Hi you all,
I'm just picking up the Modern Benoni and was looking on the internet for some resources on this interesting opening for Black. I was very happy to find out about this forum and started reading the messages on here.
I also bought Pallisers "The Modern Benoni Revealed", which is quite good (came out in 2005, so I supposed it would cover the latest theory on this subject - and I was right
).
Concerning the Taimanov Attack (which seems to be a System for White that scares off a lot of (potential) Benoni players), as far as I can tell by now, "Bonsai" is right in saying:
Quote:I don't know is there really a problem with the Nfd7 + 0-0 + Nb8-a6-c7 + Rb8 + a6 etc. line? (i.e. 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 0-0 10.Nf3 Na6 11.0-0 Nc7 12.Bd3 Rb8 or maybe 12...a6, can't remember exactly which move order is better or whether it matters)
The Chessbase "Modern Benoni CD" gives the following line for Black:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 (7.f4 Nbd7 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxd7 Nxd7 (=) looks fine too) 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 (not 8...Nbd7?, which turned out pretty bad in the game Sokolov - Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1996) 9.a4 0-0 10.Nf3 Na6 11.0-0 Nc7 12.Bd3 a6 13.Kh1 Rb8 14.f5 b5 15.Bg5 Nf6 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Bb7 18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.dxc6 c4 20.Bc2 Qxd1 21.Raxd1 Rb6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.fxg6 fxg6 24.Be4 bxa4 25.Nxa4 Rb4 (=+) Sotnikov - Totsky, 1992
So, I'll be on the look-out for more advice from "Bonsai" regarding the Modern Benoni