Botvinnik Miniatures (Under 25 moves!)

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Position after:

(4) Botvinnik,M - Timofeev,N [D26]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1924

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 a6 7.Qc2 Nfd7 8.e4 Nc6 9.Be3 Na5 10.Bd3 Nb6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Rd1 0-0 13.e5 Be7 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Qe4 g6 16.Bxg6 fxg6 17.Qxg6 Rf5 18.d5 Nxd5 19.Nxd5 exd5 20.e6 Rf6 21.Bd4 Bxe6 22.Ng5 Bg8 23.Qh6+ 1-0












Position after:

(24) Botvinnik,M - Riblin,B [D31]
Leningrad m Leningrad, 1925

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Be7 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0-0 0-0 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bf6 11.Qc2 g6 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Rad1 Bh8 14.h4 f5 15.Bd3 e5 16.c5 Nf8 17.Bc4+ Be6 18.dxe5 Qe7 19.Ng5 Bxc4 20.Qxc4+ Ne6 21.Rd6 1-0












Position after:

(57) Botvinnik,M - Gotthilf,S [A83]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1927

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 d6 7.Bc4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 Be4 11.0-0 d5 12.Bxf6 exf6 13.Nxe4 dxc4 14.g5 Qd5 15.Qe2 Kd8 16.Rf5 Qe6 17.Rd1 Kc7 18.d5 Bc5+ 19.Kf1 cxd5 20.Nxc5 Qxe2+ 21.Kxe2 Re8+ 22.Kf2 1-0












Position after:

(115) Botvinnik,M - Batuev,A [D60]
Leningrad ch-city Leningrad, 1930

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.exd4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nbd5 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.Rfd1 b6 16.Rac1 Bb7 17.f3 Rc8 18.Nxf7 Rxf7 19.Qxe6 Qf8 20.Ne4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Nfd5 22.Nd6 Ba8 23.Re1 g6 24.Nxf7 Qxf7 25.Qxe7 1-0












Position after:

(118) Botvinnik,M - Ragozin,V [D37]
Leningrad ch-city Leningrad, 1930

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nd5 7.Bxc4 Nxf4 8.exf4 Bd6 9.g3 Nf6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qe2 a6 12.Rfd1 b6 13.Rac1 Bb7 14.Bd3 Qe7 15.Ne4 Rfd8 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 c5 19.Ne5 cxd4 20.Rxd4 Bc5 21.Rd7 Qf5 22.Qb7 Rab8 23.Qf3 f6 24.g4 1-0












Position after:

(137) Botvinnik,M - Breitman,V [E72]
Leningrad tt Leningrad, 1931

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Nge2 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7 9.Be3 Qc8 10.g4 e5 11.d5 Na5 12.b3 b6 13.Qd2 Nb7 14.Bg5 Nc5 15.Ng3 a6 16.h4 b5 17.b4 Nb7 18.cxb5 axb5 19.h5 c5 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.Bh6 Qc7 22.Rc1 Qe7 23.Nf5 1-0












Position after:

(166) Botvinnik M - Savitsky L [E23/02]
Ch Leningrad, Leningrad (Russia) Leningrad, 1932

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nd4 8.Qa4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nf5 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Rc1 Qg5 12.Qa3 b6 13.Nf3 Qe7 14.g4 Nh4 15.Nxh4 Qxh4 16.Bg2 Rb8 17.Qxa7 Qg5 18.0-0 Qe5 19.cxb6 1-0












Position after:

(180) Botvinnik M - Yudovic M M [D96/02]
Ch URS, Leningrad Leningrad, 1933

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 c6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bd2 0-0 8.e4 Nb6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Be2 N8d7 11.a4 a5 12.Be3 Qd6 13.Na2 e6 14.0-0 h6 15.Rc1 f5 16.Nc3 Kh7 17.Rfd1 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Qb4 19.Qc2 Qxa4 20.b3 Qa3 21.Nh4 Qe7 22.Nxg6 Kxg6 23.Bh5+ 1-0












Position after:

(186) Botvinnik M - Sorokin N [E35/05]
Ch URS, Leningrad (Russia) Leningrad, 1933

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Qd6 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bf4 Qg6 9.Qb3 c5 10.f3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Ba5 12.Bxb8 1-0












Position after:

