ECO A56: Benoni Defense, Vulture Defense & more
ECO A56 is part of volume A, Flank Openings.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 7 named lines under it, from 3 different openings.
The shortest is Benoni Defense:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5.
That position has come up in 9,802,565 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 45.2%, 5.6% were drawn and Black won 49.2%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benoni Defense | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 |
9.8M | 2 moves |
| Benoni Defense: Czech Benoni Defense | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 |
396K | 3 moves |
| Benoni Defense: Hromádka System | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 |
1.4M | 3 moves |
| Benoni Defense: Weenink Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 e6 |
115K | 3 moves |
| Vulture Defense | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Ne4 |
64K | 3 moves |
| Benoni Defense: King's Indian System | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 |
66K | 5 moves |
| Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6 |
94K | 8 moves |