A43Opening

Benoni Defense:Old Benoni

1. d4 c5

White to move

Legal moves: 29
Games in the next 4 moves: 483,654
Different positions among them: 169,999
Named lines from here: 20

It is reached after 2 moves: 1. d4 c5. It is a line of the Benoni Defense.

White is to move and has 29 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 483,654 different games. Those games reach 169,999 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 2.8 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 20 further lines after this position, such as Benoni Gambit Accepted (2. dxc5) and Zilbermints-Benoni Gambit (2. Nf3 cxd4 3. b4).

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Benoni Defense: Old Benoni — Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 483,654 games.

Move by move

1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
1... c5Benoni Defense: Old Benoni

Named lines from here

Old BenoniA432. d5
Benoni Gambit AcceptedA432. dxc5
Zilbermints-Benoni GambitA432. Nf3 cxd4 3. b4
Zilbermints-Benoni GambitA432. b4
Queen's Pawn Game, Liedmann GambitA432. c4 cxd4 3. e3

Related openings

Queen's Pawn GameA401. d4
Queen's GambitD061. d4 d5 2. c4
Indian DefenseA451. d4 Nf6
Old Indian DefenseA411. d4 d6 2. c4
Dutch DefenseA801. d4 f5
Queen's Pawn Game: London SystemD021. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4
Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London SystemD001. d4 d5 2. Bf4
Rapport-Jobava SystemD011. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4
Queen's Pawn Game: Colle SystemD041. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3
Blackmar-Diemer GambitD001. d4 d5 2. e4

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