Squeezing the Benko Gambit · Tomic – Kaloh, Road to GM, Game 399

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This was the first game in which I used my new weapon against the Benko Gambit.
Squeezing the Gambits: The Benko, Budapest, Albin and Blumenfeld: https://amzn.to/4ks8EE7
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Tomic S.(1986) – Kaloh E. (1586)
Benko Gambit Declined
Pula Open, Rd.1
June 15th 2025

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