[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3 d6
9. Be2 c6 10. e4 Na6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. b4 Nc7 13. O-O Qb8 14. Be3 b5 15. a4
bxc4 16. b5 Bb7 17. Bxc4 d5 18. exd5 Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nf5
Bf6 22. Bd4 exf5 23. Bxf6 Qb7 24. Ra3 gxf6 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Qxd5
Qe6 28. Qd4 Rfd8 29. Qh4 Rg8 30. Rd1 Rg4 31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. h3 Rg8 33. hxg4 Rxg4
34. Qh6 Qe7 35. a5 Rg6 36. Qh3 Qe2 37. Qd3 Qg4 38. g3 Qh3 39. Qf3 h5 40. b6
axb6 41. axb6 Qc8 1-0 

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Konstantinopolsky, A"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. c5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3 f5 13. Bb5 Ng5 14. Bxc6 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 bxc6 16. Qf4 Rae8 17. O-O e5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Re7
21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Rd2 h6 26. Re2 Rb8 27.
Ke3 Rb3 28. Kd4 Kf6 29. Na2 Rb8 30. b4 g5 31. g3 gxf4 32. gxf4 a6 33. Nc3 Rg8
34. a4 Rg4 35. Rf2 Be6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Nxb5 Rg1 39. Nc3 Kf7 40.
Rb2 Rf1 41. Ne2 Re1 42. Ke5 d4 43. Kxd4 Kg6 44. Nc3 Kh5 45. Re2 Rxe2 46. Nxe2
Kg4 47. Ke5 Bc8 48. Nd4 h5 49. Nxf5 Bd7 50. Ng7 Ba4 51. f5 Kg5 52. Ne6+ 1-0 

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Be6 11. Bd3 Ne5 12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nxd3 14. cxd3
Bxb3 15. Be3 Qb4 16. axb3 Qxb3 17. Ra5 Qe6 18. Bd4 Bd8 19. Raf5 Nd7 20. Qg4 Ne5
21. Qg3 f6 22. Nd5 a6 23. Qh3 Re8 24. g4 h6 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Bc3 a5 27. h4 b5
28. Qh3 Nf7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. Rxf6 Qd7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Rxf7
Kxf7 34. g5 hxg5 35. Qd7+ Kg6 36. Qf5+ Kg7 37. Qxg5+ Kh7 38. Qxb5 Rf8 39. Qd7+
Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kg7 41. Qd7+ Kg8 42. Kg2 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rcf2 44. Qxd6 R2f7 45. Qd5
Kh8 46. e5 Rg7+ 47. Kh3 Rg6 48. d4 Rf1 49. Qe4 Rgg1 50. d5 Rh1+ 51. Kg4 Rhg1+
52. Kh5 Rf7 53. e6 1-0 

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O h6 11. Ba3 b6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxc5
15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Bb5+ Kc7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qe5+ Qd6 19. Qf6 e5 20. Qf3 e4 21.
Qxf7 Raf8 22. Qg7 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Nf5 26. Bf1 Re6 27.
g3 h5 28. f3 Re7 29. Bg2 Rd6 30. fxe4 dxe4 31. Rxd6 Nxd6 32. Kf2 Re5 33. Ke3
Ra5 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Kxe4 Rxa4+ 36. Kd5 Ra5+ 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. c4 Rf5 39. Re8
Rf2 40. h4 Rg2 41. c5+ Kd7 42. Re3 a5 43. Ra3 Kc6 44. c4 a4 45. Ke4 Kxc5 46.
Kf3 Rd2 47. Rxa4 Rd3+ 48. Kf4 Rd4+ 49. Ke3 Rd6 50. Ra1 Kxc4 51. Kf4 Rd4+ 52.
Ke5 Rd3 53. Rc1+ Kb5 54. Rg1 Rf3 55. Ke6 Kc4 56. g4 Rf4 57. g5 Kd3 58. Ra1 Ke3
59. Ra7 Ke2 60. Rh7 Ke3 61. Rh6 Rxh4 62. Kf6 Ra4 63. Kxg6 h4 64. Kh5 Kf3 65. g6
h3 66. Kg5 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Zagoriansky, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Bxb2 14. Qxb2
Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rd2 Rd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h3 h6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qc5
21. Bf3 b6 22. Qb2 Rc8 23. Qe5 Rcd8 24. Rd4 a5 25. g4 Qc6 26. g5 hxg5 27. Qxg5
f6 28. Qg6 Bf7 29. Qg3 f5 30. Qg5 Qe6 31. Kh1 Qe5 32. Rg1 Rf8 33. Qh6 Rb8 34.
Rh4 Kf8 35. Qh8+ Bg8 36. Rf4 Rbb7 37. Rg5 Rf7 38. Qh5 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 g6 40. Qxg6
Bh7 41. Qd6+ Rfe7 42. Qd8+ 1-0 

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nd7 8. f4
Bb4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Kf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. g4 Qe6 17. Ba3 Ne4+ 18. Kf3 h5 19. h3 f6 20. c4 hxg4+ 21.
hxg4 Rxh1 22. Qxh1 O-O-O 23. Rd1 fxe5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1+ Kb8 26. Qh4 Re8
27. f5 Qf7 28. Rc2 g6 29. Bb2 a6 30. Ke2 Ka7 31. Qh2 Qf6 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Qg2
Rf8 34. Bxe5 Rf2+ 35. Qxf2 Nxf2 36. Bd4+ b6 37. Rc7+ Kb8 38. Be5 Nxg4 39. Bf4
Ne5 40. Re7 Qc2+ 41. Ke1 Kc8 42. Bxe5 Qxa2 43. Rc7+ Kd8 44. Rc1 a5 45. Bd4 b5
46. Ra1 Qb3 47. Kf2 a4 48. Kf3 Qc2 49. Kf4 Kd7 50. Ke5 Qe4+ 51. Kf6 Qe7+ 52.
Kg6 a3 53. Rf1 b4 54. Rf7 Qxf7+ 55. Kxf7 b3 0-1 

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Qc7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. f5 e5 12. Nb3 Nc5 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Kh1 h6 15. Bd2
Rd8 16. Be1 Qc8 17. Rd1 Qa8 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Bg3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qb8 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 Bd6 23. f6 g6 24. Bxe5 Kd8 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. Qe7+ Qxe7 27. fxe7+
Kd7 28. d6 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rc8 30. Kg2 g5 31. Rd5 Rg8 32. Kg3 f6 33. Kg4 Ke6 34.
Kh5 a5 35. Kxh6 Kf7 36. Kh5 Rh8+ 37. Kg4 Rh4+ 38. Kg3 Rh8 39. f4 gxf4+ 40. Kxf4
Ke6 41. d7 Kxe7 42. d8=Q+ Rxd8 43. Rxd8 Kxd8 44. Kf5 1-0 

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nd5 Be7 5. d4 d6 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
h3 Bd7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qe3 Rfb8 16. a3 Rb5 17. Qg5 Rab8 18. b3 h6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd3
f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rc3 Bd7 23. Rd1 Be8 24. a4 Ra5 25. Nd2 Rd5 26. Ne4 Rxd1+
27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Ke2 Kg7 29. Rg3+ Kf8 30. Nf6 Ke7 31. Ng8+ Ke6 32. Nxh6 f5 33.
Rg7 Bd7 34. Rg6+ Kd5 35. g4 f4 36. Rg8 Rxg8 37. Nxg8 Kd4 38. Nf6 Bc8 39. f3 Kc3
40. h4 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-city"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liublinsky, Viktor"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Nd7 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. b3 Re8 13. Be3 g6 14. c3 a5
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Ne1 Ne6 18. Nd3 Nf4 19. f3 Ba6 20. c4 c5 21. Qd2
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Red8 23. Ne2 c6 24. Nc3 Bc7 25. Qc2 Rd4 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. Nxd4 cxd4
28. Bf2 c5 29. Rf1 f5 30. Bg3 Bd7 31. Rad1 f4 32. Bf2 g5 33. g4 fxg3 34. Bxg3
Bh3 35. Rf2 h5 36. Rfd2 h4 37. Bf2 Rf8 38. Rd3 Rf4 39. Kh1 Kh7 40. Rg1 Bd8 41.
Qe2 Qf7 42. Qd1 Qh5 43. Be3 Qxf3+ 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 45. Bxg5 Rxd3 46. Bxd8 Re3 47.
Bb6 Rxe4 48. Bxc5 Re2 49. Rd1 Bg4 50. h3 Bxh3 51. b4 Bf5 52. Bd6 d3 53. bxa5 h3
0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-city"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhivcov, A"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. exf6 Qb6 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Qa5
15. Kb1 Nb6 16. h4 b4 17. Ne4 c5 18. f3 c3 19. Be2 Bd5 20. a3 Na4 21. dxc5 Bxc5
22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Rd3 Qb6+ 25. Kc1 Qb2+ 26. Kd1 Nxd3 27. Bxd3
Bb3+ 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Ravinsky, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Be3 a6 11. Bd3 Ncb4 12. Bb1 b5 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Re1 Rac8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd4 Nc7 21. Be3
Qd5 22. f3 Qh5 23. Qb3 Nbd5 24. Bf2 Kh8 25. Be4 f5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Qa3 Qf7
28. Rac1 Rcd8 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. b3 Qf6 31. Qf4 Ne8 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Qb2 34.
Rcxe6 Nf6 35. Qxf5 Rd2 36. Re8 Rg8 37. Rxg8+ Nxg8 38. Qc5 Qxa2 39. b4 Re2 40.
Rxe2 Qxe2 41. h3 Qe6 42. Bh4 h6 43. Bd8 Qd7 44. Bh4 Qe6 45. f4 Qe4 46. Qd6 Kh7
47. Bd8 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qe4 49. Qd2 Ne7 50. Bxe7 Qxe7 51. Kg3 Qe4 52. Kf2 Qc4 53.
Ke3 Qe6+ 54. Kd4 Qd6+ 55. Kc3 Qc6+ 56. Kb2 Qf6+ 57. Kb1 Kh8 58. Kc2 Qg6+ 59.
Kc3 Qc6+ 60. Kd4 Qd6+ 61. Ke3 Qe6+ 62. Kf2 Qe4 63. g4 Kh7 64. Kg3 Qb1 65. Kg2
Qe4+ 66. Kf2 Kh8 67. Kg3 Qb1 68. f5 Qa1 69. Qe3 Qf6 70. Qe6 Qc3+ 71. Kh4 Qd2
72. Qe7 Qf4 73. Kh5 Kh7 74. h4 Qc4 75. g5 hxg5 76. hxg5 Qc8 77. Qe4 Qf8 78. f6+
Kg8 79. Qe6+ Qf7+ 80. Qxf7+ Kxf7 81. fxg7 Kxg7 82. g6 a5 83. bxa5 b4 84. a6 b3
85. a7 b2 86. a8=Q b1=Q 87. Qa7+ Kf6 88. Qf7+ Ke5 89. Kh6 Qh1+ 90. Kg7 Kd4 91.
Qf6+ Kc5 92. Kg8 Kb5 93. g7 Ka4 94. Kf7 Qh5+ 95. Ke7 Qc5+ 96. Qd6 Qg5+ 97. Kf8
Qf5+ 98. Ke8 Qh5+ 99. Kf8 Qf5+ 100. Ke7 Qg5+ 101. Qf6 Qc5+ 102. Kd7 Qd5+ 103.
Kc7 Qa5+ 104. Kb7 Qb5+ 105. Qb6 Qd7+ 106. Qc7 Qb5+ 107. Ka7 Qd5 108. Kb8 Qg8+
109. Ka7 Qd5 110. Qf4+ Ka5 111. Qf6 Qc5+ 112. Kb7 Qb5+ 113. Kc7 Qc5+ 114. Kd7
Qd5+ 115. Ke7 Qc5+ 116. Kf7 Qc4+ 117. Ke7 Qc5+ 118. Ke6 Qc8+ 119. Ke5 Qc3+ 120.
Kf5 Qd3+ 121. Kg5 Qe3+ 122. Kg6 Qe8+ 123. Kh6 Qg8 124. Qe5+ Ka4 125. Kg6 Qc8
126. Qf4+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Khavin, Abram"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nd2
Ra7 15. Nb3 Rc7 16. Qd2 Rc6 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Rac1 Rh6 19. Qf4 Nd6 20. Nc5 Rh4
21. Qf3 Nf5 22. Rcd1 Re8 23. Ng3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Ne7 25. h3 Kf8 26. Qe3 Nc6 27.
Nb3 Qe7 28. Qc1 Qd6 29. Na5 Bd7 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31. Qg5 Rh6 32. Qe7+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Qe3+ Be6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. g4
O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. e3 Na5 18. Bg2 f6 19. Ng6 Qc7 20. Kb1 c3 21.
Rc1 Nc4 22. Rxc3 Nd2+ 23. Kc2 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Bf7 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. Rxc7+ Kxc7 27.
Kd2 Rde8 28. Rc1+ Kb6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 g6 31. Ng2 Kc7 32. Ne3 Kd6 33. h4
Rh8 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Be6 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxb7 Rb8 38. Be4 Rb2+ 39. Kc3 Rb3+
40. Kd2 Rxa3 41. d5 Rxe3 42. Kxe3 Bxd5 43. Bc2 Kc5 44. Bf5 a5 45. Bc2 Bc6 0-1 

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1-0"]

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 "Moscow ch13-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 c4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Ng6 12. Qf3 Bd7 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Ne7 15.
h4 Bxa4 16. h5 Qb5 17. Kd1 Rc8 18. Bc1 Rc6 19. Be2 Ra6 20. Kd2 O-O 21. g4 f6
22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qc7 Rf7 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. f4 Qa5 26. Qb8 Nc6 27. Qe8 Re7 28.
Qg6+ Kg8 29. Ba3 e5 30. fxe5 Nxd4 31. Bb4 Qd8 32. Qxa6 bxa6 33. cxd4 Rb7 34.
Rxa4 Qg5+ 35. Kd1 a5 36. Bf3 Rxb4 37. Bxd5+ Kf8 38. Rf1+ Ke8 39. Bc6+ Ke7 40.
Rxb4 Qxg4+ 41. Kc1 0-1 

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Boleslavsky, Isaac"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 7. Bb5 Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. exf6 gxf6 10. O-O Nb6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bg3 a6 13. Bd3 Na4 14. Rb1 b5 15.
c3 Bd7 16. Nh4 Rf7 17. Re3 Rg7 18. Qe2 Qf8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rg3 Rxg3 21. hxg3
Qe7 22. Re1 Qg7 23. Qc2 Nd8 24. Nc1 Rc8 25. b3 Nb6 26. b4 Ra8 27. Nb3 Nb7 28.
Nc5 Nxc5 29. bxc5 Na4 30. c6 Bc8 31. c4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb6 33. Bd3 Rb8 34. Qc5
Qf8 35. Bxh7+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ exf5 37. Re7+ Kh8 38. Bg6 Be6 39. Rxe6 Qxc5 40. dxc5
Na4 41. Bxf5 Nc3 42. Re7 Nb5 43. Bd3 Rc8 44. a4 Nd4 45. Bxa6 Nxc6 46. Re6 1-0 

