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English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System, Prickly Pawn Pass System

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Overview

English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System, Prickly Pawn Pass System is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A10.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

It begins with 16 plies and takes 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d3 a6 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of English Opening: Great Snake Variation, which itself descends from the root opening English Opening.

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ECO code
A10
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
16
Parent
English Opening: Great Snake Variation

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