[Event "Leningrado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Grigoriev, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "Ovest-Indy"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

{66/13} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ (5... Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
) (5... c5 $6 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 (7... b5 $6 8. cxb5 $1 8... Qb6 9. O-O $1
9... g6 10. a4 a6 11. Nc3 Qe6 12. e4 $1 12... dxe4 13. Bg5 $16 {
Kouatly-Fedorowicz Graz 1981}) 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 $1 $14 {
Tal-Liubojevic Riga 1981}) 6. Bd2 (6. Nbd2 $6 6... O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 9.
b4 c5 10. b5 a6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bb2 12... Nbd7 $11) 6... Bxd2+ (6... Be7 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. d5 $36) 7. Qxd2 (7. Nbxd2 $6 7... O-O $1 8. O-O 8... c5
$11) 7... O-O 8. O-O d6 (8... d5 9. Ne5 Qc8 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 11... exd5
$11) 9. Qc2 9... Nbd7 $6 (9... Be4 10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Nc3 Ne4) 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. e4
$1 11... e5 (11... Rac8 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Rad1 c6 14. a4 $14 {
Reshevsky-Keres Semmering 1937}) 12. Rad1 12... g6 $1 13. Rfe1 c6 14. b3 Ne8
15. Qd2 $1 15... Rd8 (15... f5 $6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19.
Qd7 Rf7 20. Bxc6 $18) 16. Bh3 $1 16... f6 (16... f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. dxe5 dxe5
19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qxd8 $18) 17. Qh6 $6 (17. Nh4 $142 {idea 18.f4}) 17... Nc7 $1
(17... Qg7 $2 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Nxe5 $14) 18. Nh4
18... Rf7 $6 (18... Ne6 $1 19. Bxe6+ 19... Qxe6 $11 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+
21... Kh8 $11 {perpetuo.}) 19. d5 $1 (19. f4 exd4 20. Rxd4 20... d5 $1) 19...
cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 (20... Nxd5 21. cxd5 Nf8 (21... Rg7 22. b4 $1) 22. Rc1) 21.
cxd5 Rdf8 22. Rd2 $1 (22. Rc1 $6 22... Nc5 $1) 22... f5 $2 (22... a5 $1) 23.
exf5 gxf5 24. Qh5 $1 24... f4 (24... Nf6 25. Qg5+ Rg7 26. Nxf5 Rxg5 27. Nxe7+
Kf7 28. Nf5 Rd8 29. Ne3 $16) (24... Qe8 25. Bxf5 $1 (25. Nxf5 $2 25... Rxf5 26.
Qg4+ 26... Qg6 $17) 25... Rxf5 26. Qg4+ $18) 25. Nf5 Rxf5 26. Bxf5 Nf6 27. Qh6
Kh8 (27... Nfxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 (28... Rxf5 29. Rxd6 $18) 29. Be6+ $18) 28. Rxe5
$1 28... dxe5 (28... Qxe5 29. Qxf8+ Ng8 30. Qf7 $1 30... Nf6 31. Rd1 $18) 29.
d6 Qd8 30. dxc7 Qxd2 31. Qxf8+ Ng8 32. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "URSS-ch05"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rabinovich, I."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "Olandese"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. Bf4 Qh5 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. b3 Ne4 12. Ne5 Ng5 13. h4 Ne4 14. Bf3 Qe8 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Kg2 Bb4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rh1 Qh5 19. f3 Qg6 20. Kf1 e5 21. dxe5
Rxf4 22. gxf4 Qg3 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxd7 Bc5 25. e3 Qxf3+ 26. Qf2 Qxh1+ 27. Ke2
Qh3 28. f5 Qg4+ 29. Kd2 Rf8 30. e6 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxb7 Rf2+ 33. Ke1 Rf6
34. b4 Bxe3 35. Ke2 Bg1 36. e7 Kf7 37. e8=Q+ Kxe8 38. Rxg7 Rg6 39. Rxh7 Bd4 40.
c5 Rg2+ 41. Kf1 Rf2+ 42. Ke1 e3 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Poliak, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "Gamb.Donna"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Rc1
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe4 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. Bb1
Rfe8 15. Qd3 Nf8 16. f4 Qf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Rce1 c5 20. Ng5 Qd6
21. Nxh7 Qd5 22. Qh3 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qf2 24. Rc1 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2
Nxh7 27. Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Kf3 Rad8 29. Rcd1 Kg6 30. Rfe1 Kf6 31. h3 Rxe1 32. Rxd8
Rc1 33. Rd2 c4 34. Rd6+ Ke7 35. Rd2 c3 36. Re2+ Kd6 37. Kf2 cxb2 38. Rxb2 Rc3
39. Rd2+ Ke6 40. Re2+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Leningrado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Batuev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "Gamb.Donna"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 (7. Rc1) (
7. Qc2) 7... dxc4 (7... c5) 8. Bxc4 c5 (8... b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Ne4) 9. O-O
cxd4 (9... a6 10. a4 h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Ba2 13... Nbd5 $11) 10.
exd4 (10. Nxd4) 10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 (11... Bd7 {con idea ..Bc6.}) 12. Ne5 (
12. Qe2) 12... Nd7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qe2 (14. Ne4 $1) 14... Nf6 15. Rfd1 b6 16.
Rac1 Bb7 17. f3 $1 (17. Nxf7 $2 17... Rxf7 18. Qxe6 18... Ned5 $1) 17... Rc8 $2
(17... Ned5 18. Ne4 Rc8 19. Rxc8 19... Bxc8 $11) 18. Nxf7 $3 18... Rxf7 (18...
Kxf7 19. Qxe6+ Kg6 (19... Ke8 20. d5 Qd7 (20... Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Nfxd5 22. Bxd5
Bxd5 23. Rxd5 $1 $18) 21. Ba4) 20. Bc2+ $40) 19. Qxe6 Qf8 (19... Ned5 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxc8 $18) 20. Ne4 $1 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 {
(minaccia 22.Qxf7+ Qxf7 23.Bxf7+  Kxf7 24.Nd6+)} 21... Nfd5 (21... Bxe4 22.
fxe4) 22. Nd6 Ba8 23. Re1 $1 {(minaccia 24.Nxf7 25.Qxe7)} 23... g6 24. Nxf7
Qxf7 25. Qxe7 {(25...Nxe7 26.Rxe7 Bd5 27.Rxf7 Bxf7 28.Bxf7+)} 1-0

[Event "Leningrado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yurgis, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O e6 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. d3 Nd7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rae1 b5 14. e4 Bb7 15.
Nd2 Nb8 16. f4 Nc6 17. a3 Qd7 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Ba6 20. Ba1 b4 21. a4 Nd4
22. Qb2 Bf6 23. e5 Be7 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qe2 Rc5 26. Bb2 f5 27. h4 Rc3 28. Bxc3
dxc3 29. Qe3 Bxd3 30. Rf2 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Bf1 c2 33. Rc1 Bxf1 34. Rcxf1
Rc4 35. bxc4 Bc5 36. Kg2 Bxf2 37. Kxf2 b3 0-1

[Event "URSS-ch07"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Sorokin, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "Gamb. Donna"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O
a6 9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nh5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Ba2 Nf6 19. e4 e5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3
Bg4 22. a5 Nc8 23. Rc1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ne7 25. Nd5 Nc6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rd7
Rab8 28. Kf2 Nxa5 29. Rcc7 Rbc8 30. Rxf7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kh8 32. Bd5 b5 33. b3
Rd8 34. Kg3 f5 35. Kh4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rd6 37. Kh5 Rf6 38. h3 Rd6 39. h4 Rb6 40.
Kg4 Rf6 41. Ra7 Rb6 42. Re7 Rd6 43. Rc7 Rf6 44. Ra7 Rb6 45. Rc7 Rf6 46. Kh5 Rd6
47. Bf7 Rf6 48. Bg6 Nxb3 49. Kxh6 Rf8 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. Bf7 Rxf7
53. Rxf7 Kg8 54. Kg6 Nd2 55. Rd7 1-0

[Event "URSS-ch07"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Alatortsev, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[Annotator "Est-Indy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 f5 11. Bg2 fxe4 12. fxe4 Nf6 13. h3 b6 14. b3 Kh8 15. g4
Neg8 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. O-O-O h6 18. g5 hxg5 19. h4 Bg4 20. hxg5+ Nh5 21. Nce2 Ne7
22. Rh4 Qd7 23. Rdh1 Kg8 24. Rxg4 Qxg4 25. Bh3 Qf3 26. Rf1 Nxg3 27. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chekhover, V."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Ovest-Indy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

{66/44} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nb5 Ne8 11. Rc1 c6 12. Nc3 Nd6 13. Qc2 f5 14. Bh3
g6 15. Rfd1 Nf7 16. Bg2 g5 17. Bd2 Nd6 18. Ne1 Bf6 19. e3 Qe7 20. Nd3 Ne4 21.
Be1 Rac8 22. Qb3 Rfe8 23. Bh3 g4 24. Bg2 Nf8 25. Nf4 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Ne2
Bg5 28. Qa3 a5 29. Qb3 Ba6 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Qc2 Rbc8 32. Ne2 Qf7 33. Nf4 Bxf4
34. gxf4 Qh5 0-1

[Event "Leningrado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lisitsin, G."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Gamb.Lisitsin"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

{66/51} 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. dxe4 Bc5 6. Bc4 Qe7 7. Nc3
Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Qc5+ 9. Kg3 Qxc4 10. Rf1 O-O 11. Rxf6 gxf6 12. Qh5 Rf7 13. Nxf7
Qxf7 14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Nd5 Na6 16. Qh4 d6 17. Bh6 Be6 18. Qxf6+ Qxf6 19. Nxf6
Nc5 20. Kh4 Nd7 21. Kg5 Nxf6 22. Kxf6 Re8 23. Re1 Bc4 24. g4 Re6+ 25. Kg5 Rg6+
26. Kh5 Rf6 27. Be3 Rf3 28. Kh4 b6 29. a3 Kg7 30. b3 Bf1 31. g5 Bh3 32. g6 hxg6
33. Bg1 Be6 34. Re3 Rf1 35. Rg3 Rf4+ 36. Kg5 Rf8 37. Rc3 c5 0-1

[Event "Match 10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Flohr, S."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95"]
[Annotator "Olandese"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Qe8
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qh5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 f4 15.
Rfe1 Bd6 16. Nf1 Rf7 17. e3 fxg3 18. Nxg3 Qh4 19. Nf1 Nf6 20. Re2 Bd7 21. Be1
Qg5 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. Nxg3 h5 24. f4 Qg4 25. Rf2 h4 26. Bf3 hxg3 27. Bxg4 gxf2+
28. Kg2 Nxg4 29. h3 Nf6 30. Kxf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Match 9"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Flohr, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Caro-Kan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Qd4 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Nf3 g6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rfe1+ Kd8 14.
Qh4 g5 15. Qh5 Bd6 16. Qxf7 Rf8 17. Qxh7 g4 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qh6 Qf7 20. Nc4 Be5
21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Qg5+ Qe7 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf5 25. Rf1 Kd7 26. f3 b5 27.
fxg4 Bxg4 28. h3 b4 29. Ne4 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Rf8+ 31. Ke1 Bf5 32. g4 Bg6 33. Re6
1-0

[Event "URS-ch08 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Yudovich, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "Grunfeld"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e4
Nb6 9. Rd1 N8d7 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Be2 Qd6 13. Na2 e6 14. O-O h6 15. Rc1
f5 16. Nc3 Kh7 17. Rfd1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qb4 19. Qc2 Qxa4 20. b3 Qa3 21. Nh4 Qe7
22. Nxg6 Kxg6 23. Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "USSR-ch08"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rauzer, V."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Annotator "Siciliana"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qd2
Qc7 15. Rac1 e5 16. b3 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. bxc4 exf3 19. c5 Qa5 20. Red1 Ng4 21.
Bd4 f2+ 22. Kf1 Qa6+ 23. Qe2 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qf6 25. Rcd1 Qh4 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Re4
f5 28. Re6 Nxh2+ 29. Ke2 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Milner Barry, P."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "Francese"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

{66/63} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3
Nbc6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rb1 c4 11. Ne1 O-O-O 12. f4 f6 13. Nf3 Nf5 14.
Qe1 h5 15. Nh4 Nce7 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Qf2 Be8 18. Bd2 Qa5 19. Rb4 Qxa3 20. Rfb1
Qa6 21. Qe1 b6 22. Ra1 Qb7 23. Bf3 Qe7 24. Ra6 Bc6 25. Qa1 Kb8 26. g3 Qb7 27.
Ra2 Rc8 28. Qe1 Qf7 29. Rb1 Kb7 30. Qf2 Ra8 31. Bc1 Rhg8 32. h4 Rh8 33. Qg2 Qc7
34. Kh2 Rh6 35. Bd2 Rg6 36. Rg1 Rxg3 37. Qxg3 Nxg3 38. Rxg3 Qf7 39. Ra1 Rg8 40.
Rag1 fxe5 41. fxe5 Qf5 42. Bd1 Ba4 43. Rf3 Qh7 44. Rf7+ Ka6 45. Rg5 Bxc2 46.
Bf3 Qd3 47. Rg2 Qf1 48. Bxh5 Bf5 49. Bg4 Rh8 50. h5 Qd3 51. Be2 Qh3+ 52. Kg1
Rxh5 53. Bxh5 Qxh5 54. Rfxg7 Be4 0-1

[Event "Leningrado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Belavenets, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[Annotator "Merano"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

{64/7} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5
8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. O-O Qd5 14. Qe2
Ra5 15. f4 Bd6 16. Bd2 b4 17. a3 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Qf3 Qd5 20. Qg3 Ra7 21.
Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qg7 Rf8 23. Bxb4 Re7 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Leningrado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Kmoch, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "Caro Kann"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Rc1 Ng6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd3 f5 14. b4 Be8 15.
g3 Rc8 16. Re1 Qf6 17. a3 Ne7 18. Ne5 Qh6 19. f3 Nf2 20. Qe2 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 g5
22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Rf6 24. Bd7 Rd8 25. b5 Qh5 26. c6 Rh6 27. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Spielmann, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Caro Kann"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. cxd5 Qxb2 8.
Rc1 Nb4 9. Na4 Qxa2 10. Bc4 Bg4 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Levenfisch, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "Gamb.Donna"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

