Benko Gambit Accepted: Central Storming Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. f4
The Benko Gambit Accepted: Central Storming Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A58, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. f4. It is a line of the Benko Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 7… d6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.08 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 7… Bg7 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qb4 10. Qc2)
- ECO
- A58
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. f4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… d6 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
25 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 24%, draw 20%, Black 56%). The strongest:
- GM Naumkin, I. (2397) – Jhon Alexander Morales (2355) 1/2-1/2 · 3rd Villa de Gijon Open · 2017-07-30
- Juan Roberto Patino Romaris (2198) – FM Fernando Sanchez Aller (2355) 0-1 · VI Carlos I Open 2014 · 2014-06-29
- WIM Beatriz Irene Franco Valencia (2210) – WIM Anne Haast (2324) 0-1 · 41st Olympiad Women 2014 · 2014-08-12
- Paul Talsma (2229) – FM Robert S Eames (2263) 0-1 · 88th Hastings Masters · 2013-01-02
- Max Wahlund (2132) – Ingvar Andreasson (2356) 1-0 · Kvibergspelen 2017 · 2017-05-07
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ajedrez_para_todos (2282) – naitbfour (2260) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Benko Gambit Accepted: Fully Accepted Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6
More Benko Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- Benko Gambit Accepted A57
- Benko Gambit Accepted: Dlugy Variation A57
- Benko Gambit Accepted: Modern Variation A57
- Benko Gambit Accepted: Pawn Return Variation A57
- Benko Gambit Accepted: Fianchetto Variation A58
- Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation A59
- Benko Gambit Accepted: Yugoslav (6… d6 7. e4) A59
- Benko Gambit Accepted: Yugoslav (8… d6 9. Nge2) A59
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.