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🔹 Learn the Benko Gambit as Black –
♛ Find the Old Benoni Defense variations shown in the video in this blog-post –
In this video lesson, GM Igor Smirnov will teach you how to counter the Queen’s Pawn opening 1.d4 by playing 1…c5, known as the Old Benoni Defense. The main advantage of this opening is its simplicity—you don’t need to study a lot of complex opening theory.
This defense also neutralizes several of White’s popular opening choices, including the London System, the Jobava London, the Catalan, the Trompowsky, and more. Even if White tries to play the London System with 2.Bf4, it struggles against this opening.
Watch the full video lesson to learn how to play the Old Benoni Defense correctly and how to counter White’s different variations.
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00:00 Old Benoni Defense Chess Opening For Black Against 1.d4
00:12 1) Advantages of the Old Benoni Defense
00:37 2) If White plays 2.c3
02:45 3) If White plays 2.dxc5 (Benoni Gambit Accepted)
03:57 4) If White plays 2.c4
06:13 5) If White plays 2.d5 (advanced players)
09:52 If White does not play dxe6
11:48 If White plays a4 to prevent b5
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