{6/18} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. g3
Ne4 8. Bg2 Nd6 9. Qa4 Nb6 10. Qd1 Qc8 11. O-O Bh3 12. e4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e6 14.
d5 Be7 15. e5 Nb5 16. d6 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd8 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qg4 Rg8 20. Qe4 Rh8
21. Be3 Nd7 22. Nd2 f5 23. Qa4 Kf7 24. f4 a6 25. Kg1 b5 26. Qc2 Qc6 27. c4 Rf8
28. Nb3 b4 29. a3 bxa3 30. Rxa3 a5 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 a4 33. Nxc5 Nxc5 34.
Bxc5 Rc8 35. Bf2 Rxc4 36. Rfa1 Rc2 37. R1a2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Kg6 39. Rxa4 Rf7 40.
Ra8 Rd7 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Riumin, N."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "Spagnola"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 b4 15. a5
Kh8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh2 Bh4 18. Be3 f5 19. f4 Bg3 20. g5 h6 21. gxh6 gxh6 22.
Nd2 Ne7 23. Kh1 Qe8 24. Rg1 Bh5 25. Nhf3 Rg8 26. Nf1 Qf7 27. Bd1 Rg7 28. Rc1 c6
29. Rc2 Rag8 30. Rg2 Bxf4 31. Qxa6 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 Qg6+ 34. Kh1
Bxe3 35. Nxe3 Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Nxd1 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Goglidze, V."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Annotator "Grunfeld"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
e3 c5 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O b6 11. a4 Nc6 12. Qa3 Na5 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nb3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc4 16. Qb4 Rfc8 17. a5 e5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. Bb2 Bf8 21. Qb5
a6 22. Qd3 e4 23. Qb1 Qc2 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 Qxe2 26. Qxb6 Rab8 27. Qd6
Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Chekhover, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "Reti - Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3
a6 9. Nd4 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc5 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ncd7 14. d4 c5 15.
Ne5 b6 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. exd4 Bb7 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Nd1 Ra7 20. Nf2 Qb8 21. Nh3 h6
22. Ng5 hxg5 23. fxg5 N8d7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. g6+ Kg8 (25... Ke8 26. Qxe6 Nf8
27. Qf7+ Kd7 28. Ba3 Re8 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. g7 $18 {Pachmann}) (25... Kf8 26.
Qxe6 26... Ne5 $1 27. Rxf6+ $1 (27. dxe5 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 29... Rxd3
{/\ Qa8} 30. Rxf6+ $10 {Vukovic}) (27. Rae1 $2 27... Bc8 {Vukovic}) (27. Qh3 {
/\ dxe5} 27... Nf7 (27... Nf3+ $19 {Vukovic}) 28. gxf7 Bc8 29. Qh8+ Kxf7 30.
Qh5+ Kg8 (30... Kf8 31. Bg6 Be6 32. Rxf6+ Bxf6 33. Ba3+ Rd6 34. Re1 Ke7 35. d5
$1 $18 {Vukovic}) 31. Rxf6 Bxf6 (31... gxf6 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Bc1 $1 $18 {
Vukovic}) 32. Bh7+ Kf8 33. Ba3+ Re7 (33... Rd6 34. Qd5) 34. Bg6 Be6 35. Re1 {
/\ Rxe6} 35... Qc8 36. Qh8+ Bg8 37. Bxe7+ Bxe7 38. Rf1+ Bf6 39. Rxf6+ $18 {
Vukovic}) 27... gxf6 28. Qh3 (28. g7+ $2 28... Kxg7 29. Qxe7+ 29... Nf7 {/\ Qd6
}) 28... Bb4 (28... Ke8 29. Bf5) (28... Bc5 29. Rf1 (29. dxc5 29... Bxg2 $1 (
29... Bc8 30. Qh4) 30. Kxg2 (30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Ke6 32. Bf5+ Kxf5 33. g7+
33... Ke6 $19) (30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Bf5 Re8 32. Kxg2 bxc5 33. Rb1 (33. Bc3 33...
Qa8+ {/\ Qf3}) 33... Qa8+ 34. Kg1 Qf3 35. Rf1 Qe2 36. Bxe5 Rxe5) 30... Qa8+ 31.
Kg1 Rxd3 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. g7 Nf3+ (33... Rd8 34. Qh7 Rg8 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. cxb6
Rd7 (36... Qf8 {Trauth})) 34. Kf1 (34. Kf2 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 (35. Ke3 35... Kf7 {
/\ Re7+} 36. g8=Q+ Qxg8 37. Qxf6+ Ke8 38. Qxf3 38... Qg5+ $19) 35... Ne5 (35...
Kf7 36. cxb6) 36. g8=N+ Kf7 37. Qxf6+ Kxg8 38. Bxe5 38... Qg2+ $19) 34... Nxh2+
35. Qxh2 Qf3+ 36. Qf2 Ra8 37. Qxf3 (37. cxb6 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 38... Rd2+ $19) (
37. Re1+ Kf7 38. cxb6 38... Qh3+ $19) 37... Rxf3+ 38. Ke2 (38. Kg2 Rd3) 38...
Rh3 39. Rg1 39... Rg8 $19) (29. Qh4 Bxd4+ (29... Bxg2 30. Qxf6+ (30. Kxg2 Nxd3
31. Qxf6+ 31... Kg8 $19) 30... Ke8 (30... Nf7 31. dxc5 (31. g7+ Kg8 32. Qg6
32... Ng5 $19) 31... Rxd3 32. Re1 $18) (30... Kg8 31. dxc5 (31. Qe6+ Kg7 32.
dxc5 Re8 33. Bxe5+ Qxe5 34. Qxe5+ Rxe5 35. cxb6 35... Rd7 $19) 31... Re8 (31...
Nf3+ 32. Kf2) 32. Re1 $18) 31. Re1 Re7 32. g7 (32. Rxe5 $2 32... Qxe5) 32...
Kd7 (32... Nf3+ 33. Kf2 Nxe1 34. g8=Q+ Kd7 35. Bf5+ Kc7 36. Qg3+ Kb7 37. Qxb8+
Kxb8 38. dxc5 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Re3+ 40. Kf4 Rf3+ 41. Kg5 $18) 33. Bf5+ Kc7 34. Kxg2
Rg8 35. dxc5 Rexg7+ 36. Kh1 Qa8+ 37. c6 Qxc6+ (37... Nxc6 38. Be4) 38. Qxc6+
Nxc6 39. Bxg7 $16) (29... Qd6 30. dxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kh1 Bxg2+ (31... Qc6 32. Be4)
(31... Rxd3 32. Qxf6+ Ke8 33. Bxe5 (33. g7 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 34... Rxg7+ $19)
33... Rd2 34. Qf7+ Kd8 35. Bf6+ Kc8 36. Qe8+ Kc7 37. Be5+ $18) 32. Kxg2 Nxd3
33. Bxf6 (33. Qxf6+ Ke8) 33... Qc6+ 34. Kg3 Qd6+) (29... Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4+ (
30... Qd6 31. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Kh1 Nxd3 33. Qxf6+ Ke8 34. g7 Nf2+ 35. Qxf2 Qxf2
36. g8=Q+ Ke7 37. Rd1 $10) 31. Qxd4 31... Qc7 $17 {/\ Qc5 oder 32...Nd3}) 30.
Bxd4 Qd6 31. Bc3 Nxd3 32. Bxf6 (32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Ke6 34. Qf7+ (34. Qxf6+
34... Kd7 $19) 34... Kf5 35. Rf1+ 35... Kg4 $19) (32. Rf1 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 33...
Nf2+ $19) 32... Qc5+ 33. Kf1 (33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 34... Rd1+ $19) 33... Qf5+
34. Kg1 34... Qxg6 $19) (29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh7+ (30. Qg7+ Ke6 31. Bf5+ Kxf5 32.
Rf1+ 32... Bf3 $19) 30... Ke6 31. Qh3+ Kd6 32. dxc5+ bxc5 33. Bf5 Bc6 34. Bc3 {
/\ Rd1}) (29. Bf5 Bc8 (29... Rxd4 30. Qh8+ (30. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kh1 Bxg2+) 30...
Ke7 31. Qg7+ Ke8 (31... Kd6 32. Qxf6+ Kc7 33. Qxe5+ Rd6+ 34. Kh1 Qd8 35. Qg3)
32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qe6+ Kd8 34. Qxf6+ 34... Ke8 $10) (29... Qd6 30. Qh8+ (30.
dxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kh1 Bxg2+ 32. Qxg2 32... Kg7 $19) 30... Ke7 31. Qh7+ 31... Ke8
$10 (31... Ke8 32. Re1 32... Qc6 $19)) (29... Bxg2 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 (
31... Ke8 32. g7 $18) 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qg8+ Bf8 (34... Ke7 35.
Qe6+ Kf8 36. Qxf6+ Ke8 37. Kxg2 Qb7+ 38. d5 $18 (38. d5 Rxd5 39. Qe6+ $18)) 35.
Ba3 Rd6 (35... Re7 36. g7) 36. dxe5 Rg7 37. Qxf8+ $18) 30. Qh8+ (30. dxc5 Bxf5
(30... bxc5 $10) 31. Qxf5 Kg7 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxe5 fxe5 35. Rxf8
Kxf8 36. cxb6 Rb7 37. c5 Kg7 38. a4 a5 39. Kf2 Kxg6 40. Ke3 Kf5) 30... Ke7 31.
Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qg8+ Bf8 (32... Ke7 $10) 33. Ba3 Rd6 (33... Bxf5 34. g7 Kd7 (34...
Rxg7 35. Qxf8+ Kd7 36. Qxg7+ Kc8 37. Qxf6 $18) 35. gxf8=Q Rxf8 36. Bxf8 Ng4 (
36... Be6 37. Qg7+ $18) 37. Qd5+ {/\ Bd6 +-}) 34. dxe5 Rg7 35. exf6 Rxf6 36.
Re1+ Kd8 37. Qh8 $18) 29... Qd6 (29... Nxd3 30. Rxf6+ Ke8 31. Qe6+ Be7 32. Rf8+
Kxf8 33. Qf7#) (29... Bf3 30. dxc5 Nxd3 (30... Rxd3 31. Qh8+ {/\ Qxb8 +-}) 31.
Qh8+ {/\ Bxf6 +-}) 30. dxc5 (30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. g7 Bxd4+ 33. Bxd4 (
33. Kh1 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rxg7+ 35. Qxg7 35... Qc6+ {/\ Bxb2 -+}) 33... Qxd4+ 34.
Rf2 Bd5 35. cxd5 35... Rxg7 $19) 30... Qxc5+ 31. Rf2 (31. Kh1 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 (
32. Qxg2 Rxd3 33. Rxf6+ Kg8) 32... Qc6+ 33. Kg1 Rxd3 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ (35.
g7 Nf3+ 36. Rxf3 (36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 (37. Kg3 Qd6+ 38. Kxf3 38... Qd3+ $19)
37... Qe6+ $19) 36... Qxf3 37. Qf8+ Kd7 38. Qf7+ Kc6 39. Qe6+ Kc5 40. Ba3+ Rxa3
41. g8=Q 41... Qd1+ $19) 35... Ke8 36. Qxa7 Rd2 37. Qb8+ Kd7 38. Rf2 (38. Qa7+
Ke6 39. Rxf6+ Kxf6 40. Qf7+ 40... Kg5 $19) 38... Qc5 $19) 31... Rxd3 (31...
Nxd3 $2 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Bxf6+ Ke6 34. Qh3+ $18) (31... Bf3 32. Bxe5 $18) (
31... Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 33. Kg1 Nxb2 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Ke6 36. Qc7) 32.
Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxf6+ Kd7 34. Qf5+ Kd8 35. Qf6+ Kc8 36. Qf5+ $10) 29. Re1 $2 (29.
dxe5 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 (31. Qxg2 Rxd3 32. exf6 32... Qa8 $19) 31...
Qa8+ 32. Kf1 Rxd3 33. Qh8+ (33. Qxd3 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qxh2+ 35. Kd1 Qxb2 36. Qd8+
Kg7 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Ke8 40. Qe6+ Kd8 41. Qg8+ Kd7 42. Qg7+
Ke8 (42... Be7 43. e6+) 43. Qg8+ Bf8 44. Qe6+ Kd8 45. Qf6+ Be7 46. Qh8+ 46...
Kc7 $19) 33... Ke7 34. exf6+ (34. Qxf6+ Ke8 35. Qh8+ (35. Qe6+ 35... Kd8 $19)
35... Bf8 $19) 34... Kd6 35. Qxa8 Rxa8 36. f7 (36. Re1 36... Rf3+ {/\ Rf2+ -+})
36... Ke6 37. Re1+ Re3 38. Rxe3+ Bxe3 39. Bg7 Bc5 40. h4 Bf8) (29. Rf1 Bxg2 (
29... Bf3 30. dxe5 Bc5+ 31. Kh1 Bxg2+ (31... Rxd3 32. Qh8+ {/\ Qxb8 +-}) 32.
Kxg2 Qa8+ 33. Rf3 (33. Qf3 33... Rxd3 $19) 33... Rxd3 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. exf6+
Kd6 (35... Kd7 36. Qh3+ Kd8 (36... Kd6 37. Be5+ Kxe5 38. Qf5+) 37. g7) 36. Qxa8
Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Rxa8 38. f7) (29... Qd6 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ (31. Qg7+ Ke8 32.
Rxf6 Qe7) 31... Ke8 32. g7 Bd5 33. cxd5 Rxg7 34. Qxg7 Nxd3 35. Qg6+) (29...
Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Qf4 31. Bf5 (31. Re1 Bxe1 32. Ba3+ Rd6 33. Qe6 Qxd4+ 34. Kg2
34... Bxf3+ $19) (31. Qe6 31... Bxf3 $19) (31. d5 Bc8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Re1+ (
33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Qxa7 34... Bc5+ {/\ Rh8}) 33... Kd7 (33... Bxe1 34. Ba3+ Rd6
35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. Qf8+ Kc7 37. Bxd6+ Qxd6 38. g7 Be6 39. dxe6 Qxd3 (39... Qd4+
40. Kh1 Qxd3 41. g8=Q) 40. g8=Q Qe3+ 41. Kh1) 34. Qg7+ Kd6 35. Qxa7 Bc5+ 36.
Kg2 36... Bh3+ $19) 31... Ke7 32. d5 Qxc4 33. Qh7+ Kd6 34. Bxf6 Bc5+ 35. Kg2
Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Bxd5 37. Qxa7 37... Qxf1 $19) 30. Qh8+ (30. Kxg2 Nxd3 31. Rxf6+
Kg8) 30... Ke7 31. Qxf6+ Ke8 (31... Kd7 32. Bf5+ Kc7 33. Qxe5+ Bd6 34. Qg7+ Kc6
35. d5+ $18) 32. Kxg2 (32. g7 Rxg7 33. Qxg7 33... Bxf1 $19) (32. Qh8+ Kd7 33.
Bf5+ Kc6 34. d5+ 34... Kc5 $19) 32... Nxd3 33. g7 (33. Qh8+ Kd7 34. Qh3+ (34.
Rf7+ Kc8 35. Qh3+ Rad7) 34... Kc6 35. Rf6+ (35. Qf3+ Kc7) (35. d5+ Kb7) 35...
Rd6 36. Qf3+ Kc7 37. Rf7+ 37... Rd7 $19) 33... Kd7 34. Qf5+ Kc7 (34... Kc6 35.
Qe4+) 35. Qxd3 (35. Qf7+ Kc8 36. Qe6+ Rad7 37. g8=Q Rxg8+ 38. Qxg8+ 38... Kb7
$19) 35... Qc8) (29. Bf5 Nxc4 (29... Bc8 30. dxe5) (29... Bxg2 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31.
Qg7+ $19) (29... Nf3+ 30. gxf3 Qf4 31. d5 Ke7 32. Re1+ Kd6 33. Re6+ Kc7 (33...
Kc5 34. Bxf6) 34. Bxf6 Bc5+ 35. Kg2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Bd6+ 37. Rxd6 Qe1+ 38. Kg4
Qg1+ 39. Kh5 Rxd6 40. Be5 Ra8 41. g7 Rg8 42. Qg3 $18) (29... Nxg6 30. Bxg6 Bxg2
(30... Bc8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Bxe1 33. Qg7+ Ke6 (33... Kd6 34. Ba3+ Ke6 35.
d5+ Rxd5 36. Qg8+ $18) 34. d5+ Rxd5 (34... Kd6 35. Qxf6+ Kc5 36. Qd4+ Kb4 37.
c5+ Ka5 38. Bc3+ Bxc3 39. Qxc3+ $18) 35. Qxf6+ (35. Qg8+ Kd7 36. Qxd5+ Qd6)
35... Kd7 36. cxd5 $18) 31. Qh8+ (31. Kxg2 Qf4 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34.
Qxa7 Qg4+ 35. Kf2 Qf4+ 36. Ke2 Re8+ 37. Bxe8 Qe4+ 38. Kf2 38... Qf4+ $10) 31...
Ke7 32. Qg7+ (32. Re1+ Bxe1 33. Qg7+ Kd6 34. Ba3+ Kc6) 32... Kd6 33. Qxf6+ Kc7
34. Kxg2 34... Qc8 $13)) (29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh7+ Kd6 (30... Ke8 31. g7 Bd5 32.
cxd5 Rxg7 33. Qxg7 Nxd3 34. Qg6+ $18) (30... Ke6 31. Qh3+ Ke7 32. dxe5 Bc5+ 33.
Kh1 Bxg2+ 34. Qxg2 (34. Kxg2 Qa8+ 35. Kf1 35... fxe5 $13) 34... Rxd3 35. exf6+
Kf8 36. f7 $18) 31. dxe5+ fxe5 (31... Kc5 32. Qe7+ $18) 32. Qh4 (32. g7 Bc5+
33. Kh1 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qb7+ 35. Be4 35... Qxg7+ $19) 32... Rf8 (32... Ke6 33.
Qg4+ Ke7 34. Qg5+ Ke6 35. Qf5+ $18) (32... Bc5+ 33. Kh1 Bd4 34. Bxd4 exd4 35.
Qxd4+ Kc7 36. Qe5+ Rd6 37. g7 {/\ Bh7 +-}) 33. Qg3 {/\ g7 oder 34.Rd1}) 29...
Bc8 $2 (29... Bxg2 30. Kxg2 (30. Qh6+ Ke8 (30... Kg8 31. dxe5 (31. Bf5 Nf3+ 32.
Kxg2 Nxe1+ 33. Kf1 $19) 31... Rxd3 32. exf6 Bc5+ 33. Kxg2 33... Qa8+ $19) 31.
dxe5 Bxe1 32. Bf5) 30... Bxe1 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Ba3+ Kd7 33. Bf5+ (33. Qh3+ Kc7
34. dxe5 Qb7+ 35. Kg1 fxe5) 33... Kc7 34. Qxf6 Qb7+ 35. d5 Rxd5 36. cxd5 (36.
Be4 36... Rd2+ $19) 36... Qxd5+ 37. Kg1 (37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 38... Qg2+ $19)
37... Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Qc4+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Ng1#) (29... Bxe1 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31.
Qg7+ Kd6 (31... Ke6 32. Qf7+) 32. Ba3+ Kc6 33. d5+ (33. Be4+ $18) 33... Rxd5
34. cxd5+ Kxd5 35. Qd7+ $18) 30. Qh6+ Ke8 (30... Kg8 31. dxe5 Re8 (31... Bf8
32. Qh4 Rxd3 33. exf6 $18) 32. Re4 (32. exf6 Rxe1+ 33. Kf2 Qd6 (33... Rd1 34.
Qh8+ $18) (33... Re6 34. Bf5) 34. f7+ Rxf7+ 35. gxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qxd6 Bxd6 37.
Kxe1 37... Bxh2 $10)) 31. dxe5 $2 (31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qg7+ $10 (32. Qg7+ Ke6 33.
d5+ Rxd5 34. cxd5+ Kxd5 35. Qg8+)) 31... Bxe1 (31... Rxd3 32. g7 Rxg7 33. exf6+
Bxe1 34. fxg7) 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Qg7+ Kc6 34. Qxf6+ 34... Kc7 $2 (34... Kc5 35.
Qxd8 Rd7 36. Qf8+ Kc6 37. Be4+ Kc7 38. e6 Bf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rxb2 41.
Qe7+ $18) (34... Be6 35. Qxe6+ Kc5 (35... Kc7 36. Be4 Rd1) 36. Qf5 b5) 35. e6
$18 {Botvinnik} (35. e6 Rxd3 (35... Bb4 36. Be5+ Rd6 (36... Bd6 37. e7) 37. g7
$18) 36. Be5+ Kb7 37. Bxb8 (37. g7 Bh4) 37... Kxb8 38. Qe5+ Rc7 39. Qxe1 Rd8 (
39... Re7 40. Qe5+ Ka7 41. g7 Rd8 42. Qf6) 40. Qe5 $18)) 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qh3+
Kg8 28. Bf5 Nf8 29. Be6+ Nxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Rxf6 Bxf6 33. Qh7+
Kf8 34. Re1 Be5 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7+ Kd6 37. Qxe5+ Kd7 38. Qf5+ Kc6 39. d5+
Kc5 40. Ba3+ Kxc4 41. Qe4+ Kc3 42. Bb4+ Kb2 43. Qb1# 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Lilienthal, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxg2 8.
Kxg2 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. e4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc8 12. b3 Qb7 13. f3 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Rac8
15. Qd2 a6 16. Rfd1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 d6 18. a4 Ne8 19. Nd5 Rc6 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21.
h4 Re8 22. Rc3 Nh5 23. Qd4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rdc1 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 bxa4 27. Rc7
Qb5 28. bxa4 Qe2+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 e6 31. Nb6 Nf6 32. a5 Rb8 33. Rc8+
Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Ne8 35. a6 Nc7 36. a7 Na8 37. Nxd6 Kf8 38. e5 Ke7 39. Ke3 f6 40.
Kf4 h6 41. Nc8+ Kf7 42. Ke4 Kg7 43. Kd4 Nc7 44. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Flohr, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "Alekhine"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O dxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nd7 9. f4 e6 10. c4 N5b6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rf3 Qe8 14. Rd1 Rd8
15. b3 f5 16. Nd3 Bf6 17. Bf2 Qf7 18. Ne1 Rfe8 19. Rfd3 Nf8 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Ne5
Nbd7 22. Qd2 Be7 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Qc1 Ne4 25. Ne5 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Nd7 27. Qe3 Nxe5
28. fxe5 Qa5 29. a4 Rd7 30. g3 Qd8 31. Kg2 Bg5 32. Qf3 Qe7 33. c5 a5 34. Nb1
Qf8 35. Na3 Bd8 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. Nd6 Rb8 38. Rb1 Qd8 39. b4 axb4 40. Rxb4 Bxd6
41. exd6 Qa5 42. Rdb3 Re8 43. Qe2 Qa8 44. Re3 Kf7 45. Qc4 b5 46. Qc2 Rxd6 47.
cxd6 c5+ 48. Kh3 cxb4 49. Qc7+ Kg8 50. d7 Rf8 51. Qd6 h6 52. Qxe6+ Kh7 53. Qe8
b3 54. Qxa8 Rxa8 55. axb5 Rd8 56. Rxb3 Rxd7 57. b6 Rb7 58. Kg2 Kg6 59. Kf3 Kf6
60. Rb5 Ke6 61. Ke3 Kd6 62. Kd3 Kc6 63. Kc4 Kd6 64. Rd5+ Kc6 65. Rc5+ Kd6 66.
Kb5 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Bogoljubow, E."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Ovest-Indy"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 d5 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 f5 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be5
g4 16. Ne1 Nxe5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qxe5 20. Rd7 Bg5 21. Rcd1
Bc6 22. Rxa7 Rcd8 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Qc2 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Tartakower, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "Old-Indy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

