Aman of unrelenting will and iron logic, Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995) developed a system of preparation that helped him reign as world champion of chess for more than 13 years. Unflinchingly true to ...

Mikhail Botvinnik died at age 83 on May 5, 1995. He was an icon of Russian chess who held the world championship on and off from 1948 until 1963. Nobody else ever lost the crown twice and then ...

Mikhail Botvinnik–who died earlier this month–was world chess champion and symbol of Soviet chess supremacy for most of the 15-year period from 1948 to 1963. He was also a seminal force who brought ...

The games of yesteryear which are considered elegant masterpieces were contested without the assistance of computers. When we re-examine them with assistance of technology we realize they are ...