Benko Gambit
ECO: A59Flank Openings1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Benko Gambit
The Benko Gambit is catalogued under ECO code A59, in the Flank Openings section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Benko Gambit has 8 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Other lines of the Benko Gambit
- Benko GambitA57 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
- Benko Gambit: Mutkin CountergambitA57 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.g4
- Benko Gambit: Zaitsev SystemA57 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3
- Benko Gambit: Zaitsev Variation, Nescafe Frappe AttackA57 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5
- Benko Gambit: Fianchetto VariationA58 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.g3
- Benko Gambit: Nd2 VariationA58 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.Nd2
- Benko Gambit: Nescafe Frappe AttackA57 · 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.Nc3 axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 8.Bc4