alekorphy: Here's a reasonable explanation for 17...c4, after watching some Nimzo-Indian games and reading annotations (yes, this move is still stuck here!): In this particular system (Botvinnik), Black induces a dark-square blockade by White, hemming in his own Bishop. Looking at the ...
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