Benoni Defense

Benoni Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs d4, Nf6, c4, c5. The book has 66 lines under this name, across ECO codes A40 to A79.

66 lines in the book · ECO A40 to A79 · 12,089 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Benoni Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. d4
  2. Nf6
  3. c4
  4. c5

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  2. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  3. White pawn moves from c2 to c4.
  4. Black pawn moves from c7 to c5.

Variations

Franco-Sicilian Hybrid1 lines · A40Benoni Gambit Accepted1 lines · A43Benoni Gambit1 lines · A43Benoni-Indian Defense2 lines · A43Benoni-Staunton Gambit1 lines · A43Cormorant Gambit1 lines · A43French Benoni1 lines · A43Hawk Variation1 lines · A43Old Benoni6 lines · A43 to A44Snail Variation1 lines · A43Woozle1 lines · A43Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit3 lines · A43Semi-Benoni1 lines · A44Czech Benoni Defense1 lines · A56Hromádka System1 lines · A56King's Indian System1 lines · A56Weenink Variation1 lines · A56Modern Variation2 lines · A60Fianchetto Variation4 lines · A61 to A64Knight's Tour Variation1 lines · A61Uhlmann Variation1 lines · A61King's Pawn Line9 lines · A65Mikenas Variation1 lines · A66Pawn Storm Variation1 lines · A66Taimanov Variation1 lines · A67Four Pawns Attack6 lines · A68 to A69Classical Variation13 lines · A70 to A79

Named gambits and traps

7 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 7.

Puzzles from this opening

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