Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник; IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil məɪˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ‿bɐˈtvʲinʲːɪk]; August 17 [O.S. August 4] 1911, May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess, the last of which he was awarded an honorary mathematics degree for. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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How did Mikhail Botvinnik win back the world chess title after losing it?
He used the return match a defeated champion was then entitled to: he beat Smyslov in 1958 and Tal in 1961.
Botvinnik lost the title to Vasily Smyslov in 1957 and to Mikhail Tal in 1960. At the time a defeated champion was entitled to a return match the following year, so he beat Smyslov in 1958 and Tal in 1961. He lost the title for the last time to Tigran Petrosian in 1963, by which point FIDE had eliminated the return match, and he chose to retire from world championship play.
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Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник; IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil məɪˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ‿bɐˈtvʲinʲːɪk]; 17 August [O.S. 4 August] 1911 - May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess, the last of which he was awarded an honorary mathematics degree for.
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Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник; IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil məɪˈsʲejɪvʲɪdʑ‿bɐˈtvʲinʲːɪk]; 17 August [O.S. 4 August] 1911 - May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns.
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May 5, 1995
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August 17, 1911
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May 5, 1995
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Soviet Union
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