Background
Botvinik, Mikhail was born on August 17, 1911 in St. Petersburg.
Botvinik, Mikhail was born on August 17, 1911 in St. Petersburg.
Originally trained as an electronics engineer. Was not trained as a professional chess player, but combined chess playing with his work as an engineer. His reign lasted fifteen years from 1948 until 1963, with two intervals in 1957-1958 (V. Smyslov) and 1960-1961 (M. ТаГ).
Trains young chess players.