Beginning of King Walk Section C1 : The King takes a Stroll
Carlsen vs Bologan, 2012  (A59) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 1-0
Why we delay Bxa6 -5...Bxa6 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 g6 8.b3 B11.0-0
Portisch vs Geller, 1976  (A58) Benko Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0
The King Walk is the Benko Gambit most topical line
S Bercys vs G Sarakauskas, 2002  (A59) Benko Gambit, 49 moves, 0-1
Benko beats a King Walk in Tays introduction
R J Gross vs Benko, 1968  (A59) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
The King takes a Stroll mentioned in Tays book
Nakamura vs Bologan, 2012  (A59) Benko Gambit, 58 moves, 1-0
Fully Accepted with Fian... Jacobs book
P Nikolic vs Kotronias, 1991  (A58) Benko Gambit, 74 moves, 1-0
King's Walk- g6 all the way to 16 ... Bxc3!
V Akobian vs D Gurevich, 2004  (A59) Benko Gambit, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
BGFA- Moves up to 11...Na6? Nbd7 is preferred Alterman-Odeev g3
G Nsubuga vs R W Smith, 1998 (A58) Benko Gambit, 60 moves, 0-1
BGFA-KingW Yugoslav without 7...Bxf1
Mamedyarov vs O Abdulov, 2011 (A59) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
BGKW- with wild black combination-Jacobs Winning
L Brunner vs Kotronias, 1990  (A59) Benko Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1
sim to g4 Alt GG notes to reponses to 12 h3!
K Panczyk vs Benjamin, 1981 (A59) Benko Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1
KW- Jacobs book
Hort vs E Ermenkov, 1985  (A59) Benko Gambit, 46 moves, 0-1
KingW .Finn builds an endgame advantage
R Hernandez Onna vs H Kallio, 2004 (A59) Benko Gambit, 57 moves, 0-1
BGA-KW- A deep combo endng with Bishop skewering rooks
P Parr vs Browne, 1971  (A59) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1
active major piece lead to checkmate for mr K
Shulman vs Khalifman, 2005  (A59) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1
KW Var- instructive endgame
F Vallejo Pons vs P Tregubov, 2016  (A58) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
kwa with 2 exchange sacs!
A Baert vs B Deac, 2014  (A59) Benko Gambit, 60 moves, 0-1
kings walk -- black builds an attack
W B Wright vs Fedorowicz, 2001  (A59) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
Karpov Seriwan a weird king walk ends in classic interference
Karpov vs Seirawan, 2012  (A58) Benko Gambit, 54 moves, 0-1
good major piece middlegame tactics
A Varveraki vs D Trujillo Delgado, 2007  (A59) Benko Gambit, 46 moves, 0-1
pogoing up the board
Q Huang vs N Pogonina, 2008  (A59) Benko Gambit, 53 moves, 0-1
Start of Fianchetto Section C2-Flummoxing the Fianchetto
A Gilyazov vs Bologan, 2016 (A58) Benko Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1
First 11 moves of game 6-AltGG- Fianchetto Variation
B Milenkovic vs S Kasparov, 2009  (A58) Benko Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1
g7 matches until move 18... where tn Ne5!? is played
G W Scott vs O Jackson, 2013 (A58) Benko Gambit, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
BGFA Fianchetto Jacobs book
Van der Sterren vs Adams, 1992 (A58) Benko Gambit, 43 moves, 0-1
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Tomashevsky vs M Perunovic, 2014  (A58) Benko Gambit, 33 moves, 0-1
Game of Trades-including early queen that benefit black
D Buttell vs K Bhatia, 2017 (A58) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
fully accepted-Central Storming Variation -early queen trade
E Bayer vs Fedorowicz, 1988  (A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
Carlsen Rapid win as black
Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2014  (A58) Benko Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Rook to b2!!! causes Queen to be trapped -deep Combination
R Donker vs Y Afek, 2012  (A58) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
Study this ending position.
Y Santiago vs Kazhgaleyev, 2015 (A58) Benko Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1
Carlsen pawn advance as black and chase the knight
Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2011  (A58) Benko Gambit, 47 moves, 0-1
Carlsen attacks with the Benko
Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2008  (A58) Benko Gambit, 49 moves, 0-1
serious tension in the position at 21...
