Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Botvinnik akasarudzwa kuchikwata cheSoviet Olympiad kubva muna 1954 kusvika muna 1964 zvichisanganisira, uye akabatsira timu yake kupedzisa menduru yegoridhe nguva imwe neimwe yeaya matanhatu. PaAmsterdam 1954 akanga ari mungarava imwe ndokukunda menduru yegoridhe ne 81⁄2/11. Zvadaro pamusha kuMoscow muna 1956, akanga ari zvakare mubhodhi rimwe, uye akawana 91⁄2/13 nokuda kwemenduru yendarira. Nokuda kweMunich 1958, akawana 9/12 nokuda kwemenduru yesirivha pabhodhi rimwe. MuLeipzig 1960, akatamba bhodhi mbiri shure kwaMikhail Tal, akarasikirwa nemutambo wake kuna Tal pakutanga kwegore iroro, asi akakunda bhodhi mbiri menduru yegoridhe ne 101⁄2/13. Akanga adzoka mungarava imwe nokuda
Varna 1962, yakawana 8/12, asi yakakundikana kukunda menduru kwenguva bedzi paOlympia. Mitambo yake yokupedzisira yeOlympic yaiva muTel Aviv muna 1964, kwaakakunda menduru yebronze ne 9/12, achitamba bhodhi 2 sezvo akanga arasikirwa nemutambo wake kuna Petrosian. Kazhinji, muOlympia nhanhatu, akawana 541⁄2/73 nokuda kwechiitiko chinoshamisa