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    Benoni Opening 1

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    6-+-zp-+-+&
    5+-zpPzp-+-%
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    A44 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4 Be7

    5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
    1 2 3

    1 Nf3 Nc3 Be2 Nd2 Qxe2 0-0 g3 f4 gxf4 4

    Bg4 a6 Nd7 Bxe2 Bg5 Nh6 0-0 exf4 Bxf4

    2 ... ... Qa4+?! Nd2 Be2 Nxe2 0-0 Qd1 b3 5

    ... ... Nd7 Bg5 Bxe2 Ne7 0-0 b5 Nf6 ƒ

    3 ... ... Be3 Qd2 gxf3 Rg1 0-0-0 Be2 Rg4 6

    ... Nd7 a6 Bxf3 h6 g6 Bg5 Qf6 Bxe3 ²

    4 ... ... Qxf3 Bxg5 Nb5 g3 Bg2 0-0 Qe2 7

    ... Bxf3 Bg5 Qxg5 Qd8 Nf6 0-0 Na6 Nc7 =


    8

    5 ... Be2 Bxf3 Nd2! 0-0 Bg4 9


    Qxg4 g3 Kh1 10

    ... Bxf3 Bg5 Nh6 0-0 Nxg4 Nd7 Bh6 Qe7 =

    6 ... Nbd2!? Be2


    11
    a3 0-0 Ne1 Nd3 12
    b4 Bb2 13

    ... Na6 Nf6 0-0 g6 Bd7 Ne8 Rc8 Bf6 ±

    7 Bd3 Nd2 14
    Ne2 f3 Nf1 Qxc1 Qd2 a3 Nfg3 15

    Bg5 Bh6 Ne7 Ng6 Bxc1 0-0 Na6 Bd7 Qf6 ƒ

    8 g3 Nd2 Bg2 Qc2 Ne2 16


    f4 a4 f5 fxg6 17

    Bg5 Nf6 h5 Bh6 Nbd7 Qe7 Nf8 g6 Nxg6 ±


    Benoni Opening 2

    5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

    9 Nc3 Be2 Bg4 Rxc1 Bxd7+ Nge2 0-0 Qd3 a3


    18

    h6 Bg5 Bxc1 Bd7 Nxd7 Ne7 0-0 a6 f5 ©

    10. . . Bxg5 g3 Bg2 Nge2 f4 0-0 Qd2 gxf4 19

    Bg5! Qxg5 Nh6 0-0 f5 Qe7 Nd7 exf4 fxe4 =

    11. . . ... Nf3 g3 Nh4!? a3 b4 bxc5 Qa4+ 20

    ... ... Qe7 Nf6 Na6 Nc7 b6 bxc5 Bd7 ²


    21

    12. . . Qa4+ Bxg5 Qb3 Qa4+ b4 a3 Nge2 Ng3?!22

    ... Bd7 Qxg5 Bc8!? Kf8 Na6 Nf6 Qg6 h5 „

    13. . . ... ... ... g3 23


    Bg2 Nge2 h4 Nb5 24

    ... ... ... b6 Qd8 Nf6 h5 Na6 Bc8


    25

    14. . . ... Nf3 Rxc1 Be2 0-0 b4 Nd2 a3² 26

    ... Kf8 Bxc1 Nd7 a6 g5!? Kg7 Ngf6 h5 ƒ

    15. . . Bd3 Qxc1 Nge2 Qc2 a3 0-0 Qc1 f3 27

    ... Bxc1 Ne7 0-0 Na6 Ng6 Qg5 Qe7 Bd7

    16. . . ... ... Nf3 0-0 Qg5 Qxd8 Ng5 g3 28

    ... ... Nh6 0-0 f5 Na6 Rxd8 f4 Ng4 ³

    17. . . Nf3 Rxc1 29


    Bd3 0-0 30
