3.
f3 against the
Grunfield
/ King’s Indian / Modern Benoni
1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5
[ 3....d5, e5, Bg7 are considered separately]
4. d5 e6 5. e4 (5. d6 ? Qb6 6. Bf4 Qxb2) 5... ed 6. cd d6 7. Nc3
Bg7
leads to the Modern Benoni, Kapengut variation.]
8. Bg5 60% White in 325 games
(8. Nge2 O-O 9.
Ng3 is also playable - 61% White in 179
games
9...
Na6 10. Be2 Nc7 11. O-O Rb8 12. Bf4 b5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Kh1 h5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16.
Rae1 b4 17. Nd1 Nb5 18. Bc4 Nd4 19. Ne2 Nxe2 20. Rxe2 Qc7 21. e5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5
de 23. d6 Qc6 24. Ne3 Ba6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qd7 27. Re1 Re8 28. Rc1 e4 29.
fe Bd4 30. Bc6 Qxc6 31. Qxd4 cd 32. Rxc6 Bb5 33. Rc7 Rxe4 34. h3 f6 35. Bh6 d3
36. d7 Rd4 37. Rc8 Kh7 38. d8Q Rxd8 39. Rxd8 Kxh6 40. Kg1 f5 41. h4 Kg7 42. Kf2
Kf6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. g3
1-0, Christiansen Larry M (USA) 2600 - Nunn John D M (ENG) 2610, Munich
(Germany) 1991)
8... O-O 9. Qd2
This is the main starting position.
Line ONE 9... h6 is playable as Black has the Nxe4
trick if Bxh6. 10. Be3 (10. Bxh6 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qh4 =) 10... Re8 11. Nge2 h5 12. Nf4
Nbd7 13. Be2 Ne5 14. O-O a6 15. a4 g5 16. Nh3 Bxh3 17. gh Nh7 18. Kh1 f5 19. ef
Nf7 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bg1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 unclear ©;
Line TWO 9... Re8 10.
Nge2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Be2 transposes to main line - now h5 is
played in the main line. b5!? 14. O-O
b4 15. Nd1 Ne5 16. f4 Ned7 17. f5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. fg fg 20. Nf2 Rd4 21.
Qe3 Ne5 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Nf6 Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Bb7 25. Rac1 Bxd5 ? (25... Qd7 26.
Bxe5 de 27. Rxc5 Qd6 28. Rfc1 unclear ©) 26. Qxd4
1-0,
Stephan Eberhard (GER) 1990 - Welch Andreas 1970, Germany 1996)
Line THREE
9....a6 - This can be considered the
main line. 10. a4 Re8 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Be2 h5 [b5 see line two]
14. O-O c4› ( also 14... Nh7 is playable 15. Bh6 Bd4 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Bh6 Bh8 18.
Rfd1 =)]
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