Why Do So Many 1.D4 Players Hate Facing the Benoni Defense?
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They don't! Many strong d4 players lick their chops when Black plays the Benoni
Laskersnephew wrote:
They don't! Many strong d4 players lick their chops when Black plays the Benoni
Maybe so among GM's but not at club level. Seems whenever I play...c5 inviting the Benoni the White player refuses to play d5, accepting it.
Jun 9, 2019
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Jim1 wrote:
i exclusively play modern benoni against d4 but in online game, after 1.d4 1.nf6 there's a 50% chance that white will play 2.c4. after i insert the move 2.c5, only like 1 out of 20 plays 3.d5, most of people usually autopilot 2.nc3 and after cxd4 qxd4 nc6 qd1 i always get easy equality. in otb tournament i use modern benoni too against d4 but guess what, 100% of them play 1.e4 . even in online game, white only play d4 in 1 out of 10 games. guess my time studying benoni is wasted
Laskersnephew wrote:
They don't! Many strong d4 players lick their chops when Black plays the Benoni
Maybe so among GM's but not at club level. Seems whenever I play...c5 inviting the Benoni the White player refuses to play d5, accepting it.
Jun 10, 2019
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#26
I think duke nukem says it best
"I must become the thing I hate "
the benoni is a good option v 1 d4 , and worth looking into if you cant stand seeing it played v you
Many Modern Benoni players fear the Taimanov Variation. That is when White combines f4 with Bb5+. This line is so difficult for Black to face (especially in correspondence games of which I play a lot), Black often delays ...c5 until White plays Nf3 blocking the f4 advance. What Black does is play ...e6 first before playing ...c5. The problem is that Black may be forced into a Nimzo-Indian with ...Bb4 or some type of QGD with an early Nc3 played by White.
ANOK1 wrote:
I think duke nukem says it best
"I must become the thing I hate "
the benoni is a good option v 1 d4 , and worth looking into if you cant stand seeing it played v you
RANDY.........Randyyyyyyyyy (whispers Mr. Lahey) I AM the Benoni
Quote from a lower rated player on facing my Benoni: "Grrr..I hate the Benoni! Hate the Benoni! Woof! Snarl! Grrr…" (said after losing to it for the 4th time in a row )
I guess it's because they learn lots of theory on the QGD and King's Indian, and then they get faced with the Benoni.... Kind of like the White players who learn tons of theory in the Najdorf and the Dragon, only to see 1....a6!
yay, so the moral of your story could be, study more randomly, or don't study ? ! D