Modern Themes in the Benoni - 2 DVDs - Chess Lecture - Volume 66 Gift Ideas - Best Selling Chess Books Software and DVDs There are simple combinations with

There are simple combinations with few moves to gain material in the short term and other more complex and difficult ones that require longer precise calculation and can bring about mate or gain material but not immediately

when he lost narrowly to Petrosian in the quarter-final

IM Szuhanek presents you his deep and diligent analysis of all the possible (and reasonable) White tries with focus on more common lines

middlegame and endgame positions

dxe5 Ng4 with interesting play

Modern Themes in the Benoni - 2 DVDs - Chess Lecture - Volume 66 Gift Ideas - Best Selling Chess Books Software and DVDs There are simple combinations withThe Modern Benoni was invented in 1927 by Frank Marshall at the New York Chess Tournament. Marshall played it twice, first for a draw against Capablanca, and again later losing to Aron Nimzowitch whom labeled the Modern Benoni an "unfortunate extravagance" in his annotations. In the 1950s interest in the system revived, as the King's Indian Defense gained in popularity among Soviet players and their investigations branched into related opening systems