[Event "juniors"]

[Site "Ch Europe , Groningen (Netherlands) (1"]

[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christoffel M"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17/04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5

5.Bd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc5 8.a3 Nge7
9.b4 Bb6 10.Bd3 Ng6 11.Qe2 Bc7 12.Bg5 Qd7
13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.O-O O-O 15.Nxc7 Qxc7 16.Rfd1 f6
17.Bf4 g5 18.Bg3 f5 19.Nxg5 f4 20.Qh5 g6
21.Qxg6+ Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Bh4 Nxe5 24.f3 Rf5
25.Nh3 Ng6 26.Bf2 e5 27.c3 Rh5 28.cxd4 e4
29.fxe4 dxe4 30.Kf1 Bxh3 31.gxh3 e3 32.Bg1 Re8
33.Rd3 Rxh3 34.Ra2 Re7 35.Re2 Kf6 36.Ke1 Nh4
37.Kf1 Rf3+ 38.Ke1 Rg7 39.Bxe3 fxe3 40.Kd1 Nf5
41.d5 Rg1+ 42.Kc2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "juniors"]
[Site "Ch Europe , Groningen (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf Miguel (ARG)"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35/02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5

5.cxd5 exd5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Nb3 Qa4 11.Qb2 Na6 12.e3 c4
13.Nd2 O-O 14.Be2 b5 15.Bd1 Qa5 16.Bc2 Rfe8
17.O-O Rab8 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.Ne5 Be6 20.f3 Nc5
21.Bd2 Na4 22.Qb1 Rb6 23.Qe1 Nd7 24.Qh4 Nf8
25.e4 f6 26.Ng4 Ng6 27.Qh5 Qf7 28.Rae1 Rbb8
29.Ne3 Ne7 30.Qh4 f5 31.g4 f4 32.exd5 Ng6
33.dxe6 Rxe6 34.Bxg6 hxg6 35.Ng2 Rbe8 36.Rxe6 Rxe6
37.Nxf4 Rf6 38.Qg5 Nxc3 39.Bxc3 Rxf4 40.Kg2 1-0

[Event "juniors"]
[Site "Ch Europe , Groningen (Netherlands) (4"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steiner Herman"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95/12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+

5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Qc2 d5 8.Nf3 c6
9.O-O Qe8 10.Bf4 Qh5 11.Rae1 Nbd7 12.Nd2 g5
13.Bc7 Ne8 14.Be5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 f4 16.gxf4 gxf4
17.Nf3 Kh8 18.Kh1 Ng7 19.Qc1 Bd7 20.a3 Rf7
21.b4 Rg8 22.Rg1 Nf5 23.Nd1 Rfg7 24.Qxf4 Rg4
25.Qd2 Nh4 26.Ne3 Nxf3 27.exf3 Rh4 28.Nf1 Bg5 0-1

[Event "juniors"]
[Site "Ch Europe , Groningen (Netherlands) (1"]

[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoltz Gosta"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00/07"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nge7

5.Nc3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Be3 d5 8.exd5 Nd4
9.Qd2 exd5 10.Nce2 h6 11.Qc1 Bf5 12.c3 Nxe2
13.Nxe2 d4 14.Bd2 Bxd3 15.Bxb7 O-O 16.Bf3 g5
17.O-O Ng6 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Bg2 Ba6 20.Qd1 Nd3
21.Qa4 Qf6 22.f4 Rae8 23.Bc6 Nxe1 24.Bxe8 Nf3+
25.Kf2 Nxd2 26.Bc6 Bxe2 27.Kxe2 dxc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3
29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Be4 gxf4 31.gxf4 Qh3 32.Rg1 Qh5+
33.Ke3 Qh3+ 34.Ke2 Qxh2+ 35.Rg2 Qh5+ 36.Ke3 Qh3+
37.Ke2 Qe6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Vidmar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00/09"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4

5.Qa4+ Qd7 6.Qxc4 Qc6 7.Nbd2 Qxc4 8.Nxc4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nfxd2 Nc6 11.e3 Nb4 12.Ke2 Bd7

