Exact catalogue record
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Main LineA73
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Main Line is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO A73, in volume A (flank openings, irregular first moves, and many English/Reti structures).
On this page
- ECO code
- A73
- Opening family
- Benoni Defense
- Recorded half-moves
- 17
- Last numbered move
- 9
- Side to move
- Black
- Castling rights
- No castling rights remain
- Material
- Material is level
- FEN
- rnbq1rk1/pp3pbp/3p1np1/2pP4/4P3/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 5 9
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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Comes from
Main continuations
- Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Czerniak Defense (A76)
- Benoni Defense: Classical Variation, Full Line (A74)
Other records under Benoni Defense
These records share the source catalogue’s family label; that relationship alone does not imply the same plans or resulting position.
- Benoni Defense: Franco-Sicilian Hybrid (A40)
- Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit Accepted (A43)
- Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit, Schlenker Defense (A43)
- Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense (A43)
- Benoni Defense: Benoni-Indian Defense, Kingside Move Order (A43)
- Benoni Defense: Benoni-Staunton Gambit (A43)
- Benoni Defense: Cormorant Gambit (A43)
- Benoni Defense: French Benoni (A43)
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