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Benko Gambit Declined: Sosonko Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4c53.d5b54.a4
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Benko Gambit Declined: Sosonko Variation36k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
57%21k49%
35%13k48%
3.9%1.4k53%
1.8%65043%
1.5%52941%
0.2%6935%
0.2%6740%
0.1%5140%
0%1055%
0%825%
Famous games in this line372 master games
Ponomariov, R. (2731) – Aronian, L. (2803)20130–1Piket, Jeroen (2640) – Van Wely, Loek (2645)1997½–½Ward, Christopher (2500) – Adams, Michael (2660)19951–0Georgiev, Kiril (2590) – Vaisser, Anatoli (2525)1989½–½Schmidt, Wlodzimierz (2505) – Kasparov, Garry (2595)19860–1Gabriel, Christian (2555) – Kogan, Artur (2485)1998½–½Lin, Weiguo (2470) – Sermek, Drazen (2565)1997½–½Ward, Christopher (2485) – Degraeve, Jean Marc (2546)2005½–½
Heroes of this opening Aronian, L. · Ward, Christopher · Kasparov, Garry
Family
Benko Gambit
Category
Gambit
First move
1.d4
ECO
A57
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4
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