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Makogonov, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3
d6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. c3 Nc5 13. Bc2 d5 14. Qf3 Bc7 15.
Be3 d4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Qh5 b6 19. f4 f5 20. b4 g6 21. Qh6 axb4 22.
Bxb4 Qf6 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. Rae1 Ba6 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6
28. Rf3 c4 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. dxc4 Rff8 31. c5 Rad8 32. Rd1 Rd5 33. Ne2 Rxc5 34.
Kf1 Re8 35. Rfd3 Rc2 36. Nxd4 Rxa2 37. Nxf5 Bxf4 38. Rd8 Ra8 39. R8d7 c5 40. g3
Be5 41. Re1 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. b3 a6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nxc6 Rxc6
15. Bf3 c4 16. g3 Rc8 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qd3 Qc8 19. Rac1 Qe6 20. Bg2 h5 21. Ne2
b5 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Qd1 h4 24. Qf3 Kg8 25. Rfd1 Ne4 26. Nd3 Rh6 27. Qe2 hxg3 28.
fxg3 Qg5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. exf4 Qd5 32. Qg2 Rhc6 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34.
h3 b4 35. Kh2 e3 36. Qxd5 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Bxd5 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Alatsortev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Rd1 Qh4 14. Bb3 Bh5
15. Qe1 Qxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Bd2 O-O 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nd6 Bxd6
21. exd6 Rfd8 22. Bb4 Rac8 23. Rac1 f6 24. a5 Be8 25. Kf2 Bb5 26. Bc5 a6 27.
Red1 Kf7 28. g4 Ba4 29. Rd4 Bb5 30. Rc3 Bc6 31. Rd1 Ba4 32. Rd2 Bb5 33. Kg3 Bc6
34. e4 dxe4 35. Bb6 Rd7 36. h4 h5 37. g5 Re8 38. Bc7 Kg6 39. Rf2 Kf5 40. Rc5+
Bd5 41. Rf1 Rf8 42. Rc3 Rff7 43. Rf2 e5 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. g6 Rf8 46. Rd2 e3
47. Rxe3+ Be4 48. Bb6 f5 49. Bd4+ Ke6 50. Kf4 Rxd6 51. Bxg7 Rxd2 52. Bxf8 Kf6
53. Rg3 Bd5 54. Bc5 Rd1 55. Rg5 Rf1+ 56. Ke3 Rf3+ 57. Kd4 Bg8 58. Bd6 Ke6 59.
Bb8 Rb3 60. Rxh5 Rb4+ 61. Ke3 Rg4 62. Rh8 Rxg6 63. h5 Rg4 64. Bf4 Bf7 65. Rh6+
Kd5 66. Rd6+ Kc5 67. h6 Rh4 68. Rd7 Rh3+ 69. Kd2 Bd5 70. h7 Bc6 71. Re7 Be4 72.
Be5 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Lisitsin, Gregori"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. e3 e5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Be2 Nge7 8. d3
Be6 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Bf1 O-O 12. c4 d4 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Qd2 Bg4 15.
Be2 f5 16. Ng3 e4 17. dxe4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 fxe4 19. Nh2 Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nf1
Rf7 22. Ng3 Raf8 23. Rf1 Qc7 24. Rae1 d3 25. Bd1 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nh1 h5
28. f4 exf3 29. gxf3 hxg4 30. f4 Qd6 31. Rf2 Be4 32. Ng3 Bb7 33. Rh2 Nf5 34.
Nxf5 Rxf5 35. Rh4 g3 36. Rf1 g5 37. Rg4 Qh6 38. Bf3 Qh3 39. Qg2 Qxg4 40. Bxg4
Bxg2 41. Kxg2 R5f6 0-1 

[Event "Ch URS, 14 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Flor S"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Ra7 8.
Bd2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 e5 12. a4 Bd6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Kh1 e4 15.
Rg1 exf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 O-O 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bd3 Raa8 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. b3
Rfe8 22. Raf1 Rad8 23. Qd1 Bxf4 24. exf4 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Rg3 Red8 27.
Qe2 Qd7 28. Rff3 Rd4 29. Bc3 Re8 30. Qf1 Nh4 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Rf2 Re3 33. Kg1
Qe7 34. Re2 Qc5 35. Rc2 Qf8 36. Rxe3 dxe3 37. Qh3 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
c4 9. a4 Nd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. O-O Nxa4 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Bd7 15.
Bf1 b5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Reb1 Qc7 18. Bc1 a5 19. Ba3 Rb6 20. Qg3 Qd8 21. Bd6 Rxd6
22. exd6 Bc6 23. h3 Kd7 24. Re1 Qh4 25. Qe5 Qf6 26. Qg3 Rh4 27. Re3 Rf4 28. Be2
Qh4 29. Bf3 b4 30. Qxh4 Rxh4 31. g3 Rh8 32. cxb4 axb4 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. h4 Rb7
35. Kh2 Kxd6 36. g4 Nc3 37. Ra1 Nb5 38. Rd1 Ra7 39. h5 g5 40. Kg2 Ra2 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Koblents, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rac1 Bd6 12. e4 dxc4 13. bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Rcd1 Qe7 16. Nh4 Qb4 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. a3 Qa5 19. Nf5 Rcd8 20. f4 Nxd3 21.
Rxd3 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Qxc4 23. fxe5 Rxd3 24. exf6 Rd7 25. Qc1 Rfd8 26. Rg1 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chekhover, Vitali"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 Rb8 11. Bc4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. d3 Qd6 14. cxb4 Ndxb4 15.
Nc3 Bg4 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Ne4 Qg6 18. Nc5 Nc2 19. Nd7 N2d4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Bxe2 22. Nxf8 Bxf8 23. Nxe2 Rxb2 24. Nc3 Bb4 25. Nd5 Bc5 26. Nxc7 Qd6 27. Nxa6
Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Qd4 29. Rf1 e4 30. dxe4 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Qxc4 32. Nb8 Qb5 33. Rxf7
Qxb8 34. g3 Kg8 35. Rf4 Qb1+ 36. Kf2 Qa2+ 37. Kf3 Qxh2 38. Rf5 Qa2 39. g4 Qa3+
40. Kf4 Qd6+ 0-1 

[Event "Ch URS, 14 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanovsky Petr"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Kh1 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. Be2 e5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5
15. Nd2 b5 16. b4 Nb7 17. c4 f5 18. f3 Bg5 19. Qb3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Qg5 21. f4
exf4 22. Qb6 Rab8 23. Qxa6 Qe7 24. Rae1 Qe3 25. Nf3 Ra8 26. Qxb7 Ra7 27. Bd3
Rxb7 28. Rxe3 bxc4 29. Re7 cxd3 30. Ne1 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Nxd3 Bb5 33. Rd1
Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxb4 35. Rd1 Ra4 36. Rd2 g5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Kg1 Ke5 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ratner, Boris"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Ba2 b6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qb3 e5
15. d5 c4 16. Qa3 f5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Rf7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. a5 b5 21. Rad1
Nc5 22. Ng3 Be7 23. Qc1 f4 24. Nh5 Qd6 25. Bg7 Rxg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bb1 Bc8
28. Qc2 Rh8 29. Qe2 Bf6 30. Qh5 Bd7 31. Bc2 e4 32. Bxe4 Qe5 33. Qf3 Re8 34. Bd3
Qxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36. Bf1 Ne4 37. Qxf4 Nxc3 38. Qg3+ Kf7 0-1 

[Event "Ch URS, 14 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Boleslavsky Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. d4 g6 8. Nbd2
Qe7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Ne3 Ne7 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rd8 18. Qe2 Nc8 19. Rad1 c6 20. Rd2 Qe7 21.
Red1 Nb6 22. b4 Be6 23. Bb3 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qe6 26. c4 Bf6 27. c5
Nc8 28. Qd7 Qxb3 29. Qxb7 Bg5 30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Qxa6 Ne7 32. Qb7 Re8 33. Qd7
Kf8 34. Qd6 Qxb4 35. Ng4 Ra8 36. Qxe5 Qb3 37. Rd7 Ng8 38. Qd6+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kh7
40. Nf6+ Nxf6 41. Qxf6 Kg8 42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Qxc6 Kg7 44. Qd5 Qb1 45. Qd4+ Kh7
46. c6 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Bd6 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Rhe1 Be6 13. Qc2 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Kb8 15. f4 c5 16. Kb1 c4 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bb4 19. Qc2 Rd6 20. Re2 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Ne4 22. Ka1 Ra6 23. Qc1 Rd8 24. Rc2 Rdd6 25. Ng4 Rg6 26. h3 h5 27. Ne5
Rgb6 28. Nf3 Qa3 29. Ng5 Nxc3 30. Qxa3 Rxa3 31. Rdc1 Nb5 32. Nxf7 Rxe3 33. Ne5
Kc7 34. g4 Nxd4 35. Rd2 Ne2 36. Re1 Nc3 37. Rc1 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
c6 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. Rad1 Qg5 14. h3 Nh6 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Rfe1 f6 18. Kh2 Nf7 19. Nh4 Nf8 20. f4 a5 21. b5 Be6 22.
bxc6 bxc6 23. Nf5 Qb7 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. c5 dxc5 26. Na4 Qb4 27. Nxc5 Bc4 28.
Qf2 Rab8 29. Ba1 Red8 30. e5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rb5 32. Nd7 Qa4 33. exf6+ Kg8 34.
Rd2 Rb1 35. Nxf8 Rxa1 36. Nd7 Qb4 37. Rb2 Rxa2 38. Qe3 Nd6 39. Qe7 Bf7 40. Qf8#
1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8.
Qb3 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qc2 Nb3 14. Rb1 c5
15. Nh4 Be6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Bxe4 cxd4 18. Qd3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. exd4 Rfe8
21. d5 Bd7 22. Qd3 Qb5 23. Qd1 Qc4 24. Be3 Re5 25. g3 Bg4 26. f3 Bh3 27. Re1 g5
28. f4 Rxd5 29. Qf3 gxh4 30. g4 Nd2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxh3 Qxf4 33. Qxh4 Rcc2
34. Qg3 Qd4+ 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigori"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. Ne1 Bf5 12. Na4 Na6 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
d3 Nd4 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Ba1 f5 19. Nc4 Bf6 20. Rfd1 b5 21. Nb2 e4
22. e3 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 exf3 24. Qe1 Rc8 25. d4 cxd4 26. exd4 Bg5 27. d5 Bf7 28.
a3 Rfe8 29. Qf1 Bxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxd5 31. Nd3 Nxc3 32. Bxc3 Bxb3 33. Nf4 Bc4 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bf4 O-O 8. c5
c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nh5 14. Qa7 Nxf4 15.
exf4 bxc5 16. bxc5 f6 17. O-O e5 18. Bf5 exd4 19. Na4 Nb6 20. Bxc8 Nxc8 21. Qb7
d3 22. Qxc6 Na7 23. Qa6 Qc7 24. Qxd3 Qc6 25. Qc2 Nb5 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. Rb1 Ra8
28. g3 Ra5 29. Qb4 Qa6 30. Nb6 Na3 31. Rc1 Rb5 32. Qe1 Bxc5 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34.
Nxd5 Qd6 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. Rd1 Rb2 37. Ne3 Qf8 38. Nh4 Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh7 40. Qf5+
Kg8 41. Ng6 1-0 

[Event "Match-radio URS-USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Denker Arnold S"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
Ne4 c5 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Ng3 cxd4 18. Bxc4 Qc6 19. f3 d3 20. Qc1 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Qd6
22. Qf4 Rxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Qh4 Rxh4+ 25. Bxh4 Qf4 0-1 

[Event "radio US-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Denker, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 b6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bb5 Bd7
15. Nd2 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc4 Qf5 18. Bd6 e3 19. Nxe3 Qxb1+ 20. Qxb1 Bxd6
21. Qxb6 Kd7 22. Qb3 Rab8 23. Qc2 Rb5 24. O-O Rh5 25. h3 Rb8 26. c4 g6 27. Ng4
Rf5 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd2+ 1-0 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lundin, E"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
Qc8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Qe6 12. Nd3 Rd8 13. Be3 c6 14. Rfd1 Nd7
15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Rc2 Ne4 17. Rdc1 Rac8 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Qa4 a5 20. Qb3 b5 21.
Qd3 g5 22. Nh5 f5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bf2 Rf8 25. b3 Rf7 26. h3 Qe6 27. g4 Qg6 28.
Bg3 f4 29. Bf2 Qxd3 30. exd3 b4 31. Re1 Rc7 32. Re5 Nb5 33. Kh2 Bc8 34. h4 h6
35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kg1 Bd7 37. Rce2 Kf8 38. Rc2 Ra7 39. Bf1 a4 40. bxa4 Rxa4 41.
Rb2 Nc3 42. Re1 Rh7 43. Ra1 Kf7 44. Be1 Nb5 45. Be2 Nxd4 46. Bd1 c5 47. Bxa4
Nxf3+ 48. Kf2 Bxg4 49. Bd1 Ne5 50. Bxg4 Nxg4+ 51. Kg1 Rxh5 52. Rg2 Bf6 0-1 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Smyslov, V"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Qe2 c6 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. dxc6 bxc6
21. e5 Nh6 22. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rc8 24. Nd5 Bf8 25. Rc1 Nf5 26. Rc4 e6 27.
Nxb6 Rb8 28. Na4 Rd8 29. Be4 Nh4 30. Kf1 Bh6 31. Bb7 Nf5 32. Ke2 Nd4+ 33. Ke3
Nf5+ 34. Kf3 Nd4+ 35. Ke4 Ne2 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Nxf4 38. b4 Nh3 39. b5
Nxf2+ 40. Kd4 Bf4 41. h3 f6 42. Bxe6+ Kg7 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Nc5 Ke7 45. Kd5 g5
46. a4 Nd1 47. a5 Nc3+ 48. Kc6 Nxb5 49. Kxb5 Bb8 50. Kb6 1-0 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Steiner, Her"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. Nf3
c6 9. O-O Qe8 10. Bf4 Qh5 11. Rae1 Nbd7 12. Nd2 g5 13. Bc7 Ne8 14. Be5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 f4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Nf3 Kh8 18. Kh1 Ng7 19. Qc1 Bd7 20. a3 Rf7 21. b4 Rg8
22. Rg1 Nf5 23. Nd1 Rfg7 24. Qxf4 Rg4 25. Qd2 Nh4 26. Ne3 Nxf3 27. exf3 Rh4 28.
Nf1 Bg5 0-1 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Vidmar, M sr"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. Nbd2 Qxc4 8.
Nxc4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nfxd2 Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Ke2 Bd7 13. Bg2 Bc6 14. f3
Nd7 15. a3 Nd5 16. e4 N5b6 17. Na5 Bb5+ 18. Ke3 O-O-O 19. Rhc1 Nb8 20. b3 Bd7
21. Bf1 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. a4 Be8 24. a5 Na8 25. a6 b6 26. b4 Kb8 27. Rc3 c6
28. Rac1 f6 29. Nb1 Bd7 30. Na3 Nc7 31. b5 Nxb5 32. Bxb5 cxb5 33. Rc7 Rc8 34.
Rb7+ Ka8 35. Rxd7 Rxc1 36. Nxb5 Rhc8 37. Rxg7 h6 38. Rxa7+ Kb8 39. Rb7+ Ka8 40.
Ra7+ Kb8 41. Rb7+ Ka8 42. g4 e5 43. d5 R1c5 44. Ra7+ Kb8 45. Rb7+ Ka8 46. Rxb6
Rb8 47. Rxb8+ Kxb8 48. a7+ Kb7 49. Nd6+ Kxa7 50. Ne8 Kb6 51. Nxf6 Rc3+ 52. Kf2
Rc7 53. h4 Rf7 54. Nh5 Kc7 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Rh7 57. Nf6 Rh2+ 58. Kg3 Rh1
59. Kg2 Rh8 60. g6 1-0 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bernstein, O"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd4 f6 14. b3 Qa5
15. Nb1 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Bh6 17. Rad1 c5 18. Bf2 a5 19. a4 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 c4 21.
Be3 Bg7 22. bxc4 Bxc4 23. Nb3 Bf7 24. Re2 Rc4 25. Rd4 Rc3 26. Rdd2 Rc4 27. Rd4
f5 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 29. Re1 fxe4 30. Bd2 exf3 31. Rxe7 fxg2 32. Nxa5 Bd5 33. c4
Bf3 34. Kf2 Rf8 35. Be3 Bc3 36. Ra7 Bc6+ 37. Kg3 Bxa5 38. Rxa5 Rf3+ 39. Kxg2
Rxe3+ 40. Kg1 Rc3 41. Ra7 Rxc4 42. Rc7 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Euwe, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Bg4 16. Qc4 Bh5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Rd5 Rd8 20. Nd7 Rxd7 21.
Rxh5 Qd8 22. Rf1 g6 23. Rh3 Rd1 24. g4 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qf4
f6 28. e4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Bd6 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Be5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 33. Rc3 Rc8
34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. f4 exf4+ 37. Kxf4 c4 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. h4 h6 40. g5
h5 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Rc2 c3 43. Kd3 Rd8+ 44. Ke3 Rd4 45. Rxc3 Rxe4+ 46. Kf3 Rxh4
47. Rc6 Rf4+ 48. Ke3 Re4+ 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Rf6+ Kxg5 51. Rxg6+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Stoltz, G"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. Nc3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5
Nd4 9. Qd2 exd5 10. Nce2 h6 11. Qc1 Bf5 12. c3 Nxe2 13. Nxe2 d4 14. Bd2 Bxd3
15. Bxb7 O-O 16. Bf3 g5 17. O-O Ng6 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Bg2 Ba6 20. Qd1 Nd3 21. Qa4
Qf6 22. f4 Rae8 23. Bc6 Nxe1 24. Bxe8 Nf3+ 25. Kf2 Nxd2 26. Bc6 Bxe2 27. Kxe2
dxc3 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. Be4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Qh3 32. Rg1 Qh5+ 33. Ke3
Qh3+ 34. Ke2 Qxh2+ 35. Rg2 Qh5+ 36. Ke3 Qh3+ 37. Ke2 Qe6 0-1 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tartakower, S"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8. cxb6
axb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c6 15.
Bg5 Nxg4 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. hxg4 f5 19. Rae1 fxg4 20. Re5 Rf3 21.
Qb5 Ng6 22. Rxd5 Qf6 23. Rg5 Rf8 24. Ne4 Qf4 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Rh5 Rh3 27. Rxh3
gxh3 28. Ng3 Nh4 29. Qe4 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Rf4 32. Rc1 h6 33. Rc3 g5
34. d5 g4 35. Re3 Rf5 36. Nc3 Rf6 37. Re6 Kg7 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. d6 Ke6 40. Nd5
Kxd6 41. Nxb6 h5 42. Nc4+ Kd5 43. Ne3+ Ke4 44. a4 Kd3 45. Nd5 Ke2 46. Nf4+ Kxf2
47. Nxh3+ Kf1 48. Nf4 g3 49. Ng2 Kf2 50. a5 h4 51. Nf4 Kf1 52. Ng2 h3 53. Ne3+
Kf2 54. Ng4+ Ke2 0-1 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Kottnauer, C"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
Re8 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. b3 Qf6 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Rb4 21.
Rfd1 Kf8 22. Bf1 Nf6 23. Rac1 Bd7 24. f3 Nh5 25. Ne2 a5 26. g4 Nf6 27. Nc3 h5
28. g5 Ng8 29. Na4 Ne7 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. a3 Rb8 32. Bd3 Nf5 33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Kf2
h4 35. Rh1 h3 36. Rce1 f6 37. g6 Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Rc8 39. Kg3 Bxg6 40. Kxh3 Bf5+
41. Kg3 Rb8 42. Re2 Kf7 43. Kf2 Bc8 44. Ke1 Ra8 45. Kd2 Ra7 46. Re1 Re7 47. Rb1
Ra7 48. a4 Ke7 49. Rh1 Kd6 50. Rh8 Bf5 51. Re8 Kc7 52. Kc3 Kb6 53. b4 axb4+ 54.
Kxb4 Rf7 55. Ra8 1-0 

