Schmid Benoni
Nc3 without a pawn on c4
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  Schmid Benoni - Two Pawn Variations
1 Nc3
Bg7
Nf3
Nf6
Be2
Na6
0-0
Nc7
Bf4
0-0
a4
b6
Qd2
Re8
h3
Bb7
Rfe1
e6
Bc4(b)
ed5
cd5
Qd7
= Huebner-Ivanchuk,
Dortmund 1997
2 ...
...
...
...
Bb5+
Nbd7
a4
a6
Be2
Qa5!
0-0(c)
b5
Nd2
b4
Ncb1
Qc7
 
 
 
 
 
 
GM-Ron Wilkins,
ICC game
3 ...
...
...
...
Bc4(d)
0-0
0-0
Bg4(e)
h3
Bf3
Qf3
Nbd7
Qd1
a6
a4
Qa5*
Bd2
Ne5
 
 
 
 
= *Lopez-Mihok,  
Budapest 2011
  Annoying Check Variations
4 ...
...
f4
Bc3+(f)
bc3
Nf6
Bd3*
Qa5
Ne2(g)
Nbd7
0-0
b5
Ng3
0-0
Bd2
c4
Be2
Re8
Bf3
Bb7
 
 
= *Botsari - Moser, 
Warsaw 2013
5 f4
Bg7
Nf3
Nf6
Bb5+
Bd7
Bd7+
Nd7
e5?!
de5
fe5
Ng4
e6
Nde5
Ng5
f5
h3
Nf6
Nc3
Qb6
 
 
Computer game
2020
  Schmid Benoni - Three Pawn Variations
6 ...
...
...
...
Nc3
0-0
Be2
e6
de6
Be6
0-0
Nc6
Ng5
Nd4
Ne6
fe6
Be3
Ne2+!
Qe2
Qb6
Rab1
Qc6
=+ GM Ron Henley
Foxy analysis
7 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
0-0
ed5
ed5
Na6
Ng5
Nc7
a4
h6
Nf3
Re8
Bc4
Bf5
h3
Ne4!
Zurakhov-Korchnoi,
USSR ch 1956
8 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bd2
Nc7
Bc4
a6
a4
b6
Be1?!
Rb8
Bh4
b5
Varnam-Summerscale,
British ch 2009
9 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Ba6
ba6
h3
Re8
Rb1(h)
Rb8
Re1
Re1+
Qe1
Bf5
Arteaga-Smyslov,
Havanna 1962
10 ...
...
...
...
...
...
Bd3
e6
0-0
ed5
ed5
Na6
f5
Nb4
fg6
fg6
Be2
Bf5
Ng5
Bc2
 
 
-+ Renaza-Lazarev,
France 2006
11 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
de6
Be6
f5
gf5
ef5
Bd7
0-0
d5
Bg5
Bc6
Bb5
Nbd7
 
 
-+ analysis
12 ...
...
...
...
...
...
a4
e6
de6
Be6
Be2
d5!?(i)
e5
Ne4
Ne4
de4
Qd8
Rd8
Ng5
Bd5
Be3
h6
= Larsen-Hort,
Montreal 1979
13 ...
...
...
...
...
...
Bc4
b5!
Bb5
Ne4
Ne4
Qa5+
Nc3
Bc3
bc3
Qb5
 
 
 
 
 
 
-+ Kovchan-Chernin,
Poland 2002
14 ...
...
...
...
...
...
e5
Ne8
Bd3
Bg4
Qe2
Bf3
gf3
Nd7
e6
Bc3+
bc3
fe6
de6
Nb6
f5
c4
-+ GM Ron Henley
Foxy analysis
Notes a) 2 dxc5 e6 is easy equality. White should avoid the trap 3 b4? a5 4 c3 axb4 5 cxb4 Qf6.
b) The chances are also equal after 13 de6 Ne6 14 Bc4 Nd4!
c) 9 Nd2 is a better try. After 9 ... Qc7 10 a5 b5 the game is about equal.
d) Or 6 h3; 6 Nd2; 6 Bd3; 6 Bg5; 6 Bf4?!
e) The Na6-c7 plan is also good, i.e. ... Na6!? 8 h3 Nc7 9 Qd3 a6 10 a4 b5!=
f) Black resorts to the Bonzo exchange since 5 ... Nf6 is met by 6 Bb5+, when ... Nbd7 is refuted by 7 e5!
g) The natural moves 8 Nf3, 8 Bd2, and 8 Qd2 can all be answered strongly with 8 ... c4!
h) Or 12 Nd2 Rb8 13 Nc4 Ne4 14 Ne4 Re4 15 Nd2 Rd4 ∓ Varnam-Summerscale, British ch 2009
i) Objectively better is 9 ... Nc6 or ... h6.