Botvinnik - Flohr Match 1933

In The Wake Of Mikhail Botvinniks Win Of The 1933 Ussr Chess Championship In Leningrad, A Match Was Devised By Alexander Ilyin-zhenevsky And Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko To Pit The Soviet Champion Against Salomon Flohr, At That Time One Of The People Believed To Be Strong Enough To Challenge Alexander Alekhine In A World Championship Title Match. Flohr Agreed To The Match With Botvinnik, The First Six Games To Be Played In Moscow And The Latter Six Games To Be Played In Leningrad. Many Figures In Soviet Chess Circles At The Time Were Skeptical Of Botvinniks Chances Against The Very Strong Czechoslavkian Master, Despite Botvinniks Successes And Increasingly Systematic Methods Of Preparation.