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	Pal Benko My Life Games And Compositions
		Benko and his family endured numerous difficult situations, and the detail of them is sobering for those of us who have not had to persevere in the face of such adversity.
		While the Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5) is perhaps his greatest contribution, others, such as the Benko System in the Sozin Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qb6) are still making their mark in current grandmaster play.
		There is a chapter where Benko discusses his fairly sudden decision to marry, and there is also discussion of his resulting travel back and forth between the United States and Hungary (his wife stayed in Hungary, which was necessary to gain government approval for the marriage).
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_rb/rb_pl_bnk_my_lf_gms_and_cmpstns.html (2253 words)

	Benko Gambit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Benko gambit is one of the most well respected gambits against d4.
		Black's counterplay is very durable compared to many other gambits, in that the queenside pressure can last well into the endgame.
		There are several plans however at White's disposal to combat this gambit, the most radical being to simply countergambit with b6 (after cxb6 a6 b6!?).
	www.chesscorner.com /tutorial/openings/benko/benko_gambit.htm (92 words)

	US Chess Hall of Fame - Inductee Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Benko has excelled at the highest levels in both competition and composition.
		Benko has taught thousands of players both in person and through his columns.
		His Chess Life column "Endgame lab" is one of the most popular columns in the magazine and in the world, and the Benko Gambit is one of the few distinct opening systems to be named after a modern player.
	www.chessmuseum.org /bio_benko.html (254 words)

	More Analysis than Biography \| Pal Benko: My Life, Games, and Compositions \| Pal Benko, Jeremy Silman ...
		Benko's autobiography is lighthearted but historically rich (his story of his initial failed attempt to defect in West Berlin, and his subsequent arrest, interrogation and concentration camp experience are brilliant, yet harrowing literature), while Silman's interviews are playful and insightful.
		Gently and tactfully, Silman uses the life of Benko to reveal how an American Grandmaster routinely faces undeserved disrespect from chess sponsors and chess fans alike--not because the sponsors and fans are stupid or mean, but because they lack the information and therefore the perspective to be seriously appreciative of the contributions of American grandmasters.
		Benko includes a section on his development of the Benko Gambit (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5).
	www.very-clever.com /information/aozddoudoa (1523 words)

	Bird's Opening - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Another aggressive response for Black, but much rarer, is 1...g5?!, the Hobbs Gambit, with play usually continuing 2.fxg5 h6, a sort of mirror-image Benko Gambit.
		Qd4!) e5!, a sort of From's Gambit Deferred introduced by International Master Michael Brooks, is dangerous for White, e.g.
		This gambit was named by Aleksander Wagner (1868–1942), a Polish chess player and openings analyst who introduced it in the Swiss correspondence game Wagner–Kostin, 1910–1911.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bird's_Opening (618 words)

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		The best is GrahamBurgess's 1995 book 'gambits', which does a good job of discussing motivations for gambits and types of compensation, but in my opinion the author uses the term 'gambit' too loosely and many of his examples are positional sacrifices and not what I would call gambits at all.
		A few openings that are called 'gambits' are really non-gambits, the most obvious example being 1 d4 d5 2 c4 since even the Queen's Gambit Accepted (2...dxc4) is very rarely played with the intention of holding the pawn and White just regains his investment in the course of normal development.
		Completely the opposite of the Benko, the gambiteer is seeking not a rational position with objective compensation but rather an extreme tactical melee in which human and computer opponents alike may lose their way.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/kibitz04.txt (1001 words)

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		Benko Gambit Expose Reviewed by Glenn Budzinski The Gambit Guide to the Benko Gambit by Steffen Pedersen, 1999 Gambit Publications, Softcover, Figurine Algebraic Notation, 176pp., $19.95 The Benko Gambit, 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 b5, arguably may be the last major opening discovery of the Twentieth Century.
		Not to be confused with the Volga Gambit which, according to Benko in his seminal 1973 work "The Benko Gambit", "differs completely from the Benko Gambit.
		He and John Fedorowicz, the latter in his highly-regarded "The Complete Benko Gambit, second edition" (probably published in 1995, but no date is given in the book), both identify the same three Black responses, at this point: 5...g6, 5...axb5 and 5...e6.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/bengam.txt (1418 words)

	Chessville - Reviews - The Benko Gambit Revealed - by Neil McDonald - Reviewed by Rick Kennedy
		As elsewhere in The Benko Gambit Revealed, his comments not only touch on the development of Black’s game from the first move forward, but also on some of the line’s history, as the opening has developed over time.
		A combination of explanation of strategy and presentation of annotated games, here is a deeper look (imagine a microscope focusing in) at what is going on – again with a sense of the development and maturation of the opening, as players with the White pieces have learned important lessons from their mistakes.
		As a defense the Benko Gambit has weathered the test of time, and probably only needs a few more “heroes” or heroic performances to bring it back to the limelight – although, like the Sicilian Dragon, I suspect that in play below the master level, it has probably never been out of the limelight.
	www.chessville.com /reviews/TheBenkoGambitRevealed.htm (1595 words)