    h3 Qxf3 a3 Qe3 31

    ... Bxc1 Nh6 0-0 Bg4 Bxf3 Nd7 a6 Qe7 ²

    18. . . ... Qxc1 Be2 0-0 exf5 Ng5 Bf3 Re1 32

    ... ... Nh6!? 0-0 f5 Bxf5 Qe7 Nd7 Nf6


    1

    5.h3?! Bg5 6.Nd2!? Ne7 7.Ngf3 [ 18...Nb5 19.Rc1 Nd4 20.Nxd4 cxd4
    Bh6 8.Bd3 0-0∞ 9.g4? ×» Ng6! 21.Rg3!⩱ ]
    [ 9...Bf4↑ ] [ 18...Ba6 19.Rc1 Rb4 20.b3⩱ ]
    10.Rg1 Bf4 11.Nb3 Na6 12.Bxf4 19.Nh2 △♘f1-e3,g3 Nf6 20.Bd3?!
    Nxf4∓ 13.Bf1 Nc7 14.Nc1 △♘d3 b5! [ 20.f3 Nd7 21.Nf1!? ( 21.Ke2 Nb6
    15.Ne2!? 22.b3 Nxc4 23.bxc4 Ba6-+ ×c4 )
    [ 15.cxb5 Nxb5 16.Bxb5?! Qa5+-+ ] 21...Qh4+ 22.Ng3 Qxh3 23.0-0-0⇆ ]
    [ 15.Nd3 Ng6!?∓ ] 20...c4! 0-1 Maurer,F-Ambroz,J/Bad
    15...Nxe2 Ragaz 1991 (48)
    [ 15...Ng6 16.Ng3⇆ ] 2

    16.Bxe2 bxc4 17.Bxc4 Rb8 18.Qd2 6.h3?! Bxf3! 7.Qxf3 Bg5 8.Bxg5
    Ne8! Qxg5 9.Nc3 Qd8 10.Qg3 Kf8 11.h4
    Benoni Opening 3
    9

    h5 12.Qg5 Nf6 13.g3! Nbd7 14.Bh3⩲ 10...g6!?


    a6 15.0-0 Rb8 16.a4± Rh6 17.Bf5 10

    Ng8 18.a5 Ne7 19.Rfb1!? Nxf5 14.b3 Rae8 15.Qe2 g6 16.Bb2


    20.exf5 Qxg5?! 21.hxg5 Rh8 22.Ne4↑ f5 17.Rae1 Nf6 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f3
    Ke7 23.b4 1-0 Zaid,L (2400)-Dolmatov, Qf7 20.Rg1 Qg6 21.Rgf1 Rf7 22.Qg2
    S (2480)/Moscow 1977 (29) Rg7 23.Re2= Saether,O-Westerinen,H/
    3
    Stavanger (2)/1989/
    7.Qb3 Nd7 8.Be2 Rb8 9.a4 Bxf3 11

    10.Bxf3 Bg5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.g3 h5 6...Bg5 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Qb3


    13.h4 Qe7 14.Bg2 Nh6 15.Bh3 Nf6 Bxd2+ 9.Bxd2± Qb6 10.Qc2 Nf6
    16.a5 0-0 17.0-0 g6 18.Na4 Ne8 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.Ng1 Na6 13.a3 Nc7
    19.Qe3 Kh7 20.b4 cxb4 21.Rab1 14.b4 Na6 15.Rb1 Qc7 16.Ne2 Bxe2
    0-1 Tyrtania,M (2235)-Ostojic,P (2340)/ 17.Bxe2 b6?? 1-0 Chow,A (2315)-
    Wiesbaden 1994 (39) Hanken,J (2195)/Philadelphia 1995
    4 12

    14.Rxf4 Qg5+ 15.Kh1 Qxf4 11...b5 12.b3


    16.Nf3 Qf6 17.Bg5 Qg6 18.Rg1 Qh5 13

    19.Be7 Ne5 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Nxe5 13...f5 14.b5


