Modern Benoni- Four Pawn Attack

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Modern Benoni Four Pawns Attack is a brutal  aggressive opening  by white.  This aggressive early assault is used to gain space then tear through blacks defenses.  White hopes to pull off a powerful attack  before  black can stablize or counter attack.  Like all Benoni  Openings it leads to very tatical games .  White especially must be careful not to allow black to  pull off any tactical attacks as white  creates defensive weakeness.  Black likewise must be weary of sacrifices and tactical strikes  white threatens  due to whites  aggressive  formation.  White must be  certain therefore to gain a winning advantage before black can  take initiative.

 

Here's an example of a tactical game vs Fritz 10 sparring (hard setting).  I won  after Fritz as per  its programming made an  inaccuracy  allowing  me to  get a  winning advantage through a combination forcing a pawn premotion.   After that well it was trivial. 

 

 

 

 

 


























Anyone else have any good advice on playing modern benoni 4 pawns attack or just benoni in general.  Any good games or theories about the attack should be played after leaving book.  Plans of action as black or white? Any thoughts or comments are appreciated


talhah
wow bennoni is a quite good of a opening. i have played it few times without knowing it. lol.
procyk
There is a book "Beating King's Indian and Benoni" shock your opponents with the Four Pawns Attack) by Anatoli Vaisser, published by The American Batsford Chess Library, 1997. I played many games with it and had good results in some tournaments as well as on line.
You arraive to the same position: (I am new at posting boards - sorry)
a) King's Indian      -
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5
b) Modern Benoni  1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2
although here it is written white move, it is rather black move.
One of those days I will make it right.
mhbat14
procyk wrote: There is a book "Beating King's Indian and Benoni" shock your opponents with the Four Pawns Attack) by Anatoli Vaisser, published by The American Batsford Chess Library, 1997. I played many games with it and had good results in some tournaments as well as on line.You arraive to the same position: (I am new at posting boards - sorry)a) King's Indian      - 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5. f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5b) Modern Benoni  1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2although here it is written white move, it is rather black move.One of those days I will make it right.

 Ahh I see thank you! I'll have to look into that book.  I appreciate the suggestion it I hadn't been able to find any good books on it.

Yeah talhal Benoni is my favorite white opening after English Symmetry or English transposition to Kings Indian Defense.  Its also my favorite defense against d4 against English(1. c4) I prefer Benko(1...g6 2. d4 Bg7) 


MaNNy8-a

can you like explain ive only been playing for 5 months now lol but ive known how to play for a while but never had anyone to play with until i joind the chess club my teacher says i can take the president

and i want to learn as much as posible

GreenLeaf14

after f4(concerning the first diagram)white aims for Bb5+ the Tamainov variation so why Nf3 then?

moonnie

I have two problems with the 4 pawns Taimanov (Flick Knife) attack against the Benoni. 

  1. In order to be able to play the Taimanov you must play 3. Nc3 allowing the Nimzo Indian defence an opening many white players rather avoid.
  2. Though the Taimanov probably leads to an advantage for white it is very very very complex and will lead to sharp tactical battles where both sides have a good chance to win. There really is a lot of theory and making 1 wrong move is almost instant loss for either side.  

I like the modern system against the Benoni (with Bd3 and h3) a lot better. It gives white a small but stable advantage and gives black very little chances for counterplay. Even in the best black setup white has the pleasant choice between an endgame where only he can play for a win (but is probably a draw by good play from black) or a more complex variation where his chances are to be prefered as well (but black does have counter play)

Still if you know your opponent will play Benoni and you like weird unblanced positions the Taimanov is a nice opening :)

Ambassador_Spock
Benoni Counter-Blast is scanning in the past for Benoni players.
warrior689

well any opening is good, if you plat it well. I am a KID player, and am personally thrilled to see a 4 pawns attack.

SilentKnighte5

You really expect us to believe an 1100 player beat Fritz?

NimzoPatzer

The 4 pawns is a joke and White needs to be careful not to go to greedland if he wants to survive.

Strangemover
SilentKnighte5 wrote:

You really expect us to believe an 1100 player beat Fritz?

On Christmas Day 2007. Perhaps a gift from Fritz?

GreenLeaf14
NimzoPatzer wrote:

The 4 pawns is a joke and White needs to be careful not to go to greedland if he wants to survive.

 

why?

NimzoPatzer
GreenLeaf14 escribió:
NimzoPatzer wrote:

The 4 pawns is a joke and White needs to be careful not to go to greedland if he wants to survive.

 

why?

The analysis with all variations appears in Bronstein's book which I red long ago and I still remember it is busted.

 

11...Nxe5! 12.Nxc7? Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Qe5!

 

Depending on which side you want try to find the win for Black or prove something for White.

benonidoni

I agree with above quote where Taimanov is the best and most preferred choice. Bb5 then KnFd7. In my opinion white is ahead in all lines. Four pawns might just give my black benoni a chance.Smile