{66/78} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6
8. e4 Qc7 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Rc1 h6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. f4 gxf4
15. gxf4 Kg7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. c5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Qc6 19. Nc4 Ng6 20. Nd6 Be6 21.
Nxe7 Nxe7 22. Rxf6 Kxf6 23. Qh5 Ng6 24. Nf5 Rg8 25. Qxh6 Bxa2 26. Rd1 Rad8 27.
Qg5+ Ke6 28. Rxd8 f6 29. Rxg8 Nf4 30. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Vidmar, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "Gamb.Donna"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

{6/62} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bc6 14.
Rad1 Nb4 15. Qh3 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. f4 Rc8 18. f5 exf5 19. Rxf5 Qd6 20.
Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 Qc6 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rd7 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Reshevsky, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

{66/92} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4
exd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. O-O Nf5 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. a3 Nc5 14. b4
Nd7 15. Qb3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Rfe1 axb4 19. axb4 Nf6 20. h3 h5
21. c5 Bf5 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Bc8 25. Nxd6 Be6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Nf5 Qe8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd7+ Rf7 30. Be5 Kg8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Bxc7 Ra1+ 33.
Kh2 Ra7 34. Be5 Rf7 35. c7 Nd7 36. Qc2 Rf8 37. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Alekhine, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Semi-Tarrasch"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. Bf4
Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rxe7
Qxe7 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 f6 23. Kf1 Rf7 24. Rc8+ Rf8 25. Rc3 g5 26. Ne1 h5
27. h4 Nd7 28. Rc7 Rf7 29. Nf3 g4 30. Ne1 f5 31. Nd3 f4 32. f3 gxf3 33. gxf3 a5
34. a4 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Kf2 Rf5 37. b3 Kd8 38. Ke2 Nb8 39. Rg6 Kc7 40. Ne5
Na6 41. Rg7+ Kc8 42. Nc6 Rf6 43. Ne7+ Kb8 44. Nxd5 Rd6 45. Rg5 Nb4 46. Nxb4
axb4 47. Rxh5 Rc6 48. Rb5 Kc7 49. Rxb4 Rh6 50. Rb5 Rxh4 51. Kd3 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Capablanca, JR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. a4 Rfe8 14. Qd3 c4
15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. f3 Nb3 19. e4 Qxa4 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qf2
g6 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. f5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Re6 Rxe6 27. fxe6 Kg7
28. Qf4 Qe8 29. Qe5 Qe7 30. Ba3 $3 30... Qxa3 (30... Qe8 31. Qc7+ Kg8 32. Be7
Ng4 33. Qd7 $18) 31. Nh5+ $1 31... gxh5 (31... Kh6 32. Nxf6 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+
34. Kg3 Qxc3+ 35. Kh4 Qxd4+ 36. Ng4+ $18) 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. e7 (
34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. e7 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qxc3+ 38. Kh4 Qxd4+ 39. Kxh5 Qe5+
40. Kg4 Qe4+ 41. Kh3 Qe3+ 42. g3 Qh6+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Qf2 $18) 34... Qc1+ 35.
Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 Qe4+ 38. Kxh5 Qe2+ 39. Kh4 Qe4+ 40. g4 Qe1+ 41.
Kh5 1-0

[Event "Leningrado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Sokolsky, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Grunfeld"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

{6/68} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Qb1
Rfd8 15. Bf1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ne2 Bh6 18. Ba3 Ng4 19. Qd3 Nde5 20. Nxe5
Qxe5 21. Ng3 Qf6 22. Nh1 d4 23. Qe2 Ne5 24. exd4 cxd4 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Re1 d3
27. Qd1 Bg4 28. Qa1 d2 29. Rxe5 d1=Q 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxf6 Be2 32. Ng3 Bg7 33.
Qc6 Bb5 34. Qc1 Qxc1 35. Bxc1 Re1 36. Be3 Ra1 37. a4 Bd3 38. f4 Rb1 39. Kf2
Bxf1 40. Nxf1 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "URSS ch11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Tolush, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Annotator "Grunfeld"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5
Rd8 9. Qd2 Nxd5 10. Bc7 Qxc7 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Rd1 Rd8
15. Qc1 Qa5+ 16. Rd2 Rd5 17. Ne2 Rxc5 18. Nc3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Qb2 Ra3
21. Qb5 Qc3 22. Qb2 Qc5 23. Qb1 Bxa2 24. Rxa2 Qa5+ 25. Rd2 Ra1 26. Bd3 Rxb1+
27. Bxb1 Ne5 28. Ke2 Qb5+ 29. Bd3 Nxd3 30. Rxd3 a5 31. Rhd1 Qc4 32. Kf3 b5 33.
Rd7 b4 34. Ra7 a4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rda8 a3 37. g3 Qb5 0-1

[Event "URSS ch11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Pogrebissky, I."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "Francese"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 Qa5 9. Qd2 c4 10. Be2 Qa4 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 O-O-O 14. f4 f6
15. Nf2 h5 16. Nd1 Nf5 17. Nb2 Qa5 18. a4 g5 19. Nd1 g4 20. exf6 Rdf8 21. Ba3
Rxf6 22. Bb4 Nxb4 23. cxb4 Qb6 24. c3 Qc7 25. Nb2 Rhf8 26. Bd1 Ne7 27. g3 Rh8
28. Bc2 h4 29. Kg2 Nf5 30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Qe2 Rfh5 32. Rh1 e5 33. dxe5 Bf5 34.
Rag1 hxg3 35. Kf1 Rxh2 36. Rxh2 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "URSS ch11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Bd7 9. b3 a5 10. Bd3 a4 11. Nd2 Re8 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 axb3
15. Nxb3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qg5 19. f4 Qg6 20. Rfd1 Nd6
21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qc3 Be4 23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. Be5 f6 26. Bxc7 Rxe3 27.
Qc4+ Kh8 28. Bb6 Ree8 29. Qf1 h5 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Re4 32. Re1 Rxe1 33.
Qxe1 Rxa3 34. Kh1 Ra8 35. Re2 Kh7 36. h3 Re8 37. Qf2 Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "URSS ch11 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Kan, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 d6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nd7
15. f5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rad1 b6 20. h3 Ba6 21.
Bd5 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. c4 Rb6 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. e4 Bc8 27. Qa4
Bd7 28. Qa7 Be8 29. Rb1 Rd6 30. a4 Kh7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Qxa5 Ra6 33. Qxc5 Ra2
34. Qe3 Qa6 35. Rb8 Qa4 36. Kh2 Ra3 37. Qc5 Ra2 38. Ra8 Qxa8 39. Bxa8 Rxa8 40.
Qxe5 Bc6 41. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Match 3a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Ragozin, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Slava"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 c5 13. d6 Rb8 14. e4 Ne8 15.
Be3 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rd2 h6 18. Rad1 Nef6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Qe2
Kh7 22. Rc2 Qf6 23. Ba2 Rbc8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. dxc7 Nb6 27. Bxb6
Qxb6 28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Rd7 Qc6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Rxf7 c5 32. Be6 1-0

[Event "Match 5a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Ragozin, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 e4 5. Nd2 Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 Rxe3 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Qd2 c6
15. Rae1 Bf5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bd1 Be4 20. Rxf6 Ng6 21.
Qf2 Re6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. h5 Nf8 24. Qg3+ Kf7 25. Rf1+ Bf5 26. Qf4 Nd7 27. Bc2
Qb8 28. Qh6 Qg8 29. Bxf5 exf5 30. Rxf5+ Ke7 31. Rg5 Qe6 32. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "URSS ch12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Stolberg, M."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd6 11. h3 h6 12. b4 Re8 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15.
f4 Bf5 16. Qc2 Be4 17. b5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Na5 19. Ng3 Nc4 20. Bc1 Rac8 21. Ra2
Bf8 22. a4 Bb4 23. Nd1 Ne4 24. f5 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Bd6 26. Qf3 Be7 27. Qg3 Bf6 28.
Bxh6 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 f6 30. Bc1 Re4 31. Qd3 Ne5 32. Qb1 Rc4 33. a5 Bc5 34. b6 a6
35. Nb2 Rc3 36. Bd2 Rb3 37. Qc2 Qb5 38. Rc1 Bf8 39. Rd1 Re2 40. Qc1 Rxh3+ 41.
gxh3 d4 0-1

[Event "URSS ch12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Levenfish, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ne5 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Kf2 Nf8
15. c5 dxc5 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nxh6 Rf8 20. g4 a6 21. g5
Qe6 22. Be2 Nb6 23. Ng4 Ke7 24. Nf6 Qc6 25. Rh7 Bf5 26. e4 Be6 27. f5 1-0

