Benko gambit (alternative) when white goes 2 Nf3?
Thank you for the reply, IMBacon. If Nf3 comes on move 3, then I agree with the line you posted. However, Nf3 can come on move 2, and then then c-pawn isn't out yet to do the cxd4 business. In the position screenshotted, white didn't just play 3 Nf3 to guard the d-pawn, but rather black had just played 3 ... c5 trying to achieve a Benko (with it being white's move now, not black's).
3 Nf3 doesn't give me trouble, but 2 Nf3 does.
Thank you for the reply, IMBacon. If Nf3 comes on move 3, then I agree with the line you posted. However, Nf3 can come on move 2, and then then c-pawn isn't out yet to do the cxd4 business. In the position screenshotted, white didn't just play 3 Nf3 to guard the d-pawn, but rather black had just played 3 ... c5 trying to achieve a Benko (with it being white's move now, not black's).
3 Nf3 doesn't give me trouble, but 2 Nf3 does.
The Benko gambit is my favorite opening with black against d4. However, sometimes I don't know what to do when white goes 2 Nf3, rather than 2 c4. A lot of times, white does actually still play c4 on move 3, but if I continue with 3 ... c5, trying to transpose, that approach doesn't seem so effective. (White to move in the image below.)
First, white might not respond with 4 d5; they might play something like 4 Nc3, avoiding your intention even getting a Benko-like setup. When looking at the game database, 4 Nc3 is in fact more common than 4 d5.
So this makes me think that 3 ... c5 just isn't a good way to go in such settings. Then what should a Benko player do in such settings? Just change the opening system entirely and play Grunfeld/KID? What do other Benko players do in such situations?