A World Champions Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined - Ris "EBH2" but how do you bring

but how do you bring about the positions in which they are possible

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A World Champions Repertoire against the Queen's Gambit Declined - Ris "EBH2" but how do you bringBack in the 1950s, it was Botvinnik who popularised the Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. The setup, which involves putting the knight on e2 in combination with castling kingside, was revolutionary at that time. Until then, White had either placed his knight on f3 with the idea of s tarting a minority attack on the queenside, or on e2, where it was normally associated with the intention of castling queenside and preparing a pawn storm