[Event "Staunton Groningen NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Guimard, C"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 c5 8.
Ne2 Qb6 9. O-O Bd7 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Be3 Bc5 13. b4 Qxb4 14. Rb1 Qc3
15. Rxb7 O-O 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. Nxa7 Bxa7 19. Rxa7 Bc6 20. f3 Rfd8 21.
Ra3 h5 22. Rd3 h4 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. gxh4 Rb8 25. Qd3 Rb2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Bxf2
Qa1+ 28. Bf1 Nh5 29. Qd6 Ba4 30. a3 Bd1 31. Qd4 Qc1 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ f5
34. Be3 Qa1 35. Bd4 Qc1 36. Be3 Qa1 37. Bd4 Qc1 38. Qe3 Qb1 39. Kf2 Ba4 40. Qd2
Bc6 41. Qe3 Qd1 42. Be2 Qc2 43. Be5 Be8 44. Qc3 Qb1 45. Qb2 Qh1 46. Qa1 Qxa1
47. Bxa1 Nf4 48. Bf1 Ng6 49. Kg3 Ne7 50. Kf4 Ng6+ 51. Kg5 Nf8 52. h5 Bc6 53. f4
Kg8 54. Be2 Nh7+ 55. Kh4 Kf7 56. Kg3 Nf6 57. Kf2 1-0 

[Event "Match URS-USA Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky Samuel H"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nxe5 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 e5 15. Bh5 Bf5 16. Bxf7+ Kd7 17. Qh6 Rxg2 18. Rf1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20.
O-O-O Rxa3 21. Kb2 Ra4 22. Be3 Be6 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Bxb6 Rxh2 25. Rg1 Rh6 26.
Rg7 Rg6 27. Rh7 Nf5 28. Rxb7 Nd6 29. Kb3 Ra8 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Rc6 Kd7 32. Rc7+
Ke6 33. Rc6 Rb7 34. c4 dxc4+ 35. Kb4 Ke7 36. Ka5 Kd7 37. Rxc4 Re6 38. Ka6 Rb8
39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Ka7 Rd8 41. Rh1 Nb5+ 42. Kb7 Nxc7 43. Bxc7 Rd4 44. c3 Rc4 45.
Ba5 Kd7 46. Rh8 Rf6 47. Rd8+ Ke7 48. Rd2 Rd6 49. Ra2 Kd7 50. Rb2 Rc5 51. Bb6
Rxc3 52. Rb4 Ke6 53. Rb2 Rdd3 54. Ra2 Rd7+ 55. Ka6 Rb3 56. Be3 Rd6+ 57. Ka5 Rd8
58. Ka6 Rxe3 0-1 

[Event "Moscow Chigorin-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Bxf4 13. exf4 Na5 14. Rc2 Nc4 15.
Rfc1 a6 16. Nb1 b5 17. b3 Nd6 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. g4 g6 21. Kg2 Nfe8
22. Qe3 f6 23. Nf3 Ng7 24. h3 Qb6 25. Rc5 Nb7 26. Rc2 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. g5
Qc7 29. gxf6 Nh5 30. Ne5 Nxf6 31. Qd2 Nd6 32. Qc2 Qxc2 33. Bxc2 Nf7 34. Nc3
Nxe5 35. fxe5 Ne8 36. Kf3 Nc7 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Ne2 Ke7 39. Nf4 a5 40. Nd3 Na6
41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Nb8 43. Kd2 Nc6 44. Kc3 Nd8 45. h4 Nf7 46. Nf4 Bd7 47. Kd2
Be8 48. Bd3 Nh6 49. h5 Nf5 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Kc3 Kf7 52. Be2 Bd7 53. Nd3 Ke7
54. Nc5 Be8 55. Na6 Kd8 56. Bg4 Bd7 57. Nc5 Ke7 58. Kd3 Bc8 59. Bh3 Ke8 60. Kc3
1-0 

[Event "Moscow Chigorin-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bd2 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Be1 Bf8 14. Nd2 Re6
15. Bf3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Bh6 17. Nf4 Rd6 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ng3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc2
Bxf4 22. exf4 d4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. b4 axb4 25. Bxb4 Rd5 26. Qe2 Qd7 27. f5 Re8
28. Qf3 gxf5 29. Ne2 h6 30. Nf4 Rde5 31. h3 Rc8 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. Nh5 Nxh5 34.
Qxe5 Nd3 35. Rxd3 Rxc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc4 37. Bd6 Qe6 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Qxd4 Qxa2 40.
Qxb6 Qe6 41. Qd4 Nf6 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow Chigorin-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 exd5 10. cxd5 Ng4 11. O-O Na6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rae8
15. Rae1 Nc7 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. e4 Nb5 18. f4 gxf3 19. Rxf3 Rxf3 20. gxf3 Nd4
21. Qg2 Rf8 22. Rf1 Qh4 23. Qg3 Qxg3+ 24. hxg3 Bh3 25. Rf2 Nxf3+ 26. Kh1 Nd4
27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kg1 Ke7 29. Kf2 Bg4 30. Ke3 g5 31. Nb1 Nf3 32. Nd2 Nxd2 33.
Kxd2 h5 34. Kd3 Bh3 35. Ke3 Bg2 36. Bc3 b6 37. b4 h4 38. gxh4 gxh4 39. bxc5
bxc5 40. Be1 h3 41. Bg3 Bf1 42. a3 Bc4 43. Kd2 Ba2 44. Kc3 Bb1 45. e5 Ba2 46.
exd6+ Kd7 47. Bh2 Bxd5 48. Bg3 Kc6 49. Bh2 Be6 50. Bg3 Kb5 51. Bh2 Ka4 52. Kb2
a5 53. Bg3 Bf5 54. Bh2 c4 55. Bg3 c3+ 56. Kxc3 Kxa3 57. Bh2 Ka2 58. Bg3 1/2-1/2


[Event "Moscow Chigorin-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 e6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Bc1 e5 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. a4
Qb6 16. b3 Na5 17. Re1 Nb4 18. Na3 a6 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Nd2 b5 21. Bf1 f5 22. f3
f4 23. Bf2 fxg3 24. hxg3 Bh6 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Qb6 27. Kf2 Nb7 28. Nc2
Nxc2 29. Qxc2 g5 30. Qc3 Qf6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Re1 h5 34. Ra1 Re8
35. Ra7 Qb6 36. Rxb7 Qxb7 37. Qe3 g4 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8 41.
Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qxh5 Ra8 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47.
Qh7+ Kf8 48. Bxb5 Qxb5 49. Qh8+ Kf7 50. Qxa8 Qd3 51. Qa5 Bb5 52. Qc7+ Ke8 53.
Qxe5+ Kd7 54. Qf5+ Ke8 55. Qh5+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow Chigorin-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Plater, Kazimierz"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. Nbc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Bc4 Nc6
8. d3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Ne4 Na5 12. Bb3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c4 14. c3 Qxd3
15. Qxd3 cxd3 16. Nf2 Rd8 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. Rxd3 Bd7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Bb5
21. Ne4 h6 22. Rae1 Nxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. h3 Rac8 25. Kg1 Kf8 26. Kh2 Rc7 27.
Kg3 b6 28. Kh2 Rcd7 29. Kg1 Rd1 30. c4 Bc6 31. Nc3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Ke7 33. Re2
f6 34. Kf2 Rd3 35. h4 h5 36. Re3 Rd2+ 37. Re2 Rd3 38. Re3 Rd2+ 39. Re2 Rxe2+
40. Nxe2 Kd6 41. Nd4 g6 42. g3 e5 43. fxe5+ fxe5 44. Nc2 Be4 45. Ne1 Kc5 46.
Ke3 Bf5 47. Nf3 Kb4 48. Nd2 Bc2 49. Kf3 Bxb3 50. Ke4 Bxc4 51. Kxe5 Bd3 52. Kd4
Bf5 53. Nc4 b5 54. Nd2 a4 55. Kd5 Bh3 56. Kd4 Bg2 57. Kd3 Kc5 58. Kc3 b4+ 59.
Kd3 Bd5 60. Nb1 Be6 61. Nd2 Bf5+ 62. Ke3 Bc2 0-1 

[Event "Moscow Chigorin-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolsky, Alexei"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O a6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Na3 Ra7 12. Nc4 Rd7 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 g6
15. c4 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qc2 Nf4 18. b4 Rdd8 19. Rd2 h5 20. g3 Bg4 21. Nxg4
Nh3+ 22. Kg2 hxg4 23. Ng1 Ng5 24. Rad1 f5 25. c5 Nxe4 26. cxd6 Qb7 27. Qc4+ Kg7
28. Rc2 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Nxd6 30. Qc5 Nf7 31. Qxc6 Qxb4 32. Rc4 Qb5 33. a4 Qa5 34.
Rc5 Qb4 35. Rc4 Qd2 36. Rc2 Qd4 37. Rc4 Qd8 38. Rb4 Qa8 39. Rb6 a5 40. Ne2
Qxc6+ 41. Rxc6 Rd8 42. Nc3 Rd2 43. Rc7 Kf8 44. Rc5 e4 45. Nd5 Ng5 46. Ne3 Ke7
47. Re5+ Kf6 48. Rc5 Ra2 49. Rc4 Nf3 50. Nd5+ Kg5 51. Nf4 e3 0-1 

[Event "Moscow Chigorin-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Qe7 5. Ne2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8. d5
d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 exd5 12. exd5 Rfe8 13. Be3 a6 14. Qc2 Ne5 15.
Rae1 Bc8 16. Bd4 Bd7 17. f4 Ng6 18. g4 Qd8 19. g5 Ng4 20. Qd2 h6 21. f5 N6e5
22. h3 Nf6 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qf4 Re7 25. Kh1 c5 26. Bg1 g6 27. fxg6 Qxf4 28.
Rxf4 fxg6 29. Rf6 Bf5 30. Rxd6 Nxc4 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Bxe6 33. Bf3 1-0 

[Event "It Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Kh8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qf3 Qe8 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. a3 Rc7 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Qd2 Nf6 21.
Bf4 Qd7 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. gxf4 Rfc8 25. e3 Bb5 26. Rfe1 Kg8 27. f3
Bc4 28. Bf1 Ne8 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Kf2 Nd6 31. Ke2 b5 32. Kd3 b4 33. Na2 bxa3
34. bxa3 Ra4 35. Rxc8+ Nxc8 36. Nc3 Rxa3 37. Kc2 Nd6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Rb4 Ra1
40. Kd3 Ra3 41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Kd3 Re1 43. Ra4 Nc4 44. Rxa7+ Kg6 45. e4 Re3+ 46.
Kc2 Rxf3 47. exf5+ Kxf5 48. Rxg7 Rf2+ 49. Kb3 Rb2+ 50. Ka4 Rxh2 51. Rf7+ Kg6
52. Rf8 Nd6 53. Nb5 Nf5 54. Nc7 Re2 55. Ne8 Nxd4 56. Rf6+ Kh5 57. Rf7 Nf5 58.
Rxh7+ Kg4 59. Rd7 Kxf4 60. Nc7 Ke5 61. Kb4 Rc2 62. Kb3 Nd4+ 63. Kb4 Rc4+ 64.
Ka5 Nf5 65. Kb6 d4 66. Na6 Nd6 67. Nc5 Kd5 68. Nd3 e5 69. Rh7 Rc6+ 70. Ka5 Nc4+
71. Kb5 Rb6+ 72. Ka4 Nb2+ 73. Ka5 Nc4+ 74. Ka4 Rb8 75. Nb4+ Ke6 76. Nc6 Nb2+
77. Ka3 Nc4+ 78. Ka4 Rb1 79. Rh6+ Kf5 0-1 

[Event "Wch18-NLD/URS"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Euwe, M"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Bc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 a5
15. Ba2 Nf6 16. Qh4 e4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. f3 Nd5 21.
Qxe7 Nxe7 22. fxe4 b6 23. Rd1 Ng6 24. Rd6 Ba6 25. Rf2 Bb5 26. e5 Ne7 27. e4 c5
28. e6 f6 29. Rxb6 Bc6 30. Rxc6 Nxc6 31. e7+ Rf7 32. Bd5 1-0 

