Quick Facts

Full Name	Mikhail Botvinnik
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 17, 1911(1911-08-17)
Age	113
Date Of Death	1995-05-05
Birthplace	Repino
Country	Russia
Birth City	Saint Petersburg
Horoscope	Leo

Mikhail Botvinnik Biography

Mikhail Botvinnik is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on August 17, 1911 in Repino, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Soviet chess Grandmaster, three-time World Champion, who helped to design the World Chess Championship after World War II.

He was the teacher for chess legend Garry Kaspar.

Both his parents were dentists.

Mikhail Botvinnik Net Worth

Mikhail Botvinnik is one of the richest Chess Player from Russia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mikhail Botvinnik 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was 20 when he learned to play chess with a homemade set. At the age of 20, he won his first Soviet Championship.

He was an engineer and a computer scientist while he competed in chess professionally. This made him one of very few professional chess players to have achieved distinction in other careers.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Mikhail Botvinnik Dating?

According to our records, Mikhail Botvinnik married to Gayane Botvinnik. As of December 1, 2023, 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 people 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.

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.