N Batsiashvili vs N Zhukova, 2015  (A58) Benko Gambit, 41 moves, 0-1
A capture of a Knight to set up a Knight fork
E Papathanasiou vs A Aranaz Murillo, 2012 (A58) Benko Gambit, 21 moves, 0-1
queenside tactics by black
M Godard vs Short, 2013  (A58) Benko Gambit, 43 moves, 0-1
A series of swaps and interesting Knight moves by Benko expert
C Vernay vs Bologan, 2011  (A58) Benko Gambit, 50 moves, 0-1
Black puts all his pieces on ideal squares in this game -
M Mulyar vs T Gareyev, 2011  (A58) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Black offers queen to set up a windmill
O Papayan vs N Kabanov, 2012  (A58) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
discovered attack
D Kelley vs A Ramirez Alvarez, 2012  (A58) Benko Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
Benko swaps till pawn is promoted
M Genutis vs F Braga, 2011  (A58) Benko Gambit, 41 moves, 0-1
some quite shuffling before the hammer strikes
D Buckley vs J Cuenca Jimenez, 2012  (A58) Benko Gambit, 42 moves, 0-1
active queen creates a mating net
G Buckley vs G Jones, 2008  (A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1
game 8 AltGG-except move 15 where ng5!? was played in book
V Lazarev vs N Ristic, 2001  (A58) Benko Gambit, 57 moves, 0-1
BGFA- 6.f3 Early Queen Trades benefit Black in the Benko
I Ilic vs K Stead, 2001 (A58) Benko Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1
BGFA- minor and major piece ending
M Vestby-Ellingsen vs J Christiansen, 2017 (A58) Benko Gambit, 41 moves, 0-1
A Bronstein Benko in Zurich -see his comments
Taimanov vs Bronstein, 1953  (A56) Benoni Defense, 42 moves, 0-1
Benko rook grab of the seventh rank wins the game
G Aspler vs Benko, 1971  (A58) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Start of Pawn Return Variation-C3- Benko Smenko annoying b6
N Khurtsidze vs N Pogonina, 2012 (A57) Benko Gambit, 38 moves, 1-0
C3- Benko Smenko Pawn Return Var annoying b6
Shabalov vs J Bartholomew, 2007 (A57) Benko Gambit, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
G12 although 9 f4?! in book -pawn return variation
T Shaked vs R Anderson, 1992  (A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
game 13 the straightforward 5...qxb6 10 moves match
G Giorgadze vs Adams, 1996 (A57) Benko Gambit, 41 moves, 1-0
G 11 returning the pawn with 5.b6 a good ten moves
K Weber vs M C Nicholls, 1999 (A57) Benko Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
= g16 black gets stuck in passive play
Karpov vs B Belotti, 1993  (A57) Benko Gambit, 50 moves, 1-0
g15 matches until move 11 5...e6!? a dynamic reply
E Garnelli vs D Radovanovic, 2000 (A57) Benko Gambit, 21 moves, 0-1
g16 matches until move 20
D Zilberstein vs M Martinez, 2005 (A57) Benko Gambit, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Benko Smenko Shirov returns the pawn and hunts the king-jacob b
Shirov vs Adams, 1992  (A57) Benko Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0
a series of swaps requires future study
E A Levin vs Kuzubov, 2014 (A57) Benko Gambit, 43 moves, 0-1
Shirov's award winning Benko pawn return as white
Shirov vs A Hauchard, 1990  (A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Pawn Return 2 Bishops beat a Rook in endgame
A Sharevich vs D Sirkova, 2010  (A57) Benko Gambit, 42 moves, 0-1
a good knight and pawn endgame study
S Matveeva vs N Pogonina, 2007  (A57) Benko Gambit, 76 moves, 0-1
kasparov simul loss in pawn return variation
Kasparov vs S Conquest, 1983  (A57) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
White miniature
Suba vs O Peters, 1993  (A57) Benko Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0
mainline in Tays suggest in pawn return
Van Wely vs K Berg, 1994 (A57) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
khalifman shows how to draw in the pawn return variation
Vyzmanavin vs Khalifman, 1995 (A57) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
pr sharp play
Rawle Farley vs I Nikolayev, 2000 (A57) Benko Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1
study pawn promotion
D Leykekhman vs I Nikolayev, 2000 (A57) Benko Gambit, 39 moves, 0-1
prv study
H Hansen vs S Pedersen, 2001  (A57) Benko Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1
classic rook trap
A Zmarzly vs P Goluch, 2010 (A57) Benko Gambit, 49 moves, 0-1
queen trap
D Couche vs K Terrieux, 2014  (A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
A pawn return gone wrong
Z Asefi vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2005  (A57) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
major piece middlegame tactics
K A Islam vs M Hebden, 2007  (A57) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1
pushing the queen or rook to get mate
Van Wely vs D Garcia Ilundain, 1993  (A57) Benko Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1
pressure drop
C Gokhale vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2001 (A57) Benko Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
classic deflection from mating square
I Ivanisevic vs J Degraeve, 2002  (A57) Benko Gambit, 33 moves, 0-1
Start of Dlugy Variation Section C4: Hustle and Flow
Gelfand vs Adams, 1992 (A57) Benko Gambit, 65 moves, 0-1
G18 sideline matches till 12 -Dlugy famous tactical game!