[Event "URSS ch12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Panov, V."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Francese"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. Be2 Bd6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3
f5 9. exd5 exd5 10. g3 f4 11. Ng2 Ng6 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4
15. gxf4 Rxf4 16. Qxb7 Na5 17. Qa6 Bc8 18. Qb5 Bg4 19. Ng1 Qc7 20. b4 Nb7 21.
bxc5 Nd6 22. Qb2 Qxc5 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. Ne2 Re8 25. O-O-O a5 26. Kb1 a4 27. Nd4
Re7 28. f3 Rh4 29. Rhe1 Rb7 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rf8+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Re4 33. fxe4
Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Qb6+ 35. Kc2 Kxf8 36. exd5 Nb5 37. Rf1+ Ke8 38. Ne6 Na3+ 39. Kd1
Qb1+ 40. Ke2 Qb2+ 41. Ke3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Torneo-match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Keres, P."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

{66/113} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
c5 8. O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bf5 13. e3 Rc8
14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Kb1 Bxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qf5 17. e4 Nxe4 18. Ka1 O-O 19. Rd1 b5 20.
Qxb5 Nd4 21. Qd3 Nc2+ 22. Kb1 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Torneo-match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Ir"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Francese"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. a3 Nge7 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. g3 f6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qd3 Kf7 14. h4 Qg8 15.
Bd2 Qh7 16. Bb4 g5 17. Qxh7 Rxh7 18. exf6 gxf6 19. hxg5 e5 20. gxf6 Kxf6 21.
Bd6 Re8 22. Nh4 Rg8 23. Kh2 Bf5 24. Re2 d3 25. Rd2 dxc2 26. f4 Be3 27. Bxe5+
Nxe5 28. fxe5+ Ke7 29. Rf1 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Torneo-match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Boleslavsky, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Francese"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

{66/117} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7.
O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. fxe3 O-O 13.
Qd2 Qb6 14. Qc3 Rb8 15. Rab1 Re8 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. b4
Rbd8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 a5 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 f6 24. Rbe1 Kh8 25. Kh1 Bd7
26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Qxc6 Qd8 28. Nf3 Rc7 29. Nxe5 fxe5 30. Qxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rxe5
Qg8 32. Re8 Rxc2 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Rb1 Kf7 35. b5 Ke6 36. b6 Rc8 37. h3 Rb8
38. Kh2 Kd5 39. Kg3 Kc6 40. Kg4 Kb7 41. Re1 Rg8 42. Re6 Ka6 43. Kg5 Kb7 44. h4
Ka6 45. h5 Kb7 46. g4 Ka6 47. Kh4 Kb7 48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxh6 Rg7 50. Kh5 Ka6 51.
Rc6 Re7 52. Rc7 Re5+ 53. g5 Kxb6 54. Rxh7 Kc6 55. Kh6 Kd6 56. g6 Re1 57. Rf7
Ke6 58. Rf2 Ra1 59. g7 Rh1+ 60. Kg6 Rg1+ 61. Kh7 Rh1+ 62. Kg8 Ke7 63. Re2+ Kd7
64. Re4 Rh2 65. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Torneo-match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "43"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasili"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Spagnola"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

{66/118} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O
8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. h3 h6 13. Nh2 Nh7 14. Ng4
Bg5 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. Nh2 Nf8 20. Qf3 Rd7
21. Nf1 Nh7 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. g4 Ne7 25. Qg3 Bc4 26. f3 Bd3 27. Bb3
c5 28. Be3 c4 29. Bd1 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. a4 b4 32. cxb4 Nf4 33. Kh1 g5 34. b5
a5 35. Bc5 Nxf5 36. gxf5 Kh7 37. Qg4 gxh4 38. Rg1 h5 39. Qg5 Qxg5 40. Rxg5 f6
41. Rg1 Nh3 42. Re1 Rg8 43. Ra2 Bb1 44. Ra1 Bd3 45. Ra2 Nf4 46. b4 Rc8 47. b6
Rb7 48. Be3 axb4 49. a5 b3 50. Ra3 b2 51. Ba4 c3 52. Rb3 Ne2 53. Bb5 Bxb5 54.
Rxb5 Nd4 55. Bxd4 exd4 56. a6 Rxb6 57. Rxb6 d3 58. Rg1 d2 59. Rxf6 Rc7 60. Rfg6
d1=Q 0-1

[Event "Torneo-match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "44"]
[White "Bondarevsky, I."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Donna"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1941.??.??"]

{66/120} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O
Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 e5 10. Be2 e4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14.
Bxc3 Re8 15. f3 Nf8 16. Rf2 Qd7 17. Raf1 exf3 18. Rxf3 Re6 19. Qd3 Rae8 20. Nb1
Ng6 21. Be1 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxe3 24. Bf2 Nd5 25. Nd2 Ngf4 26. h3
Rc3 27. Qa4 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "47"]
[White "Liublinsky, V."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "Spagnola"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1943.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. d4 Nd7 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. b3 Re8 13. Be3 g6 14. c3 a5
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Nc5 17. Ne1 Ne6 18. Nd3 Nf4 19. f3 Ba6 20. c4 c5 21. Qd2
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Red8 23. Ne2 c6 24. Nc3 Bc7 25. Qc2 Rd4 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. Nxd4 cxd4
28. Bf2 c5 29. Rf1 f5 30. Bg3 Bd7 31. Rad1 f4 32. Bf2 g5 33. g4 fxg3 34. Bxg3
Bh3 35. Rf2 h5 36. Rfd2 h4 37. Bf2 Rf8 38. Rd3 Rf4 39. Kh1 Kh7 40. Rg1 Bd8 41.
Qe2 Qf7 42. Qd1 Qh5 43. Be3 Qxf3+ 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 45. Bxg5 Rxd3 46. Bxd8 Re3 47.
Bb6 Rxe4 48. Bxc5 Re2 49. Rd1 Bg4 50. h3 Bxh3 51. b4 Bf5 52. Bd6 d3 53. bxa5 h3
0-1

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "45"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Konstantinopolsky, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "Caro Kann"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1943.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. c5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a3 f5 13. Bb5 Ng5 14. Bxc6 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 bxc6 16. Qf4 Rae8 17. O-O e5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Re7
21. Rfe1 Rfe8 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Rd1 Re8 25. Rd2 h6 26. Re2 Rb8 27.
Ke3 Rb3 28. Kd4 Kf6 29. Na2 Rb8 30. b4 g5 31. g3 gxf4 32. gxf4 a6 33. Nc3 Rg8
34. a4 Rg4 35. Rf2 Be6 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. Nxb5 Rg1 39. Nc3 Kf7 40.
Rb2 Rf1 41. Ne2 Re1 42. Ke5 d4 43. Kxd4 Kg6 44. Nc3 Kh5 45. Re2 Rxe2 46. Nxe2
Kg4 47. Ke5 Bc8 48. Nd4 h5 49. Nxf5 Bd7 50. Ng7 Ba4 51. f5 Kg5 52. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "46"]
[White "Makogonov, V."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "Slava"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1943.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Nd7 8. f4
Bb4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Kf2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. g4 Qe6 17. Ba3 Ne4+ 18. Kf3 h5 19. h3 f6 20. c4 hxg4+ 21.
hxg4 Rxh1 22. Qxh1 O-O-O 23. Rd1 fxe5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1+ Kb8 26. Qh4 Re8
27. f5 Qf7 28. Rc2 g6 29. Bb2 a6 30. Ke2 Ka7 31. Qh2 Qf6 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Qg2
Rf8 34. Bxe5 Rf2+ 35. Qxf2 Nxf2 36. Bd4+ b6 37. Rc7+ Kb8 38. Be5 Nxg4 39. Bf4
Ne5 40. Re7 Qc2+ 41. Ke1 Kc8 42. Bxe5 Qxa2 43. Rc7+ Kd8 44. Rc1 a5 45. Bd4 b5
46. Ra1 Qb3 47. Kf2 a4 48. Kf3 Qc2 49. Kf4 Kd7 50. Ke5 Qe4+ 51. Kf6 Qe7+ 52.
Kg6 a3 53. Rf1 b4 54. Rf7 Qxf7+ 55. Kxf7 b3 0-1

[Event "URSS ch13"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "48"]
[White "Veressov, G."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Qe3+ Be6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. g4
O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. e3 Na5 18. Bg2 f6 19. Ng6 Qc7 20. Kb1 c3 21.
Rc1 Nc4 22. Rxc3 Nd2+ 23. Kc2 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Bf7 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. Rxc7+ Kxc7 27.
Kd2 Rde8 28. Rc1+ Kb6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 g6 31. Ng2 Kc7 32. Ne3 Kd6 33. h4
Rh8 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Be6 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxb7 Rb8 38. Be4 Rb2+ 39. Kc3 Rb3+
40. Kd2 Rxa3 41. d5 Rxe3 42. Kxe3 Bxd5 43. Bc2 Kc5 44. Bf5 a5 45. Bc2 Be6 0-1

