strange opening

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5th March 2008, 08:43am
#1
by duskwalker
Wilmington NC United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 23

I am a 1. c4 player most of the time, and lately I ran across this unusual opening. Does this position/opening have a name?


5th March 2008, 09:09am
#2
by sstteevveenn
Wales United Kingdom
Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 1176
That isnt the queens gambit.  It's the benoni defense (transposed).  b5 doesnt have a name.  I dont think it's very good.  You can just take the pawn and have a good position, a pawn up. 
5th March 2008, 09:10am
#3
by mxdplay4
mids UK England
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 697

Thats an attempted transposition to the Benko Gambit I would say. 

(If you play 3. d5 Nf6)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5


5th March 2008, 06:51pm
#4
by BasicLvrCH8r
Burlington, VT United States
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 1159
d4 is a bad move. c5 isn't the queen's gambit. It's the symmetric variation.
7th March 2008, 01:34pm
#5
by duskwalker
Wilmington NC United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 23
The comments are one move ahead of the actual move. Why is d4 bad? I usually win with that gambit.
7th March 2008, 01:40pm
#6
by fischer
Iceland
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 440
Just because you win a game with a particular move doesn't mean that the move itself was a good one.
 

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