Unfortunately Ramirez does not cover any of the lines I mentioned above.

In defence of Ramirez though both of these lines were still in its infancy when the DVD was released.

As I said I recommend "Attack with Black" (kindle version!). This also covers lines against almost anything else White might try on move 2 or 3 instead of 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5.

Otherwise a subscription to the relevant section of Chesspublishing is certainly also a very good idea.

I prefer a good book since using Megabase only means you have to work out a lot of subtleties for yourself - if that´s even possible.

However, using a database is certainly a good start to get a first look and idea about an opening.

The main question is what you want to play in the main line after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 since the old recipe with 6...Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 0-0 11.Kg2 Nbd7 is seen a bit shaky these days because of 12.a4!.

"Attack with Black" (updated kindle version) by Aveskulov offers a possible solution to that which has not seen many tests as far as I know. This would be my choice as a single resource.

If I remember correctly Sergej Kasparov doesn´t even mention this critical line.

About the relatively new development of 6...Bg7 7.e4 0-0 8.Nf3 Qa5 I´m only aware of some articles in NiC and Chessbase and it´s certainly covered here on ChessPublishing too. Otherwise there is also a good video lecture on chess24 but that is only available in spanish.

Hi!

I have played the Benko for years, but I have never had any formal DVD/book on it (I have jsut watched some Ramirez videos on YouTube).

If you had to choose only one chess resource on the Benk, what would that be?

Thanks in advance!

Z.