[Event "Wch18-NLD/URS"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, P"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. b4 c5 5. b5 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. e4 Qc7 8. Ne2 h5 9.
h4 Nh6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 Bg4 13. f5 Nd7 14. Nd2 g6 15. fxg6 fxg6
16. Nf3 Be7 17. Rf2 Qd6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Re1 Qb6 22.
Nf3 Nd7 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. a4 Bh6 26. a5 Qf6 27. Nc1 O-O-O 28. Nb3
Rf8 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Qc1 Kb8 31. Ra2 Rf7 32. Qa3 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Bd1 34. Qc1 Bxb3
35. Rb2 Bd1 36. Qxd1 Qxg5 37. Qe1 Nf8 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Bh3 Nh7 40. Qd1 Ng5 41.
b6 h4 42. Qg4 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rf8 44. bxa7+ Kxa7 45. a6 Nxh3 46. Qxh3 Qf4+ 47.
Kg2 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53.
Qxe3 dxe3 54. axb7 Kxb7 55. Kg2 Kb6 56. Kf3 Ka5 57. Kxe3 Kb4 58. Kd2 g5 0-1 

[Event "Wch18-NLD/URS"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1948.08.00"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Smyslov, V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Reference "’âîð÷åñòâî #379"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qd3 c6 11. f3 Be6 12. Rd1 Na6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Qc2 Nc7
15. Nb3 Bc4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rad8 18. O-O Qe6 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Kh1 Nd7 21.
Nb3 b6 22. Qc4 Qb7 23. f4 e6 24. Rc1 Nf6 25. Bg1 Rc8 26. Rc2 Rfd8 27. Qe2 Nb5
28. e5 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Nd5 30. c4 Ne7 31. Nd2 Nf5 32. Ne4 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34.
Nd6 Rxd6 35. exd6 c5 36. Rd2 Rd8 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. Rxf3 Bd4 39. g3 Rxd6 40. Kg2
f5 41. a4 Kf7 42. Rb3 Kf6 43. Ra2 a5 44. Rd2 Ke7 45. Kf3 Kd7 46. g4 h6 47. Rg2
Ke7 48. Rd3 Kf7 49. h4 fxg4+ 50. Rxg4 h5 51. Rg2 Rd8 52. Rgd2 Ke8 53. Rg2 Kf7
54. Rgd2 Ke8 55. Ke2 Ke7 56. Rd1 Rf8 57. Rf1 Bf6 58. Rb3 Bxh4 59. Rxb6 Bg3 60.
Rb7+ Kf6 61. Rb5 Kf5 62. Rxc5+ Ke4 63. Re5+ Kd4 64. Rd1+ Kxc4 65. Re4+ Kc5 66.
Kf3 h4 67. Rb1 Kd6 68. Rb6+ Kd7 69. Kg4 Rf5 70. Rd4+ Ke7 71. Rb7+ Kf6 72. Rb5
e5 73. Rd6+ Kg7 74. Rxa5 Rxf4+ 75. Kh3 Kh6 76. Raa6 Kh5 77. Rxg6 Rxa4 78. Rh6+
Kg5 79. Rhg6+ Kh5 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Wch18-NLD/URS"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Keres, P"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 7. Ne2 e5 8.
Ng3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Bb2 exd4 14. e4 Be6
15. Rc1 Re7 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Qf4 19. Bc1 Qb8 20. Rg5 Nbd7 21.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Qe3 1-0 

[Event "Wch18-NLD/URS"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Euwe, M"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O Nc5
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Rc1 Rd5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 f6 22. Qg3 fxe5 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Rc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc7 Bd5 26. Qxe5 d3 27.
Qe3 Bc4 28. b3 Rf7 29. f3 Rd7 30. Qd2 e5 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke6
34. Qb4 Rc7 35. Kd2 Rc6 36. a4 1-0 

[Event "Wch18-NLD/URS"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd4 Kh8 12. Kh1 Rg8 13. f4 Bd7 14. Bf3 Rc8
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2 d5 17. f5 Qc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Qd4 c5 20. Qxc4 Bd6 21. g3
Bb5 22. Qc2 exf5 23. exf5 Rce8 24. Rf2 Re3 25. Bg2 Qe7 26. Ng1 Bd3 27. Qd2 c4
28. Rf3 Re8 29. Rd1 Bc5 30. b3 Re1 31. bxc4 Bxc4 32. Bf1 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Rd8 34.
Qc2 Bd5 35. Qc3 Bd4 36. Qd3 Qe3 37. Qxe3 Bxe3 38. Bg2 Bxf3 39. Bxf3 Rd2 40. Ne2
Rxa2 41. Kg2 0-1 

[Event "Wch18-NLD/URS"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Reshevsky, S"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Kd2 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. Qd3 Nb8 16. h4 Nbc6 17. Rh3 Rac8 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. h5 Rf7 20. h6 g6 21. Ke1
Rff8 22. Ne2 Nb8 23. Kf1 Rc4 24. Kg1 Nbc6 25. Bg5 Ng8 26. Re1 Qf7 27. c3 Na5
28. Nf4 Rc6 29. Bf6+ Nxf6 30. exf6 Nc4 31. Qb1 Qxf6 32. a4 g5 33. Nd3 f4 34.
Rh3 g4 35. Rh1 Rc7 36. Qd1 Qg6 37. Rh4 f3 38. g3 Rcf7 39. Nf4 Rxf4 40. gxf4
Rxf4 41. Qb1 Rf5 42. Qd3 g3 43. Qf1 gxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Rg5 45. Qh3 Rg2+ 46. Kxf3
Nd2+ 47. Ke3 Rg3+ 0-1 

[Event "Hague/Moscow Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, P."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7
8. e3 Qd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Rc1 a5 11. a3 Rfc8 12. Bd3 a4 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nd8 15. O-O Ne6 16. Rc3 b5 17. Qc2 Rcb8 18. Ne1 Nc8 19. Rc6 Qe7 20. Nd3 Nb6 21.
Nb4 Rd8 22. Qf5 Rd6 23. Rfc1 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Rd8 25. Rxb6 cxb6 26. Nc6 Qc7 27.
Nxd8 Qxd8 28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Qxc7 Nxc7 30. Nb1 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Kd6 33. Kd3
Kc6 34. Nc3 Ne8 35. Na2 f6 36. f3 Nc7 37. Nb4+ Kd6 38. e4 dxe4+ 39. fxe4 Ne6
40. Ke3 Nc7 41. Kd3 Ne6 42. Nd5 Kc6 43. h4 Nd8 44. Nf4 Kd6 45. Nh5 Ne6 46. Ke3
Ke7 47. d5 Nc5 48. Nxg7 Kd6 49. Ne6 Nd7 50. Kd4 Ne5 51. Ng7 Nc4 52. Nf5+ Kc7
53. Kc3 Kd7 54. g4 Ne5 55. g5 fxg5 56. hxg5 Nf3 57. Kb4 Nxg5 58. e5 h5 59. e6+
Kd8 60. Kxb5 1-0 

[Event "Wch18-NLD/URS"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Reshevsky, S"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 Nf8 13. Nh4 Ng4 14. g3 Qf6
15. f3 Nh6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Ng2 Bh3 19. Be2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 d5 21.
exd5 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf5 23. Bf2 Red8 24. c4 h5 25. h4 b5 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. hxg5
h4 28. Bd3 hxg3 29. Bxg3 Nxd4 30. Rad1 c5 31. dxc6 Nxc6 32. Be4 Rac8 33. Rxd8+
Nxd8 34. Bf5 Ra8 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. cxb5 f6 37. Bc7 Ne6 38. Rxa8 Nxc7 39. Rxa7
Nxb5 40. Rd7 fxg5 41. a4 1-0 

[Event "Wch19-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bronstein, D"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5 14. Rhf1
h5 15. Rf3 Qc5 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Re3 Qa5 18. Bf3 O-O-O 19. Qd3 Rd7 20. h4 Kb8 21.
a3 Bd8 22. Ka2 Qc5 23. Re2 a5 24. a4 Bb6 25. b3 Rc8 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Rh8
28. Kb3 Rdd8 29. Rd3 Bg1 30. Red2 Kc7 31. Ne2 Bf2 32. Rd1 Bc5 33. Ng3 Rdg8 34.
Ne2 Rh7 35. f5 e5 36. Nc3 Bd4 37. Rxd4 exd4 38. Rxd4 Rhg7 39. Ne2 Rxg2 40. Bxg2
Rxg2 41. Nf4 Rg3+ 42. Kb2 Rg4 43. Nxh5 Rxh4 44. Nxf6 Kb6 45. Rxd6 Kc5 46. e5
Rd4 47. Rxd4 Kxd4 48. Ng4 Bxa4 49. e6 fxe6 50. f6 Be8 51. Kb3 e5 52. c3+ Ke4
53. Nh6 Kf4 54. f7 Bxf7 55. Nxf7 e4 56. Nd8 e3 57. Kc2 Kg3 0-1 

[Event "Wch19-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Bronstein, D"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 f5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Ba3 b6
9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e3 Rac8 14. Rc1 c5 15.
Qe2 Nf6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Ne4 21.
Ne5 Nf6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qa6 Kg7 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. a4 Ne8 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Qc3 Ne4
28. Qd3 cxd4 29. exd4 a5 30. Kg2 Nf6 31. Qe2 f4 32. gxf4 Nh5 33. Rxc7+ Rxc7 34.
Rxc7+ Qxc7 35. Qg4 Nf6 36. Qe6 Nh5 37. Qd7+ Qxd7 38. Nxd7 Nxf4+ 39. Kf3 Nd3 40.
Nxb6 Nb4 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Ne5 Ke6 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. f3 g5 46. Kd2 h5
47. Nd3 Na6 48. Nc5 Nb4 49. Nd3 Na6 50. h3 Nc7 51. Ke3 Na6 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Kd2
Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. b4 axb4+ 56. Nxb4 Nc7 57. a5 Nb5+ 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Ke3 Na7
60. a6 Nb5 61. Nc6 Nc7 62. Nb4 Kf5 63. a7 Ke6 64. Kf2 h4 65. f4 gxf4 66. Kf3
1-0 

[Event "Wch19-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Bronstein, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d5 Bb4 7. Bd2 e5 8. e3 d6
9. Nge2 a6 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. f3 b5 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. cxb5 Bd7 14. Na4 Ba7 15. b6
Bxa4 16. b7 Bxb3 17. bxa8=Q Bb6 18. axb3 Qb5 19. Nc3 Qxb3 20. Rxa6 Nxa6 21.
Qxa6 Nxd5 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Nxa4 Bxe3 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. b3 Bxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Kf8 27.
Bd3 g6 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Nc3 Nb4 30. Be2 Ra8 31. Na4 c6 32. Rc4 Rb8 33. Bd1 Ke7
34. Nb2 d5 35. Rh4 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. fxg4 f4 38. g5 Rf8 39. Rh7+ Kd6 40. Rg7
e4 41. Rxg6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Wch19-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bronstein, D"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. Ne2 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. Be2 Bc6 14. f3 Nh5
15. Nd1 Ng6 16. Qc3 Qg5 17. g3 e5 18. Nf2 Rad8 19. Rg1 Qe7 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Rd2
a6 22. Kd1 b5 23. Kc1 b4 24. Qc2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Rd8 26. Qc2 f4 27. gxf4 exf4 28.
e4 a5 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ba1 Ndf8 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34. Bxe5
Qg5 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qd2 Qxd2+ 37. Kxd2 g5 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Bf1 h5 40. Be2 Ke7
41. Bf1 Bd7 42. Bh3 Nd8 43. Bxd7 Kxd7 44. h3 Ke7 45. Bg7 Kf7 46. Be5 Ke7 47.
Bg7 Nb7 48. Bh6 Kf6 49. Bf8 Kf7 50. Bh6 Kg6 51. Bf8 Kf6 52. Ke2 Kf7 53. Bh6 Kg6
54. Bf8 Kf7 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow-Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bronstein, D."]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O-O
Qe7 9. f3 dxc4 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 b5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. f4 Na6 14. Be2 c5 15.
Bf3 Rb8 16. Bc3 Nb4 17. dxc5 Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nxc3+ 19. Qxc3 Qxc5 20. Rhe1 h6 21.
Re5 Qc7 22. g4 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. g5 Nd5 25. Rdxd5 exd5 26. Qd4 c3 27. b3
Qd7 28. Nf2 c2+ 29. Kc1 hxg5 30. Rxg5 Qe6 31. Re5 Qd6 32. Kxc2 Rc7+ 33. Kd2 Qc5
34. Qxc5 Rxc5 35. Nd3 Rc6 36. Rxd5 a6 37. h4 Rh6 38. h5 Rhf6 39. b4 Rf5 40. Rd6
R8f6 0-1 

[Event "Wch19-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bronstein, D"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Bd3 b5 7. b3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb7
9. c5 Be7 10. a3 a5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 g6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Qc7 15. Rae1
Rfe8 16. Ne2 Bf8 17. h3 Bg7 18. Ne5 Nf8 19. f3 N6d7 20. f4 f6 21. Nf3 Re7 22.
Nc3 f5 23. Ra1 Ree8 24. Ne5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Ra8 26. Qb1 Qc8 27. Bxb5 Nxe5 28.
fxe5 Bh6 29. Bc1 cxb5 30. Nxb5 Nd7 31. Nd6 Rxa1 32. Qxa1 Qa8 33. Qc3 Bf8 34. b5
Bxd6 35. exd6 Qa4 36. Qb2 Kf7 37. Kh2 h6 38. e4 f4 39. e5 g5 40. Qe2 Kg7 41.
Qd3 Nb8 42. h4 Qc4 43. Qh3 Qxb5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Qxe6 Qd3 46. Qf6+ Kh7 47.
Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Bxf4 gxf4 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qe8+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kh8 53.
Qe8+ Kg7 54. Qe7+ Kh8 55. Qf8+ Kh7 56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qxb7 Qg3+ 58. Kh1 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Wch19-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Bronstein, D"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Nb4 11. Nc3 N8c6 12. a3 Nd3 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Ndxe5 16. Qe4 Qd3 17. Qa4 Qc4 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bd5 Qxa4 20. Nxa4 e6 21.
Ba2 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Nfd4 23. g4 h6 24. Rd2 Kh7 25. f4 f5 26. Nc3 e5 27. fxe5 Bxe5
28. Nd5 fxg4 29. hxg4 Rxf1 30. Kxf1 Rf8+ 31. Rf2 Rxf2+ 32. Bxf2 a6 33. Kg2 Kg7
34. Bc4 Ne6 35. b4 Bb2 36. a4 Ne5 37. Be2 Bd4 38. Bg3 a5 39. bxa5 Nxc5 40. Nc7
Nc6 41. a6 bxa6 42. Nxa6 Ne4 43. Bc7 Nc3 44. Bf3 Ne5 45. a5 h5 46. g5 Nc4 47.
Nb4 Nb5 48. Bd8 Kf8 49. Nc6 Bc5 50. Be2 Ne3+ 51. Kf3 Nd4+ 52. Nxd4 Bxd4 53. Bd3
Ng4 54. Bxg6 Ne5+ 55. Ke4 Nc6 56. Bb6 Bxb6 57. axb6 h4 58. Bf5 Ke7 59. Kf4 Kd6
60. Be4 1-0 

