The Modern Benoni: 20 Ideas You Must Know | Opening Masterclass

[@djosephsss]

This is a super helpful Benoni primer!! Thank you!

[@SamAsakaChess]

Thanks David, glad to hear so!

[@hectorgray8542]

awesome video, the benoni really needs more love

[@vincevas110]

Amazing vid champ, keep up the good work

[@2BREIT4U]

One of the most useful chess videos ive seen in years. Thank you so much!!

[@jd_ska]

Excellent video, thanks!

[@JoseDownUnder]

Thanks for this video Sam, I lost against Benoni in a club game, so thought i might check this out. At 9:11 , isnt Ndxe4 wrong for White as it loses due to Bxc3+ ? I think the correct one should be Ncxe4 so that there is no Bxc3 ideas for Black in that position.

[@SamAsakaChess]

Yeah I guess since after...Bxc3+ bxc3 Rxe4+ Be2 Black has ...Bg4 that probably Ncxe4 is the correct capture

[@GaRangggg]

Thank you for this video its very very helpful to understand :)

[@josephoyek6574]

Hello, can you make this for the Czech Benoni??

[@SamAsakaChess]

I might, but the Czech Benoni is quite a dodgy opening in general haha

[@aml1ma]

Always had mixed feelings about the Benoni. Seems a very advanced opening for an intermediate player like myself. I'm going to use it as a secret sauce in case someone for some reason plays 1.Nf3 followed by 2.d4 just to throw the guy away from his prep.

[@adictualia2978]

Hey Sam, the Discord link is broken I would like to join

[@SamAsakaChess]

Hey, try this: discord.gg/qnaagama

[@electrumlight]

Salute to you

[@rowlandsibakwe2039]

Any book for the Benoni Sir?

[@SamAsakaChess]

what level are you?

[@rowlandsibakwe2039]

@@SamAsakaChess Master level or GM level sir

[@SamAsakaChess]

@@rowlandsibakwe2039 There are some Modern Benoni courses you can find by GM Mihail Marin on a site called Modern Chess - Marin is great for explaining strategic concepts and ideas - but the theory might be a bit out of date. I'm not too familiar with recent books on the topic, but there is one by FM John Doknjas from everyman chess which I reckon should be pretty decent, as his book on the najdorf I liked.