[Event "Russia"]

[Site "Ch URS, Leningrad"]

[Date "1933.03.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.g3 e5 6.d3 Ne7 7.Bg2 c5

8.bxc5 Nd7 9.Ba3 Nxc5 10.O-O Ne6 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Rb1 O-O 13.e3
dxe3 14.fxe3 Re8 15.Qc2 Rb8 16.c5 f4 17.Rfe1 fxe3 18.Nc4 Nd4
19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Nd6 e2 21.Kh1 Be6 22.Rb4 Qf2 23.Rxe2 Qf6
24.Rf2 Nf5 25.Nxe8 Rxe8 26.g4 Bh6 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rxb7 Be3
29.Rf1 f4 30.Be4 Bh3 31.Qd1 Qg5 32.Qb3+ Re6 33.Rxh7 Bf5
34.Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Training Game"]

[Site "??"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 e6

7. O-O Nd7 8. d4 Bd6 9. Qe2 N5b6 10. Bb3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Ne4
17. Bb4 Qc7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Ne5 Nd5 20. Be1 Nd6 21. f3 Qb6
22. Ba2 f6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Rc5 a5 25. Bg3 Nf7 26. e4 Nc7
27. Bf2 Qa6 28. Qc2 Ng5 29. Be3 Nxh3+ 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Bc4 Qa7
32. f4 Nf7 33. f5 gxf5 34. gxf5 exf5 35. Rcxf5 Rd6 36. Qf2 b5
37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. e5 Rdd8 39. Rxf6+ Kg8 40. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1936.05.28"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Nikolai Nikolaevich Riumin"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 Qe8 7.Nc3
Qh5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.d4 d6 10.Ba3 Rf7 11.Rad1 Bd7 12.d5 Nd8 13.dxe6
Nxe6 14.c5 dxc5 15.Ne5 Nd4 16.Qd3 Ng4 17.Nxg4 fxg4 18.Bxb7
Raf8 19.Bd5 Be6 20.Bxe6 Nxe6 21.Ne4 Nd4 22.Bb2 Rd8 23.Qc4 Qe5
24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.f3 gxf3 26.Rxf3 Qd5 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Rxd4 Qxc4
29.Rxc4 c5 30.Kf2 Rd5 31.Ra4 Rd4 32.Nc3 Rxa4 33.Nxa4 Ke6
34.Ke3 Kf5 35.Kf3 Ke5 36.e3 Bd6 37.Nb2 Kd5 38.Nc4 Bc7 39.Ke2
Ke4 40.Nd2+ Kf5 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.Nc4+ Kd5 43.Ke2 Ke4 44.Nd2+ Kf5
45.Kf3 Ke5 46.g4 Kd5 47.h3 Bd8 48.Ke2 Bc7 49.Kd3 Bg3 50.Ne4
Be1 51.Ng5 h6 52.Ne4 Bh4 53.Nc3+ Kc6 54.Ke4 Bf6 55.Nb1 Kd6
56.Na3 Ke6 57.Nb5 a5 58.Nc7+ Kd7 59.Nd5 Bb2 60.Nb6+ Kc6 61.Nc4
Bc3 62.a3 g6 63.a4 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik - Levenfish"]

[Site "Leningrad RUS"]
[Date "1937.10.16"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 Be7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Bc4 Qd8 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qe2 Bf6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.Rac1 b6 14.Bb5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.d4 cxd4 17.exd4 Qd6
18.Qe5 Qa3 19.h4 Bb7 20.h5 h6 21.Rc3 Rfd8 22.Rg3 Qf8 23.Qc7
Rab8 24.Qf4 Qd6 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.Rc1 Rxd4 27.Rc7 Rd1+ 28.Kh2
Rd5 29.Be2 Rd2 30.Bf3 Bd5 31.Rxa7 Rxf2 32.Kg1 Rd2 33.Bxd5 Rxd5
34.Rf3 Rf8 35.a4 Rd4 36.Rb7 Rb4 37.Kf2 e5 38.Ke2 e4 39.Rc3 Rd8
40.g4 Rf8 41.Rbc7 f5 42.Re7 f4 43.Rcc7 f3 44.Kf1 Rd8 45.g5
Rd1+ 46.Kf2 Rd2+ 47.Ke1 Re2+ 48.Kf1 hxg5 49.Rxg7+ {Black
resigned after 49.Rxg7+ (see the post by "Pawn and Two"
dd. 201O-O1-23) the moves 49...Kf8 50.Rh7 Kg8 51.Rcg7+ Kf8
52.h6 were not played} 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]

[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1944.05.30"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.Nc3 c6

