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FreeRepublic God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 947 Location: Georgia Joined: 06/08/17 Gender:	Re: The Modernized Modern Benoni by Alexey Kovalchuk Reply #4 - 10/03/25 at 20:19:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	I made a post earlier today, then had trouble finding it! I think it belongs here. So, with some modification: Titled players still prepare books, data bases, and courses promoting the MBO, but not so many. I haven't kept up with theory. So I decided to take game statistics as a guide. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 ed5 5. cd5 d6 According to Chess Assistant 24, 2021-2024. =435 +1472, -1128. A very good score for Black. Perhaps Black players chose the MBO against weaker opponents. So, I decided to restrict players to rating ranges. 2000 to 2100 =2 +6 -11 Great for Black 2100 to 2200 =10 +27 -16 Suboptimal but acceptable for Black 2200 to 2300 =17 +60 -37 Acceptable for Black 2300 to 2400 =13 +28 -16 Suboptimal but acceptable for Black 2400 to 2500 =10 +33 -25 good for Black Theory and statistics will likely vary by variation. I'll leave that effort to others. It may have been Tal who said the MBO was an opening for pirates. That is probably as true now as ever.


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RoleyPoley God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 746 Location: London Joined: 12/29/13 Gender:	Re: The Modernized Modern Benoni by Alexey Kovalchuk Reply #3 - 03/28/24 at 21:46:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	AJWZ wrote on 12/28/23 at 23:48:29: Hello! I'm recently interested in Modern Benoni and try to find good sources. What do you think of Kovalchuk's book on Modern Benoni? How good is it when comparing to Petrov's, Doknjas' or Pavlovic's works? How good is his Anti-Benoni section, which distinguish it form the above mentioned books? Is it worth buying? I haven't really played the Modern Benoni for over a decade when it was my regular line against 1.d4 and am now looking to get back to it. I have all of those books you mentioned except Pavlovic's books which I have purposely avoided because it looks like an unpleasant data dump (I'm probably being unfair on the author but I much prefer books that provide textual explanations to accompany analysis). I like the Donkjas book which I think got very good reviews but personally prefer the Kovalchak one (I'm getting old so it might be just the bigger text making it the easier to read), which is also the newest one of the books you listed. I also have his Benko books. Depending on the level you play any of the books that you find easy to understand is worth getting even if it is an older book because it is such a thematic opening.

	"As Mikhail Tal would say ' Let's have a bit of hooliganism! '" Victor Bologan.
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FreeRepublic God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 947 Location: Georgia Joined: 06/08/17 Gender:	Re: The Modernized Modern Benoni by Alexey Kovalchuk Reply #2 - 03/25/24 at 21:45:39	Post Tools	Print Post
	There is also a book simply titled "Benoni," by Ivan Ivanisevik: https://forwardchess.com/product/benoni?section=Products


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FreeRepublic God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 947 Location: Georgia Joined: 06/08/17 Gender:	Re: The Modernized Modern Benoni by Alexey Kovalchuk Reply #1 - 12/31/23 at 01:48:38	Post Tools	Print Post
	My books on the Modern Benoni Opening (MBO) are older than the one's that you mention. The last time I looked at it, I was pondering Black's response to 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 ed5 5. cd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. h3.


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AJWZ Full Member Offline Posts: 109 Joined: 03/19/15 Gender:	The Modernized Modern Benoni by Alexey Kovalchuk 12/28/23 at 23:48:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	Hello! I'm recently interested in Modern Benoni and try to find good sources. What do you think of Kovalchuk's book on Modern Benoni? How good is it when comparing to Petrov's, Doknjas' or Pavlovic's works? How good is his Anti-Benoni section, which distinguish it form the above mentioned books? Is it worth buying?


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