Mikhail Botvinnik

Also known as Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik

Soviet chess player

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Mikhail Botvinnik was a Soviet chess player who was one of the greatest players of the 20th century and held the title of World Chess Champion for multiple periods between 1948 and 1963. He is important in chess history because he brought a scientific approach to the game through rigorous analysis and preparation, and his dominance helped establish the Soviet Union as a major force in international chess.

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Botvinnik Against Smyslov and Petrosian
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Botvinniksmyslov Three World Chess Championship Matches 1954 1957 1958
Botvinnik Petrosian The 1963 World Chess Championship Match
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Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1975-03-26

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Instance of: human
Given name: Mikhail
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russia
Place of birth: Repino
Place of death: Moscow
Occupation: chess composer
Educated at: Peter the Great Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Languages spoken: Russian
Religion: atheism
Award: Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Participant in: 16th Chess Olympiad
Student of: Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky
Sport: chess
Country for sport: Soviet Union
Image: Botvinnik 1933.jpg

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Commons category: Mikhail Botvinnik
place of burial: Novodevichy Cemetery
cause of death: pancreatic cancer
date of birth: 1911-08-17
date of death: 1995-05-05
manner of death: natural causes
title of chess person: International Judge of Chess Compositions
name in native language: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник
Stack Exchange tag: chess.stackexchange.com/tags/botvinnik

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Encyclopedic overview

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник; IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil məɪˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ‿bɐˈtvʲinʲːɪk]; August 17 [O.S. August 4] 1911 – May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess, the last of which he was awarded an honorary mathematics degree for.

Botvinnik was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union. He played a major role in the organization of chess, making a significant contribution to the design of the World Chess Championship system after World War II and becoming a leading member of the coaching system that enabled the Soviet Union to dominate top-class chess during that time. His pupils include World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, and Vladimir Kramnik. He is often described as the patriarch of the Soviet chess school and is revered for his analytical approach to chess.

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