ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 3...b5 · White to move

Benko Gambit

The list files 24 lines under the name Benko Gambit, spread over three codes (A57–A59). A57 alone holds 15 of them. From the starting position of Benko Gambit, the most-travelled continuation is 4.cxb5, with 16 lines. The deepest, Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation, runs to 11.Kg2. At the end of 14 lines one side is ahead on material; 24 names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1d4Nf6
2c4c5
3d5b5

Where the lines split

Twenty-three of the 24 lines continue from 3...b5; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply.

  1. 4.cxb516
    1. 4...a616
  2. 4.Bg51
  3. 4.Nd21
  4. 4.Nf31
  5. 4.a41
  6. 4.e41
  7. 4.f31
  8. 4.g41

Codes holding Benko Gambit lines

Volume A

  1. 00
  2. 01
  3. 02
  4. 03
  5. 04
  6. 05
  7. 06
  8. 07
  9. 08
  10. 09
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. 14
  16. 15
  17. 16
  18. 17
  19. 18
  20. 19
  21. 20
  22. 21
  23. 22
  24. 23
  25. 24
  26. 25
  27. 26
  28. 27
  29. 28
  30. 29
  31. 30
  32. 31
  33. 32
  34. 33
  35. 34
  36. 35
  37. 36
  38. 37
  39. 38
  40. 39
  41. 40
  42. 41
  43. 42
  44. 43
  45. 44
  46. 45
  47. 46
  48. 47
  49. 48
  50. 49
  51. 50
  52. 51
  53. 52
  54. 53
  55. 54
  56. 55
  57. 56
  58. 57
  59. 58
  60. 59
  61. 60
  62. 61
  63. 62
  64. 63
  65. 64
  66. 65
  67. 66
  68. 67
  69. 68
  70. 69
  71. 70
  72. 71
  73. 72
  74. 73
  75. 74
  76. 75
  77. 76
  78. 77
  79. 78
  80. 79
  81. 80
  82. 81
  83. 82
  84. 83
  85. 84
  86. 85
  87. 86
  88. 87
  89. 88
  90. 89
  91. 90
  92. 91
  93. 92
  94. 93
  95. 94
  96. 95
  97. 96
  98. 97
  99. 98
  100. 99
CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
A57Benko Gambit15Benko Gambit: Nescafe Frappe Attack (15)
A58Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation5Benko Gambit Accepted: Fianchetto Variation (17)
A59Benko Gambit Accepted: Yugoslav4Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation (21)

Longest Benko Gambit lines

  1. Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation 21
  2. Benko Gambit Accepted: Fianchetto Variation 17
  3. Benko Gambit 17
  4. Benko Gambit Accepted: Yugoslav 17
  5. Benko Gambit: Nescafe Frappe Attack 15
  6. Benko Gambit: Fianchetto Variation 15
  7. Benko Gambit: Nd2 Variation 15
  8. Benko Gambit: Zaitsev Variation, Nescafe Frappe Attack 13