Mikhail Botvinnik first became World Chess Champion in 1948

Mikhail Botvinnik World Chess Hall of Fame

International Grandmaster and World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik in Moscow, Mastering the Game

World Champions Timeline

Photograph Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik at the Chess Board – The Chess Collector

From Steinitz to Carlsen & Ding Liren: Tracing the History of the World Chess Championship

Match Tournament for the World Chess Championship 1948 - 75th Annivers

There were many controversies concerning this event that are still debated and discussed today. It was a matter of prestige for the Soviet Union that

The World Chess Championship 1948

FIDE - International Chess Federation - The sixth world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik was born on August 17, 1911. Botvinnik became the world champion by convincingly winning the 1948 World Chess Championship

On this day in 1948, Mikhail Botvinnik scored a crushing 14/20 against the strongest chess players of his generation to win the World Chess Championship in Moscow and bring an end to

Mikhail Botvinnik

Mikhail Botvinnik - The Positional Bulldozer