A43: Old Benoni defence

1. d4 c5

Old Benoni defence

A43 Sub-variants:

Old Benoni defence
1. d4 c5

Old Benoni, Franco-Benoni defence
1. d4 c5 2. d5 e6 3. e4

Old Benoni, Mujannah formation
1. d4 c5 2. d5 f5

Old Benoni defence
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6

Woozle defence
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Qa5

Old Benoni defence
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nf3

Hawk (Habichd) defence
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nf3 c4

Old Benoni defence
1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6

Old Benoni, Schmid's system
1. d4 c5 2. d5 d6 3. Nc3 g6

Overview

Games on Database:

17215

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

39.9%

26.9%

33.2%

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Played frequently by:

White
Vlatko Kovacevic	39 games
Dragan Kosic	23 games
Karel Opocensky	19 games

Black
Dragoljub Velimirovic	81 games
Peter Rahls	76 games
Jan Sikora Lerch	74 games

Possible continuations:

2. d5

11297

44.3 %

25.6 %

30.1 %

2. e3

1777

32.1 %

30.2 %

37.8 %

2. c3

1669

31.5 %

32.2 %

36.3 %

2. Nf3

1063

27.3 %

26.9 %

45.8 %

2. dxc5

877

31.1 %

27.4 %

41.5 %

2. e4

375

41.9 %

28 %

30.1 %

2. c4

116

28.4 %

20.7 %

50.9 %

2. Nc3

27.8 %

44.4 %

27.8 %

2. Bf4

63.6 %

36.4 %

2. Bg5

40 %

20 %

40 %

2. g3

25 %

75 %

2. f4

50 %