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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Mikhail Botvinnik
   Born:    1911-Aug
   Died:    1995-May
   Best World Rank:    #1 (131 different months between the September 1936 rating list and the May 1958 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2885 on the October 1945 rating list, #1 in world, age 34y2m
   Best Individual Performance:    2862 in Botvinnik-Tal II (World Championship, Moscow), 1961, scoring 13/21 (62%) vs 2796-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Leningrad NW Provincial f, 1926  not rated on January 1926 list   [2514]   +2 (3/4, 75%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2557-rated opposition   N/A 
    Leningrad NW Provincial sf, 1926  not rated on January 1926 list   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Leningrad tt, 1926  not rated on January 1926 list   [2499]   = (0.5/1, 50%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2549-rated opposition   N/A 
    Leningrad-5ch sf, 1926  not rated on January 1926 list   [2549]   +5 (5.5/6, 92%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2544-rated opposition   N/A 
    Leningrad-ch, 1926  not rated on January 1926 list   [2499]   +4 (4.5/5, 90%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2549-rated opposition   N/A 
    Leningrad-Stockholm, 1926  not rated on January 1926 list   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    URS-ch05 Moscow, 1927  not rated on September 1927 list   [2591]   +2 (7/12, 58%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2588-rated opposition   N/A 
    URS-ch06 qf2 Odessa, 1929  2546 (#50 on January 1929 list)   -   +6 (7/8, 88%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    URS-ch06 sf1 Odessa, 1929  2546 (#50 on January 1929 list)   -   = (2.5/5, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Leningrad-ch, 1930  not rated on January 1930 list   -   +11 (13.5/16, 84%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    URS-ch07 Moscow, 1931  not rated on October 1931 list   -   +10 (13.5/17, 79%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Leningrad-ch, 1932  not rated on January 1932 list   -   +9 (10/11, 91%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    URS-ch08 Leningrad, 1933  not rated on August 1933 list   -   +6 (8/10, 80%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Botvinnik-Flohr Match (Moscow/Leningrad), 1933  not rated on November 1933 list   2696   = (6/12, 50%)   = (6/12, 50%) vs 2720-rated opposition   N/A 
    Leningrad, 1934  2662 (#9 on August 1934 list)   [2575]   +4 (7.5/11, 68%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2577-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Hastings, 1934  2679 (#7 on December 1934 list)   2567   +1 (5/9, 56%)   = (3.5/7, 50%) vs 2585-rated opposition   -0.8 
    Moscow, 1935  2659 (#11 on February 1935 list)   2705   +7 (13/19, 68%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2647-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Botvinnik-Ragozin Training Match (Moscow), 1936  2714 (#4 on April 1936 list)   [2640]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2604-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Moscow, 1936  2719 (#5 on May 1936 list)   2750   +6 (12/18, 67%)   +6 (12/18, 67%) vs 2647-rated opposition   +1.5 
    Nottingham, 1936  2748 (#2 on August 1936 list)   2753   +6 (10/14, 71%)   +6 (10/14, 71%) vs 2637-rated opposition   +1.2 
    Botvinnik-Levenfish Match (Moscow/Leningrad), 1937  2756 (#1 on January 1937 list)   2601   = (6.5/13, 50%)   = (6.5/13, 50%) vs 2604-rated opposition   -2.3 
    Botvinnik-Rabinovich Training Match (Moscow), 1937  2743 (#3 on August 1937 list)   [2607]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2554-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Leningrad, 1938  2741 (#3 on January 1938 list)   2612   +11 (14/17, 82%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2530-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Botvinnik-Ragozin Training Match (Moscow), 1938  2747 (#2 on October 1938 list)   [2659]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2632-rated opposition   +0.7 
