Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line

A73

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O

How it went

33 ours · 461 masters

White wins 52% Draws 12% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense A76 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 24 Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Full Line A74 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 4

Master games

Li, Chao2 — Guseinov, Gadir 0-1 · 2017
Li Chao2 — Guseinov, Gadir 0-1 · 2017
Bacrot, Etienne — Cyborowski, Lukasz 1/2-1/2 · 2011
Spassky, Boris Vasily — Balashov, Yuri S 1/2-1/2 · 1971
Salem, AR. — Sindarov, Javokhir 0-1 · 2021

Games in Spain

Zong,Davis (2242) — Torres Rebolledo,Alvaro (2336) 0-1
Serra Canals,Oriol (2118) — Ayza Leon,D (2228) 0-1
Gamez Matamoros,Andres (2150) — Paluszek,Jan (2186) 0-1
Nalbandyan,Vahan (2157) — Fernandez Lopez,Ruben (2163) 1-0
Herraiz Gomez, Iker (1993) — Simion, Emanuel-Marian (1712) 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.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 exd5 5 cxd5 d6 6 e4 g6 7 Nf3 Bg7 8 Be2 O-O 9 O-O
d4 Nf6 c4 c5 d5 e6 Nc3 exd5 cxd5 d6 e4 g6 Nf3 Bg7 Be2 O-O O-O
d4, Nf6, c4, c5, d5, e6, Nc3, exd5, cxd5, d6, e4, g6, Nf3, Bg7, Be2, O-O, O-O