What is the personality type of Mikhail Botvinnik? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Mikhail Botvinnik from Chess and what is the personality traits.
Mikhail Botvinnik personality type is ISTJ, which is the same as Carlsen's (ISCJ).
It is interesting to note that all of the competitors of Carlsen (except for Caruana) are ISFJ. ISFJs are known for their warm, reassuring, and caring personalities. It is not surprising that Carlsen has such a good relationship with these people.
Carlsen's ISTJ-ISMJ combination, however, is very rare. The only other two examples of someone who is an ISFJ with an ISTJ are Levon Aronian and Anatoly Karpov.
Caruana has an ISTJ-INTJ combination, which is also quite rare. The only other two examples of someone who is an INTJ with an ISTJ are Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov.