He played chess together with his main profession, electrical engineering: Who is Mikhail Botvinik?
In 1936 he shared the first prize with Capablanca. With this success, he became one of the biggest players in the world.
USSR chess player. He has been a world champion for many years. He was born in Leningrad. He started chess at the age of 13. At the age of 17, he placed 5th in his country. He won or shared first place in 19 of the 23 tournaments he participated in between 1931-1948. At the age of twenty, he was 2 points ahead of his rivals and won the championship of his country. He did not achieve the expected success in the international 1934-1935 Hastings tournament he participated in, and he placed 5th. He shared the first prize with Capablanca in the 1936 Nottingham tournament, playing with famous players of the era such as Alehin, Euwe, Lasker, Fine, Reşevski, and Flohr. With this success, he became one of the biggest players in the world. Botvinnik played chess together with his main profession, electrical engineering. At the beginning of 1946, while preparing for the title match with the world champion of the time, Alehin's death, the International Chess Federation (ITDF') organized a tournament between Botvinnik, Smyslow, Keser, Reşevski, and Ruwe. Botvinnik became the world champion by winning this tournament.
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (August 17, 1911 – May 5, 1995) 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.
He defended his title by finishing the matches with Bronstein in 1951 and Smyslow in 1954 with equal points. However, he lost the rematch against Smyslow in 1957, leaving the title to Smyslow. Although he was able to regain his title by winning the match with the same opponent in 1958, this time he lost the match against Tal in 1960, leaving the championship to Tal. Botvinnik, who prepared well for the return match, won his match against Tal in 1961 and regained his title. He lost the title match against Petrosyan in 1963, after which he had no significant activity in the chess world.