Benko Gambit Declined: Quiet Line
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2
The Benko Gambit Declined: Quiet Line is a chess opening classified as ECO A57, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2. It is a line of the Benko Gambit Declined. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 151 times by this move order. White won 54%, 4% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 4… g6 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.24 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 4… bxc4 5. e4 e6 6. Bxc4 exd5 7. exd5)
- ECO
- A57
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nd2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 33 | |
| 2000+ | 116 | |
| All | 151 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… g6 | 54 (36%) | |
| 4… bxc4 | 46 (30%) | |
| 4… b4 | 26 (17%) | |
| 4… Qa5 | 8 (5%) | |
| 4… d6 | 6 (4%) | |
| 4… a6 | 4 (3%) | |
| 4… e6 | 4 (3%) | |
| 4… Bb7 | 3 (2%) |
Master games
448 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 14%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2764) – GM Jeffery Xiong (2709) 0-1 · PNWCC Super SOS · 2020-07-17
- GM Ivan Ivanisevic (2606) – GM Jeffery Xiong (2709) 0-1 · PNWCC Online Blitz JP 21 · 2021-02-21
- GM Alexey Sarana (2713) – GM Alvar Alonso Rosell (2550) 0-1 · Julius Baer Gen Cup Pl/In · 2024-09-25
- GM Tuan Minh Le (2568) – GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2687) 1-0 · CrunchLab Masters Div 2 W · 2024-07-19
- GM Christopher Woojin Yoo (2583) – GM Nikolas Theodorou (2622) 1-0 · St Louis Spring A · 2024-04-11
Search all games of the Benko Gambit Declined: Quiet Line and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- whopper211 (2694) – FM Andrey_Klymchuk (2685) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- ZARIMA1 (2712) – FM Superfm1 (2667) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- ZARIMA1 (2702) – FM Konnov_Oleg (2612) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Benko Gambit (3. d5 b5) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5
More Benko Gambit Declined lines (all)
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.