 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuedza simba revakuru veSoviet chess, Krylenko akaronga mutambo weMoscow 1925 chess. Pazuva rokuzorora mukati mechinoitika chacho, shasha yenyika José Raúl Capablanca akapa kuratidzira panguva imwe cheteyo muLeningrad. Botvinnik akasarudzwa somumwe wevapikisi vake, uye akakunda mutambo wake. Muna 1926, akasvika padanho rokupedzisira remakwikwi eLeningrad. Gare gare gore iroro, akasarudzwa kuchikwata cheLeningrad mumutambo wakanangana neStockholm, wakaitirwa kuSweden, uye akawana 1 1 kurwisa ramangwana guru guru Gösta Stoltz. Paakadzoka, akavaraidza vaaidzidza navo nenyaya yakajeka yerwendo rwomugungwa rwakaoma rwokudzokera kuRussia. Botvinnik akapiwa basa rokunyora mashoko pamusoro pemitambo miviri yomutambo wacho, uye chokwadi chokuti ongororo dzake dzaizobudiswa chakaita kuti azive nezvokudikanwa kwokuva asina kwaakarerekera. Muna December 1926, akava nhengo yechikoro cheKomsomol yechikoro chake. Panenge panguva iyi amai vake vakatanga kunetseka pamusoro pemuviri wake wakashata, uye somugumisiro akatanga chirongwa chekuita maekisesaizi zuva nezuva, chaakaramba achiita kwehupenyu hwake hwose. 