ECO A57: Benko Gambit Declined, Benko Gambit & more
ECO A57 is part of volume A, Flank Openings.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 15 named lines under it, from 3 different openings.
The shortest is Benko Gambit:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5.
That position has come up in 4,226,732 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 44.2%, 5.6% were drawn and Black won 50.2%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benko Gambit | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 |
4.2M | 3 moves |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Bishop Attack | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 |
34K | 4 moves |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Hjørring Countergambit | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. e4 |
21K | 4 moves |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Main Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 |
195K | 4 moves |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Sämisch | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 |
35K | 4 moves |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Quiet Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 |
65K | 4 moves |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Sosonko Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 |
61K | 4 moves |
| Benko Gambit: Mutkin Countergambit | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. g4 |
815 | 4 moves |
| Benko Gambit Accepted | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 |
2.3M | 4 moves |
| Benko Gambit Accepted: Dlugy Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 |
70K | 5 moves |
| Benko Gambit Accepted: Modern Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 |
294K | 5 moves |
| Benko Gambit Accepted: Pawn Return Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 |
350K | 5 moves |
| Benko Gambit: Zaitsev System | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 |
474K | 5 moves |
| Benko Gambit: Zaitsev Variation, Nescafe Frappe Attack | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 |
42K | 7 moves |
| Benko Gambit: Nescafe Frappe Attack | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bc4 |
10K | 8 moves |