Vladimir Malakhov vs Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu (2012)

Vladimir Malakhov vs Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu
Black Sea Countries Final (2012) · English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. General (A30) · 1-0

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Sep-14-12		sbevan: Ouch! What else to say?

Sep-14-12		Everett: I'm often surprised by how early b4 can be played by White in these Botvinnik structures.

Sep-16-12		tonsillolith: <I'm often surprised by how early b4 can be played by White in these Botvinnik structures.> What characterises a Botvinnik structure? What are the consequences if Black captures the b4 pawn?

Sep-16-12		perfidious: <tonsollith> This pawn structure in the English for White: click for larger view is the basic outline, with the knight at g1 usually being developed to e2 with a kingside fianchetto. A typical line is 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4.

Sep-16-12		Everett: I should say "Botvinnik-System" structures. It's basically as <perfidious> states, kind of like a Maroczy Bind with d3 as support. In this game, if black tries to win the pawn with <9..cxb4 10.axb4 Nxb4 11.Be3> gains the a7 pawn in return with a better game. If Black captures with the Q instead of the N, then Nb5 finds the Q a bit wanting for scope and squares.

Sep-17-12		hedgeh0g: I thought the Botvinnik System was an opening system played by Black as an English setup. Anyway, Alexander Grischuk is a leading exponent of this dark-squared blockade type of formation and I think he has a good record playing it on the Black side of an English.

Sep-18-12		perfidious: <tonsillolith> Here's a game of my own from long ago featuring the Botvinnik formation, though my play was not incisive: A Shaw vs C Hertan, 1987. <hedgeh0g> Black can play it too-in Boston 1985, I remember trying 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 e5 against Murray Turnbull in one of his infrequent tournament appearances. Murray then played the interesting 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.d4.

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