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The world No 1’s setback in Oslo and reduced participation coincides with the emergence of a new star ...

Andrew Soltis, a fellow chess columnist whom we vastly admire, found himself writing a biography of Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-95). His wife wondered why he would choose "such a cold personality." He ...

He boasted a record and a resume as impressive as anyone who ever played the game, but it always seemed that three-time world champion Mikhail Botvinnik was more admired than loved by chess players ...

Before he plays a match with a Westerner, Russia’s World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik goes into training with war-game thoroughness, e.g., his seconds blow clouds of cigar smoke in his face and ...

Commentators choosing the greatest player in the history of chess, never mention Mikhail Botvinnik. Yet he led the Soviet Union’s domination of world chess in the 20th century. In doing so, he became ...