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All ECO codes · A · Flank openings

A59 Benko Gambit

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1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.♘c3 ♗xa6 7.e4 ♗xf1 8.♔xf1 d6 9.g3

A59 is the opening Benko Gambit of the volume A · Flank openings: 17 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 4 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,166 games in the collections, from 1948 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2422.

White wins 39 %, draws 35 %, Black wins 26 %

Most games: Haba, Petr (19), Gyimesi, Zoltan (18), Danner, Georg (17), Horvath, Peter (15), Khalifman, Alexander (14)

All 4 variations

  1. Benko Gambit 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.♘c3 ♗xa6 7.e4 ♗xf1 8.♔xf1 d6 9.g3
  2. Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.♘c3 ♗xa6 7.♘f3 d6 8.e4 ♗xf1 9.♔xf1 ♗g7 10.g3 O-O 11.♔g2
  3. Benko Gambit Accepted: Yugoslav 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 ♗xa6 6.♘c3 d6 7.e4
  4. Benko Gambit Accepted: Yugoslav 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.♘c3 ♗xa6 7.e4 ♗xf1 8.♔xf1 d6 9.♘ge2