23.g4 Qf3 24.Re3 Qf6 25.Rd7 Rfd8 26.Red3 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 Ne8 28.Ne4 Qf3 29.Qd4+ Kg8 30.Ng5 c5 31.Nxf3 cxd4 32.b3 Rc8 33.Nxd4 Nf6 34.Rxa7 Nxg4 35.Rb7 Rd8 36.Nf3 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Ra1 38.h3 Nf6 39.Ng5 Rxa2 40.Kf3 Rb2 41.Rxb6 h6 42.Ne4 Nd7 43.Rb5 Kf8 44.Ke3 f5 45.Nd2 Ke7 46.c5 Nf6 47.Rb7+ Kd8 48.Nc4 Nd5+ 49.Kd4 Nc7 1-0

(606) Oleg Leonidovich Moiseev - Mikhail Botvinnik [D82]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (17), 24.12.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nd5 9.Bg3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 c5 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Rc8 15.Rac1 Qa5 16.Qe4 Qa3 17.Bb5 Bf6 18.d5 Na5 19.Qc2 c4 20.Qa4 Qxa4 21.Bxa4 a6 22.e4 b5 23.Bd1 e5 24.dxe6 fxe6 25.Bg4 Rfe8 26.f4 h5 27.Bf3 e5 28.Rfd1 Rcd8 29.fxe5 Bg5 30.Rb1 Rd3 31.e6 Rxc3 32.Rd6 Ra3 33.e7 Kh7 34.e5 Rxe7 35.Rxa6 c3 36.Be4 Rg7 37.Rxb5 Nc4 38.Rc6 Be3+ 39.Kh2 Nd2 40.Bd3 c2 41.Be2 Rxa2 42.e6 Ra1 43.Rxc2 Bg1+ 44.Kh1 Ne4 45.Rb3 Re7 46.h4 Nxg3+ 47.Rxg3 Bd4+ 48.Kh2 Be5 49.Rc5 Bd6 50.Rd5 Rxe6 51.Rxd6 Rxd6 52.Bf3 Rd4 53.Rh3 Kg7 54.Kg3 Kf6 55.Rh2 Kf5 56.Rh3 Rb1 57.Be2 Rd2 58.Bf3 Rf1 59.Rh2 Rc2 60.Bd5 Rc3+ 61.Bf3 Ke5 62.Rh3 Rcc1 63.Bb7 Rh1 64.Rxh1 Rxh1 65.Bc8 Kf6 66.Bd7 g5 67.hxg5+ Kxg5 68.Bc8 h4+ 69.Kf3 Rc1 70.Bd7 Rc2 71.Be6 Rc7 72.g4 Rc3+ 73.Kg2 h3+ 74.Kh2 Kh4 75.g5 Rc2+ 0-1

(607) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Byvshev [D37]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (18), 26.12.1952

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 0-0 7.e3 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0-0 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bh2 Ng6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Nd7 14.Bh2 Nf8 15.Qc2 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.Rae1 Qh6 18.f4 Qd6 19.Qf2 Bd7 20.e4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Qb4 22.f5 f6 23.a3 Qb3 24.Qg3 Kh8 25.Nd6 Qxb2 26.Nxe8 Qxd4+ 27.Qe3 Qxe3+ 28.Rxe3 Bxe8 29.Rfe1 Bd7 30.Re7 b5 31.Rc1 a5 32.Be4 Rc8 33.Rd1 Be8 34.Kf2 a4 35.Ke3 c5 36.Bb7 Rb8 37.Rd5 b4 38.Rxc5 bxa3 39.Rc3 a2 40.Ra3 Bd7 41.Bd5 1/2-1/2

(608) Tolush - Mikhail Botvinnik [C05]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (3), 01.12.1952

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.0-0 Nc7 10.Ng3 Be7 11.Nf3 h5 12.Ne1 g6 13.Nd3 Qc8 14.Be3 c4 15.Nf4 b5 16.Nh3 Qd8 17.Qd2 a5 18.a3 Nb8 19.Bg5 Nc6 20.Rfe1 Bxg5 21.Nxg5 Ne7 22.Qf4 Nf5 23.Nxf5 gxf5 24.Re3 Qe7 25.Rg3 Kd7 26.Nf3 Rh7 27.Rg5 Kc6 28.h4 Rb8 29.Nh2 b4 30.axb4 axb4 31.Qc1 Rhh8 32.b3 bxc3 33.bxc4 dxc4 34.Qxc3 Qb4 35.Qf3+ Nd5 36.Nf1 Qc3 37.Qd1 Qb3 38.Qe1 Qc3 39.Qd1 Qb3 40.Qe1 Qc3 1/2-1/2

(609) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mark Taimanov [E40]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (4), 03.12.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 0-0 9.Bg2 Na5 10.0-0 c6 11.Na4 b6 12.Nac3 Ba6 13.Rb1 Rc8 14.Qc2 Bd6 15.b4 Nb7 16.e4 dxe4 17.Nxe4 Re8 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rfd1 Nd6 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Nc3 Bc4 23.Qd2 Nb5 24.Ne4 Qg6 25.a4 Rxe4 26.axb5 Re2 27.Qf4 Bxb5 28.Bf3 Re7 29.h4 Rd8 30.Rbc1 Red7 31.d5 cxd5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Bxd5 Qf6 34.Rc7 Qxf4 35.gxf4 Be8 36.Bc4 Kf8 37.b5 Rd4 38.Kg2 Rxf4 39.Kg3 Rf5 40.Rxa7 Bxb5 41.Ra8+ Ke7 42.Ra7+ Bd7 43.Rb7 b5 44.Bd3 Rc5 45.Bxh7 g6 46.Bg8 Rd5 47.h5 Rg5+ 48.Kf4 Rxh5 49.Ke4 Rf5 50.f4 Kd6 0-1

(610) Lev Aronin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C48]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (5), 04.12.1952

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.dxc3 Qe5+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Bxe2 d6 11.0-0 Bf5 12.Re1 Kd7 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.cxd3 Be7 15.Bf4 1/2-1/2

(611) Isaac Lipnitsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (9), 11.12.1952

