Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation, Benoni Defense

E31

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6

How it went

5 ours · 152 masters

White wins 60% Draws 0% Black wins 40%

Continuations

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

Master games

Ponomariov, Ruslan — Meier, Georg 1/2-1/2 · 2011
Sasikiran, Krishnan — Gashimov, Vugar 1-0 · 2010
Kozionov, Kirill — Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 · 2018
Grachev, Boris — Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 · 2012
Williams, A. Howard — Karpov, Anatoly 0-1 · 1974

Games in Spain

Kretov,E (2269) — Lopez Gracia,F (2299) 1-0
Kretov,E (2269) — Lopez Gracia,F (2299) 1-0
Kretov,E (2269) — Martin Carmona,Gaston Manuel (2285) 1-0
Razola Garcia, Joaquin (1965) — Martinez Fernandez, Raul (2183) 0-1
Munoz Cuesta,E (1970) — Silva Cerda,Mark Valentin (2143) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 d6
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Bg5 h6 5 Bh4 c5 6 d5 d6
d4 Nf6 c4 e6 Nc3 Bb4 Bg5 h6 Bh4 c5 d5 d6
d4, Nf6, c4, e6, Nc3, Bb4, Bg5, h6, Bh4, c5, d5, d6