Blitz Chess #399: Benoni Defense

When you play the Benoni, you will experience a lack of space, and an imbalanced pawn structure. A good strategy for black is to seek at least 1 minor piece exchange in order to be able to move about more freely within the limited space. Given time to prepare, black should look to set the queenside pawn majority into motion. Would there be time? This was a 5|0 time control game, where I was playing with the black pieces.

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PGN:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Qc7 15. f4 Ned7 16. e4 c4 17. Be3 Nc5 18. e5 Nfd7 19. Nxc4 dxe5 20. f5 e4 21. d6 Qd8 22. Qd5 Rf8 23. f6 Bxf6 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Be6 27. Nxe4 Qd8 28. Nb6 Bf5 29. Rf1 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Re8 31. Bd5 Rf8 32. Qc7 Qg5 33. Bxf7+ Kg7 34. Qc3+ Kh6 35. Nd7 Rbd8 36. h4 Qg4 37. Qe3+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Kh6 39. Nf6 Qh3 40. Qg5+ Kg7 41. Nh5+ Kh8 42. Qe5

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