Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2
The Benko Gambit Accepted: King Walk Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A59, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2. It is a line of the Benko Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.78 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 11… Qb6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Ra3 Rfb8 14. Re1)
- ECO
- A59
- Moves
- 21 plies
- FEN
rn1q1rk1/4ppbp/3p1np1/2pP4/4P3/2N2NP1/PP3PKP/R1BQ3R b - - 2 11- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2
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Master games
85 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 32%, Black 22%). The strongest:
- GM Ivan Cheparinov (2681) – GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2660) 1/2-1/2 · World Blitz 2015 · 2015-10-14
- IM Mamikon Gharibyan (2432) – GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2670) 1-0 · Titled Tue 4th Aug 2pm · 2020-08-04
- GM Bogdan Lalic (2484) – GM Borki Predojevic (2600) 1/2-1/2 · 19th Zadar Open A · 2012-12-17
- GM Eldar Gasanov (2488) – GM Vitaliy Bernadskiy (2583) 1/2-1/2 · 86th ch-UKR 2017 · 2017-12-15
- GM Igor Lysyj (2666) – FM Jonathan Westerberg (2397) 1-0 · ch-European Blitz 2013 · 2013-12-13
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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: Fianchetto Variation A58
- 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.