Benko Gambit
ConceptChess Openings
Chess opening with a queenside pawn sacrifice
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Benko Gambit
- Chess Openings
The Benko Gambit, also called the Volga Gambit, is a chess opening and a subclass of the Benoni Defense. It is characterised by Black's move 3...b5 after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5. Black sacrifices a pawn to gain enduring pressure on the queenside, while White may accept or decline the gambit pawn.
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- Also called
- Volga Gambit
- Defining move
- 3...b5
- Black's aim
- Enduring queenside pressure
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Benko Gambit (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q546055
- Text
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