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Volume A · Flank openings‹ A59A61 ›
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Reference position · White to move

A60 Benoni Defense: Modern Variation

A60 holds two named lines, all under the name Benoni Defense. It leaves A56 (Benoni Defense) with 3.d5 e6. Lines of 11 other codes continue from its position, the second-widest spread of the 23 Benoni Defense codes. At six plies, its reference line is the fourth-shortest of the 23 Benoni Defense codes.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4c5
3d5e6

The move that completes A60

The reference line of A65 plays all of these moves and continues beyond them; A60 is the position reached at 3...e6.

  1. 3...e6 The e-pawn advances to e6, covering d5 and f5, opening a line for the queen on d8 and the bishop on f8.

Lines filed under A60

Both share their first six plies, the whole reference line.

NameAfter the shared startPlies
Benoni Defense: Modern Variation(the shared start itself)6
Benoni Defense: Modern Variation, Snake Variation4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 Bd610

Benoni Defense: Modern Variation, Snake Variation

  1. 4.Nc3 The knight leaves b1 for c3, opening a line for the rook on a1.
  2. 4...exd5 The e-pawn takes the pawn on d5, covering c4 and e4.
  3. 5.cxd5 The c-pawn takes the pawn on d5, covering c6 and e6.
  4. 5...Bd6 The bishop leaves f8 for d6, opening a line for the rook on h8.

The road to A60

  1. 1.d4 … 1...Nf6two earlier stops: A40, A45
  2. 2.c4A50 Normal Variation
  3. 2...c5A56 Benoni Defense
  4. 3...e6A60

The position after 3...e6

Black has brought out the knight on f6; White has not yet moved a knight or bishop. White could capture with dxe6. White is to move and has 31 legal moves.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3939Minor pieces developed01Moves spent on pawns32Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e510Squares attacked in the other half64not castlednot castled

Codes that branch off from A60

The reference lines of one other code leave A60 from the position after 3...e6, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
A654.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4Benoni Defense: King’s Pawn Line

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A32English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defensefour squares: g1, d4, c5, d5
A57Benko Gambitfour squares: b5, e6, b7, e7
A13English Opening: Agincourt Defensesix squares: d2, c5, d5, f6, c7, g8
A15English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defensesix squares: d2, c5, d5, e6, c7, e7
A17English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog Systemsix squares: b1, d2, c3, c5, d5, c7
A19English Opening: Mikenas-Carls, Siciliansix squares: b1, d2, e2, c3, e4, d5
A30English Opening: Symmetrical Variationsix squares: d2, d5, e6, f6, e7, g8

Where lines continue from here

Besides the codes above, they belong to A66, A67, A68, A69, A72, A73, A74, A76, A77, A79.

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