[Event "1927 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1927"] [Round "2"] [White "Ilya Rabinovich"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Qe8 9.Bf4 Qh5 10.Rad1 Nbd7 11.b3 Ne4 12.Ne5 Ng5 13.h4 Ne4 14.Bf3 Qe8 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Kg2 Bb4 17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.Rh1 Qh5 19.f3 Qg6 20.Kf1 e5 21.dxe5 Rxf4 22.gxf4 Qg3 23.Nxe4 dxe4 24.Rxd7 Bc5 25.e3 Qxf3+ 26.Qf2 Qxh1+ 27.Ke2 Qh3 28.f5 Qg4+ 29.Kd2 Rf8 30.e6 Qxf5 31.Qxf5 Rxf5 32.Rxb7 Rf2+ 33.Ke1 Rf6 34.b4 Bxe3 35.Ke2 Bg1 36.e7 Kf7 37.e8=Q+ Kxe8 38.Rxg7 Rg6 39.Rxh7 Bd4 40.c5 Rg2+ 41.Kf1 Rf2+ 42.Ke1 e3 0-1 [Event "1927 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1927"] [Round "5"] [White "Vladimir Makogonov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 f5 10.Be3 Bf6 11.Rad1 Qe8 12.Qc1 Nc6 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Bg5 d6 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Qc3 Qh5 17.Qa3 Rh6 18.h3 a5 19.Rd2 Nb4 20.Qb3 Be4 21.a3 Nc6 22.Qe3 e5 23.g4 fxg4 24.Qxe4 gxh3 0-1 [Event "1927 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1927"] [Round "11"] [White "Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.g3 dxe4 4.Bg2 Bd7 5.Nh3 Bc6 6.O-O Nd7 7.Nxe4 Ngf6 8.d3 Be7 9.Nf4 O-O 10.Bd2 e5 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Ng2 Qd7 14.Ne3 Nd5 15.Nc4 f6 16.Be3 Rae8 17.a3 a6 18.Kg2 Bd6 19.f3 f5 20.Bg1 Rf6 21.Qe2 h5 22.Kh1 h4 23.gxh4 Nf4 24.Qd2 Rh6 25.Be3 Rxh4 26.Bxf4 Rxf4 27.Rae1 Qf7 28.Qg2 Qh5 29.Re3 Re6 30.Rg1 Qh6 31.b4 Rh4 32.Qe2 Qf4 33.Qg2 Rg6 34.Qf2 e4 35.Nxd6 Rxh2+ 36.Qxh2 Rh6 37.Re2 Qxf3+ 38.Reg2 Rxh2+ 39.Kxh2 Qh5+ 40.Kg3 cxd6 41.dxe4 Qg4+ 42.Kf2 Qf4+ 43.Ke2 Qxe4+ 44.Kd2 Qd4+ 45.Ke2 Kf7 46.Rg6 Qc3 47.Kd1 d5 48.R6g3 Qd4+ 49.Ke2 Qe4+ 50.Kd2 Qf4+ 51.Ke2 Qh6 52.R1g2 g6 53.a4 f4 54.Rc3 g5 55.b5 Qh5+ 56.Kd2 cxb5 57.axb5 axb5 58.Rc7+ Kf6 59.Rc6+ Kf5 60.Rc5 Qf7 61.Rxb5 g4 62.c4 f3 63.Rg1 f2 64.Rf1 g3 65.Rxd5+ Kg4 66.Rd4+ Kh3 0-1 [Event "1927 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1927"] [Round "12"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Nikolay Pavlov Pianov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 f6 5.Nf3 c5 6.a3 Ba5 7.b4 cxb4 8.Nb5 b3+ 9.c3 Nc6 10.Qxb3 Bc7 11.Bf4 f5 12.Bd3 Nh6 13.O-O O-O 14.c4 Na5 15.Qa2 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Bb8 18.Rac1 Nf7 19.Rfd1 a6 20.Nc3 b5 21.Qb3 Kh8 22.d5 exd5 23.Nxd5 Be6 24.Qb4 Qe8 25.Nc7 Bxc7 26.Rxc7 Rd8 27.Re1 Rd7 28.Rxd7 Bxd7 29.e6 Bc6 30.exf7 Qxf7 31.Ne5 1-0 [Event "1927 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1927"] [Round "14"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "K. Kholodkevich"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.Nge2 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.b3 Bd7 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 b5 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.cxb5 Bxb5 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Re3 f5 20.a4 Ba6 21.Rae1 Rf7 22.b4 Bb7 23.b5 a6 24.b6 Rc8 25.a5 Rc5 26.Rc3 Rxc3 27.Qxc3 Rf8 28.Qe3 Re8 29.Rc1 Rc8 30.Rxc8+ Bxc8 31.Qe6+ Qxe6 32.dxe6 Kg7 33.b7 Bxb7 34.Bxb7 Kf6 35.Bxa6 Kxe6 36.Bc8+ 1-0 [Event "1929 Soviet Championship Semifinal"] [Site "Odessa, Ukraine"] [Date "1929"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vladislav Silich"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Qc2 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 d6 8.Ne2 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.f4 Qe7 11.d5 Na5 12.Ng3 O-O-O 13.Qe2 h5 14.e5 Ne8 15.exd6 Nxd6 16.f5 e5 17.f6 gxf6 18.Nxh5 f5 19.Ng7 e4 20.Nxf5 Nxf5 21.Rxf5 Qd6 22.Qxe4 Qxh2+ 23.Kf2 Rde8 24.Qg4 Qh4+ 25.Qxh4 Rxh4 26.Bf4 Rf8 27.Bd6 Rg8 28.Rxf7 Kd8 29.Re1 1-0 [Event "Soviet Championship Quarterfinal"] [Site "Odessa, Ukraine"] [Date "1929"] [Round "1"] [White "Sergey Nikolaevich Freiman"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nc3 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.Bd3 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb1 Qe8 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bf4 Qa4 17.Ng5 f5 18.Rd4 Qe8 19.Rcd1 Bf6 20.Rxd5 exd5 21.Nh3 Qd7 22.f3 Ne6 23.Qd3 g6 24.e4 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 fxe4 26.fxe4 Nxf4 27.Qxd4 Nxh3 28.gxh3 Qf7 29.exd5 Qf3+ 30.Kg1 Rc4 31.Qxc4 Qxd1+ 32.Kg2 Qf3+ 33.Kg1 Qf2+ 34.Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1 [Event "Soviet Championship Quarterfinal"] [Site "Odessa, Ukraine"] [Date "1929"] [Round "3"] [White "S. Mudrov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 e6 3.Bd3 Be7 4.f4 c5 5.c3 b6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Qe2 Qc8 10.e4 Qb7 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd4 f5 14.Rf3 Nc5 15.Nf1 Ne4 16.Rh3 g6 17.g4 Kh8 18.Ng3 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Bc5 20.Be3 fxg4 21.Rh4 h5 22.Nc2 Nxe3 23.Nxe3 Qe4 24.Kf2 Rxf4+ 25.gxf4 Qxf4+ 26.Ke1 Bxe3 27.Rh1 Rf8 28.Rf1 Bd2+ 0-1 [Event "Soviet Championship Quarterfinal"] [Site "Odessa, Ukraine"] [Date "1929"] [Round "4"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Nikolay Riumin"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.O-O a6 9.Qc2 h6 10.Bh4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Bg3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 b5 14.Be2 Bb7 15.a4 Rc8 16.Rfb1 Nf6 17.Ne5 c5 18.axb5 cxd4 19.exd4 axb5 20.Rxb5 Bd5 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Nxf3 Nd5 23.c4 Bf6 24.c5 Ne7 25.Qe4 Nf5 26.Rd1 Qd7 27.Rbb1 Rfd8 28.Be5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Qd5 30.Qxd5 Rxd5 31.Kf1 Rcd8 32.c6 Rc8 33.Rdc1 Rd6 34.c7 Rd7 35.Rb8 Ne7 36.Rxc8+ Nxc8 37.Ne5 Re7 38.Ke2 f6 39.Nd3 Kf7 40.Rc6 Rd7 41.Ke3 Ke7 42.Nf4 Rd6 43.Rc3 g5 44.Nd3 Ra6 45.Nc5 Rc6 46.Ne4 Rxc3+ 47.Nxc3 Nb6 48.d5 Kd6 49.Nb5+ Kxd5 50.Na7 1-0 [Event "Soviet Championship Quarterfinal"] [Site "Odessa, Ukraine"] [Date "1929"] [Round "5"] [White "Viacheslav Ragozin"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.e4 cxd4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.c4 Nf4 10.g3 Ng6 11.f4 d6 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Qf3 a6 15.Nc3 0-1 [Event "Soviet Championship Quarterfinal"] [Site "Odessa, Ukraine"] [Date "1929"] [Round "8"] [White "Nikolay Pavlov Pianov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 c5 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.Bd3 c4 7.Be2 b5 8.O-O O-O 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.e4 Nc6 11.c3 Bd7 