(219) Botvinnik,M - Menchik-Stevenson,V
Hastings Hastings (4), 1934

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nd5 7.Bxc4 Nxf4 8.exf4 Bd6 9.g3 0-0 10.0-0 Nf6 11.Qe2 b6 12.Rfd1 Bb7 13.Rac1 Qe7 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Ne5 c5 16.Nb5 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxe5 18.Qxe5 Qd6 19.Bb3 Qxe5 20.fxe5 Ne8 21.f4 a6 22.Kf2 Kf8 23.f5 Bd5 24.fxe6 Bxb3 25.e7+ 1-0












Position after:

(228) Botvinnik M - Norman Kenneth I [E72/03]
It, Hastings (England) Hastings, 1934

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Nge2 Bd7 8.h3 h6 9.Be3 a6 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.f4 Ng8 12.0-0 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.f5 gxf5 15.exf5 Rb8 16.Rad1 Nf6 17.Nd5 Be8 18.Qc2 Qc8 19.g4 Rg8 20.g5 1-0












Position after:

(236) Botvinnik,M - Alatsortev,V [D55]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1934

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 a6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.g4 Nxg4 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Bf4 Ndf6 13.Bd3 Nh5 14.h3 Ngf6 15.Be5 Ng8 16.0-0-0 Nh6 17.Rdg1 Be6 18.Qe2 Bf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Nh4 1-0












Position after:

(239) Botvinnik,M - Belavenets,S [D49]
Leningrad-Moskva Leningrad, 1934

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.0-0 Qd5 14.Qe2 Ra5 15.f4 Bd6 16.Bd2 b4 17.a3 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Qf3 Qd5 20.Qg3 Ra7 21.Rxf6 gxf6 22.Qg7 Rf8 23.Bxb4 Re7 24.Rc1 Bb7 25.Rc5 1-0












Position after:

(241) Botvinnik M - Belavenets Sergey [D49/01]
Match, Leningrad (Russia) Leningrad, 1934

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 axb5 13.0-0 Qd5 14.Qe2 Ra5 15.f4 Bd6 16.Bd2 b4 17.a3 Bxe5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Qf3 Qd5 20.Qg3 Ra7 21.Rxf6 gxf6 22.Qg7 Rf8 23.Bxb4 Re7 24.Rc1 Bb7 25.Rc5 1-0












Position after:

(256) Botvinnik M - Spielmann Rudolf [B13/10]
It, Moscow (Russia) Moscow (1), 1935

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.cxd5 Qxb2 8.Rc1 Nb4 9.Na4 Qxa2 10.Bc4 Bg4 11.Nf3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 1-0












Position after:

(279) Botvinnik M - Lasker Emanuel [E07/06]
It, Moscow (Russia) Moscow, 1936

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 dxc4 8.e4 c6 9.a4 a5 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Rd1 Bb4 12.Ne5 Qe7 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Nxc4 Nxc4 15.Qxc4 b5 16.Qe2 Rab8 17.axb5 cxb5 18.e5 Ne8 19.d5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Qxe5 21.Nxb4 1-0












Position after:

(298) Botvinnik M - Vidmar Milan [D60/05]
It, Nottingham (England) Nottingham, 1936

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 c5 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Qd3 Nbd5 13.Ne5 Bc6 14.Rad1 Nb4 15.Qh3 Bd5 16.Nxd5 Nbxd5 17.f4 Rc8 18.f5 exf5 19.Rxf5 Qd6 20.Nxf7 Rxf7 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxd5 Qc6 23.Rd6 Qe8 24.Rd7 1-0












Position after:

(349) Botvinnik M - Budo A [D60/05]
Ch URS (1/2 final), Leningrad (Russia) Leningrad, 1938

1/2 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Rad1 Bc6 13.Ne5 Bd5 14.Bc2 Nfd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bg5 17.Qh5 h6 18.Bg3 Qc7 19.h4 Bd8 20.Rd4 Qc5 21.Rg4 f5 22.exf6 Rxf6 23.Be5 Bc6 24.Rxg7+ 1-0












Position after:

(351) Botvinnik M - Kasparian Genrikh [A34/12]
Ch URS (1/2 final), Leningrad (Russia) Leningrad, 1938

1/2 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Nd3+ 7.Ke2 Nxc1+ 8.Rxc1 e6 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 a6 12.Na4 Nd7 13.Rhd1 Be7 14.Nxe6 1-0












Position after:

(354) Botvinnik M - Poliak Abram [D46/04]
Ch URS (1/2 final), Leningrad (Russia) Leningrad, 1938

1/2 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.b3 Bb4 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.bxc4 e5 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 g6 16.Qc3 f5 17.Bc2 e4 18.c5 Bc7 19.Bb3+ Kf8 20.d5 Be5 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rad1 Bd7 23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Rd6 Rad8 25.Qxe5 1-0