B Lalic vs Khalifman, 1997  (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 =Dlugy=hustle+flow
Mamedyarov vs Carlsen, 2007  (A57) Benko Gambit, 58 moves, 0-1
Game mentioned on page 29- of Alt-GG -Dlugy
Korchnoi vs B Alterman, 1992 (A57) Benko Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
2 Benko Theorists Meet ! 5 f3 is Dlugy Variation Jacobs book
Dlugy vs Alburt, 1990  (A57) Benko Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1
Dlugy- nice piece play by black-interesting sac
A Iljushin vs Ponomariov, 1997  (A57) Benko Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1
Dlugy Draw by repetition
S Sjugirov vs Dubov, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dlugy exchange sac with long lasting consequences (calculated?)
N Croad vs D Mehmeti, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1
BGPA- 5 e3 more passive play -first 11 moves of G1 Alt
E Kurochkina vs E Guo, 2010 (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 0-1
Start of Modern Variation Section C5- Safety Dance
K Georgiev vs I Rogers, 1993  (A57) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
similar to Game 2 lastdog-except alt plays 7....0-0
A Esbensen vs O Pedersen, 2006 (A57) Benko Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
= game 9 The e3 system The Safety Dance
Piket vs Topalov, 1997  (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
Benko fights the safety dance-Black active middlegame
B Blumin vs Benko, 1969  (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
SafetyDance/Modern jacobs
Petursson vs Fedorowicz, 1990 (A57) Benko Gambit, 55 moves, 0-1
safety Dance Jacobs
Browne vs Alburt, 1983 (A57) Benko Gambit, 52 moves, 1-0
safety dance draw Shirov is white Jacobs
Shirov vs Adams, 1992 (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Shirov white Safety Dance Win
Shirov vs Adams, 1993  (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0
Safety Dance black win Jacobs
N Davies vs P Wolff, 1989  (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
modern turns to pawn endgame
E Postny vs P Tregubov, 2013  (A57) Benko Gambit, 57 moves, 0-1
safety dance (modern) draw
T Sachdev vs B Adhiban, 2012 (A57) Benko Gambit, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
interesting tactic sac and promotes
B Adhiban vs A Haast, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
typical tactic with a8 b8 rook pair
S Grover vs S Sjugirov, 2011  (A57) Benko Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1
a fighting draw
Kramnik vs Adams, 1992  (A57) Benko Gambit, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Benko Gambit: Accepted. Modern Variation (A57) with trap
T Koch vs D Cramling, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 51 moves, 0-1
C6-Knight out on a limb after. a6 Nc3 Zaitsev Variation
Rapport vs A Tate, 2011 (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
zaitev played on the edge
E Chang vs M Leon Hoyos, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1
Benko Gambit: Accepted. Zaitsev System(A57)
G Burgess vs C Beaumont, 1990  (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
nc3 Knight on a Limb =Zaitsev System
L H Caballero vs S Polgar, 1993 (A58) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
Nescafe Frappe Attack- from the Zaitsev System
L Persson vs T Johansson, 1994 (A57) Benko Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1
White Zaitsev win - jacobs book
G Timoscenko vs Adams, 1992 (A58) Benko Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
White Nescafe Frappe win-jacobs
G Burgess vs N Katishonok, 1989  (A57) Benko Gambit, 41 moves, 1-0
black endgame win in the zaitev.
