About this opening
Benoni Defense: Modern Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings,
classified under code A60. ECO group A (A00–A99)
covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached
after 6 half-moves from the
starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6.
It belongs to the Benoni Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Modern Variation line).
The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 c5, 3.d5 e6. From this position exactly one named continuation is recorded in the encyclopaedia.