Chess Opening Explorer

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5

White to move
27,567 games · 1855-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

3. d5

24,439

42.3%

27.8%

29.9%

3. Nf3

4,276

35.4%

34.2%

30.4%

3. e3

949

28.1%

30.9%

41%

3. dxc5

162

25.9%

31.5%

42.6%

3. Nc3

12.5

75%

3. g3

33.3%

3. Bf4

100%

3.d5 +0.21 (35 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994 (1-0)
Gurgenidze vs Tal, 1957 (0-1)
Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962 (1-0)
V Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989 (1-0)
Vaganian vs A Planinc, 1975 (0-1)

DEBUT: W Rutherford / A Rutherford vs Lasker, 1895 (1-0)
RECENT: S D Swapnil vs E de Haan, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
Benoni Volume I:Modern Benoni by Nikita Smirnov
Benko plays the Benko Gambit by takchess
BENKO GAMBIT by gambitfan

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
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