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| PLAYERS | RESULT | MOVES | OPENINGS | EVENT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952.12.08 |
Bronstein, David Ionovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 25 | King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense, Main Line | URS-ch20 Final |
| 1952.12.09 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Keres, Paul
|
1-0 | 37 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation | URS-ch20 Final |
| 1952.12.19 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1-0 | 49 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation | URS-ch20 Final |
| 1952.12.20 |
Ilivitzki, Georgi A
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 46 | Queen's Gambit Declined | URS-ch20 Final |
| 1952.12.23 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Geller, Efim P
|
1-0 | 41 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad Variation | URS-ch20 Final |
| 1952.12.24 |
Moiseev, Oleg Leonidovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 75 | Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack | URS-ch20 Final |
| 1952.12.28 |
Suetin, Alexey S
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 76 | Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Traditional Variation | URS-ch20 Final |
| 1952.??.?? |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 40 | French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Botvinnik Variation | URS training m |
| 1953.01.25 |
Taimanov, Mark E
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 52 | Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation | URS-ch20 Final playoff-1pl |
| 1953.01.31 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Taimanov, Mark E
|
1-0 | 42 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Taimanov Variation | URS-ch20 Final playoff-1pl |
| 1953.01.?? |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1-0 | 39 | Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan |
| 1953.05.22 |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 31 | Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan |
| 1953.05.23 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1-0 | 40 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Exchange Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan |
| 1953.05.25 |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 60 | Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Winter Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan |
| 1953.06.20 |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 22 | Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Stahlberg Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan |
| 1954.01.23 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1-0 | 33 | Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8 |
| 1954.01.26 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1-0 | 25 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Capablanca Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8 |
| 1954.01.27 |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 41 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8 |
| 1954.01.29 |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 41 | French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation, Armenian Line | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8 |
| 1954.02.07 |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 40 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8 |
| 1954.02.?? |
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 24 | Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8 |
| 1954.02.?? |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1-0 | 45 | Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Spassky Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8 |
| 1954.02.?? |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1-0 | 38 | Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense | Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8 |
| 1954.03.16 |
Smyslov, Vassily V
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 58 | French Defense: Winawer Variation, Retreat Variation, Armenian Line | World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10 |
| 1954.03.18 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Smyslov, Vassily V
|
1-0 | 30 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation, Fischer Variation | World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10 |
| 1954.03.23 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Smyslov, Vassily V
|
1-0 | 61 | Queen's Gambit Accepted: Alekhine Defense | World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10 |
| 1954.04.10 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Smyslov, Vassily V
|
1-0 | 38 | Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Dutch Variation | World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10 |
| 1954.04.13 |
Smyslov, Vassily V
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 41 | Sicilian Defense: Closed | World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10 |
| 1954.04.17 |
Smyslov, Vassily V
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 36 | Sicilian Defense: Closed, Botvinnik Defense, with Nge2 | World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10 |
| 1954.04.20 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Smyslov, Vassily V
|
1-0 | 45 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto | World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10 |
| 1954.09.04 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Salo, Toivo
|
1-0 | 30 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation | Olympiad-11 Preliminaries A |
| 1954.09.05 |
Parliaros, Dimitrios
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 27 | Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan | Olympiad-11 Preliminaries A |
| 1954.09.12 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Stahlberg, Gideon
|
1-0 | 50 | English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Neo-Catalan Declined | Olympiad-11 Final A |
| 1954.09.17 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev
|
1-0 | 91 | Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Lundin Variation | Olympiad-11 Final A |
| 1954.09.19 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Najdorf, Miguel
|
1-0 | 41 | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Mecking Variation | Olympiad-11 Final A |
| 1954.09.20 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Pirc, Vasja
|
1-0 | 69 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation | Olympiad-11 Final A |
| 1955.02.12 |
Antoshin, Vladimir S
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 49 | French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation | URS-ch22 Final |
| 1955.02.14 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Shcherbakov, Vitaly Sergeevich
|
1-0 | 23 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | URS-ch22 Final |
| 1955.02.19 |
Kotov, Alexander
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 65 | Semi-Slav Defense: Romih Variation | URS-ch22 Final |
| 1955.02.21 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Kan, Ilia Abramovich
|
1-0 | 75 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Nimzowitsch-Flohr Variation | URS-ch22 Final |
| 1955.02.25 |
Averbakh, Yuri L
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 65 | French Defense: Winawer Variation | URS-ch22 Final |
| 1955.03.01 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Furman, Semen Abramovich
|
1-0 | 43 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Botvinnik System | URS-ch22 Final |
| 1955.03.11 |
Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 76 | King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense | URS-ch22 Final |
| 1955.06.06 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Averbakh, Yuri L
|
1-0 | 33 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bernstein Defense | Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh+2-0=0 |
| 1955.06.23 |
Averbakh, Yuri L
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 38 | Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation, Reynolds' Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh+2-0=0 |
| 1955.12.28 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Averbakh, Yuri L
|
1-0 | 19 | Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack, Panov Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh+1-0=2 |
| 1956.06.09 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Averbakh, Yuri L
|
1-0 | 30 | Ruy Lopez: Schliemann Defense, Kostić Defense | Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh |
| 1956.08.03 |
Averbakh, Yuri L
vs
Botvinnik, Mikhail
|
0-1 | 54 | Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Leonhardt Variation | Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh |
| 1956.09.01 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Stahlberg, Gideon
|
1-0 | 55 | Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 | Olympiad-12 Preliminaries A |
| 1956.09.03 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Benkner, Otto
|
1-0 | 27 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6 | Olympiad-12 Preliminaries A |