Opening · English Opening · A36

Botvinnik System · as Black

Against the Botvinnik clamp, live with the d4 hole and break with …b5 or …f5.

Botvinnik English. e4 in the symmetrical — a big clamp on d5. Play the Black side.

The hole on d4 is the price. Occupy d5 and play around it.

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