Benko Gambit Accepted: Modern Variation

A57

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3

How it went

231 ours · 443 masters

White wins 51% Draws 16% Black wins 33%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Nepomniachtchi, I. — Abdusattorov, Nodirbek 1/2-1/2 · 2023
Aronian, Levon — Bareev, Evgeny 1/2-1/2 · 2009
Wang, Yue — Nepomniachtchi, Ian 1-0 · 2009
Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian 0-1 · 2017
Piket, Jeroen — Topalov, Veselin 0-1 · 1997

Games in Spain

Dubov,Daniil (2708) — Martin Fuentes,A (2393) 1-0
Sarana,A (2691) — Ilinca,Felix-Antonio (2446) 1/2-1/2
Sarana,A (2686) — Alonso Rosell,A (2536) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2648) — Nemeth,Joh (2180) 0-1
Sjugirov,S (2632) — Ilinca,Felix-Antonio (2431) 0-1
Chigaev,M (2622) — Sahakyan,Aleks (2288) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2622) — Herrera Reyes,J (2347) 1-0
Lazavik,Denis (2621) — Ilinca,Felix-Antonio (2486) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.e3
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 4 cxb5 a6 5 e3
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 e3
d4, Nf6, c4, c5, d5, b5, cxb5, a6, e3