[Event "Wch19-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Bronstein, D"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 Re8 10. e3 Nbd7 11. d3 Bf8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rad1 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2
c5 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Nf4 Rc8 18. Qb1 a5 19. Rfe1 Rc7 20. d4 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22.
dxc5 Bxc5 23. Qa1 Qe7 24. Rc1 Ng4 25. Bd4 Rec8 26. Nf3 Nf6 27. Bh3 Bxd4 28.
Nxd4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Ne4 31. Bc8 Nc3 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. f3 Kf8 34.
Qf1 Qc8 35. Kg2 g5 36. g4 g6 37. Qe1 Qe8 38. Qd2 Qe5 39. Qd3 Qf6 40. Nc2 Ke7
41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. Nxd4 Nd1 43. Nc2 Nb2 44. Nd4 Nd1 45. Nc2 Nb2 46. Nd4 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow-Wch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bronstein, D."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nh3 Bxh3 8.
Bxh3 Nc6 9. Bg2 e6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rfd8
15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be1 Na5 19. Nd3 Bf8 20. f3 Nd6 21.
Bf2 Bh6 22. Rac1 Nac4 23. Rfe1 Na5 24. Kf1 Bg7 25. g4 Nc6 26. b3 Nb5 27. Ke2
Bf8 28. a4 Nc7 29. Bg3 Na6 30. Bf1 f6 31. Red1 Na5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rc1 Rxc1
34. Nxc1 Ba3 35. Kd1 Bxc1 36. Kxc1 Nxb3+ 37. Kc2 Na5 38. Kc3 Kf7 39. e4 f5 40.
gxf5 gxf5 41. Bd3 Kg6 42. Bd6 Nc6 43. Bb1 Kf6 44. Bg3 fxe4 45. fxe4 h6 46. Bf4
h5 47. exd5 exd5 48. h4 Nab8 49. Bg5+ Kf7 50. Bf5 Na7 51. Bf4 Nbc6 52. Bd3 Nc8
53. Be2 Kg6 54. Bd3+ Kf6 55. Be2 Kg6 56. Bf3 N6e7 57. Bg5 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. b4 d5
9. b5 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 c5 12. Be2 c4 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Bb4 15. Qc2 Qd7
16. Rfb1 Re8 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qd6 19. Ra2 a5 20. Qc1 Nbd7 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22.
Rxa3 Nf8 23. h4 Rad8 24. Bf3 Ne6 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. Bxh5 g6 27. Bf3 f5 28. Ra2
Kg7 29. Kf1 h6 30. g3 Kf6 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Rh1 Rhe8 33. Rd2 Re7 34. Re2 Ree8 35.
Kf1 Rh8 36. Ke1 Rhe8 37. Kd2 Re7 38. Ree1 Ree8 39. Ne2 Rh8 40. g4 Rhg8 41. Reg1
fxg4 42. Bxg4 Rdf8 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. Rh2 Rf6 46. Rhg2 Bc8 47. Rxg6
Rgxg6 48. Rxg6 Rxg6 49. Nxg6 Bf5 50. Ne5 Bb1 51. Kc3 Ba2 52. e4 dxe4 53. Nxc4+
Bxc4 54. Kxc4 h5 55. d5 Ke5 56. d6 Kxd6 57. Kd4 1-0 

[Event "Ch URS, 19 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Lipnitsky I"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2
c6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bd7 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. Qe2 Na4 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rab1 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 Red8 20. Rfb1 Be8 21.
Qd2 a4 22. Na7 Qxa7 23. Rxb7 Qa8 24. Rxe7 Rb8 25. Rc7 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Nd5 27.
Rc1 Qb8 28. Qc2 g6 29. Ba2 Ne7 30. h3 Kf8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc2 Nf5
34. Nc4 Rc8 35. Rb2 Ne7 36. e4 Rd8 37. Rd2 Bb5 38. Ne3 Nc6 39. d5 Ne5 40. Rb2
Bd3 41. Rb4 1-0 

[Event "Ch URS, 19 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein David I"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Bg2 Bb7 15.
O-O-O Bg7 16. f4 O-O 17. Rd6 Rad8 18. Rhd1 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qd8 20. Ne4 Qa5 21.
Kb1 Qb6 22. Qg4 f5 23. Qg6 c5 24. g4 Bxe4+ 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5
Qd8 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Qg4 Qe8 30. g6 Bh6 31. Qxh4 Kg7 32. d7 Qd8 33. Qxe4 Bg5
34. a4 Qe7 35. Qg4 Qf6 36. Ka2 b4 37. Rg1 b3+ 38. Ka3 Be3 39. Qh5 Bh6 40. Qxc5
Rd8 41. Rd1 Kxg6 42. Qg1+ Kh7 43. Kb4 Rb8+ 44. Kc5 Be3+ 45. Qxe3 Qb6+ 46. Kxc4
Qxe3 47. d8=Q Rxd8 48. Rxd8 Qe6+ 49. Rd5 a5 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Novotelnov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. b3 O-O
9. Bb2 c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 f5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. f3
Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Rad1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rce8 20. f4 Nf6 21. e4 Ng4
22. e5 Be7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qg2 Qh5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Bc1 g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Bxg5
Qxg5 29. Ne2 Nf7 30. Nf4 Qh6 31. Qe2 Ng5 32. Kh2 Rfd8 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34. Nxh5 Nf7
35. Re1 Kf8 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Ke7 38. Kg3 b5 39. c5 a5 40. Kf4 Rg8 41. Nf6
Rg7 42. Rh1 h6 43. a4 b4 44. Rd2 Rg6 45. Ke3 Rd8 46. Rdh2 Rb8 47. Rf2 Rh8 48.
Rhf1 Nd8 49. Rf4 Rg7 50. Rh1 Rg6 51. Ne4 Rhg8 52. Kf3 R8g7 53. Nd2 Rg8 54. Nb3
Nb7 55. Kg3 R8g7 56. Rh2 Rg8 57. Rh4 Rh8 58. Kf3 Rh7 59. Nd2 Nd8 60. Nc4 Nb7
61. Rh3 Rhg7 62. Ne3 Rh7 63. Rh2 Nd8 64. Ke4 Rf7 65. Nc4 Rxf4+ 66. Kxf4 Nb7 67.
Kg3 Kf7 68. Nd2 Nd8 69. Nb3 Nb7 70. Rf2+ Kg7 71. Kh4 Kh7 72. Nc1 Nd8 73. Nb3
Nb7 74. Nd2 Rg8 75. Rf7+ Rg7 76. Rxg7+ Kxg7 77. Kh5 b3 78. Nxb3 Kh7 79. d5 exd5
80. e6 Kg7 81. e7 Kf7 82. Kxh6 Kxe7 83. g5 Nd8 84. g6 Ne6 85. Nxa5 d4 86. Nxc6+
Kd7 87. Ne5+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. e4
d6 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. d5 Na5 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Nf5
Nf8 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. g3 Qe7 18. Ra2 Bh3 19. Re1 Bd7 20. f3 a6 21. a4 Reb8 22.
Bf1 Qe8 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Rb2 f6 25. f4 Nh8 26. Qg4 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Nf7 28. Qh5 Rb7
29. Qe2 Qe8 30. Qd1 Rab8 31. Bd3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxb5 c4 34. Bc2 Qc8 35.
Ba4 Nb3 36. Be3 Ra8 37. Ra2 Rxb5 38. Bxb3 cxb3 39. Rxa8 Qxa8 40. c4 Rb4 41. Bd2
Qa7+ 42. Kh1 Rb8 43. Qf3 Qd4 44. Qc3 Qf2 45. Qe3 Qxe3 46. Bxe3 b2 47. Rb1 Rb3
48. c5 Rxe3 49. Rxb2 g6 50. c6 Rc3 51. Rb7 Kg7 52. c7 Rc2 53. Kg1 h5 54. h4 Rc4
55. Kg2 Rc2+ 56. Kf1 Rc4 57. Kg2 Rc2+ 58. Kf1 Rc4 1/2-1/2 

[Event "It Budapest"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sliwa Bogdan"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. O-O Bc6 13. Rbe1 Qd7 14. b3 b6 15. Rb1
Rd8 16. Rbe1 Kf8 17. Nf4 Kg8 18. Nce2 Kh7 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. b4 Ra8 21. b5 Bb7
22. a4 Rhe8 23. Bh3 Ng8 24. Nc1 Qd8 25. Nb3 h5 26. Qd1 Nh6 27. Ne2 e5 28. f4
Bc8 29. f5 Ng4 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. fxg6+ fxg6 32. Kg2 Ra7 33. Ng1 Bh6 34. Na1 Rh8
35. Nc2 Kg8 36. Rf2 Rah7 37. Qe2 Bg5 38. Kh1 Bf4 39. Rg2 Bg5 40. Rf1 Be6 41.
Rff2 Kg7 42. Qe1 Rh5 43. Qe2 Qe7 44. Rf1 Kg8 45. Rff2 Qg7 46. Rf1 Qh6 47. Rff2
Rh7 48. Rf1 Bd7 49. Rff2 Bc8 50. Rf1 Be7 51. Rff2 Rf5 52. Rf1 Rxf1 53. Qxf1 Rf7
54. Qe1 Qf8 55. Re2 Rf1 56. Qd2 Qf3+ 57. Rg2 Rd1 58. Qh6 Qf6 59. Rd2 Bf8 60.
Qxf8+ Qxf8 61. Rxd1 Qf2 62. Ne1 Qb2 0-1 

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c6 8. Ba3
Nbd7 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 b6 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qf6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Ne1 a5 16. Ndf3 f4 17. Nd3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Rae8 19. Rc2 Qh6 20. Qc1 Qd6
21. Bh3 Rf6 22. Kg2 c5 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Nfe5 Qd6 25. f4 cxd4 26. Rc7 Nc5 27.
Rxc5 bxc5 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Nxc5 Ba8 30. Rxd4 Rc8 31. Ncd3 Rc2 32. Ra4 Rxe2+
33. Kf3 Rc2 34. Rxa5 Rf8 35. Ke3 d4+ 36. Kxd4 Rd8+ 37. Ke3 Rg2 38. g4 Rc2 39.
b4 Bd5 40. a4 Bh1 41. Ra7 Ra2 42. b5 Ra3 43. a5 g5 44. f5 Rd5 45. Re7 Rxb5 46.
f6 Rxe5+ 47. Rxe5 Kf7 48. Rf5 Bb7 49. Kd2 Bc8 50. Ne5+ Kf8 51. Rxg5 Rxa5 52.
Nd7+ Bxd7 53. Rxa5 Bxg4 54. Ke3 Be6 55. Kf4 Bc4 56. Ra7 h5 57. Kg5 h4 58. Kxh4
Bb3 59. Kg5 Bc4 60. Rc7 Ba2 61. Rc1 Bd5 62. Kf5 Kf7 63. Ke5 Bb3 64. Rc7+ Kf8
65. Rb7 Bc4 66. Rb4 Ba2 67. Kf5 Bd5 68. Kg6 Bf7+ 69. Kg5 Bd5 70. Rh4 Bb3 71.
Rh8+ Kf7 72. Rh7+ Kf8 73. f7 Ke7 74. Kg6 Bc4 75. Rg7 Bb3 76. f8=Q+ Kxf8 77. Kf6
Ke8 78. Re7+ Kd8 1/2-1/2 

[Event "It Budapest"]
[Site "Hungary"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kottnauer Ch"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. d5 Ne8 10. Ng3 Nc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rc1 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 f5 15. Bg5
Bf6 16. Bh6 Bh4 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Kd1 Rf7 19. Bd3 Nf8 20. Kc2 Ng7 21. Ra1 Bd7
22. Kb2 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ng6 24. Qc2 Qc8 25. Nge2 Bf6 26. Ra7 Qb8 27. Ra3 Ne7 28.
Kb3 c6 29. Ng3 Rf8 30. Nge2 b5 31. Qa2 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Nxe4 Be5 34. Kc2
bxc4 35. Bxc4 cxd5 36. Bxd5+ Nxd5 37. Qxd5+ Be6 38. Qa5 Qb7 39. N4c3 Qxg2 40.
Kd2 Qxh2 0-1 

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " O'Kelly de Galway, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]

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 "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Troianescu, Octav"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Be6 11. Qb2 axb4 12. Qxb4 Na6 13. Qb2 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
Qc2 Bf5 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Bb2 Nc7 18. Bd1 Nb5 19. Bc2 Nbd6 20. Rfc1 Be6 21. Qd3
c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc4 0-1 

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Pilnik, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf2 Bd6 14. Re1 a6 15.
Ng3 Qb8 16. Kh1 cxd4 17. exd4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nf8 19. Nce2 Ne6 20. Nf5 Bf8 21.
Be3 Ne8 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Nf4 Qg5 25. Nxe6 Qxg4 26. fxg4 fxe6 27. Nh4
Kg8 28. Ng6 Bd6 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Nf6 31. Kg1 Rc8 32. Rf1 Rc7 33. Bxf6 gxf6
34. Rxf6 Rc1+ 35. Rf1 Rc7 36. g3 b5 37. Re1 Bc8 38. Ne5 Kg7 39. Kg2 b4 40. h4
a5 41. g4 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Konstantinopolsky, A"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rfe1 O-O 12. a3 Rfe8 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Qd3
Rad8 15. b4 Nf8 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxg3 19. Qxg3 Rd7 20. c3 Qc7
21. Qg5 Qd8 22. Qh5 Qf6 23. a4 b6 24. Rde1 Red8 25. f4 Rb7 26. Qf3 Rc7 27. g4
g6 28. Re5 Kg7 29. Qg3 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. f5 exf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qxc7 cxd4
34. Re7 Rd7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Qxd7 dxc3 37. Bd3 fxg4 38. Qxg4+ Kf8 39. Qc8+ Kg7
40. Qg4+ Kf8 41. Qb4+ Kg8 42. Kg2 h5 43. h4 Qc6+ 44. Qe4 Qf6 45. Kg3 Kf8 46.
Qb4+ Kg7 47. Bc2 a6 48. Qc5 Qf1 49. Qxc3+ Kg8 50. Qe3 Qc4 51. Qe4 Qc3+ 52. Kf2
Qd2+ 53. Kf3 Qc3+ 54. Ke2 Kf8 55. Bd3 a5 56. Qf4 Qb2+ 57. Kf3 Qc3 58. Qe4 Qf6+
59. Ke2 Qb2+ 60. Bc2 Qc3 61. Bd1 Kg7 62. Qf4 f6 63. Qe4 Kf8 64. Qa8+ Kg7 65.
Qd5 Qb2+ 66. Kf1 Qb1 67. Qxh5 Qd3+ 68. Qe2 Qf5+ 69. Qf3 Qb1 70. Kg2 Qb2+ 71.
Kh3 Kf8 72. Qa8+ Kg7 73. Qg2+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Goldenov, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Qd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Qb5 a6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qa4 Rb8 10. Nf3 f6 11. d3 Ne7 12. Nc4 e5 13. Bd2 Nd5 14. Ba5 Be7
15. e4 Nb4 16. O-O-O Qg4 17. Ne1 Bd7 18. a3 Nd5 19. Qc2 Rb5 20. f3 Qe6 21. Ng2
O-O 22. Rhe1 Rfb8 23. f4 Bf8 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nf4 Qh6 27. Rxe5
dxc4 28. Rh5 Qf6 29. Bc3 Qf7 30. dxc4 g6 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Nxg6 R5b6 33. Nxf8
Kxf8 34. Rxh7 Qg4 35. Qf2+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow, URS Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tolush, A"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Ng3 Be7 11. Nf3 h5 12. Ne1 g6 13. Nd3 Qc8 14. Be3 c4 15.
Nf4 b5 16. Nh3 Qd8 17. Qd2 a5 18. a3 Nb8 19. Bg5 Nc6 20. Rfe1 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Ne7
22. Qf4 Nf5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Re3 Qe7 25. Rg3 Kd7 26. Nf3 Rh7 27. Rg5 Kc6 28.
h4 Rb8 29. Nh2 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Qc1 Rhh8 32. b3 bxc3 33. bxc4 dxc4 34. Qxc3
Qb4 35. Qf3+ Nd5 36. Nf1 Qc3 37. Qd1 Qb3 38. Qe1 Qc3 39. Qd1 Qb3 40. Qe1 Qc3
1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. g3 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5
15. c4 Qf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. a4 Be2 21.
Qc3 Nd7 22. a5 Nf6 23. Ba4 Re6 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Qa3 g5 26. h3 Qxh3+ 0-1 

