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Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line (A69)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 exd5 5 cxd5 d6 6 e4 g6
7 f4 Bg7 8 Nf3 O-O 9

Number of games in database: 523
Years covered: 1925 to 2024
Overall record:
   White wins 44.0%
   Black wins 31.2%
   Draws 24.9%

Popularity graph, by decade

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Anatoly Vaisser  9 games
Peycho Peev  8 games
Bachar Kouatly  8 games
Tony Renna  4 games
Victor Ciocaltea  3 games
Theodor Ghitescu  3 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
B Vladimirov vs Z Doda, 1967
Szabo vs Timman, 1975
V Mikenas vs B Vladimirov, 1963
I Niemela vs Tal, 1959
A Pomar vs Fischer, 1966
T van den Berkmortel vs Bronstein, 1993
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 page 1 of 21; games 1-25 of 523  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Lancel vs J Kersten  0-1311925Netherlands - BelgiumA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
2. A Khavin vs Y Zveriaka  1-0341954Ukrainian ChampionshipA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
3. H Lehmann vs R Toran ½-½291954Munich ZonalA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
4. N Golovko vs M Pasman  0-13319542nd Soviet Team CupA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
5. Portisch vs P Dely 1-0221955Hungarian ChampionshipA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
6. W F Taber vs E Froomes  1-0361957Nevada OpenA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
7. D Pantaleev vs N Iordanov  1-0471959Bulgarian ChampionshipA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
8. I Niemela vs Tal 0-1271959RigaA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
9. Kotov vs A Burehall  1-0331959Stockholm 1959/60A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
10. D Pantaleev vs V Prahov  1-0581960Bulgarian ChampionshipA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
11. D Pantaleev vs E Karastoichev  1-0401960Bulgarian ChampionshipA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
12. Shulte vs Tseitlin  0-1261962Ch URS (young masters)A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
13. B Malich vs E Storch  1-0291962East German ChampionshipA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
14. B Malich vs B Starck  ½-½421962East German ChampionshipA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
15. M Osmanagic vs H Smailbegovic  ½-½201962SarajevoA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
16. V Mikenas vs M Damjanovic  0-1481962SofiaA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
17. I Niemela vs F Soby  1-0361962Varna Olympiad Final-BA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
18. B Soderborg vs Z Domnitz  ½-½481962Varna Olympiad Final-BA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
19. A Zaitsev vs Suetin ½-½641962USSR ChampionshipA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
20. V Mikenas vs B Vladimirov 1-0421963URS-ch sf MoscowA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
21. F Casas vs R Garcia  1-0341963Buenos Aires Circulo ArgentinoA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
22. Uhlmann vs Szabo  ½-½341963SarajevoA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
23. A I Zakharov vs I Nemet  1-0281963Yugoslavia - Soviet UnionA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
24. M Litmanowicz vs M Perevoznic  1-0291963Lodz Zonal (Women)A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
25. M Udovcic vs K Langeweg  0-1741963Amsterdam IBMA69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-15-04  ruylopez900: <chessgames.com> I do believe that the practitioners list is incomplete. Either that or it isn't really a mainline.
Jul-15-04  refutor: it's the mainline of the 8.Nf3 line, but who would ever play 8.Nf3 once 8.Bb5+! was found Benoni, Taimanov Variation (A67)
Oct-05-05  Zettel: One can arrive at this position from a King's Indian where one has re-captured on d5 with the c-pawn and not the e-pawn as is being done today.
Jun-05-06  PaulKeres: Move 9 is ? its missing ?
Jun-05-06  KingG: 9.Be2, but yeah, they should probably correct it.
Jun-05-06  PaulKeres: Thanks <KingG>, there's actually a whole load of ECOs with moves missing.

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