English pawn structure guidelines
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does anyone have any guidelines for when to choose to pursue the Botvinnick c4, d3, e4 structure or nonbotvinnick c4, d4, e3 structure?
also, if you have a name for that other structure, names are cool.
The best circumstance in which to play a Botvinnik formation is one in which your King's Knight still has access to e2 / e7 (ie: your Knight has not yet moved to f3 / f6) and the opposing Queen's Knight no longer has access to c6 / c3 (ie: the opponent has already moved either Nbd7 / Nbd2 or c7-c6 / c2-c3).
Here's an example:
Thank you! Succinct and simple.
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GanadosErrantes wrote:
does anyone have any guidelines for when to choose to pursue the Botvinnick c4, d3, e4 structure or nonbotvinnick c4, d4, e3 structure? also, if you have a name for that other structure, names are cool.
Is this not it?
https://www.chess.com/game/live/51243554769
https://www.chess.com/game/live/38540019353
https://www.chess.com/game/live/38542470953
https://www.chess.com/game/live/40451975359
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/should-e4-be-less-focused-on-for-beginner-and-intermediate-players?page=3
Reversed Sicilian, Larsen Attack, Van Krieujk comes to my mind