ECO A65: Benoni Defense
ECO A65 is part of volume A — Flank Openings.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 9 named lines under it.
The shortest is Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4.
That position has come up in 1,919,040 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.2%, 4.5% were drawn and Black won 46.3%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 |
11 |
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 |
13 |
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 |
14 |
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Be3 | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 |
15 |
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bg5 |
15 |
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Nge2 | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Nge2 |
15 |
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 |
17 |
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Bg5 | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. exd5 |
17 |
| Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, with Nge2 | 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 exd5 9. cxd5 |
17 |