A36: English, symmetrical, Botvinnik system

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4

English, symmetrical, Botvinnik system

A36 Sub-variants:

English, symmetrical variation
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3

English, ultra-symmetrical variation
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7

English, symmetrical, Botvinnik system reversed
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 e5

English, symmetrical, Botvinnik system
1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4

Overview

Games on Database:

2299

Last Played:

May 2026

Overall score:

28.6%

34%

37.5%

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Played frequently by:

White
Stephane Hautot	30 games
Milko Popchev	25 games
Bernd Michael Werner	21 games

Black
Keith C Arkell	6 games
Drazen Sermek	4 games
Mikhail M Ivanov	3 games

Possible continuations:

5... d6

986

30.4 %

33 %

36.6 %

5... e6

741

25.5 %

34 %

40.5 %

5... Nf6

260

30.8 %

32.3 %

36.9 %

5... e5

152

37.5 %

45.4 %

17.1 %

5... a6

124

20.2 %

28.2 %

51.6 %

5... Rb8

35.7 %

57.1 %

5... h5

50 %

5... b6

16.7 %

50 %

33.3 %

5... Nd4

100 %

5... Nh6

33.3 %