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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I'm trying the Modern Benoni & that has quite a lot of scope for piece activity for both.
How are you finding it?
I'm trying it out with the following move order
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 and 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
as I really like the NID
but don't like QID or Catalan

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Originally posted by najdorfslayer
How are you finding it?
I'm trying it out with the following move order
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 and 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5
as I really like the NID
but don't like QID or Catalan
I've just won my first game with the Modern Benoni.
Here's how I play it:

1.d4...Nf6
2.c4...c5
3.d5...e6
4.Nc3...exd5
5.cxd5...d6
I like the expansive queenside & also the open lines & 1/2 open e-file for easy piece development.
However, after:
6.Bg5...h6
7.Bh4...g5
8.Bg3...Nh5
9.f3...Nxg3
10.hxg3...Bf5
11.e4...Bg6
12.Qb3...b6
13.g4...Bg7
I reached this tasty-looking position with the dark squares:

white to play

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According to Forbes, Phil Knight of Nike is worth about $7.3 billion.

So the richest opening is probably the Four Knights (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6).