    AVRO, 1938  2763 (#1 on November 1938 list)   2734   +1 (7.5/14, 54%)   +1 (7.5/14, 54%) vs 2733-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Botvinnik-Ragozin Training Match (Moscow), 1939  2768 (#1 on April 1939 list)   [2608]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2639-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Leningrad (URS Championship), 1939  2768 (#1 on April 1939 list)   2728   +8 (12.5/17, 74%)   +8 (12.5/17, 74%) vs 2579-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Botvinnik-Ragozin Match (Leningrad), 1940  2768 (#1 on January 1940 list)   2713   +4 (7/10, 70%)   +4 (7/10, 70%) vs 2627-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1940  2769 (#1 on September 1940 list)   2659   +4 (11.5/19, 61%)   +3 (10.5/18, 58%) vs 2601-rated opposition   -2.1 
    Leningrad/Moscow (Absolute Championship), 1941  2756 (#2 on March 1941 list)   2804   +7 (13.5/20, 68%)   +7 (13.5/20, 68%) vs 2695-rated opposition   +2.0 
    Botvinnik-Ragozin Training Match (Moscow), 1941  2756 (#2 on March 1941 list)   [2649]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2617-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Sverdlovsk, 1943  2756 (#3 on January 1943 list)   2759   +7 (10.5/14, 75%)   +6 (9/12, 75%) vs 2635-rated opposition   +1.3 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1944  2785 (#2 on January 1944 list)   2801   +9 (12.5/16, 78%)   +8 (9.5/11, 86%) vs 2622-rated opposition   +1.9 
    Botvinnik-Ragozin Training Match (Moscow), 1945  2808 (#1 on May 1945 list)   [2595]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2618-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1945  2817 (#1 on June 1945 list)   2819   +14 (16/18, 89%)   +9 (11/13, 85%) vs 2635-rated opposition   +1.7 
    USA-URS radio m URS, 1945  2879 (#1 on September 1945 list)   -   +2 (2/2, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    ENG-URS radio corr, 1946  2883 (#1 on January 1946 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    URS-USA Moscow, 1946  2883 (#1 on January 1946 list)   [2648]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2686-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Botvinnik-Ragozin Training Match (Moscow), 1946  2872 (#1 on July 1946 list)   [2588]   = (0.5/1, 50%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2693-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946  2864 (#1 on August 1946 list)   2795   +10 (14.5/19, 76%)   +9 (12.5/16, 78%) vs 2629-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Moscow (Chigorin Memorial), 1947  2823 (#1 on November 1947 list)   2747   +7 (11/15, 73%)   +6 (10/14, 71%) vs 2629-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Botvinnik-Ragozin Training Match (Moscow), 1947  2823 (#1 on November 1947 list)   [2685]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2672-rated opposition   +0.6 
    The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948  2826 (#1 on March 1948 list)   2850   +8 (14/20, 70%)   +8 (14/20, 70%) vs 2729-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1951  not rated on January 1951 list   2701   +3 (10/17, 59%)   +3 (10/17, 59%) vs 2649-rated opposition   N/A 
    Moscow (URS Training), 1951  2743 (#7 on March 1951 list)   2734   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +3 (4/5, 80%) vs 2680-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Botvinnik-Bronstein Match (World Championship, Moscow), 1951  2743 (#7 on March 1951 list)   2776   = (12/24, 50%)   = (12/24, 50%) vs 2780-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Budapest, 1952  2748 (#6 on January 1952 list)   2716   +5 (11/17, 65%)   +5 (11/17, 65%) vs 2625-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Botvinnik-Kan Training Match (URS), 1952  2748 (#6 on January 1952 list)   [2563]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2559-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1952  2748 (#6 on January 1952 list)   2751   +9 (17/25, 68%)   +8 (16/24, 67%) vs 2631-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Moscow (URS Training), 1952  2751 (#5 on July 1952 list)   2808   +6 (6/6, 100%)   +6 (6/6, 100%) vs 2649-rated opposition   +2.3 
