The first Soviet champion: the legendary chess player Mikhail Botvinnik was born 110 years ago
2021-08-17T16:45:35.302Z
The legendary chess player Mikhail Botvinnik was born on August 17, 1911. In 1948 he became the first world champion from the USSR in history and laid the foundation for the Soviet dominance in chess. He held the crown until 1957, and then climbed to the top of the chess Olympus twice more.
Source: russiart