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Opening· 18 plies

Benoni Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Line

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A69), reached after 18 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8.

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About this opening

Benoni Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Line is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A69. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 18 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8.

It belongs to the Benoni Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Four Pawns Attack → Main Line line). The immediate parent line is Benoni Defense: Four Pawns Attack, transitioned via 9…Re8.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 c5, 3.d5 e6, 4.Nc3 exd5, 5.cxd5 d6, 6.e4 g6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.