Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik 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. He also had a mathematics degree (honorary).
Tournaments won by Mikhail Botvinnik
| Tournament | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee | 1969 | Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) |
| IBM international chess tournament | 1966 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Hastings | 1966 | Hastings (England) |
| World Chess Championship 1961 | 1961 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| Hastings | 1961 | Hastings (England) |
| World Chess Championship 1958 | 1958 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| Alekhine Memorial | 1956 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| Moscow | 1956 | Moscow |
| World Chess Championship 1954 | 1954 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| 1952 USSR Chess Championship | 1952 | Moscow |
| World Chess Championship 1951 | 1951 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| World Chess Championship 1948 | 1948 | The Hague (Netherlands) & Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| Chigorin Memorial | 1947 | Moscow (Russia) |
| Moscow | 1947 | Moscow |
| Groningen | 1946 | Groningen |
| 1945 USSR Chess Championship | 1945 | Moscow |
| 1944 USSR Chess Championship | 1944 | Moscow |
| Sverdlovsk | 1943 | Sverdlovsk |
| USSR Absolute Championship | 1941 | Leningrad/Moscow |
| 1939 USSR Chess Championship | 1939 | Leningrad |
| Nottingham | 1936 | Nottingham |
| Moscow | 1935 | Moscow |
| Leningrad | 1934 | Leningrad |
| 1933 USSR Chess Championship | 1933 | Leningrad |
| 1931 USSR Chess Championship | 1931 | Moscow |
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Born: Thursday, August 17, 1911
Died: Friday, May 5, 1995