Benoni Defense
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Named variations of the Benoni Defense
Our opening book catalogues 26 named variations in this family. Here they all are:
- Czech Variation
- Czech, King's Indian Defense
- Hromádka System
- Hromádka, Lundin Variation
- Modern Variation
- Modern, Classical Variation
- Modern, Classical, Argentine Counterattack
- Modern, Classical, Averbakh-Grivas Attack
- Modern, Classical, Czerniak Defense
- Modern, Classical, Czerniak, Tal Line
- Modern, Classical, New York Variation
- Modern, Fianchetto Variation
- Modern, Fianchetto, Hastings Defense
- Modern, Fianchetto, Hastings, Main Line
- Modern, King's Pawn Line
- Modern, Knight's Tour Variation
- Modern, Pawn Storm Variation
- Modern, Pawn Storm, Four Pawns Attack
- Modern, Pawn Storm, Four Pawns, Main Line
- Modern, Pawn Storm, Mikėnas Variation
- Modern, Pawn Storm, Taimanov Variation
- Modern, Penrose Variation
- Modern, Snake Variation
- Modern, Uhlmann Variation
- Vulture Defense
- Weenink Variation
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