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a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
Reference position · White to move

A76 Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense

A76 holds a single named line. It leaves A73 (Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line) with 9...Re8. White, to move in that position, has 37 legal moves, the fifth-highest count of the 23 Benoni Defense codes. Lines filed under A78 reach its named position by a different move order. Both kings have castled by the end of the reference line, White on move 9 and Black on move 8.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4c5
3d5e6
4Nc3exd5
5cxd5d6
6e4g6
7Nf3Bg7
8Be2O-O
9O-ORe8

The move that completes A76

The reference line of A77 plays all of these moves and continues beyond them; A76 is the position reached at 9...Re8.

  1. 9...Re8 The rook goes from f8 to e8.

The road to A76

Two of the ten named positions on the way are reached by a move order other than their own.

  1. 1.d4 … 8.Be2eight earlier stops: A40, A45, A50, A56, A60, A65, A70
  2. 8...O-OA72 Classical Variation
  3. 9.O-OA73 Main Line
  4. 9...Re8A76

The position after 9...Re8

White has brought out the knight on c3, knight on f3 and bishop on e2; Black the knight on f6 and bishop on g7. White has a half-open c-file; Black a half-open e-file.

WhiteBlackMaterial (pawn units)3838Minor pieces developed32Moves spent on pawns55Pawns on d4, e4, d5, e520Squares attacked in the other half95castled kingside, move 9castled kingside, move 8

Codes that branch off from A76

The reference lines of one other code leave A76 from the position after 9...Re8, each with its own moves.

CodeMovesReference line
A7710.Nd2Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense, Tal Line

Closest boards in other codes

CodeLineDiffers on
A78Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defensefour squares: d2, f3, a6, b8
A79Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defensefive squares: d2, f2, f3, a6, b8
A69Benoni Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Linesix squares: e1, f1, g1, h1, f2, f4
A72Benoni Defense: Classical Variationsix squares: e1, f1, g1, h1, e8, f8
A74Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Full Linesix squares: a2, a4, a6, a7, e8, f8
A63Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Hastings Defenseeight squares: e2, g2, g3, e4, d7, b8, e8, f8
A75Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Argentine Counterattackeight squares: a2, a4, g4, a6, a7, c8, e8, f8

Where lines continue from here

Four named lines filed under other codes pass through the position after 9...Re8. Besides the codes above, they belong to A78, A79.

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Other move orders

  • Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense is also reached inside A78 Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense, whose order is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8.

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