Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tohua a Botvinnik mo te kapa Soviet Olympiad mai i te 1954 ki te 1964 tae atu, a i awhina i tana roopu ki te tohu koura i ia o aua wa e ono. I Amsterdam i te tau 1954 i runga ia i tetahi, ka wini i te mētara koura me te 81⁄2/11. Na i te kaainga mo Moscow 1956, i eke ano ia ki te papa kotahi, ka eke ki te 91⁄2/13 mo te mētara parahi. Mo Munich 1958, i eke ia ki te 9/12 mo te mētara hiriwa i runga i te papa kotahi. I Leipzig 1960, i takaro ia i te poari e rua i muri i a Mikhail Tal, i ngaro tana taitara ki a Tal i tera tau, engari i wini ia i te poari e rua te mētara koura me te 101⁄2/13. I hoki ia ki te papa kotahi mo Varna 1962, i eke 8/12, engari kaore i toa i te mētara mo te wa kotahi i te Olympics. Ko tana whakataetae whakamutunga ko
Tel Aviv 1964, i reira i wini ai ia i te parahi me te 9/12, e takaro ana i te papa 2 i te mea kua ngaro tana taitara ki a Petrosian. I te katoa, i roto i te ono Olympics, ka eke ia ki te 541⁄2/73 mo te tino pai