A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.e4 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2)

Here is an example of the Botvinnik System which has in turn embedded in the comments, examples from games played by much better players than I am. I hope you find it useful. There are a lot of examples in my analysed games of the English and this type of system but I think I will find games from other openings for my next post. The analysis in this game has been updated on December 23rd, 2019.

[Event "Corr game 23.8.2007-14.12.2007"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2007.08.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "ender67"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1856"] [BlackElo "1756"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 {1-0 (59) Bencze,N (1245)-Apostu, M (1090) Calimanesti 2014}) 1... c5 (1... g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 {1/2-1/2 (21) Mudra,T (2185)-Vesselovsky,S (2355) Czechia 2015}) 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 {A36 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System} (5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Nge2 O-O {0-1 (40) Narciso Dublan,M (2480)-Izoria,Z (2590) Solsones 2004} 8. Be3 Nd4 9. O-O {1/2-1/2 (21) Mudra,T (2185)-Vesselovsky,S (2355) Czechia 2015}) 5... e6 (5... d6 6. Nge2 e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Be3 Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O {1-0 (59) Bencze,N (1245)-Apostu,M (1090) Calimanesti 2014}) 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 {-0.31/21 A36 Symmetrical English vs ... g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7} (10. h4 $11 {0.19/21}) 10... Bd7 {0.35/19} (10... Rb8 $15 { -0.31/21}) 11. f4 {-0.68/19} (11. Bh6 $14 {0.35/19} Bc6 (11... e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rab1 a5 14. f4 f6 15. b3 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nc6 17. a3 Nd4 18. Qd2 b5 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 bxc4 21. dxc4 axb4 {1/2-1/2 (21) Mudra,T (2185)-Vesselovsky,S (2355) Czechia 2015}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 f5 14. Rae1 Qd7 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Nd5 Rae8 17. Nb4 fxe4 18. dxe4 e5 19. fxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 dxe5 21. Nd3 Ng8 22. b4 Qe7 23. b5 Bd7 24. Qa5 Bg4 25. Rf2 b6 26. Qd2 {Narciso Dublan,M (2480) -Izoria,Z (2590) Solsones 2004 0-1 (40)}) 11... Bc6 $146 {0.04/22} (11... Qb6 $15 {-0.68/19}) (11... b5 12. e5 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bc6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nxb5 a6 17. Nc3 a5 18. Rab1 a4 19. Ne4 Ra5 20. Qf2 Rc8 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. b4 Rc8 25. b5 a3 26. Rb3 {Bencze,N (1245)-Apostu,M (1090) Calimanesti 2014 1-0 (59)}) 12. Rf2 {-0.76/16} (12. Rab1 $11 {0.04/22 remains equal.}) 12... a6 {0.00/21} ({Better is} 12... f5 $17 {-0.76/16}) 13. Rb1 {-0.75/19} (13. f5 $1 $11 {0.00/21} Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 exf5 15. Raf1) 13... b5 (13... Qd7 {with more complications.} 14. b4 b6 15. Rff1 f5 16. a4 Rfd8) 14. b4 bxc4 {0.12/24} (14... f5 $17 {-0.84/19}) 15. dxc4 $11 Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 {-0.40/23} (16. Rxe2 $11 {0.24/22} cxb4 17. Rxb4) 16... cxb4 {0.42/19} (16... Rb8 $15 { -0.40/23}) 17. Rxb4 {0.00/23} (17. Nd4 $14 {0.42/19 is superior.}) 17... Qd7 { 0.99/19} (17... Rb8 $11 {0.00/23 keeps the balance.}) 18. Rf1 {0.16/21} (18. Nd4 $1 $16 {0.99/19}) 18... a5 {0.70/22} ({Black should try} 18... f5 $11 { 0.16/21}) 19. Rb3 {-0.12/23} (19. Rb6 $14 {0.70/22}) 19... Nc8 $2 {1.47/19 [#]} (19... f5 $11 {-0.12/23}) 20. Bd4 {0.76/22} (20. Nd4 $142 {1.47/19} Ba4 21. Rbb1) 20... Qc7 {2.15/18} (20... a4 $16 {0.76/22} 21. Rbb1 e5) 21. Bxg7 $18 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Ba4 {2.37/19} (22... h6 $142 {1.62/23} 23. Nxc6 (23. f5 e5 $18) 23... Qxc6 24. Qd4+ e5 25. fxe5 Qc5 26. Qxc5 dxc5) 23. Rc3 $2 {0.71/21} (23. Rbf3 $18 {2.37/19 has better winning chances.}) 23... Rb8 $2 {2.63/21} (23... e5 $16 {0.71/21 was called for.}) 24. f5 h6 $2 {7.38/24} (24... Qc5 {2.63/22}) 25. f6+ Kh7 26. g4 $1 {[#] White threatens Rh3 and mate.} Qc5 27. Rh3 h5 28. gxh5 g5 {White should prevent ...e5.} 29. h6 $2 {0.33/25} (29. Kh1 $18 {6.09/21 }) 29... Rg8 $2 {3.06/22} (29... Rb4 $14 {0.33/25} 30. Kh1 Rxc4) 30. Kh1 $2 { 0.00/22} ({White has to play} 30. e5 $1 $18 {3.06/22} Kh8 31. h7) 30... Bd7 $2 {5.76/21} (30... g4 $11 {0.00/22 and Black stays safe.} 31. Rg3 Qe5) 31. Rh5 { 2.39/23} (31. e5 $142 {5.76/21} Kh8 32. h7) 31... Rb4 $2 {12.04/19} (31... Nb6 {2.39/23}) 32. Nf3 Rxc4 33. Nxg5+ Rxg5 34. Rxg5 Rc2 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Qf4 Rxg2 37. Rxg2 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 11%.} 1-0