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Benko Gambit

Course 49 episodes
(3 hours 27 min)

Creators GM Avetik Grigoryan

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Why the Benko Gambit against 1.d4?

With a simple question, our Grandmaster team stumbled on this opening. The question they asked was this:

"Against 1.d4 which opening is the easiest to learn, easiest to play, and most unpleasant for White?"

The Benko Gambit fit the bill perfectly! The theory is simple to remember and Black has a clear plan of deploying their pieces...

And even if Black gambits a pawn, they always get active play along the Queenside, giving them more than enough compensation.

For these reasons, many GMs even avoid accepting this gambit, especially in blitz games.

Below are positions taken from the course:

Benko Gambit

Learning the Benko Gambit will give you a better understanding of the importance of active pieces, open and half-open lines and the strength of g7-bishop that occurs from many openings.
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What you'll learn

A full repertoire to play the Benko Gambit, covering all crucial variations and sidelines, move-by-move.
How to play with a pawn deficit but happy pieces.
The main idea behind the Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)
How to grab the initiative with Black?
How to counter White's 3rd move alternatives in this opening instead of 3.d5.
The power of happy pieces — how a Bishop on a long diagonal and Rooks on open files can stifle the enemy’s position.
A strategy where Black offers to exchange Queens and go into an endgame, despite having less material!
Model games to help you understand the Benko Gambit better and more.

Course Content

49
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3 hours 27 min

1. Why Benko Gambit?

Unlocked 1m 43s

2. Introduction to Benko Gambit

Unlocked 4m 32s

1. Introduction to the main line with 7.e4

Unlocked 2m 57s

2. Game 1: Gavrilov - Andreikin

Unlocked 5m 21s

3. Game 2: Karpov - Salov

Unlocked 3m 27s

4. Game 3: Postl - Bischoff

Unlocked 2m 50s

5. Game 4: Rustemov - Tregubov

Unlocked 1m 46s

6. White's plans

Unlocked 2m 54s

Unlocked 10m 38s

Unlocked 2m 30s

10. Review of the main line with e4

11. 5...g6 tricky move

Unlocked 2m 42s

1. Introduction to g3 line

2. Game 1: Van der Sterren P. - Adams M.

3. Game 2: Gordon E. - Jianu V.

4. Game 3: Duessel U. - Iturrizaga E.

5. Theory of the main line g3

7. Again we have g6 tricky move

1. Introduction to 5.e3 line

4. Kukaro24 - Lucky_Billy

5. Review of e3 line

1. Introduction to the 4th section

3. 5.Nc3 Romantic lines instead of the simple one

6. Game 1: Lorens - Lucky_Billy

7. Game 2: Lorens - Lucky_Billy

1. Introduction to the 5th section

3. Game 1: Bebitoto - Lucky_Billy

4. Game 2: Bebitoto - Lucky_Billy

1. 3.rd rare moves

1. Harutunian T. - Gabuzyan H. (10+5)

1. Review of Benko Gambit

1. Introduction to Advanced Section

1. Modern Benko Gambit

2. The Nb6 trick in g3 line

3. The idea of Black

4. The 1st Problem of Modern Benko

5. The 2nd and the biggest problem of Modern Benko

6. Conclusion of Modern Benko

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