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Bd6 15.a4 Rb8 16.Bg5 Ne8 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ne3 f6 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Be3 Be6 21.Nd2 Nc7 22.Nb3 c4 23.Nc5 Bxc5 24.Bxc5 Rfd8 25.Qh5 Bf7 26.Qh4 Bg6 27.Nxc7 Qxc7 28.Qg4 Bf7 29.Red1 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 Rd8 31.Qe1 Be6 32.Qe3 Qb7 33.Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.Bxd1 Qd7 35.Bh5 Bf7 36.Bg4 Be6 37.Bh5 Bf7 38.Bg4 Be6 39.Be2 Na5 40.Ba3 Qc7 41.Kh2 1/2-1/2

(612) Mikhail Botvinnik - Boris Petrovich Goldenov [A13]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (2), 30.11.1952

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Qd7 5.Qxc4 c5 6.Na3 Nc6 7.Qb5 a6 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qa4 Rb8 10.Nf3 f6 11.d3 Ne7 12.Nc4 e5 13.Bd2 Nd5 14.Ba5 Be7 15.e4 Nb4 16.0-0-0 Qg4 17.Ne1 Bd7 18.a3 Nd5 19.Qc2 Rb5 20.f3 Qe6 21.Ng2 0-0 22.Rhe1 Rfb8 23.f4 Bf8 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.exd5 cxd5 26.Nf4 Qh6 27.Rxe5 dxc4 28.Rh5 Qf6 29.Bc3 Qf7 30.dxc4 g6 31.Rxd7 Qxd7 32.Nxg6 R5b6 33.Nxf8 Kxf8 34.Rxh7 Qg4 35.Qf2+ 1-0

(613) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [C36]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (7), 08.12.1952

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Nd5 8.d4 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bg4 12.Qd3 Nd7 13.g3 Nb6 14.Bb3 c5 15.c4 Qf6 16.Ne5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qxe5 18.Bxf4 Qh5 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.a4 Be2 21.Qc3 Nd7 22.a5 Nf6 23.Ba4 Re6 24.Kg2 Ne4 25.Qa3 g5 0-1

(614) Mikhail Botvinnik - David Bronstein [D30]
Training Training, 1952

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bf4 Bf5 6.e3 Nd7 7.g4 Be6 8.Bd3 g5 9.Bg3 Qb6 10.Qc2 Bxg4 11.h4 gxh4 12.Rxh4 Ngf6 13.Nge2 h5 14.0-0-0 Bh6 15.Kb1 Bg5 16.Rh2 Bf3 17.Re1 Qa5 18.Ng1 Be4 19.f4 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Bh6 21.e4 0-0-0 22.e5 Ne8 23.f5 Bg5 24.e6 Ndf6 25.Nf3 Bh6 26.Ne5 Nd6 27.Bh4 Nfe4 28.Bxd8 Rxd8 29.Nxf7 Nxf7 30.exf7 Bg7 31.Rg1 Qc7 32.Qh3 Bf6 33.Nxe4 dxe4 34.Qxh5 Qd7 35.Rg8 Be7 36.f6 Bf8 37.Qh3 e3 38.Kc2 Kc7 39.Qxd7+ Kxd7 40.Rhh8 e2 41.Kd2 1-0

(615) Mikhail Botvinnik - Salomon Flohr [A35]
Training Training, 1952

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd2 e6 9.e4 Nb6 10.Be3 Qxd1+ 11.Kxd1 e5 12.Kc2 Be7 13.Be2 0-0 14.Rhd1 Be6 15.Ba6 Rab8 16.b3 Rfd8 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.Bc5 Bc7 19.Rd1 Bc8 20.Bxc8 Rxc8 21.b4 f6 22.Kb3 Kf7 23.b5 Bd8 24.bxc6 Rxc6 25.Rxd8 Rxc5 26.Rb8 Kg6 27.Rb7 Nc8 28.a4 h5 29.f3 Rc6 30.Rd7 a6 31.Nd5 a5 32.h4 Ra6 33.Kc4 Rc6+ 34.Kb5 Rc2 35.Ne3 Rb2+ 36.Kxa5 Kh7 37.Nf5 1-0

(616) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [E67]
Training Training, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bd2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.h3 Nh6 14.Bg5 Qe8 15.Re1 Nf7 16.Bh4 Nh8 17.c5 e4 18.cxd6 Ng6 19.Bg5 h6 20.Qb3+ Qf7 21.Nh4 Qxb3 22.axb3 Nxh4 23.Bxh4 Bxd4 24.Rad1 Bf6 25.Bxf6 Nxf6 26.g4 Be6 27.gxf5 Bxb3 28.Rd2 Rad8 29.Nxe4 Bd5 30.Nxf6+ Rxf6 31.Bxd5+ cxd5 32.Re7 Rfxd6 33.Rxb7 R8d7 34.Rxd7 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

(617) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [E67]
Training Training, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.b4 Ne6 11.Nb3 Re8 12.Bb2 Ng5 13.f3 h5 14.Qd2 Ngh7 15.Rad1 Be6 16.Qe2 h4 17.g4 c6 18.c5 d5 19.Qf2 Qc7 20.h3 dxe4 21.fxe4 Rad8 22.e5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Qxe5 24.Qxh4 Bxb3 25.axb3 a5 26.b5 Qxc5+ 27.Qf2 Qb4 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.Bxc6 Rf8 30.Rd3 Qxb3 31.Ba4 Qb4 32.Qd2 Qc5+ 33.Qf2 Qc4 34.Bb5 Qb4 35.Qd2 Ng5 36.Qxg5 Qxb2 37.Qd2 Qxd2 38.Rxd2 Nxg4 39.Nd5 Rb8 40.Ne7+ Kh7 41.Ba4 0-1

(618) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [D45]
Training Training, 1952

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 0-0 8.Be2 Qe7 9.0-0 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Rae1 Bc7 13.c5 e4 14.Nd2 Nf8 15.f3 exf3 16.Bxf3 Ng4 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.e4 Rad8 19.Nb3 f6 20.h3 Bh5 21.Qf2 b6 22.e5 fxe5 23.Ne4 Ne6 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.cxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxe5 Rf8 27.Qe3 Rxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Rf8+ 29.Kg1 Nf4 30.Nc1 Qg6 31.Qb3+ Kh8 32.g4 Bxg4 33.Qg3 Nxh3+ 0-1

