Benoni Opening 1

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5+-zpPzp-+-%
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1tRNvLQmKLsNR!
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A44 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1

1 ... Nc3 g3 Bg2 Nge2 0-0 Qd3 f4 cxb5 Nxb5

2

Nf6 Be7 0-0 Nbd7 a6 Rb8 Ne8 b5 axb5 c4

2 ... Bd3 Ne2 0-0 a3 Nbc3 b4 bxc5 Rb1 Bd2 3

Ne7 Ng6 Be7 0-0 Na6 Nc7 b6 bxc5 Bg5 Bxd2

3 ... Nc3 Be2 a3 Bxh6 Qd2 Nf3 0-0 Ne1 Nd3 4

Nd7 g6 a6 Bh6?! Nxh6 Ng8 Ngf6 0-0 Ne8 Qc7 ±

4 ... Nf3 Bd3 Qc2?! Nc3 a3 b4 Nd2 bxc5 Nb3 5

g6 Bg7 f5!? f4 Nh6 g5 g4 Na6 Nxc5 Nxb3 µ

5 ... g3 Nc3 h4 Nf3 Bh3 a4 Nb5 Bg5 Bxc8 6

... Bg7 Nd7 h5 Nh6 a6 a5?! Nf8 f6 Rxc8 ²

6 ... Nc3 h3 g4 g5 h4 Bh3 Bxc8 Rh3 Qb3 7

... Bg7 Ne7 h5 Na6 0-0 Nc7 Nxc8 Nb6 Rb8

9 10

7 ... ... Be2 8

exf5 Bh5+ f4 Be3? bxc3 Be2 g3 11

... ... f5! gxf5 Kf8 e4 Bxc3+! Nf6 Rg8 Qa5

8 ... ... Bd3 h3 Nf3 Bxh6 Qd2 Ne2 exf5! Bxe4 12

... a6 Nd7 Qe7 Bh6 Nxh6 Ng8 f5?! e4 Qxe4 ‚

Benoni Opening 2

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

9 ... ... Bd3 Bxh6 Qd2 0-0-0 f4 Qxf4 Qd2 h4 13

... h5!? Bh6 Rxh6 Qe7 Kf8 exf4 g5 Nd7 g4

10. . . ... ... Nge2 Bxh6+ Qd2 h3 g3 0-0-0?! Rdf1 14

... ... ... Kf8 Nxh6 Kg7 Nd7 a6 b5 bxc4 µ

15 16

11. . . ... Bxh6 Qd2 h3 Bd3 Qh6 Nge2 Qe3 a3 17

... Bh6!? Nxh6 Ng4 Nf6 Nbd7 a6 Ng8 Qh4?! Qh6 ±

12. . . ... ... ... h4 Bd3 f3 0-0-0 Rf1 Nh3 18

... ... ... ... h5 Kf8 Nh6 Nd7 Kg7 a6 ÷

19

13. . . ... ... ... Bd3!? f3 Nge2 h4 g4± 20 21

Nxf4 22

... ... ... ... 0-0 Nf6 Nh5 Nd7?! Nf4 exf4
1 7

8.Qe2 a6 9.a4 b6 10.Kd1 Ne8 14.Bd2 Kh7 15.0-0-0 Nd7 16.Nb5

11.f4 f5 Kortschnoj,V-Plachetka,J/
Luhacovice 1969 - Inf.7/99
2
14.Qxc4 Qb6+ 15.Nbd4 Ba6
Nxb5 17.cxb5 Qc7 18.Qc4 Ra8
19.Ra3 Nb6 20.Qe2 0-1 Aptekar,L-
Platonov,I/Kiev 1963 (32)
8

16.Qc6 exd4 17.Kh1 Bb5 0-1 Cruz,W- 6...Ne7?! 7.g4!±

Engels,L/Rio de Janeiro 1952 9

3
9.Nf3∞
14.Qxd2 Qf6 15.Nb5 Ne8 16.Rb3 10

a6 17.Nbc3 Nf4 18.Nxf4 exf4 19.f3 10.Bd2

g5 20.Na4 Qe5 21.Qc3 Qxc3 22.Nxc3 11

½-½ Mueller Breil,P-Krivec,S/Arlesheim 14.Qb3 Nbd7 15.Nh3 Nb6 16.Nf2

1961 (56) Bd7 17.Nd1
[ 17.Rg1 Re8 18.h3 h5
△♖e7-g7↑×g3 ]
4

14.Qh6 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Nxb5

Qb6 17.Nc3 Ba6 18.Rab1± 17...Ba4 18.Qa3 Qa6 19.Nb2
Polugaevsky,L-Bilek,I/Skopje/1971/ 0-1 Winants,L-Polgar,Z/Bruxelles-B
5
1987 (59)
14.Qxb3 0-0 15.a4 Qh4 16.g3 12