	Gambit Publications Limited - French: Advance and Other Lines
		In these lines, it is White who determines the central structure and sets the pace of the game.
		In 1998 he was joint winner of the Hampstead Grandmaster tournament, and achieved his second grandmaster norm at the Aars get2net Cup in 1999.
		He has written several highly-regarded opening books, with subjects including the Dutch Defence, Sicilian Scheveningen, Benko Gambit and the Semi-Slav.
	www.gambitbooks.com /books/advance.html (304 words)

	Le due Torri \| la libreria degli scacchi \| Chess Department Store
		The Benko Gambit is one of the most profound contributions to opening theory of the 20th Century.
		On this new Chess Base DVD, International Master Andrew Martin traces the history of the Gambit from the games of Opocensky, Lundin and Stoltz back in the 1930s, through the golden age of Bronstein, Benko and Browne all the way to the present day, where the gambit is as popular as ever.
		Martin describes the main themes and ideas of the Gambit and gives sound guide lines, so that any one who wants to play for the initiative with Black and play the Benko Gambit, will be very well equipped.
	www.scacchi.biz /catalogo/dettaglio.asp?lingua=I&CAT=&P=1&PROD=S6060&T=N&C= (259 words)

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		Regarding the Benko Gambit and the Benoni, arguably, they aren't the best of openings for Black and highly playable as White.
		With 1.d4, White is probably prepared to play a Queen's Gambit, a Nimzo-Indian, a King's Indian or just about anything other than a Benko Gambit or a Benoni.
		White should consider the possibility that Black is only pretending to enter the Benoni or Benko Gambit, in the hope that White will drop his Queen's Pawn opening in favor of a Sicilian that Black actually wants to play.
	www.michess.org /webzine_199908/draper.shtml (388 words)

	The Benko Gambit
		Does Pinski have new ideas against this dangerous variation or is the Benko busted?” The answer is that Pinski has an original and quite promising idea although, obviously, this is not the end of the story and White may have his own answers, as I will show below.
		The Benko Gambit is an excellent choice for the serious learner of the Benko Gambit.
		The Benko Gambit is a great effort by Pinski but it also demands some effort from its reader.
	www.chessbug.com /Book_Reviews_TheBenkoGambit.htm (1639 words)

	king moves
		GM John Fedorowicz became the heir to the Benko legacy by taking up the gambit and publishing The Complete Benko Gambit in 1990 with a significantly reworked second edition in 1994.
		For starters, I offer all of Benko's games in which he actually played the Benko Gambit (some on the white side!).
		e6 4.b4 a5 5.bxa5 Na6!; 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6] 3...b5 The Benko Gambit, challenging white's central pawn structure by attacking the rear pawn in the chain.
	www.overfifties.com /how_to_play_chess/king_moves.html (1435 words)

	Pal Benko: My Life, Games, & Compositions - Benko - Chess House
		Its amazing collection of 138 deeply annotated games which have been carefully prepared to be entertaining, enlightening, and instructive is brought to life by Benko's memoirs of his early years in war-torn Hungary, a world of poverty, chaos, pain, and ultimately, personal triumph.
		A massive survey of Benko's openings (by John Watson) shows us the scope of Benko's theoretical contributions to the game.
		Photos abound, and 300 of Benko's chess compositions allow lovers of the game to become intimately acquainted with a strikingly beautiful aspect of chess that most have overlooked.
	www.chesshouse.com /Pal_Benko_My_Life_Games_Compositions_p/6426.htm (292 words)

	Chess openings: Benko Gambit (A57) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Now the position resembles a "normal" Benko gambit position, except that (1) White can play e4 in one shot, and (2) there is no fear of losing castling rights.
		The reason why I play this way against the Benko, incidentally, is because I have enormous respect for the opening.
		Though the statistics are bad for fl i think the Benko is very fun to play and full of tactics.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessopening?eco=A57 (1193 words)

	Gambit Publications Limited - The Gambit Guide to the Bogo-Indian
		The unique GAMBIT system makes it easy to use the book to the maximum practical advantage.
		Quick Summaries introduce the main themes of each system, where appropriate suggesting a coherent repertoire of reliable lines.
		Whether you're looking for a quick introduction to an opening system for surprise use, a refresher course in a favourite opening or to research an opening deeply, the GAMBIT guide is the ideal choice.
	www.gambitbooks.com /books/bogoind.html (264 words)

	Chess World - Download of chess games (PGN and Chessbase files)
		This might well be the most "correct" (or at least interesting) gambit opening for Black.
		The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is very rare in master games.
		Only games where the gambit is accepted are included, thus the opening moves are 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 or permutations thereof.
	www.very-best.de /Download.htm (315 words)

	Queen Pawn Openings - The Kings Library
		The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is popular because it is a basis for attacking chess.
		As a result many of these games are fun to play and likewise entertaining to see.
		To help the reader find a repertoire to fit his or her own taste, the book gives at least two distinct solutions to each White system, corresponding to different styles of play.
	www.marioandwindy.com /kingslibrary/queenpawn.htm (424 words)