(619) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [C05]
Training Training, 1952

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.0-0 Nc7 10.f4 f5 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Nf3 Bd6 13.Ng3 0-0 14.Ne5 cxd4 15.cxd4 Ne4 16.Ng4 Qe8 17.Nf2 Qg6 18.Qb3 Rf7 19.Nfxe4 dxe4 20.Be3 Raf8 21.f5 Qg4 22.fxe6 Nxe6 23.Nf5 Bf4 24.Ng3 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Qxg3 26.Qxe6 Qxe3+ 27.Kh2 Qh6+ 28.Qxh6 gxh6 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Kg3 h5 31.Re1 h4+ 32.Kxh4 Rf2 33.Rxe4 Kf7 34.g3 Rxb2 35.Kg5 Rxa2 36.d5 Rd2 37.Re5 a5 38.Kf4 a4 39.Re4 b5 40.Ke5 a3 0-1

(620) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [E26]
Training Training, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 b6 8.Ne2 d6 9.e4 Nd7 10.0-0 e5 11.Ng3 exd4 12.Nf5 Qf6 13.f4 Bb7 14.g4 Rg8 15.Ra2 0-0-0 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Raf2 Nc5 18.Bb1 Qe6 19.Re1 Kb8 20.g5 f6 21.Rg2 fxg5 22.fxg5 Ne5 23.Nxd4 Qxc4 24.Rg3 Rgf8 25.Bb2 g6 26.Qd2 Nxe4 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Rc3 Qf7 29.Qe3 Bb7 30.Rd1 Rde8 31.Qg3 a6 32.h3 Ka8 33.Rcc1 Qd5 34.Kh2 Nf3+ 35.Nxf3 Re2+ 36.Kg1 Rxf3 0-1

(621) Petrosian - Mikhail Botvinnik [D43]
Training Training, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Qb6 9.a3 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bg7 13.Bd3 Qd8 14.Nh2 h5 15.Rc1 Bd7 16.Nb5 Kf8 17.Nf1 g4 18.Nd2 e5 19.Qb3 exd4 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.exd4 Qe7+ 22.Kd1 Bxd4 23.Rc7 Bb6 24.Re1 Qd6 25.Rxb7 Rh6 26.Bb5 Be6 27.f4 gxf3 28.Nxf3 Rc8 29.Ne5 Qc5 30.Rxf7+ Kg8 31.Rf3 Qc1+ 32.Ke2 Rc2+ 33.Kf1 Qd2 0-1

(622) Mikhail Botvinnik - Efim Geller [A45]
USSR USSR, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nh4 Be4 6.f3 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.c4 c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.e3 Nc6 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.exd4 Qb6 13.Ne2 Bb4+ 14.Bd2 0-0 15.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 16.Qd2 Rfe8 17.0-0-0 Qc4+ 18.Nc3 Nb4 19.Kb1 Nxa2 20.Rhe1 Nxc3+ 21.Qxc3 Qxc3 22.bxc3 Nd7 23.Kc2 Kf8 24.Kd2 Nb6 25.Bf1 Re7 26.Ra1 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Rd8 28.h4 a6 29.Rb1 Rd6 30.g4 Ke7 31.Bd3 Kd8 32.f4 Re6 33.f5 gxf5 34.gxf5 Rh6 35.h5 a5 36.Kc2 a4 37.Be2 Ke7 38.Rb5 Rc6 39.Bf3 Rd6 40.Rc5 Nc4 41.Rc7+ Kf6 42.Rxb7 Ra6 43.Kd3 Nb6 44.Rc7 Na8 45.Rd7 a3 46.Bxd5 a2 47.Rxf7+ Kg5 48.Rxg7+ Kh6 49.Rg1 a1Q 50.Rxa1 Rxa1 51.Bxa8 Rxa8 52.c4 Kg5 53.Ke4 Re8+ 54.Kd5 Kxf5 55.Kd6 Rd8+ 56.Ke7 Rxd4 57.c5 Rc4 58.Kd6 Kf6 59.c6 Rd4+ 60.Kc5 Rd1 61.c7 1/2-1/2

(623) David Bronstein - Mikhail Botvinnik [E59]
USSR USSR, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Qe7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.f4 Qe7 16.c4 Rd8 17.Re1 Qd6 18.Bf1 Bg4 19.a4 Qd7 20.Bb2 Qd2 21.Qxd2 Rxd2 22.Bc1 Rc2 23.e4 Rd8 24.e5 1/2-1/2

(624) Efim Geller - Mikhail Botvinnik [A07]
USSR USSR, 1952

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 0-0 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4 e5 8.c3 a5 9.a4 h6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Ne4 Re8 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Bc1 Rb8 15.Qb3 Nde7 16.Qb5 Kh8 17.Ned2 Bd7 18.Nc4 Kg8 19.Qb3 Be6 20.Qb5 Bd7 21.Qb3 Be6 22.Qb5 1/2-1/2

(625) Isaac Boleslavsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [D48]
Voronovo Voronovo, 1952

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 e5 11.b3 Bd6 12.0-0 0-0 13.a4 b4 14.Ne2 c4 15.bxc4 Nc5 16.Ng3 a5 17.h3 Qc7 18.Nh4 g6 19.Re1 Ne8 20.Bh6 Ng7 21.Re3 f6 22.Nf1 Rf7 23.Nd2 Bd7 24.Bc2 Qd8 25.Nhf3 Ne8 26.Ne1 Nc7 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.Nd3 N7a6 29.h4 Nxd3 30.Bxd3 Nc5 31.Bc2 Qe7 32.Be3 Rc8 33.h5 Rg7 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Nb3 Nxb3 36.Bxb3 g5 37.Rc1 Bc5 38.Bxc5 Rxc5 39.Rd3 Rh7 40.f3 Qf8 41.Qe1 Kg7 42.Qe3 Qd6 43.Rdd1 Be8 44.Kf2 Bg6 45.Rh1 Rxh1 46.Rxh1 Rc7 47.Ke2 Rc5 48.Kd2 Qb6 49.g3 Qd6 50.Kc1 Qe7 51.Kb2 Qd6 52.Rh2 Qc7 53.Rd2 Qd6 54.Rf2 Qe7 55.Rf1 Bh7 56.Qd2 Qd6 57.f4 Bxe4 58.fxg5 f5 59.Qe3 Qc7 60.Rf2 Rxc4 61.d6 1-0

