Chess grandmaster
Mikhail Botvinnik
World champion three times across fifteen years, an electrical engineer by profession, and the teacher of Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik.
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, the last of which he was awarded an honorary mathematics degree for.
- Born
- 1911-08-17, Saint Petersburg, RussiaA Thursday
- Died
- 1995-05-05, Moscow, RussiaA Friday, aged 83
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1911-08-17, Saint Petersburg, Russia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Moscowthe zone used then
Europe/MoscowThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 23°20′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 21°54′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 20°16′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 28°20′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 20°12′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 7°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 19°59′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 26°20′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 22°28′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 28°39′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1995-05-05, Moscow, Russia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Moscowthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 14°22′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 15°28′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 4°08′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 15°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 21°41′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 13°40′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Pisces | 21°45′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 0°28′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 25°32′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 29°38′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Mikhail Botvinnik was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.