 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1933, akadzokorora kukunda kwake kweSoviet Championship, muguta rake rekuLeningrad, aine 1419, achirondedzera mhedzisiro seuchapupu hwekuti chirongwa chaKrylenko chekugadzira chizvarwa chitsva chemasters eSoviet chakanga chabereka zvibereko. Iye nevamwe vadzidzisi vaduku vakabudirira kukumbira kutsigirwa nomukuru mukuru weLeningrad Communist Party pakuronga makwikwi aibatanidza vatambi veSoviet nevekunze, sezvo kwakanga kusina imwe kubvira mumutambo weMoscow chess wa1925. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, Botvinnik akaudzwa kuti Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky, mumwe wevakuru vakuru veSoviet uye nhengo yeumiriri hweSoviet muPrague, akanga aronga mutambo pakati paBotvinnik naSalo Flohr, muCzech grandmaster uyo aionekwa seimwe yevanonyanya kutendeseka vanokwikwidza zita raAlexander Alekhines World Chess Championship. Vakuru vakuru vechess muSoviet Union vakaramba izvi vachiti Botvinnik aiva nemukana muduku wokurwisa muvengi ane simba zvakadaro. Pasinei nokuedza kumunyengetedza uku, Krylenko akaomerera pakuronga mutambo wacho, achiti Tinofanira kuziva simba redu chairo. 