Benoni Defense

Benoni Defense

Black lets White take space in the center, then plays on the side where there is more room.

You play Black1. d4ECO code A60Difficulty: Medium18 moves to learn

Lines

1. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6
2. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6
3. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6

Benoni Defense

You play Black1. d4ECO code A43Difficulty: Medium7 moves to learn

Lines

1. 1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 Na6
2. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Qa5
3. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nf3 c4
4. 1. d4 c5 2. Nf3 cxd4 3. b4 e5

Benoni Defense

You play WhiteECO code A43Difficulty: Demanding38 moves to learn

Lines

1. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. Nc3
2. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4
3. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5 3. e4
4. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3
5. 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3
6. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4
7. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
8. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4
9. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3
10. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5

Benoni Gambit

Black offers a pawn early to open the game and get active pieces.

You play Black1. d4ECO code A43Difficulty: DemandingGambit: a pawn is given up on purpose16 moves to learn

Lines

White takes the pawn

1. 1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. b4 a5 4. c3 axb4 5. cxb4 Qf6 6. Nc3 Qxc3+ 7. Bd2 Qa3
2. 1. d4 c5 2. dxc5 e6 3. e4 Bxc5 4. Bd3 Ne7 5. Nc3 Nbc6 6. Nf3 O-O

White does not take the pawn

1. 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. e4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O