Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Botvinnik akasarudzwa kuti apinde mumutambo weSoviet Olympiad kubva muna 1954 kusvika muna 1964, uye akabatsira chikwata chake kuti chiwane 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 muna 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 ari muchikepe chimwe cheVarna 1962, akawana 8/12, asi akakundikana kuhwina 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