Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6/2. c4/2...c5/3. d5/3...e6/4. Nc3

Benoni Defence
a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkb1r/pp1p1ppp/4pn2/2pP4/2P5/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1BQKBNR b
Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3
Parent: Benoni Defence

Modern Benoni

Knight c3 to support the central pawn advance of e4.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4.Nc3

	4	5	6	7	8
Modern Benoni	Nc3 exd5	cxd5 d6	e4 g6	Nf3 Bg7	Be2 O-O	=
Czech Benoni	... d6	e4 Be7	g3 O-O	Bg2 Ne8	Nge2 Nd7	+=

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References

• Modern Chess Openings 15th ed, 2008. Nick de Firmian. Random House, New York. ISBN 0-8129-3682-5.