Understanding Your Openings | The Benoni Defence

[@donaldcreech7782]

This is the best chess content on KZbin.

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks Donald, appreciate it!

[@gilbertgalindo831]

Thank you so much I’ve been stuck at 800 elo for a month and with this opening I’ve been crushing the competition by confusion ❤

[@Arthas30000]

How did you know I was studying Benoni, Andras?! Perfect timing!! 😁

[@Chris-zf5jz]

Thx for the great video Andras- as always very instructive. The other week I played a team match against a 1900 dude. With black I faced the 4pawns attack in the kings Indian. Only after the game I understood that it was a Benoni. He played it with Be2. In a lost position I somehow managed to win in muddy waters 😅 When checking the (main) lines afterwards I realised how complex it actually is (for a side line in the kings Indian). One little mistake with black and u are done. Now I play it with the Bg4/Nbd7/Re8 and a later c4/Qa5 set up for black. It is not too abstract but still takes some time to get a feeling for it. In the book “chess structures” is a section about the pawn formation of the Benoni (by Flores Rios) 😀👌

[@seanshugar6471]

Nice video Andras! I've been facing the Benoni quite often lately. Another nice model game for White with a similar Benoni structure is Botvinnik vs Schmid (1960) where Botvinnik exploits the open c4 square with his knight! Perfect outpost!

[@audibleholic8125]

These pawn structure videos are so good I think I learn the most from them

[@JoseDownUnder]

Thanks for this video Coach, I lost against Benoni in a club game recently, so thought i might check this out 😃

[@eraz801]

these videos on structures are so damn useful. please keep making these. thank you coach!

[@sightreader2507]

This has got to be the most instructive series on KZbin for intermediate players. Thanks a lot ! (Know your pawn structures would be a better title imo but I understand that you have to try to please the KZbin algorithm)

[@lukastux3024]

This is so fantastic! Knowing the Benoni structure is really great for fighting openings that I do not like as Black (the Catalan against my potential Nimzo and the f3-Anti-Grünfeld against my Grünfeld) and keeps the game extremely interesting. I recently won a classical game against a higher-rated opponent who tried to evade my Nimzo prep (after I played e6 to avoid his prep against my Grünfeld).

[@ctaqua6623]

Really loving these videos on structures! Thank you!

[@RedGaming23]

Love this opening video. I used to shy away from it but with your encouragement Iv played both sides of the Benoni with fair success and improved as a player now that I’m more confident when I transpose into the structure 👍🏻

[@bradleyreese5156]

Another brilliant example of educational content!

[@ТестТест-в3б]

Nice explanation!

[@d_15745]

Coach! We need more of these videos please! If you won’t make them do you recommend any resources where one can learn all these pawn structures?

[@maximelesage399]

Really enjoying those videos. Hope they will convert in a Chessable book about pawn structures !

[@peterfredriksson1857]

The Modern Benoni has served me well in the past, beating several higher ranked players. But today, when picking up chess again after many years, I will not play it against 3.Nc3 because of f4 and Bb5. Like it aspecially when it transposes from Kings Indian Saemisch or Four pawns. Blacks play in those variationes can be very dynamic and exciting.

[@bomunksgaard4322]

Thank you❤ very instructive!

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[@tyrelljeffries2527]

Another Masterpiece Coach, I get this structure a lot when playing against Sicilian, King's Indian, Queen's Indian, Nimzo Indian, and occasionally against the hypo as well I think (not sure about the last one though).

[@ricardodominguez5066]

Fantastic!!! Thanks so much for this video. Incredibly enlightening

[@tonycosta3336]

Best video yet

[@elliothicks7602]

Exaaaactly what I needed! Thanks coach!

[@pedrodaffunchio675]

Excellent work. Keep it up with this quality content

[@sakuragi_hanamichi3263]

Great series

[@Jaoct0]

Super video like every times. Thank you coach. :)

[@Chessable]

💯

[@Tim.G.]

Pls explain the symetrical structure in french exchange🙏 I dont know how to play it.. its just one open e file and thats it. Sometimes i just exchange the rooks in e file and trade the minor pieces because i cannot find a good plan :(

[@simonhinkel4086]

Offer a draw. If he doesn't take it, resign. There are better things to do with your life, including bringing out the trash, and cleaning a public toilet

[@ChessCoachAndras]

Sadly that's as good as it gets...

[@Tim.G.]

@@simonhinkel4086 😂😂👍

[@TheBigGuppy]

Don't play into the symmetrical structure if you hate it that much. play 3 ... Qxd5. then odds are he will hit your Q with Nc3 on move 4 or 5. then pin the knight with Bc4 and you just played into a Winawer Delayed Exchange. It's not great either but I score well with it on the the internet. It morphs into a Scandi type game or I pull the queen back after the pin breaks and play Rubenstein structures. Rubenstein has become my main defense this year along with my old trusty Taimanov. But FWIW the standard Exchange structure solves all black's problems. It should be easy to play. Master your endgames. - CEBchess - aka the old fart

[@Tim.G.]

@@ChessCoachAndras oh man thats depressing

[@francescomariani]

Love the series

[@grantc.7838]

Do one on the boleslavsky hole!

[@JustMe3.1415]

Great!

[@chessematics]

Why is your frame so large in this video?

[@ChessCoachAndras]

I have changed the settings on purpose to make it more "personal".

[@chessematics]

@@ChessCoachAndras ow that's nice

[@RainingArtillery]

My guess is the benoni defense

[@gavasiarobinssson5108]

Now Pirc.

[@Benny_Benoni]

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