12.Re1 a5 13.a3 Qc7 14.exd5 exd5 15.Nf1 b4 16.Ne3 Be6 17.Qc2 Qd6 18.Red1 Ne7 19.b3 cxb3 20.Qxb3 bxc3 21.Qxc3 Rfc8 22.Qd3 g6 23.Rdc1 Kg7 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Qb5 Nc6 26.Qa6 Qb8 27.Qd3 Qb6 28.Rb1 Qa7 29.Rd1 a4 30.h3 Rb8 31.Qc3 Qb6 32.Kf1 Rc8 33.Qd3 Qb3 34.Qa6 Rc7 35.Bb5 Qc3 36.Bxc6 Qxc6 37.Qxc6 Rxc6 38.Ke2 Rb6 39.Rd3 Rb2+ 40.Rd2 Rb3 41.Ra2 Be7 42.Nc2 Bf5 43.Nfe1 Bd7 44.Kd2 Bb5 45.Ne3 Bxa3 46.Nxd5 Bc4 47.Nb6 Bb4+ 48.Kd1 Rb1+ 49.Kc2 0-1 [Event "1931 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1931"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Isaak Mazel"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bxc5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.Qc2 Be7 10.e4 d6 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O a6 13.Rad1 Rd8 14.Rd2 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Be8 16.Bg3 Na5 17.Nd4 Rac8 18.b3 Qc7 19.a4 Nc6 20.Nxc6 Qxc6 21.h3 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nxb5 Qxe4 24.Nxd6 Bxd6 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Qxe4 Nxe4 27.Rxd6 Nxd6 28.Rxd6 Rb8 29.Bd1 Kf8 30.Kf1 Ke7 31.Ra6 Kf6 32.Ke2 Ke5 33.Ke3 g5 34.Ra5+ Kd6 35.Kd4 f6 36.Ra6+ 1-0 [Event "1933 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1933"] [White "Leonid Savitsky"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.c4 e5 5.dxe5 Ng4 6.Bg2 Nxe5 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.O-O Ng6 9.Nb1 O-O 10.Nc3 Na6 11.h4 Bf6 12.h5 Ne7 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Be3 Re8 15.Rad1 Bxc3 16.Bxc5 Bf6 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Nc6 19.Rg4 Qf6 20.Ng5 Qh6 21.Bd5 Re7 22.Qf5 Rf8 23.Be4 Re5 24.Qxh7+ Qxh7 25.Bxh7+ Kh8 26.Bd3 Nb4 27.f4 Re7 28.h6 gxh6 29.Rh4 Kg7 30.Nf3 Nxd3 31.exd3 Re3 32.Nd4 f5 33.g4 fxg4 34.Rxg4+ Kh7 35.Nc2 Re2 36.Re1 Rxc2 0-1 [Event "1933 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1933"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Nikolay Sorokin"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Qd6 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bf4 Qg6 9.Qb3 c5 10.f3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Ba5 12.Bxb8 1-0 [Event "1933 Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1933"] [White "Sergey Nikolaevich Freiman"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e3 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Ne4 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ exf6 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qb3 O-O 10.a5 Nd7 11.Ne2 f5 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.O-O Qe7 14.Rfc1 Bd7 15.Nf4 Rab8 16.Nd3 Ne4 17.Be1 Rfd8 18.f3 Ng5 19.Ne5 Be8 20.Bf2 c5 21.Nd3 cxd4 22.exd4 Qf6 23.Re1 Qg6 24.Kh1 Qh5 25.Ne5 Kh8 26.f4 Ne4 27.Rxe4 fxe4 28.Bxf7 Qf5 29.g4 Qxf4 30.Bg3 Qg5 31.Bxe8 Bxe5 32.Bxe5 Rxe8 33.Bxb8 Rxb8 34.Qe6 Qe3 35.d5 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Rf8 37.Qd6 Qxg4+ 38.Qg3 Qe2 39.Re1 Qxb2 40.Rxe4 b3 41.Qe1 Qc2 0-1 [Event "Botvinnik-Flohr Match"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1933"] [Round "9"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Salo Flohr"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.d5 Ne5 8.Qd4 Nd3+ 9.Bxd3 cxd3 10.Nf3 g6 11.Bxf6 exf6 12.O-O Qb6 13.Rfe1+ Kd8 14.Qh4 g5 15.Qh5 Bd6 16.Qxf7 Rf8 17.Qxh7 g4 18.Nd2 Qc7 19.Qh6 Qf7 20.Nc4 Be5 21.Nxe5 fxe5 22.Qg5+ Qe7 23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Rxe5 Bf5 25.Rf1 Kd7 26.f3 b5 27.fxg4 Bxg4 28.h3 b4 29.Ne4 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Rf8+ 31.Ke1 Bf5 32.g4 Bg6 33.Re6 1-0 [Event "Botvinnik-Flohr Match"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1933"] [Round "10"] [White "Salo Flohr"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Qe8 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Qd3 Qh5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nd2 Ne4 13.f3 Nxc3 14.Bxc3 f4 15.Rfe1 Bd6 16.Nf1 Rf7 17.e3 fxg3 18.Nxg3 Qh4 19.Nf1 Nf6 20.Re2 Bd7 21.Be1 Qg5 22.Bg3 Bxg3 23.Nxg3 h5 24.f4 Qg4 25.Rf2 h4 26.Bf3 hxg3 27.Bxg4 gxf2+ 28.Kg2 Nxg4 29.h3 Nf6 30.Kxf2 Ne4+ 0-1 [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1934"] [White "Grigory Levenfish"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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.Be2 Ne5 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Qe4 a6 16.Rh5 Nd7 17.Qf4 Nf6 18.Ra5 Bd7 19.g4 Ne4 20.Bf3 Nc5 21.Nb3 Ne6 22.Qe4 Rb8 23.c5 Bc6 24.cxd6 Bxe4 25.dxe7 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Kxe7 1/2-1/2 [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1934"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxb3 13.N2xb3 Qd7 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Be3 Bf5 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.f3 Bf8 18.Qf2 a5 19.Rd2 b4 20.Rc1 Qa4 21.Nd4 Bg6 22.b3 Qe8 23.cxb4 Bxb4 24.Rdd1 c5 25.Nc2 Bxc2 26.Rxc2 d4 27.Bg5 Rd5 28.f4 a4 29.Qf3 axb3 30.axb3 Rd7 31.f5 Rda7 32.Qg3 Ra1 33.Rcc1 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 Kh8 35.Rf1 Ra6 36.h3 Qa8 37.Kh2 Qe8 38.Rf3 Ba5 39.Bf4 Bc7 40.Rf1 Ra8 41.Re1 Qc6 42.e6 Bxf4 43.Qxf4 fxe6 44.fxe6 Re8 45.e7 h6 46.Qf5 Qd6+ 47.Kh1 Kg8 48.Re6 Qd7 49.Qe5 1/2-1/2 [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1934"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vitaly Chekhover"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 b6 3.d4 Bb7 4.Qc2 d5 5.Bg5 e6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Nge2 c5 11.a3 Nc6 12.h3 cxd4 13.exd4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.O-O Rac8 16.Bf5 Rce8 17.Rad1 Re7 18.Qd2 Na5 19.Ng3 Nc4 20.Qc1 Ne3 21.fxe3 Qxg3 22.Rf3 Qb8 23.Bb1 Ne4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Rf5 Rd8 26.Qd2 Qc8 27.Qf2 Qc4 28.Qf4 Bc8 29.Re5 Rxe5 30.Qxe5 f5 31.Qe7 Rd7 32.Qe8+ Kh7 33.Rc1 Rd6 34.Na2 Bd7 35.Qf8 Qe6 36.Nc3 Be8 37.Ne2 Qd7 38.Kh2 Rf6 39.Qb4 Qd5 40.Qd2 Rc6 41.Nc3 Qb3 42.d5 Rg6 43.Qf2 Bd7 44.Rd1 Qc4 45.Qf4 Qc8 46.Rd4 b5 47.Rd2 a5 48.Ne2 Qc5 49.d6 b4 50.axb4 axb4 51.Kh1 Rf6 52.Kh2 Rg6 53.Kh1 Rf6 54.Kh2 g5 55.Qg3 Rf7 56.h4 Rg7 57.Nd4 gxh4 58.Qxh4 Qxd6+ 59.Kg1 Qg6 60.Qf2 Bc8 61.Ne2 Rd7 62.Nf4 Qf7 63.Qe1 Rc7 64.Nd5 Rc5 65.Nf4 Rc6 66.Qh4 Qa7 67.Kh2 Qf7 68.Rd4 b3 69.Qd8 Qf6 70.Qxf6 Rxf6 71.Rb4 Rc6 72.Rxb3 Ba6 73.Kg3 Rc2 74.Rb6 Bf1 75.Rb7+ Kg8 76.Kh4 Be2 77.Ne6 Rd2 78.b4 Rb2 79.Kg3 Ba6 80.Rb6 Bf1 81.Kf4 Bc4 82.Nd4 Rf2+ 83.Kg3 Rf1 84.Rc6 f4+ 85.exf4 Bd3 86.Rxh6 Rb1 87.Nf5 Rxb4 88.Ne3 1-0 [Site "Nottingham, England"] [Date "1936"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 O-O 10.g4 d5 11.f5 Bc8 12.exd5 Nb4 13.d6 Qxd6 14.Bc5 Qf4 15.Rf1 Qxh2 16.Bxb4 Nxg4 17.Bxg4 Qg3+ 18.Rf2 Qg1+ 19.Rf1 Qg3+ 20.Rf2 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2 [Site "Nottingham, England"] [Date "1936"] [White "Emanuel Lasker"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O Qe7 12.a3 Be6 13.Rc1 Nd7 14.Ne1 Nb6 15.Nd3 Rad8 16.Nc5 Bc8 17.b4 Nc4 18.Nb1 b6 19.Nb3 Ba6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.N1d2 b5 22.Ra1 Bc8 23.Bf1 Qd6 24.Nc5 Re7 25.Ndb3 Rde8 26.Qc1 f5 27.Nd3 g5 28.Qc3 f4 29.exf4 gxf4 30.Rxe7 Rxe7 31.a4 a6 32.axb5 axb5 33.Ra8 Re8 34.Qc1 Rf8 35.Qd1 Bf5 36.Rxf8+ Bxf8 37.Qh5 Qg6 38.Qxg6+ hxg6 39.Nxf4 Bxb4 40.Bd3 Nd2 41.Nxd2 Bxd2 42.Bxf5 gxf5 43.Ne6 Bc3 44.Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Site "Nottingham, England"] [Date "1936"] [White "Max Euwe"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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.O-O Be4 14.Qc3 O-O 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 [Site "Nottingham, England"] [Date "1936"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Reuben Fine"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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.O-O Be7 10.Nh4 O-O 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 [Site "Nottingham, England"] [Date "1936"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Salo Flohr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6 6.O-O Bxf3 7.Bxf3 dxe5 8.dxe5 e6 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.c4 Ne7 11.Bg4 Nd7 12.f4 h5 13.Bh3 O-O-O 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 [Site "Nottingham, England"] [Date "1936"] [White "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 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 [Event "Botvinnik-Flohr Match"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1937"] [Round "1"] [White "Grigory Levenfish"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 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 0-1 [Event "Botvinnik-Flohr Match"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1937"] [Round "6"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Grigory Levenfish"] [Result "1-0"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Bc4 Qd8 10.O-O 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+ 1-0 [Event "Botvinnik-Flohr Match"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1937"] [Round "7"] [White "Grigory Levenfish"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 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 O-O 13.Be2 Bg4 14.O-O 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 [Event "Botvinnik-Flohr Match"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1937"] [Round "8"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Grigory Levenfish"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O 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 [Event "AVRO Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1938"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "1-0"] 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.O-O O-O 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 [Event "AVRO Tournament"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1938"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O 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 [Event "AVRO Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1938"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 O-O 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.O-O 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 [Event "AVRO Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1938"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Salo Flohr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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.O-O 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 [Event "AVRO Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1938"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d4 exd4 8.exd4 O-O 9.O-O 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.c8=Q 1-0 [Event "AVRO Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1938"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.g3 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 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 [Event "Absolute Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Andor Lilienthal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O 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 [Event "Absolute Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 O-O 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 [Event "Absolute Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "1"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.O-O-O 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 O-O 19.Rd1 b5 20.Qxb5 Nd4 21.Qd3 Nc2+ 22.Kb1 Nb4 0-1 [Event "Absolute Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "1"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 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 O-O-O 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 [Event "Absolute Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "3"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.fxe3 O-O 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 [Event "Absolute Soviet Championship"] [Site "Saint Petersburg, Russia"] [Date "1941"] [Round "3"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 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 d1=Q 0-1 [Site "Groningen, Netherlands"] [Date "1946"] [Round "3"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 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.O-O 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 [Site "Groningen, Netherlands"] [Date "1946"] [Round "4"] [White "Herman Steiner"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 d5 8.Nf3 c6 9.O-O Qe8 10.Bf4 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 [Site "Groningen, Netherlands"] [Date "1946"] [Round "7"] [White "Isaac Boleslavsky"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 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 [Site "Groningen, Netherlands"] [Date "1946"] [Round "9"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Site "Groningen"] [Date "1946"] [Round "9"] [White " Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Euwe, Max"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D27"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Nc3 O-O 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 [Site "Groningen, Netherlands"] [Date "1946"] [Round "9"] [White "Ossip Bernstein"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 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 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands / Soviet Union"] [Date "1948"] [Round "2"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [Result "1-0"] 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.O-O O-O 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 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands / Soviet Union"] [Date "1948"] [Round "4"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Samuel Reshevsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 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.O-O 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 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands / Soviet Union"] [Date "1948"] [Round "5"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 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.O-O 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 O-O-O 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 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands / Soviet Union"] [Date "1948"] [Round "10"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Re8 7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O 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 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands / Soviet Union"] [Date "1948"] [Round "12"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Max Euwe"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 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.O-O 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 1-0 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands / Soviet Union"] [Date "1948"] [Round "13"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 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 [Event "1948 World Championship Tournament"] [Site "Netherlands / Soviet Union"] [Date "1948"] [Round "15"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nb3 Ba7 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nfd4 O-O 10.Be2 Qd6 11.O-O 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.Qf3 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 Rxf5 46.a3 Rf2+ 47.Kg3 Rxd7 48.Rxd7+ Rf7 49.Rd4 Rf6 50.a4 Kg6 51.h4 Kh5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Rd3 Rf4 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 Ke5 66.Re1+ Kd4 67.Kh2 Rxa4 68.Rg1 Rc4 69.Rxg5 a4 70.Kg2 Kc3 71.Kf3 a3 72.Ra5 Kb3 0-1 [Event "1951 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [Round "6"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 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.O-O-O 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 O-O-O 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 [Event "1951 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [Round "7"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.g3 f5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.b3 O-O 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 [Event "1951 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [Round "12"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Nh3 c6 6.Bd2 Bd6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O-O 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 [Event "1951 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [Round "19"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O 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 [Event "1951 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1951"] [Round "23"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 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 O-O 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.O-O 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 [Event "1954 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "1"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Ne7 9.Nf3 Nbc6 10.Bd3 Bb8 11.Nbxd4 a6 12.Be3 Ba7 13.O-O Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 15.Nxd4 Qb6 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.c3 Rc8 18.Qe1 h6 19.a4 a5 20.Nb3 Qc7 21.Nc5 Bc6 22.Qf2 O-O 23.Nb3 Bd7 24.Qc5 Qxc5 25.Nxc5 Rc7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.bxa5 Ra8 28.a6 bxa6 29.c4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Rd4 31.Be2 Nd5 32.g3 Nc3 33.Bf3 Rb8 34.Ra3 Nb1 35.Ra2 Nd2 36.Rf2 Nc4 37.h4 g5 38.hxg5 hxg5 39.fxg5 Nxe5 40.Be2 Rb1+ 41.Kg2 a5 42.Rc2 Rb3 43.Rf4 Rd5 44.Re4 Kg7 45.Bh5 Ng6 46.Rg4 Re3 47.Bxg6 Kxg6 48.Rf2 Rf5 49.Rxf5 exf5 50.Rc4 Re4 51.Rc7 Rxa4 52.Ra7 Ra3 53.Kh3 f4 54.Kh4 fxg3 55.Ra6+ Kf5 56.Rf6+ Ke4 57.Kh3 Rf3 58.Ra6 Rf5 0-1 [Event "1954 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "2"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 exd5 10.g4 c6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.h4 Bd6 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxf4 15.Bxf4 O-O 16.h5 Re8 17.Nd6 Re6 18.d5 Rxd6 19.Bxd6 Qxg5 20.Qf3 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 cxd5 22.Rc1 Na6 23.b4 h6 24.Rh3 Kh7 25.Rd3 Nf6 26.b5 Nc5 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.Rxc5 Rb8 29.a4 Rb7 30.Rdc3 1-0 [Event "1954 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "4"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 b5 8.Be2 Nd7 9.a4 b4 10.Nd2 Ngf6 11.Ne4 c5 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.d5 e5 14.a5 Bd6 15.e4 O-O 16.Be3 c4 17.Qxc4 Rfc8 18.Qb3 Qg6 19.Kf1 f5 20.Rg1 Qh5 21.Rg2 Nc5 22.Qd1 Qh4 23.Kg1 f4 24.Bd2 Rab8 25.Kh1 Rf8 26.Bc4 Rf6 27.Qg1 Bf8 28.Rg4 Qh5 29.Qg2 Qf7 30.b3 Kh8 31.Rg1 Rd6 32.Bc1 Nd7 33.Bb2 Re8 34.Qf1 Qh5 35.Qg2 Qh6 36.Rg5 g6 37.Qf1 Bg7 38.Bc1 Bf6 39.R5g4 Be7 40.Bd2 Nf6 41.R4g2 Rd7 42.Bxa6 Ra7 43.Bb5 Rg8 44.a6 g5 45.Qd3 Bd6 46.Qe2 Rag7 47.Qd1 Qh4 48.Be2 g4 49.Be1 h5 50.fxg4 hxg4 51.Bxg4 Rxg4 52.f3 Rxg2 53.Bxh4 Rxg1+ 54.Qxg1 Rxg1+ 55.Kxg1 Ne8 56.a7 Nc7 57.Kf1 Kg7 58.Ke2 Kf7 59.Bf2 Ke8 60.Kd3 Kd7 61.Kc4 1-0 [Event "1954 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "12"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nh4 O-O 10.f3 Bg6 11.e4 