Benko gambit

Usually the Benko Gambit is not to be taken lightly.

The opening position can also be reached via the Benko Gambit (1.

The Benko Gambit is often played by strong players, and is very popular at lower levels.

Having similar ideas to the Benko Gambit, this b5 push remains uncharted.

The Benko Gambit is an opening he plays as Black on a regular basis.

Vaitonis may have been the first player to use what is now called the Benko Gambit (1.

The name Benko Gambit stuck and is particularly used in English-speaking countries.

A well-known example is the Benko Gambit:

The Benko Gambit Variation that begins with 5 Nc3!?

A variation of the Benko Gambit is named the Epishin Variation after him (1.

This tactic is often seen in the Evans Gambit, and gives the Benko Gambit much of its bite.

Earlier in his career he experimented with the Benko Gambit and Pirc Defence, but as of 2003 these have fallen out of his repertoire.

The Benko Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defense arising after:

Miles's 3 . . . b5 is an adventurous sideline of the Benoni Defense that resembles an incipient Benko Gambit.

The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) has three codes for the Benko Gambit:

This Olympiad was the first major success for the Benko Gambit, named after Hungarian-American master Pal Benko.

The Blumenfeld Gambit (or Countergambit) bears a superficial but misleading resemblance to the Benko Gambit, as Black's goals are very different.

Dzindzichashvili wisely refrained from playing 5 d5 because Fedorowicz has just finished a book on the Benko Gambit, which could come about with 5 . . . b5!?

Kuzmin - Alburt, USSR 1971, Benko Gambit, 1-0 White bravely crashes on with his kingside pawnstorm while his Queenside crumbles.

West unexpectedly won the 1984/85 Australian Open Chess Championship in Ballarat, where American Grandmaster Pal Benko (of Benko Gambit fame) was top seed.

Against the Ruy Lopez, there is the Marshall Gambit and the Schliemann Gambit, and on the queenside there is the Benko Gambit - all currently thriving.

That Black need not defend conservatively against 1 d4 is shown by the overall success of the Benko Gambit, in which Black gives up a pawn to take away White's prerogative of attack.

Beginning in the late 1960s, this opening idea was also promoted by Pal Benko, a Hungarian-American Grandmaster, who provided many new suggestions and published his book The Benko Gambit in 1974.

Mark Bluvshtein vs Ildar Khairullin, World Youth Championship, Boys' Under 18 Group, Belfort 2005, Benko Gambit, Fianchetto Variation (A58), 1-0 Another sharp opening is dealt with in fine fashion.

For example Black obtains active play in return for a pawn in the Benko Gambit; amateur players may have trouble defending against Black's activity, while masters are more skilled at defending and making use of the extra pawn.