Mikhail Botvinnik
Tournament results
The following table gives Botvinnik's placings and scores in tournaments. The first "Score" column gives the number of points on the total possible.

Mikhail Botvinnik

Section Title: Tournament results
Table Section Text: The following table gives Botvinnik's placings and scores in tournaments. The first "Score" column gives the number of points on the total possible.

Date	Location	Tournament	Placing	Score	Notes

1923	Leningrad	School championship	—	—	—	Botvinnik estimates "about 10th out of 16".

1924	Leningrad	School championship	1st	5/6	+5−1=0

1924	Leningrad	non-category	1st	11½/13	+11−1=1

1924	Leningrad	2B and 3rd Categories	1st	11½/13	+11−1=1

1924	Leningrad	2A Category	—	—	—	Tournament unfinished

1925	Leningrad	2A and 1B Categories	1st	10/11	+10−1=0

1925	Leningrad	1st Category	3rd	7½/11	+7−3=1

1925	Leningrad	1st Category	—	—	—	Tournament unfinished

1926	Leningrad	Leningrad Championship, Semi-finals	1st	11½/12	+11−0=1

1926	Leningrad	Leningrad Championship	2nd=	7/9	+6−1=2

1926	Leningrad	Northwest Provincial Championship, Semi-finals	2nd=	9/11	+8−1=2

1926	Leningrad	Northwest Provincial Championship	3rd	6½/10	+4−1=5

1927	Leningrad	Tournament of "Six"	2nd	7½/10	+6−1=3

1927	Moscow	5th USSR Chess Championship	5th=	12½/20	+9−4=7

1928	Leningrad	Regional Metalworkers' Committee Championship	1st	8½/11	+7−1=3

1929	Leningrad	Regional Committee of Educational Workers' Championship	1st	11½/14	+9−0=5

1929	Odessa	6th USSR Chess Championship, Quarter-finals	1st	7/8	+6−0=2

1929	Odessa	6th USSR Chess Championship, Semi-finals	3rd=	2½/5	+2−2=1

1930	Leningrad	Masters' Tournament	1st	6½/8	+6−1=1

1931	Leningrad	Leningrad Championship	1st	14/17	+12−1=4

1931	Moscow	7th USSR Chess Championship, Semi-finals	2nd	6½/9	+6−2=1

1931	Moscow	7th USSR Chess Championship	1st	13½/17	+12−2=3

1932	Leningrad	Leningrad Championship	1st	10/11	+9−0=2

1932	Leningrad	Masters' Tournament in House of Scientists	1st	7/10	+6−2=2

1933	Leningrad	Masters' Tournament	1st=	10/13	+7−0=6

1933	Leningrad	8th USSR Chess Championship	1st	14/19	+11−2=6

1934	Leningrad	Tournament including Euwe and Kmoch	1st	7½/11	+5−1=5

1934	Hastings	Hastings International Chess Congress	5th=	5/9	+3−2=4

1935	Moscow	2nd International Tournament	1st=	13/19	+9−2=8

1936	Moscow	3rd International Tournament	2nd	12/18	+7−1=10

1936	Nottingham	International Tournament	1st=	10/14	+6−0=8

1938	Leningrad	11th USSR Chess Championship, Semi-finals	1st	14/17	+12−1=4

1938	Amsterdam, etc.	AVRO tournament	3rd	7½/14	+3−2=9

1939	Leningrad	11th USSR Chess Championship	1st	12½/17	+8−0=9

1940	Moscow	12th USSR Chess Championship	5th=	11½/19	+8−4=7

1941	Leningrad, Moscow	Absolute Chess Championship of the USSR	1st	13½/20	+9−2=9

1943	Sverdlovsk	Masters' Tournament	1st	10½/14	+7−0=7

1943	Moscow	Moscow Championship	1st	13½/16	+12−1=3

1944	Moscow	13th USSR Chess Championship	1st	12½/16	+11−2=3

1945	Moscow	14th USSR Chess Championship	1st	15/17	+13−0=4

1946	Groningen	International Tournament	1st	14½/19	+13−3=3

1947	Moscow	Tchigorin Memorial Tournament	1st	11/15	+8−1=6

1948	The Hague, Moscow	World Chess Championship Tournament	1st	14/20	+10−2=8

1951	Moscow	19th USSR Chess Championship	5th	10/17	+6−3=8

1952	Budapest	Maroczy Jubilee	3rd=	11/17	+7−2=8

1952	Moscow	20th USSR Chess Championship	1st=	13½/19	+9−1=9	Defeated Taimanov in a play-off for first place.

1955	Moscow	22nd USSR Chess Championship	3rd=	11½/19	+7−3=9

1956	Moscow	Alekhine Memorial	1st=	11/15	+8−1=6

1958	Wageningen	International Tournament	1st	4/5	+3−0=2

1961/2	Hastings	International Chess Congress (Premier)	1st	8/9	+7−0=2

1962	Stockholm	International Tournament	1st	8½/9	+8−0=1

1965	Noordwijk	International Tournament	1st	6/7	+5−0=2

1966	Amsterdam	IBM Tournament	1st	7½/9	+7−1=1

1966/7	Hastings	International Chess Congress (Premier)	1st	6½/9	+5−1=3

1967	Palma de Mallorca	International Tournament	2nd=	12½/17	+9−1=7

1968	Monte Carlo	International Tournament	2nd	9/13	+5−0=8

1969	Wijk aan Zee	Hoogovens (Grandmaster Section)	1st=	10½/15	+6−0=9

1969	Belgrade	International Tournament	7th	8½/15	+5−3=7

1970	Leiden	Quadrangular Tournament	3rd=	5½/12	+1−2=9	Four players. Each opponent was played four times.

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In 1943, Mikhail Botvinnik won the Moscow Championship.

final_sentence: In 1943, Mikhail Botvinnik won the Moscow Championship.