Famous benko gambit games

The game Taimanov - Bronstein, which I mentioned, too , popularized the whole idea much more than any other game. S: I am a FIDE elo player only, so you might not take my persistence as serious, or even annoying Forums Chess Openings.

Apr 12, 0. Apr 13, 0. I believe magnus carlsen played it in a game recently and I will try and find that for you. Apr 15, 0. Also Geller played this sacrifice - with opposite colours! Nf3 d5, 2.

Bg2 Nc6, 5. Qa4 Nf6, Well, in all these examples, the opponent had previously already weakened his position NM TheOldReb. Mandelshtam I do not think the Benko gambit is "wrongly" named as you say. That is what I play against the Benko. A good response indeed. The west just did not read or translate russian literature until the seventieth.

Mandelshtam P. Ruy Lopez deserves the name, since we don't put in question our holy forfathers! How did they play and understand so well chess at that time, anyway? Does it really matter? The point is, the WEST has ignored that chess literature too long.

Yes, whatever This game was analyzed on chess. Apr 16, 0. FM Eric Schiller relates the following: All - On the name of the gambit, Pal Benko himself has the clearest view from a Yahoo group discussion : "It is hardly possible to state precisely who first adopted the gambit. Gnawvous wrote: FM Eric Schiller relates the following: All - On the name of the gambit, Pal Benko himself has the clearest view from a Yahoo group discussion : "It is hardly possible to state precisely who first adopted the gambit.

Best Regards: Pal Benko A great addition to this thread and one which should end the debate! It also deals with Blumenfeld, and other gambit versions with e6. Moreover, many soviet chess periodica: as "64", "shachmatny bulletin", "shachmaty", contain lots of analysis of games and of positions of the Volga-gambit.

The gambit was known in the east and analysed as well, there. Let's not turn it into a fight Ok, what GM has played the "benko gambit" more than Benko himself has? At least in the west it was Pal Benko, more than any other, that through his own games, and book, did indeed bring attention to the gambit and made it popular. The book of his includes 20 of his games and he may have played it even more, I dont know.

Benko himself wanted to call it the benoni counter gambit. Log In or Join. Forums Hot Topics. Most Recent. Is there anyone from Mexico? TachiC09 7 min ago. Bishop or Knight: Which is more valuable? SeanTheSunshin3 11 min ago. Alternatives to Chess Position Trainer? Ladyhawke79 14 min ago. Etiquette Question Sred 22 min ago. Membership aRmazon 22 min ago. What are the rules on Aborting games? Sred 26 min ago. He wrote a book on the Benko Gambit that was published in , where he explained the main ideas behind the opening.

Also, Benko played two times in the Candidates tournament 8 contenders for the challenger of the world champion , in and in There is a famous episode that happened in That year, he qualified for the Interzonal tournament but gave up his spot to Robert Fischer, and then, later on, Fischer went on to win it, and in , as everyone knows the title of world champion. I have been playing play this fantastic opening since , which makes it 26 years. And I tried to do my best to put my knowledge and experience in this opening, at your disposal, in this 10 videos series.

This series is not your typical course about an opening, with lots of opening variations, subvariations, and tons of theory. This course is different. I show the most essential strategical and tactical ideas, for you to learn, and to add them to your "Weapons Arsenal" for the Volga-Benko Gambit. Of course, this means that you would also need to learn some theory as well before you start to play this fantastic opening, but today that is not a hard task: there are many sources where you can find that.

We know that this course will be instructive and useful for you and we hope that you enjoy studying and playing the Volga-Benko Gambit! Nf3 d5 2. If Benko Gambit works with black it can give an easy to play positions with white! You can read the article on how to prepare openings here. It will enhance your positional understanding and make you comfortable with playing middlegame and endgame a pawn down! Akhilesh Nagare is an Indian Chess Player. He plays tournaments regularly and has a playing experience of over 10 years.

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Skip to content. Gambit for Initiative — The player giving a pawn gambit has to be precise with the following sequence of moves as the initiative evaporates quickly. Gambit for long term compensation — The gambits for long term compensation are very few, but they do bring interesting positions and concepts. The start of the Benko Gambit! Mover order of Benko gambit — 1. Nc3 Bxa6 from here white has mainly two approaches, either to go for the main line or to fianchetto the light squared bishop A 7.

Nf3 7. Kxf1 d6 9. Kg2 Nge2 Nbd7 Qc2 Qa5 Rb1 Rfb8. Here Black completes his development and shows his intentions of creating play on the queenside.

With the Dark Bishop aiming till a1 and Queen and two Rooks on the queenside, the white pawns on a2 and b2 are clear targets.