Chess Game: 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 Benoni Line Analysis

Chess Game Analysis: 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7

1. d4 {0} g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5

5. dxe5 (5. Bg5 $5 {Ribli} f6 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. d5 Nce7 8. e4 Nh6 9. h4 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Ermenkov,E/Budapest zt/1993/CBM34/INF57,58/}) 5... dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8

7. Bd2 (7. Bg5+ {Ribli} f6 8. O-O-O+ (8. Rd1+ {Belov} Ke8 9. Bc1 Be6 10. e4 c6 11. b3 Bf8 12. a3 a5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Be2 Nf7 $15 {Sokolov,I-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia/1988/0:1/52/}) 8... Nd7 9. Bd2 Nh6 10. Rg1 c6 (10... Nf7 11. g4 Nd6 12. b3 $14 {Schmidt,W-Matulovic,M/Nis 1977/}) 11. g4 Nf7 12. Ne4 $14 {Lechtynsky,J-Rolletschek,H/Linz/1993/EXP36/}) 7... Be6 (7... f6 8. O-O-O Ke8 (8... Nd7 9. g4 {'!' Speelman,J.} Ne7 (9... c6 10. Ne4 Kc7 11. Bb4 Bf8 12. Nd6 a5 13. Ba3 Nh6 14. Bh3 g5 15. c5 Bxd6 16. cxd6+ Kd8 17. Nd2 b5 18. b3 b4 19. Bb2 {Groszpeter-Chilingirova Katerini 1994.}) 10. Bg2 h5 11. g5 f5 12. e4 f4 13. Kc2 c6 14. Ne2 Kc7 15. Ba5+ b6 16. Bc3 Rg8 17. Bh3 Nc5 18. Bxc8 Raxc8) (8... Bd7 9. g4) 9. h3 (9. Nb5 {Ribli} Na6 10. Bc3 Ne7 11. e3 Nc6 12. a3 $14) 9... Be6 (9... h5 10. e4 Be6 11. Nb5 Na6 12. Be2 Ne7 13. Be3 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. a3 Rh8 16. Kc2 Kf7) (9... f5 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Bc3) 10. b3 Na6 (10... c6 {Belov} 11. g4 Na6 12. Ne4 Bf8 13. Bc3 $14) (10... h5 $5 {Belov} 11. Rg1 Na6 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 Ne7 $14) 11. g4 $1 {An important strategical move in these positions as White attempts to prevent the ...f5 break and at the same time secures the e4 square for his knights.} Rd8 (11... Ne7 {Belov} 12. Bg2 c6 13. Ne4 Nc8 14. Bc3 $16) 12. Bg2 Ne7 13. Be3 Nc8 (13... Nc6 {Ribli} 14. Nb5 $14) (13... Kf7 $5 {Belov} 14. Nb5 Nc6 $14) 14. Nb5 $1 (14. Nb5 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 c5 16. Nd2 b6 17. Bb7 Nb8 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Ne4 Ne7 21. Rd6+ Kf7 22. Bd2 h6 23. Ng3 Nc8 24. Rd3 Ne7 25. e4 h5 26. gxh5 gxh5 27. h4 Bh6 28. Bxh6 Rxh6 29. Rd6 Rh8 30. Kd1 Kg6 31. Kd2 Nc8 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Nf5 Rc7 34. Ke3 Rd7 35. Rd5 Rf7 36. f4 Nc6 37. fxe5 Nxe5 38. Rd8 Rd7 39. Rh8 Rh7 40. Rg8+ Kf7 41. Rg1 Ke6 42. Rg2 Kf7 43. a3) 14... Rxd1+ (14... Kf7 $5 {Belov} 15. Nxa7 Nxa7 16. Bxa7 b6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Ke7 $44) 15. Rxd1 Ke7 (15... b6 {Ribli} 16. Ne1 {/",Bb7