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Old Benoni Defence




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Opening name: Old Benoni Defence
Opening line: 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5
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Winning percentages

White: 1139 (50.11%)
Black: 513 (22.57%)
Draws: 621 (27.32%)



Engine Evaluation

Depth: 47
Score: +0.98
Best Move: Nc3
PV Line: 1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 O-O

Historical games for Old Benoni Defence

GameResultYear
Aronian, L. (2767) vs Caruana, F. (2822)1-02018
Dubov, Daniil (2720) vs Ponkratov, P. (2641)1-02021
Sokolov, Ivan (2670) vs Morozevich, Alexander (2610)1/2-1/21996
Sarana, A. (2655) vs Nihal, Sarin (2610)0-12019
Hertneck, Gerald (2605) vs Jussupow, Artur (2655)1-01994
Sakaev, Konstantin (2648) vs Bezgodov, Alexei (2576)1-01999
Wang Hao (2713) vs Liu Qingnan (2510)1-02015
Peralta, Fernando (2574) vs Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2646)1-02006
Ding Liren (2717) vs Liu Qingnan (2501)1/2-1/22014
Lysyj, I. (2691) vs Liu Qingnan (2510)0-12015
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