Mikhail Botvinnik playing the English, 1 c4 e5 as White

Player profile: Mikhail Botvinnik
Opening: English (A20-A29)

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 37  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Botvinnik vs Flohr   ½-½ 24 1933 Russia A28 English 2. Botvinnik vs Flohr   ½-½ 48 1933 Russia A28 English 3. Botvinnik vs Nenarokov 1-0 37 1933 Leningrad A28 English 4. Botvinnik vs Pirc   ½-½ 31 1935 Russia A28 English 5. Botvinnik vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 39 1935 Russia A25 English 6. Botvinnik vs Levenfish 1-0 40 1937 Leningrad A25 English 7. Botvinnik vs I Rabinovich   ½-½ 64 1937 Training Game A28 English 8. Botvinnik vs Reshevsky 1-0 37 1938 Netherlands A25 English 9. Botvinnik vs Ragozin   1-0 32 1940 Russia A28 English 10. Botvinnik vs Levenfish   1-0 27 1940 Russia A28 English 11. Botvinnik vs Pachman 0-1 45 1947 Russia A28 English 12. Botvinnik vs Simagin   ½-½ 43 1952 Russia A25 English 13. Botvinnik vs Kan 1-0 75 1955 Russia A20 English 14. Botvinnik vs O Benkner 1-0 27 1956 Russia A20 English 15. Botvinnik vs A Dueckstein 1-0 43 1958 Munich ol A22 English 16. Botvinnik vs A Barenbaum   ½-½ 47 1959 Russia A20 English 17. Botvinnik vs Kostjoerin Anatole 1-0 27 1960 Leipzig A22 English 18. Botvinnik vs Tal 1-0 73 1961 Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Return Match A23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation 19. Botvinnik vs Gligoric   ½-½ 56 1961 EU/MM: SU-YU A26 English 20. Botvinnik vs O Olson 1-0 28 1962 Stockholm Interzonal A22 English 21. Botvinnik vs E R Lundin 1-0 35 1962 Stockholm Interzonal A22 English 22. Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1-0 44 1964 team A22 English 23. Botvinnik vs Szabo   ½-½ 51 1964 Israel A22 English 24. Botvinnik vs Smyslov   0-1 41 1965 Russia A22 English 25. Botvinnik vs Fradkin Anton   0-1 35 1965 Sverdlosk A22 English  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 37    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Botvinnik wins | Botvinnik loses

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