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Mikhail Botvinnik

Full name

Mikhail Botvinnik

Born

1/1/1983 (age 41)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Israel

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined (3 games)

Slav Defense: Modern Line (2 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, Queen's Knight Variation (2 games)

Slav Defense: Modern, Quiet, Schallopp Defense (2 games)

Benko Gambit Half-Accepted: Pawn Return Variation (2 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (9 games)

Queen's Gambit Accepted (3 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (2 games)

French Defense: Tarrasch, Open, Chistyakov Defense (2 games)

Catalan Opening (2 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Mikhail Botvinnik Milan Matulovic	½-½	25	2020
Mikhail Botvinnik Victor Mikhalevski	½-½	21	2020
Mikhail Botvinnik Alexander Krayz	½-½	18	2020
Mikhail Botvinnik (2348) Avigdor Bykhovsky (2403)	1-0	40	2020
Mikhail Botvinnik Alexander Mikhalevski	1-0	48	2020
Mikhail Botvinnik (2379) Michael Lurie (2331)	0-1	33	2019
Mikhail Botvinnik (2379) Tal Haimovich (2408)	½-½	68	2019
Mikhail Botvinnik (2379) I Gelfer (2323)	1-0	38	2019
Mikhail Botvinnik (2379) Eyal Deutsch (2350)	½-½	15	2019
Mikhail Botvinnik (2368) Yotam Shohat (2204)	1-0	54	2018

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