Exact catalogue record
Benoni Defense: Snail VariationA43
Benoni Defense: Snail Variation is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO A43, in volume A (flank openings, irregular first moves, and many English/Reti structures).
On this page
- ECO code
- A43
- Opening family
- Benoni Defense
- Recorded half-moves
- 4
- Last numbered move
- 2
- Side to move
- White
- Castling rights
- White kingside, White queenside, Black kingside, Black queenside
- Material
- Material is level
- FEN
- r1bqkbnr/pp1ppppp/n7/2pP4/8/8/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1 3
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
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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