page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,016  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Carlos Torre vs Alekhine ½-½ 14 1925 Baden Baden A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 2. Alekhine vs Saemisch 1-0 52 1925 Baden Baden A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 3. Rubinstein vs Spielmann 1-0 39 1925 Marienbad A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 4. Alekhine vs L Pruss 0-1 39 1926 Rosario A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 5. Colle vs Euwe   ½-½ 23 1926 Weston A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 6. Przepiorka vs Spielmann 1-0 30 1926 Munich A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 7. O Antze vs Von Gottschall   ½-½ 70 1926 Hannover A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 8. W Fairhurst vs Reti   ½-½ 56 1927 London A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 9. G Machate vs Spielmann   0-1 28 1927 25. DSB Kongress A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 10. A Cheron vs Tarrasch   ½-½ 22 1927 1st olm final A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 11. Reti vs R Grau 1-0 17 1927 1st olm final A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 12. Tartakower vs G Norman 1-0 28 1927 Hastings 1927/28 A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 13. Alekhine vs A Fletcher 1-0 32 1928 London A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 14. Rubinstein vs Tarrasch 1-0 37 1928 Berlin A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 15. G A Thomas vs Euwe 0-1 37 1929 Karlsbad A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 16. Menchik vs E Canal   0-1 57 1929 Karlsbad A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 17. Menchik vs Rubinstein 0-1 30 1929 Karlsbad A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 18. Capablanca vs R Rey Ardid 1-0 21 1929 Barcelona Int. Tournament A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 19. Capablanca vs J Torres Caravaca 1-0 18 1929 Barcelona Int. Tournament A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 20. J Rejfir vs F J Prokop   ½-½ 24 1930 Mnichovo Hradiste A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 21. I V Rohacek vs Bogoljubov   0-1 31 1932 Bad Sliac A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 22. Flohr vs Euwe   ½-½ 15 1932 Amsterdam/Karlsbad m ;HCL 28 A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 23. Flohr vs J Engel   1-0 40 1932 Sliac (Slovakia) A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 24. Dake vs H Mueller 1-0 21 1933 Olympiad A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 25. Denker vs R Levenstein   1-0 25 1933 New York A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation  page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,016    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Oct-22-03    Bears092: This position usually comes up when white avoids a Benko/Benoni (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3). In fact, thats the only way I've played it. Feb-13-04    marcus13: Yes you are write I use it a lot because i hate the benko gambit. It is a good way to avoid this opening. But in same time you avoid the Benoni that i think is favorable to white. Some1 say if god would play god on benoni white would always win. Jul-02-04    rochade18: White isn't forced to play d5 which would lead to a Benoni game. It can be transposed to a (semi-)Tarrasch! Jul-02-04    Cornwallis: Whoa <marcus>! Is the Benoni really that bad? I have some great scores using it. And "always"? I don't think so. Jul-02-04    dac1990: This is by far the most even opening I've seen-- there's only a 0.8% difference in white-black win percentages. Dec-11-04    tacticsjokerxxx: C.h.o.d Alexander said that he thinks that if god played against god in the benoni, white would win, but.. we're only human. and amongst us. black wins. Nov-13-05    DutchDunce: This is my mainstay against the Benoni-type openings. Just on principle I refuse to move my d4-pawn twice in the first 3-4 moves. In the past I tried dxc5 but that usually works in Black's favor. May-27-06    PaulKeres: I've got to this via the English by 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d4 as black, but I have also got to this through the A56 Benoni, anti-Benko route. You can also transpose fairly easily into an Open Sicilian if White plays an eventually e2-e4 (usually after Nc3), and it can start to look a bit like a Marcozy bind (especially if Black Kside fianchettoes). Oct-24-06    soughzin: Speaking of sicilian transpositions. If 1.d4 c5 2.e4! white gets into the sicilian, Not just the smith morra since after 2...cxd 3.Nf3 black can't keep the pawn. I'm trying to learn some benoni and I really wouldn't enjoy playing against a maroczy bind position. Is there a good way to avoid this PaulKeres? I guess a QGD approach is easiest if you want to avoid pure english stuff, or a more system defense like the dutch,KID,hedgehog...but I don't play the QGD and don't enjoy it lol so that doesn't help me. Oct-25-06    refutor: <soughzin> Morphy was able to play that move order v. Sicilian but nowadays 3. ...a6 is strong in that line as after 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5! and after 6.Nf3/Nb3 Bb4 is strong Oct-25-06    soughzin: Interesting. I've seen in played that way from white from Alex Lenderman recently. 3...a6 looks nice but if someone goes into the game looking for an old benoni and they don't play the sicilian there is practically no chance they will punish white's move order. Then again if white started out with d4 maybe they won't know the ins and outs of the sicilian anyway. Sounds like a good way to avoid playing 25 moves of theory: tell every player they can only study one white first move and two black defenses for a year, then the day of the big tournament announce they have to play the opposite heh. Aug-01-08    Silverstrike: A fairly instructive loss of mine in this opening: White: Jonathan Lennox (2136) Black: Julius Schwartz (1679) October 21st 2007 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 e5 8.Ndb5 Na6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd6+ Ke7 12.0-0-0 Rd8 13.Nxc8+ Raxc8 14.Rxd8 Kxd8 15.e4 Nc5 16.Kb1 (My opponent offered a draw) 16...Ne6 17.g3 h5 (missing the point of 17.g3) 18.Bh3 (I lose my knight, and my opponent establishes his unchallenged on d5) 18...Rc6 19.Bxe6 Rxe6 20.Rd1+ Kc8 21.Nd5 g6 22.Rc1+ Rc6 23.Nxf6 Resigns Mar-22-09    refutor: here's a nice sharp line as mentioned by <an englishman> on the A20 page 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5!? click for larger view kasparov (among others) has played this...a nice sharp line for those black players looking to play the benoni/benko and white not being cooperative :)

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