Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation

A58

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6

How it went

406 ours · 1,733 masters

White wins 49% Draws 14% Black wins 37%

Continuations

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Benko Gambit Accepted: Central Storming Variation A58 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. f4 1 Benko Gambit Accepted: Yugoslav A59 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 15 Benko Gambit: Fianchetto Variation A58 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. g3 2 Benko Gambit: Nd2 Variation A58 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2 2 Benko Gambit A59 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. g3 14 Benko Gambit Accepted: Fianchetto Variation A58 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 24 Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation A59 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 81

Master games

Gelfand, Boris — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2014
Kramnik, Vladimir — Topalov, Veselin 1-0 · 2003
Kramnik, Vladimir — Van Wely, Loek 1-0 · 2003
Harika, Dronavalli — Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1 · 2017
Nakamura, Hikaru — Dubov, Daniil 1/2-1/2 · 2018

Games in Spain

Korobov,A (2688) — Garcia Molina,Jose (1949) 1-0
Sarana,A (2675) — Herrera Reyes,J (2319) 0-1
Bluebaum,M (2663) — Herrera Reyes,J (2345) 1-0
Bluebaum,M (2647) — Herrera Reyes,J (2304) 1-0
Bluebaum,M (2640) — Ilinca,Felix-Antonio (2386) 1/2-1/2
Salem,AR (2640) — Alonso Rosell,A (2538) 1-0
Warmerdam,Max (2607) — Lopez Mulet,Inigo (2387) 1-0
Braun,A (2605) — Herrera Reyes,J (2304) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 4 cxb5 a6 5 bxa6
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 bxa6
d4, Nf6, c4, c5, d5, b5, cxb5, a6, bxa6