[Event "URS-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Keres, P"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. f3 Be7 14. Rbe1 Nd7
15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Qb6 20. e4 dxe4 21.
fxe4 Rd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nf8 24. Nd6 Qc7 25. Be4 Ne6 26. Qh4 g6 27. Bxd5
cxd5 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Rc3 Rf8 30. Nf5 Rfe8 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Qf6 Ng7 33. Rcf3 Rc8
34. Nxf7 Re6 35. Qg5 Nf5 36. Nh6 Qg7 37. g4 1-0 

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. Rac1 Be8 13. Rfd1 Qd8 14. Bb1 a6 15.
Ne5 b5 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Qe1 Rac8 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Nc1 Nd6 21. Nd3
Nc4 22. Qe2 f6 23. Bg3 Bg6 24. f3 Qb6 25. Bf2 Bxd3 26. Bxd3 Qc7 27. e4 Nb6 28.
g3 dxe4 29. fxe4 e5 30. d5 Rc1 31. Kg2 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Na4 33. b3 Nc5 34. Qc2 Bd6
35. Be2 Kf8 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 Qa5 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Bxa6 Ke7 40. Be2 Kd6 41.
h4 Qe1 42. Bf3 Qb4 43. Kh3 g6 44. Bg2 h5 45. Kh2 Ke7 46. Qd1 Qa3 47. Bf3 Bd6
48. Kg2 Qa2+ 49. Kh3 Qa3 50. Bg2 f5 51. Kh2 f4 52. Qf3 Qxf3 53. Bxf3 fxg3+ 54.
Kxg3 Bb4 55. Kf2 Kd6 56. Be2 Ba5 57. Bb5 Bd8 58. Kg3 Ke7 59. Bc6 Bc7 60. Bb7
Kd7 61. Ba6 Bd8 62. Bb5+ Ke7 63. Bf1 Ba5 64. Kf2 Kd6 65. Bh3 Bd8 66. Kg3 Kc5
67. Bd7 Kd4 68. Kf3 Bxh4 69. a5 Kc5 70. Be8 Bd8 71. a6 Kb6 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Boleslavsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
Re8 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nf5 gxf5 15.
exf5 Ne5 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxb7 Kh8 18. Bd5 Bg4 19. Qa4 f5 20. Qc2 Qf6 21. Bg5
Qxg5 22. f4 Qh6 23. fxe5 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Bxe5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Qg2 c6 27. Nd1 Qh6
28. Nf2 Be2 29. Rae1 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Rg8 31. Nh3 Rg4 32. b5 Rxc4 33. bxc6 Qe3 34.
Rxf5 Qc5 35. Qf3 Qxc6 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 39. Rxa7 Rc1+ 40.
Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rxh2 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]

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 "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ilivitsky, Grigori"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Nd7 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Nb1 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nd2 f5 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21.
f3 Bb7 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Nd2 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qb4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27.
Qc4 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Bd5 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qc7+ Kg6 31. Qf4 h6 32. h4 Kh7 33. h5 Qa1
34. e3 Qxa2 35. Qf7 Qa3 36. Bh3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc2+ 38. Bg2 Qc6 39. b4 a5 40.
bxa5 bxa5 41. g4 a4 42. g5 hxg5 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. h6 Qc7+ 45. Kg1 a3 46. hxg7+
Kg8 0-1 

[Event "Ch URS, 20 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Geller Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Qc2 a6 10. O-O Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 bxc4 14. bxc4 Rb8 15.
Rab1 Rb4 16. a3 Rb8 17. Nd1 Qc7 18. Ne3 Rb7 19. Bc3 Rfb8 20. h3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Rxb1+ 22. Nxb1 Qb6 23. Nd2 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Kh2 Ne8 26. f4 Nf6 27. e5 Ne8
28. Qc3 f6 29. e6 Ba4 30. Be4 Ng7 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. Be2 Ng7 33. h4 Ne8 34. Bd3
Ng7 35. f5 Nb3 36. Qb2 Qa5 37. Nxb3 Qe1 38. Ng2 Qd1 39. Nc1 gxf5 40. Be2 Qd4
41. Qxd4 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Moiseev, Oleg"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 9. Bg3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rc8
15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Qe4 Qa3 17. Bb5 Bf6 18. d5 Na5 19. Qc2 c4 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21.
Bxa4 a6 22. e4 b5 23. Bd1 e5 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Bg4 Rfe8 26. f4 h5 27. Bf3 e5
28. Rfd1 Rcd8 29. fxe5 Bg5 30. Rb1 Rd3 31. e6 Rxc3 32. Rd6 Ra3 33. e7 Kh7 34.
e5 Rxe7 35. Rxa6 c3 36. Be4 Rg7 37. Rxb5 Nc4 38. Rc6 Be3+ 39. Kh2 Nd2 40. Bd3
c2 41. Be2 Rxa2 42. e6 Ra1 43. Rxc2 Bg1+ 44. Kh1 Ne4 45. Rb3 Re7 46. h4 Nxg3+
47. Rxg3 Bd4+ 48. Kh2 Be5 49. Rc5 Bd6 50. Rd5 Rxe6 51. Rxd6 Rxd6 52. Bf3 Rd4
53. Rh3 Kg7 54. Kg3 Kf6 55. Rh2 Kf5 56. Rh3 Rb1 57. Be2 Rd2 58. Bf3 Rf1 59. Rh2
Rc2 60. Bd5 Rc3+ 61. Bf3 Ke5 62. Rh3 Rcc1 63. Bb7 Rh1 64. Rxh1 Rxh1 65. Bc8 Kf6
66. Bd7 g5 67. hxg5+ Kxg5 68. Bc8 h4+ 69. Kf3 Rc1 70. Bd7 Rc2 71. Be6 Rc7 72.
g4 Rc3+ 73. Kg2 h3+ 74. Kh2 Kh4 75. g5 Rc2+ 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Suetin, Alexei"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 h5 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Rhf1 Qxd4 14. Qxd4
Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Rg8 17. Rd2 h4 18. f5 Ke7 19. Rdf2 Bh6 20. fxe6 fxe6
21. Rxf6 Rcf8 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. Rf2 Bh6 24. Bc4 Be3 25. Re2 Bg1 26. g3 hxg3 27.
hxg3 Rxg3 28. a3 Be8 29. Ka2 Bh5 30. Re1 Bd4 31. Rh1 Rg5 32. Kb3 Be5 33. Bd3
Bg6 34. Rh4 Rg3 35. a4 Bf6 36. Rh1 Rg4 37. Re1 Be5 38. Nd1 Rf4 39. Nc3 Rf3 40.
Nb1 Bg3 41. Rg1 Bxe4 42. Nd2 Bd5+ 43. Ka3 Rf2 44. Ne4 Bh2 45. Rg6 Bxe4 46. Bxe4
d5 47. Bd3 Be5 48. Rg8 Kd7 49. b4 Bf6 50. Rg1 Rh2 51. Kb3 Kd6 52. Rd1 Ke7 53.
c4 Rb2+ 54. Ka3 dxc4 55. Bxc4 Rc2 56. Bb3 Bb2+ 57. Ka2 Rf2 58. Bc4 a5 59. bxa5
Bc3+ 60. Kb3 Bxa5 61. Bb5 b6 62. Kc4 Kf6 63. Kd4 Rf4+ 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. Rh1 Re4+
66. Kd3 Rg4 67. Rh5+ Kd6 68. Rh8 Ke5 69. Rh5+ Kf4 70. Rh3 Rg8 71. Rh4+ Ke5 72.
Rh5+ Kd6 73. Rh4 Rg3+ 74. Ke4 Bd2 75. Bd3 Bg5 76. Rh5 Kc5 0-1 

[Event "Ch URS (match), 20 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Bc1 c4 12. g4 Nb6 13. h3 Re8 14. Bg2 Bb4
15. Ne5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Be1 f6 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Rc1
Ba4 22. Qe2 Bb5 23. Bc3 Na4 24. g5 Bd7 25. gxf6 Bf5+ 26. Ka1 Bd3 27. Qd1 Nxc3
28. bxc3 gxf6 29. Ne1 Be4 30. Bxe4 Nxe4 31. Rc2 Kh8 32. Ng2 Rg8 33. Nf4 Qd7 34.
f3 Ng5 35. Rb2 b5 36. Re1 Rae8 37. h4 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. e4 Rge8 40. Rbe2 b4
41. Qd2 Qe7 42. e5 bxc3 43. Qxc3 Qb4 44. Qb2 fxe5 45. Qxb4 axb4 46. Rxe5 Rxe5
47. Rxe5 Rxe5 48. dxe5 d4 49. e6 Kg7 50. f4 Kf6 51. f5 d3 52. Kb2 h5 0-1 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Taimanov, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. g4 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Qd7 13. f4 Nd8 14. Bd3 Nf7 15.
b4 a5 16. b5 Nd6 17. Qf3 a4 18. Ra2 c6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc2 Qd7 21. g5 Nfe8
22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. g6 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. g7 Re8
28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rg2 Nf7 31. Rf3 Ra5 32. Qh4 e5 33. Rh3 Qxh3 34.
Qxh3 exf4 35. exf4 Bb6 36. Bb2 Rb5 37. Kf1 Ba5 38. Rc2 Rb3 39. Qd7 Rbe3 40.
Qxa4 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Bc7 42. Qxe8+ 1-0 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7
9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bd3 Bb8 11. Nbxd4 a6 12. Be3 Ba7 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+
15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. c3 Rc8 18. Qe1 h6 19. a4 a5 20. Nb3 Qc7 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. Qf2 O-O 23. Nb3 Bd7 24. Qc5 Qxc5 25. Nxc5 Rc7 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. bxa5
Ra8 28. a6 bxa6 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd4 31. Be2 Nd5 32. g3 Nc3 33. Bf3 Rb8 34.
Ra3 Nb1 35. Ra2 Nd2 36. Rf2 Nc4 37. h4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. fxg5 Nxe5 40. Be2
Rb1+ 41. Kg2 a5 42. Rc2 Rb3 43. Rf4 Rd5 44. Re4 Kg7 45. Bh5 Ng6 46. Rg4 Re3 47.
Bxg6 Kxg6 48. Rf2 Rf5 49. Rxf5 exf5 50. Rc4 Re4 51. Rc7 Rxa4 52. Ra7 Ra3 53.
Kh3 f4 54. Kh4 fxg3 55. Ra6+ Kf5 56. Rf6+ Ke4 57. Kh3 Rf3 58. Ra6 Rf5 0-1 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Smyslov, V"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. g4 c6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxf4
15. Bxf4 O-O 16. h5 Re8 17. Nd6 Re6 18. d5 Rxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxg5 20. Qf3 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 cxd5 22. Rc1 Na6 23. b4 h6 24. Rh3 Kh7 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. b5 Nc5 27. Bxc5
bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb8 29. a4 Rb7 30. Rdc3 1-0 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Smyslov, V"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 b5 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nd2 Ngf6 11. Ne4 c5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. d5 e5 14. a5 Bd6
15. e4 O-O 16. Be3 c4 17. Qxc4 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Qg6 19. Kf1 f5 20. Rg1 Qh5 21. Rg2
Nc5 22. Qd1 Qh4 23. Kg1 f4 24. Bd2 Rab8 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Bc4 Rf6 27. Qg1 Bf8 28.
Rg4 Qh5 29. Qg2 Qf7 30. b3 Kh8 31. Rg1 Rd6 32. Bc1 Nd7 33. Bb2 Re8 34. Qf1 Qh5
35. Qg2 Qh6 36. Rg5 g6 37. Qf1 Bg7 38. Bc1 Bf6 39. R5g4 Be7 40. Bd2 Nf6 41.
R4g2 Rd7 42. Bxa6 Ra7 43. Bb5 Rg8 44. a6 g5 45. Qd3 Bd6 46. Qe2 Rag7 47. Qd1
Qh4 48. Be2 g4 49. Be1 h5 50. fxg4 hxg4 51. Bxg4 Rxg4 52. f3 Rxg2 53. Bxh4
Rxg1+ 54. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 55. Kxg1 Ne8 56. a7 Nc7 57. Kf1 Kg7 58. Ke2 Kf7 59. Bf2
Ke8 60. Kd3 Kd7 61. Kc4 1-0 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O Ne5
15. Qe2 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qd3 17. Rfd1 Qxe2 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nxe2 Nd3 20. b3 Kc7
21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Bxa7 c5 23. Rb1 Bxg2 24. Bb8+ Kc6 25. Kxg2 Bh6 26. f4 e5 27.
a4 exf4 28. gxf4 c3 29. Nxc3 Bxf4 30. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 31. Kg3 Nh5+ 32. Kg4 Nxf6+ 33.
Kg5 Nd5 34. Nxd5 Kxd5 35. h4 f6+ 36. Kg4 c4 37. a5 c3 38. a6 Ra8 39. Kf5 Rxa6
40. h5 Ra2 41. Kxf6 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Smyslov, V"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. f3 Bg6 11. e4 e5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Qe2 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17. Kh1 g5 18. g3 Rad8 19. Ba2 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Nf8 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Qc6 27. f5
Nc5 28. Qg5 Rd7 29. Rg1 f6 30. exf6 Ne4 31. f7+ Rxf7 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Bxd5 Nf2+
34. Kg2 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Kxf2 Rxf5+ 37. Bf3 Rf4 38. Rg4 1-0 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Smyslov, V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 b6 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Bb7 8. f4 f5
9. g4 fxg4 10. f5 Qd7 11. Nf4 gxf5 12. exf5 Bd4+ 13. Kh1 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5 15.
Qe2 Nf6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7+ 17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 c4 19. Be3 Nf3 20. Bd4 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Rc8 22. Rf2 cxd3 23. cxd3 Kf7 24. Re1 Rhd8 25. Ne6 Rd7 26. Ree2 Rb7 27.
Kg3 Rg8 28. Kh4 h6 29. Rg2 Rbb8 30. Rc2 Rbc8 31. a4 Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Nd5 33. Rf2
Kf6 34. Kg3 h5 35. Kh4 Ne3 36. d5 Nxf5+ 37. Kxh5 a6 38. Rb2 Ne3 39. Rf2+ Nf5
40. Rb2 b5 41. axb5 axb5 0-1 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. c3
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Nf5 15.
Bf2 h5 16. Rae1 Qd8 17. Kh2 Bh6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Be4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxh4 21. Be3
Nf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qg2 Qg4 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Re5 26. Ree1 Rfe8 27. Bf2
h4 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. d4 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rg5+ 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. Be3 cxd4 33. cxd4
Kh7 34. Rf2 g5 35. Ne2 Rxf2+ 36. Bxf2 f5 0-1 

