Mikhail Botvinnik

Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik 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. He also had a mathematics degree (honorary).

17 August 1911

Born on the same birth date (17 August 1911): Martin Sandberger

Born on the same birth day (17 August): Aleksandr Maksimenkov • Colin Moulding • Dave "Snaker" Ray • Gracie Gold • Ike Quebec • John III Sobieski • Julia Marlowe • Larry Clinton • Marcus Garvey • Margaret Hamilton (software engineer) • Phoebe Bridgers • Robert Joy • Serhiy Zakarlyuka • William IX, Count of Poitiers

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