Build a Plan
Botvinnik games reward structured thinking. Before choosing a move, decide which pawn break, piece route, or long-term weakness matters most.
Mikhail Botvinnik Games: Study Botvinnik Games Move by Move
Study Botvinnik games through interactive Guess the Move training. Play through Mikhail Botvinnik's wins, practice strategic planning, central control, and technical conversion, and track your score and accuracy.
Botvinnik Games to Study
Choose a Botvinnik game, play through the winning side's moves, and return here to review your score and accuracy. This table is built for players who want to study Botvinnik games actively instead of replaying them passively.
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| Game | Event | Year | Moves | Played | Current move | Score | Correct | Accuracy | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mikhail Botvinnik - Vitaly Chekhover 1-0 | Moscow, Moscow URS | 1935 | 43 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Mikhail Botvinnik - Milan Vidmar 1-0 | Nottingham, Nottingham ENG | 1936 | 24 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Mikhail Botvinnik - Alexander Alekhine 1-0 | AVRO, The Netherlands | 1938 | 51 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Mikhail Botvinnik - Jose Raul Capablanca 1-0 | AVRO, The Netherlands | 1938 | 41 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Paul Keres - Mikhail Botvinnik 0-1 | USSR Absolute Championship, Leningrad-Moscow URS | 1941 | 22 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Arnold Denker - Mikhail Botvinnik 0-1 | USSR - USA Radio Match, Moscow RUS and New York USA | 1945 | 25 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Mikhail Botvinnik - Lajos Portisch 1-0 | Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo MNC | 1968 | 26 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Control the Center
Look for moves that improve central influence while limiting counterplay. Botvinnik's best games often connect strategy with concrete tactics.
Convert Methodically
After gaining an edge, choose moves that keep the advantage stable and make the opponent's position harder to repair.
Mikhail Botvinnik: Planning and Scientific Preparation
Mikhail Botvinnik was born in 1911 near Saint Petersburg and won the 1948 tournament that established a new world champion after Alexander Alekhine's death. Across three reigns ending in 1963, he became a central figure in Soviet chess and later mentored future champions through his chess school.
Botvinnik treated openings, pawn structures, and training as parts of one coherent plan. In his games, identify the strategic pawn break, improve the pieces that support it, and check the concrete tactics that make the plan work.
How to Use This Page
For improvement
Study Botvinnik games slowly. Write down your candidate moves, choose one move, and only then compare your decision with the game. The value comes from noticing why a great player preferred one plan over another.
Botvinnik Guess the Move FAQ
What are Botvinnik Games on IgniteChess?
Botvinnik Games are interactive Guess the Move lessons built from Mikhail Botvinnik's games. Instead of replaying the moves passively, you study Botvinnik games by choosing the move you think the player played.
How do I study Botvinnik games with Guess the Move?
Choose a game from the table, calculate candidate moves before each turn, play your move on the board, and then compare it with the historical game move, engine feedback, score, and accuracy.
Can I track progress while I study Botvinnik games?
Yes. The table shows completed games, resumable games, current move, score, correct moves, and accuracy when progress data is available.
Where can I start playing?
Start from the Botvinnik games table above, or use the main Guess the Move trainer to choose a master game and begin move-by-move training.