    Botvinnik-Kan Training Match (Moscow), 1953  2779 (#1 on January 1953 list)   [2574]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2584-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Botvinnik-Smyslov I (World Championship, Moscow), 1954  2779 (#3 on March 1954 list)   2786   = (12/24, 50%)   = (12/24, 50%) vs 2790-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A, 1954  2780 (#2 on September 1954 list)   2727   +4 (6/8, 75%)   +4 (5.5/7, 79%) vs 2634-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Amsterdam ol (Men) pre-I, 1954  2780 (#2 on September 1954 list)   [2560]   +2 (2.5/3, 83%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2647-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Moscow (URS Championship), 1955  2778 (#2 on February 1955 list)   2715   +4 (11.5/19, 61%)   +4 (11.5/19, 61%) vs 2647-rated opposition   -0.9 
    URS-USA Moscow, 1955  2770 (#2 on June 1955 list)   [2641]   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2762-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Averbakh-Botvinnik Training Match (Moscow), 1955  2758 (#5 on October 1955 list)   [2644]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2680-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1956  2756 (#4 on January 1956 list)   2778   +7 (11/15, 73%)   +7 (11/15, 73%) vs 2647-rated opposition   +1.6 
    Averbakh-Botvinnik Training Match (Moscow), 1956  2760 (#4 on August 1956 list)   2682   +1 (3/5, 60%)   +1 (3/5, 60%) vs 2705-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Moscow ol (Men) fin-A, 1956  2763 (#3 on September 1956 list)   2671   +3 (6/9, 67%)   +3 (6/9, 67%) vs 2606-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Moscow ol (Men) prel, 1956  2763 (#3 on September 1956 list)   [2622]   +3 (3.5/4, 88%)   +3 (3.5/4, 88%) vs 2525-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Averbakh-Botvinnik Training Match (Moscow), 1956  2768 (#3 on October 1956 list)   [2651]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2708-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Averbakh-Botvinnik Training Match (Moscow), 1957  2776 (#2 on January 1957 list)   2680   = (5/10, 50%)   = (5/10, 50%) vs 2710-rated opposition   -0.8 
    Botvinnik-Smyslov II (World Championship, Moscow), 1957  2762 (#4 on March 1957 list)   2731   -3 (9.5/22, 43%)   -3 (9.5/22, 43%) vs 2782-rated opposition   -1.0 
    Botvinnik-Smyslov III (World Championship, Moscow), 1958  2747 (#5 on March 1958 list)   2803   +2 (12.5/23, 54%)   +2 (12.5/23, 54%) vs 2780-rated opposition   +1.9 
    Munich ol (Men) fin-A, 1958  2769 (#2 on September 1958 list)   2697   +4 (5.5/7, 79%)   +4 (5.5/7, 79%) vs 2596-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Munich ol (Men) prel, 1958  2769 (#2 on September 1958 list)   [2483]   +2 (3.5/5, 70%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2581-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Wageningen, 1958  2764 (#3 on November 1958 list)   2625   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +3 (4/5, 80%) vs 2535-rated opposition   +0.2 
    URS-chT Moscow, 1959  2755 (#2 on August 1959 list)   [2605]   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2661-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Moscow-Leningrad m, 1960  2741 (#6 on January 1960 list)   [2576]   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2721-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Botvinnik-Tal I (World Championship, Moscow), 1960  2736 (#6 on March 1960 list)   2719   -4 (8.5/21, 40%)   -4 (8.5/21, 40%) vs 2789-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A, 1960  2707 (#11 on October 1960 list)   2678   +3 (5/7, 71%)   +3 (5/7, 71%) vs 2611-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Leipzig ol (Men) qual-B, 1960  2707 (#11 on October 1960 list)   [2595]   +5 (5.5/6, 92%)   +2 (2.5/3, 83%) vs 2538-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Botvinnik-Furman Training Match (Moscow), 1960  2707 (#11 on October 1960 list)   [2578]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2581-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Botvinnik-Furman Training Match (Moscow), 1961  2721 (#11 on February 1961 list)   [2617]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2569-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Botvinnik-Tal II (World Championship, Moscow), 1961  2729 (#9 on March 1961 list)   2862   +5 (13/21, 62%)   +5 (13/21, 62%) vs 2796-rated opposition   +4.2 
