Exeter Chess Club: Steve Martinson on Modern Benoni

Modern Benoni

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6

 

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Goals for White:

enjoys spatial freedom; should target d6 to weaken chain and possibly create a passed Pawn; may be forced in the middle game to weaken castled King's position with a King's-side majority Pawn storm

Goals for Black:

Queen's-side Pawn majority will break with ...b5; pressure on open e-file; d6 is backward but important in holding Pawn chain; King's Bishop goes to g7

Common continuations:

6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8

Classical Main Line

 

6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3

 

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Main line with Bg5

 

6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7

 

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Mikenas Attack

 

6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O

 

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Fianchetto Variation

 

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