A61: Benoni defence

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6

Benoni defence

A61 Sub-variants:

Benoni defence
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6

Benoni, Uhlmann variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5

Benoni, Nimzovich (knight's tour) variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2

Benoni, fianchetto variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3

Overview

Games on Database:

10606

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

41.7%

29.1%

29.2%

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White
Ivan Farago	41 games
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Black
Mihai Suba	84 games
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Possible continuations:

7. e4

2914

37 %

29.5 %

33.5 %

7. Bf4

2238

46.1 %

26.2 %

27.7 %

7. Nd2

2214

46.3 %

28.8 %

24.8 %

7. g3

1473

35.4 %

32.5 %

32.2 %

7. h3

997

43.9 %

32.6 %

23.5 %

7. Bg5

657

41.2 %

26.6 %

32.1 %

7. Qa4+

99

47.5 %

27.3 %

25.3 %

7. e3

12

50 %

50 %

7. a4

2

50 %

50 %