(626) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vasily Smyslov [E42]
Training Game, 13.02.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.Nxc3 dxc4 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.Bxc4 Nc6 11.b5 Ne5 12.Be2 Ke7 13.f4 Ned7 14.b3 Rd8 15.Ba3+ Ke8 16.Bd6 Nb8 17.Bc7 Rd7 18.Bb6 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Rxd5 20.Rxa7 Rxa7 21.Bxa7 Nd7 22.e4 1-0

(627) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Botvinnik [A82]
Training Game, 14.02.1952

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4 h6 5.Nh3 d5 6.f3 c5 7.dxc5 e5 8.fxe4 Bxg4 9.Qd3 Bxc5 10.exd5 0-0 11.Be3 e4 12.Qd2 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Bf3 14.Rg1 Ng4 15.Rxg4 Bxg4 16.Nf2 Bf3 17.Bh3 Qd6 18.Be6+ Kh8 19.Kd2 Na6 20.Re1 Nc7 21.Nfxe4 Qxh2+ 22.Kc1 Rae8 23.Qc5 Qf4+ 24.Nd2 Bxd5 25.Nxd5 Nxe6 26.Qxa7 Nc7 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 0-1

(628) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [D31]
Training Game, 17.10.1952

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Nd7 9.Nf3 c5 10.Bc3 Ne7 11.0-0 f6 12.Bd3 Qc6 13.Bc2 e5 14.Nh4 Qe6 15.Qd3 g5 16.Nf3 Ng6 17.Rad1 Nf4 18.Qe3 Qg4 19.g3 0-0 20.Rd6 Ne6 21.Rfd1 Nd4 22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.R1xd4 Qh5 25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Rxd7 Rae8 27.Be4 Rf7 28.Qd4 Kg7 29.Rd5 Qh6 30.Bf5 Re5 31.Rd7 Qh5 32.g4 Rxd7 33.Qxd7+ Qf7 34.Qd3 h5 35.h3 Re1+ 36.Kg2 Qe8 37.Qf3 Qc6 38.Qxc6 bxc6 39.c5 hxg4 40.hxg4 Re2 41.b4 Rxa2 42.b5 Ra5 43.Bd3 Kf8 44.b6 axb6 45.cxb6 Ra4 0-1

(629) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [C83]
Training Game, 24.10.1952

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Re1 0-0 11.Nd4 Nxe5 12.f3 Bd6 13.fxe4 Bg4 14.Qd2 Qh4 15.h3 c5 16.Rf1 cxd4 17.cxd4 dxe4 18.Qg5 Nf3+ 19.Rxf3 Qxg5 20.Bxg5 exf3 21.hxg4 Rae8 22.Nc3 b4 23.Nd5 fxg2 24.Kxg2 Re2+ 25.Kf3 Rxb2 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Nf5 Bb8 28.Be7 Rc8 29.Bxb4 h6 30.Bc5 Kh7 31.Re1 g6 32.Ne7 Rc7 33.Bxf7 Kg7 34.Bb3 Ba7 35.Bd6 Rc3+ 36.Ke4 Rg2 37.Be5+ Kf8 38.Nxg6+ Ke8 39.Be6 1-0

(630) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [D31]
Training Game, 29.10.1952

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Qxg2 9.Bf3 Qg5 10.Ne2 c5 11.Bc3 e5 12.Rg1 Qe7 13.Rxg7 Qf6 14.Rg3 Ne7 15.Be4 Nbc6 16.f4 Be6 17.Qd6 Rd8 18.Qxc5 Qh4 19.Qf2 Rf8 20.b3 f6 21.Rg7 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Rf7 23.Rxf7 Kxf7 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Ng1 Bf5 26.Re1 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 Re8 28.Rh4 Kg7 29.Nf3 Nf5 30.Re4 Kf6 31.b4 Nd6 32.Rh4 Kf5 33.Ke3 b5 34.cxb5 Nxb5 35.Bb2 Nd6 36.Bc3 Kg6 37.Rg4+ Kf5 38.h3 Ke6 39.Ng5+ Kd5 40.Nxh7 Rh8 1/2-1/2

(631) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98]
Training Game, 01.11.1952

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.Nf1 Bd6 17.Bg5 Ne8 18.Ne3 f6 19.Nd5 Qb7 20.Be3 Be6 21.Nd2 Ne7 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.Qe2 Rf7 24.Ra5 Qb7 25.Rea1 Nc7 26.c4 Bf8 27.Bd3 bxc4 28.Nxc4 Qc6 29.Qc2 Nb5 30.Ra6 Qc8 31.Nb6 Qe8 32.Nd5 Kh8 33.Bc4 Nd6 34.Bxc5 Nxc4 35.Qxc4 Bxd5 36.Qxd5 Rxb2 37.Ra8 Rb8 38.Rxb8 1-0

(632) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [E28]
Training Game, 02.11.1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.f3 c5 9.e4 d6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Qc7 12.0-0 Rfc8 13.Rc1 Ne8 14.Ng3 Nf8 15.d5 f6 16.Be3 e5 17.Rf2 Rcb8 18.Nf1 Bc8 19.a4 Bd7 20.Rb1 Qc8 21.Rfb2 Ng6 22.Qc2 Ne7 23.g3 Nc7 24.f4 Qe8 25.Ra1 Nc8 26.f5 a6 27.Be2 b5 28.a5 Rb7 29.h4 Rab8 30.g4 Qd8 31.Kf2 Ne8 32.Ng3 bxc4 33.Rba2 Na7 34.Bd2 Nb5 35.Bxc4 Kh8 36.Rg1 Nbc7 37.Be2 Qc8 38.c4 Rb3 39.Bc3 Qd8 40.Qd2 Qe7 41.Bd1 Game was left unfinished. 1/2-1/2

