Benoni Defense: Taimanov Variation

A67

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+

How it went

112 ours · 443 masters

White wins 55% Draws 13% Black wins 32%

Continuations

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

Master games

Duda, J... — Ponkratov, Pavel 1-0 · 2019
Bareev, Evgeny — Topalov, Veselin 0-1 · 2002
Van Wely, Loek — Topalov, Veselin 1/2-1/2 · 2004
Damljanovic, Branko — Bacrot, Etienne 1/2-1/2 · 2009
Jakovenko, Dmitry — Gashimov, Vugar 1/2-1/2 · 2010

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2632) — Fedoseev,Vl3 (2704) 0-1
Salem,AR (2661) — Alonso Rosell,A (2572) 1-0
Chigaev,M (2631) — Indjic,A (2604) 1-0
Garriga Cazorla,Pere (2495) — Indjic,A (2621) 1-0
Grigoryan,K2 (2619) — Almagro Mazariegos,S (2258) 1-0
Hakobyan,Aram (2616) — Alonso Rosell,A (2562) 1-0
Garriga Cazorla,Pere (2472) — Indjic,A (2604) 0-1
Bok,B (2582) — Villa Tornero,Alex (2211) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 exd5 5 cxd5 d6 6 e4 g6 7 f4 Bg7 8 Bb5+
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 e6 Nc3 exd5 cxd5 d6 e4 g6 f4 Bg7 Bb5+
d4, Nf6, c4, c5, d5, e6, Nc3, exd5, cxd5, d6, e4, g6, f4, Bg7, Bb5+