Benko Gambit Accepted: Fianchetto Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3
The Benko Gambit Accepted: Fianchetto 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. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3. 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 5 times by this move order. White won 20%, 0% were drawn and Black won 80%. The most popular continuation is 9… Nbd7 (40% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.57 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 9… Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2)
- ECO
- A58
- Moves
- 17 plies
- FEN
rn1qk2r/4ppbp/b2p1np1/2pP4/8/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 3 9- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. Nf3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 5 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9… Nbd7 | 2 (40%) | |
| 9… O-O | 2 (40%) | |
| 9… Nfd7 | 1 (20%) |
Master games
184 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 25%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- GM Quang Liem Le (2693) – GM Victor Bologan (2732) 0-1 · World Blitz Final · 2012-07-10
- GM Alexander Riazantsev (2708) – IM Jaroslav Prizant (2515) 1/2-1/2 · 66th ch-RUS HL · 2013-06-20
- GM Georg Meier (2655) – GM Tomasz Markowski (2567) 1-0 · 14th Euro Indiv 2013 · 2013-05-07
- GM Maxim Rodshtein (2699) – GM Alexey Kislinsky (2513) 0-1 · European Blitz 2017 · 2017-12-15
- GM Fernando Peralta (2606) – GM Manuel Leon Hoyos (2579) 1/2-1/2 · 40th Olympiad Open · 2012-08-31
Search all games of the Benko Gambit Accepted: Fianchetto Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Holguinero (2312) – jmperezpalencia (2352) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- Inbotnito (2223) – StockJamie (2291) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- lordmagnus17 (2182) – NieRemis (2262) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 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: Central Storming 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.