Mikhail Botvinnik
Mikhail Botvinnik · Sports
World Chess Champion 1948-1963
1911, Kuokkala (Repino), Russia — 1995, Moscow, Russia
Soviet Union / Russia
Mikhail Botvinnik is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — World Chess Champion 1948-1963
Botvinnik was World Chess Champion for much of 1948–1963 and the founding father of the Soviet school of chess, training future champions Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik. Born to a Jewish family near St. Petersburg, he was also a pioneering electrical engineer and computer-chess researcher.
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World Chess Champion 1948-1963
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