(633) Salomon Flohr - Mikhail Botvinnik [D90]
Training Game, 04.11.1952

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 0-0 8.g3 Be6 9.Qa4 Nd5 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.0-0 Nb6 12.Qc2 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Bxb7 Rab8 15.Bg2 Qc4 16.Bd2 c5 17.b3 Qa6 18.Bg5 Rfe8 19.Rad1 c4 20.b4 Qa3 21.Nb5 Qxb4 22.Nc7 Bf5 23.Be4 Bd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.Bc6 Rd8 27.Rd1 Qc5 1/2-1/2

(634) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [B59]
Training Game, 14.11.1952

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf3 Be6 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Qd2 b6 12.Rfd1 h6 13.Rac1 Nb4 14.a3 Nc6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nb8 17.c4 Nh7 18.Be2 Nd7 19.Na1 f5 20.f4 Nhf6 21.g3 Ne4 22.Qd3 Qe8 23.b4 Qg6 24.Kg2 h5 25.Rf1 h4 26.Nc2 Nxg3 27.hxg3 Qxg3+ 28.Kh1 e4 29.Qd2 Qh3+ 30.Kg1 Qg3+ 31.Kh1 Qh3+ 32.Kg1 Rf6 33.Bh5 Rh6 34.Rf2 Rxh5 35.Rh2 Qg3+ 36.Rg2 Qh3 37.Rh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

(635) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mark Taimanov [D46]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (2), 26.01.1953

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Bd2 Bc7 10.0-0 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.Rae1 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6 14.Be2 Bg4 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.Ne5 Bxe2 17.Rxe2 h6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Ne4 Qd8 20.Nc5 Rb8 21.Rfe1 Qd5 22.Nf3 Bd6 23.Qe4 Rfd8 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.g3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

(636) Mark Taimanov - Mikhail Botvinnik [A84]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (3), 28.01.1953

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 0-0 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nge2 c5 8.a3 Ba5 9.d5 exd5 10.cxd5 Ng4 11.Nf4 Ne5 12.Be2 Qe7 13.0-0 Na6 14.b3 Bd7 15.Bb2 Nc7 16.Rad1 b5 17.Nb1 Rac8 18.Nd2 Ng6 19.Nh5 Ne8 20.a4 Bxd2 21.Qxd2 b4 22.f4 Rf7 23.Rde1 Qf8 24.Bd3 Rc7 25.e4 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Bg4 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Rxf3 Rce7 29.Re6 Nc7 30.Rxd6 Qe8 31.Bxg7 Re2 32.Qd3 Qe7 33.Rxg6 hxg6 34.d6 Re1+ 35.Kf2 Qh4+ 36.Ng3 Kxg7 37.Kxe1 Ne6 38.Qe4 Nd4 39.Rf2 Qxh2 40.Qe5+ Kh7 41.Nf1 Qh5 42.Ng3 Qh2 43.Qxc5 Rxf4 44.Rxf4 Qg1+ 45.Nf1 Nf3+ 46.Rxf3 Qxc5 47.Rd3 Qf5 48.Rd2 Qe6+ 49.Kf2 Qf5+ 50.Ke2 Qg4+ 51.Kf2 Qf5+ 52.Kg1 Qc5+ 53.Kh2 Qh5+ 54.Kg1 Qc5+ 55.Kh1 Qc1 1/2-1/2

(637) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mark Taimanov [E40]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (4), 31.01.1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nf4 0-0 9.Be2 Bf5 10.g4 Be6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.0-0 Qd7 13.f4 Nd8 14.Bd3 Nf7 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Nd6 17.Qf3 a4 18.Ra2 c6 19.bxc6 Qxc6 20.Rc2 Qd7 21.g5 Nfe8 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qh3+ Kg8 24.Nxd5 Bd8 25.g6 Nf6 26.Nxf6+ gxf6 27.g7 Re8 28.Qh8+ Kf7 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.Rg2 Nf7 31.Rf3 Ra5 32.Qh4 e5 33.Rh3 Qxh3 34.Qxh3 exf4 35.exf4 Bb6 36.Bb2 Rb5 37.Kf1 Ba5 38.Rc2 Rb3 39.Qd7 Rbe3 40.Qxa4 Re1+ 41.Kf2 Bc7 42.Qxe8+ 1-0

(638) Mark Taimanov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E58]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (5), 02.02.1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 0-0 6.Bd3 d5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 b6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.a4 c4 12.Bc2 Bg4 13.Qe1 Re8 14.Nh4 Bh5 15.f3 Bg6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.e4 dxe4 18.fxe4 Qd7 19.Bg5 Nh7 20.Be3 Ne7 21.Rf3 f5 22.e5 Nf8 23.h4 Ne6 24.Rd1 Qd5 25.Bc1 Rf8 26.Ba3 Rae8 27.Qg3 g5 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.Rxf5 Rxf5 30.Bxf5 Nf4 31.Qxg5 Rxe5 32.dxe5 Qxd1+ 33.Kh2 Qd2 34.Be6+ Kh7 35.Bxc4 g6 36.Be6 1-0

(639) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mark Taimanov [E46]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (6), 04.02.1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 Re8 6.Bd3 d6 7.0-0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Nbd7 9.e4 e5 10.Nd2 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.f3 Nf8 13.Nf1 Ne6 14.Bc2 c5 15.Ba4 Rf8 16.d5 Nc7 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bf2 Nce8 20.Ne3 Ng7 21.g4 h5 22.h3 h4 23.Qd2 Nh7 24.Reb1 Qc7 25.Bd1 Rfb8 26.a4 Bc8 27.Kh2 Nf8 28.Ng2 f6 29.Be2 Ng6 30.Bf1 Bd7 31.Rb2 Ne8 32.Qc2 Qd8 33.Be1 Nc7 34.Bd2 Qe8 35.Kg1 a6 36.Raa2 Ra7 37.Kf2 Rab7 38.Kg1 Ne7 39.Ne3 Ng6 40.Ng2 Kg7 41.Ra3 Nf4 42.Ne3 1/2-1/2

