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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Mikhail Botvinnik
   Born:    1911-Aug
   Died:    1995-May
   Best World Rank:    #1 (131 different months between the September 1936 rating list and the May 1958 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2885 on the October 1945 rating list, #1 in world, age 34y2m
   Best Individual Performance:    2862 in Botvinnik-Tal II (World Championship, Moscow), 1961, scoring 13/21 (62%) vs 2796-rated opposition

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