e5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Be3 Qe7 14.Qe2 exd4 15.Bxd4 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17.Kh1 g5 18.g3 Rad8 19.Ba2 Rfe8 20.Rad1 Nf8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.e5 Nd5 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Qd2 Ne6 25.f4 gxf4 26.gxf4 Qc6 27.f5 Nc5 28.Qg5 Rd7 29.Rg1 f6 30.exf6 Ne4 31.f7+ Rxf7 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Bxd5 Nf2+ 34.Kg2 Qf6 35.Qxf6 Rxf6 36.Kxf2 Rxf5+ 37.Bf3 Rf4 38.Rg4 1-0 [Event "1954 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "13"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 b6 6.Nge2 d6 7.O-O Bb7 8.f4 f5 9.g4 fxg4 10.f5 Qd7 11.Nf4 gxf5 12.exf5 Bd4+ 13.Kh1 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ne5 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 17.Qg2 Qxg2+ 18.Kxg2 c4 19.Be3 Nf3 20.Bd4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Rc8 22.Rf2 cxd3 23.cxd3 Kf7 24.Re1 Rhd8 25.Ne6 Rd7 26.Ree2 Rb7 27.Kg3 Rg8 28.Kh4 h6 29.Rg2 Rbb8 30.Rc2 Rbc8 31.a4 Rxc2 32.Rxc2 Nd5 33.Rf2 Kf6 34.Kg3 h5 35.Kh4 Ne3 36.d5 Nxf5+ 37.Kxh5 a6 38.Rb2 Ne3 39.Rf2+ Nf5 40.Rb2 b5 41.axb5 axb5 0-1 [Event "1954 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "15"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.Nd5 Nge7 8.c3 Nxd5 9.exd5 Ne7 10.O-O O-O 11.f4 Bd7 12.h3 Qc7 13.Be3 Rae8 14.Qd2 Nf5 15.Bf2 h5 16.Rae1 Qd8 17.Kh2 Bh6 18.h4 Qf6 19.Be4 exf4 20.Nxf4 Nxh4 21.Be3 Nf5 22.Bxf5 Qxf5 23.Qg2 Qg4 24.Qe2 Qxe2+ 25.Rxe2 Re5 26.Ree1 Rfe8 27.Bf2 h4 28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.d4 hxg3+ 30.Kxg3 Rg5+ 31.Kh2 Rf5 32.Be3 cxd4 33.cxd4 Kh7 34.Rf2 g5 35.Ne2 Rxf2+ 36.Bxf2 f5 0-1 [Event "1954 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1954"] [Round "16"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Nge2 e5 8.b3 Re8 9.Ba3 Rb8 10.O-O a6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.c5 dxc5 13.Bxc5 b6 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Bd4 Re8 16.e4 Bb7 17.f4 Neg4 18.h3 c5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.e5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 Nd7 22.Rad1 Nf8 23.Rd6 Ne6 24.Ne4 Red8 25.Rfd1 Bf8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8 Nxd8 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Nd5 b5 30.Nc7 g5 31.Kf3 gxf4 32.gxf4 c4 33.bxc4 bxc4 34.Nxa6 f6 35.Nc7 fxe5 36.fxe5 Kg6 37.Ke4 Kg5 38.a4 Kh4 39.a5 Nc6 40.a6 Kxh3 41.Nb5 c3 42.Nbxc3 Kg4 43.Nd4 Na7 44.Nd5 h5 45.Nf6+ 1-0 [Event "1957 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "4"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qf2 Qc7 13.Bd3 Be7 14.Qg3 g6 15.Kb1 O-O-O 16.Qf2 Kb7 17.Ne2 e5 18.Nc1 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Rhe1 f5 21.Nb3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bd6 23.c4 bxc4 24.Bxc4 Qb6 25.Qe2 Ka7 26.Rc1 Bb7 27.Red1 e4 28.Bd5 Bf4 29.Bxb7 Bxc1 30.Bd5 Be3 31.fxe4 fxe4 32.Qc4 Rh7 33.Qxe4 Rhd7 34.Rd3 Bg5 35.Qf3 Rxd5 36.Rxd5 Qg1+ 37.Kc2 Rc8+ 38.Kd3 Qb1+ 39.Kd4 Qxb2+ 40.Ke4 Re8+ 41.Kd3 0-1 [Event "1957 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "5"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Nd7 10.e3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.e4 f5 13.h4 f4 14.Bh3 Rf6 15.Qe2 Bh6 16.Bd2 Nc5 17.b4 f3 18.Qf1 Bxd2+ 19.Kxd2 Na6 20.a3 c6 21.Qd3 Nc7 22.Rab1 Rb8 23.Rhc1 a5 24.b5 c5 25.b6 Ne8 26.Re1 Ng7 27.Re3 Qf8 28.Rb5 Ra8 29.Na4 Qf7 30.Qc3 h5 31.Rxa5 Rb8 32.Nb2 Kh7 33.Qb3 Ng8 34.Nd3 Nh6 35.Re1 Ng4 36.Qa4 Qe7 37.Kc2 Rff8 38.Ra7 Ne8 39.Bxg4 hxg4 40.Qb5 Nf6 41.a4 Kg8 42.Qa5 Qd8 43.Nb2 Nd7 44.Nd1 Nf6 45.Qb5 Qe7 46.a5 Qh7 47.Kd3 Rf7 48.Qb2 Nh5 49.Rg1 g5 50.hxg5 Rbf8 51.Qd2 Rf4 52.Nc3 Nxg3 53.Rxg3 Qh2 54.Qe1 1-0 [Event "1957 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1957"] [Round "13"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.b3 O-O 9.a4 c5 10.Ba3 dxc4 11.bxc4 Nc6 12.Nb5 Bb7 13.Be2 Ne4 14.Bf3 Ng5 15.Bxc6 Bxc6 16.f3 a6 17.Nc3 f5 18.O-O Qf6 19.Qd3 Rfd8 20.d5 Nf7 21.e4 exd5 22.cxd5 Bd7 23.Bb2 Ne5 24.Qe2 f4 25.Nd1 b5 26.Nf2 c4 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qd2 Rac8 29.Rfc1 Re8 30.Bc3 Rc7 31.Kh1 Rb7 32.Ra2 h5 33.Rca1 b4 34.Bxb4 Qb6 35.Bc3 Qe3 36.Nd1 Qxd2 37.Rxd2 Nd3 38.Bd4 Reb8 39.Nc3 Rb3 40.h4 R8b7 41.Ra8+ 1-0 [Event "1958 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "1"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 Nf6 6.d3 e6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qg3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Rab1 O-O 12.Bc7 Qd4 13.Bf3 e5 14.Bd6 Rfe8 15.Ba3 dxe4 16.dxe4 b5 17.Rfd1 Qb6 18.b3 Nc5 19.Bc1 Qc7 20.Be3 Ne6 21.a4 a6 22.b4 Rad8 23.Be2 Qe7 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Bb6 Ra8 27.f3 Ra3 28.Qe1 Bh6 29.Bf1 Nd4 30.Bc5 Qe6 31.Bd3 Nd7 32.Bxd4 exd4 33.Ne2 Be3+ 34.Kh1 Ne5 35.Qf1 Qd6 36.f4 Nxd3 37.cxd3 Rxd3 38.Qf3 Rd2 39.Rf1 Qxb4 40.e5 Qc4 41.Ng3 Rc2 42.f5 Rc1 43.e6 fxe6 44.fxg6 Rxf1+ 45.Nxf1 hxg6 46.Qf6 b4 47.Kh2 g5 48.Nxe3 dxe3 49.Qxg5+ Kf7 50.Qxe3 b3 51.Qe5 c5 52.Qc7+ Kg6 53.Qb8 Kf5 54.Qf8+ Ke4 55.Qf6 Qd5 56.Qf3+ Kd4 57.Qd1+ Ke5 58.Qe2+ Kd6 59.Qa6+ Ke7 60.Qa7+ Kf6 61.Qh7 Qe5+ 62.Kh1 b2 0-1 [Event "1958 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "2"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nge2 Rb8 9.a3 Nd7 10.Bb1 Na5 11.Ba2 b5 12.cxb5 axb5 13.b4 Nc4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.O-O c6 16.Qd2 Nb6 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 f6 19.a4 Na8 20.Rfb1 f5 21.Qe3 fxe4 22.fxe4 Nc7 23.d5 cxd5 24.exd5 Bb7 25.Rf1 Qd7 26.Qd4 e6 27.dxe6 Nxe6 28.Qg4 Rfe8 29.Nd4 Qg7 30.Rad1 Nc7 31.Qf4 Re5 32.Nc6 Bxc6 33.Qxc4+ d5 34.Qxc6 Rd8 35.Qb6 Qe7 36.Qd4 Qd6 37.Rfe1 Rde8 38.Rxe5 Rxe5 39.b5 Ne6 40.Qa7 d4 41.Ne4 1-0 [Event "1958 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "3"] [White "Vassily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Qc7 10.Bd2 Ngf6 11.O-O-O e6 12.Kb1 O-O-O 13.c4 c5 14.Bc3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 a6 16.Qe2 Bd6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Qxe4 Nf6 19.Qe2 Rd7 20.Rc1 Qc5 21.Nb3 Qf5+ 22.Rc2 Bc7 23.c5 Rd5 24.c6 Bb6 25.Nd2 Qd3 26.Nc4 Bc7 27.Qxd3 Rxd3 28.Ne5 Rxc3 29.cxb7+ Kxb7 30.Rxc3 Bxe5 31.Rb3+ Ka7 32.Rc1 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Kxb8 34.Rc4 Nd5 35.Kc2 h5 36.b4 Kb7 37.Kb3 Bd6 38.a3 Bc7 39.Rc2 Bb6 40.Kc4 Nf4 41.g3 Nh3 42.f3 Ng1 43.f4 Nf3 44.a4 Nd4 45.Rd2 Nf5 46.a5 Be3 47.Rd8 Bf2 48.b5 Kc7 49.Rg8 axb5+ 50.Kxb5 Bxg3 51.a6 Bf2 52.Ka5 g6 53.Ra8 Be1+ 54.Kb5 Nd6+ 55.Ka4 Nc8 56.Kb5 Bf2 57.Ka5 