Books 50 Strategic Techniques Botvinnik's Method

Introduction
The Vanishing Move
The Reserve Passed Pawn
Opening the File
Breakwater
The Illusory Pawn Sacrifice
Triangle Attack
The f3-e4/f6-e5 Barrier
The g6 Exchange
Evacuating the King
Alekhine's Exchange
Geller's Setup
The Cover
Botvinnik's Method
Nimzowitsch's Castling
The Castle
Ng6(Ng3) - bad
Capablanca's Riddle
Imitating the Exchange
The Extra Piece
Weakness of a Square Complex
Rook Placement
Centralizing the Rook
Outpost I
Outpost II
Switching Off the Bishop
Restricting the Bishop's Mobility
A Cage for the Bishop
The Bad Bishop
Transferring the Bishop
Capablanca's Rules
Switching Off the Knight
Restricting the Knight's Mobility
Switching Off the Rook
Boleslavsky's Maneuver
Removing the Cover
Attack on the h-file
Centralizing the Knight
The Réti Battery
The Smyslov Battery
The Lasker Battery
Two Weaknesses
A Cozy Spot for the Queen
Giving Way to the Pawn
Borisenko's Prophylaxis
Botvinnik's Discovery
Opposite-Colored Bishops
Artificial Castling
Blackburne's Ram
Rubinstein's Maneuver
Preemptive Strike

Botvinnik's Method

Botvinnik's method is the systematic preparation of a pawn break: every piece is first brought to its best square, reserves are doubled behind the future open line, and only then is the position torn open. Nothing is improvised, and the opponent's counter-chances are calculated to the tempo. The chapter illustrates the method in Botvinnik's own games.