Exact catalogue record
Benko Gambit: Zaitsev SystemA57
Benko Gambit: Zaitsev System is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO A57, in volume A (flank openings, irregular first moves, and many English/Reti structures).
On this page
- ECO code
- A57
- Opening family
- Benko Gambit
- Recorded half-moves
- 9
- Last numbered move
- 5
- Side to move
- Black
- Castling rights
- White kingside, White queenside, Black kingside, Black queenside
- Material
- White is ahead by 1 point
- FEN
- rnbqkb1r/3ppppp/p4n2/1PpP4/8/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 1 5
Scope of this record
This page preserves a source name, one exact legal move sequence and its resulting FEN. It does not claim that the sequence is best, common or strategically self-contained. Opening names can cover several move orders; the links below report only parent, continuation and family relationships present in this catalogue.
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Other records under Benko Gambit
These records share the source catalogue’s family label; that relationship alone does not imply the same plans or resulting position.
- Benko Gambit (A57)
- Benko Gambit: Mutkin Countergambit (A57)
- Benko Gambit: Nescafe Frappe Attack (A57)
- Benko Gambit: Zaitsev Variation, Nescafe Frappe Attack (A57)
- Benko Gambit: Fianchetto Variation (A58)
- Benko Gambit: Nd2 Variation (A58)
- Benko Gambit (A59)
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