7.d3 e5 8.Be3 Qd8 9.Be2 Nf6 10.O-O Be7 11.Kh1 O-O 12.f4 exf4
13.Rxf4 Be6 14.d4 Qd7 15.Bd3 Bg4 16.Qd2 Bh5 17.Bf5 Qc7 18.Raf1
Bg6 19.Rh4 Rfe8 20.Bf4 Qd8 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Rh3 Qd7 23.a3 Rad8
24.Rd3 Qe6 25.d5 cxd5 26.cxd5 Qa6 27.Rd1 Bd6 28.h3 h6 29.Bxd6
Qxd6 30.Re3 Rxe3 31.Qxe3 a6 32.Qd3 Nh5 33.Re1 Ng3+ 34.Kg1 Rf8
35.Qe3 Kh7 36.Ne4 Nxe4 37.Qxe4 Rf5 38.Rd1 Rf6 39.Qb4 Qxb4
40.axb4 Rd6 41.Kf2 Kg8 42.Ke3 Kf7 43.Rf1+ Rf6 44.Rxf6+ gxf6
45.g4 Ke7 46.h4 Kd6 47.Ke4 b6 48.h5 gxh5 49.gxh5 a5 50.Kf5
axb4 51.Kxf6 Kxd5 52.Kg6 Ke6 53.Kxh6 Kf6 54.b3 Kf7 55.Kg5 Kg7
56.Kf5 Kh6 57.Ke5 Kxh5 58.Kd5 Kg5 59.Kc6 Kf5 60.Kxb6 Ke6
61.Kc5 Kd7 62.Kxb4 Kc6 63.Ka5 Kb7 64.Kb5 Ka7 65.Kc6 Ka6 66.b4
Ka7 67.b5 Kb8 68.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1952.03.19"]
[EventDate "1952.03.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Alberic O'Kelly de Galway"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O d5 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.e4
dxe4 8.dxe4 e5 9.Re1 Re8 10.c3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nc5 12.Bf1 a5 13.b3
f5 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.Ba3 Bf8 16.Bf7 Re7 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Bxc5 Rf7
19.Bxf8 Qxf8 20.Nc4 Re7 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Qc1 e4 23.Nh4 Qf6
24.Qf4 Rf8 25.Rad1 Ref7 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Rd5 Qxc3 28.Red1 a4
29.Ne3 Ne7 30.Rd7 axb3 31.Rxc7 Qb4 32.axb3 Kg8 33.Rdd7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]

[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1952.12.19"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.e4 O-O
8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.Bg5 Nc7 11.Qd2 Nd4 12.Bh6 e6 13.Bxg7
Kxg7 14.Nc2 Nxc2 15.Qxc2 Rb8 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.d4 cxd4 18.Rxd4
Bc6 19.e5 Qc5 20.Qd2 Qxe5 21.Bxc6 dxc6 22.Re1 Qf5 23.g4 Qf3
24.Re3 Qf6 25.Rd7 Rfd8 26.Red3 Rxd7 27.Rxd7 Ne8 28.Ne4 Qf3
29.Qd4+ Kg8 30.Ng5 c5 31.Nxf3 cxd4 32.b3 Rc8 33.Nxd4 Nf6
34.Rxa7 Nxg4 35.Rb7 Rd8 36.Nf3 Rd1+ 37.Kg2 Ra1 38.h3 Nf6
39.Ng5 Rxa2 40.Kf3 Rb2 41.Rxb6 h6 42.Ne4 Nd7 43.Rb5 Kf8 44.Ke3
f5 45.Nd2 Ke7 46.c5 Nf6 47.Rb7+ Kd8 48.Nc4 Nd5+ 49.Kd4 Nc7 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]

[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1956.10.31"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 Rb8 9.e5 Nd7 10.Nf1 b5 11.h4 Ba6 12.N1h2 b4 13.Bf4
Bb5 14.Bh3 c4 15.d4 Qb6 16.Be3 Rfc8 17.Ng5 Nf8 18.f4 Nd8 19.f5
exf5 20.Bxf5 Nde6 21.Qf3 Nxg5 22.hxg5 Rd8 23.Ng4 Ng6 24.Kg2
Bd7 25.Bxd7 Rxd7 26.Rh1 Qe6 27.Rh5 Rb6 28.Rah1 Nf8 29.Nf6+
gxf6 30.gxf6 Bxf6 31.exf6 Qe4 32.Qxe4 dxe4 33.Rg5+ Ng6 34.Rc5
Rxf6 35.Rc8+ Nf8 36.Rh4 Kg7 37.Rxe4 Ra6 38.Rxc4 Rb7 39.d5 Rxa2
40.Rxb4 Rxb2 41.Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Training Game"]

[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.10.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7

7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 e5 9. a3 d5 10. b4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1
12. Rxd1 Rd8 13. Rxd8+ Nxd8 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Nbd2 Nc6 16. Nc4
cxb4 17. axb4 Nc7 18. Nd6 Bf8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Bh3 Rd8
21. Bf1 b6 22. b5 Na5 23. Nxe5 Bg7 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. bxc6 Rd6
26. Rxa7 Rxc6 27. c4 Ne6 28. Ra8+ Bf8 29. Rb8 Nc5 30. Bh6 Ne6
31. e5 Ng7 32. Be3 Re6 33. f4 1-0

[Event "Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A"]

