Mikhail A Botvinnik
Number of games in database: 20
Years covered: 2008 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2336
Highest rating achieved in database: 2360
Overall record: +5 -7 =8 (45.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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B47		Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation (2 games)
A07		King's Indian Attack (2 games)

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MIKHAIL A BOTVINNIK (born Jan-06-1983) Israel [what is this?] Mikhail Botvinnik is the son of Ilia Botvinnik.

page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Gurevich vs M A Botvinnik   0-1 67 2008 ISR-chT A36 English 2. M A Botvinnik vs D Ganor   ½-½ 64 2008 ISR-chT E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 3. M A Botvinnik vs B Kantsler   ½-½ 21 2008 ISR-chT E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System 4. D Zoler vs M A Botvinnik   1-0 64 2008 ISR-chT E15 Queen's Indian 5. M A Botvinnik vs I Khmelniker   1-0 50 2008 ISR-chT A16 English 6. P Hoffmann vs M A Botvinnik   ½-½ 32 2010 11th World University Championship Men B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. M A Botvinnik vs J G Costa 1-0 39 2010 11th World University Championship Men A07 King's Indian Attack 8. M A Botvinnik vs Andre Filipe Folha Viela   ½-½ 125 2010 11th World University Championship Men A53 Old Indian 9. G Munkhgal vs M A Botvinnik 1-0 54 2010 11th World University Championship Men A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 10. G Orgil vs M A Botvinnik   0-1 115 2010 11th World University Championship Men A07 King's Indian Attack 11. M A Botvinnik vs V Papin 0-1 46 2010 11th World University Championship Men A13 English 12. M A Botvinnik vs P Meier   ½-½ 71 2010 11th World University Championship Men A15 English 13. K Mekhitarian vs M A Botvinnik   ½-½ 72 2010 11th World University Championship Men B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 14. J Wyss vs M A Botvinnik   1-0 32 2010 11th World University Championship Men B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 15. E Preissmann vs M A Botvinnik   ½-½ 43 2012 28th European Club Cup B01 Scandinavian 16. D Dinev vs M A Botvinnik ½-½ 48 2012 28th European Club Cup B23 Sicilian, Closed 17. M A Botvinnik vs E Mochalov   0-1 61 2012 28th European Club Cup E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 18. N Coenen vs M A Botvinnik   1-0 25 2012 28th European Club Cup B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 19. M A Botvinnik vs A Greenfeld   0-1 38 2012 28th European Club Cup A30 English, Symmetrical 20. M Gluhovsky vs M A Botvinnik   0-1 75 2012 28th European Club Cup B40 Sicilian  page 1 of 1; 20 games

Oct-18-10    Benzol: This might be a Mikhail Botvinnik but it certainly isn't "THE" Mikhail Botvinnik. Oct-14-12    Sem: Son of? Oct-18-12    amaurobius: <Sem> According to Wiki, world champion Botvinnik had one daughter Oct-18-12    waustad: He's from Israel and was born in 1983. Here is his FIDE card info: http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... Oct-18-12    alexmagnus: Is it that Mikhail Botvinnik who in 1998 played a game against Tigran Petrosian (Tigran L Petrosian?) in some kids' event? That "duel of namesakes of dead champions" is often mentioned on websites about chess curiosities. Oct-18-12    alexmagnus: Here is that game: http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Botv... Though it goes slightly against my identifications of the namesakes - on the site Botvinnik was born in 1984 and Petrosian in 1983, but the two I identified are other way around. But maybe the site mixed it up. Oct-18-12    Eyal: Yeah, that's the one who played in that game - he was born in 1983 (it's the same one as Mikhail A Botvinnik), and Petrosian's namesake in 1984. Oct-19-12    HeMateMe: Mickey the Lesser. Oct-19-12    Eyal: Btw, as far as I know he doesn't really have a middle name that begins with an "A". I asked cg.com about it once, and they told me it was just added arbitrarily to distinguish him from the famous player (chessgames.com chessforum). Oct-19-12    Karpova: <Eyal> is this his father: Ilia Botvinnik? Oct-19-12    Eyal: <Karpova> I did a quick check in some Israeli chess sites - and yes, they're father and son. (Actually playing for the same team in the Israeli league, one report mentioning what the "father and son" did in a certain match...) The family is originally from Belarus (Ilya was born in Minsk, like Gelfand, and shared 2nd place behind him in the 1986 Belarus championship), and emigrated to Israel in the 90s. The father has some reputation as a coach - one of those he's coaching at the moment is Avital Boruchovsky, who was quite successful in the recent European Championship.

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