(640) Mark Taimanov - Mikhail Botvinnik [D45]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (1), 25.01.1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 0-0 8.0-0-0 c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Kb1 a6 11.Bc1 c4 12.g4 Nb6 13.h3 Re8 14.Bg2 Bb4 15.Ne5 Bxc3 16.Qxc3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nd6 18.Bd2 a5 19.Be1 f6 20.Nf3 Bd7 21.Rc1 Ba4 22.Qe2 Bb5 23.Bc3 Na4 24.g5 Bd7 25.gxf6 Bf5+ 26.Ka1 Bd3 27.Qd1 Nxc3 28.bxc3 gxf6 29.Ne1 Be4 30.Bxe4 Nxe4 31.Rc2 Kh8 32.Ng2 Rg8 33.Nf4 Qd7 34.f3 Ng5 35.Rb2 b5 36.Re1 Rae8 37.h4 Ne6 38.Nxe6 Rxe6 39.e4 Rge8 40.Rbe2 b4 41.Qd2 Qe7 42.e5 bxc3 43.Qxc3 Qb4 44.Qb2 fxe5 45.Qxb4 axb4 46.Rxe5 Rxe5 47.Rxe5 Rxe5 48.dxe5 d4 49.e6 Kg7 50.f4 d3 51.Kb2 h5 0-1

(641) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [B59]
Training Training, 1953

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bf3 Na5 10.Nxa5 Qxa5 11.Bg5 Be6 12.a3 Qc5 13.h3 Rfd8 14.Qd2 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Bg4 Kf8 18.Qe2 a6 19.Qf3 Rc6 20.h4 Ke7 21.g3 b5 22.Rac1 Qc4 23.Rd3 b4 24.b3 Qc5 25.Nd5+ Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qb6 27.axb4 Qxb4 28.Qe2 Qc3 29.Qd1 Rb8 30.Be2 a5 31.Bc4 a4 32.Ra1 Rb4 33.Rd3 Qb2 34.c3 Rbxc4 35.bxc4 a3 36.Rb1 Qa2 37.Rb4 Ra6 38.c5 dxc5 39.Rd7+ 1-0

(642) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [D85]
Training Game, 20.01.1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 Qa5 9.Bd2 0-0 10.Ne2 Nc6 11.0-0 Rb8 12.h3 Rd8 13.Rb1 Be6 14.Nc1 Qc7 15.Nb3 b6 16.Qe2 Na5 17.Nxa5 bxa5 18.Rxb8 Rxb8 19.Bc1 cxd4 20.cxd4 Qc4 21.Re1 Qxa2 22.Qxa2 Bxa2 23.Ba3 e6 24.Bc5 Bf8 25.Be4 a4 26.Bxa7 Rc8 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.Rc1 Bb3 29.dxc5 a3 30.Bb7 Rc7 31.c6 a2 32.Ra1 Bc4 33.f3 Kf8 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke1 f5 36.Kd2 Kd6 37.f4 Bd5 38.h4 h6 39.Kd1 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.fxg5 Game was left unfinished. 1/2-1/2

(643) Ilia Abramovich Kan - Mikhail Botvinnik [D45]
Training Game, 22.05.1953

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 0-0 8.0-0-0 c5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Be1 Be6 12.Nd4 a6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.g3 b5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bh3 Qe7 17.Rc1 Rc7 18.Qd1 Rb8 19.Ne2 b4 20.Nd4 a5 21.Qe2 Qe8 22.f4 e5 23.Nf5 Bf8 24.Rf1 g6 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Nd4 Nfe4 27.Ka1 Bg7 28.Bf2 a4 29.Bg1 a3 30.bxa3 b3 31.Kb1 Na4 0-1

(644) Mikhail Botvinnik - Ilia Abramovich Kan [E54]
Training Game, 23.05.1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nc6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Ba2 a6 11.Na4 c4 12.b3

Mikhail Botvinnik - the father of the Russian school of chess

(1) Veniamin Miliutin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D72] juniors Ch Leningrad , Leningrad (Russ, 1924

(2) Grigory Andreev - Mikhail Botvinnik [E60] Leningrad Leningrad, 1924

(3) Mikhail Botvinnik - I Folga [A48] Leningrad Leningrad, 1924

(4) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Timofeev [D26] Leningrad Leningrad, 1924

(5) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Begunov [D30] Leningrad 2/3th cat Leningrad 2/3th cat, 1924

(6) Mikhail Botvinnik - I Kalinin [C55] Leningrad 2/3th cat Leningrad 2/3th cat, 1924

(7) Mikhail Botvinnik - A Makhlin [C62] Leningrad 2/3th cat Leningrad 2/3th cat, 1924

(8) Vladimir Zbandutto - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98] Leningrad 2nd cat Leningrad 2nd cat, 1924

(9) G Abramovic - Mikhail Botvinnik [E61] Leningrad jr Leningrad jr, 1924

(10) Mikhail Botvinnik - A Zilberman [D51] Leningrad jr Leningrad jr, 1924

(11) G Abramovic - Mikhail Botvinnik [A80] Soviet Union Soviet Union, 1924

(12) Mikhail Botvinnik - S Kaminer [E90] Training Game, 1924

(13) S Kaminer - Mikhail Botvinnik [D30] Training Game, 1924

(14) Jose Raul Capablanca - Mikhail Botvinnik [D51] Leningrad Leningrad, 20.11.1925

(15) Mikhail Botvinnik - Boris Riblin [D67] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(16) Mikhail Botvinnik - M Schebarschin [A50] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(17) Mikhail Botvinnik - J Zverev [D92] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(18) J Dobropistsev - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(19) Alexander Perfiliev - Mikhail Botvinnik [C56] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(20) N Proskurin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(21) Boris Riblin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D51] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(22) Arvid Vait - Mikhail Botvinnik [D51] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(23) Boris Yuriev - Mikhail Botvinnik [D02] Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(24) Mikhail Botvinnik - Boris Riblin [D46] Leningrad m Leningrad m, 1925

(25) N Liutov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C68] Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1925

(26) Boris Riblin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C91] Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1925

(27) Mikhail Botvinnik - S Kaminer [D37] Leningradd cat 256, 1925

(28) G Jagdfeld - Mikhail Botvinnik [D15] Leningradd cat 256, 1925

(29) K Nadporoshky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C84] Leningradd cat 256, 1925

