Lazy Benoni

Black delays e7-e6xd5
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PGN file

1 d4 c5 2 d5^(a) d6 3 c4 g6 4 e4 Bg7 5 Nf3^(b) e6

	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Evaluation
1	Be2 Nf6	Nc3 ed5	cd5 0-0	0-0 a6	a4 Bg4	Bf4				+=
2			ed5 0-0	0-0 Re8	h3 Bf5	Bd3 Ne4	Ne4 Be4	Be4 Re4	Qc2 Re8	+=
3	Bd3 ed5	cd5 Bg4	0-0 Nf6	h3 Bf3	Bf3 Nbd7					+=
4		ed5 Qe7	Be2 Nh6	0-0 Nd7						=
5	h3 ed5	cd5 Nf6	Bd3 0-0	0-0 c4	Bc2 b5	Re1 a5				=
6		ed5 Nd7	Nc3 Ne5	Ne5 Be5	Bd3 Ne7					=
7	de6 Be6	Nc3 Nc6^(c)	Bd2 Nf6	Bd3 0-0	0-0 Ng4	Nd5 Nge5				=
8			Bf4 Bc3	bc3 Nf6	Ng5 h6	Ne6 fe6				=+
	a) 2 dxc5 e6 is easy equality. White should avoid the trap 3 b4? a5 4 c3 axb4 5 cxb4 Qf6. b) Nc3 on move five or six transposes to the Banzai Benoni. c) The Banzai exchange 7 ... Bxc3 is also equal.

White: Akiba Rubinstein • Black: Rudolf Spielmann
Bad Pistyan 1912 A43 Old Benoni Defense

Notes by Dr. Savielly Tartakower.
The building up of an attack by the second player - especially in an opening both peculiar and difficult to handle - is a special art. We shall be able to follow some its guiding principles here.

1 d4 c5
2 d5 d6
3 c4 g6
4 e4 Bg7
5 Bd3 e6

It will be noticed that Black carefully refrains from blocking the long diagonal either by 5 ... e5 or, even temporarily, by ; 5 ... Nf6.

6 Nc3 Ne7
7 Nge2

Here 7 f4 , followed by Nf3, leads to more straightforward development.

7 ... exd5
8 exd5 Nd7
9 f4 Nf6
10 Ng3 h5

Sounding the general attack.

11 O-O h4
12 Nge4 Nxe4
13 Bxe4 Bd4+

14 Kh1 Nf5

Black's attack has quickly assumed a concrete form. The text move announces the well-known attack by 15...Ng3+.

15 Bxf5 Bxf5
16 Re1+ Kf8
17 Qf3

White seeks to avoid fresh weaknesses; e.g., if 17 Be3 Bxc3 18 bxc3 h3 19 g3 Be4+ 20 Kg1 f5 or (20 ... Bg2 , and White's position remains restricted. )

17 ... h3
18 g3

Evidently not 18 g4?? Qh4

18 ... Qd7
19 Bd2 Bg4
20 Qf1 Qf5
21 Rac1 Kg7
22 Be3 Bf6
23 b3 Rhe8
24 Bf2 Bf3+
25 Kg1 Bg2
26 Rxe8 Bxf1
27 Rxa8 Qd3
28 Re8 Qf3
29 Kxf1 Qh1+
30 Bg1 Qg2+
31 Ke1 Qxg1+
32 Kd2 Qxh2+ 0-1

For if 33 Ne2 Qg2 34 Rg1 Qxg1! 35 Nxg1 h2 0-1 , etc.

Lazy Benoni Black delays e7-e6xd5 Chess Theory Table

Lazy Benoni

Black delays e7-e6xd5
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