Chess Lesson: Benoni Defence
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at
9:20 pm
An opening strategy used by black to have a strong attack against white queen pawn openings. The Benoni Defence and variations have been used by the likes of Bobby Fischer and Kasparov Buy Ampicillin Online to name a few.
Again I wish you would go further into the games and give more attack strategies
How can white castle if 2 turns before it was in check by the bishop.
why doesent white just capture the e pawn right away
@quarticom if black captures, Qa5+ forks the king and pawn and white regains in a far better possision.
I really like you’re video’s. I haven’t really been much active these couple of years and in result my elo-rating dropped to 1625. Still I really like this format and it really helped me to start improving my chess game again and hopefully become as strong as I used to be and maybe even stronger
@tuzet i was talking about black’s e pawn
i don’t get it. if the benoni defense is for black, how come that:
White Wins 39.6%
Black Wins 28.6%
Draw 31.8%
When looking at a black defence, you add the draw and win percentages together to get an idea of the general strength of an opening system.
The reason they are “standardized moves” is because they are the best moves. If you don’t know the standardized moves and play moves that you “reasoned out” you will lose. Winning against a “master” without losing a single piece…is a complete lie. Maybe you didn’t lose that game, but you will lose because you pick moves you think are good rather than moves that time and computers have proven to be the best. Please do not disregard these “standardized moves” and slander those who know them.
If you tally up the black winning % and the drawing % you see that odds are you won’t lose a point utilizing this opening. You also notice that if you need a draw odds are you will get one with this opening.
@biathcw that’s not a very funny joke actually
As sad as it is to admit that chess is interesting, that was a really useful video, thanks, appreciate that fella.
@SpongeInPyjama
there are 3 types of lies:
Lies, Damn Lies and statistics
a master knows the best answers to every possible move in about the first 5 moves so playing over the board at the beginning doesnt help at all
Well, it’s possible to consider most possibilities, but all possible combinations? Unlikely.
@Sheendude
can u recommend a good if not the best online chess game u know?
true.
Getting back into chess….just have a quick question…why wouldn’t white capture the pawn on c5 instead of white “developing to d5″? It looks as though white gets a hanging pawn the 4th move in…..
Why wouldn’t white capture the hanging pawn on c5?
try to do a search for Tal-Smyslov. There you will see beautiful fireworks!
Thanks for lots of interesting vids. But, I have one question regarding this Benoni defence; which “Why whites don’t take the black pawn in C5?” Thanks beforehand for the answer.
@jrobichess Dear, you give me a reason to connect to youtube daily.
why wouldn’t whites second move be c1 to g5?
why wouldn’t whites second move be c1 to g5?
@SpongeInPyjama In normal openings white has about 56% (black 44%), so benoni is an quite good opening with 46% for black. You shouldn’t think too much about the percents, except for they are not too extreme. Players can become good positions and nevertheless lose.