Benko Gambit: Tips & Ideas for Black

Benko gambit (or Volga) is a defence for Black against the opening, great for those interested in a compact opening system with a standard opening setup and pawn structure. It is used at the highest level and is definitely one of those solid options that is also not too extensive and difficult to learn.

In this video I will focus only on the basic Benko Gambit structure, which means that we will not deal with the sidelines or go into the opening theory. It will also be an introduction to the Benko type of positions, with the typical ideas and plans, mainly from Black's perspective.

Video is consisted of the following chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:46 How to get into the Benko Gambit?
3:10 Benko Gambit pawn structure
3:35 What to do with the Rooks (situation 1)
4:22 What to do with the Rooks (situation 2)
4:46 The dark-square Bishops added
5:08 A pair of Knights added
5:45 Knight manoeuvre: f6-e8-c7-b5
6:21 Knight manoeuvre: f6-d7-b6-a4
6:54 Knight manoeuvre: f6-g4-e5-d3/c4
7:41 Second pair of Knights added
8:50 What to do with the light-square Bishop?
9:48 The black Queen in the Benko
10:55 The ideal world for White
11:41 Outro

Level: Intermediate.

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