Chess Player

Mikhail Botvinnik

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Age 111
Birthday August 171911
Birth Sign Leo
City Russia
Country Russia
Profession Chess Player

Mikhail Botvinnik is a famous Chess Player, born on August 17, 1911 in Russia. As of December 2022, Mikhail Botvinnik’s net worth is $5 Million. He worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist at the same time he was competing in chess professionally, making him one of the very few professional chess players who achieved distinction in another career.

Parents Moisei Lvovich Botvinnik, Seraphim Samoilovna Rabinovich
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Spouse Gayane Botvinnik
Children(s) Olga Botvinnik

Mikhail Botvinnik Biography

Soviet chess Grandmaster and three time World Champion who helped design the World Chess Championship system after World War II. .

His parents were both dentists.

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Mikhail Botvinnik Net Worth

Mikhail is one of the richest Chess Player & listed on most popular Chess Player. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mikhail Botvinnik‘s net worth $5 Million.

Net Worth $5 Million
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Source of Income Chess Player
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House Living in own house.

He learned to play chess on a homemade set and won his first Soviet Championship at the age of 20.

Who is Mikhail Botvinnik dating?

According to our records, Mikhail Botvinnik married to Gayane Botvinnik. As of May 2022, Mikhail Botvinnik’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Mikhail Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous celebrity born in Russia. Mikhail Botvinnik celebrates birthday on August 17 of every year.

Who defeated Mikhail Botvinnik?

Finally, in 1963, he lost the title to Tigran Petrosian, by 9½–12½ in Moscow.

Did Fischer ever play Botvinnik?

How good was Mikhail Botvinnik?

Thus, the 23-year-old Botvinnik joined the narrow circle of top grandmasters of that time and became a potential World Championship candidate. In Moscow 1936, Botvinnik finished second with 12 out of 18 behind Capablanca (13), but well ahead of Flohr (9½), Lilienthal (9), Ragozin (8½) and Lasker (8).

How long was Botvinnik world champion?

Mikhail Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian grandmaster, and the sixth World Chess Champion (1948-1963). He held the world champion title for close to 15 years (with two brief breaks in 1957 and 1960), and played chess at its highest level for over 30 years.

Who is greatest chess player of all time?

  • #8 Emanuel Lasker.
  • #7 Vladimir Kramnik.
  • #6 Mikhail Botvinnik.
  • #5 Anatoly Karpov.
  • #4 Jose Raul Capablanca.
  • #3 Bobby Fischer.
  • #2 Magnus Carlsen.
  • #1 Garry Kasparov.
You may read full biography about Mikhail Botvinnik from Wikipedia.
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