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	There is a new post on The Chess Mind.  You can read it at:

http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1178320048.shtml

It begins:

	Every now and then, I find myself interested in the
	Modern Benoni. It's a fun and dynamic opening, but
	it has its drawbacks, too. One well-known problem
	is the Taimanov Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6
	4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+!),
	which has led many Benoni fans to either give it up
	or to try various move-order tricks, like 1.d4 Nf6
	2.c4 e6. If White plays 3.Nc3, Black will go for
	the Nimzo-Indian, but if White avoids it with 3.Nf3
	Black plays 3...c5 and avoids the Taimanov. (This
	approach was pretty effective in the 1980s, when...