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 | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Benko Gambit | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 |
6 |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Bishop Attack | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 |
7 |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Hjørring Countergambit | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. e4 |
7 |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Main Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 |
7 |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Sämisch | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. f3 |
7 |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Quiet Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2 |
7 |
| Benko Gambit Declined: Sosonko Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. a4 |
7 |
| Benko Gambit: Mutkin Countergambit | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. g4 |
7 |
| Benko Gambit Accepted | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 |
8 |
| Benko Gambit Accepted: Dlugy Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 |
9 |
| Benko Gambit Accepted: Modern Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 |
9 |
| Benko Gambit Accepted: Pawn Return Variation | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 |
9 |
| Benko Gambit: Zaitsev System | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 |
9 |
| 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 |
13 |
| 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 |
15 |