[Event "Match USA-URSS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "50"]
[White "Denker, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "Slava"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
Ne4 c5 16. Qb1 Qc7 17. Ng3 cxd4 18. Bxc4 Qc6 19. f3 d3 20. Qc1 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Qd6
22. Qf4 Rxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Qh4 Rxh4+ 25. Bxh4 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Match USA-URSS"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "51"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Denker, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Slava"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qa5 7. e3 Ne4 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Ba3 12. Rb1 b6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bb5 Bd7
15. Nd2 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nc4 Qf5 18. Bd6 e3 19. Nxe3 Qxb1+ 20. Qxb1 Bxd6
21. Qxb6 Kd7 22. Qb3 Rab8 23. Qc2 Rb5 24. O-O Rh5 25. h3 Rb8 26. c4 g6 27. Ng4
Rf5 28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rxe5 30. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "URSS ch14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "49"]
[White "Tolush, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
c4 9. a4 Nd7 10. Be2 Nb6 11. O-O Nxa4 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Bd7 15.
Bf1 b5 16. Qf3 Rb8 17. Reb1 Qc7 18. Bc1 a5 19. Ba3 Rb6 20. Qg3 Qd8 21. Bd6 Rxd6
22. exd6 Bc6 23. h3 Kd7 24. Re1 Qh4 25. Qe5 Qf6 26. Qg3 Rh4 27. Re3 Rf4 28. Be2
Qh4 29. Bf3 b4 30. Qxh4 Rxh4 31. g3 Rh8 32. cxb4 axb4 33. Rb1 Rb8 34. h4 Rb7
35. Kh2 Kxd6 36. g4 Nc3 37. Ra1 Nb5 38. Rd1 Ra7 39. h5 g5 40. Kg2 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "53"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Vidmar, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Annotator "Catalana"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Qd7 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. Nbd2 Qxc4 8.
Nxc4 Bb4+ (8... c5) 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nfxd2 $1 10... Nc6 11. e3 Nb4 12. Ke2 Bd7
13. Bg2 Bc6 14. f3 Nd7 15. a3 Nd5 16. e4 N5b6 17. Na5 Bb5+ 18. Ke3 18... O-O-O
$1 19. Rhc1 Nb8 20. b3 Bd7 (20... Nc6 21. a4 $1 21... Nxa5 22. axb5 $18) 21.
Bf1 21... Nc6 $1 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. a4 23... Be8 $1 24. a5 24... Na8 $1 (24...
Nd7 25. a6 b6 26. Rc3 Kb8 27. Rac1 Rc8 28. Nc4 {/\Nd6} 28... Rd8 29. Na3 Rc8
30. Nb5 $18) 25. a6 b6 26. b4 Kb8 (26... c6 27. Bb5 Kc7 28. Rc3) 27. Rc3 (27.
b5 $1) 27... c6 28. Rac1 28... f6 $1 {Preventing Nd2-c4-e5} (28... Nc7 29. b5
Nxb5 30. Bxb5 cxb5 31. Rc7 $1) 29. Nb1 $1 (29. Nc4 Nc7 30. Na3 Bd7 (30... b5 $2
31. Ra1 $1 {/\Na3-b1-d2-b3-c5}) (30... Rc8 31. Nc4 {/\Nd6})) 29... Bd7 30. Na3
Nc7 31. b5 $1 31... Nxb5 32. Bxb5 cxb5 33. Rc7 Rc8 (33... Ka8 34. Rb7 Bc8 35.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Nxb5 $18) (33... b4 34. Rb7+ Ka8 35. Rcc7 $1 35... Bc8 36. Rxa7+
Kb8 37. Nb5 $18 37... h5 38. Rab7+ Bxb7 39. Rxb7+ Kc8 40. Na7#) (33... Bc8 $1
34. Nxb5 34... Rd7 $3 (34... Bxa6 35. Nxa7 Bb7 36. Nb5 Rc8 (36... Ba6 37. R7c6
$1) 37. Kd2 Rxc7 (37... Ba6 38. R1c6 $18) 38. Nxc7 Bc8 39. d5 exd5 (39... Rd8
40. Rc6 exd5 41. Nxd5 Ka7 42. Rc7+ Bb7 43. Rxg7 $18) 40. Nxd5 b5 41. Rc5 Bd7
42. Kc3 $18) 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. Nxa7 Kxa7 37. Rc7+ Kxa6 38. Rxd7 38... Rc8 $10)
34. Rb7+ Ka8 35. Rxd7 $3 35... Rxc1 36. Nxb5 {
/\ 37.Rxa7+ Kb8 38.Rb7+ Ka8 39.Nc7+} 36... Rhc8 37. Rxg7 h6 38. Rxa7+ Kb8 39.
Rb7+ Ka8 40. Ra7+ Kb8 41. Rb7+ Ka8 42. g4 e5 43. d5 R1c5 44. Ra7+ Kb8 45. Rb7+
Ka8 46. Rxb6 Rb8 47. Rxb8+ Kxb8 48. a7+ 48... Kb7 $1 (48... Ka8 49. d6 Rc8 50.
Kd3 (50. Nc7+ Kxa7 51. Ne6 51... Rc3+ $1) 50... Kb7 (50... Rc1 51. Nc3) 51. Nc7
Kxa7 52. Kc4 $18) 49. Nd6+ (49. d6 $2 49... Rc8 50. Kd3 (50. Nc7 Kxa7 51. Ne6
Rc3+ 52. Ke2 52... Rc2+ $10) 50... Rc1 51. Nc3 51... Ra1 $1) 49... Kxa7 50. Ne8
Kb6 51. Nxf6 $18 51... Rc3+ 52. Kf2 Rc7 53. h4 Rf7 54. Nh5 Kc7 55. g5 $1 55...
hxg5 56. hxg5 Rh7 57. Nf6 Rh2+ 58. Kg3 Rh1 59. Kg2 Rh8 60. g6 (60. g6 Rh6 61.
g7 Rg6+ 62. Kf2 Rxg7 63. Ne8+ Kd7 64. Nxg7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "54"]
[White "Tartakower, S."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Francese"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 (5... Ne7 $2 6. c5 $18) (
5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 6... Ne7 $2 7. Ng5 $1 7... O-O 8. Qh5 $18) 6. c5 $6 (6. Nc3
$142 6... O-O (6... c6 7. c5 Bc7 8. Bg5) (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 7... c6 $13 {
cf.Queens Gambit Accepted. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4 3.e3 e5}) 7. c5 Be7 8. Bf4 b6 9. b4
a5 10. a3) 6... Be7 7. Bd3 {According to the tournament book. Botvinnik
himself gives the moveorder: 7.Nc3 b6 8.cb6 ab6 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0.} (7. Be2 $5)
(7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 8... b6 {Kasparian-Botvinnik/URS-ch20/1952/}) (7. Nc3 {
Botvinniks moveorder.} 7... b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O {game-}) 7... b6
$1 8. cxb6 (8. b4 $2 8... a5 9. a3 $2 9... axb4 10. axb4 $2 10... Rxa1 $19)
8... axb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 (10... c5 $1 11. Bg5 {! Botvinnik} 11... Be6
12. Ne5 {|^ Botvinnik} 12... h6 13. Bh4 13... Nfd7 $1 {
Timman: quite satisfactory for Black.}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 $1 (12. Be2) 12...
Bg6 13. Ne5 {/\Ng6,f4} 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c6 15. Bg5 $5 (15. Bf4 $1 {Botvinnik
}) 15... Nxg4 $5 (15... Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Re3 $10) 16. Nxc6
$2 $17 (16. Bxe7 $4 16... Nxe5 17. Bxd8 (17. Qxh7+ Kxh7 18. Bxd8 Nc4 19. Bc7
Na6) 17... Nxd3 18. Bxb6 Nxb2) (16. hxg4 $1 16... Bxg5 17. Kg2 $1 (17. f4 f6 (
17... Bf6 18. Kg2 Bxe5 19. Rh1 $2 19... f5 $1 $17) 18. fxg5 fxe5 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8
20. Rf1 20... Qe7 $17) 17... f6 18. Rh1 Bh6 19. Ng6 $1 19... Rf7 (19... hxg6 $2
20. Rxh6 $1 $18 20... gxh6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Rh1#)
20. Ne2 $1 {Timman /\Ne2-g3-f5} (20. Nh4 $10 20... Bg5 21. Ng6 {/\Ne5} 21...
Bh6 22. Nh4 Bg5 23. Ng6 $10) (20. Rae1 $6 {Timman} 20... Nd7 $1 (20... hxg6 $2
21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Qxg6+ Rg7 23. Re8+ $18)) 20... hxg6 21. Qxg6 Nd7 (21... Qe8
22. Rxh6 Qe4+ 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rh3 $14) 22. Rxh6 Nf8 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 24. Qxf7
$18) 16... Nxc6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. hxg4 18... f5 $40 19. Rae1 $1 (19. f3 Qd6 20.
Kg2 Ng6) 19... fxg4 20. Re5 20... Rf3 $1 21. Qb5 21... Ng6 $1 (21... Qd6 $2 22.
Rxe7 22... Rg3+ $10 (22... Qxe7 23. Qxd5+ $18)) 22. Rxd5 (22. Qxd5+ $2 22...
Qxd5 23. Rxd5 23... Nf4 $19 {/\24...Raf8, 25...g3/ 25...Nh3+}) 22... Qf6 23.
Rg5 Rf8 24. Ne4 24... Qf4 {/\Rh3} 25. Qd5+ 25... Kh8 {/\ 26...Rh3!} 26. Rh5
26... Rh3 $22 {Zeitnot} (26... g3 $2 27. Ng5 $1 27... gxf2+ 28. Kh1) (26... h6
$1 27. Qe6 27... Re3 $1 28. Qxg6 28... Rxe4 $19 {/\Re2,Rd4}) 27. Rxh3 gxh3 28.
Ng3 (28. Ng5 $2 28... Ne7 29. Qe5 Qg4+ 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. fxg3 h2+ 32. Kg2 Rxf1
33. Kxf1 33... h1=Q+ $19) 28... Nh4 29. Qe4 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Rf4 32.
Rc1 h6 (32... g5 $5) 33. Rc3 $5 33... g5 $2 $10 (33... Nxd4 $1 $19 34. Re3 Nf3)
34. d5 {Moveorder according to the tournament book. Botvinnik gives 34.Re3 g4
35.d5 Kg7 36.Nc3 Rf6 37.Re6 Kf7 38.Rf6 Kf6.} (34. Re3 {Botvinniks moveorder}
34... g4 35. d5 Kg7 36. Nc3 $2 (36. d6 $1 {Timman} 36... Rf7 (36... Rf5 37. Rd3
Re5 38. d7 Rxe4 39. Rxf3 (39. Rd1 g3 40. fxg3 40... Re2 $19 41. d8=Q Rh2#)
39... Rd4 40. Rg3 h5 41. f3 $10) 37. Rc3 $13) 36... Rf6 37. Re6 Kf7 (37... Rxe6
$1 {Botvinnik} 38. dxe6 Kf6 39. Nd5+ Kxe6 40. Nxb6 40... h5 $19) 38. Rxf6+
38... Kxf6 {game}) 34... g4 $1 35. Re3 Rf5 36. Nc3 Rf6 37. Re6 Kg7 38. Rxf6
Kxf6 39. d6 (39. Ne4+ $142 {/\d6 Kmoch}) 39... Ke6 40. Nd5 {? Kmoch} (40. Ne4
$1 {Kmoch}) 40... Kxd6 41. Nxb6 41... h5 $1 {/\ h5-g4, g4-g3-g2#} 42. Nc4+ $6 (
42. a4 $5 42... Nd2 $1 $19 {Bronstein} 43. a5 h4 44. a6 g3 45. a7 (45. fxg3 {
Botvinnik 1985.} 45... hxg3 46. a7 g2+ 47. Kh2 Nf3+ 48. Kxh3 g1=Q 49. a8=Q Qh2+
50. Kg4 50... Ne5+ $19 {Botvinnik} 51. Kf5 Qf2+ 52. Qf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kg5 Qg4+ 54.
Kf6 Qg6#) 45... g2+ (45... gxf2 $1 {Botvinnik 1985.} 46. a8=Q f1=Q+ 47. Kh2
47... Nf3+ $19) 46. Kh2 Nf3+ 47. Kxh3 g1=Q 48. a8=Q Qh2+ (48... Qh1+ {! Timman}
49. Kg4 Ne5+ 50. Kf4 Qc1+ 51. Kf5 Qc2+ 52. Qe4 (52. Kg5 {
! Keene: I see nothinh clear for White.} 52... Qg6+ 53. Kf4 Qf7+ (53... Qf6+ $1
{Looks winning} 54. Ke3 Ng4+ 55. Kd3 Qf5+ 56. Kc3 Qe5+ 57. Kb4 (57. Kd3 Nxf2+
58. Kc2 Qc5+) (57. Kb3 Qb5+) 57... Qc5+) 54. Kg5 $1) 52... Qxe4+ 53. Kxe4 h3
54. Nc4+ 54... Kc7 $1 $19 {Timman}) 49. Kg4 49... Ne5+ {-+ Botvinnik} 50. Kh5
$1 $10 {Timman}) 42... Kd5 43. Ne3+ Ke4 44. a4 (44. b4 $5 44... Kd3 (44... Nd4
$1 $19 {/\Ke4-f3xf2.} 45. b5 Nxb5) 45. b5 Ke2 46. b6 Kxf2 47. Nf5 h4 48. Nxh4
g3 49. Nxf3 Kxf3 50. b7 Kf2 51. b8=Q g2+ 52. Kh2 g1=Q+ 53. Kxh3 $10 {Botvinnik}
) 44... Kd3 {/\ Kd3-e2xf2, g4-g3-g2#} 45. Nd5 (45. a5 Ke2 46. a6 Kxf2 47. a7 g3
48. Nd1+ Ke2 49. Nc3+ Kd3 50. a8=Q g2#) 45... Ke2 46. Nf4+ Kxf2 47. Nxh3+ (47.
Nxh5 g3 48. Nxg3 Kxg3 49. a5 h2 50. a6 Ng5 51. a7 Ne4 52. a8=Q Nf2#) 47... Kf1
(47... gxh3 $19 48. a5 Kg3 49. a6 Ng5 50. a7 Ne4 51. a8=Q Nf2+ 52. Kg1 h2+ 53.
Kf1 h1=Q+ 54. Qxh1 Nxh1 55. b4 Nf2 56. b5 Ne4 57. b6 Nd6 58. Kg1 h4 59. Kh1 h3
60. Kg1 h2+ 61. Kh1 Ne4 62. b7 62... Nf2# {Botvinnik 1985.}) 48. Nf4 g3 49. Ng2
(49. a5 h4 50. a6 h3) 49... Kf2 50. a5 h4 51. Nf4 Kf1 52. Ng2 h3 53. Ne3+ Kf2
54. Ng4+ Ke2 (54... Ke2 55. Ne3 Kxe3 56. a6 g2#) 0-1

[Event "URSS-GB"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "52"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Alexander, CH."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 Qd7
15. O-O Nb8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. f3 Nb3 19. e4 Qxa4 20. Qb2 a5 21. e5
b5 22. Bd6 Re6 23. exf6 Rxd6 24. fxg7 b4 25. Re5 Re8 26. f4 Qd7 27. Qe2 Rde6
28. f5 Rxe5 29. dxe5 bxc3 30. f6 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Nd4 32. Qe3 Ra8 33. Qxc3 a4 34.
Qxd4 Qxd4 35. Nf5 h5 36. Nxd4 Re8 37. Nf5 d4 38. e6 0-1

[Event "L'Aia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "55"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Euwe, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Slava"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 (5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 6... b5 {
Denker-Botvinnik USSR-USA radio-match (0-1)}) 5... Nbd7 (5... a6 6. c5 {
vgl.Reshevski-Keres (13/2)}) 6. Bd3 6... Bb4 {Wie bei allen bisherigen Partien
wird eine Eroeffnung gespielt, die zwischen den beiden Spielern noch nicht
vorkam (bisheriges Ergebnis:Euwe:2 Botvinnik:0 Remis:4). / this opening hadn`
occured between the players before} 7. a3 {Der Sinn des Zuges 6...Bb4 lag in
dem Vermeiden der Meraner Variante und in  der Verhinderung von e4, was auf 6..
.Bd6 folgt. Die Entwicklung soll mit dc nebst e5 beendet werden.} (7. O-O O-O (
7... Qe7 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ng5 O-O 12. f4 exd4 13. e5 dxc3
14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Bxf7+ $18 {Ahues-Romih, San Remo 1930}) 8. Ne5 (8. Qc2 Qc7 9.
a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 12... c5 $10 {
Castaldi-van Scheltinga, Hilversum 1947}) 8... Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 Nc5 11.
Be2 (11. Bc2 dxc4 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qe2 $15) 11... dxc4 $15) 7... Ba5 (7... Bxc3+
8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nd2 $1 10... e5 11. Bb2 $1 11... e4 12. Be2 12...
Nb6 $1 (12... b5 $6 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 $1 14... bxa4 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4
16... Nb6 $1 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rxa4 Bd7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qb1 Re8 21. Rc1 Qd6
22. Qc2 $16 {Euwe-Aljechin(3) wm 1937}) 13. c5 Nbd7 14. c4 14... Rd8 $10 {
Botvinnik    Botvinnik schrieb ein Buch ueber den Wettkampf Euwe-Aljechin 1937.
Aus diesem Buch stammen die Bewertungen der Zuege dieser Varianten.}) (7... Bd6
$1 {Botvinnik} 8. e4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 9... e5 $10 {Botvinnik Botvinnik meint der
Zug a3 sei ohne Wert.Kmoch sagt a3 sei ein sehr  nuetzlicher Zug und bewertet
daher die Endstellung dieser Variante mit +/- . Botvinnik claims the move a3
to be without value}) 8. Qc2 (8. b4 Bc7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 (10. Ne2 10... Qe7 {
/\ 11...dc, 12...e5}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ba2 exd4 14. Nxd4
Nb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Rfe8 17. O-O 17... Qe5 $10 {
Kottnauer-Kotov, Moskau Tchigorin Memorial 1947}) 8... Qe7 $2 {
Botvinnik >= 8...O-O Botvinnik-Taimanov USSR ch Stichkampf 1953} (8... O-O 9.
O-O Bc7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5) 9. Bd2 9... dxc4 $6 (9... O-O 10. O-O 10...
Re8 $2 (10... Bc7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5) 11. Nxd5) (9... Bc7 10. cxd5 exd5
11. Nb5 11... Qd8 $8 12. Nxc7+ 12... Qxc7 $14) 10. Bxc4 e5 11. O-O O-O (11...
e4 $2 12. Nxe4 $1) 12. Rae1 {>= 12.d5! vergl.Reshevsky-Euwe aus der 5-ten
Runde dieses Turniers. Dieser Zug wird in keiner der von Botvinnik
herausgegebenen Partiesammlungen erwaehnt!} (12. Rac1 Bc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
a5 15. Ba2 Nf6 16. Qh4 e4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. f3 Nd5 21.
Qxe7 21... Nxe7 $10 {Mueller}) (12. Ba2 Bb6 (12... Bc7 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Bb4) 13.
Na4 Bc7 14. Bb4 14... Bd6 $10) 12... Bc7 {
/\ 13...e4 14.Ng5 Bh2 15.Kh2 Ng4 nebst Qg5-/+} (12... exd4 13. exd4 $16) (12...
Re8 13. Ng5 $16) (12... e4 13. Nxe4 $16) 13. Ne4 $1 {/\ 14.Bb4} (13. e4 exd4
14. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 15... Qe5+ $17 {Golombek}) (13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. f4 Qh5 16. h3 Bf5 17. e4 Bxh3 18. gxh3 18... Qc5+ $17 {Golombek}) (13. Bd3
Re8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bc7 17. e4 17... Ng4 {
/\ 18...Qc5+  18...Qh4  18...Bb6+ Golombek}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 14... a5 {
? Golombek} (14... Nf6 15. Qh4 e4 16. Bb4 Bd6 17. Bxd6 17... Qxd6 $10 {Euwe}
18. Ng5 Bf5 19. f3 Rae8 20. fxe4 20... Bxe4 $15 21. Rxf6 $2 21... Qxf6 $1 {
Golombek}) (14... Kh8 $5 15. Bb4 c5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 f5 (17... Qxc5 $2
18. Ng5) 18. Qd5 Rd8 19. Qf7 $14 {Keres}) (14... Re8 15. Bb4 Qf6 (15... c5 16.
Bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ng5 $18 {Mueller}) 16. Nxe5 $2 16... Nxe5 17. f4
Qg6 18. f5 18... Bxf5 $1 $19 {Golombek}) (14... Bd6 $5 {Botvinnik}) 15. Ba2 $1
{/\ 16.Bc3} (15. Bc3 b5 (15... Nf6 16. Qh4 e4 17. Ne5 (17. Nd2 $4 17... b5 $19)
17... Be6 $10 {Golombek}) 16. Ba2 16... b4 $10) 15... Nf6 (15... Kh8 $5 {
/\ f5<=>} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 $14 {Golombek}) 16. Qh4 e4 (16... exd4 17. exd4
) (16... Be6 17. Bb1 {/\ 18.Bh7+  18.de}) 17. Ne5 $1 (17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 18...
Nd5 $1 $10 {Mueller} (18... Bxh2+ $2 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg3 Qd6+ 21. Nf4 g5 22.
Qh5)) 17... Bxe5 $2 (17... Be6 18. Bb1 18... Bd5 $1 19. f3 (19. Bc3 {
/\ 20.f4 Botvinnik} 19... Rfe8 $10) 19... Bxe5 (19... Rfe8 $10 {Botvinnik}) (
19... exf3 $2 20. Bxh7+) 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc3 21... Qe6 $1 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23.
Qxf6 gxf6 24. fxe4 24... Be6 $10 {Euwe}) (17... Nd5 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Qc2 fxe5
20. e4 Be6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ cxd5 23. dxe5 23... Bxe5 $2 24. Bc3 $18) (
17... Bf5 18. f3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc3 Qe7 21. fxe4 $16 {+- Golombek}) 18.
dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bc3 Qe7 (19... Qh5 $4 20. Bxf6 $18) 20. f3 $3 (20. Bxf6 $2 20...
Qxf6 21. Qxe4 Bf5 22. Qc4 22... b5 {Nun verliert Weiss die Qualitaet}) 20...
Nd5 (20... exf3 21. Bb1 {/\ 22.Bh7} 21... h6 22. Rxf3 Nd5 23. Rg3 $3 23... Qxh4
$4 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rh7+ Kg8 26. Rh8#) (20... Be6 21. fxe4 $1 (21. Bb1 Nd5 22.
Qxe4 (22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Bxe4 23... Bb3 $10) 22... f5 $14 {
nebst 23...Nc3  Botvinnik}) 21... Bxa2 22. Rxf6 $1 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rf3 Be6
24. e5 Rfe8 25. exf6 Qf8 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rg7 27... Bf5 $17 {-+}) 22... Kh8 (
22... gxf6 23. Bxf6 $18 {Euwe}) (22... Be6 23. Rg6 Qxh4 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rxf7+
Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Rg5+ $18 {Golombek}) 23. Qg3 $40 {+- Kmoch}) 21. Qxe7 Nxe7
22. fxe4 22... b6 $2 (22... Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (24... Rxf8 25.
Bxa5 25... Ng6 $16 {Euwe}) 25. Rf1+ $1 (25. Rd1 b5 26. Rd7 $18 {Golombek})
25... Kg8 (25... Ke8 26. Bxg7) 26. Rd1 $18 {nebst 27.Rd7}) (22... Bg4 23. Rf4
$1 (23. h3 Bh5 24. g4 24... Bg6 $14 {Kmoch}) (23. Rf2 Bh5 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxa5 $18 {Golombek}) 23... Bh5 (23... Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rd1 $18) 24. g4 Bg6 (24... g5 $1 $10 {Golombek}) 25. Rd1 (25. h4
h5 26. Kh2 Kh7 27. Rg1 f6 28. gxh5 Bxh5 29. e5 $40 {+/- Botvinnik}) 25... Rad8
26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxa5 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 28... Rc1 $16 {Keres +-Botvinnik}) (22...
Ng6 $1 23. Rd1 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rd7 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rf8+ 27. Ke2 Rf7 28.
Rd6 (28. Rxf7 28... Kxf7 $10) 28... Nf8 29. Rd8 Rd7 30. Rb8 Kf7 31. Bxa5 31...
Ng6 $14 {Euwe}) 23. Rd1 $18 {/\ 24.Rf7, 24.Bf7} 23... Ng6 (23... Be6 {!? Euwe}
24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rd7 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rf8+ 27. Ke2 Rf7 28. Rd6 $18 {Golombek}) (
23... Bg4 24. Rd6 Rac8 25. h3 Bh5 26. g4 26... Bg6 {/\ 27.e5 28.e6+-}) 24. Rd6
Ba6 25. Rf2 Bb5 (25... Rac8 26. Rd7 Nh8 27. e5 Rce8 28. e6 $18 {Mueller}) 26.
e5 {/\ 27.e6 fe 28.Rd7} 26... Ne7 {/\ 27.Rd7 Nd5} (26... Ra7 27. e6 Nh8 28. Rf4
$1 $18 {/\ 29.Rg4}) (26... Rae8 27. e6 $1 27... fxe6 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Rd7 Rxe6
30. Rxg7 $1 $18) 27. e4 27... c5 {Verhindert 28.Rd7} 28. e6 $1 (28. Rxb6 Bc6
29. e6 Bxe4 30. exf7+ Kh8 31. Re2 Bd5) 28... f6 (28... fxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxf2 30.
Kxf2 Kf8 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxe7+ Kh8 33. Rb7 $18) 29. Rxb6 Bc6 30. Rxc6 $1
30... Nxc6 31. e7+ Rf7 32. Bd5 {32...Rc8 33.e8Q Re8 34.Bc6 Rc8 35.Bd5+-} 1-0

