Mikhail Botvinnik playing the French Winawer as Black

Player profile: Mikhail Botvinnik
Opening: French, Winawer (C15-C19)

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Bohatirchuk vs Botvinnik 1-0 40 1927 Moscow ch-SU C17 French, Winawer, Advance 2. M Yudovich Sr. vs Botvinnik 0-1 44 1931 Moscow ch-SU C17 French, Winawer, Advance 3. Verlinsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 38 1931 Moscow ch-SU C15 French, Winawer 4. Milner-Barry vs Botvinnik 0-1 54 1934 Hastings C19 French, Winawer, Advance 5. Ragozin vs Botvinnik 0-1 39 1935 Moskva Alekhine-mem C18 French, Winawer 6. Milner-Barry vs Botvinnik 0-1 54 1935 Hastings 3435 C19 French, Winawer, Advance 7. Lilienthal vs Botvinnik ½-½ 58 1936 Moscow C15 French, Winawer 8. Ragozin vs Botvinnik 0-1 28 1936 Training game April C15 French, Winawer 9. P Romanovsky vs Botvinnik   0-1 52 1938 1/2 final C15 French, Winawer 10. Fine vs Botvinnik 1-0 35 1938 Amsterdam AVRO [KEY C17 French, Winawer, Advance 11. S Belavenets vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 80 1939 Russia C19 French, Winawer, Advance 12. I Pogrebissky vs Botvinnik 0-1 36 1939 Leningrad ch-SU C19 French, Winawer, Advance 13. I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik 0-1 67 1939 Russia C19 French, Winawer, Advance 14. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 42 1941 match-tournament C19 French, Winawer, Advance 15. Boleslavsky vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 23 1941 match-tournament C15 French, Winawer 16. Tolush vs Botvinnik 0-1 42 1943 Moscow ch [Botvinnik] C19 French, Winawer, Advance 17. Smyslov vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 66 1943 Russia C19 French, Winawer, Advance 18. Kan vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 22 1943 Russia C19 French, Winawer, Advance 19. Smyslov vs Botvinnik 0-1 40 1944 Moscow ch-SU C19 French, Winawer, Advance 20. Ragozin vs Botvinnik   0-1 54 1944 Training Game C19 French, Winawer, Advance 21. Tolush vs Botvinnik 0-1 41 1945 Russia C19 French, Winawer, Advance 22. Ragozin vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 40 1946 Training Game C18 French, Winawer 23. C H Alexander vs Botvinnik 1-0 41 1946 URS-BCF C18 French, Winawer 24. Reshevsky vs Botvinnik 0-1 59 1946 Russia C18 French, Winawer 25. M Christoffel vs Botvinnik 0-1 42 1946 juniors C17 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Botvinnik wins | Botvinnik loses

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