After the initial moves, black proceeds to capture on d5, creating a majority of black pawns on the queenside. However, its also a rich system embedded with plenty of strategy. Well assume youre ok with this, but you can optout if you wish. The most imaginative world champion of all time, michail tal is perhaps the player who has done most to popularise the opening. Hi subscribers, this month we look at games in the modern benoni, nimzo indian and queens indian. To support their advance, the kings bishop is usually fianchettoed on g7. The benoni defense was first mentioned and got its name from an 1825 manuscript by aaron reinganum, benoni, or the pawnsacrifice. It is one of the few openings where white has no easy way to force drawish simplifications or deny black any dynamic counterplay. The old benoni is an extremely popular opening at high level play as it immediately threatens the central pawn from whites d4 with blacks c5. The modern benoni is a chess opening that begins with the moves 1.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Retrieved january 14, unsourced material may be challenged and removed. If white will take on e6, then black will create after f7xe6 a strong central pawn mass and will use ffile to activate. The modern benoni is a perennial favourite among players looking to create winning chances with black. This problem is even bigger when it comes to playing for a win with black. Grandmaster petrov offers a repertoire for black against all whites major attacking options. The modern benoni revealed download ebook pdf, epub. For we are really talking about an opening for fighters. My aim in this book is to show that the delayed benoni is equally as attractive as its cousin, the modern benoni. In this book, john watson particularly focuses on various subtle moveorders by which black can try to avoid whites most dangerous systems and direct the game into more palatable channels. Modern benoni dynamics zeuthen wing gambit benoni zeuthen benoni for the tournament player nunn the gambit guide to the modern benoni watson dangerous weapons. Grandmaster repertoire 12 the modern benoni pdf grandmaster repertoire the modern benoni by marian petrov at abebooks. Both players need to understand the imbalances in the position and pursue their plans with great vigour.
Moving onto quieter waters, the game bioleksikorova, tatras 2001, oct0102, is a classical with. Modern benoni devotees are forced to play on the edge, and will often have to live with positional weaknesses andor sacrifice material to avoid being driven into passivity. Complete modern benoni repertoire part 1 modern chess. Welcome to the modern benoni, one of the most dynamic openings in all of chess. In his latest database for modern chess, one of the best benoni experts in the world, gm mihail marin provides you with a complete benoni repertoire. In our computerdriven time, the level of preparation is drastically increasing. If you need an opening which is dynamic, strategically sound and offers plenty of possibilities to outplay your opponent, the modern benoni is your bread and butter. The benoni, with all its dynamism and counterattacking potential, suited tals aggressive tactical style perfectly. Some move order nuances for the white player against the. This time, he deals with dangerous systems like three pawns attack, saemisch system, penrose system, as well as with some relatively rare variations as always, marin divides his database into three sections pawn structures. His games say more than my words ever could, so lets whet our appetites by seeing a couple of them.
How to play against 1 d4 8 completing a repertoire for black perhaps it would have been simplest to recommend 1 d4 e6, in keeping with neil mcdonalds companion volume how to play against 1 e4 which advocated the. In return for avoiding the benoni, you have to be willing to play a symmetrical english. It leads to unbalanced structures and exciting play, so it has naturally been a favourite of ambitious attacking players such as tal, fischer and, more recently, topalov, ivanchuk and gashimov. For some reason perhaps because modern sounds more exciting than delayed my favorite benoni has been neglected for years. It shows a nice e4e5 central breakthrough by white in a game where black slightly mistimes his queenside counterplay. Apparently, this is where the fun starts about 15 or 20 minutes into the spaeling. Because of its rather unorthodox nature, the benoni favours the player who has a stronger intuition for the types of positions that can arise.
This page was last edited on 23 decemberat what is it about. Gambit guide to the modern benoni pdf in this book, john watson particularly focuses on various subtle moveorders by which black can try to avoid whites most dangerous systems and direct. Click download or read online button to get the modern benoni revealed book now. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship. The czech benoni has helped prolong my chess career during the last four decades. The modern defense offers a select group of lines against 1. Jonathan schrantz presents the first of three modern benoni lectures. Because of its rather unorthodox nature, the benoni favours the player who has a. The most common is the modern benoni, which involves the trade of the white cpawn for the black epawn, reaching the following pawn structure.
Black starts already the fight for the center, intending to open the efile in order to control the key e4square by re8. Both will suit the audience and should give you a dangerous weapon to play for a win. The combination of these two features differentiates blacks setup from the other benoni defenses and the kings indian defense, although transpositions. After dealing with all the nf3based systems, gm mihail marin completes his modern benoni with another amazing database. The modern benoni is perhaps the most dynamic approach to meeting 1. In my primitive nonmaster period, i had some successes with the dutch defense and the albin countergambit, but when i faced some strong, strategyoriented players, these openings usually failed me. The modern benoni is just about the most aggressive method that black can choose to counter whites 1 d4.
I liked the material presented and the layout of the book. Black looks to counter attack by bringing his minormajor pieces involved into the game while continuing to threaten the. The benoni and benko palliser,et al modern benoni for black grefe the benoni defence gelenczei the modern benoni revealed palliser the complete benoni psakhis the modern benoni kinsman. Update the author has also written a another benoni book chess developments. He usually provides two or more options for black, allowing the second player to have more weapon in his or her arsenal. In the main line variations black allows white to have a preponderance of central pawns which, traditionally, grants the first player the advantage. The gambit guide to the modern benoni, secrets of modern chess strategy, chess strategy in action, mastering the chess openings volume 1, mastering the chess openings volume 2, mastering the chess openings volume 3, mastering the chess openings volume 4, chess openings for kids, a strategic chess opening. The modern benoni defense starts usually with the moves.
The benoni is avoidable or at least the modern benoni old benoni lines where white hasnt played c4 is good for white. A lot of legendary players have had a sincere love affair with this opening. From my personal experience, the only way for white to achieve some advantage. Grandmaster repertoire 12 the modern benoni by marian. The modern benoni defense starts usually with the moves 1. The main elements of the pawn structure are the rival pawn majorities whites in the center, and blacks on the queenside, and the backward d6 pawn. Download a pdf file with a sample from the book gambit books by watson. The modern benoni is well known for being a dynamic opening which offers great opportunities to play tactically. The modern defence henceforth referred to as the gambit guide to the modern benoni download book the project before you, like so many investigations in the. Grandmaster repertoire 12 the modern benoni by marian petrov, opening chess book by quality chess. The most popular of these is the modern benoni, which starts 1. Black must certainly be well prepared, but the workload is less than most aggressive defences this book supplies all black needs to know. I think that i have succeeded defending blacks case, even finding some important nuances improving on the existing theory.
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