[Site "Leipzig GDR"]
[Date "1960.11.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Ne7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.e4
d4 8.a4 f6 9.Nh4 Be6 10.f4 Nd7 11.f5 Bf7 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Bh3
Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Nc4 Ng5 16.Bxg5 fxg5 17.Nf3 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Bf6
19.Qd2 Kg7 20.Ne1 a5 21.Nd3 b6 22.c5 Nc6 23.b5 Nb4 24.Nxb4
axb4 25.cxb6 cxb6 26.Qxb4 Be7 27.Qc4 Bc5 28.Kg2 Qd6 29.Be6
Rxf1 30.Rxf1 Rf8 31.Rxf8 Qxf8 32.Qd5 Kh6 33.Bg4 Qd6 34.Kf3 Kg7
35.Qxd6 Bxd6 36.Ke2 Bb4 37.Kd3 Kf6 38.Kc4 Be1 39.Kd5 Bb4
40.Bd7 Be1 41.Be8 Bc3 42.Kc6 1-0

[Event "Training Game"]

[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.02.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O

7. c4 d4 8. b4 a5 9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. Ba3 Nb4 12. Ne1
Re8 13. Nc2 Bf8 14. Bxb4 axb4 15. Nb3 Na6 16. e3 dxe3 17. fxe3
f5 18. Qd2 Rb8 19. a3 bxa3 20. Nxa3 Bb4 21. Qe2 Nc7 22. Nc2
Bc3 23. Ra3 b5 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. Rxc3 Qxc5 26. Qd2 bxc4 27. Rxc4
Qe7 28. Qa5 Na6 29. Rc6 Ra8 30. Rb1 Qd8 31. Qc3 Rb8 32. Rxb8
1-0

[Event "EUR-chT (Men) 2nd"]

[Site "Oberhausen FRG"]
[Date "1961.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Francisco Jose Perez Perez"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Nf6 7.f4 Bd7
8.Nd2 h5 9.h3 Qc8 10.Nc4 b5 11.Ne3 b4 12.Nc4 Rb8 13.Be3 Be6
14.Qa4 O-O 15.Nd2 bxc3 16.bxc3 Rb2 17.Qa3 Rb6 18.Kf2 h4
19.gxh4 Nh5 20.Bf3 Ra6 21.Qc1 Bxh3 22.Qg1 Nf6 23.f5 Bxf5
24.exf5 Qxf5 25.Qg5 Qxd3 26.Rhc1 Ne5 27.Nf4 Qb5 28.Be2 Qc6
29.Kg1 Ra3 30.h5 gxh5 31.Nxh5 Nxh5 32.Qxh5 d5 33.Nf3 Nxf3+
34.Bxf3 Qd6 35.Kh1 Ra4 36.Rg1 1-0

[Event "Varna ol (Men) qual-A"]

[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1962.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Arturo Pomar Salamanca"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.d3 e5 5.O-O Bd6 6.e4 d4 7.Nbd2

Nge7 8.c4 f6 9.Nh4 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.gxf4 Qc7 12.e5 fxe5 13.f5
Bf7 14.Ne4 O-O-O 15.Qg4 Kb8 16.Qxg7 Bh5 17.Rf2 h6 18.Bd2 Rdg8
19.Qf6 Nc8 20.Ng6 Bxg6 21.fxg6 Be7 22.Qf7 Nd8 23.Qf5 Bh4
24.Rf3 Ne7 25.Qh3 Nxg6 26.Nf6 Bxf6 27.Rxf6 Qe7 28.Raf1 Nf4
29.R6xf4 exf4 30.Bxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Noteboom Memorial"]

[Site "Noordwijk NED"]
[Date "1965.02.27"]
[EventDate "1965.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Carel Benjamin van den Berg"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 Nc6
8.Nbd2 Rb8 9.Re1 b5 10.d4 b4 11.d5 bxc3 12.bxc3 Na5 13.Bf1 Nd7
14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Nb3 Nac4 16.a4 a5 17.Nfd2 Nxd2 18.Bxd2 Bd7
19.Nxa5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Qxa5 21.Rxe7 Rb7 22.Ree1 Rfb8 23.Ra2 h5
24.h4 Be5 25.c4 Qd8 26.Bc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Rb3 28.Qa1 Bf5 29.Rae2
Rb1 30.Qc3 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 Rb4 32.a5 Ra4 33.Ra1 Rxa1 34.Qxa1 Qa8
35.Qa4 Kg7 36.a6 Qa7 37.Qc6 Bd7 38.Qb7 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]

[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1968.04.15"]
[EventDate "1968.04.03"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Jean Claude Letzelter"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 b6 7.e4
Bb7 8.e5 Nfd7 9.Re1 c5 10.Nf1 Nc6 11.h4 Qc7 12.Bf4 Rae8
13.N1h2 Qd8 14.Bh3 d4 15.Ng5 Bxg5 16.hxg5 Ne7 17.Bd2 Ng6 18.f4
Ndxe5 19.fxe5 Qd5 20.Re4 Nxe5 21.Bg2 Qd6 22.Bf4 Bxe4 23.Bxe4
f6 24.Bxh7+ 1-0