Benko Gambit Declined: Quiet Line

A57

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2

How it went

30 ours · 122 masters

White wins 60% Draws 3% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kramnik, Vladimir — Leko, Peter 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Kramnik, Vladimir — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Akopian, Vladimir — Tregubov, Pavel V. 1-0 · 2009
Dreev, Aleksey — Dubov, Daniil 1/2-1/2 · 2012
Sasikiran, Krishnan — Pruess, David 0-1 · 2008

Games in Spain

Sarana,A (2713) — Alonso Rosell,A (2550) 0-1
Sarana,A (2674) — Martin Fuentes,A (2375) 1-0
Harshavardhan,G B (2397) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2558) 0-1
Harshavardhan,G B (2431) — Garcia Cuenca,V (2266) 1-0
Harshavardhan G B (2431) — Garcia Cuenca, Victor (2266) 1-0
Harshavardhan,G B (2397) — Martin Carmona,Gaston Manuel (2285) 0-1
Harshavardhan,G B (2392) — Martin Fuentes,A (2372) 1-0
Gomez Ledo,R (2381) — Sanchez Jimenez,JC (2198) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nd2
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 4 Nd2
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 Nd2
d4, Nf6, c4, c5, d5, b5, Nd2