    Qxe5 22.Qg2 1-0 Ciobanu,C (2145)- [ 14.f4 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5 ]
    Caravan,M (2125)/Sovata 1998 (47) 14...Nb8 15.f4
    5
    14.Qb3 b6 15.Kh1 Bg7 16.f4!
    14.Qc2 Qd7 15.h3 Ng6 16.Nf3 Bh6 17.Rf2 f6 18.b5 Nb8 19.Bf1 Rc7
    Bxc1 17.Raxc1 Nh5 18.Kh2 f5↑ 20.g3 Bc8 21.Bg2 Rcf7 22.a4 Ng7
    Riedner,M-Wiedner,R/STL 9293/1992/ 23.Bc3 Nh5 24.Qd1!± 1-0 Kasparov,G-
    6
    Torre,E/Baku 1980 (57) Kasparov,G-
    14.fxe3 g5 15.Rdg1 0-0-0 16.a3 Torre,E/Baku/1980/
    Ne7 17.b4 b6 18.Kc2 Kc7 19.Rb1 14

    Rb8 20.Rgg1 Rb7 21.Nd1 Rhb8 6...Ne7 7.h4 Bh6 8.g4!? Bxd2+
    22.Nf2 Ng6 23.Nd3 Qd8 24.Rb2⩲ 9.Bxd2 Nd7 10.g5 0-0 11.Ne2 f5
    Schoen,W-Tamm,U/BL 8687/1987/ 12.exf5 Nxf5 13.Qc2 g6 14.h5 b5
    7
    15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Bxf5 Rxf5 17.Ng3
    14.Nxc7 Qxc7 15.a4 Rfe8 Nb6 18.cxb5 Qe8 19.Ne4±
    16.Ra3 Qd7 17.Rfa1 h6 18.Rb3 Rab8 Dlugy,M-Arkell,K/London/1987/
    19.Qc2 b6 20.Bf1 Rb7 21.Re3 Re7 15

    22.Rea3 Ne8= Lukasiewicz,G- 14.0-0 Nf4 15.Nxf4 exf4 16.Ne2


    Gheorghiu,F/Lenk op/1992/ g5 17.g3 fxg3 18.hxg3 Rab8 19.Nc3
    8
    h6 20.Kg2 Nc7 21.a4 a6 22.f4↑
    8.Bxg5 Qxg5 9.0-0 g6 10.Qa4+ Schuetz,T-Jovic,L/Dortmund-C/1989/
    Kf8 11.Nc3 Kg7 12.Rab1 Qe7 13.b4 16

    Na6 14.a3 Nf6 15.Qb3 h5 16.Qa2 9...h4!?


    Rac8 17.Bd1 h4 18.Ba4 Nb8 19.f3 17

    Nh5 20.Nb5 b6 21.Rfd1 Nf4 22.Nc3 14.h3 h4 15.g4 Nxg4 16.hxg4 h3


    0-1 Lugovoi,A (2485)-Malakhov,V 17.Bf3 Nh4 18.Ra3 Ng2+ 19.Kf2 Ne3
    (2395)/Moscow 1995 (60) 20.Rxe3 Qh4+ 21.Ng3 Bxe3+ 22.Kxe3
    Benoni Opening 4

    Qxg3 23.Nf1± Bareev-Andonov,B/Sochi 20.Rfb1 Bg4


    (1)/1987/ [ 20...Bd7 21.Nc1 Rfb8 22.Ra3 Qb7
    18
    23.Nd3 Rb3 24.Qxb3 Qxb3 25.Rxb3
    14.f4 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.exf5 Rxb3 26.Nc1= ]
    Nxf5 17.Qh3 e4!? 18.Nxe4 Nb6 21.Nc1 Rfb8 22.f3 Bc8 23.Ra3
    19.N2g3 Nd4 20.Nc3 Ra7 21.Rf2 1-0 Braun,A (2429)-Meister,Y (2488)/
    Raf7 22.Qg4 Nc4 Michenka,J-Vokac, Hoeckendorf 2004 (75)
    M/Ostrava/1993/ 25

    19
    7.Nge2 Bxc1 8.Nxc1 g6 9.Nd3
    14.Nxe4 Nf6 15.N2g3 Nxe4 Kg7 10.g3 Na6 11.a3 Bd7 12.Qc2
    16.Nxe4 Bf5 17.Ng5 Kh8 18.Rae1 Nh6 13.b4 Rc8∞ Gyimesi,Z-Malakhov,
    Qd7 19.Be4 Rf6 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.Ne6 V/Budapest 1995
    Qf7 22.Kh1 h6 23.Rg1 Rg8 24.Ref1 26