    EU-chT (Men) Oberhausen, 1961  2772 (#3 on June 1961 list)   2682   +3 (6/9, 67%)   +3 (6/9, 67%) vs 2619-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Hastings, 1961  2768 (#4 on December 1961 list)   2716   +7 (8/9, 89%)   +7 (8/9, 89%) vs 2530-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Stockholm, 1962  2774 (#3 on January 1962 list)   2602   +6 (7.5/9, 83%)   +4 (4.5/5, 90%) vs 2456-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Varna ol (Men), 1962  2762 (#2 on September 1962 list)   2670   +4 (8/12, 67%)   +3 (7/11, 64%) vs 2607-rated opposition   -0.5 
    URS Spartakiad Moscow, 1963  2756 (#5 on January 1963 list)   [2580]   = (0.5/1, 50%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2680-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Botvinnik-Petrosian Match (World Championship, Moscow), 1963  2756 (#7 on March 1963 list)   2739   -3 (9.5/22, 43%)   -3 (9.5/22, 43%) vs 2790-rated opposition   -0.6 
    URS-chT Moscow, 1963  2753 (#7 on August 1963 list)   2720   +6 (6.5/7, 93%)   +5 (5/5, 100%) vs 2566-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Amsterdam, 1963  2766 (#2 on December 1963 list)   2615   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +3 (4/5, 80%) vs 2521-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Tel Aviv ol (Men) fin-A, 1964  2734 (#9 on November 1964 list)   2583   +2 (5/8, 63%)   +1 (4/7, 57%) vs 2567-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Tel Aviv ol (Men) prel, 1964  2734 (#9 on November 1964 list)   [2528]   +4 (4/4, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2435-rated opposition   +0.3 
    URS Spartakiad Moscow, 1964  2734 (#9 on November 1964 list)   2733   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +3 (4/5, 80%) vs 2679-rated opposition   +1.2 
    EU-chT (Men) Hamburg, 1965  2749 (#5 on January 1965 list)   2565   -1 (3.5/8, 44%)   -1 (3.5/8, 44%) vs 2613-rated opposition   -1.8 
    Moscow, 1965  2749 (#5 on January 1965 list)   [2571]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2580-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Moscow Spartakiad, 1965  2749 (#5 on January 1965 list)   [2605]   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2694-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Moscow Trade Union-ch, 1965  2749 (#5 on January 1965 list)   [2519]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2497-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Moscow-Leningrad, 1965  2749 (#5 on January 1965 list)   [2540]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2453-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Noordwijk, 1965  2749 (#5 on January 1965 list)   2683   +5 (6/7, 86%)   +4 (5/6, 83%) vs 2573-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Amsterdam (IBM), 1966  2725 (#10 on January 1966 list)   2681   +6 (7.5/9, 83%)   +6 (7.5/9, 83%) vs 2520-rated opposition   +0.8 
    URS-chT Moscow, 1966  2716 (#11 on September 1966 list)   2741   +3 (8/13, 62%)   +2 (7/12, 58%) vs 2720-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Hastings, 1966  2741 (#8 on December 1966 list)   2585   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2496-rated opposition   -0.8 
    Palma de Mallorca, 1967  2735 (#9 on January 1967 list)   2736   +8 (12.5/17, 74%)   +8 (12.5/17, 74%) vs 2587-rated opposition   +1.0 
    URS-Spartakiada Moscow Moscow, 1967  2730 (#10 on April 1967 list)   2676   +2 (4/6, 67%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2648-rated opposition   +0.4 
    URS-chT, 1967  2736 (#8 on July 1967 list)   2663   +4 (6/8, 75%)   +1 (3/5, 60%) vs 2679-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Monte Carlo, 1968  2737 (#9 on April 1968 list)   2705   +5 (9/13, 69%)   +4 (8/12, 67%) vs 2624-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Belgrade, 1969  2734 (#8 on January 1969 list)   2653   +2 (8.5/15, 57%)   +2 (8/14, 57%) vs 2614-rated opposition   -1.0 
    Moscow-chT, 1969  2734 (#8 on January 1969 list)   [2673]   +1 (2/3, 67%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2725-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1969  2734 (#8 on January 1969 list)   2709   +6 (10.5/15, 70%)   +6 (10.5/15, 70%) vs 2590-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Leiden, 1970  2726 (#11 on January 1970 list)   2651   -1 (5.5/12, 46%)   -1 (5.5/12, 46%) vs 2693-rated opposition   -1.0 
    Belgrade URS-World, 1970  2719 (#11 on March 1970 list)   [2653]   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2673-rated opposition   +0.3