Benoni Defense

A61

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6

How it went

421 ours · 3,156 masters

White wins 49% Draws 15% Black wins 36%

Continuations

4

Benoni Defense: Classical Variation A70 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 204 Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation A61 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 3 Benoni Defense: Knight's Tour Variation A61 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 57 Benoni Defense: Uhlmann Variation A61 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg5 6

Master games

Karjakin, Sergey — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2019
Aronian, Levon — Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 · 2012
Nakamura, Hikaru — Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 · 2016
Aronian, Levon — Gashimov, Vugar 1-0 · 2012
Xiong, Jeffery — Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 · 2018

Games in Spain

Alonso Rosell,A (2561) — Vallejo Pons,F (2716) 1-0
Fedoseev,Vl3 (2683) — Lopez Quevedo,E (2148) 1-0
Shirov,A (2652) — Rodriguez Vila,A (2484) 1-0
Cori,J (2652) — Gavilan Diaz,M (2284) 1-0
Alonso Rosell, Alvar (2514) — Vallejo Pons, Francisco (2644) 1-0
Alonso Rosell,A (2561) — Indjic,A (2636) 0-1
Alonso Rosell, Alvar (2633) — Rasulov, Vugar (2570) 1-0
Le Tuan Minh (2501) — Pichot,A (2630) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 c5 4 d5 exd5 5 cxd5 d6 6 Nc3 g6
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nf3 c5 d5 exd5 cxd5 d6 Nc3 g6
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nf3, c5, d5, exd5, cxd5, d6, Nc3, g6