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A60

Benoni Defense: Modern Variation

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Overview

Benoni Defense: Modern Variation is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A60.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Benoni Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It branches into 2 notable variations — Benoni Defense: King's Pawn Line, Snake Variation.

Together the deeper variations number 17 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
A60
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
6
Parent
Benoni Defense
Direct variations
2
Total in subtree
17

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Variations (2)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Benoni Defense:

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