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The Benko Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defense arising after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5.

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5

4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6

5... Bxa6
(5... g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nf3 Bxa6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O)
6. Nc3 g6
(6... d6 7. Nf3 (7. e4? Bxf1 8. Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O) 7... g6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O)
7. Nf3 d6 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O *

4. cxb5 a6 5. b6!?

5... e6
(5... Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. O-O);
(5... d6 6. Nc3 Qxb6 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Nd2 (9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2) 9... O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bb7 14. O-O)
6. Nc3 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rxb6 13. Qh5 *

Sample games played using the Volga-Benko Gambit with ... bxa6

[Event "Figueres op 8th"]
[Site "Figueres"]
[Date "2007.08.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Black "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Rd1 Bc4 15. b3 Ncxd5 16. Na2 Ba6 17. a5 Bb7 18. axb6 Rxa2 19. Qxa2 Nc3 20. Qa7 Be4 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bd2 Nxb1 23. Be1 f5 24. Rxb1 Bxb1 25. Ng5 d5 26. Ne6 Qd6 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. f4 Bd4+ 29. Bf2 Qf6 30. e3 Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Qc3 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Bxd5+ e6 34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "SRB-ch playoff"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Stojanovic, Mihajlo"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Rb1 Bc4 12. Nd2 Bxa2 13. Nxa2 Rxa2 14. Qb3 Ra8 15. Qb5+ Nfd7 16. b4 Na4 17. Rb3 Nc3 18. Qd3 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nc5 20. Qe3 Qa5 21. Rc4 O-O 22. Bf3 Rae8 23. Qf4 Nd7 24. e4 Rc8 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qe3 Qa4 28. Bb2 Qc2 29. Ba1 Nxf3 30. Kxf3 Nxd5 31. exd5 Bxa1 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Nf3 Rc3 34. Qe1 Bf6 35. Qb1 Qd3 36. Qd1 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. O-O Nb6 12. a3 Nc4 13. b4 Qc7 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. bxc5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxc5 19. Nd2 Nxa3 20. Bxa3 Rxa3 21. Ne4 1/2-1/2

Sample games played using the Volga-Benko Gambit with ... b6

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. e4 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Nb5 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Nca3 Ne8 17. Rb1 Nc7 18. b3 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Na6 20. Bg5 Nb4 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. f5 Qe8 24. Rf3 Nd7 25. Rbf1 Be5 26. Rh3 f6 27. Be3 g5 28. g4 Rc8 29. Bc4 Bd4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxg5 Ne5 32. Bh6 d3 33. g5 Qf7 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. g6 hxg6 36. fxg6 Nxg6 37. Rf5 Ne5 38. Bf8 Qh7 39. Bg7+ Qxg7 40. Rh5+ Kg8 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qh6+ Kf7 43. Qh7+ Ke8 44. Qf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-UKR m g/3"]
[Site "bereg.ru Int"]
[Date "2003.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2003.12.14"]
[EventType "schev (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 g6 9. a5 Qb4 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Ra4 Qb7 14. h3 Ne8 15. O-O Nc7 16. Nc4 Nb5 17. Bd2 Nd4 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. Nb6 h6 20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Bd7 22. Ra1 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Re1 b4 25. Ne2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Ng6 27. Nc4 Qa6 28. Ra2 b3 29. Ra3 Rb4 30. Nd2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 c4 32. Nb1 Ra8 33. f3 Rb5 34. a6 Rb6 35. a7 Bd4+ 36. Bf2 Bxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rb7 38. Ra4 Ne5 39. Nd2 Raxa7 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41. Nxc4 Rc7 42. Ne3 Ra1 43. Rd2 Rac1 44. Ke2 R1c2 45. Kd3 Rxd2+ 46. Kxd2 e6 47. Kd3 Rc1 48. Nc4 Rc2 49. g4 exd5 50. exd5 Kf8 51. Kd4 Ke7 52. Kd3 Rh2 53. Nd2 Rxh3 54. Ke3 Rh2 55. Nxb3 Rxb2 56. Nd4 Ra2 57. Nf5+ Kf6 58. Nxd6 Ra5 59. Kd4 Ra3 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 Rb4 62. Kd3 Rf4 63. Ke3 Ke5 64. Ne4 Kxd5 65. Ng3 Ke5 66. Ne4 Rxe4+ 67. fxe4 f6 68. Kd3 Kf4 69. Kd4 Kxg4 70. Kd5 Kf4 71. Ke6 Kxe4 72. Kf7 g4 73. Kg6 g3 74. Kf7 g2 75. Ke6 g1=Q 76. Kf7 Kf5 77. Ke7 Qd1 78. Kf7 Qd7+ 79. Kf8 Kg6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Rb8 10. e4 Be7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. O-O Rxb6 13. Bd2 d6 14. Bc3 Bf6 15. Qh5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Kf1 Rbb8 23. Ne4 Nd4 24. b3 Be7 25. Rc1 a5 26. Re3 h6 1/2-1/2