Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit Accepted
A43 1. d4 c5 2. dxc5
Black scores 48.1% here across 821 club games — but the 24.7% who answer Qa5+ score 42.6%, 5 points worse.
What Black actually plays here
Across 821 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, Black scores 48.1% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | Black scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| e6 | 222 | 27.0% | 53.6% | holds up |
| Qa5+ | 203 | 24.7% | 42.6% | below the line |
| Nc6 | 173 | 21.1% | 48.6% | holds up |
| e5 | 150 | 18.3% | 48.7% | holds up |
"Below the line" means the reply scores at least three points worse than the position does overall. Replies played fewer than 25 times are left out: the sample is too small to read.
Is this costing you anything?
A table of averages cannot tell you whether you go wrong here — only your own games can. Opening Leak Lab reads your Chess.com or Lichess archive, finds the decisions you repeat, and checks each one against this book and a bundled Stockfish.