Qf6 17.Rf1 Nf7 18.Bd2 Ng5 19.0-0-0
Nf3 20.Nb5 Bh6∓ Hutters,T-Tyrtania,M/
Copenhagen OBRO (01)/1993/
6
14.Bd2 b6 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.Ng1
14.0-0 Qxf5 15.Rae1 Kd8 16.Ng3
Qf8 17.Ng5 Nb6 18.Qa5 Kc7 19.Re3
h6 20.N5e4→ Alexeev,V-Lanc,A/
Katowice op (05)/1992/
13

Nh7 17.f4 Ng4 18.Nf3 0-0 19.0-0-0⩲ 14.Nge2 Ne5 15.Ng3 Qf6
○ Jasnikowski,Z-Haik,A/Thessaloniki 16.Rdf1 Qh8 17.Nce2 Ne7 18.Nf4
olm (12)/1988/ Kg8 19.Be2 N7g6 20.Rf2 Bd7
Benoni Opening 3

21.Rhf1 1-0 Galliamova,A (2440)- [ 15.h5 ]

Morozevich,A (2595)/Novgorod 1997 15...Na6 16.h5 h6 17.a3⩲
(44) 21

14
12...Ng7 13.a3±
14.Bb1 h4 15.Rfg1 Ra7 16.f4 [ 13.h5!? g5 14.h6 Ne8 15.Ng3 ]
hxg3 17.Nxg3 exf4 18.Nf5+ Nxf5 22

19.exf5 Ne5 20.fxg6 f5! 21.Qxf4 Qh4 14.Qxf4 Ne5 15.Be2 Bd7
22.Qxh4 Rxh4∓ Naumkin,I-Vasiukov,E/ 16.Qg3! Qb6! 17.0-0-0!
Moscow-ch/1984/ (23) [ 17.f4!? Nxg4! 18.h5 ( 18.Bxg4
15
Bxg4 19.Qxg4 Qxb2 )]
8.g3 Na6 9.Bh3 Nc7 10.f3 Nf6 17...Qb4 18.f4 Nxc4 19.Bxc4 Qxc4
11.Bxc8 Rxc8 12.Nge2 a6 13.a4= 20.h5 Rae8?!
Griaznyh,I-Frog,I/Alekhine op Moscow / [ 20...g5 21.fxg5 b5 22.Qf4!
1996/0-1 (36) A) 22...f6 23.gxf6 Rf7 24.g5 Raf8
8.f3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Na6 10.Nge2 Nc7 25.g6 ( 25.Kd2+- ) 25...Rxf6
11.0-0 0-0 12.Ng3 Nce8 13.Be2 Qe7 26.Qh6+-;
½-½ Temirbaev,S-Rashkovsky,N/ B) 22...b4 23.Qf6 bxc3 24.h6
Kurgan 1993 cxb2+ 25.Kxb2! Rfb8+ 26.Ka1 Kf8
16
27.g6!+- ]
10.Nge2?! h5!? 21.Qh4+- 1-0 Tyomkin,D (2440)-Malisov,
17
B (2340)/Israel 1998 (30) Line Benoni-3.
14.Qxh6 Nxh6 15.b4± c4 d6 4.e4/Survey 2010
1-0 Priehoda,V-Sarkosy,L/CSR-ch
Bratislava 1991 (31)
18

14.Nf2 Nf6 15.Be2 Bd7 16.Rfg1

Nh7 17.g4 hxg4 18.fxg4 g5∞ 19.Ncd1
f6 20.Ne3 gxh4 21.Nf5+ Bxf5
22.gxf5+ Ng5 23.Rxh4 Nhf7=
Vyzhmanavin,A-Vasjukov,E/Moskva-ch/
1981/
19

11.0-0-0 Qh4!?
[ 11...f5 ]
12.g3 Qh3∞

⌓11...Qf6 12.Qg5!?
20

[ 12.g4? Qxf3 ]
12...a6∞
[ △12...Nd7 13.Nb5 ]
11...f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Qg5+ Ng7
[ 13...Qxg5? 14.hxg5 Ng7 15.Nb5
Ne8 16.Rh6 ]
14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Nb5