[Event "L'Aia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "56"]
[White "Keres, P."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 d4 4. b4 c5 5. b5 e5 6. d3 Bd6 7. e4 Qc7 8. Ne2 h5 9.
h4 Nh6 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. f4 Bg4 13. f5 Nd7 14. Nd2 g6 15. fxg6 fxg6
16. Nf3 Be7 17. Rf2 Qd6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Re1 Qb6 22.
Nf3 Nd7 23. Ng5 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. a4 Bh6 26. a5 Qf6 27. Nc1 O-O-O 28. Nb3
Rf8 29. Ra1 Qe7 30. Qc1 Kb8 31. Ra2 Rf7 32. Qa3 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Bd1 34. Qc1 Bxb3
35. Rb2 Bd1 36. Qxd1 Qxg5 37. Qe1 Nf8 38. Kh2 Qf6 39. Bh3 Nh7 40. Qd1 Ng5 41.
b6 h4 42. Qg4 hxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Rf8 44. bxa7+ Kxa7 45. a6 Nxh3 46. Qxh3 Qf4+ 47.
Kg2 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+ 53.
Qxe3 dxe3 54. axb7 Kxb7 55. Kg2 Kb6 56. Kf3 Ka5 57. Kxe3 Kb4 58. Kd2 g5 0-1

[Event "L'Aia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "57"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Keres, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 7. Ne2 e5 8.
Ng3 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Bb2 exd4 14. e4 Be6
15. Rc1 Re7 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Qf4 19. Bc1 Qb8 20. Rg5 Nbd7 21.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "58"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Euwe, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[Annotator "Merano"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 Qb6 13. fxg7 Bxg7 14. O-O Nc5
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Rc1 Rd5 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 f6 22. Qg3 fxe5 23. Qg7 Rf8 24. Rc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc7 Bd5 26. Qxe5 d3 27.
Qe3 Bc4 28. b3 Rf7 29. f3 Rd7 30. Qd2 e5 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke3 Ke6
34. Qb4 Rc7 35. Kd2 Rc6 36. a4 1-0

[Event "Match 23a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "59"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Bronstein, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "Grunfeld"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nh3 Bxh3 8.
Bxh3 Nc6 9. Bg2 e6 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Bc3 Rfd8
15. Nf4 Nf6 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be1 Na5 19. Nd3 Bf8 20. f3 Nd6 21.
Bf2 Bh6 22. Rac1 Nac4 23. Rfe1 Na5 24. Kf1 Bg7 25. g4 Nc6 26. b3 Nb5 27. Ke2
Bf8 28. a4 Nc7 29. Bg3 Na6 30. Bf1 f6 31. Red1 Na5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rc1 Rxc1
34. Nxc1 Ba3 35. Kd1 Bxc1 36. Kxc1 Nxb3+ 37. Kc2 Na5 38. Kc3 Kf7 39. e4 f5 40.
gxf5 gxf5 41. Bd3 Kg6 42. Bd6 Nc6 43. Bb1 Kf6 44. Bg3 fxe4 45. fxe4 h6 46. Bf4
h5 47. exd5 exd5 48. h4 Nab8 49. Bg5+ Kf7 50. Bf5 Na7 51. Bf4 Nbc6 52. Bd3 Nc8
53. Be2 Kg6 54. Bd3+ Kf6 55. Be2 Kg6 56. Bf3 N6e7 57. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Match 4a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "61"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Taimanov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 O-O 9. Be2 Bf5 10. g4 Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Qd7 13. f4 Nd8 14. Bd3 Nf7
15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nd6 17. Qf3 a4 18. Ra2 c6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc2 Qd7 21. g5
Nfe8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. g6 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. g7
Re8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rg2 Nf7 31. Rf3 Ra5 32. Qh4 e5 33. Rh3 Qxh3
34. Qxh3 exf4 35. exf4 Bb6 36. Bb2 Rb5 37. Kf1 Ba5 38. Rc2 Rb3 39. Qd7 Rbe3 40.
Qxa4 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Bc7 42. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "URSS ch20"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "60"]
[White "Bronstein, D."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Gamb.Re"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5 8.
d4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. g3 Nb6 14. Bb3 c5
15. c4 Qf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxf4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. a4 Be2 21.
Qc3 Nd7 22. a5 Nf6 23. Ba4 Re6 24. Kg2 Ne4 25. Qa3 g5 26. h3 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "64"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Stahlberg, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Reti"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 Nc6 8. exd4
Nxd4 9. Bb2 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Rb8 11. Qe2 b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6
15. Ne4 Rb7 16. Ng5 Nd7 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. d4 Qc8 19. Nd2 c5 20. Ne4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nc5 23. Nd6 Qc6+ 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rd7 26. Rfd1 f6 27. Ke3
e5 28. Rd5 Ne6 29. Nb5 Re7 30. Rd7 Rff7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Rc6 Rd7
34. Rc8 Nc5 35. b4 Nd3 36. c5 Nxb4 37. c6 Rd5 38. c7 Rxb5 39. Rf8+ Kxf8 40.
c8=Q+ Ke7 41. Qc7+ Ke6 42. Qxg7 Nd5+ 43. Kf3 Ra5 44. Qxh7 Rxa2 45. h4 Ne7 46.
h5 Rd2 47. h6 f5 48. Qg7 e4+ 49. Kg2 e3 50. h7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "65"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Minev, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "Merano"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. e4 Bd6 12. O-O Rg8 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Nd2 O-O-O
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. f4 c5 17. a3 f5 18. axb4 Nf6 19. Na5 c4 20. Nxb7 cxd3 21. Nxd6+
Rxd6 22. Qxd3 fxe4 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. f5 Nd5 25. Qxe4 Nxb4 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. fxe6
fxe6 28. Rf7+ Kc6 29. Be3 Kd5 30. Rxh7 Nc6 31. Bf4 Rdd8 32. Bc7 Rh8 33. Rg7
Rhg8 34. Rh7 Rh8 35. Rg7 Rhg8 36. Rf7 Rgf8 37. Raf1 Rxf7 38. Rxf7 Rc8 39. Be5
Nxd4 40. Bxd4 Kxd4 41. Kf2 a5 42. g4 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rxb2 44. g5 a4 45. g6 Rb1 46.
Kh4 Rg1 47. Kh5 Kc4 48. Rf4+ Kb5 49. Rf3 Kb4 50. Rf4+ Kb5 51. Rf3 Kb4 52. Rg3
Rxg3 53. hxg3 a3 54. g7 a2 55. g8=Q a1=Q 56. Qg4+ Ka5 57. Qxe6 Qh8+ 58. Kg6 Qc3
59. g4 Qd2 60. g5 Qd4 61. Qf5+ Ka4 62. Kh5 Qh8+ 63. Kg4 Qh1 64. Qf4+ Ka5 65.
Qe5+ Ka4 66. g6 Qd1+ 67. Kg5 Qd8+ 68. Kf5 Qc8+ 69. Kf4 Qc1+ 70. Qe3 Qc7+ 71.
Qe5 Qc1+ 72. Kf5 Qc8+ 73. Kg5 Qd8+ 74. Qf6 Qd5+ 75. Qf5 Qd8+ 76. Kh5 Qe8 77.
Qf4+ Ka5 78. Qd2+ Ka4 79. Qd4+ Ka5 80. Kg5 Qe7+ 81. Kf5 Qf8+ 82. Ke4 Qh6 83.
Qe5+ Ka4 84. g7 Qh1+ 85. Kd4 Qd1+ 86. Kc5 Qc1+ 87. Kd6 Qd2+ 88. Ke6 Qa2+ 89.
Qd5 Qe2+ 90. Kd6 Qh2+ 91. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Match 15a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "63"]
[White "Smyslov, V."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "Siciliana"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. Nd5 Nge7 8. c3
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. Be3 Rae8 14. Qd2 Nf5 15.
Bf2 h5 16. Rae1 Qd8 17. Kh2 Bh6 18. h4 Qf6 19. Be4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nxh4 21. Be3
Nf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Qg2 Qg4 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Re5 26. Ree1 Rfe8 27. Bf2
h4 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. d4 hxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rg5+ 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. Be3 cxd4 33. cxd4
Kh7 34. Rf2 g5 35. Ne2 Rxf2+ 36. Bxf2 f5 0-1

[Event "Match 2a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "62"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. g4 c6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. h4 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxf4
15. Bxf4 O-O 16. h5 Re8 17. Nd6 Re6 18. d5 Rxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxg5 20. Qf3 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 cxd5 22. Rc1 Na6 23. b4 h6 24. Rh3 Kh7 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. b5 Nc5 27. Bxc5
bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb8 29. a4 Rb7 30. Rdc3 1-0

[Event "URSS ch22"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "66"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Slava"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. b3 Qe7 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qe5
15. f4 Qe7 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Rc2 Bc5 18. Na4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Bf5 20. Bb4 Qd7 21.
Rc3 Ne4 22. Rcc1 b6 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Be4 26. Qd2 Qg4 27. h3
Qg6 28. Qf2 h5 29. Kh2 a5 30. Ba3 b5 31. Bc5 b4 32. Rcc1 Rdc8 33. Bd4 Bc2 34.
Rd2 Be4 35. Rdd1 Qf5 36. Qe2 Qg6 37. Qf2 a4 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. bxa4 Qe8 40. Rd2
Qxa4 41. Qh4 Rc2 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43. Qg3 Qxa2 44. Bxf6 Qxg2+ 45. Qxg2 Bxg2 46.
Bd4 Be4 47. Kg3 Kf7 48. h4 g6 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kf5 51. Kd2 Kg4 52. Bf6 Kg3
53. Be7 Kh3 54. Bf6 Kg4 55. Be7 Bf5 56. Bf6 Kf3 57. Be7 b3 58. Kc3 Be6 59. Bc5
g5 60. fxg5 (60. hxg5 h4 61. Bd6 Bf5 62. g6 Bxg6 63. f5 Bxf5 64. Kxb3 64... Kg2
$18) 60... d4+ 61. exd4 (61. Bxd4 Kg3 62. g6 Kxh4 63. Kd2 Kh3 64. Bf6 h4 65.
Ke2 65... Kg2 $18) 61... Kg3 (61... Kg4 $2 62. d5 Bxd5 63. Bf2 $10) 62. Ba3 (
62. g6 Kxh4 63. g7 63... Kg4 $10) 62... Kxh4 63. Kd3 Kxg5 64. Ke4 h4 65. Kf3
Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "67"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Stahlberg, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Reti"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Nc3 Nf8 10. d4 Bf5 11. Qc1 Ne4 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Be4 14. Ne1 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nd7 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rac8 18. Rac1 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qa5 20. Nd3 e5 21.
dxe5 Bxe5 22. b4 b5 23. bxa5 bxc4 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. h3 Rb8 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Rb1
Rxb1 28. Rxb1 f6 29. a6 c5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rc8 Nd7 32. Kf1 Ke6 33. Rc6+ Kd5
34. Rc7 Kd6 35. Rxa7 Re8 36. Ba5 Kc6 37. Ke1 Nb6 38. Bxb6 Kxb6 39. Rf7 Kxa6 40.
Rxf6+ Kb5 41. Rf3 Rd8 42. e4 Rd4 43. e5 Kc6 44. Re3 Kd7 45. f4 Ke6 46. Ke2 Rd8
47. a4 Rb8 48. Ra3 Rb2+ 49. Kd1 Rb6 50. a5 Ra6 51. Kd2 g5 52. Kc3 gxf4 53. gxf4
Kd5 54. Ra1 h5 55. h4 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "68"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Benkner, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. d3 Be6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Bb2 f5 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. bxc5 Nd7 15.
Rc1 Qe7 16. Nh4 Qf7 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Rad8 19. Qe1 Bd5 20. Bh3 Ne7 21. Qg3
g6 22. e4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bxe4 24. Rce1 Qc4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Re1 Qxf4 27. Rxe7
1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "69"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. h4 d6 7. d3 Rb8 8. h5 Bd7
9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qc1 Bg7 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh6 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 e6
15. Ng5 Ke7 16. Kd2 Be8 17. Qg7 Kd7 18. f4 Qe7 19. Rh1 Nd8 20. Ne4 Kc7 21. Rh8
Bc6 22. Nf6 Kb6 23. Bxc6 Nxc6 24. Rh7 Nd8 25. Qxg6 Ka6 26. a4 Ka5 27. Qg5 Kxa4
28. Rh1 Kb3 29. Qh4 Kb2 30. g4 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "70"]
[White "Padevsky, N."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Siciliana"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

