Botvinnik Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win.
a) Botvinnik vs Nikolai Grigoriev, Leningrad, 1927 5rk1/p1nnqr1p/1p1p4/3Pp2Q/5p1N/1P4PB/P2R1P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 [ Nf5 ]
b) Botvinnik vs Khrisogon Kholodkevich, Moscow, 1927 2b3k1/3qp2p/pP1p2p1/P2P1p2/8/4Q1P1/5PBP/6K1 w - - 0 1 [ Qe6+ ]
c) Botvinnik vs Pianov Pavlov, Moscow, 1927 4qr1k/2Rr1npp/p3b3/1p2Pp2/1Q3B2/P4N2/5PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 [ Rxd7 Bxd7 e6 if Bxe6 Rxe6 ]
d) Botvinnik vs B Yuriev, Leningrad, 1928 Qq2rk2/1P4pp/2p2p2/2Np1b2/8/8/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1 [ Qxb8 w/Ra1 ]
e) Botvinnik vs Ilya Kan, Leningrad, 1930 4r1k1/6pp/ppPp3r/4n3/2P5/8/PP4BP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1 [ Bd5+ w/c7 ]
Botvinnik vs Vidmar Endgame
Botvinnik Puzzles, Part IV. White to move and win except where noted.
a) Botvinnik vs Vladimir Alatortsev, Moscow, 1931 r4rk1/p1p1n1b1/1p1p2p1/3Pp1Pn/2P1P1q1/1P2B1N1/P2QN1B1/2K4R w - - 0 1 [ Bh3 Qf3 Rf1 Nxg3 Be6+ ]
b) White Mates in 4. Botvinnik vs Victor Goglidze, Moscow, 1931 2bk4/6b1/2pNp3/r1PpP1P1/P1pP1Q2/2rq4/7R/6RK w - - 0 1 [ Rh8+ Bxh8 Qf8+ ]
c) Botvinnik vs Nikolay Sorokin, Moscow, 1931 5r1k/2R5/p5BK/1p2p3/4P2P/1n2P3/8/8 w - - 0 1 [ Rh7+ w/Rg7+ & Bf7 ]
d) Botvinnik vs Nikolay Sorokin, Leningrad, 1933 rnb1k2r/pp3ppp/6q1/b1pp4/3P1B2/1QP1PP2/P5PP/R3KBNR w - - 0 1 [ Bxb8 ]
e) Botvinnik vs Vladimir Nenarokov, Leningrad, 1933 5rk1/2pBn1qr/1p1p3p/p4Pp1/2PQ2P1/P1P2KP1/7R/7R w - - 0 1 [ Be6+ if Kh8 Rxh6 mates ]
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1939
Botvinnik Puzzles, Part V. White to move and win.
a) Botvinnik vs Rudolf Spielmann, Moscow, 1935 r1b1kb1r/pp2pppp/5n2/3P2B1/Nn1P4/8/q4PPP/2RQKBNR w - - 0 1 [ Bc4 if Qa3 Rc3 or if Bg4 Nf3 ]
b) Botvinnik vs Samuel Reshevsky, Amsterdam, 1938 4q1k1/2Pn1r2/4p1p1/4B2p/1P6/1Q4PP/5PBK/8 w - - 0 1 [ Qc2 if Rf8 c8/Q Qxc8 Qxg6# ]
c) Botvinnik vs Abram Poliak, Leningrad, 1938 3rrk2/pp2q2p/2bR2p1/2P1np2/4p3/PBQ1P3/1B3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 [ Qxe5 Qxe5 Bxe5 if Rxd6 Bxd6+ ]
d) Botvinnik vs Alexander Chistiakov, Leningrad, 1939 4qrk1/rpBbb1pp/pN2p3/3pPp2/4n3/3BP3/PPQ2PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1 [ Bb8 ]
e) Botvinnik vs Iosif Rudakovsky, Moscow, 1940 rq1r2k1/3bbppp/p1nppn2/1p6/N3PP2/1N2BB2/PPP2QPP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1 [ Nb6 if Ra7 e5 ]
Botvinnik Puzzles, Part VI. White to move and win except where noted.
