Article: 3112 of rec.games.chess.analysis Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.analysis Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (D.Regis) Subject: [Bashing the Benoni] Message-ID: Organization: University of Exeter, UK. References: Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 13:19:56 GMT In article "J. Kroll" writes: > >There was a discussion about the more difficult defence to 1 d4 recently >and everyone seemed to recomend the benoni... I missed these posts but word is on the street that the Modern Benoni is suspect at the moment, at least in its main line: the Taimanov or Bishop Check variation is doing rather well. (A67 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 ed5 5. cd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5 with 9. a4) Lev Psakhis in "The Complete Benoni" says he will ONLY play the Benoni against 2./3. Nf3, so the Benoni is advisable on combination with another line like the Budapest or King's Indian. Kasparov,Gary - Nunn,J Luzern (9), 1982 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 Na6 10.Nf3 Nb4 11.0-0 a6 12.Bxd7+ Bxd7 13.f5 0-0 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bf4 gxf5 16.Bxd6 Bxa4 17.Rxa4 Qxd6 18.Nh4 fxe4 19.Nf5 Qd7 20.Nxe4 Kh8 21.Nxc5 1-0 >From an Exeter match: Peter Lane - Einar Einarsson (1995) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 a mistake, said Peter 11. O-O Na6 12. f5! An unobvious move - Agust queried it, but Peter knew it was a winner. 12... Nb4 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. f6 Bf8 15. Qd2 Qd8 16. Bh6 Qxf6 17. e5 17... Rxe5 [17... dxe5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne4] 18. Nxe5 Bxh6 19. Rxf6 Bxd2 20. Nxd7 a6 21. Nb6 1-0 -- May your pieces harmonise with your Pawn structure and your sacrifices be sound in all variations D _ / "()/~ Dave Regis &8^D* WWW: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/chess.html || \_/| = DrDave on BICS ~\ / "...what else exists in the world but chess?" _|||__SHEU: ~/sheu.html -- NABOKOV From info!dregis Thu Sep 12 09:18:53 BST 1996