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

How it went

14 ours · 59 masters

White wins 50% Draws 7% Black wins 43%

Continuations

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

Master games

Gelfand, Boris — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2011
Karpov, Anatoly — Salov, Valery 1/2-1/2 · 1996
Karpov, Anatoly — Gelfand, Boris 1-0 · 1995
Van der Sterren, Paul — Topalov, Veselin 1/2-1/2 · 1998
Shirov, Alexei — Topalov, Veselin 1-0 · 1995

Games in Spain

Georgiadis,Anastasios (2001) — Villa Tornero,Alex (2383) 0-1
Enkhrii Enkh-Amgalan (2184) — Martin Fuentes,A (2376) 1-0
Suarez Uriel,A (2363) — Kohler,Ar (2121) 0-1
Castellanos Gomez,Alejandro (2223) — Granero Roca,A (2363) 1/2-1/2
Noy,Eyal (2216) — Diaz Mino,Pablo (2262) 1-0
Shamatava,Nikolozi (2246) — Alcazar Jimenez,J (2172) 1-0
Maksimenko,Viktor (2239) — Guzman Moneo,A (2196) 1-0
Slade,Theodore (2128) — De Pablo Pena,M (1746) 1-0

This line is also written

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
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
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 b5 cxb5 a6 bxa6 g6 Nc3 Bxa6 e4 Bxf1 Kxf1 d6 g3
d4, Nf6, c4, c5, d5, b5, cxb5, a6, bxa6, g6, Nc3, Bxa6, e4, Bxf1, Kxf1, d6, g3