Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...c5/2. d5

Old 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) rnbqkbnr/pp1ppppp/8/2pP4/8/8/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKBNR b
Moves: 1. d4 c5 2. d5

Old Benoni Defence

Theory table

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1. d4 c5 2. d5

	2	3	4	5	6
	d5 e5	e4 d6	Nc3 Be7	Nf3 Bg4	h3 Bxf3	+/=
	... Nf6	Nc3 d6	e4 g6	Nf3 Bg7	+=
	... d6	c4 g6	e4 Bg7	Bd3 b5	+=
	... g6	c4 Bg7	+=

References

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
• Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.
• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.