    Rg6= Southam,T-Dvoretsky,M/Saint 14.Qb3 b6 15.Na4 Nf8 16.bxc5


    John op-2/1988/ bxc5 17.Qb6 Qe7 18.Rb1 Ng6
    20
    19.Qb3 Nf4 20.Rfe1 h4 21.Bf1 g4↑
    14.Qa5 Qd8 15.Bd3 0-0 16.0-0 Li Zunian-Ivanovic,B/Luzern ol/1982/
    Nfe8 17.Rab1 g6 18.Ng2 f5 19.exf5 27

    [ 19.f4!? ] 14.Qe3 Rab8 15.Rab1 b6


    19...Bxf5 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Rb7⩲ 16.Rfc1 Qh4 17.Kh1 Rbe8 18.b4 Ne7
    Hebert,J-Ivanovic,B/Toronto/1984/ 19.Nb5 Nc8 20.Nec3 g6 21.Na4 f5
    21
    22.bxc5 dxc5 ½-½ Boehm,U (2240)-
    10.Nb5 Bd7 11.Qb3 Bxb5 Roth,N/Bayern 1995 (83)
    12.Qxb5 Qe7 13.Bd3 Qc7 14.Ne2 Nf6 28

    15.0-0 Nbd7 16.Ng3 h5∞ Gruenfeld,Y- 14.Nb5 h6 15.Nf3 fxg3 16.hxg3


    Zueger,B/Biel 1981 Rd7 17.Nh2 Nxh2 18.Kxh2 Nc7
    10.g3 g6 11.h4 Qe7 12.h5 Kg7 19.Nc3 Ne8 20.Rab1 Rf7 21.Kg2 b6
    13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Rxh8 Kxh8 15.0-0-0 22.b4 cxb4 23.Rxb4 Nc7 24.Ra4
    Nd7 16.Bh3 Kg7 17.Kb1 Nh6 18.Qc2 Na6⩱ Rustemov,A-Starosek,K/Alushta
    a6∞ Paterek,M-Dziuba,M/Jarnoltowek op/1993/
    2003 29

    22
    7...Nf6 8.g3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3
    14.h4 Ng4⇆ Amura,C-Lalic,S/ 10.Qxf3 g6 11.Bd3 Kf8 12.0-0 Kg7
    Thessaloniki 1988 13.a3 Nbd7 14.Bc2 h5 15.Ba4 Nf8
    23
    16.h4 N8h7 17.Nd1 Ng4 18.Ne3 Nxe3
    9...Qg6 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Nh4 Qh6 19.Qxe3 Qe7 20.Kg2 Rab8 21.b4 b6
    12.Bg2 0-0 13.0-0⩲ 22.Bc6 1-0 Palacios Perez,M (2231)-
    24
    Gunajew,R (2204)/Mondariz 2003 (47)
    14.0-0 More ambitious was 30

    [ 14.0-0-0!? even though putting the 9...f5!?


    king on the queenside would give 31

    black good counterchances. ] 14.Rb1 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Bxf5


    14...Nc7 15.a4 a6 16.Nxc7+ Qxc7 Rxf5 17.b4 cxb4 18.Rxb4 Nc5 19.Ne4
    17.a5 Rb8 18.Qc3 0-0 19.axb6 Rxb6 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Rf4 21.Qb1 Rb8
    Benoni Opening 5

    22.Qb3 Qc7 23.Rc1 b6 24.Rb1⩲


    Antic,D-Popov,S/Kladovo ch-YU (10)/
    1991/
    32

    14.Be4
    [ 14.Nge4 Bxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf5⩱ ]
    14...Nxe4 15.Ncxe4 Ng4 16.f3 Nf6
    17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.Ne4 Kh8 19.Qh6
    Rf7 20.Ng3 Bd7 21.f4 Rg8 22.fxe5
    fxe5 23.Rf1 Rg6 24.Rxf7 Qxf7 25.Qh4
    Qf6= Sosonko,G-Torre,E/SWIFT Blitz/
    1987/ Line Benoni-3.c4 d6 4.e4 ♗e7/
    Survey 2010

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