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Benoni Defense

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO A43–A70

Old Benoni, Main Setup (A43)

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Black challenges the center from the side. The Old Benoni starts by asking White's d-pawn to advance.

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ECO A43–A70

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  1. Old Benoni, Main SetupSample

    1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6

  2. Hromádka System

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 e6

  3. Czech Benoni Defense

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Ne8 8. O-O g6 9. Ne1 Ng7 10. Nd3 f5

  4. Modern Variation, Snake Variation

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e4 Re8 8. Bd3 Bf8

  5. King's Pawn Line, with Bg5

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 O-O

  6. King's Pawn Line, with Be3

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2

  7. Four Pawns Attack, Main Line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8

  8. Classical Variation, Main Line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O

  9. Classical Variation, New York Variation

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3

  10. Fianchetto Variation, Hastings Defense, Main Line

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8

  11. Bf4 System

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6