13.Bg2 Bc6 14.f3 Nd7 15.a3 Nd5 16.e4 N5b6

17.Na5 Bb5+ 18.Ke3 O-O-O 19.Rhc1 Nb8 20.b3 Bd7
21.Bf1 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.a4 Be8 24.a5 Na8
25.a6 b6 26.b4 Kb8 27.Rc3 c6 28.Rac1 f6
29.Nb1 Bd7 30.Na3 Nc7 31.b5 Nxb5 32.Bxb5 cxb5
33.Rc7 Rc8 34.Rb7+ Ka8 35.Rxd7 Rxc1 36.Nxb5 Rhc8
37.Rxg7 h6 38.Rxa7+ Kb8 39.Rb7+ Ka8 40.Ra7+ Kb8
41.Rb7+ Ka8 42.g4 e5 43.d5 R1c5 44.Ra7+ Kb8
45.Rb7+ Ka8 46.Rxb6 Rb8 47.Rxb8+ Kxb8 48.a7 Kb7
49.Nd6+ Kxa7 50.Ne8 Kb6 51.Nxf6 Rc3+ 52.Kf2 Rc7
53.h4 Rf7 54.Nh5 Kc7 55.g5 hxg5 56.hxg5 Rh7
57.Nf6 Rh2+ 58.Kg3 Rh8 59.g6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christoffel M"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17/04"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5

5.Bd2 Nc6 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc5 8.a3 Nge7
9.b4 Bb6 10.Bd3 Ng6 11.Qe2 Bc7 12.Bg5 Qd7
13.Bxg6 hxg6 14.O-O O-O 15.Nxc7 Qxc7 16.Rfd1 f6
17.Bf4 g5 18.Bg3 f5 19.Nxg5 f4 20.Qh5 g6
21.Qxg6+ Qg7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Bh4 Nxe5 24.f3 Rf5
25.Nh3 Ng6 26.Bf2 e5 27.c3 Rh5 28.cxd4 e4
29.fxe4 dxe4 30.Kf1 Bxh3 31.gxh3 e3 32.Bg1 Re8

33.Rd3 Rxh3 34.Ra2 Re7 35.Re2 Kf6 36.Ke1 Nh4

37.Kf1 Rf3+ 38.Ke1 Rg7 39.Bxe3 fxe3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steiner G"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A95/12"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+

5.Bd2 Be7 6.Nf3 d5 7.Nc3 c6 8.O-O O-O
9.Bf4 Qe8 10.Qc2 Qh5 11.Rae1 Nbd7 12.Nd2 g5
13.Bc7 Ne8 14.Be5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 f4 16.gxf4 gxf4
17.Nf3 Kh8 18.Kh1 Ng7 19.Qc1 Bd7 20.a3 Rf7
21.b4 Rg8 22.Rg1 Nf5 23.Nd1 Rfg7 24.Qxf4 Rg4
25.Qd2 Nh4 26.Ne3 Nxf3 27.exf3 Rh4 28.Nf1 Bg5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stoltz G"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00/07"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nge7

5.Nc3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Be3 d5 8.exd5 Nd4

9.Qd2 exd5 10.Nce2 h6 11.Qc1 Bf5 12.c3 Nxe2
13.Nxe2 d4 14.Bd2 Bxd3 15.Bxb7 O-O 16.Bf3 g5
17.O-O Ng6 18.Re1 Ne5 19.Bg2 Ba6 20.Qd1 Nd3
21.Qa4 Qf6 22.f4 Rae8 23.Bc6 Nxe1 24.Bxe8 Nf3+
25.Kf2 Nxd2 26.Bc6 Bxe2 27.Kxe2 dxc3 28.bxc3 Qxc3
29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Be4 gxf4 31.gxf4 Qh3 32.Rg1 Qxh2+
33.Rg2 Qh5+ 34.Ke3 Qh3+ 35.Ke2 Nf1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower Savielly"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01/01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6

5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Be7 7.Bd3 b6 8.cxb6 axb6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6
13.Ne5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 c6 15.Bg5 Nxg4 16.Nxc6 Nxc6
17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.hxg4 f5 19.Rae1 fxg4 20.Re5 Rf3
21.Qb5 Ng6 22.Rxd5 Qf6 23.Rg5 Rf8 24.Ne4 Qf4
25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Rh5 Rh3 0-1

[Event "1"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]

[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]

[Black "Szabo Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41/29"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5

5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bc4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 cxd4
9.exd4 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qc2 g6
13.Bh6 Re8 14.Bb5 Bb7 15.c4 a6 16.Bxc6 Bxc6
17.Ne5 Rc8 18.Qb2 Ba8 19.Rac1 b5 20.c5 Qd5
21.f3 f6 22.Ng4 Red8 23.Rfd1 g5 24.Ne3 Qc6
25.h4 Qe8 26.hxg5 fxg5 27.Ng4 Qg6 28.Re1 Bf6
29.Rcd1 Rd5 30.Rxe6 Bxd4+ 31.Qxd4 1-0

[Event "12"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42/14"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5

