The Complete Benoni Defense Guide for Intermediate Players

Is Benoni defense a good opening? How to play Benoni? What is the Benoni defense strategy? Is this a quick guide to the Benoni? Benoni defence (or Modern Benoni) is one of the best openings for Black against 1.d4, involving a quick development and initiative. It is an excellent defense for positional, slow-building, strategic players, but also for tactical genius such as Mikhail Tal (also Garry Kasparov, but getting there through the King's Indian Defense), one of the best representatives of Benoni defense. We are dealing with the main goals, ideas and setups for White and Black, arising from the Benoni pawn-structure. ♟️GUIDELINES Benoni ideas for White: (1) e4-e5 break: (a) recapturing with a piece, (b) supported by f4 or (c) as a sacrifice! (2) Nd2-c4 manoeuvre, targeting the d6-weakness! (3) b2-b4 break (works not that often) Benoni ideas for Black: (1) b7-b5 break: with Na6-c6 or Nb8-d7! (2) f7-f5 break and pressure along the e-file! (3) c5-c4 advance, followed by Nd7-c5, trying to infiltrate on d3! (4) g6-g5 advance in order to secure the e5-square and dominate on the dark-squares! The video is showing examples where those ideas can be applied with success. 🎬 CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 0:24 Quick guide through the ideas 1:56 For White: Break e4-e5 2:20 Break e4-e5 supported by f4 2:37 Break e4-e5 as a sacrifice 3:16 Attack the d6 weakness: Nf3-c4 4:12 Break b2-b4 5:55 For Black: Break b5 8:14 Advance c5-c4 9:36 Break f7-f5 10:21 Advance g6-g5 11:19 Outro Level required to understand this chess lesson: Intermediate. 🔊 JOIN THE CONVERSATION Facebook:   / bbchesschannel   Instagram:   / very_bad_bishop   Twitter:   / badbishop_chess   ------------------------------------------------ Some of the scenes are taken from the short film "Pakt protiv vetra" (Pact Against the Wind). We want to thank the author (Milan Vergot). #benonidefense #benonidefence #benonichess