White king gets mated in the center | Wojtaszek - Ponkratov | Dangerous Benoni

In this game Radoslaw is playing against a Benoni specialist. Benoni is risky opening and sometimes Black can get strategically lost position. Engine favors White quite a bit. Ponkratov has been very well familiar with the position by playing 14.g5 which you will never play if you don't know these positions, especially that this amazing move is first engine line. Ponkratov plays courageously when gives up knight for the attack. #amazingchess #radoslawwojtaszek #pavelponkratov #benonidefense Wojtaszek, Radoslaw - Ponkratov, Pavel World Blitz Championship 2019 round 07 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nd2 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 a6 12. Ra3 Rb8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. h3 g5 15. Nf1 h6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. a5 Ng6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Bf1 Qe5 20. Bd2 g4 21. Nf5 gxh3 22. g3 h2+ 23. Kxh2 Ng4+ 24. Kg2 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nh4+ 26. gxh4 Qh2+ 27. Kf3 Qxf2+ 28. Kxg4 Rxe1 29. Ne4 h5+ 30. Kg5 f6+ 31. Kg6 Qxh4 32. Rg3 Rxe4 0-1 The Benoni Defense is a very aggressive line that black can play to counter the very common open by white d4. While many defenses against the queen pawn opening are closed and drawish, the Benoni Defense gives black many opportunities to not only equalize the position, but also to gain an advantage and play for the win. In the Modern Benoni Defense, the main focus of the game is white’s center control of the light squares with it’s key pawn on d5 and black’s control of the center from the dark squares. Black will usually fianchetto his bishop on the kingside to g7 to add extra support to the dark squares. For a white player you want to keep constant pressure on the d5 square and use it later on to set up outposts for your minor pieces and to apply pressure on black. For black players you want to keep white from applying pressure and keep them from getting any outposts on the e6 and c6 squares. The Benoni Defense usually opens up after the opening which means that bishops are more powerful than knights so be cautious about trading off your bishop. Black should get lots of counter play and should have a very good game after things open up in the middle. (chesswebsite.com) Blitz chess and rapid chess video. Live blitz and rapid chess. Rapid chess and blitz chess tournaments Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.