King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO E60), reached after 12 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 c6.

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About this opening

King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, Benoni Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code E60. ECO group E (E00–E99) covers Indian defences against 1.d4, covering the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian and Catalan systems. This particular variation is reached after 12 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 c6.

It belongs to the King's Indian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Semi-Classical Variation → Benoni Variation line). The immediate parent line is King's Indian Defense: Semi-Classical Variation, transitioned via 6…c6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 g6, 3.Nc3 Bg7, 4.Nf3 O-O, 5.e3 d6, 6.Be2 c6. 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.