Dangerous Weapons: The Benoni and Benko by Gawain Jones & John Emms & Chris Ward & Richard Palliser

Author:Gawain Jones & John Emms & Chris Ward & Richard Palliser [Jones, Gawain & Emms, John & Ward, Chris & Palliser, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: [Kobo], Chess, Non Fiction, Openings
ISBN: 9781857448498
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Diagram 3 (B)

DANGEROUS WEAPON! It’s not going to be at all easy for Black to arrange ... b5, though, as White has just as many ways of controlling the b5-square.

10 ... b6

This is a typical insertion from club players who might be worried that White will flick in a4-a5 in order to bind the b6-square. With the a1-h8 diagonal not as open as it is in the Modern Benoni, this is a possibility for White, but gifting Black a half-open b-file in return for accepting an isolated a-pawn may not be an ideal trade. In fairness, though, the text does give Black the b7-square to work with and that helps if he wants more major pieces behind a potential ... b5 thrust. Also he has to do something and 10 ... Nh5 11 Kf1 Kh8 12 Kg2 Ndf6 13 Nge2 g6 14 Bh6 Ng7 15 f3 Ng8 16 Bxg7+ Kxg7 17 Bxc8 Qxc8 18 h5 left White with the initiative on the kingside in M.Chandler-R.Koch, Wiesbaden 1981.

11 Kf1 (Diagram 4)

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