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ECO A79: Benoni Defense

ECO A79 is part of volume A — Flank Openings. The Lichess chess-openings dataset files one named line under it. It is Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3.

That position has come up in 3,802 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 51.3%, 5.9% were drawn and Black won 42.8%.