{67/245} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. f4 b6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. g4 Rc8 13. g5 Rxc3 14. bxc3
Nxe4 15. Qg4 Qc8 16. Rf3 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18. Qh4 e5 19. Rh3 h6 20. Qh5 Qxc3
21. Rd1 exd4 22. Bd2 Qc6 23. gxh6 Ng5 24. Rg3 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "71"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Najdorf, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Bc3 Na6 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. Rxa6 Bd3 16. Ra5 Bc4 17. Kd2 a6 18. Rc5 Rfd8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Rd7
21. Rb1 Re8 22. b3 Bb5 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Bd4 Re6 25. f3 Re8 26. h5 f6 27. Rgc1
Kg8 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ra8 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. Rd7 Bc2 33. Rxd5 Bxb3
34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Bd4 Be8 37. Rc5 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rd8 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Bc3
Rd8 41. e4 Rd3 42. Ke2 Bb5 43. Rxb5 Rxc3 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kf7
47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kf2 Rb3 49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52. Kg3 a5 53.
b5 a4 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. b6 Kg8 56. Kf5 Rb5+ 57. Ke6 a3 58. f4 a2 59. Ra7 Rxb6+
60. Kf5 Rb7 61. Rxa2 Kf7 62. Ra5 Rc7 63. Rd5 Ra7 64. e5 fxe5 65. fxe5 Ke7 66.
e6 Ra4 67. g5 hxg5 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Rf7+ Kg8 70. Kg6 g4 71. h6 gxh6 72. e7 Ra8
73. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Match 13a "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "73"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3
O-O 9. a4 c5 10. Ba3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. Nb5 Bb7 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Bf3 Ng5 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. f3 a6 17. Nc3 f5 18. O-O Qf6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. d5 Nf7 21. e4 exd5
22. cxd5 Bd7 23. Bb2 Ne5 24. Qe2 f4 25. Nd1 b5 26. Nf2 c4 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qd2
Rac8 29. Rfc1 Re8 30. Bc3 Rc7 31. Kh1 Rb7 32. Ra2 h5 33. Rca1 b4 34. Bxb4 Qb6
35. Bc3 Qe3 36. Nd1 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Nd3 38. Bd4 Reb8 39. Nc3 Rb3 40. h4 R8b7 41.
Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Match 5a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "72"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "Est-Indy"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Nc6 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. h4 f4 14. Bh3 Rf6 15. Qe2 Bh6
16. Bd2 Nc5 17. b4 f3 18. Qf1 Bxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Na6 20. a3 c6 21. Qd3 Nc7 22. Rab1
Rb8 23. Rhc1 a5 24. b5 c5 25. b6 Ne8 26. Re1 Ng7 27. Re3 Qf8 28. Rb5 Ra8 29.
Na4 Qf7 30. Qc3 h5 31. Rxa5 Rb8 32. Nb2 Kh7 33. Qb3 Ng8 34. Nd3 Nh6 35. Re1 Ng4
36. Qa4 Qe7 37. Kc2 Rff8 38. Ra7 Ne8 39. Bxg4 hxg4 40. Qb5 Nf6 41. a4 Kg8 42.
Qa5 Qd8 43. Nb2 Nd7 44. Nd1 Nf6 45. Qb5 Qe7 46. a5 Qh7 47. Kd3 Rf7 48. Qb2 Nh5
49. Rg1 g5 50. hxg5 Rbf8 51. Qd2 Rf4 52. Nc3 Nxg3 53. Rxg3 Qh2 54. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Match 14a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "75"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
c4 $6 (8. h4 $142) (8. Nf3 $14) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 9... Rb8 $6 (9... e5 $142 $10)
10. O-O b6 11. d4 e5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. dxe5 (13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 15.
Rbxd1 (15. Rfxd1 Bf5 16. e4 16... Be6 $10) 15... Bxe5 16. Bc6 Bh3 17. Bxe8
17... Rxe8 $1 18. Rfe1 18... Bc3 $10) 13... Bb7 $1 14. Qc2 (14. Qa4 $5 14...
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Qc6 Qc8 18. Rfd1 Re6 19. Qd7 19... Rb8 $10
) 14... Nxe5 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 17... Rxe5 {/\Rh5} 18. Rd5 Qe6
19. Rxe5 Bxe5 20. Rd1 Re8 (20... Qc6+ 21. Rd5 $1 {/\} (21. Kg1 21... b5 $15)
21... b5 $2 22. Qe4 $18 {Botvinnik}) 21. Qe4 Bf6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Kf3 $10
23... Rc6 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. e3 Bc5 26. Bb2 f5 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. h3 {/\g4} 28... Be7
29. a4 h5 (29... Rc5 30. Kd3 Ra5 31. Ra1 Bf6 32. Bc3 $1 $10 {Botvinnik}) 30.
Kd3 30... h4 $2 (30... Bf6 $10) 31. g4 $1 $36 31... Rc5 (31... fxg4 32. hxg4 {
/\f4,e4[+]}) 32. Bc3 Rc6 (32... Bf6 $142 $14) 33. Rg1 $16 33... Rd6+ 34. Kc2
Bf6 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Bxf6 Kxf6 (36... Rxf6 37. Rg5 f4 38. e4 $16) 37. Rg8 Rc6
38. Kc3 38... a6 {/\b5} 39. Rh8 Kg5 40. Rg8+ Kf6 41. Rh8 Kg5 42. Kd4 Rc5 (42...
Rd6+ $6 43. Ke5) 43. Rh7 (43. f4+ Kg6 44. Rxh4 44... Ra5 $10) 43... Kg6 (43...
Rc6 44. f4+ Kg6 45. Rxh4 Rc5 46. Rh8 Ra5 47. Rc8 $16) 44. Rd7 $1 44... Kf6 45.
Rd5 45... Rc6 {/\Ke6,Rd6=} 46. Kc3 Re6 (46... Ke6 $2 47. Rd4) (46... Rd6 47.
Rxd6+ cxd6 48. Kd4 Ke6 49. f3 Ke7 50. Kd5 Kd7 51. f4 a5 52. e4 $18 {Botvinnik})
47. Rd4 Kg5 48. Rd7 Rc6 49. Kb4 $1 {/\Rd8-a8} 49... Kf6 50. Rd4 $1 50... Kg5
51. Rd8 Re6 52. Rc8 f4 (52... c5+ 53. Kc3 f4 54. Rg8+ $18) 53. exf4+ Kxf4 54.
Rxc7 Kf3 55. Rh7 Re4 56. Rh6 b5 (56... Kg2 57. Rxb6 Kxh3 58. Rxa6 Kg2 59. a5 h3
60. Rg6+ Kxf2 61. Rh6 Kg2 62. a6 Re1 63. c5 Ra1 64. Kb5 Rb1+ 65. Kc6 h2 66. a7
Ra1 67. Kb7 Rb1+ 68. Ka8 Rc1 69. c6 h1=Q (69... Rxc6 70. Rxh2+ Kxh2 71. Kb7)
70. Rxh1 Kxh1 71. Kb7 Rb1+ 72. Ka6 Ra1+ 73. Kb6 Rb1+ 74. Kc5 Rc1+ 75. Kb4 $18 {
Averbah}) 57. axb5 (57. Rxa6 $142 57... bxc4 58. Rc6 c3+ 59. Kb3 Kxf2 60. Rxc3
$18) 57... axb5 58. Rf6+ Kg2 59. Kxb5 Re2 (59... Re1 $1 {/\} 60. c5 Rb1+ 61.
Ka6 Kxh3 62. Rf4 Ra1+ 63. Kb6 Rb1+ 64. Kc7 64... Rh1 $3 $10 {Botvinnik}) 60. c5
Rb2+ 61. Ka6 Ra2+ (61... Kxh3 62. Rf4 $18) 62. Kb7 Rb2+ 63. Rb6 Rc2 (63... Rxf2
64. Rb3) 64. c6 Kxh3 65. c7 Kg2 66. Rc6 Rb2+ 67. Rb6 Rc2 68. f4 1-0

[Event "Match 2a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "74"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "Est-Indy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. a3 Nd7 10. Bb1 Na5 11. Ba2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
O-O c6 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 f6 19. a4 Na8 20. Rfb1 f5 21. Qe3 fxe4
22. fxe4 Nc7 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Bb7 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Qd4 e6 27. dxe6 Nxe6 28.
Qg4 Rfe8 29. Nd4 Qg7 30. Rad1 Nc7 31. Qf4 Re5 32. Nc6 Bxc6 33. Qxc4+ d5 34.
Qxc6 Rd8 35. Qb6 Qe7 36. Qd4 Qd6 37. Rfe1 Rde8 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. b5 Ne6 40. Qa7
d4 41. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "76"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Qc2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Rb1 c5 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 d6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Nd7 15.
Rb2 bxa5 16. Ra1 Nb6 17. Rxa5 Be4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxa5 21.
Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Qxe4 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "78"]
[White "Neikirkh, O."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Siciliana"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

{68/280} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Na5 10. f4 b6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Rf3 Nxb3 13. Nc6 Qd7 14.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. axb3 f6 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Rd3 Nf5 18. Ra4 Qe8 19. Ne4 b5 20. Ra5
Bb7 21. Nd6 Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Qd2 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qd8 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Qe1
Re7 0-1

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "79"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Schmid, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Benoni"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

{68/282} 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Na6 7. O-O Nc7
8. a4 a6 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nc4 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Nxe5
b4 15. d6 bxc3 16. dxc7 Qc8 17. Bf4 cxb2 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bb5 Bd4 20. c3 e5
21. cxd4 exf4 22. Bxd7+ Qxd7 23. Qe2+ Kf8 24. Qe5 Kg8 25. Rb1 f6 26. Qxc5 Kg7
27. Rxb2 Re8 28. Rb1 f3 29. gxf3 Qh3 30. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "80"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Pachman, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Fianchetto Re"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 d4 8. a4 f6
9. Nh4 Be6 10. f4 Nd7 11. f5 Bf7 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Bh3 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6 15. Nc4
Ng5 16. Bxg5 fxg5 17. Nf3 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Bf6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Ne1 a5 21. Nd3 b6
22. c5 Nc6 23. b5 Nb4 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Qxb4 Be7 27. Qc4 Bc5 28.
Kg2 Qd6 29. Be6 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Rf8 31. Rxf8 Qxf8 32. Qd5 Kh6 33. Bg4 Qd6 34. Kf3
Kg7 35. Qxd6 Bxd6 36. Ke2 Bb4 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. Kc4 Be1 39. Kd5 Bb4 40. Bd7 Be1
41. Be8 Bc3 42. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Match 9a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "77"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Caro Kann"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. h4 h6 8.
Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Bxe6 Qc7 13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bg8+
Kf8 15. Bxh7 Rxh7 16. Nf5 g6 17. Bxh6+ Kg8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bg5 Re7 20. Qd3
Kg7 21. Qg3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Rf8 24. c4 Ng4 25. d5 cxd5 26. cxd5
Ndf6 27. d6 Rf7 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. Rc7 Kf7 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Rxd7 Kxd7
33. Kf3 Kxd6 34. Kf4 Ke6 35. g4 Nd5+ 36. Ke4 Nf6+ 37. Kf4 Nd5+ 38. Ke4 Nb4 39.
a3 Nc6 40. h5 g5 41. h6 Kf6 42. Kd5 Kg6 43. Ke6 Na5 44. a4 Nb3 45. Kd6 a5 46.
Kd5 Kxh6 47. Kc4 Nc1 48. Kb5 Nd3 49. b3 Nc1 50. Kxa5 Nxb3+ 51. Kb4 Nc1 52. Kc3
Kg6 53. Kc2 Ne2 54. Kd3 Nc1+ 55. Kc2 Ne2 56. Kd3 Nf4+ 57. Kc4 Kf6 58. g3 Ne2
0-1

[Event "Match 21a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "83"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "Est-Indy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 O-O 8. d5
Nh5 9. Qd2 f5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Kb1 Ndf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng3 Qe8 14. Bd3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 c5 16. Bh6 Qg6 17. g4 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rh4 bxc4 20. Bc2 h6 21.
Rdh1 Qg5 22. Qxg5+ hxg5 23. Rh6 fxg4 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Rg6+ Kf7 26. Rf1 Ke7 27.
Rg7+ Ke8 28. Ne4 Nd7 29. Nxd6+ Kd8 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Nxc4 Bd7 32. Rf7 Kc7 33.
d6+ 1-0

[Event "Match 3a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "81"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. b4 e5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. Ne6 fxe6 15.
dxe6 Kh8 16. exd7 Qxd7 17. O-O Qf5 18. Nd5 Ng8 19. Qg4 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qf5 21. Qg4
Qc2 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. e4 Qd7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Qg4 Qe8 26. g3 Nh6 27. Qh5 Ng8 28.
Qe2 N6e7 29. Ne3 Nh6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Nc6 32. Kg2 Be7 33. Bd5 Nd4 34. Bxd4
exd4 35. Bc4 c5 36. b5 Bf6 37. f4 d3 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Bd4 40. e5 g6 41.
Rh1 Kg7 42. Qe4 b6 43. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Match 7a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "82"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Bh4 dxe4 13. Re1 g5 14. Bf2 Qe7
15. Ne2 b5 16. Qc2 Qxa3 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Nbd7 19. Ng3 O-O-O 20. Nxe4 Rhe8
21. Kf2 Nxe4+ 22. fxe4 f6 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Rxa7 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Ra8+ Nb8
27. Bg3 Kb7 28. Rha1 Rc8 29. R8a7+ Kb6 30. Bxb8 b4 31. Bd6 bxc3 32. Bc5+ Kb5
33. R1a4 1-0

[Event "Oberhausen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "84"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Unzicker, W."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