	File Library at Channel 1: All-Platform Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Belgrade Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4), 967 Games.
		Benko Gambit Games Collection, from The Electronic Chess Library, by Glenn Budzinski.
		Selected games of Pal Benko, from The Electronic Chess Library, by Glenn Budzinski.
	www.filelibrary.com /Contents/Multi-Platform/88/65.html (79 words)

	Anova Books - The Benko Gambit Revealed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A detailed table in the style of ECO is given at the close of the book, summarising the main variations with assessments.
		Named after the Hungarian/American player Pal Benko, who pioneered the opening, the Benko Gambit has long been a favourite of dynamic tournament chessplayers.
		He is author of The King's Gambit (0713484519) and Mastering Chess Tactics (0713487720).
	www.papertiger.co.uk /book/0713488689 (230 words)

	Grünfeld, Dutch, Benko Gambit, etc.
		After the exchange of queens the 'extra' move...h6 (compared to some analogous lines) is a bonus rather than a weakness.
		The same can't be said about the Benko that seems to be suffering these days.
		Volokitin's recent experiences in the accepted form of the Gambit are covered in Game 11.
	www.chesspublishing.com /con2/11/feb05.htm (715 words)

	Chess Openings : Index of all chess positions
		Benko Gambit Declined "Variation I" Benko Gambit Declined "Variation II"
		Benko Gambit - Fianchetto "Variation II-A" Benko Gambit - Fianchetto "Variation II-B" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation I" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation I-A" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation I-B" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation II"
		Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation II-B" Benko Gambit Rejected "Variation III"
	www.csm.astate.edu /~wpaulsen/chess/index.htm (4800 words)

	Gambit Guide to the Benko Gambit - Pederson - Chess House
		The Benko Gambit has enormous appeal to those who like to take the initiative with the fl pieces.
		This book provides complete and even-handed coverage of this popular gambit.
		Pedersen explains in detail the strategic concepts behind the Benko and the typical manoeuvres for both sides, while supplying concise theoretical coverage of every important variation.
	www.chesshouse.com /ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=3637 (234 words)

	"Benko gambit books"
		Volga Gambit A57 II with 4.cxb5; without 4...a6 5.e3 and 4...a6 5.f3
		Volga Gambit A57 III with cxb5 a6 5.e3 or 5.f3 (1998, 1700 games)
		Winning with the Benko accepted, semiaccepted, declined (1993)
	www.chess.it /libri/a_benko.htm (33 words)

	Benko Gambit Confusion
		I usually don’t care to update the openings I play.
		That’s why my reference book for the Benko gambit is from 1991 (by Suetin).
		A lot of things change in theory in a very short time, but the need to get new books and keep up with those changes depends on the level of competition you face.
	www.jeremysilman.com /chess_letters/101102_why_g6_before_a6_inBenko.html (346 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Benko Gambit Revealed: Books: Neil Mcdonald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Benko Gambit, named after the Hungarian player Pal Benko, who pioneered it, has long been a favorite opening of dynamic tournament chess players.
		This entertaining guide is part of a series that treats openings in a fresh new way.
		“First Moves” leads you through the basics as you start the gambit.
	www.amazon.ca /Benko-Gambit-Revealed-Neil-Mcdonald/dp/0713488689 (191 words)

	THE BENKO GAMBIT by Byron Jacobs
		The Benko Gambit is one of the most challenging replies to 1.d4 which Black contests the initiative from the outset and strikes fear into the hearts of many White players.
		Despite being a relatively young opening the Benko is now highly respected and considered to be quite sound.
		Part of the Batsford Chess Opening Guides series, providing a rapid understanding of fashionable openings through the use of model games and clear explanations.
	www.chess.it /libri/4415.htm (80 words)

	Exeter Chess Club: You Know When You've been Benko'd
		Outline of main lines and variations in the Benko Gambit
		Oddly for a gambit line, Black usually won't mind the exchange of Queens in the Benko, because the Queen's-side initiative persists, while White can no longer hope for mate on the other side.
		This is not just to avoid theory, as, according to BCO, Black often emerges with enough pressure to draw in the main lines.
	www.exeterchessclub.org.uk /Openings/benko.html (553 words)

	Vaidyanathan Ravikumar - Play the Benko Gambit - 204 pages, paperback, 1991.: 20,35 Euro - openings - Schach Niggemann
		The Benko Gambit, a positional pawn sacrifice which aims to achieve lasting pressure on the queenside, has survived the rigours of to decades of tournament play to remain one of Black's most successful 'defences' to 1.d4.
		Indian Master and trainer Vaidyanathan Ravikumar has himself gained much success with the Benko.
		His survey of current theory, explaining key ideas and including 77 complete illustrative games, will prove invaluable both to club and tournament players.
	www.niggemann.com /Buecher/1488.html (100 words)

	ABC of The Benko Gambit, The - Andrew Martin: Chess Store
		ABC of The Benko Gambit, The - Andrew Martin: Chess Store
		ABC of The Benko Gambit, The - Andrew Martin
		Black sacrifi ces a pawn as early as move three for enduring positional pressure.
	www.classicalgames.com /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=001814 (287 words)

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