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Benko Opening




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Opening name: Benko Opening
Opening line: 1. g3 e5
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Winning percentages

White: 976 (33.42%)
Black: 824 (28.22%)
Draws: 1120 (38.36%)



Engine Evaluation

Depth: 38
Score: +0.23
Best Move: c4
PV Line: 1. g3 e5 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6

Historical games for Benko Opening

GameResultYear
Caruana, F. (2804) vs Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2789)0-12016
Nepomniachtchi, I. (2767) vs Karjakin, Sergey (2785)0-12016
Svidler, P. (2758) vs Adams, Mi (2754)1-02013
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2741) vs Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2763)1/2-1/22010
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2703) vs Kramnik, Vladimir (2791)1/2-1/22010
Grischuk, Alexander (2764) vs Fressinet, Laurent (2700)1-02012
Movsesian, Sergei (2747) vs Wang, Hao (2696)1/2-1/22009
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2735) vs Topalov, Veselin (2700)1-01996
Morozevich, Alexander (2734) vs Laznicka, Viktor (2666)0-12013
Bauer, Ch (2628) vs Vachier Lagrave, M. (2758)1/2-1/22014
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