The Dynamic Benko Gambit, A Complete Repertoire for Black
The Benko Gambit is a great opening for those who like active play.
Black sacrifices a pawn in order to activate his pieces on the queenside, and generally gains enduting pressure. It has been played by recent world champions like Veselin Topalov, Vishy Anand and Garry Kasparov, and is a popular choice with amateurs all over the world.
Grandmaster Sergey Kasparov, who has extensive experience with the Benko, presents a complete repertoire for Black, with many new ideas and improvements on existing theory. This book is accessible for the average club player but stronger players, too, will learn many things they didn't know.
content:
007 Introduction
015 History of the opening
017 Nuances of the First Moves
021 PART I - Main Lines
022 Chapter 1 - The Fianchetto Bg2
024 Section 1 - 9.Nf3
025 The Line 9...Nbd7
056 The Border Line 9...Nfd7
071 The Line 9...0-0
073 Section 2 - 9.Nh3
077 Chapter 2 - The Wandering King
077 Section 1 - King goes to h2
083 Section 2 - King goes to g2
084 The Preventive h2-h3
099 Saving Time
109 Section 3 - King’s Knight to e2
111 Section 4 - The Idea g2-g4
114 Chapter 3 - The Languid Variation
115 Section 1 - The Early ...e7-e6
119 Section 2 - The Typical Volga Structure
140 Chapter 4 - The Sämisch Way
140 Section 1 - Ignoring with 5...d6
142 Section 2 - The Instant Counterstroke 5...e6
144 Section 3 - The Basic Variation 5... axb5 6.e4 Qa5+
144 The Countersacrifice 7.b4!?
150 The Blockading Knight: 7.Bd2
161 Chapter 5 - An Intricate Variation
162 Section 1 - Appeasement
168 Section 2 - The Main Line
168 White Maintains the Outpost d5
170 Material Equality
177 Chapter 6 - An Adventurous Variation
177 Section 1 - White Captures on b5
181 Section 2 - 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6
181 Line A: 8.Bf4
185 Line B: 8.Bc4
187 Line C: 8.Nf3
189 PART II - Frictionless Development
190 Chapter 7 - 4.Qc2
198 Chapter 8 - 4.Nd2
205 Chapter 9 - 4.Nf3
209 PART III - Rare Lines for White
210 Chapter 10 - The Manoeuvre Nf3-d2xf1
215 Chapter 11 - The Break d5-d6
218 Chapter 12 - The Early f2-f4
221 Chapter 13 - 4.a4
224 Chapter 14 - 4.f3
226 Chapter 15 - Doubtful 4th Moves
231 PART IV - White Avoids the Gambit - 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5
234 Chapter 16 - Modest Development
251 The Manoeuvre ...Nb8-a6-c7
254 The ...Bc8-g4 Sortie
256 Rare Lines
261 Chapter 17 - A Disturbing Check - 6.Bb5+
262 Section 1 - 6...Nfd7
263 Section 2 - 6...Nbd7
264 Section 3 - 6...Bd7
264 The Early h2-h3
267 The ...Bg4 Sortie
268 The Main Line
279 Chapter 18 - The Principled Reaction - 3...b5 4.Bg5
280 A) 4...Ne4
284 B) Rare lines
286 C) 4...Qb6
295 D) 4...d6
300 Findings
301 Conclusion
302 New In Chess Code System
303 Index of Variations
307 Index of Names
311 Game Index
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