Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 274 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.62 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1941 Chess Match. 166 pp, in Russian. Dk. green, boards, blind-stamped, gilt & white lettering, covers worn. Internally age-toned otherwise very good. . Book.

Softcover. Vintage Copy. Very Good in wrappers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 120 pages with diagrams. Royal octavo(9 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publishers black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 3227) First edition. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. In 1931, at the age of 20, Botvinnik won his first Soviet Championship in Moscow,[2] scoring 13½ out of 17. He commented that the field was not very strong, as some of the pre-Revolution masters were absent. In 1933, Botvinnik repeated his Soviet Championship win, in his home city of Leningrad, with 14/19, describing the results as evidence that Krylenko's plan to develop a new generation of Soviet masters had borne fruit.In his first tournament outside the USSR, the Hastings 193435, Botvinnik achieved only a tie for 5th6th places, with 5/9. Botvinnik placed first equal with Flohr, ½ point ahead of Lasker and one point ahead of José Raúl Capablanca, in Moscow's second International Tournament, held in 1935. In early winter, 1936, Botvinnik was invited to play in a tournament at Nottingham, England. Krylenko authorized his participation and, to help Botvinnik play at his best, allowed Botvinnik's wife to accompany him a privilege rarely extended to chess players at any time in Soviet history. Although his Soviet rivals forecast disaster for him, he scored an undefeated shared first place (+6=8) with Capablanca, ½ point ahead of current World Champion Max Euwe and rising American stars Reuben Fine and Samuel Reshevsky, and 1 point ahead of ex-champion Alexander Alekhine. Condition: Corners bumped, old book sellers ticket and previous owner's inscription to front paste down else very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition in English. (1950) 186 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding moderately soiled and rubbed w/ small dark stain below title on front cover. Contents nice.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 52 pages with diagrams. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's stapled wrappers. Roy DeVault translator. (Lusis: 2274) First American edition. Although Mikhail Botvinnik lost the title to Vasily Smyslov in 1957, the FIDE rules at that time allowed a rematch. This match was held in Moscow, March 1958. This time Botvinnik started with three straight wins, kept that margin up to the half way point, then coasted home to regain the title after 23 games. The chief arbiter for this match was Swedish GM, Gideon Stahlberg. During game #15 of this match, Botvinnik had a very favorable position after 55 moves, and had only to make two moves in three minutes in order to adjourn and work out the possibilities. However, he stared at the board and became so absorbed in trying to figure out the win of a piece and which pawn to push, that he was quite surprised when Stahlberg informed him that he had forfeited in time. In spite of that time management error, Botvinnik maintained his composure and the lead. After 23 games, having achieved 12.5 points, Mikhail Botvinnik became the World Chess Champion for the second time. Condition: Corners bumped else a better than very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ix+185+[1] pages with diagrams and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original publisher's pictorial jacket. Complete text of games with detailed notes and an introduction. Originally published as Match turnir na Zvanie Absolutnovo Championa SSR po Shakmatam, Leningrad-Moskva, 1941, (1947) Translated by Stephen Garry. Botvinnik was World Champion 1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-3. (Betts: 25-152) First American edition. He learned to play chess in 1923 at the age of twelve and within three years, had become one of the strongest players in Leningrad. In 1927 he was invited to fill a last minute vacancy in the 5th USSR championship in Moscow, finishing = 5th and gaining the title of master. In 1931 he won the 7th USSR championship (1931, 1933, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945 and 1952). Condition: Head corners bumped. Jacket light edge wear, rubbing to spine extremities. A very good copy in like jacket.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 271 pages with diagrams. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Signed by Mikhail Botvinnik and Jakow Estrin. First edition. a dedication by an unknown scribe and the handwritten signatures of the former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik and the former correspondence chess world champion Jakow Estrin on the title. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. On the basis of his strong results during and just after World War II, Botvinnik was one of five players to contest the 1948 World Chess Championship, which was held at The Hague and Moscow. He won the 1948 tournament convincingly with a score of 14/20, three points clear becoming the sixth World Champion. Yakov Borisovich Estrin was a Russian chess player, chess theoretician, writer, and World Correspondence Chess Champion who held the chess titles of International Master and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Condition: Signed on the title page. Pages toned. Wrappers with edge wear and bumped corners with defects on the spine else good to very good. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 111 pages with plates, diagrams and tables. Duodecimo (7" x 5") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers with original jacket. Signed and dated by Botvinnik on half title. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5097) First edition. In the wake of Mikhail Botvinnik's win of the 1933 USSR Chess Championship in Leningrad, a match was devised by Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky and Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko to pit the new Soviet champion against Salomon Flohr, at that time one of the people believed to be strong enough to challenge Alexander Alekhine in a world championship title match. Flohr agreed to the match with Botvinnik, the first six games to be played in Moscow and the latter six games to be played in Leningrad. Many figures in Soviet chess circles at the time were skeptical of Botvinnik's chances against the very strong Czechoslavkian master, despite Botvinnik's successes and increasingly systematic methods of preparation. Krylenko insisted, however, claiming that Botvinnik and the new generation by extension had to be "tested." The first half of the match was dismal for both Botvinnik and Krylenko. Flohr got off to a one-game lead in the opening round of the match and had made it plus +2 by the wrap up in Moscow. Botvinnik persevered in Leningrad however, managing to win two games of his own and finally leaving the match score tied at 6 points at the final. Condition: Signed on half title. Edge wear with chips and tears to heal edge. Some internal soiling. Jacket with edge wear, soiled, spine ends chipped else very good in like jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 120 pages with diagrams. Royal octavo ( 3/4' x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. Signed by the author. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 3277) First German edition. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. He also had a mathematics degree (honorary). Botvinnik was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union. He also played a major role in the organization of chess, making a significant contribution to the design of the World Chess Championship system after World War II and becoming a leading member of the coaching system that enabled the Soviet Union to dominate top-class chess during that time. His pupils include World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. He is often described as the patriarch of the Soviet chess school and is revered for his analytical approach to chess. Condition: Signed and dated on title. Previous owners' name to front end paper, corners gently bumped. Jacket with edge wear, tears and chipped, lightly soiled else very good in like jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 3 volumes. Volume 1: 1925-1941 301 pages with diagrams, tables, plates and index. Volume 2: 1942-1956 495 pages with diagrams, tables, plates and index. Volume 3: 1857-1970 463 pages with diagrams, tables, plates and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original pictorial boards. Translated by Kenneth Neat. First editions into English. First published Analiticheskie i kriticheskie raboty, Moscow 1884-1986. Mikhail Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. Botvinnik was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union. He also played a major role in the organization of chess, making a significant contribution to the design of the World Chess Championship system after World War II and becoming a leading member of the coaching system that enabled the Soviet Union to dominate top-class chess during that time. His pupils include World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. Condition: Near fine.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black and white press photo (8 1/2" x 10") of Mikhail Botvinnik and Jakov Estrin from the International Book Fair in Moscow. With the handwritten signatures of the former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, the former correspondence chess world champion Jakow Estrin (1923-1987) and the representative of Bertelsmann International Udo Knispel under the photo. The photo shows Botvinnik and Estrin talking to Knispel at the stand with a book in their hands. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. He also had a mathematics degree. Condition: The photo is slightly faded and has signs of wear else very good. Signed by Author(s).