Answers.Body: <p>I would start with Vugar Gashimov and Veselin Topalov.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I agree with Evargalo; Topalov made some novel contributions.  Even Kramnik popped out a Benoni in recent times.  Three time US Champion Nick De Firmian played it a lot as well.</p>
  
  <p>You might consider this book by Marian Petrov: "Grandmaster Repertoire 12: The Modern Benoni".</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have been adopting the Benoni opening against 1 d4 recently with some moderate success. I would like to know whose games should I look at to have a good understanding. I see that <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?yearcomp=exactly&amp;year=&amp;playercomp=black&amp;pid=14380&amp;player=&amp;pid2=&amp;player2=&amp;movescomp=exactly&amp;moves=&amp;opening=A56-A79&amp;eco=&amp;result=" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tal</a>, and to a lesser extent <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?yearcomp=exactly&amp;year=&amp;playercomp=black&amp;pid=19233&amp;player=&amp;pid2=&amp;player2=&amp;movescomp=exactly&amp;moves=&amp;opening=A56-A79&amp;eco=&amp;result=" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fischer</a>, have practiced this opening in the past.</p>
  
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Title: Whose games should I collect for Benoni?
ThreadText: # Whose games should I collect for Benoni?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-11-19)
  
  I have been adopting the Benoni opening against 1 d4 recently with some moderate success. I would like to know whose games should I look at to have a good understanding. I see that [Tal](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?yearcomp=exactly&year=&playercomp=black&pid=14380&player=&pid2=&player2=&movescomp=exactly&moves=&opening=A56-A79&eco=&result=), and to a lesser extent [Fischer](http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?yearcomp=exactly&year=&playercomp=black&pid=19233&player=&pid2=&player2=&movescomp=exactly&moves=&opening=A56-A79&eco=&result=), have practiced this opening in the past.
  
  **Tags:** opening, famous-players, modern-benoni
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-11-19. Score: 3
  
  I would start with Vugar Gashimov and Veselin Topalov.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-11-19. Score: 2
  
  I agree with username_1; Topalov made some novel contributions. Even Kramnik popped out a Benoni in recent times. Three time US Champion Nick De Firmian played it a lot as well.
  
  You might consider this book by Marian Petrov: "Grandmaster Repertoire 12: The Modern Benoni".
  
  
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