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Opening· 14 plies

Benoni Defense: Franco-Sicilian Hybrid

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A40), reached after 14 half-moves: 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne7.

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About this opening

Benoni Defense: Franco-Sicilian Hybrid is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A40. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 14 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne7.

It belongs to the Benoni Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Franco-Sicilian Hybrid line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 e6, 2.c4 c5, 3.d5 exd5, 4.cxd5 d6, 5.Nc3 g6, 6.e4 Bg7. 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.