A56 is the opening Benoni Defense of the volume A · Flank openings: 4 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 7 variations in the ECO table.
What the games say
2,245 games in the collections, from 1895 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2427.
White wins 44 %, draws 29 %, Black wins 27 %
Most games: Segal, Alexandru Sorin (33), Ciocaltea, Victor (29), Skembris, Spyridon (29), Jansa, Vlastimil (25), Morozevich,A (23)
All 7 variations
- Benoni Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5
- Benoni Defense: Czech Benoni Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5
- Benoni Defense: Hromádka System 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6
- Benoni Defense: King's Indian System 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.♘c3 d6 5.e4 g6
- Benoni Defense: Weenink Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.dxc5 e6
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.♘c3 ♗g7 5.♘f3 O-O 6.♗e2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O ♘c6
- Vulture Defense 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 ♘e4