Playing a gambit positionally: the Benko gambit

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I find the Benko gambit very interesting because as opposed to most gambits, you are not looking for  an immediate attack, but rather a long term positional pressure on White's shoulders.

I am sharing the main ideas of this opening here:

The only "problem" is that White is not forced to give the pawn up actually happy.png

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Some background about this gambit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benko_Gambit