Benko Gambit

Benko Gambit Match
Anatoli Karpov vs Veselin Topalov
FIDE 2002

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. b3 e6 6. dxe6 fxe6
7. cxb5 Be7 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bb2 Bf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nbd2 a6
12. a4 axb5 13. Bxb5 Na6 14. Nxe4 Bxb2 15. Neg5 Rxf3 16. Qxh7+
Kf8 17. h4 Rf5 18. Rd1 Bd5 19. e4 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Nc7 21. exf5
Nxb5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. axb5 Ra2+ 24. Kf3 Qf6 25. Rd1 Bd4
26. Re1 Be5 27. b6 Rb2 28. b7 Rxb3+ 29. Kg4 Rxb7 30. f4 Rb4
31. g3 1-0

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Magnus Carlsen
2007 "World Blitz Cup"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 g6 6. e4 Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. a4 e6 9. Nh3 Bb7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 d5
12. Bxc5 Re8 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. Bf2 dxe4 15. O-O axb5 16. Nxb5
Ne5 17. Nd6 exf3 18. Nxb7 fxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd5 20. Nc5 Neg4
21. Rad1 Qc6 22. b4 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 Nd5 24. b5 Qb6 25. Na6 Qxf2+
26. Rxf2 Nc3 27. Rd7 Red8 28. Rfd2 Bd4+ 29. R2xd4 Ne2+ 30. Kf2
Nxd4 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Nf4 e5 33. Ne2 Nb3 34. b6 Na5 35. Nc5
Rd6 36. b7 Rb6 37. Nd7 Rxb7 38. Nxe5 Rb4 39. g3 Rxa4 40. Nf4
Ra2+ 41. Kg1 Nb3 42. h4 Nd4 43. Nd7 Ne2+ 44. Nxe2 Rxe2 45. Kf1
Ra2 46. Nf6+ Kg7 47. Ng4 Kf7 48. Nf2 Kf6 49. Kg2 Kf5 50. Kf3
Ra3+ 51. Kg2 Ke5 52. Ng4+ Kd4 53. Nf6 Ra7 54. g4 Ke5 55. g5 h5
56. Kf3 Kf5 57. Nd5 Ra3+ 58. Ne3+ Ke5 0-1

Alexey Shirov vs Arnaud Hauchard
It (open) 1990
Chess opening-Benko Gambit: Accepted. Pawn Return Variation
[Result 1-0]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.a4
Qxb6 8.a5 Qc7 9.e4 g6 10.f4 Bg7 11.Bc4 O-O 12.Nf3 Re8 13.O-O
e5 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Ng5 Nf8 16.f5 h6 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxg6 hxg5
19.Bxg5 N8d7 20.Qf3 Ra7 21.Rad1 Qb7 22.Qh3 Qc6 23.Nd5 exd5
24.Rxd5 Kf8 25.Qh7 Re6 26.Bh6 Ke8 27.Qxg7 Nxd5 28.Qh8+ Ke7
29.g7 Rxh6 30.Rf7+ Kxf7 31.g8=Q+ Ke7 32.Qd8+ 1-0

Akiba Rubinstein vs Rudolf Spielmann
Vienna 1922 Chess opening-Benko Gambit: Declined
[Result 1-0]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 Bb7 5.a4 bxc4 6.Nc3 e6 7.e4
Nxe4 8.Nxe4 exd5 9.Nc3 d4 10.Bxc4 dxc3 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qb3+
c4 13.Ne5+ Kg8 14.Qxb7 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Qe8+ 16.Be3 cxb2 17.Qxb2
dxc6 18.O-O Bd6 19.Qc3 Qe6 20.Rac1 Kf7 21.Rfe1 Rhe8 22.Bf4 Qg6
23.Qxc4+ Kf8 24.Bxd6+ Qxd6 25.Re3 Qd5 26.Qxc6 Qxc6 27.Rxc6
Red8 28.g3 Rd7 29.a5 Rb8 30.h4 Rb5 31.a6 Ra5 32.Kg2 Ra2 33.h5
Ra5 34.h6 gxh6 35.Rxh6 Kg7 36.Rc6 Rf5 37.Rec3 Rdf7 38.f4 Rd7
39.Kh3 Rff7 40.R3c5 Kf8 41.Kh4 Ke7 42.Rb5 Kf8 43.f5 Rfe7 44.g4
Kf7 45.Kh5 Re1 46.Kg5 Rde7 47.Rb8 1-0

