Player: Mikhail Botvinnik
Player profile: Ilia Abramovich Kan

Classical games: Mikhail Botvinnik beat Ilia Abramovich Kan 29 to 5, with 20 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kan vs Botvinnik 1-0 19 1929 USSR Championship C51 Evans Gambit 2. Kan vs Botvinnik 1-0 40 1930 Leningrad-Moskva D64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack 3. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 31 1930 Russia A84 Dutch 4. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 43 1930 Leningrad E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 5. Kan vs Botvinnik 0-1 39 1930 Russia E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 6. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 38 1931 USSR Championship A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 7. Botvinnik vs Kan   ½-½ 40 1933 USSR Championship B83 Sicilian 8. Botvinnik vs Kan   ½-½ 48 1934 Leningrad D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 9. Kan vs Botvinnik 1-0 26 1935 Moscow C29 Vienna Gambit 10. Botvinnik vs Kan   1-0 40 1936 Moscow E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. Kan vs Botvinnik 0-1 48 1936 Moscow B72 Sicilian, Dragon 12. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 41 1939 USSR Championship E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 13. Kan vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 22 1943 Russia C19 French, Winawer, Advance 14. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 44 1943 Russia B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 15. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 41 1945 USSR Championship D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. Kan vs Botvinnik   0-1 33 1952 Training D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 49 1952 USSR Championship A04 Reti Opening 18. Botvinnik vs Kan   ½-½ 41 1952 Training Game E28 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation 19. Kan vs Botvinnik   0-1 36 1952 Training E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 20. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 39 1952 Training Game C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 21. Botvinnik vs Kan 0-1 41 1952 Training E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 22. Kan vs Botvinnik   1-0 38 1952 Training Game C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 23. Kan vs Botvinnik 0-1 40 1952 Training C05 French, Tarrasch 24. Kan vs Botvinnik   0-1 45 1952 Training Game D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Botvinnik vs Kan   ½-½ 34 1952 Training E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Botvinnik wins | Botvinnik loses