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Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...c5/2. d5/2...e5
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Old Benoni Defence
2...e5
Commonly played here is either 3.e4 or 3.c4, reinforcing the center. It would be ill-advised for White to capture en passant.
Theory table
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1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5
3 4 5 6 e4d6 Nc3Be7 Nf3Bg4 h3Bxf3 +/=
Benoni Defence
References
Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. 1-8574-4221-0.
Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. 0-8129-3084-3.