{68/295} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4
Be6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bf6 14.
Rc1 Bd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd5 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxd4 18. Rxc4 Ne6 19. Qc2 g6 20.
Bxb7 Rb8 21. Bg2 Qf6 22. b3 Nd4 23. Qe4 Rfd8 24. Re1 Nf5 25. Rc6 Qb2 26. Rc2
Qa3 27. Qe5 Qb4 28. Kf1 Rb6 29. Bd5 Qb5+ 30. Bc4 Qd7 31. Qe4 Rd6 32. Rce2 Nd4
33. Re3 Nf5 34. R3e2 Nd4 35. Rb2 Qh3+ 36. Qg2 Qf5 37. f4 Qh5 38. Rf2 Qa5 39. g4
Ne6 40. f5 Rd1 41. Qe4 R8d4 42. Qe3 Qxe1+ 43. Qxe1 Nf4 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. h4 Kg7
46. Rc2 Rxe1+ 47. Kxe1 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Bf1 Kg6 50. Rc5 Kh5 51. Rxf5+ Kxh4
52. Ra5 Rd7 53. Kf2 Re7 54. Kf3 Ng6 55. Bc4 Ne5+ 56. Kf4 Ng4 57. Ra6 Kh5 58.
Bd5 Ne5 59. Be4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "86"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Donner, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Reti"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. a3 N5f6 13. b4 Be7 14. Nd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. e4 N5f6 20. b5 a6 21.
Nc6 Bf8 22. a4 axb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rd1 Ne8 26. Nc4 Nc5 27. e5
Rc8 28. Ra1 Rc7 29. Ra7 Qxa7 30. Nxa7 Rxa7 31. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Match 14a"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "85"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Petrosian, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Gamb.Donna"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 (5. Qc2 Bf6 6. e3 Ne7 7. Bd3
7... g6 {/\ 8...Bf5}) 5... c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 $1 (7. Nge2 $5 {Hort}) 7... Be6 (
7... Bg6 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. h3) 8. h3 (8. Bd3 {Botvinnik-Petrosian (12)}) (8. h4 {
Botvinnik-Spassky, Leiden 1970}) 8... Nf6 9. Bd3 (9. Nf3 $142 {
Botvinnik-Petrosian (18)}) 9... c5 (9... Nbd7 $40 10. Nf3 $36) 10. Nf3 (10.
dxc5 $6) 10... Nc6 11. Kf1 O-O 12. Kg2 cxd4 (12... c4 13. Bc2 a6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 b5 16. f3 b4 17. Ne2 $40) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Nd7 (14... Ne4 $5 15.
Nxe4 (15. Qc2 f5) (15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 16... f5 $1) 15... dxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17.
gxf5 (17. Bxb7 17... fxg4 $1) 17... Bxf5 18. Qd3 $14) 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. f3 (16.
g5 $6 16... Nh5 17. Bxh7+ 17... Kh8 $13 {(xBf4, Pg5, Bh7)}) 16... Rc8 17. Be5
Bd6 18. Rae1 (18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 20... Qf4 $36) 18... Bxe5 19.
Rxe5 $1 (19. dxe5 $2 19... Nh5 (19... d4 20. exf6 20... Qxf6 $17) 20. Bxh7+ Kh8
21. gxh5 Qg5+ 22. Kf2 Qxh5 23. Bd3 23... d4 $17) 19... g6 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Re2
Nb6 22. Rhe1 $1 (22. h4 22... Qf6 $1 23. h5 Nc4) (22. f4 Qd6 23. f5 Bd7 24. f6
Rfe8) 22... Nc4 23. Bxc4 23... Rxc4 $8 (23... dxc4 24. d5 Bd7 25. Qxa7 $18) 24.
Rd2 Re8 25. Re3 a6 26. b3 Rc6 27. Na4 b6 28. Nb2 a5 29. Nd3 f6 30. h4 {/\ g4-g5
} 30... Bf7 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Qe3 Bf7 33. g5 Be6 34. Nf4 Bf7 (34... Bf5 $2 35.
gxf6 Rxf6 36. Qe5 Rd6 37. Re2 $18) 35. Nd3 Be6 36. gxf6 Qxf6 37. Qg5 37...
Qxg5+ $138 {>=} (37... Kg7 $5 38. Nf4 Kf7 39. Kg3 $16) (37... Qxd4 $2 38. Ne5
$18) 38. hxg5 a4 39. bxa4 (39. Ne5 $1 39... Rc3 40. bxa4 Ra3 41. Rb2 Rxa4 42.
Rxb6 Rxa2+ 43. Kg3 Bf5 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kg8 46. Nf7 $1) 39... Rc4 40. a5
$1 $16 40... bxa5 41. Nc5 Bf5 42. Kg3 a4 43. Kf4 43... a3 $1 $14 44. Ke5 Rb4
45. Nd3 Rb5 46. Kd6 Kf7 47. Kc6 Bxd3 (47... Ra5 48. Nc5 $18) 48. Rxd3 Rb2 49.
Rxa3 Rg2 50. Kxd5 (50. f4 Ke6 51. Re3+ Kf5) 50... Rxg5+ 51. Kc6 (51. Ke4 h5 52.
Ra7+ Kf6 53. a4 h4 54. Rh7 Ra5 55. Rxh4 Rxa4) 51... h5 52. d5 Rg2 53. d6 Rc2+ (
53... g5) 54. Kd7 54... h4 $2 {>=} (54... g5 55. Ra5 (55. Ra7 h4 56. Kd8+ Kf6
57. d7 h3 58. Ke8 Re2+ 59. Kf8 Rd2 60. Ra6+ Kf5 61. Ke7 61... Re2+ $1) 55...
Kf6 56. Kd8 h4 57. d7 h3 58. Ra6+ Kg7 59. Re6 h2 60. Re1 Kf7 61. a4 $18) 55. f4
55... Rf2 $2 (55... g5 56. fxg5 Kg6 57. Kd8 Kxg5 58. d7 Kg4 59. Ra8 $3 59... h3
60. Ke7 $18) 56. Kc8 Rxf4 57. Ra7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "87"]
[White "Aloni, H."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[Annotator "Benoni"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

{68/325} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 e6 8.
dxe6 Bxe6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Nde5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Rfd1 Nd4 15. Bd3 Bxh3 16. b4 cxb4 17. Nd5 Bg4 18. Rdb1 Qd8 19. Bxd4 exd4 20.
Rxb4 b6 21. a4 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rb5 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qh4 26. g3
Qg4 27. Re1 Rf3 28. Qb1 Raf8 29. Re4 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 d3 32. Ne7+
Kh8 33. Qe1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 d2 35. Nxg6+ hxg6 36. Qh4+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "88"]
[White "Gipslis, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Pirc"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

{68/333} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h4 Nb6
8. h5 Bg4 9. hxg6 fxg6 10. Be2 dxe5 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. fxe5 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14.
Bxg4 Nc6 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxb2 20.
d5 Rxe5 21. Bd4 Nc4 22. Bxe5+ N6xe5 23. Rh4 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Qh2+ Kg7 26.
Qf4 Qh3 27. Nd1 Qg2 28. Qd4 Kg8 29. Qf2 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qe4+ 31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2
Qxd5 33. Nc3 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "89"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Tolush, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "Nimzoindy"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

{68/334} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3
cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ne7
14. Bg5 Ng6 15. f4 h6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxf5 Nf4 19. Rxf6 Nxd3 20.
Rxf7 Nxb2 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Be6 Rd8 24. d5 Bc8 25. Rf7 Bxe6 26.
dxe6 Rd6 27. Rxg7 Rxe6 28. Rxa7 Nd3 29. h3 Nf4 30. Ra4 Ne2+ 31. Nxe2 Rxe2 32.
Ra7 Kf8 33. Rb7 Re6 34. Kf2 Rf6+ 35. Kg3 Rg6+ 36. Kf3 Kg8 37. g3 Rc6 38. Kg4
Kh8 39. Kf5 Rc5+ 40. Kg6 Rc6+ 41. Kh5 Kg8 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "91"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Pomar Salamanca, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Annotator "Slava"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{2/514} 1. c4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3
e6 8. Bb5 Bb4 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rc8 13. c4 O-O
14. g4 Bg6 15. c5 Ne4 16. f3 Nd2 17. Rf2 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. e4
f5 21. Qc2 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qa3 23. Re1 Qh3 24. Rg2 Rcd8 25. Rg3 Qh6 26. Qxc4 Qd2
27. Qc3 Qxa2 28. Rg2 Qa6 29. h4 Rd7 30. h5 Bf7 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Qf3 Qd8 33. g5
g6 34. h6 e5 35. Bxe5 Rb7 36. Qf4 a5 37. Rf2 Bb3 38. d5 cxd5 39. c6 Ra7 40. c7
Qe7 41. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "92"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Zuidema, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "Grunfeld"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{2/587} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4
c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. c6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. a3 c5 12. Nc4 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rac8 14.
Rd1 Rfd8 15. Bd2 Nb8 16. Bh3 e6 17. e4 Nb6 18. Bf4 Qc6 19. Nd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6
Qxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bd5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Bxc8 Nxc8 26.
Bxb8 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bxa3 28. Rb7 c4 29. Be5 Bf8 30. Kf1 Ne7 31. Bd6 Kf7 32. Rxa7
Ke6 33. Ra6 Bg7 34. f4 Kd7 35. Bxe7 Kxe7 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Rc7 c3 38. Ke2 h6 39.
Kd3 d4 40. g4 Bf6 41. h4 Kg8 42. Ke4 Bg7 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Kf8 45. Kd3 Kg8
46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Ke4 Bh8 48. Rc7+ Kg8 49. Rc8+ Kh7 50. f5 gxf5+ 51. Kxf5 Bg7 52.
Re8 d3 53. g6+ Kh6 54. Re3 Bd4 55. Rxd3 c2 56. Rh3+ Kg7 57. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "93"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Robatsch, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Gamb.Donna"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{2/501} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2
O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4
14. Nd2 b6 15. Qa4 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Bb7 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. e4
Qd6 21. Rd1 Ne6 22. Qb3 fxe4 23. Rf7 a5 24. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "90"]
[White "Yudovich, M."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Modern"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{1/92} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Rb1 f5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
exf5 gxf5 9. Bd3 Ndf6 10. Qe2 Nh6 11. h3 Bd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Ng5 d5 14. Bd2 Qd6
15. Kh2 Ne4 16. Nf3 Qg6 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Nf5 20. Qf2 h5 21.
b4 Rg8 22. Rg1 h4 23. Be1 Kf7 24. b5 Rg7 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Ne2 e3 27. Qf1 Rag8
28. g4 hxg3+ 29. Bxg3 d4 30. Rb4 Nxg3 31. Rxg3 Qxc2 32. Rxg7+ Rxg7 0-1

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "94"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Keres, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 8.
d3 d6 9. h3 h5 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. b4
b6 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. Kg1 Nc6 19. Nd5 Ncd4 20. Bd1 f6 21. Kh2 Bc6
22. a4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Qf2 Ra7 25. g5 O-O 26. g6 f5 27. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Mosca"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "95"]
[White "Mukhitdinov"]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Pirc"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{4/163} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. g4 h6 13. Ng3 c6 14. c4 b5
15. cxb5 cxd5 16. exd5 a6 17. Be3 axb5 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. a3 Qd7 20. Rac1 Ra4 21.
Rc2 e4 22. Bg2 Nexd5 23. Rfc1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Ra7 25. Ne2 Re5 26. Nd4 Rb7 27. Nc6
Rd5 28. Qb4 h5 29. gxh5 Rxh5 30. Rd1 d5 31. Nd4 Rg5 32. Kf1 Nh5 33. Rf2 Qc7 34.
Ke2 Rg3 35. Rdf1 Rxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Bh6+ 0-1

[Event "Montecarlo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "96"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Padevsky, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "Ovest-Indy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

{5/500} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. b3 b6
8. Bb2 Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. e3
Nf6 15. a3 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Qe7 18. b4 a5 19. b5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21.
Bd4 Nc5 22. f5 Nd7 23. f6 Qe6 24. Qh5 Ne5 25. Rf5 Ng6 26. fxg7 Rad8 27. Qxh7+
1-0

[Event "Montecarlo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "97"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Portisch, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

{5/44} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O
Nb6 8. d3 Be7 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd5 13. Rfc1 Re8 14.
Rc2 Bf8 15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Rxc7 Bc6 17. R1xc6 bxc6 18. Rxf7 h6 19. Rb7 Qc8 20.
Qc4+ Kh8 21. Nh4 Qxb7 22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Be4 Bd6 24. Nxe5+ g6 25. Bxg6+ Kg7 26.
Bxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Beograd"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "99"]
[White "Matanovic, A."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Pirc"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

{8/119} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 Bg4
8. Nbd2 a5 9. a4 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 e6 13. c4 Na6 14. Bg5 Qb6
15. Ba2 Nb4 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Bd6 Nxa2 18. Rxa2 Qb3 19. Rfa1 Qxc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4
21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Bc5 Ra6 23. g3 Rd8 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. Ne4 Kg7 26. Kf1 Bxc5 27.
dxc5 Rd4 28. Nd6 Nd7 29. Nxb7 Nxe5 30. Rc3 Nd3 31. Nd6 Nxc5 32. Rxc4 Nb3 33.
Rxd4 Nxd4 34. Ra3 c5 35. Ne4 Rb6 36. Rc3 f5 37. Nxc5 Rxb2 38. Rc4 e5 39. Nd3
Rb1+ 40. Kg2 Kf6 41. f4 e4 42. Rxd4 Rd1 43. Rd6+ Ke7 44. Ra6 exd3 45. Rxa5 Kd6
46. Ra8 Kc7 47. Ra5 Kc6 48. Ra8 Kc5 49. Kf2 Ra1 50. Rd8 Kc4 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52.
Kf2 Re2+ 53. Kf3 Re6 54. a5 Kc3 55. Rc8+ Kd2 56. h4 Re1 57. a6 Ra1 58. Rc7 Ke1
59. Kg2 Rxa6 60. Re7+ Kd1 61. Rxh7 Ra2+ 62. Kf1 d2 63. Rc7 Ra1 64. Kf2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Beverwijk"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "98"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Ree, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "Inglese"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nd5 Bc5 8. d3
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nd2 d6 11. e3 Nf5 12. Nc4 Bd7 13. Bd2 a6 14. b4 Ba7 15.
Na5 Bc8 16. Rc1 Nh6 17. Rc3 f5 18. Qc2 Re7 19. Rc1 Bb6 20. d4 Ng4 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Bd7 24. a4 a5 25. bxa5 Bc5 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. Qxc5 c6 28.
Rb1 Be8 29. Bb4 Rf7 30. Rd1 Rc8 31. d6 Bd7 32. h3 h6 33. Kh2 Qg5 34. Rd2 Re8
35. f4 Qf6 36. Bc3 Qe6 37. Be5 Qb3 38. Rb2 Qxa4 39. Rxb7 Ra8 40. Bc3 Qc2 41.
Qc4 1-0

[Event "Leiden"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Larsen, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "Est-Indy (100)"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

{9/580} 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 c6 8.
Bd3 b5 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rb8 11. cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nb6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4
Nxa4 15. Rxa4 Bd7 16. Ra5 Qb6 17. Rb1 Rfc8 18. Nc3 Qd8 19. Qa2 Be6 20. Qa3 d5
21. e5 Nd7 22. Na4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ra6 Rc7 25. Rc1 Qc8 26. Ra5 e6 27. Bd2
Bf8 28. f4 Kh8 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Qd8 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Rca1 Rcb7 33. Ra8 Qc8
34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Qa3 Kg8 36. Qa4 Qc7 37. Ra3 h6 38. Qa8 Rb8 39. Qa5 Qc8 40.
Qa6 Be7 41. Qxc8+ Rxc8 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Kf3 h5 44. Ke2 Kg7 45. Be1 Kg6 46. Ra7
Bd8 47. Bc3 h4 48. Kd3 h3 49. gxh3 Bh4 50. Ke2 Bd8 51. Kf3 Bh4 52. Kg2 Rd8 53.
Kf3 Rc8 54. Ke2 Bd8 55. Be1 f6 56. Kf3 fxe5 57. fxe5 Rc7 58. Ra8 Bg5 59. Rg8+
Kh5 60. h4 Bh6 61. Rh8 Kg6 62. h5+ Kg7 63. Ra8 Bg5 64. Ra6 Rc8 65. b5 cxb5 66.
Rxe6 Bc1 67. Bb4 d4 68. Rg6+ Kh7 69. Rd6 Bb2 70. Rd7+ Kg8 71. e6 Bc3 72. e7 Re8
73. Rd8 Kf7 74. Rxe8 Kxe8 75. c6 1-0

