Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk vs Mikhail Botvinnik (1927)

Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Moscow ch-SU 1927 · French Defense: Winawer. Advance Variation Moscow Variation (C17) · 1-0

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Jul-19-04		Gypsy: If 40...Rxe4, then 41.Re8+ Kf5 42.Rxe4 Kxe4 43.a6 f3 44.a2 f2 45.a8Q+ Kd3 46.Qa6 1-0

Sep-20-06		beenthere240: Botvinnik looked totally unprepared for the opening, and he was supposed to be a master of the French.

Sep-20-06		Tomlinsky: This was one of Botvinnik's earliest games with the French.

Dec-07-07		Sularus: This is Botvinnik's first loss in this database.

Dec-14-08		maxi: Bohatirchuck seems to have played four times with Botvinnik, winning three times and drawing once! These damned Kiev players...!

Dec-14-08		maxi: Unfortunately, collaborating with the Nazis had made him famous in the USSR after the war and he had to disappear.

Sep-26-09		GrahamClayton: <Tomlinsky>his was one of Botvinnik's earliest games with the French. Tomlinsky, This was Botvinnik's first appearance in the USSR Championship, at the age of 16.

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