[Event "Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily V."]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. b3
Re8 9. Ba3 Rb8 10. O-O a6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bxc5 b6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Bd4 Re8 16. e4 Bb7 17. f4 Neg4 18. h3 c5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Nd7 22. Rad1 Nf8 23. Rd6 Ne6 24. Ne4 Red8 25. Rfd1 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8
Nxd8 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nd5 b5 30. Nc7 g5 31. Kf3 gxf4 32. gxf4 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4
34. Nxa6 f6 35. Nc7 fxe5 36. fxe5 Kg6 37. Ke4 Kg5 38. a4 Kh4 39. a5 Nc6 40. a6
Kxh3 41. Nb5 c3 42. Nbxc3 Kg4 43. Nd4 Na7 44. Nd5 h5 45. Nf6+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily V."]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Ne8
9. d4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. Bg4 fxe5 15.
dxe5 d4 16. Bd2 Nxe5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Bf4 Nc7 19. Bb3 Nc6 20. Qg4 Nd5 21. Bg5
Qa5 22. Nd2 Ne3 23. fxe3 Qxd2 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qc1+ 27.
Kg2 Qd2+ 28. Kf1 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qxb2+ 30. Kf1 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow Wch-m"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vasily V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. a4 e5 10. Ba3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. d5 a5 13. e4 Nc5 14. Qc2 h5 15. Rae1 h4
16. Bc1 Bc8 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. Bg5 h3 19. Bh1 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Qd7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22.
Nc1 Bg7 23. Nd3 f5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Bf3 Qd6 26. g4 f4 27. g5 Kf7 28. Kh1 Ke7
29. Rg1 Rh8 30. Rd1 Rh4 31. Rd3 Qd7 32. Qe2 Rbh8 33. Bg4 Qd6 34. Qf1 Bf8 35.
Rf3 Kd8 36. Qd3 Be7 37. Be6 R8h5 38. Rxh3 Rxh3 39. Bxh3 c4 40. bxc4 Qa3 41.
Qxa3 Bxa3 42. Bf5 gxf5 43. g6 Bf8 44. exf5 Bg7 45. f6 Bxf6 46. g7 Bxg7 47. Rxg7
f3 48. Rg4 Rh3 49. Rg3 Rh4 50. Rxf3 Rxc4 51. Ra3 Kd7 52. Kg2 Kd6 53. Kg3 Kxd5
54. h3 Ke6 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Kg3 Kg5 57. Kf3 Rf4+ 58. Kg3 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Smyslov, V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Rg6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Qd6 O-O-O 14. Qxc7+
Kxc7 15. Nd4 a6 16. Bf4+ Kc8 17. g3 Nd5 18. Bd2 e5 19. Nb3 Bg4 20. Bg2 f5 21.
O-O Bf3 22. Bh3 Rf8 23. Rfe1 Kc7 24. Bg2 h5 25. c4 Nf4 26. Bxf3 exf3 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. Nd2 fxg3 29. Nxf3 gxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Rfg8 31. Kh3 Rg4 32. Re6 Rxc4 33. Rf6
Rg7 34. Rxf5 Rxc2 35. Ng5 Re7 36. Kh4 Nd4 37. Rf4 Nb5 38. a4 Nc3 39. Rc4 Ree2
40. Rb6 Nd5 41. Rxc2 Rxc2 42. Ne6+ Kd7 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Rxd5 Kxe6 45. Rd6+
1/2-1/2 

[Event "Wch20-Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Smyslov, V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Rg6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 b6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Rg1 Qc7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Qf4 Qc6 16. g4 Nd5 17. Qxe4 Qa4 18. Bg2 f5 19. Qd3 c4 20. Qg3 N7f6
21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Qxf4 Nd5 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Rde1 Qe8 26. g5 h6 27.
h4 hxg5 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29. hxg5 Rg8 30. Qe2 Qc6 31. Qxe6 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Rxg5 33.
Re5 Kc6 34. Kd2 a5 35. a4 Rh5 36. Re6+ Kc7 37. Re5 Kc6 38. Re6+ Kc7 39. Re5 Kc6
40. Re6+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Amsterdam ol final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Stahlberg, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 Nc6 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. Bb2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Rb8 11. Qe2 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6
15. Ne4 Rb7 16. Ng5 Nd7 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. d4 Qc8 19. Nd2 c5 20. Ne4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc5 23. Nd6 Qc6+ 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rd7 26. Rfd1 f6 27. Ke3
e5 28. Rd5 Ne6 29. Nb5 Re7 30. Rd7 Rff7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rc6 Rd7
34. Rc8 Nc5 35. b4 Nd3 36. c5 Nxb4 37. c6 Rd5 38. c7 Rxb5 39. Rf8+ Kxf8 40.
c8=Q+ Ke7 41. Qc7+ Ke6 42. Qxg7 Nd5+ 43. Kf3 Ra5 44. Qxh7 Rxa2 45. h4 Ne7 46.
h5 Rd2 47. h6 f5 48. Qg7 e4+ 49. Kg2 e3 50. h7 1-0 

[Event "Amsterdam ol final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Minev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. e4 Bd6 12. O-O Rg8 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Nd2 O-O-O
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. f4 c5 17. a3 f5 18. axb4 Nf6 19. Na5 c4 20. Nxb7 cxd3 21. Nxd6+
Rxd6 22. Qxd3 fxe4 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. f5 Nd5 25. Qxe4 Nxb4 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. fxe6
fxe6 28. Rf7+ Kc6 29. Be3 Kd5 30. Rxh7 Nc6 31. Bf4 Rdd8 32. Bc7 Rh8 33. Rg7
Rhg8 34. Rh7 Rh8 35. Rg7 Rhg8 36. Rf7 Rgf8 37. Raf1 Rxf7 38. Rxf7 Rc8 39. Be5
Nxd4 40. Bxd4 Kxd4 41. Kf2 a5 42. g4 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rxb2 44. g5 a4 45. g6 Rb1 46.
Kh4 Rg1 47. Kh5 Kc4 48. Rf4+ Kb5 49. Rf3 Kb4 50. Rf4+ Kb5 51. Rf3 Kb4 52. Rg3
Rxg3 53. hxg3 a3 54. g7 a2 55. g8=Q a1=Q 56. Qg4+ Ka5 57. Qxe6 Qh8+ 58. Kg6 Qc3
59. g4 Qd2 60. g5 Qd4 61. Qf5+ Ka4 62. Kh5 Qh8+ 63. Kg4 Qh1 64. Qf4+ Ka5 65.
Qe5+ Ka4 66. g6 Qd1+ 67. Kg5 Qd8+ 68. Kf5 Qc8+ 69. Kf4 Qc1+ 70. Qe3 Qc7+ 71.
Qe5 Qc1+ 72. Kf5 Qc8+ 73. Kg5 Qd8+ 74. Qf6 Qd5+ 75. Qf5 Qd8+ 76. Kh5 Qe8 77.
Qf4+ Ka5 78. Qd2+ Ka4 79. Qd4+ Ka5 80. Kg5 Qe7+ 81. Kf5 Qf8+ 82. Ke4 Qh6 83.
Qe5+ Ka4 84. g7 Qh1+ 85. Kd4 Qd1+ 86. Kc5 Qc1+ 87. Kd6 Qd2+ 88. Ke6 Qa2+ 89.
Qd5 Qe2+ 90. Kd6 Qh2+ 91. Kc5 1-0 

[Event "Olympiad Amsterdam"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Najdorf Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. e3
Bf5 9. b3 Qc8 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. d5 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Nd8
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 17. f4 e6 18. e4 exd5 19. cxd5 Nf7 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Rce3 Qd7 22. Qf3 Rad8 23. a4 b6 24. exf5 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qxf5 26. g4 Qc2 27. Re2
Rf8 28. Ne4 Qd1 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. g5 Rc8 31. Re3 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 h6 33. h4 hxg5
34. hxg5 a6 35. Re7 Rb8 36. Ra7 b5 37. Rxa6 bxa4 38. bxa4 Rc8 39. a5 Kf8 40.
Rc6 Ra8 41. a6 1-0 

[Event "Amsterdam ol final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Bc6 11. b4 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bb2 cxb4 14. axb4 a5
15. Qb3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rec8
21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 h5 24. Qc3 g6 25. f3 Qf5 26. h4 Nf8 27.
Ba3 Qb1+ 28. Bf1 Ne6 29. Qb4 Qd1 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Qxb6 g5 32. hxg5 Nxg5 33. Bf8+
Kg6 34. Be7 Qc2+ 35. Be2 Ne6 36. Qb5 Ng8 37. Bh4 Qa2 38. Qb8 Kh7 39. Qe5 Ng7
40. e4 dxe4 41. Qxe4+ f5 42. Qe5 Qb2 43. Bg3 Nh6 44. Bf4 Nf7 45. Qe3 Qa2 46.
Qd3 Qd5 47. Qc4 Qd7 48. Bd3 Kg6 49. d5 Qe7 50. Qd4 Qh4+ 51. Kf1 Ne8 52. g3 Qf6
53. Qe3 Nfd6 54. Be5 Qf7 55. Qd4 Kh7 56. Kg2 Kg8 57. Qc5 Qe7 58. Bc3 Kf7 59.
Qd4 Kg6 60. Qe5 Kf7 61. f4 Qd7 62. Be2 Kg6 63. Qh8 Ng7 64. Qg8 Kh6 65. Bxh5
Nxh5 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Qxh5+ Kg8 68. Qg6+ Kf8 69. Bb4 1-0 

[Event "Amsterdam ol final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qxc3 Bd7 14. a4 Rc8 15.
Ba3 Nxd3 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. cxd3 f6 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Kf7 20. Rc7 Rd8 21.
Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Rxb7 Rc8 23. Kf1 a6 24. Ra7 Rc2 25. Rxa6 Ra2 26. Ra7 Rxa4 27. Ke2
d4 28. Nd2 Ra2 29. Kd1 Kd8 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Ne4 Bc6 32. Nc5 Bd5 33. a6 Ra1+
34. Kc2 Ra3 35. Kb2 Ra2+ 36. Kb1 Ra5 37. Nb7+ Bxb7 38. axb7 Rb5+ 39. Kc2 Kc7
40. b8=Q+ Kxb8 41. Rxh7 Kc8 42. Re7 Re5 43. Kd2 Kd8 44. Rf7 Rf5 45. Ke2 Ke8 46.
Ra7 Re5+ 47. Kf1 Rb5 48. h4 f5 49. g3 Kf8 50. Rd7 e5 51. Kg2 Kg8 52. h5 Ra5 53.
h6 Rb5 54. Rg7+ Kh8 55. Re7 Ra5 56. Kf3 Rd5 57. g4 e4+ 58. dxe4 fxg4+ 59. Ke2
d3+ 60. Kd2 Rd4 61. Re8+ Kh7 62. Re6 Ra4 63. Kxd3 Ra3+ 64. Ke2 Rf3 65. e5 Rf5
66. Ke1 Rf4 67. Rf6 Re4+ 68. Kf1 Rxe5 69. Kg2 Ra5 70. Kg3 Rg5 71. Kh4 Rg8 72.
Kh5 g3 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O c4 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Ne1 Na4 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Ng2 f6 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. Bg4 Ng6 17. Re1 Rde8 18. Qf3 Rhf8 19. Bh6 Rf7 20. Nf4 Qd6 21. Re3
e5 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bf4 Rfe7 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Qf8+ Kc7 27. Bxd7
Qxd7 28. Rae1 e4 29. Qf6 Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Kxd6 31. f4 b5 32. Kg2 Nxc3 33. Rxc3 d4
34. a4 dxc3 35. axb5 Kc5 36. g4 Rd7 37. Re2 Kxb5 38. h4 a5 39. h5 gxh5 40. g5
Rd2 41. Kf2 h4 42. g6 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 h3 44. g7 h2 45. g8=Q h1=Q 46. Qd5+ Kb4
47. f5 Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qe3+ 49. Kd1 Qf2 0-1 

[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc2 Bc5 18. Na4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bf5 20. Bb4 Qd7 21.
Rc3 Ne4 22. Rcc1 b6 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Be4 26. Qd2 Qg4 27. h3
Qg6 28. Qf2 h5 29. Kh2 a5 30. Ba3 b5 31. Bc5 b4 32. Rcc1 Rdc8 33. Bd4 Bc2 34.
Rd2 Be4 35. Rdd1 Qf5 36. Qe2 Qg6 37. Qf2 a4 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. bxa4 Qe8 40. Rd2
Qxa4 41. Qh4 Rc2 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43. Qg3 Qxa2 44. Bxf6 Qxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Bxg2 46.
Bd4 Be4 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. h4 g6 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kf5 51. Kd2 Kg4 52. Bf6 Kg3
53. Be7 Kh3 54. Bf6 Kg4 55. Be7 Bf5 56. Bf6 Kf3 57. Be7 b3 58. Kc3 Be6 59. Bc5
g5 60. fxg5 d4+ 61. exd4 Kg3 62. Ba3 Kxh4 63. Kd3 Kxg5 64. Ke4 h4 65. Kf3 Bd5+
0-1 

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. d4 exd3 8.
Bxd3 Qe7 9. Qc2 Be6 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Bb2 h5 12. O-O-O h4 13. h3 Nd7 14. Bf5
Rde8 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Ne2 Rh5 17. Nd4 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Nf3 g6 20. Rhe1
Nc5 21. Kc2 a5 22. Rd4 f5 23. Re2 g5 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Kxd2 Rh6
27. e4 Bf4+ 28. Ke1 fxe4 29. Rxe4 c5 30. Bc3 a4 31. bxa4 Rb6 32. Ke2 Kd7 33.
Kd3 Rb1 34. Re1 Rb6 35. Kc2 Rg6 36. Re4 Rd6 37. Re1 Rg6 38. Re2 b6 39. Re4 Rd6
40. Re1 Rg6 41. Re4 Rd6 42. a3 Rg6 43. a5 Rg8 44. a4 Rf8 45. Re2 bxa5 46. Kd3
Rd8 47. Re4 Kc6+ 48. Ke2 Kb6 49. Re6+ c6 50. Re7 Ka6 51. Re4 Kb6 52. Re6 Kb7
53. Re7+ Ka6 54. Re4 Kb6 55. Be1 Bc1 56. g3 hxg3 57. fxg3 Rh8 58. h4 gxh4 59.
gxh4 Bb2 60. Bd2 Bd4 61. Kf3 Bb2 62. Bg5 Rf8+ 63. Rf4 Rg8 64. Rf5 Bd4 65. h5
Kc7 66. h6 Kd7 67. Kg4 Ke6 68. Rf4 Rb8 69. Re4+ Kf7 70. Re7+ Kg8 71. Kf5 Rf8+
72. Kg6 Kh8 73. Rh7+ Kg8 74. Rd7 Kh8 75. Rd8 1-0 

[Event "Ch URS, 22 Ch Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh Yuri L"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Ncd7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bh4 Bb4
21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Bc2 Be7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. b3 g6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Bxd1 e5 28. Ne1 e4 29. Nc2 Qd6 30. Ne3 Qd4 31. Nd5 Bg5 32. g3 f5 33. h4 Bd8 34.
Bc2 Kf7 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Bxd1 Ke6 37. Nf4+ Kf6 38. Kf1 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40.
Nd5+ Ke5 41. a3 Kd4 42. Be2 Bc8 43. Kg2 Bd7 44. Kf1 Be8 45. Kg1 Bf7 46. Kg2 a5
47. Kf1 f4 48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Nxf4 Kc3 50. Bd1 Kd2 51. Bg4 Kc2 52. Be6 Bxe6 53.
Nxe6 Be7 54. Nd4+ Kc3 55. Nf5 Bf8 56. Ng3 Kxb3 57. Ke2 Kxa3 58. Nxe4 Kb3 59.
Kd3 a4 60. Nd2+ Kb2 61. c5 b5 62. c6 Bd6 63. Ne4 Bb8 64. Nc3 a3 65. f4 Bxf4 0-1


[Event "Moscow ch-SU"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Borisenko, Georgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Qc2 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. a3 Bd7 15.
Rfe1 Nb7 16. Nce4 Nxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ f6 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bxd5 Nd6 21.
e4 Rc8 22. Rac1 Nf7 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Rcd1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qe7 26. e5 Red8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. e6 Nd6 29. Qc3 Nf5 30. Re4 h5 31. Re1 Rd5 32. Qc2 Qd6 33. Qxf5 Rxf5
34. e7 Qd7 35. e8=Q Qxe8 36. Rxe8 Rxf3 37. Re7+ Kh6 38. b4 Rxa3 39. bxc5 a5 40.
Rb7 b4 41. c6 Rc3 42. c7 b3 43. Rxb3 Rxc7 44. Ra3 Ra7 45. Ra4 Kg5 46. f3 Kf5
47. g4+ hxg4 48. fxg4+ Ke5 49. h4 Kd5 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Ke6 52. h6 Kf7 53.
Rg4 Kf8 54. Rf4 Ra6 55. Rg4 Ra7 56. Rf4 Kg8 57. Rxf6 a4 58. Rf2 Kh7 59. Ra2
Kxh6 60. Kf2 Kg5 61. Ke3 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Moscow ol prel"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Stahlberg, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Nc3 Nf8 10. d4 Bf5 11. Qc1 Ne4 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nd7 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Rac1 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qa5 20. Nd3 e5 21.
dxe5 Bxe5 22. b4 b5 23. bxa5 bxc4 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. h3 Rb8 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Rb1
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 f6 29. a6 c5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rc8 Nd7 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Rc6+ Kd5
34. Rc7 Kd6 35. Rxa7 Re8 36. Ba5 Kc6 37. Ke1 Nb6 38. Bxb6 Kxb6 39. Rf7 Kxa6 40.
Rxf6+ Kb5 41. Rf3 Rd8 42. e4 Rd4 43. e5 Kc6 44. Re3 Kd7 45. f4 Ke6 46. Ke2 Rd8
47. a4 Rb8 48. Ra3 Rb2+ 49. Kd1 Rb6 50. a5 Ra6 51. Kd2 g5 52. Kc3 gxf4 53. gxf4
Kd5 54. Ra1 h5 55. h4 1-0 

