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- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Benoni Defense: Old Benoni A43
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Benoni Defense: Old Benoni
Overview
Benoni Defense: Old Benoni is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A43.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6, after 4 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Benoni Defense: Old Benoni, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Schmid Variation.
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- ECO code
- A43
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Benoni Defense: Old Benoni
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
4,081,674 games · White 49.6% / Draw 4.5% / Black 45.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| c4 | 2,707,947 | |
| e4 | 733,185 | |
| Nc3 | 356,221 | |
| Nf3 | 155,440 | |
| Bf4 | 39,201 | |
| g3 | 26,018 | |
| Bg5 | 25,248 | |
| c3 | 10,296 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:56:06
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