page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 907  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Szabo vs E R Lundin 0-1 44 1948 Saltsjobaden A58 Benko Gambit 2. Golombek vs J Sefc 0-1 33 1949 Trencianske Teplice A58 Benko Gambit 3. Korchnoi vs Gurgenidze 1-0 30 1957 Moscow A58 Benko Gambit 4. Gligoric vs Udovcic   1-0 52 1957 YUG-ch A58 Benko Gambit 5. Gligoric vs Kozomara   1-0 39 1961 Belgrade op A58 Benko Gambit 6. Gligoric vs F Van Seters   1-0 38 1962 Hastings 6263 A58 Benko Gambit 7. Szabo vs Kozomara   1-0 40 1963 Sarajevo A58 Benko Gambit 8. L Lengyel vs I Bilek   ½-½ 23 1965 Budapest (Hungary) A58 Benko Gambit 9. Timman vs G Svensson   ½-½ 41 1966 Groningen Ech-jr pre A58 Benko Gambit 10. M Vukic vs Benko 0-1 39 1967 Sarajevo It A58 Benko Gambit 11. A J Whiteley vs J T Farrand   1-0 42 1968 BCF-ch A58 Benko Gambit 12. S Tatai vs Browne   ½-½ 25 1970 Malaga (Spain) A58 Benko Gambit 13. Ivkov vs Browne   1-0 34 1970 Rovinj/Zagreb (Croatia) A58 Benko Gambit 14. P Lorinczi vs Browne   0-1 32 1970 Olympiad A58 Benko Gambit 15. G Forintos vs Browne 1-0 39 1970 Skopje (Yugoslavia) A58 Benko Gambit 16. Gligoric vs Browne   ½-½ 65 1970 Skopje/Krusevo/Ohrid (Yugoslavia) A58 Benko Gambit 17. Hort vs E Jimenez-Zerguera   ½-½ 42 1970 Palma de Mallorca A58 Benko Gambit 18. Mecking vs Szabo   0-1 50 1970 Buenos Aires A58 Benko Gambit 19. Najdorf vs S Garcia-Martinez   ½-½ 34 1970 Siegen olm A58 Benko Gambit 20. O'Kelly vs R Toran Albero   1-0 31 1970 Espana A58 Benko Gambit 21. Szabo vs R Toran Albero   ½-½ 14 1970 EU-chT Kapfenberg A58 Benko Gambit 22. Taimanov vs Benko 1-0 58 1970 Wijk aan Zee A58 Benko Gambit 23. Yanofsky vs Gheorghiu   0-1 56 1970 Siegen A58 Benko Gambit 24. G Villarroel vs Benko   0-1 40 1970 Caracas it A58 Benko Gambit 25. Antoshin vs M Mihaljcisin   ½-½ 72 1970 Sarajevo A58 Benko Gambit  page 1 of 37; games 1-25 of 907    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jul-10-05    Knight13: I don't think this opening is good for Black because of the passed pawns on the Queen side White's gonna have later on. Aug-20-05    12929011: But he can have both his rooks bearing down on them. Jan-30-06    midknightblue: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6! Benko Gambit, epishin variation. The excellent book "the Benko Gambit" by Jan Pinski discusses this line. Pinski covers 11. b4!?, 11. 0-0, and 11. Nh4 and 11 b3. Review of the database seems to show a lot of GM's play b3, and white does very well. Any thoughts on how black should deal with 11. b3, and is it really as strong as the database here suggests? Pinski favors 11...Bc8! Apr-13-06    Shajmaty: <Knight13>: "I don't think this opening is good for Black because of the passed pawns on the Queen side White's gonna have later on." It's highly probable that White won't still have those two pawns after move -let's say- 35 or 40. The Volga/Benkö is definitely one of the best choices for Black when facing 1. d4. Jun-04-06    Shajmaty: <midknightblue: Review of the database seems to show a lot of GM's play b3, and white does very well. Any thoughts on how black should deal with 11. b3, and is it really as strong as the database here suggests? Pinski favors 11...Bc8!> Yes, 11. b3, Bc8 seems to be O.K., although 12. Nh4 has shown good results for White. I should also try 11...Ra7 planning Qa8.

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