(30) Alexander Veigert - Mikhail Botvinnik [C88] Leningradd cat 256, 1925

(31) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Liutov [A46] Russia Match, Leningrad, 1925

(32) Boris Riblin - Mikhail Botvinnik [E00] Russia Match, Leningrad, 1925

(33) Mikhail Botvinnik - Moisey Kagan [D66] Russia Ch Leningrad, Leningrad, 1926

(34) Mikhail Botvinnik - Pavel Ostrovsky [E15] Russia Ch Leningrad, Leningrad, 1926

(35) K Barischev - Mikhail Botvinnik [D52] Leningrad Leningrad (6), 05.09.1926

(36) Mikhail Botvinnik - M Szebarszin [E91] Leningrad Leningrad, 1926

(37) Mikhail Botvinnik - Moisey Kagan [D12] Leningrad Leningrad (1), 15.09.1926

(38) Ivan Golubev - Mikhail Botvinnik [D52] Leningrad Leningrad (5), 27.09.1926

(39) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90] Leningrad Leningrad (9), 08.10.1926

(40) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C68] Russia Leningrad, 1926

(41) Mikhail Botvinnik - B Laurentiev [D30] Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(42) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mikhail Muchin [D30] Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(43) J Dobropistsev - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98] Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(44) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90] Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(45) Abram Yakovlevich Model - Mikhail Botvinnik [D05] Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(46) David Zaslavsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [D52] Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(47) Mikhail Botvinnik - Gosta Stoltz [D55] Sweden Match, Stockholm (2), 07.11.1926

(48) Mikhail Botvinnik - Joseph Rabinovich [D48] Russia Tournament, Leningrad (2), 17.09.1926

(49) Joseph Rabinovich - Mikhail Botvinnik [C29] Russia Tournament, Leningrad, 1926

(50) Rokhlin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D30] Russia Tournament, Leningrad, 1926

(51) Gosta Stoltz - Mikhail Botvinnik [C45] Stockholm-Leningrad Stockholm (1), 06.11.1926

(52) P Romanovsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [A09] Russia Ch URS, Leningrad, 1927

(53) I Rabinovich - Mikhail Botvinnik [A95] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (2), 27.09.1927

(54) Mikhail Botvinnik - K Kholodkevich [E72] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (14), 14.10.1927

(55) Mikhail Botvinnik - S Gotthilf [A83] Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

(56) Mikhail Botvinnik - P Romanovsky [A40] Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

(57) Mikhail Botvinnik - Boris Yuriev [D60] Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

(58) Abram Yakovlevich Model - Mikhail Botvinnik [A04] Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

(59) Mikhail Botvinnik - Rokhlin [E10] Russia Leningrad, 1927

(60) Nil Panchenko - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98] Leningrad-Moskva Leningrad-Moskva, 1927

(61) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Grigoriev [E16] Russia Match, Leningrad (1), 01.05.1927

(62) Mikhail Botvinnik - Nil Panchenko [E16] Russia Match, Leningrad, 1927

(63) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladimir Nenarokov [A50] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (10), 07.10.1927

(64) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C00] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (11), 10.10.1927

(65) Mikhail Botvinnik - Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov [C16] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (12), 12.10.1927

(66) F Bohatirchuk - Mikhail Botvinnik [C17] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (13), 13.10.1927

(67) S Von Freymann - Mikhail Botvinnik [E19] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (15), 15.10.1927

(68) V Makogonov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E19] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (5), 01.10.1927

(69) Yakov S Vilner - Mikhail Botvinnik [D00] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (7), 04.10.1927

(70) Mikhail Botvinnik - Abram Yakovlevich Model [C17] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (1), 26.09.1927

(71) Mikhail Botvinnik - P Romanovsky [C41] USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (6), 02.10.1927

(72) Mikhail Botvinnik - Nil Panchenko [E16] Moscow vs Leningrad Moscow vs Leningrad, 1927

(73) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C16] Russia Tournament, Leningrad, 1927

(74) Mikhail Botvinnik - P Sharov [D30] Leningrad Leningrad, 1928

(75) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladislav Silich [A50] USSR Championship Odessa (RUS) (3), 11.09.1929

(76) Mikhail Botvinnik - Veniamin Sozin [D11] Krechevitsa-Novgorod Krechevitsa-Novgorod (1), 21.07.1929

(77) Mikhail Botvinnik - G Goldberg [D52] Leningrad Leningrad, 1929

(78) Abram Borisovich Poliak - Mikhail Botvinnik [D51] Moscow Educational t Moscow Educational t, 1929

(79) Mikhail Botvinnik - Riumin [D60] USSR Championship Odessa (RUS) (4), 04.09.1929

(1) Veniamin Miliutin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D72]
juniors Ch Leningrad , Leningrad (Russ, 1924

(2) Grigory Andreev - Mikhail Botvinnik [E60]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1924

(3) Mikhail Botvinnik - I Folga [A48]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1924

(4) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Timofeev [D26]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1924

(5) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Begunov [D30]
Leningrad 2/3th cat Leningrad 2/3th cat, 1924

(6) Mikhail Botvinnik - I Kalinin [C55]
Leningrad 2/3th cat Leningrad 2/3th cat, 1924

(7) Mikhail Botvinnik - A Makhlin [C62]
Leningrad 2/3th cat Leningrad 2/3th cat, 1924

(8) Vladimir Zbandutto - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98]
Leningrad 2nd cat Leningrad 2nd cat, 1924

(9) G Abramovic - Mikhail Botvinnik [E61]
Leningrad jr Leningrad jr, 1924

(10) Mikhail Botvinnik - A Zilberman [D51]
Leningrad jr Leningrad jr, 1924

(11) G Abramovic - Mikhail Botvinnik [A80]
Soviet Union Soviet Union, 1924

(12) Mikhail Botvinnik - S Kaminer [E90]
Training Game, 1924

(13) S Kaminer - Mikhail Botvinnik [D30]
Training Game, 1924

(14) Jose Raul Capablanca - Mikhail Botvinnik [D51]
Leningrad Leningrad, 20.11.1925

