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* Mikhail Botvinnik vs Vasily Smyslov, World Championship Match, Moscow 1954, game 14, King's Indian Defence, Fianchetto Variation ( E68 ), 0 – 1 With one of the deepest pre-game home preparations ever seen, Smyslov unleashes a chain of tactical wizardry, including a queen sacrifice, to record a beautiful win which fundamentally changed the theory in this variation.
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At twelve, he was accepted into Mikhail Botvinnik's prestigious chess school, though Botvinnik made the following remark about the young Karpov: " The boy does not have a clue about chess, and there's no future at all for him in this profession.
The title was brought back in 1935, and awarded to Mikhail Botvinnik, who thus became the first " official " Grandmaster of the USSR.
* The top players of the day: world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, and those who had qualified for ( or been seeded into ) the inaugural Candidates Tournament in 1950: Isaac Boleslavsky, Igor Bondarevsky, David Bronstein, Max Euwe, Reuben Fine, Salo Flohr, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Andor Lilienthal, Miguel Najdorf, Samuel Reshevsky, Vasily Smyslov, Gideon Ståhlberg, and László Szabó.
Much like music, chess would remain a passion, and he became acquainted with world chess champions José Raúl Capablanca, whom he beat in a simultaneous exhibition match in 1914, and Mikhail Botvinnik.
** Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player ( d. 1995 )
He first drew wide attention in 1947 at age ten, when he defeated Soviet champion Mikhail Botvinnik in a simultaneous exhibition in Leningrad.
One of the few chess grandmasters to devote himself seriously to computer chess was former World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who wrote several works on the subject.
* Mikhail Botvinnik ( also three-time World Chess Champion )
As a child, Vladimir Kramnik studied in the chess school established by Mikhail Botvinnik.
He won the world championship in 1963 ( against Mikhail Botvinnik ), successfully defended it in 1966 ( against Boris Spassky ), and lost it in 1969 ( to Spassky ).
Having won the Candidates Tournament, Petrosian earned the right to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the title of World Chess Champion in a 24-game match.
With the tide turning towards an eventual Soviet war victory over the Nazi invaders, Bronstein was able to once again play some competitive chess, and he defeated Soviet champion Mikhail Botvinnik at the 1944 USSR Championship, which was his own first appearance at the Soviet top-standard event.
He came agonizingly close to his goal when he drew the 1951 challenge match for the title of World Champion by a score of 12 – 12 with Mikhail Botvinnik, the reigning champion.
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, PhD (, ) ( – May 5, 1995 ) was a Soviet and Russian International Grandmaster and three-time World Chess Champion.
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In his first Soviet final, the 1940 USSR Chess Championship ( Moscow, URS-ch12 ), he performed exceptionally well for 3rd place with 13 / 19, finishing ahead of the reigning champion Mikhail Botvinnik.
In the Mikhail Chigorin Memorial tournament, Moscow 1947, Smyslov tied for 3rd – 4th places, with 10 / 15, as Botvinnik won.
His selection was questioned in some quarters, but this criticism was amply rebutted when he finished second behind Mikhail Botvinnik, with a score of 11 / 20.
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* Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhail Botvinnik, World Championship Match, Moscow 1954, game 9, French Defence, Winawer Variation ( C17 ), 1 – 0 Smyslov blows up one of the World Champion's favourite variations with a queen sacrifice to score a stunning win.
* Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhail Tal, Candidates ' Tournament, Yugoslavia 1959, Sicilian Defence, Najdorf / Opecensky Variation ( B92 ), 1 – 0 It was their first-ever meeting, and the young star Tal gets a sharp lesson from the veteran.
* Paul Keres vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow 1956 ( Alekhine Memorial ), Sicilian, Richter – Rauzer Attack ( B63 ), 1 – 0 Keres had a minus score against Botvinnik, but here he defeats the world champion in convincing positional style.
* Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen, Eersel 1969, match game 6, Sicilian Defence, Richter – Rauzer Variation ( B65 ), 0 – 1 Larsen was dangerous with the Black pieces, and here he shows a former World Champion why.
* Mikhail Botvinnik vs Bent Larsen, Leiden 1970, Dutch Defense, Classical Variation ( A90 ), 0 – 1 Another former World Champion can't hold a long endgame.
* Reuben Fine vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Amsterdam AVRO 1938, French Defence, Winawer / Advance Variation ( C17 ), 1-0 In the final position, " Black does not have a single move, and Rf3 is threatened.
* Mikhail Chigorin vs Johannes Zukertort, Tnmt, London 1883, Spanish Game: Berlin Defense.
: Mikhail Tal vs Tigran Petrosian, Moscow 1974: 1.
* Mikhail Botvinnik vs Salo Flohr, Leningrad / Moscow match 1933, Caro-Kann Defence, Panov-Botvinnik Attack ( B13 ), 0-1 Botvinnik adopts his favourite line, but has to concede defeat.
* John Littlewood vs Mikhail Botvinnik at the Hastings Chess Congress 1961
Just before his 60th birthday, he participated in the 1970 USSR vs. Rest of the World match, achieving an even score against the former world champion Mikhail Tal.
* Miguel Najdorf vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Groningen 1946, Nimzo – Indian Defence, Classical Variation ( E35 ), 1 – 0 In their first meeting, Najdorf catches the future World Champion in a maze of tactics.
In 1945 he played on board one in the USA vs USSR radio match, losing both games to Mikhail Botvinnik, and in 1946 travelled to Moscow for the return match, losing both games against Vasily Smyslov.
* Mikhail Tal vs Lajos Portisch, Varese Candidates ' Playoff 1976, Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn ( B97 ), 0-1 Portisch had lost his match to Tal 11 years earlier, but gets his revenge here.
* Pal Benko vs Mikhail Tal, Curacao Candidates ' tournament 1962, Benko's Opening ( A00 ), 1-0 Benko introduces an original opening scheme, and finally beats Tal, one of his great tormentors.
The opening was introduced by Mikhail Botvinnik in the 1945 USSR vs USA radio match vs Arnold Denker.
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