Botvinnik's Discovery

Botvinnik's discovery concerns the classical King's Indian structure: the f4 advance, prepared at exactly the right moment, seizes the initiative before Black's kingside attack matures. The games — including Botvinnik's win over Boleslavsky — show the idea in its original form and its later development.

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Botvinnik, Mikhail — Boleslavsky, Isaak URS-ch12 · 1940.??.?? · 1-0
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Plaskett, Jim — Nunn, John DM 1982.??.??
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Smejkal, Jan — Huebner, Robert Leningrad Interzonal · 1973.??.?? · 0-1
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Vaganian, Rafael A — Karpov, Anatoly URS-ch44 · 1976.12.17 · 0-1
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Gavrikov, Viktor — Kuksov, Valerij Ch URS (Farmers) · 1978.??.?? · 1-0