(15) Mikhail Botvinnik - Boris Riblin [D67]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(16) Mikhail Botvinnik - M Schebarschin [A50]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(17) Mikhail Botvinnik - J Zverev [D92]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(18) J Dobropistsev - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(19) Alexander Perfiliev - Mikhail Botvinnik [C56]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(20) N Proskurin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(21) Boris Riblin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D51]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(22) Arvid Vait - Mikhail Botvinnik [D51]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(23) Boris Yuriev - Mikhail Botvinnik [D02]
Leningrad 1st cat Leningrad 1st cat, 1925

(24) Mikhail Botvinnik - Boris Riblin [D46]
Leningrad m Leningrad m, 1925

(25) N Liutov - Mikhail Botvinnik [C68]
Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1925

(26) Boris Riblin - Mikhail Botvinnik [C91]
Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1925

(27) Mikhail Botvinnik - S Kaminer [D37]
Leningradd cat 256, 1925

(28) G Jagdfeld - Mikhail Botvinnik [D15]
Leningradd cat 256, 1925

(29) K Nadporoshky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C84]
Leningradd cat 256, 1925

(30) Alexander Veigert - Mikhail Botvinnik [C88]
Leningradd cat 256, 1925

(31) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Liutov [A46]
Russia Match, Leningrad, 1925

(32) Boris Riblin - Mikhail Botvinnik [E00]
Russia Match, Leningrad, 1925

(33) Mikhail Botvinnik - Moisey Kagan [D66]
Russia Ch Leningrad, Leningrad, 1926

(34) Mikhail Botvinnik - Pavel Ostrovsky [E15]
Russia Ch Leningrad, Leningrad, 1926

(35) K Barischev - Mikhail Botvinnik [D52]
Leningrad Leningrad (6), 05.09.1926

(36) Mikhail Botvinnik - M Szebarszin [E91]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1926

(37) Mikhail Botvinnik - Moisey Kagan [D12]
Leningrad Leningrad (1), 15.09.1926

(38) Ivan Golubev - Mikhail Botvinnik [D52]
Leningrad Leningrad (5), 27.09.1926

(39) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90]
Leningrad Leningrad (9), 08.10.1926

(40) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C68]
Russia Leningrad, 1926

(41) Mikhail Botvinnik - B Laurentiev [D30]
Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(42) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mikhail Muchin [D30]
Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(43) J Dobropistsev - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98]
Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(44) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C90]
Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(45) Abram Yakovlevich Model - Mikhail Botvinnik [D05]
Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(46) David Zaslavsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [D52]
Leningrad ch-city Leningrad ch-city, 1926

(47) Mikhail Botvinnik - Gosta Stoltz [D55]
Sweden Match, Stockholm (2), 07.11.1926

(48) Mikhail Botvinnik - Joseph Rabinovich [D48]
Russia Tournament, Leningrad (2), 17.09.1926

(49) Joseph Rabinovich - Mikhail Botvinnik [C29]
Russia Tournament, Leningrad, 1926

(50) Rokhlin - Mikhail Botvinnik [D30]
Russia Tournament, Leningrad, 1926

(51) Gosta Stoltz - Mikhail Botvinnik [C45]
Stockholm-Leningrad Stockholm (1), 06.11.1926

(52) P Romanovsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [A09]
Russia Ch URS, Leningrad, 1927

(53) I Rabinovich - Mikhail Botvinnik [A95]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (2), 27.09.1927

(54) Mikhail Botvinnik - K Kholodkevich [E72]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (14), 14.10.1927

(55) Mikhail Botvinnik - S Gotthilf [A83]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

(56) Mikhail Botvinnik - P Romanovsky [A40]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

(57) Mikhail Botvinnik - Boris Yuriev [D60]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

(58) Abram Yakovlevich Model - Mikhail Botvinnik [A04]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

(59) Mikhail Botvinnik - Rokhlin [E10]
Russia Leningrad, 1927

(60) Nil Panchenko - Mikhail Botvinnik [C98]
Leningrad-Moskva Leningrad-Moskva, 1927

(61) Mikhail Botvinnik - N Grigoriev [E16]
Russia Match, Leningrad (1), 01.05.1927

(62) Mikhail Botvinnik - Nil Panchenko [E16]
Russia Match, Leningrad, 1927

(63) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladimir Nenarokov [A50]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (10), 07.10.1927

(64) Ilyin-Zhenevsky - Mikhail Botvinnik [C00]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (11), 10.10.1927

(65) Mikhail Botvinnik - Nikolay Pavlov-Pianov [C16]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (12), 12.10.1927

(66) F Bohatirchuk - Mikhail Botvinnik [C17]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (13), 13.10.1927

(67) S Von Freymann - Mikhail Botvinnik [E19]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (15), 15.10.1927

(68) V Makogonov - Mikhail Botvinnik [E19]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (5), 01.10.1927

(69) Yakov S Vilner - Mikhail Botvinnik [D00]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (7), 04.10.1927

(70) Mikhail Botvinnik - Abram Yakovlevich Model [C17]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (1), 26.09.1927

(71) Mikhail Botvinnik - P Romanovsky [C41]
USSR Championship Moscow (RUS) (6), 02.10.1927

(72) Mikhail Botvinnik - Nil Panchenko [E16]
Moscow vs Leningrad Moscow vs Leningrad, 1927

(73) Mikhail Botvinnik - Viacheslav Ragozin [C16]
Russia Tournament, Leningrad, 1927

(74) Mikhail Botvinnik - P Sharov [D30]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1928

(75) Mikhail Botvinnik - Vladislav Silich [A50]
USSR Championship Odessa (RUS) (3), 11.09.1929

(76) Mikhail Botvinnik - Veniamin Sozin [D11]
Krechevitsa-Novgorod Krechevitsa-Novgorod (1), 21.07.1929

(77) Mikhail Botvinnik - G Goldberg [D52]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1929

(78) Abram Borisovich Poliak - Mikhail Botvinnik [D51]
Moscow Educational t Moscow Educational t, 1929

(79) Mikhail Botvinnik - Riumin [D60]
USSR Championship Odessa (RUS) (4), 04.09.1929

(80) Pyotr Izmailov - Mikhail Botvinnik [D52]
USSR Championship Odessa (RUS) (2), 10.09.1929