A65 · Indian · a defense for Black
Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Be3
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1.d4Nf62.c4c53.d5e64.Nc3exd55.cxd5d66.e4g67.f3Bg78.Be3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Be317k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
84%14k54%
11%1.8k53%
2.1%35252%
0.7%11245%
0.4%6951%
0.3%5646%
0.3%4549%
0.2%4060%
0.2%3447%
0.1%2343%
Famous games in this line49 master games
Praggnanandhaa, R. (2746) – Erigaisi, Arjun (2797)Semrl, Marjan (2603) – Ham, Stephen E. (2583)Hesham, A. (2372) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2732)Szabo, Gergely Andras (2541) – Schneider, Ilja (2489)Dudin, Gleb (2537) – Tiglon, Bryce (2468)Ostermeyer, Peter (2465) – Yrjola, Jouni (2515)Kempinski, Robert (2587) – Deszczynski, Adam (2351)Kaspi, Alexander (2420) – Berelowitsch, Alexander (2490)Heroes of this opening Szabo, Gergely Andras · Yrjola, Jouni · Kaspi, Alexander
- Family
- Benoni Defense
- Category
- Indian
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A65
- Line
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3
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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