A70 · Indian · a defense for Black

Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation

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1.d4Nf62.c4e63.Nf3c54.d5exd55.cxd5d66.Nc3g67.e4Bg78.Be2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation100k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
8.5%8.5k50%
5%5.0k50%
1%1.0k46%
0.2%22948%
0.2%20445%
0.2%17642%
0.1%9028%
0.1%6438%
0.1%5137%
Famous games in this line1.1k master games
So, Wesley (2770)Caruana, Fabiano (2835)2020½–½Aronian, L. (2786)Caruana, F. (2794)2016½–½Kamsky, Gata (2695)Ivanchuk, Vassily (2710)19940–1Anand, Viswanathan (2765)Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (2635)19971–0Wojtaszek, R. (2715)Dubov, Daniil (2614)20141–0Kozul, Zdenko (2593)Gashimov, Vugar (2703)2008½–½Van Wely, Loek (2653)Giri, Anish (2642)20101–0Kortschnoj, Viktor (2670)Mecking, Henrique (2615)19741–0
Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, Vassily · Anand, Viswanathan · Wojtaszek, R. · Van Wely, Loek
Category
Indian
First move
1.d4
ECO
A70
Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
Sharp
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The name comes from Aaron Reinganum's 1825 book 'Ben-Oni' — Hebrew for 'son of my sorrow,' reportedly written to distract himself from melancholy. Tal made the Modern Benoni a terror in the 1960s: give up the center, then let every piece point at White's queenside like an accusation.

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