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The Benoni Defense is a chess opening characterized by an early reply of...c5 against White's opening move 1.d4. Most commonly, it is reached by the sequence:

Black can then sacrifice a pawn with 3...b5 , otherwise 3...e6 is the most common move.

The Old Benoni Defense is characterized by

This will usually transpose into a main line after 2.d5, but Black has other options such as an early...f5.

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