Chess: Understanding the Benko Gambit Part XII

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 4 cxb5 e6 5 Nc3 exd5
6 Nxd5 Bb7 7 e4 Nxe4 8 Bc4 Bd6 9 Nf3 O-O
10 O-O a6 11 bxa6 Nxa6 12 Re1 Re8 13 Qb3 Rb8
14 Qd3 Nb4 15 Nxb4 cxb4 16 Bd5 Bxd5 17 Qxd5
17 ... Qe7 Line



For explanations of moves 1 through 3 please
refer to Chess: Understanding the Benko Gambit
Part I

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5 4 cxb5:



4 ... e6



4 ... a6
4 ... Qa5+
4 ... d6
4 ... Bb7 5 Nc3 e6 6 e4 exd5 7 exd5 d6
8 Nf3 Be7 9 Bc4 O-O 10 O-O Re8 11 Re1
11 ... Nbd7 12 Bg5 Nb6 13 b3 Qd7 14 Qd3
14 ... h6 15 Bh4.
4 ... g6 5 Nc3 a6 6 bxa6 Bxa6 7 e4 Bxf1
8 Kxf1 d6 9 Nf3 Bg7 10 g3 O-O 11 Kg2 Nbd7
12 Re1 Ng4 13 Nd2 Nge5 14 Qe2 Nb6 15 f4
15 ... Ned7 16 a4 Re8 17 a5 e6 18 dxe6
18 ... Rxe6 19 Qf3 Nf6.

5 Nc3



5 dxe6

5 ... exd5



5 ... Bb7

6 Nxd5



6 Bg5
6 e3

6 ... Bb7



7 e4



7 Nxf6+

7 ... Nxe4



7 ... Be7
7 ... a6

8 Bc4



8 Be2

8 ... Bd6



9 Nf3



9 Qg4
9 Qf3

9 ... O-O



9 ... a6

10 O-O



10 Qd3

10 ... a6



10 ... Re8

11 bxa6



11 Re1
11 b6

11 ... Nxa6



11 ... Bxa6

12 Re1



12 Qd3

12 ... Re8



13 Qb3



13 a3
13 Qc2
13 b3

13 ... Rb8



14 Qd3



14 Nc3

14 ... Nb4



15 Nxb4



15 ... cxb4



16 Bd5



16 Be3

16 ... Bxd5



16 ... Nc5

17 Qxd5



17 ... Qe7



By ChessCoach@care2.com

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