Strong tournaments played by World Champion #6 - Mikhail Botvinnik

 Mikhail Botvinnik

World Champion: 1946-1957, 1958-1960, 1961-1963

Timeframe covered: 1934-1970 (37 years)

Total tournaments played: 26 (15 wins)

Total tournaments played as World Champion: 7 (4 wins)


Year

Tournament

Players

Rank

Other Top 10 Players

Score

Points

Position

1934

Leningrad

12

#9

#2

+4

7.5/11

1

1934/1935

Hastings

10

#7

#2, #3, #6

+1

5/9

=5

1935

Moscow

20

#11

#3, #6, #9

+7

13/19

=1

1936

Moscow

10

#5

#2, #7, #9, #10

+6

12/18

2

1936

Nottingham

15

#2

#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8

+6

10/14

=1

1938

AVRO Tournament (Netherlands)

8

#1

#2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8

+1

7.5/14

3

1939

USSR Championship (Moscow)

18

#1

#10

+8

12.5/17

1

1940

USSR Championship (Moscow)

20

#1

#5

+4

11.5/19

=5

1941

USSR Absolute Championship (Leningrad/Moscow)

6

#2

#4, #8, #10

+7

13.5/20

1

1943

Sverdlovsk

8

#3

#6

+7

10.5/14

1

1944

USSR Championship (Moscow)

17

#2

#6, #7

+9

12.5/16

1

1945

USSR Championship (Moscow)

19

#1

#5, #8, #10

+13

15/17

1

1946

Groningen

20

#1

#2, #4, #5, #10

+10

14.5/19

1

1947

Moscow

16

#1

#3, #5, #7, #10

+7

11/15

1

1948

World Championship Tournament (The Hague/Moscow)

5

#1

#4, #6, #7

+8

14/20

1

1951

USSR Championship (Moscow)

18

Unrated (inactivity)

#1, #3, #5, #6

+3

10/17

5

1952

Budapest

18

#6

#1, #3, #8, #10

+5

11/17

=3

1952

USSR Championship (Moscow)

20

#6

#1, #2, #3, #7, #8

+8

13.5/19

1 (pl)

1955

USSR Championship (Moscow)

20

#2

#1, #3, #6, #7

+4

11.5/19

=3

1956

Moscow

16

#4

#1, #2, #3, #9

+7

11/15

=1

1961/1962

Hastings

10

#4

 

+7

8/9

1

1967

Palma de Mallorca

18

#9

#10

+8

12.5/17

=2

1968

Monte Carlo

14

#9

#6, #8

+5

9/13

2

1969

Wijk aan Zee

16

#8

#10

+6

10.5/15

=1

1969

Belgrade

16

#8

#5, #10

+2

8.5/15

7

1970

Leiden

4

#11

#3, #8

-1

5.5/12

=3

*Hastings 1961/1962 - Gligoric ranked in the top 10 within the past year. 

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