Ba7 58.Kb5 f6 59.Kb4 e5 60.fxe5 fxe5 61.Kc3 Bb8 62.Kd3 Nb6 63.a7 Nxa8 64.axb8=Q+ Kxb8 65.Ke4 Nb6 66.Kxe5 Nd7+ 0-1 [Event "1958 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "6"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.f3 c6 7.Bd3 b5 8.Qd2 bxc4 9.Bxc4 d5 10.Bb3 dxe4 11.Nxe4 O-O 12.Ne2 a5 13.O-O a4 14.Bc4 Nbd7 15.Rac1 Rb8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Nc3 Nb6 18.Be2 Be6 19.Rfd1 Bg7 20.Bh6 Bxh6 21.Qxh6 f6 22.Rd2 Bf7 23.h4 Qd7 24.a3 Rfd8 25.Ne4 Qe8 26.Bf1 Bd5 27.Nc5 Qf8 28.Qxf8+ Kxf8 29.Na6 Rbc8 30.Nb4 Bb3 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Nxc6 Rd6 33.Na5 Ba2 34.Nb7 Rd5 35.Nc5 e5 36.Ne4 Rxd4 37.Rxd4 exd4 38.Nxf6 Ke7 39.Nxh7 Bb1 40.Ba6 Nd5 41.Kf2 Ne3 42.Be2 Ke6 43.Ng5+ Kd5 44.Ne4 Bxe4 45.fxe4+ Kxe4 46.g4 Kf4 47.h5 gxh5 48.gxh5 Kg5 49.Kf3 1-0 [Event "1958 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "12"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.O-O h6 8.d3 Be7 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.a3 a5 11.Qc2 Bh7 12.Bc3 b5 13.cxb5 cxb5 14.b4 Qc7 15.Qb2 Nb6 16.Be5 Qd7 17.Nb3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Na4 20.Qd2 Rc8 21.Rc1 Rxc1+ 22.Nxc1 Ne8 23.Nd4 Kf8 24.Bh3 Bg8 25.Ndb3 f6 26.Ba1 Qa7 27.d4 Nd6 28.Qa2 Nc4 29.Nc5 Bxc5 30.dxc5 e5 31.Qb1 d4 32.Qf5 Qc7 33.Nd3 Bf7 34.Qh7 Bg8 35.Qe4 Bf7 36.Qa8+ Be8 37.Bg2 Ke7 38.f4 Ne3 39.fxe5 fxe5 40.Qe4 Nxg2 41.Nxe5 1-0 [Event "1958 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "14"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Rb1 Nd7 8.c4 O-O 9.Nf3 Rb8 10.O-O b6 11.d4 e5 12.Ba3 Re8 13.dxe5 Bb7 14.Qc2 Nxe5 15.Rfd1 Qc8 16.Nxe5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rxe5 18.Rd5 Qe6 19.Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Rd1 Re8 21.Qe4 Bf6 22.Qxe6 Rxe6 23.Kf3 Rc6 24.Rc1 Bd4 25.e3 Bc5 26.Bb2 f5 27.Ke2 Kf7 28.h3 Be7 29.a4 h5 30.Kd3 h4 31.g4 Rc5 32.Bc3 Rc6 33.Rg1 Rd6+ 34.Kc2 Bf6 35.gxf5 gxf5 36.Bxf6 Kxf6 37.Rg8 Rc6 38.Kc3 a6 39.Rh8 Kg5 40.Rg8+ Kf6 41.Rh8 Kg5 42.Kd4 Rc5 43.Rh7 Kg6 44.Rd7 Kf6 45.Rd5 Rc6 46.Kc3 Re6 47.Rd4 Kg5 48.Rd7 Rc6 49.Kb4 Kf6 50.Rd4 Kg5 51.Rd8 Re6 52.Rc8 f4 53.exf4+ Kxf4 54.Rxc7 Kf3 55.Rh7 Re4 56.Rh6 b5 57.axb5 axb5 58.Rf6+ Kg2 59.Kxb5 Re2 60.c5 Rb2+ 61.Ka6 Ra2+ 62.Kb7 Rb2+ 63.Rb6 Rc2 64.c6 Kxh3 65.c7 Kg2 66.Rc6 Rb2+ 67.Rb6 Rc2 68.f4 1-0 [Event "1958 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "18"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qb3 Nc6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Na5 10.Qc2 c5 11.d3 Bf5 12.e4 Bd7 13.Bg5 Rc8 14.Qd2 Bb5 15.Rfd1 Ba4 16.Re1 f6 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Qxd3 19.e5 Nc6 20.Re3 Qc2 21.exf6 exf6 22.Rae1 Rcd8 23.Bh3 Ne5 24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.f4 Bc6 26.Qg5 Rde8 27.Rxe5 Qxc3 28.Rxe8 Bxe8 29.Qe5 Qxe5 30.Rxe5 b6 31.Re7 a5 32.Rb7 Rf6 33.Rb8 Kf7 34.Kf2 Rd6 35.Ke3 Ba4 36.Rb7+ Kg8 37.Rb8+ Kg7 38.Rb7+ Kg8 39.Rb8+ Kf7 40.Rb7+ Kf8 41.Rxh7 c4 42.Rc7 b5 43.Ke4 b4 44.Rxc4 Rd2 45.Ke5 Rxa2 46.Rc8+ Be8 47.Bd7 Re2+ 48.Kf6 g5 49.fxg5 Rf2+ 50.Ke5 Re2+ 51.Kf4 b3 52.Rb8 b2 53.Bxe8 Rxe8 54.Rxb2 a4 55.Ra2 Ra8 56.Ra3 Kf7 57.h4 Kg6 58.Ke4 Kh5 59.Kd4 Rd8+ 60.Kc4 Re8 61.Kd5 Rd8+ 62.Ke5 Ra8 63.Kd5 Rd8+ 64.Kc5 Rb8 65.Rxa4 Rb3 66.Kd6 Rxg3 67.Ke7 Rb3 68.Ra6 Rb7+ 69.Kf6 Rb4 70.Rd6 Ra4 71.Re6 Rb4 72.Kf7 Rb7+ 73.Re7 Rb5 74.Kg7 1-0 [Event "1960 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1960"] [Round "8"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 Re8 9.Nd2 d6 10.Be2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bf3 c4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.a5 Nd7 17.Nce4 Be5 18.Qxc4 Qd8 19.Qa2 f5 20.Nc3 g5 21.Nc4 g4 22.Be2 Qf6 23.Na4 Kh8 24.g3 h5 25.f4 Bd4 26.Qa3 Rb8 27.Nab6 h4 28.Rad1 Bxb6 29.axb6 Nc5 30.gxh4 Bd7 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.bxc3 Bb5 33.Rfe1 Ne4 34.Rc1 Rbc8 35.Na5 Bxe2 36.Rxe2 Nxc3 37.Rxc3 Rxc3 38.Nxb7 Rexe3 39.Rxe3 Rxe3 40.Nxd6 Rd3 41.Nf7+ 1-0 [Event "1960 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1960"] [Round "9"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.N1e2 Nf6 7.h4 h6 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Bc4 e6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bxe6 Qc7 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.Bg8+ Kf8 15.Bxh7 Rxh7 16.Nf5 g6 17.Bxh6+ Kg8 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Bg5 Re7 20.Qd3 Kg7 21.Qg3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Qxg3 23.fxg3 Rf8 24.c4 Ng4 25.d5 cxd5 26.cxd5 Ndf6 27.d6 Rf7 28.Rc1 Rd7 29.Rc7 Kf7 30.Bxf6 Nxf6 31.Kf2 Ke6 32.Rxd7 Kxd7 33.Kf3 Kxd6 34.Kf4 Ke6 35.g4 Nd5+ 36.Ke4 Nf6+ 37.Kf4 Nd5+ 38.Ke4 Nb4 39.a3 Nc6 40.h5 g5 41.h6 Kf6 42.Kd5 Kg6 43.Ke6 Na5 44.a4 Nb3 45.Kd6 a5 46.Kd5 Kxh6 47.Kc4 Nc1 48.Kb5 Nd3 49.b3 Nc1 50.Kxa5 Nxb3+ 51.Kb4 Nc1 52.Kc3 Kg6 53.Kc2 Ne2 54.Kd3 Nc1+ 55.Kc2 Ne2 56.Kd3 Nf4+ 57.Kc4 Kf6 58.g3 Ne2 0-1 [Event "1961 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nb5 e5 10.Nxd6 Qxd6 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Ng4 13.Ke2 Ncxe5 14.Bd5 c6 15.Be4 Be6 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bc2 Rd7 19.b3 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Nd3 21.Bxd3 Rxd3 22.Bb2 R3d7 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.b4 Bf5 25.Nb3 Bd3+ 26.Ke1 b6 27.Rac1 Be4 28.f3 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kxd1 Bd5 31.Nd4 c5 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Nb5 a6 34.Nc7 Bc4 35.Ne8 f5 36.h4 Kf8 37.Nd6 Bf1 38.g3 Ke7 39.Nxf5+ Ke6 40.e4 Ke5 41.Kd2 1-0 [Event "1961 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [Round "3"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.b4 e5 10.Bb2 Bg4 11.d5 Ne7 12.h3 Bd7 13.Ng5 Ng6 14.Ne6 fxe6 15.dxe6 Kh8 16.exd7 Qxd7 17.O-O Qf5 18.Nd5 Ng8 19.Qg4 Qc2 20.Qe2 Qf5 21.Qg4 Qc2 22.Qe2 Qf5 23.e4 Qd7 24.Rad1 Rad8 25.Qg4 Qe8 26.g3 Nh6 27.Qh5 Ng8 28.Qe2 N6e7 29.Ne3 Nh6 30.Ng4 Nxg4 31.hxg4 Nc6 32.Kg2 Be7 33.Bd5 Nd4 34.Bxd4 exd4 35.Bc4 c5 36.b5 Bf6 37.f4 d3 38.Rxd3 Rxd3 39.Bxd3 Bd4 40.e5 g6 41.Rh1 Kg7 42.Qe4 b6 43.Bc4 1-0 [Event "1961 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [Round "7"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.f3 Ba6 7.e4 d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 exd5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Qa4+ c6 12.Bh4 dxe4 13.Re1 g5 14.Bf2 Qe7 15.Ne2 b5 16.Qc2 Qxa3 17.h4 gxh4 18.Bxh4 Nbd7 19.Ng3 O-O-O 20.Nxe4 Rhe8 21.Kf2 Nxe4+ 22.fxe4 f6 23.Ra1 Qe7 24.Rxa7 Qxe4 25.Qxe4 Rxe4 26.Ra8+ Nb8 27.Bg3 