5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Nc6 7.Bd3 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Ncb4 11.Be4 Nf6 12.Bb1 b6
13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Re3 Nbd5 15.Rh3 g6 16.Bh6 Re8
17.Qd2 Rc8 18.Bd3 a6 19.Re1 b5 20.Rg3 Nh5
21.Rh3 Nhf6 22.Bb1 Rc7 23.Rg3 Nh5 24.Rh3 Nhf6
25.Qe2 Nxc3 26.bxc3 b4 27.Rg3 Rxc3 28.Nxf7 Qd5

29.Ne5 Rxg3 30.fxg3 Qxd4+ 31.Kh1 Bd6 32.Bf4 Nh5

33.Rd1 Nxf4 34.gxf4 Qxf4 35.Rxd6 Bd5 36.Bc2 Rf8
37.h3 Qf1+ 38.Qxf1 Rxf1+ 39.Kh2 Rf2 40.Rxd5 exd5
41.Bb3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower Savielly"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01/01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6

5.c4 Nf6 6.c5 Be7 7.Bd3 b6 8.cxb6 axb6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bg6
13.Ne5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 c6 15.Bg5 Nxg4 16.Nxc6 Nxc6
17.Bxe7 Nxe7 18.hxg4 f5 19.Rae1 fxg4 20.Re5 Rf3
21.Qb5 Ng6 22.Rxd5 Qf6 23.Rg5 Rf8 24.Ne4 Qf4
25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Rh5 Rh3 27.Rxh3 gxh3 28.Ng3 Nh4
29.Qe4 Nf3+ 30.Kh1 Qxe4 31.Nxe4 Rf4 32.Rc1 h6
33.Rc3 g5 34.d5 g4 35.Re3 Rf5 36.Nc3 Rf6
37.Re6 Kg7 38.Rxf6 Kxf6 39.d6 Ke6 40.Nd5 Kxd6
41.Nxb6 h5 42.Nc4+ Kd5 43.Ne3+ Ke4 44.a4 Kd3
45.Nd5 Ke2 46.Nf4+ Kxf2 47.Nxh3+ Kf1 48.Nf4 g3
49.Ng2 Kf2 50.a5 h4 51.Nf4 Kf1 52.Ng2 h3
53.Ne3+ Kf2 54.Ng4+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "14"]

[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24/03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+

5.bxc3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 c5 8.f3 h6
9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 O-O 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Kf2 Qe7
13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Nf4 Nf6 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.h3 Qd6
17.Rhb1 b6 18.Bf1 Re7 19.a4 Rae8 20.Re1 c4
21.g4 g5 22.Ne2 Rxe3 23.Ng3 Qxg3+ 24.Kxg3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "15"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yanofsky Daniel"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99/03"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6

5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4
13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5 16.Nf1 Bd7
17.Bd2 Rfc8 18.Bxb4 axb4 19.Bd3 Bd8 20.Qd2 Qa5
21.Ne3 b3 22.a3 Qa4 23.Nd1 b4 24.Ne3 bxa3

25.Rxa3 Nxe4 26.Qd1 Qb4 27.Rxb3 Qa4 28.Bc2 Nc5

29.Rc3 Qb4 30.Qb1 g6 31.Rc4 Qb7 32.b4 Na6
33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.Bd3 Nxb4 35.Re2 Ba5 36.Rb2 Rb8
37.Nd2 Qa7 38.Ndc4 Qc5 39.Nxa5 Qxa5 40.Nc2 Nxd3
41.Rxb8+ Kg7 42.Ne3 Qd2 43.Qf1 Nc5 44.Qd1 Qc3
45.Rb6 Ba4 46.Qf3 Qe1+ 47.Kh2 f5 48.Rxd6 f4
49.Nf5+ Kf7 50.Qg4 Ne4 51.Qh4 gxf5 52.Qxh7+ Ke8
53.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "19"]
[Site "GRONINGEN"]
[Date "1946/??/??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf Miguel"]
[Black "Botvinnik Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35/02"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5

5.cxd5 exd5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Nf3 Qa5
9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Nb3 Qa4 11.Qb2 Na6 12.e3 c4
13.Nd2 O-O 14.Be2 b5 15.Bd1 Qa5 16.Bc2 Rfe8
17.O-O Rab8 18.Nf3 Qc7 19.Ne5 Be6 20.f3 Nc5
21.Bd2 Na4 22.Qb1 Rb6 23.Qe1 Nd7 24.Qh4 Nf8
25.e4 f6 26.Ng4 Ng6 27.Qh5 Qf7 28.Rae1 Rbb8
29.Ne3 Ne7 30.Qh4 f5 31.g4 f4 32.exd5 Ng6
33.dxe6 Rxe6 34.Bxg6 hxg6 35.Ng2 Rbe8 36.Rxe6 Rxe6
37.Nxf4 Rf6 38.Qg5 Nxc3 39.Bxc3 Rxf4 40.Kg2 1-0