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Benkner, O"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. d3 Be6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Bb2 f5 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Nd7 15.
Rc1 Qe7 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Rad8 19. Qe1 Bd5 20. Bh3 Ne7 21. Qg3
g6 22. e4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bxe4 24. Rce1 Qc4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Re1 Qxf4 27. Rxe7
1-0 

[Event "Olympiad, Final Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Padevsky Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O
Nc7 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bb2 b6 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qe7 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. h4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Qb2+ f6 23. Nxf6 Kf7 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Nxh7 Ne6 26. Qe5 b5 27.
Ng5+ Nxg5 28. hxg5 Qa8+ 29. e4 Qc6 30. Kf3 c4 31. bxc4 Qxc4 32. Qd5+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow ol final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Be2 h5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Nb3 Be7 14. f4 h4
15. Na4 Qa7 16. Nac5 dxc5 17. Qxd7+ Kf8 18. e5 Kg7 19. Na5 Rhd8 20. Nxc6 Rxd7
21. Nxa7 Rc7 22. g3 Rxa7 23. gxh4 f5 24. Rg1+ Kh7 25. a4 Ra8 26. a5 Rd8 27.
Rxd8 Bxd8 28. Rd1 Bxh4 29. Rd6 Be7 30. Rb6 Bd8 31. Bf3 Re7 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33.
Bxb7 Bxa5 34. c3 f6 35. Bc8 fxe5 36. fxe5 Bc7 37. Bxe6 Bxe5 38. Bxf5+ Kg7 39.
Kg2 Bf4 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Olympiad Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Gligoric Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. h4 d6 7. d3 Rb8 8. h5 Bd7
9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qc1 Bg7 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 e6
15. Ng5 Ke7 16. Kd2 Be8 17. Qg7 Kd7 18. f4 Qe7 19. Rh1 Nd8 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Rh8
Bc6 22. Nf6 Kb6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Rh7 Nd8 25. Qxg6 Ka6 26. a4 Ka5 27. Qg5 Kxa4
28. Rh1 Kb3 29. Qh4 Kb2 30. g4 1-0 

[Event "Moscow Alekhine-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Ciocaltea, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. h4 h5 10. Bb3 f6 11. Nc4 Bg4 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Bd2 Nc8 14. Ne3 Nb6 15.
Nxg4 hxg4 16. Nh2 Rxh4 17. O-O-O Qg7 18. g3 Rh5 19. Nxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 O-O-O
21. Qf3 Rd6 22. Bh6 Qe7 23. Be3 Nd7 24. a3 Na5 25. Ba2 Rc6 26. Rh8 Kb8 27. Bd5
Rd6 28. Bh6 c6 29. Ba2 b5 30. Bxf8 Nxf8 31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxf8+ Kb7 33. Rf7+
Kb8 34. Qe3 c5 35. Bd5 f5 36. Rf8+ 1-0 

[Event "Moscow Alekhine-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Padevski, Nikola"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. f4 b6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. g4 Rc8 13. g5 Rxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4
15. Qg4 Qc8 16. Rf3 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. Qh4 e5 19. Rh3 h6 20. Qh5 Qxc3 21. Rd1
exd4 22. Bd2 Qc6 23. gxh6 Ng5 24. Rg3 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1 

[Event "Memorial A.Alekhine Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Najdorf Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Bc3 Na6 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. Rxa6 Bd3 16. Ra5 Bc4 17. Kd2 a6 18. Rc5 Rfd8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Rd7
21. Rb1 Re8 22. b3 Bb5 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Bd4 Re6 25. f3 Re8 26. h5 f6 27. Rgc1
Kg8 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ra8 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. Rd7 Bc2 33. Rxd5 Bxb3
34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Bd4 Be8 37. Rc5 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rd8 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Bc3
Rd8 41. e4 Rd3 42. Ke2 Bb5 43. Rxb5 Rxc3 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kf7
47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kf2 Rb3 49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52. Kg3 a5 53.
b5 a4 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. b6 Kg8 56. Kf5 Rb5+ 57. Ke6 a3 58. f4 a2 59. Ra7 Rxb6+
60. Kf5 Rb7 61. Rxa2 Kf7 62. Ra5 Rc7 63. Rd5 Ra7 64. e5 fxe5 65. fxe5 Ke7 66.
e6 Ra4 67. g5 hxg5 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Rf7+ Kg8 70. Kg6 g4 71. h6 gxh6 72. e7 Ra8
73. Rf6 1-0 

[Event "Moscow Alekhine-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bf4 Bf5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Na5 12. Qg3 Nf5 13. Qh3 g6 14. Ng3
Qd7 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Rfe1+ Kf7 17. Qh6 Nc6 18. Rab1 b6 19. Bxc7 Qd7 20. Bf4
Ne7 21. Re2 Nf5 22. Qh3 h5 23. Qd3 Rac8 24. h3 h4 25. Rbe1 Rhe8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8
27. Rxe8 Qxe8 28. Qa6 g5 29. Bd2 Nd6 30. Qxa7+ Kg6 31. Be3 Nc4 32. Kh1 f5 33.
Qb7 f4 34. Qxd5 fxe3 35. fxe3 Nxe3 36. Qd6+ Kf7 37. Qh6 Qe7 38. Qxb6 Qe4 39.
Qc7+ Kg6 40. Qd6+ Kh5 41. Qh2 Qc6 42. Qg1 Qxc3 43. a4 g4 44. hxg4+ Kg5 45. a5
h3 0-1 

[Event "Moscow Alekhine-mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Stahlberg, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 a5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Rfd1 Bf6 12. d4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc8 14. Rac1 dxc4
15. bxc4 Be4 16. Bh3 Qa6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Be7 21.
Bb2 Nf6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nh3 Qb7+ 24. f3 a4 25. e4 a3 26. Ba1 Nd7 27. Nf2 Ra4 28.
Ng4 h5 29. Ne3 Bg5 30. Rc2 Nf6 31. d5 exd5 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Nxd5 Re8 34. Nxf6+
gxf6 35. Rd5 Re5 36. Rxe5 fxe5 37. Qd2 Qc6 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Rd2 Ra8 40. Qxe5
Re8 41. Qh8+ 1-0 

[Event "It Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Szabo Laslo"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. d3 c6 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 a6 8. a4 a5
9. Be3 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. b3 h5 12. h4 Bh3 13. d4 O-O 14. Ra2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 d5
16. dxe5 dxc4 17. bxc4 Bxe5 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Rd2 Bxc3 20. Rxd7 Bb4 21. c5 Rfe8
22. Rfd1 f5 23. Rxb7 fxe4 24. Rd6 Kf7 25. Nf4 Reb8 26. Rbd7 Ke8 27. Ne6 1-0 

[Event "It Moscow"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail M"]
[Black "Uhlmann Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]

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"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O Ba6
15. b4 O-O 16. Re1 Bb7 17. Bf4 f5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Bc4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Re7
Rf7 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Qxf5 a3 25. Be5 Ra6 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Rc1 Qc6
28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. g4 1-0 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. h4 Bh6
15. a4 Bxg5 16. hxg5 b4 17. Ne4 c5 18. a5 Qc7 19. Ng3 Ne5 20. a6 Bc6 21. Qc1
Rxd4 22. Qe3 Rdh4 23. Rfc1 Rh2 24. f4 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Rh3 26. Qxc5 Rgxg3 27. Qf8+
Qd8 28. Qxd8+ Kxd8 29. fxe5 Rh1+ 30. Kf2 Rg2+ 31. Ke3 Rh3+ 32. Kd4 Rxe2 33.
Rxc4 Re4+ 34. Kc5 Rxc4+ 35. Kxc4 Rg3 0-1 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. c4 Nf6 11. d4 c5 12. d5 Bg4 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qe1 Nbd7 15.
Bc2 h6 16. Qh4 Qc7 17. Bd2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Bh5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf6 21. Bc2
Bg6 22. Ba4 Re4 23. b3 Bh7 24. Bc3 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Ne4 26. Bb2 f5 27. Qa1 Rf7 28.
Be5 Re7 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qb2 g5 31. Bc6 g4 32. Ne1 Ng5 33. Nd3 f3 34. b4 Re2
0-1 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qa5 12. Nbd2 Qxc5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Rd1 e6 15.
h4 Qc7 16. Re1 b6 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. a3 Ba6 20. Qe4 Rac8 21. h5 Rfe8
22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 Nce7 24. Nbd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qh4
Nc6 28. Nxc6 Qxc6 29. Bh6 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Ng5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Ke8 33. Bxd5
exd5 34. Qh8+ Kd7 35. Nxf7 Qd1 36. Qd8+ Kc6 37. Qa8+ Kb5 38. Nd6+ 1-0 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nb3 a6 10. Be2 h5 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Qe3 Na5 14. Qg3 Kf8
15. f4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qa5 17. Kh1 Rd8 18. Rd4 Bc6 19. b4 Qb6 20. Rfd1 f5 21. Bf3
h4 22. Qh3 Bf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. fxe5 Bc7 27. Qd3
Bxe5 28. Na4 Qc7 29. Nc5 Kg7 30. Nxa6 Qb6 31. c3 Qf2 32. Nc5 h3 33. Qf3 hxg2+
34. Qxg2+ Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxh2+ 36. Kf3 Rh3+ 37. Kf2 Rh2+ 38. Kf3 Rxb2 39. Rg1+
Kh6 40. Nd3 Bxc3 41. Nxb2 Bxb2 42. Ke3 Bc3 43. Rb1 Kg5 44. Kd3 Be5 45. Rg1+ Kf6
46. Kc4 f4 47. Rg8 f3 48. Kd3 Bf4 49. Rc8 e5 50. Rxc6+ Kg5 51. Rc4 f5 52. Rxf4
Kxf4 53. b5 e4+ 0-1 

[Event "Nikolina Gora"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qxh7
cxd4 9. b4 dxc3 10. bxa5 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+
Qxd7 15. Qd3 Rg4 16. g3 Nfg6 17. Be3 Nc6 18. h3 Rc4 19. O-O Ncxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5
21. Qh7 O-O-O 22. Bxa7 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd2 24. Rfe1 d4 25. f3 f5 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7
27. Re5 Ke7 28. Rae1 Rc6 29. Rb5 d3 30. Rc1 Nc4 31. Rxb7+ Kf6 32. cxd3 Rxd3 33.
Rb3 Rd2+ 34. Bf2 c2 35. a6 Rxa6 36. Rc3 Nxa3 37. f4 Rd1 38. R1xc2 Nxc2 39. Rxc2
Ra4 40. Rb2 Rc4 41. Be3 Rd3 42. Kf2 Rcc3 43. Re2 Ke7 44. Kf3 Kd6 45. g4 Ke7 46.
Re1 Kf7 47. Re2 Rb3 48. Re1 Rdc3 49. Re2 Rc4 50. gxf5 exf5 51. Ra2 Re4 52. Re2
Kg6 53. Re1 Kh5 54. h4 Ra4 55. Rg1 Raa3 56. Re1 Ra2 57. Rh1 Rc2 58. Rg1 Rh2 0-1


[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Ne2
d6 9. e4 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ng3 exd4 12. Nf5 Qf6 13. f4 Bb7 14. g4 Rg8 15. Ra2
O-O-O 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Raf2 Nc5 18. Bb1 Qe6 19. Re1 Kb8 20. g5 f6 21. Rg2 fxg5
22. fxg5 Ne5 23. Nxd4 Qxc4 24. Rg3 Rgf8 25. Bb2 g6 26. Qd2 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4
28. Rc3 Qf7 29. Qe3 Bb7 30. Rd1 Rde8 31. Qg3 a6 32. h3 Ka8 33. Rcc1 Qd5 34. Kh2
Nf3+ 35. Nxf3 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Rxf3 0-1 

[Event "Soviet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian, T"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg7 13. Bd3 Qd8 14. Nh2 h5 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. Nb5 Kf8 17. Nf1 g4 18. Nd2 e5 19. Qb3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4
Qe7+ 22. Kd1 Bxd4 23. Rc7 Bb6 24. Re1 Qd6 25. Rxb7 Rh6 26. Bb5 Be6 27. f4 gxf3
28. Nxf3 Rc8 29. Ne5 Qc5 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rf3 Qc1+ 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Kf1 Qd2
0-1 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd2 e6 9. e4 Nb6 10. Be3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 e5 12. Kc2 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. Rhd1
Be6 15. Ba6 Rab8 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bc5 Bc7 19. Rd1 Bc8 20. Bxc8
Rxc8 21. b4 f6 22. Kb3 Kf7 23. b5 Bd8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxd8 Rxc5 26. Rb8 Kg6
27. Rb7 Nc8 28. a4 h5 29. f3 Rc6 30. Rd7 a6 31. Nd5 a5 32. h4 Ra6 33. Kc4 Rc6+
34. Kb5 Rc2 35. Ne3 Rb2+ 36. Kxa5 Kh7 37. Nf5 1-0 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bf3 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. a3 Qc5 13. h3 Rfd8 14. Qd2 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bg4 Kf8 18. Qe2 a6 19. Qf3 Rc6 20. h4 Ke7 21.
g3 b5 22. Rac1 Qc4 23. Rd3 b4 24. b3 Qc5 25. Nd5+ Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qb6 27. axb4
Qxb4 28. Qe2 Qc3 29. Qd1 Rb8 30. Be2 a5 31. Bc4 a4 32. Ra1 Rb4 33. Rd3 Qb2 34.
c3 Rbxc4 35. bxc4 a3 36. Rb1 Qa2 37. Rb4 Ra6 38. c5 dxc5 39. Rd7+ 1-0 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Ba5 12. h4 g4 13. e3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15.
O-O Ne7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. a4 a5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 c6 21. Be5
Rg8 22. Qb3 Ra6 23. Rb1 b6 24. Qd3 Qa7 25. Rc2 Rg6 26. h5 Re6 27. Qh7 Kd7 28.
Qxf7 Qa8 29. e4 Qe8 30. Qg7 dxe4 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Rbc1 Ra8 34. Bf6
g3 35. Bxe7+ Rxe7 36. Rxe7 gxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qxe7 38. Qg8+ 1-0 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilya"]
[Black " Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be1 Bd7 11. Kb1 Qe7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. f3 Bb8 14. Bh4
dxc4 15. Bxc4 Rfd8 16. e4 b5 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Ncxe4 19. Qxe4 Rxd2 20.
Rxd2 Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Nxd2+ 22. Ka1 Be5 23. Rd1 g5 24. Bxg5 Rc2 0-1 

[Event "Training"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black " Kan, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. f3 Qc7 11. e4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Ba5 13. Be3 Bb6 14. Ne2 Nbd7 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Qa3 a5 18. b4 Rd7 19. b5 Rad8 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rd3
e5 22. Rad1 Qa7 23. Qc3 Ne8 24. Kf1 Nd6 25. Bg1 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 exd4 27. Bxd4
Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qc7 29. g3 Rd6 30. Nb5 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Qb8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Nd4
Qd6 34. Nxc6 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Qe2 Qc3 1/2-1/2 

