The Benko Gambit
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few chess openings carry the DNA of their creator as vividly as the Benko Gambit — an audacious, pawn-sacrificing system that transformed the landscape of modern competitive chess. In this authoritative volume, grandmaster and opening theorist Pal Benko presents a comprehensive analysis of the hypermodern opening that bears his name, detailing the intricate strategic ideas, key variations, and tactical motifs that arise after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 — a sequence that grants Black dynamic queenside compensation for a sacrificed pawn and long-term positional pressure that can suffocate even the most careful of opponents. Part of the respected Contemporary Chess Openings series, this work stands as the definitive primary source on the gambit, written by the very man who refined and popularised it at the highest levels of international play. Benko's style is precise, instructive, and deeply practical, guiding the reader through both the theoretical mainlines and the subtle sub-variations that determine the outcome of a game long before the middlegame arrives. Whether you are an ambitious club player or a seasoned tournament competitor, this indispensable text will leave you wondering how you ever faced the Benko Gambit — from either side of the board — without it.
Author: Pal Benko
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974, B.T. Batsford Ltd / R-H-M Press
Genre: Reference & language
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Few chess openings carry the DNA of their creator as vividly as the Benko Gambit — an audacious, pawn-sacrificing system that transformed the landscape of modern competitive chess. In this authoritative volume, grandmaster and opening theorist Pal Benko presents a comprehensive analysis of the hypermodern opening that bears his name, detailing the intricate strategic ideas, key variations, and tactical motifs that arise after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 — a sequence that grants Black dynamic queenside compensation for a sacrificed pawn and long-term positional pressure that can suffocate even the most careful of opponents. Part of the respected Contemporary Chess Openings series, this work stands as the definitive primary source on the gambit, written by the very man who refined and popularised it at the highest levels of international play. Benko's style is precise, instructive, and deeply practical, guiding the reader through both the theoretical mainlines and the subtle sub-variations that determine the outcome of a game long before the middlegame arrives. Whether you are an ambitious club player or a seasoned tournament competitor, this indispensable text will leave you wondering how you ever faced the Benko Gambit — from either side of the board — without it.