Mikhail Botvinnik playing the French Defense as Black

Player: Mikhail Botvinnik
Opening: French Defense (C00-C19)

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Bohatirchuk vs Botvinnik 1-0 40 1927 USSR Championship C17 French, Winawer, Advance 2. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 66 1927 USSR Championship C00 French Defense 3. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 41 1930 Russia C01 French, Exchange 4. A Y Model vs Botvinnik ½-½ 30 1930 Leningrad phone C01 French, Exchange 5. M Yudovich Sr. vs Botvinnik 0-1 44 1931 USSR Championship C17 French, Winawer, Advance 6. Verlinsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 38 1931 USSR Championship C15 French, Winawer 7. N Feldman vs Botvinnik   0-1 34 1931 Leningrad tt C07 French, Tarrasch 8. I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik 0-1 61 1932 Leningrad Championship C01 French, Exchange 9. Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik ½-½ 46 1932 Leningrad Championship C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 10. Flohr vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 21 1933 Botvinnik-Flohr Match C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 11. Milner-Barry vs Botvinnik 0-1 54 1935 Hastings 1934/35 C19 French, Winawer, Advance 12. Ragozin vs Botvinnik 0-1 39 1935 Moscow C18 French, Winawer 13. Lilienthal vs Botvinnik ½-½ 66 1936 Moscow C15 French, Winawer 14. Lasker vs Botvinnik ½-½ 37 1936 Moscow C01 French, Exchange 15. Ragozin vs Botvinnik 0-1 28 1936 Training game April C15 French, Winawer 16. I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik 0-1 55 1937 Training C02 French, Advance 17. Levenfish vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 58 1937 Botvinnik-Levenfish C02 French, Advance 18. Fine vs Botvinnik 1-0 31 1938 AVRO C17 French, Winawer, Advance 19. Tolush vs Botvinnik 0-1 35 1938 1/2 final C02 French, Advance 20. P Romanovsky vs Botvinnik   0-1 52 1938 1/2 final C15 French, Winawer 21. Abramian vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 41 1938 1/2 final C05 French, Tarrasch 22. Ragozin vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 42 1938 Training Game C05 French, Tarrasch 23. I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik 0-1 67 1939 USSR Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance 24. S Belavenets vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 80 1939 USSR Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance 25. I Pogrebissky vs Botvinnik 0-1 36 1939 USSR Championship C19 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 91    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Botvinnik wins | Botvinnik loses