Answers.Body: <p>There is technically as such not such a great difference but it implies a Basic Chess principle . Development of the Dark Square Bishop on Long diagonal ASAP . 
  Black knows that the Pawn on a6 is not going anywhere . He waits to capture either with Knight or Bishop or even Rook sometimes . Playing g6 Black makes the way for castling or makes some space for his King on f8 </p>
  
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Body: <pre><code>[FEN ""]
  
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6
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  <p>This is a main line of the Benko Gambit. Black could also have played 5...Bxa6, followed by 6...g6 to get the same position.</p>
  
  <p>However, 5...Bxa6 is played only half as often as 5...g6, and the majority of those games go 6.Nc3 d6 in my database, more often than 6...g6. So to reach the game position, g6+Bxa6 is about four times as popular as Bxa6+g6.</p>
  
  <p>Is there some minor detail that makes 5...Bxa6, 6...g6 less attractive?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: It forces white to the standard setup better. If white tries to be overly creative with move order, black can recapture with knight or even rook in some lines, especially in g3 system. There could also be a point to wait with Bxa6 for Bf1 moving first. There are not many drawbacks with 5...g6 on the other hand.
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Comments.Text: 5...Bxa6 makes it easier for white to play setups with an early b3. I don't remember all the details, but that's the main thing they're trying to avoid with 5...g6.
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Comments.Text: Exactly, 5...g6 tries to force Nc3, to stop ideas like b3 Bb2 Nbd2-c4.
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Tags: <opening><benko-gambit>
Title: Why ...g6 before ...Bxa6 in the Benko Gambit?
ThreadText: # Why ...g6 before ...Bxa6 in the Benko Gambit?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-30)
  
  [FEN ""]
  
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6
  
  This is a main line of the Benko Gambit. Black could also have played 5...Bxa6, followed by 6...g6 to get the same position.
  However, 5...Bxa6 is played only half as often as 5...g6, and the majority of those games go 6.Nc3 d6 in my database, more often than 6...g6. So to reach the game position, g6+Bxa6 is about four times as popular as Bxa6+g6.
  Is there some minor detail that makes 5...Bxa6, 6...g6 less attractive?
  
  **Tags:** opening, benko-gambit
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It forces white to the standard setup better. If white tries to be overly creative with move order, black can recapture with knight or even rook in some lines, especially in g3 system. There could also be a point to wait with Bxa6 for Bf1 moving first. There are not many drawbacks with 5...g6 on the other hand.  
  > **username_2**: 5...Bxa6 makes it easier for white to play setups with an early b3. I don't remember all the details, but that's the main thing they're trying to avoid with 5...g6.  
  > **username_1**: Exactly, 5...g6 tries to force Nc3, to stop ideas like b3 Bb2 Nbd2-c4.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-03-30. Score: 1
  
  There is technically as such not such a great difference but it implies a Basic Chess principle . Development of the Dark Square Bishop on Long diagonal ASAP .
  Black knows that the Pawn on a6 is not going anywhere . He waits to capture either with Knight or Bishop or even Rook sometimes . Playing g6 Black makes the way for castling or makes some space for his King on f8
  
  
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