a) Botvinnik vs Abram Khavin, Moscow, 1944 5k2/3b1ppp/p1q5/1p1p4/3P3r/6NP/PP3PP1/2Q1R1K1 w - - 0 1 [ Qg5 if Rh6 Qe7+ mates ]
b) Botvinnik vs Aberic O'Kelly de Galway, Groningen, 1946 8/2R1brkp/2p1p3/p1p1P1p1/4N3/P1P1P3/6KP/8 w - - 0 1 [ Nd6 if Bxd6 exd6 w/d7 d8/Q+ & Rxf7 ]
c) Botvinnik vs Samuel Reshevsky, Hague, 1948 2rr2k1/p4pp1/2n3n1/1p4P1/2P1B3/5PB1/P5K1/3RR3 w - - 0 1 [ Rxd8 Nxd8 Bf5 ]
d) Botvinnik vs Tapio Salo, Amsterdam, 1954 2r2bk1/3R1pnp/q1p1r1p1/p3P3/Pp3P2/6PP/1P3BB1/2RQ2K1 w - - 0 1 [ Ra7 ]
e) White Mates in 5. Botvinnik vs Miguel Najdorf, Moscow, 1956 r5k1/4PR2/6Kp/8/6p1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1 [ Rf6 Re8 Rd6 ]
Botvinnik Puzzles, Part VII. White to move and win except where noted.
a) Botvinnik vs Harry Golombek, Moscow, 1956 r1q2r2/p3ppkp/1p1p2p1/1n1P4/4PP2/1P4P1/P2Q2BP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1 [ Rc1 if Qd7 a4 & if Nc7 Qc3+ ]
b) White Mates in 5. Botvinnik vs Maurice Raizman, Munich, 1958 2Q5/6k1/7p/4Ppp1/3N4/7n/1q3PPK/8 w - - 0 1 [ Nxf5+ Kf7 Qd7+ Kg6 Qe6+ ]
c) White Mates in 3. Botvinnik vs Mikhail Tal, Moscow, 1961 2r5/R7/1kpB1p1p/8/3Pr3/2p5/5KP1/R7 w - - 0 1 [ Bc5+ Kb5 R7a4 ]
d) Botvinnik vs Ake Olsson, Stockholm, 1962 1rbq3k/p1p3pp/1p3b2/1PN2p2/P1Qn4/B2P2P1/5PBP/4RK2 w - - 0 1 [ Qf7 ]
e) Botvinnik vs Salamanca Pomar, Varna, 1962 1k1n2rr/pp2q3/5R1p/2p1p3/2Pp1n2/3P3Q/PP1B2BP/5RK1 w - - 0 1 [ Rxf4 if exf4 Bxf4+ ]
Botvinnik Puzzles, Part VIII. White to move and win.
a) Botvinnik vs Semyen Furman, Leningrad, 1963 8/3rb2p/pR4p1/2pp1k2/5B2/2P5/P3KPPP/8 w - - 0 1 [ Kf3 if h5 h3 w/g4+ ]
b) Botvinnik vs Jan-Hein Donner, Nordwijk aan Zee, 1965 8/6pk/1p6/8/PP3p1p/5P2/4KP1q/3Q4 w - - 0 1 [ Qf1 w/a5 ]
c) Botvinnik vs Paul Keres, Moscow, 1966 3q1rk1/r5p1/2bpn1P1/p1pN1p2/P1PnP2p/3PB2P/5Q1K/1R1B1R2 w - - 0 1 [ Rb8 if Qxb8 Qxh4 mates ]
d) Botvinnik vs Lajos Portisch, Monte Carlo, 1968 rn2r3/1q4k1/2pb2Bp/p3N3/2Q5/P2PB1P1/1P2PP1P/6K1 w - - 0 1 [ Bxh6+ if Kxh6 Qh4+ w/Qh7+ or if Kh8 Nf7+ mates ]