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Benoni Position - Should Black be Greedy?

Submitted by greams on January 8, 2013 5:56 AM.

Recently, I have been having fun playing around with different d4 opening strategies as white. Playing against a friend of mine, the game quickly moved into the Modern Benoni Opening Line. Luckily, I have studied this a few times. After several moves...Read more »

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