in the benko accepted (cxb a6 bxa) the idea is to sac a pawn in exchange for exellent piece activity and pressure on the queen side. black will castle king side and fiancetto his dark squared bishop and bring his heavy pieces to the a and b file. the exchange of the light squared bishops is a common theme.
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thank you Moyuba
Here is a layout of all the main variations, be sure to read the notes and look at the variations.
Blacks plans following most of these variations are as Moyuba said, 0-0 and bring heavy pieces to the a and b to put pressure on whites queenside.
Blacks plans following most of these variations are as Moyuba said, 0-0 and bring heavy pieces to the a and b to put pressure on whites queenside.
The only problem with the benko gambit is that, it can be declined, which is not so good for black. Oh sorry, I did not want a puzzle, just click on solution.
You're basically giving white a free candidate passed pawn, although the advanced d5 pawn should be a target of attack for black if enough pieces are traded off. Maybe there's more to the opening than meets the eye, but I mostly see white having an excellent endgame.
xxvalakixx wrote:
The only problem with the benko gambit is that, it can be declined, which is not so good for black. Oh sorry, I did not want a puzzle, just click on solution.
The declined line isnt a big problem for black, b6 is a serious try for an advantage for white, but not more so than the kingwalk or the fianchetto variation I outlined in the above board.
ScorpionPackAttack wrote:
You're basically giving white a free candidate passed pawn, although the advanced d5 pawn should be a target of attack for black if enough pieces are traded off. Maybe there's more to the opening than meets the eye, but I mostly see white having an excellent endgame.
Its not free though, blck gets excellent piece play and huge pressure down the a and b files which has been shown to last into the endgame.
At our level I guarentee you that 90% of the time you will quickly win that pawn back, theres all kinds of threats and people just drop their a and b pawns to simple tactics. OTB due to extra pressure this can be even more difficult.
I began looking into the benko originally after a game against a 1600 rater OTB, i had to fight tooth and nail to win, and only after a very deeply calculated pawn sacrifice (possibly the best OTB move ive ever made) let me pull a win. I was on my backfoot the whole game struggling while life seemed so easy for black.
So yes, theres much more than 'meets the eye'.
I've started this forum, because I want to see the black's main ideas and variations at benko gambit
Can you help me ?