Old Benoni Defence
Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...c5/2. d5/2...e5
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)
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| Moves: 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 | |
Old Benoni Defence
[edit | edit source]2...e5
[edit | edit source]Commonly played here is either 3.e4 or 3.c4, reinforcing the center. It would be ill-advised for White to capture en passant.
Theory table
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1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
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e4 d6 |
Nc3 Be7 |
Nf3 Bg4 |
h3 Bxf3 |
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References
[edit | edit source]- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
- Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.
- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
2. f4
King's gambit
King's gambit
2...exf4
Accepted
Accepted
Other
Declined
Declined
2. Nc3
Vienna
Vienna
Other
1. e4 other
- Barnes ?
- Borg ?
- Corn stalk ??
- Duras ??
- 1...b5 ??
2. c4
Queen's gambit
Queen's gambit
2. other
- Accelerated London
- Colle
- Levitsky !?
- Amazon ?!
- Blackmar-Diemer ?
- Mason ?
- Zurich ??
2. c4 other
2. other:
1. d4 ...other:
Flank
Unorthodox