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Franco-Benoni defence

	ECO:	C01
	theme No:	1997
	title:	Franco-Benoni defence
	notation:	1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5
	board:	show

The Franco-Benoni also known as the Franco-Sicilian is an opening in chess. It is characterized by the moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 c5 (in algebraic notation). It is so-named because it features the ...c5 push characteristic of the Benoni Defense, after the opening moves of the French Defence (1.e4 e6).

White may continue 3.d5, when play can transpose into the Benoni, though White has extra options since he need not play c4. 3.Nf3, transposing into a normal Sicilian Defense, and 3.c3, which may transpose into the Alapin Sicilian (usually arrived at after 1.e4 c5 2.c3) are also common.

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article No 1038 / last change on 2005-07-05, 11:09pm

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This article is based on the article Franco-Benoni Defense from the free encyclopaedia Wikipedia and stands under the GNU-Licence for free documentation. In the Wikipedia a list of the authors is available.

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