Kb7 28.Rha1 Rc8 29.R8a7+ Kb6 30.Bxb8 b4 31.Bd6 bxc3 32.Bc5+ Kb5 33.R1a4 1-0 [Event "1961 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [Round "9"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qb6 7.Nb3 cxd5 8.Bg2 a5 9.d3 a4 10.Be3 Qb4 11.Nd4 a3 12.Nc2 Qxb2 13.Bd4 Bb4 14.Nxb4 Qxb4 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.O-O Be6 17.Rc1 Nc6 18.dxe4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Bxa2 20.Nd6+ Kf8 21.Nxb7 Ne5 22.Nc5 Rb8 23.Na6 Bb3 24.Nxb4 Bxd1 25.Rfxd1 Rxb4 26.Ra1 Rb2 27.Kf1 Kg7 28.Rxa3 Rc8 29.Be4 Re8 30.Ra4 Re7 31.Bf5 Rc7 32.Rh4 h6 33.Ra4 Rc5 34.h3 Nc4 35.Bd3 Ne5 36.Be4 Nc4 37.Bd3 Ne5 38.Be4 Nc4 39.Ke1 Ne5 40.Rad4 Rc3 41.R1d2 Rc1+ 42.Rd1 Rc3 43.f4 f5 44.Bxf5 Nc4 45.R4d3 Rcc2 46.Bg4 Ra2 47.Rb3 Kg6 48.Kf2 Nd2 49.Re3 Nc4 50.Rb3 Nd2 51.Re3 Nc4 52.Re8 Nd2 53.Re5 Kf6 54.Rf5+ Kg6 55.Re5 Kf6 56.Bh5 Rc3 57.h4 Rc4 58.Bf3 Rcc2 59.Bd5 Ra4 60.Bf3 Raa2 61.Re1 Ra4 62.h5 Rc3 63.Bg2 Rc2 64.Rd1 Ra3 65.Bd5 Ra4 66.Ke1 Rd4 67.Bg2 Nb3 68.Rxd4 Nxd4 69.Kf2 Ne6 70.Be4 Rb2 71.Rf5+ Kg7 72.Rd5 Kf6 73.Kf3 1-0 [Event "1961 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [Round "11"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Bb4 9.Ne5 Qa5 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxc3 13.Qc1 Qxc1 14.Rfxc1 O-O 15.f3 h6 16.Nxc6 Rfe8 17.a4 Nd7 18.Bd6 Nb6 19.Bc5 Bd3 20.Nxa7 Rxa7 21.Bxb6 Ra6 22.a5 Bc4 23.Ra3 f6 24.e4 Kf7 25.Kf2 Raa8 26.Ke3 Reb8 27.Rac3 Rc8 28.g4 Rab8 29.h4 Rc6 30.h5 Rbc8 31.e5 g6 32.hxg6+ Kxg6 33.R3c2 fxe5 34.dxe5 Rh8 35.Rh2 Rcc8 36.Kd2 Bb3 37.a6 Bc4 38.a7 Rh7 39.Ra1 Ra8 40.Be3 Rb7 41.Rxh6+ Kg7 42.Rah1 Rb2+ 1-0 [Event "1961 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [Round "13"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nd5 Nxd5 10.cxd5 c6 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bb3 Bb7 13.O-O-O c5 14.Bc2 Nd7 15.Ne2 Bf8 16.Nc3 a6 17.b3 Rac8 18.Bd3 Nb6 19.Be2 Rd6 20.Kb2 f5 21.Rc1 Rf6 22.a4 bxa4 23.bxa4 a5 24.Kc2 c4 25.Rb1 Bb4 26.Na2 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Nc3 Bc8 29.Rb2 Bd7 30.Rhb1 Bxa4+ 31.Nxa4 Nxa4 32.Rb8+ Kg7 33.R1b7+ Rf7 34.d6 Rxb7 35.Rxb7+ Kf6 36.Rxh7 Rc8 37.d7 Rd8 38.Bxc4 Nc5 39.Rf7+ Kg5 40.Bb5 fxe4 41.fxe4 1-0 [Event "1961 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1961"] [Round "15"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nge2 exd4 9.Bxd4 c5 10.Bf2 Nc6 11.O-O a6 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Rad1 Qa5 14.b3 Rab8 15.Bb1 Rfd8 16.f4 Bg4 17.h3 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Qxd2 19.Rxd2 Re8 20.Ng3 Bf8 21.Re1 Re6 22.Nf1 Rbe8 23.Rde2 Bg7 24.g4 Nd7 25.Kg2 R6e7 26.Nh2 Nf8 27.Bh4 Ne6 28.Rf1 Rd7 29.g5 h5 30.gxh6 Bxh6 31.Ng4 Bg7 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.Bxf6 Ng7 34.Rd2 Nh5 35.Bc3 Red8 36.Bc2 Kf8 37.Bd1 Ke7 38.Bg4 Rc7 39.f5 Ke8 40.f6 b5 41.Rd5 bxc4 42.bxc4 Rb7 43.Kf3 Rb4 44.Bxb4 Nxb4 45.Bxh5 Nxd5 46.exd5 gxh5 47.Rb1 Kf8 48.Rb6 Kg8 49.Kf4 Kh7 50.Kg5 Rg8+ 51.Kxh5 Rg3 52.h4 Re3 53.Rxd6 Re5+ 54.Kg4 Kg6 55.Kf4 Rf5+ 56.Ke3 Rh5 57.Rxa6 Rxh4 58.Kd3 Kf5 59.Rc6 Rh2 60.Rxc5 Rxa2 61.Rc7 Kxf6 62.Rd7 Ke5 63.Re7+ 1-0 [Event "1963 Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1963"] [White "Mark Taimanov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Na4 Qe7 9.a3 Ba5 10.b3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bb2 Nbd7 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Rac1 Bc6 15.Nc3 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 a5 17.Bb2 Rfc8 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Rfd1 Ndf6 20.f3 Nd6 21.a4 Rc7 22.Rc2 Nfe8 23.Rdc1 f6 24.Ng4 c4 25.bxc4 dxc4 26.Be4 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Qxe4 28.Rxc4 Rxc4 29.Qxc4+ Bd5 30.Qe2 h5 31.Ne5 fxe5 32.dxe5 h4 33.h3 Qxa4 34.Bd4 Qd7 35.Qh5 b5 36.Rf1 Nc7 37.Rf4 Bf7 38.Qf3 Bd5 39.Qh5 Qe8 40.Qxh4 Ne6 41.Rf5 Qg6 0-1 [Event "1963 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1963"] [Round "1"] [White "Tigran Petrosian"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 c6 10.e3 O-O 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Ng3 g6 13.f3 h5 14.Be2 Nd7 15.Kf2 h4 16.Nf1 Nf8 17.Nd2 Re7 18.Rhe1 Bf5 19.h3 Rae8 20.Nf1 Ne6 21.Qd2 Ng7 22.Rad1 Nh5 23.Rc1 Qd6 24.Rc3 Ng3 25.Kg1 Nh5 26.Bd1 Re6 27.Qf2 Qe7 28.Bb3 g5 29.Bd1 Bg6 30.g4 hxg3 31.Nxg3 Nf4 32.Qh2 c5 33.Qd2 c4 34.Ba4 b5 35.Bc2 Nxh3+ 36.Kf1 Qf6 37.Kg2 Nf4+ 38.exf4 Rxe1 39.fxg5 Qe6 40.f4 Re2+ 0-1 [Event "1963 World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Russia"] [Date "1963"] [Round "14"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Tigran Petrosian"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.g4 Be6 8.h3 Nf6 9.Bd3 c5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Kf1 O-O 12.Kg2 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.exd4 Nd7 15.Qc2 Nf6 16.f3 Rc8 17.Be5 Bd6 18.Rae1 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 g6 20.Qf2 Nd7 21.Re2 Nb6 22.Rhe1 Nc4 23.Bxc4 Rxc4 24.Rd2 Re8 25.Re3 a6 26.b3 Rc6 27.Na4 b6 28.Nb2 a5 29.Nd3 f6 30.h4 Bf7 31.Rxe8+ Bxe8 32.Qe3 Bf7 33.g5 Be6 34.Nf4 Bf7 35.Nd3 Be6 36.gxf6 Qxf6 37.Qg5 Qxg5+ 38.hxg5 a4 39.bxa4 Rc4 40.a5 bxa5 41.Nc5 Bf5 42.Kg3 a4 43.Kf4 a3 44.Ke5 Rb4 45.Nd3 Rb5 46.Kd6 Kf7 47.Kc6 Bxd3 48.Rxd3 Rb2 49.Rxa3 Rg2 50.Kxd5 Rxg5+ 51.Kc6 h5 52.d5 Rg2 53.d6 Rc2+ 54.Kd7 h4 55.f4 Rf2 56.Kc8 Rxf4 57.Ra7+ 1-0 [Event "1966 Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1966"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Qe2 e6 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.f4 c5 17.c4 Nb4 18.Bxb4 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 cxb4 20.Ne4 Be7 21.Nd6+ Kb8 22.Nxf7 Rf8 23.Nd6 Rxf4 24.g3 Rf8 25.Qg4 Qd7 26.Kb1 Bg5 27.Nb5 Rf1 28.Kc2 Rxd1 29.Qxd1 Qxd1+ 30.Kxd1 Be3 31.Ke2 Bc1 32.b3 Bb2 33.Nd6 Bxe5 34.Ne4 Kc7 35.g4 Kc6 36.Kd3 b5 37.cxb5+ Kd5 38.g5 hxg5 39.Nxg5 Bf4 40.Ne4 Bh6 41.Nf2 Bg5 42.Ng4 Bf4 43.Nf2 Bd6 44.Ng4 Bc5 45.h6 gxh6 46.Nxh6 e5 47.Nf5 e4+ 48.Ke2 Ke5 49.Nh4 Kd4 50.Nf5+ Kd5 51.Nh6 Be7 52.Ng4 Bg5 53.Nf2 Kd4 54.Nd1 Bc1 55.Nf2 Kd5 56.Ng4 Bg5 57.Nf2 Bf6 58.Ng4 Bd4 59.Nh2 Bc5 60.Nf1 Kd4 61.Nd2 Bb6 62.Nc4 Kc3 63.Kd1 Bd4 64.Ke2 e3 65.Na5 Kb2 66.Nc6 Bc5 67.Ne5 Kxa2 68.Nd3 Be7 0-1 [Event "1966 Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1966"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.d3 Ne7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nge2 Nbc6 8.O-O Be6 9.Nd5 Qd7 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Bh6 c5 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Qd2 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bh3 16.Bxh3 Qxh3 17.f4 Qd7 18.f5 f6 19.h4 Qe7 20.Rf3 Qe5 21.Kg2 Rac8 22.b3 b5 23.a4 c4 24.axb5 cxd3 25.Rxa7+ Rf7 26.Rxf7+ Kxf7 27.fxg6+ hxg6 28.Qxd3 Rc3 29.Qe2 Rc7 30.b6 Rb7 31.Qa6 Qe7 32.Kh2 Kg7 33.Rd3 g5 34.hxg5 Kg6 35.Rxd4 Qe5 36.Qd3 fxg5 37.Kg2 Rxb6 38.Qe3 Rxb3 39.Qxb3 Qxd4 40.Qf3 Qb2+ 41.Qf2 Qe5 42.Qe2 Qd4 43.Kf3 Qf6+ 44.Ke3 Qc3+ 45.Kf2 Qf6+ 46.Kg1 Qa1+ 47.Kg2 Qd4 48.Qf3 Qb2+ 49.Qf2 Qe5 50.Qe1 g4 51.Qb4 Qf6 52.Qa3 Kh5 53.Qe3 Kg6 54.Qe2 Kg5 55.Qf2 Qe5 56.Qe3+ Kg6 57.Kf1 Qf6+ 58.Ke2 Qb2+ 59.Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "1966 Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1966"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.O-O exf4 9.Bxf4 Bg4 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Rae1 Rb8 12.Bg5 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Ne5 14.Qf4 h6 15.Bxh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 c6 17.Kh1 Re6 18.Qd2 Kg7 19.b3 Qh8 20.d4 Neg4 21.e4 Qh3 22.Kg1 Rh8 23.Re2 c5 24.dxc5 dxc5 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Bxg4 Qxg4 27.cxd5 Rxe4 28.Qc3+ Rd4 29.Qxc5 Qxe2 30.Qxd4+ Kg8 31.Rf2 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Rh5 33.d6 Qe6 34.Rd2 Qd7 35.Kg1 b6 36.Rc2 Kh7 37.Rc7 Qf5 38.Qf4 Qxf4 39.gxf4 Kg7 40.Rxa7 Rd5 41.d7 Kf6 42.Kf2 Ke7 43.Ke3 Kd8 44.Ke4 Rh5 45.a4 Rxh2 46.Ke5 Ke7 47.d8=Q+ Kxd8 48.Rxf7 Rb2 49.Kd6 Ke8 50.Re7+ Kd8 51.Rb7 Rd2+ 52.Kc6 Rd4 53.Rxb6 Rxf4 54.Rb8+ Ke7 55.a5 1-0 [Event "1967 Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1967"] [White "Mark Taimanov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.b4 Bb7 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Nd2 f5 12.c5 Nd7 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.d5 cxd5 15.Bxg7+ Kxg7 16.Bb5 bxc5 17.bxc5 Rc8 18.Qc3+ Rf6 19.Nb3 Kg8 20.Rac1 a6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Rfd1 Bc6 23.Na5 f4 24.exf4 Rxf4 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 26.Qe5 Rf5 27.Qxe4 dxe4 28.Rxd7 Rfxc5 29.Re1 Rc1 30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Rd4 Rxe1+ 32.Kxe1 Rc2 33.Ra4 e3 34.fxe3 Rxg2 35.h4 h5 36.Kf1 Rg4 37.Rxg4 hxg4 38.Kg2 g5 39.h5 Kg7 40.Kg3 Kh7 41.Kxg4 Kh6 42.e4 0-1 [Event "1967 Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1967"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.d5 Na5 8.e4 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.Be3 Bxf3 11.gxf3 e5 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Qe7 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Rc1 Ne5 16.b3 h5 17.Kg2 a6 18.Bb1 Rab8 19.Qe2 Qd7 20.Bd2 b5 21.Nd1 Nb7 22.f4 Ng4 23.h3 Nf6 24.Nf2 Rbe8 25.Rce1 Re7 26.Qf3 Rfe8 27.Re2 Nh7 28.Rfe1 Bd4 29.Bc2 b4 30.Kh2 Nd8 31.Nd3 Kh8 32.e5 Qc7 33.Kh1 dxe5 34.fxe5 Bxe5 35.Rxe5 Rxe5 36.Rxe5 Rxe5 37.Bf4 Rf5 38.Bxc7 Rxf3 39.Bxd8 Re3 40.Kg1 Re2 41.Bd1 Rd2 42.Nf2 Nf8 43.Kf1 Nd7 44.Bg5 Rxa2 45.Nd3 Kg7 46.Be7 Ra5 47.h4 f6 48.Ke1 Kf7 49.Bd6 Kg7 50.Nb2 Ra1 51.Na4 Ne5 52.Bxe5 fxe5 53.Nxc5 a5 54.Kd2 Ra2+ 55.Ke3 1-0 [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1967"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Rc1 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Qd4 Qxd4 15.exd4 Bd7 16.f3 Rfe8 1/2-1/2 [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1967"] [Round "9"] [White "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Bd2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 d6 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.b4 Qc7 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Bxe4 Bxe4 15.Nd2 Bg6 16.Nb3 Rad8 17.Na5 Nb6 18.Qg4 e5 19.b5 f5 20.Qe2 f4 21.exf4 Rxf4 22.Rfd1 Rdf8 23.Be1 Nc8 24.Nb3 Qf7 25.Nd2 e4 26.Nf1 Bh5 27.Qc2 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Ne7 29.Ne3 Nf5 30.Nxf5 Qxf5 31.Rxd6 e3 32.Qxf5 exf2+ 33.Bxf2 R8xf5 34.Rd2 Rxc4 35.h3 h5 36.h4 Ra4 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Rd3 Ra5 39.Rb3 c4 40.Rc3 Rfxb5 41.Rxc4 Rxa3 42.Bd4 a5 0-1 [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1967"] [Round "12"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bd3 Bg6 8.h4 Bd6 9.Nge2 Nf6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Ng3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nbd7 13.O-O-O O-O-O 14.Nf5 Qf8 15.h5 Kb8 16.Rh4 g6 17.Ng3 Qe7 18.Rdh1 Rhe8 19.hxg6 hxg6 20.e4 dxe4 21.Ncxe4 Ka8 22.Qf3 Nh5 1/2-1/2 [Site "Palma de Mallorca, Spain"] [Date "1967"] [Round "14"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 b6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.d3 Rc8 11.Rc1 Rc7 12.Qe2 Rd7 13.Rfd1 Re8 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Rxd5 16.d4 Qa8 17.dxc5 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Bxc5 19.Ng5 h6 20.Ne4 Bf8 21.Rd7 f5 22.Nd6 Bxd6 23.Rxd6 Nd4 24.Rxd4 Bxg2 25.Rd7 Bh3 26.f3 Rd8 27.Rxg7+ Kf8 28.Rh7 Qd5 29.Kf2 Qd1 30.Rh8+ Kf7 31.Rxd8 Qxd8 32.Qc2 Qd5 33.Qc7+ Ke8 34.Qb8+ Kd7 35.Qxa7+ Kc8 36.Qa6+ Kc7 37.Qc4+ Qxc4 38.bxc4 Kc6 39.Bd4 h5 40.a4 Kc7 41.c5 bxc5 42.Bxc5 Kc6 43.Bb4 Kb6 44.g4 hxg4 45.Kg3 e5 46.e4 fxe4 47.fxg4 1-0 [Site "Monte Carlo, Monaco"] [Date "1968"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vassily Smyslov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.b3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Bb2 O-O 10.O-O Qe7 11.Be2 Rfd8 12.Nd4 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Ba3 14.Bxa3 Qxa3 15.Nc4 Qa6 1/2-1/2 [Site "Monte Carlo, Monaco"] [Date "1968"] [Round "6"] [White "Pal Benko"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 Ne7 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 Nbc6 7.d3 f5 8.Nd5 O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.Qd2 Qd7 11.O-O Rf7 12.Rae1 Raf8 13.f4 fxe4 14.dxe4 Nc8 15.c5 Bh3 16.b4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 exf4 18.gxf4 Re8 19.Ng3 h5 20.b5 N6e7 21.f5 h4 22.fxg6 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 hxg3 24.Rf7 Be5 25.Bd4 Qg4 26.Rf4 Qh5 27.Bxe5 Qxh2+ 28.Kf3 Qxd2 29.Nf6+ Kg7 30.Nxe8+ Kxg6 31.Rf6+ Kh7 32.Bxg3 Qd3+ 33.Kf2 Qxb5 34.cxd6 Qxe8 0-1 [Site "Monte Carlo, Monaco"] [Date "1968"] [Round "7"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Nb6 8.d3 Be7 9.a3 a5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Na4 Nxa4 12.Qxa4 Bd5 13.Rfc1 Re8 14.Rc2 Bf8 15.Rac1 Nb8 16.Rxc7 Bc6 17.R1xc6 bxc6 18.Rxf7 h6 19.Rb7 Qc8 20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.Nh4 Qxb7 22.Ng6+ Kh7 23.Be4 Bd6 24.Nxe5+ g6 25.Bxg6+ Kg7 26.Bxh6+ 1-0
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