Gulko vs Vasiukov, 1976 (A57) Benko Gambit, 71 moves, 0-1
zaitev system with annotations by Eric Shiller
J Sarkar vs Fedorowicz, 2005  (A58) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
zaitev -fed
M Breutigam vs Fedorowicz, 1990 (A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1
C7 Ignorance is bliss BGD. Quiet Line- 4 Nd2 mating net ending
A Lombard vs J Diez del Corral, 1973  (A57) Benko Gambit, 42 moves, 0-1
BGD with 4 NF3- Famous Game
A Greenfeld vs Polgar, 1989  (A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1
Benko Gambit: Declined. Main Line Qc3
A Ivlev vs Bologan, 2016 (A57) Benko Gambit, 45 moves, 0-1
g17 declined 4 Nf3 -pawn grabbing by white matches till 10
A Braun vs R Mainka, 2004 (A57) Benko Gambit, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
=g20 older sidelines Nf3
D Rogozenco vs B Alterman, 1992 (A43) Old Benoni, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chucky shows how to grab a free pawn due to finachetto trick
I Sokolov vs Ivanchuk, 2010  (A57) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
quiet line decline turns into a mate
Neil Viviers vs P Foley, 2011  (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
Declined Closed Benko highlights black positional play
D Temirkanov vs I Popov, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 58 moves, 0-1
C8 The outsiders BGD- Sosonko Variation 4.a4 wicked cross pin
P Peev vs K Pedersen, 1972  (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
G10 declining the gambit by 4 b3?
F Svane vs Thomas Haugaard, 2017 (A57) Benko Gambit, 18 moves, 0-1
Whites win -declined main variation NF3
Yermolinsky vs P Wolff, 1993 (A57) Benko Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
fully accepted- early queen trade and black takes the middle gm
P Schwertler vs N Meshkovs, 2017 (A58) Benko Gambit, 64 moves, 0-1
white wins a declined with a deep queen sacrifice
A Shariyazdanov vs B Zueger, 1998  (A57) Benko Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
benko declined leads to an endgame win for Keres
J Bolbochan vs Keres, 1937  (A57) Benko Gambit, 62 moves, 0-1
declined game with some tactics by black
J Majchrak vs Plachetka, 1972 (A57) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1
safety dance and good endgame play
A Demuth vs K Izzat, 2017  (A57) Benko Gambit, 70 moves, 0-1
29 Qe2!
I Sokolov vs S D Swapnil, 2017  (A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1
Declined; Ending is bold and confusing
S Johannessen vs Fischer, 1966  (A57) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Declined. Sosonko - confusing swaps to winning endg
W Schmidt vs Kasparov, 1986  (A57) Benko Gambit, 56 moves, 0-1
How to play a rook and pawn endgame
J Ontiveros vs A S Hilmarsson, 2013  (A57) Benko Gambit, 62 moves, 0-1
king side attack
E Norlin vs F Englert, 2014  (A57) Benko Gambit, 47 moves, 0-1
Shuffling leads to walking a pawn to promotion
Gelfand vs D Andreikin, 2012 (A57) Benko Gambit, 49 moves, 0-1
Sosonko with major piece middlegame tactics
Z Peng vs A Braun, 2008  (A57) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1
Pseudo Benko
R Wang vs Short, 2012  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1
pseudo benko
V S Gujrathi vs P Tregubov, 2017 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
zaitsev with 2 exchange sacs to promote
T Kasparova vs S Kasparov, 2010  (A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
Complex Busting of the Pawn Return Variation
I Enchev vs I Cheparinov, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1
Queen X returned pawn & ends in a winning double attack
V Ni vs I Zenyuk, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
endgame precision
I Efimov vs J Lehtioksa, 2012  (A57) Benko Gambit, 97 moves, 0-1
modern
V Heinis vs D Fryer, 2007  (A57) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
playing agressively against the quiet line declined
I Gromova vs N Pogonina, 2005 (A57) Benko Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1
tricky play on a crowded board
M Kiseljova vs N Pogonina, 2008 (A58) Benko Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1
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X Zhao vs N Pogonina, 2015  (A58) Benko Gambit, 46 moves, 0-1
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X Zhao vs N Pogonina, 2015  (A58) Benko Gambit, 49 moves, 0-1
Historical Match of two Benko Theorists -Zaitsev Nescafe Frappe
I A Zaitsev vs Benko, 1975  (A57) Benko Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1
benko gambit read comments by gilmoy
S J Solomon vs G Jones, 2009  (A57) Benko Gambit, 41 moves, 0-1
these rooks diagonal skewer are common wins
A Labarthe vs S Polgar, 1988  (A58) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
quiet line - complex middlegame
S Feller vs B Vuckovic, 2009  (A57) Benko Gambit, 22 moves, 0-1
pawn return for the better pawn endgame
V Papin vs O Mihok, 2010  (A57) Benko Gambit, 44 moves, 0-1
trades
S Shaydullina vs N Pogonina, 2005  (A58) Benko Gambit, 62 moves, 0-1
tactic that picks up a piece
Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2010 (A57) Benko Gambit, 42 moves, 0-1
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C Manley vs J Rosenberg, 2001  (A57) Benko Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1
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