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Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik click to enlarge

Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games

Mikhail Botvinnik

These 100 games were selected and annotated by Botvinnik himself as the best games he played before becoming World Champion in 1948.

Includes contests against Alekhine, Capablanca, Euwe, Keres, Reshevsky, Smyslov and others. Botvinnik explains his theories, the development of Russian chess and six end game studies. A must-have book. Some of the games contained:

  • Botvinnik vs Stoltz, 1926 (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
  • Botvinnik vs N Grigoriev, 1927 (E16) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
  • Botvinnik vs Ragozin, 1927 (C16) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0
  • J Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1927 (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 42 moves, 0-1
  • Botvinnik vs Nenarokov, 1927 (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
  • Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Botvinnik, 1927 (C00) French Defense, 66 moves, 0-1
  • A Poliak vs Botvinnik, 1929 (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1
  • Botvinnik vs V Sozin, 1929 (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
  • Botvinnik vs B Silich, 1929 (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
  • Rokhlin vs Botvinnik, 1930 (C49) Four Knights, 43 moves, 0-1
  • Botvinnik vs Gotthilf, 1930 (E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
  • Botvinnik vs Myasojedow, 1931 (E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
  • Chekhover vs Botvinnik, 1931 (A47) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1
  • Botvinnik vs Kasparian, 1931 (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
  • Botvinnik vs N Sorokin, 1931 (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 55 moves, 1-0
  • Botvinnik vs Alatsortev, 1931 (E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
  • Botvinnik vs Kan, 1931 (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 38 moves, 1-0
  • Rauzer vs Botvinnik, 1931 (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1
  • Botvinnik vs Riumin, 1931 (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
  • Valentins Kirilov vs Botvinnik, 1931 (A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 0-1
  • Botvinnik vs Miasoedov Grigori, 1932 (E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 27 moves, 1-0
  • I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1932 (C01) French, Exchange, 61 moves, 0-1
  • Botvinnik vs Alatortsev, 1932 (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0
  • Chekhover vs Botvinnik, 1932 (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 34 moves, 0-1
  • Lisitsin vs Botvinnik, 1932 (A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
  • many more!

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