Alon Greenfeld vs Judit Polgar
Team ch Europe 1989
Chess opening-Benko Gambit: Declined. Main Line (A57)
[Result 0-1]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 g6 5.cxb5 a6 6.Nc3 axb5 7.d6
Bg7 8.e4 O-O 9.e5 Ng4 10.Bg5 Nxe5 11.Bxe7 Re8 12.Bxb5 Nec6
13.O-O Nxe7 14.dxe7 Rxe7 15.Qd5 Ra5 16.Qxc5 Na6 17.Qc4 Nc7
18.a4 Nxb5 19.axb5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Bb7 21.Qf4 h6 22.h3 Kh7 23.Rd1
f5 24.Nd5 Re2 25.b3 Rb2 26.Qd6 Bxd5 27.Qxd5 Qb6 28.Nd4 Qc7
29.h4 Rd2 30.Re1 Rxd4 31.Qf7 Rxh4 32.g3 Re4 33.Rd1 Qc2 34.Qxd7
Qxb3 35.Kg2 Re5 36.Rd6 Qb1 37.Qf7 f4 38.Rd7 f3 39.Qxf3 Qxb5
40.Qf7 Qc6+ 0-1

Egil Jacobsen vs Rudolf Spielmann
Copenhagen 1923
Chess opening-Benko Gambit: Declined. Main Line (A57)
[Result 1/2-1/2]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Nc3 Nxg5
7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 b4 9. Nd1 Be7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. e4 f5 12. Bd3
d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. exf5 exd5
17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne3 Bb7 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Bd5
Rab8 22. b3 Bg5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Rd5 Bf6 26. Qe4
Rd8 27. Rfd1 Rbb8 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxe5
31. Rxe5 Rc8 32. g3 Kg8 33. Re7 a5 34. Ra7 c4 35. bxc4 Rc5
36. h3 Rxf5 37. Rc7 Rf3 38. c5 Rc3 39. c6 a4 40. Rb7 b3
41. axb3 axb3 42. Kg2 Rxc6 43. Rxb3 h6 44. f4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Kf6
46. Kg4 Ra6 47. h4 Rc6 48. Rb5 Rc3 49. Rb6+ Kf7 50. h5 Ra3
51. Rb4 Kf6 52. Kh4 Rc3 53. g4 Rf3 54. Rb6+ Kf7 55. Rb7+ Kf8
56. Rb4 Ra3 57. Rb8+ Kf7 58. Rb7+ Kf8 59. g5 hxg5+ 60. fxg5
Ra4+ 61. Kg3 Ra8 62. Kf4 Kg8 63. g6 Rc8 64. Ke5 Ra8 65. Ke6
Rc8 66. Ke7 Ra8 67. Rd7 Rc8 68. Rd8+ Rxd8 69. Kxd8 Kf8 70. Kd7
Kg8 71. Kd6 Kf8 72. Ke6 Kg8 73. Ke7 Kh8 74. h6 Kg8 75. h7+ Kh8
76. Kd6 1/2-1/2

Julio Bolbochan vs Paul Keres
Stockholm ol 1937
Chess opening-Benko Gambit: Declined. Main Line (A57)
[Result 0-1]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.c4 Bb7 5.a4 a6 6.axb5 axb5 7.Rxa8
Bxa8 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Bd2 b4 10.Qa4 Qxa4 11.Nxa4 e6 12.Bf4 d6 13.e4
Nxe4 14.Bd3 Nf6 15.O-O Nbd7 16.Re1 e5 17.h3 Be7 18.Bh2 O-O
19.g4 g6 20.Nd2 Re8 21.f4 Bf8 22.g5 exf4 23.Rxe8 Nxe8 24.Bxf4
Bg7 25.Ne4 Be5 26.Bxe5 Nxe5 27.Be2 Kf8 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Ke3 Bb7
30.Kf4 Nd7 31.b3 f6 32.h4 Bc8 33.Nb2 Nb6 34.Ng3 Nc7 35.Nd1
Ncxd5+ 36.cxd5 Nxd5+ 37.Ke4 f5 38.Kf3 Nb6 39.Nf1 Ke6 40.Nfe3
Ke5 41.Bc4 f4 42.Bg8 fxe3 43.Nxe3 Bb7+ 44.Ke2 Be4 45.Bxh7 d5
46.Ng4+ Kd4 47.h5 gxh5 48.Bxe4 hxg4 49.g6 Nd7 50.g7 Nf6 51.Bf5
g3 52.Kf3 Kc3 53.Bg6 c4 54.bxc4 dxc4 55.Kxg3 b3 56.Kf4 b2
57.Ke5 Ng8 58.Kd5 Ne7+ 59.Kc5 Kb3 60.Kd4 c3 61.Bf7+ Kc2
62.Bg6+ Kd2 0-1