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)Aronian, L. (2786) – Caruana, F. (2794)Kamsky, Gata (2695) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2710)Anand, Viswanathan (2765) – Illescas Cordoba, Miguel (2635)Wojtaszek, R. (2715) – Dubov, Daniil (2614)Kozul, Zdenko (2593) – Gashimov, Vugar (2703)Van Wely, Loek (2653) – Giri, Anish (2642)Kortschnoj, Viktor (2670) – Mecking, Henrique (2615)Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, Vassily · Anand, Viswanathan · Wojtaszek, R. · Van Wely, Loek
- Family
- Benoni Defense
- 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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