Chess with Sam Collins

Thibault Real vs Daniel Dardha

Belgian Championship, Charleroi, Belgium, 2019

Thirteen–year-old talent Daniel Dardha won the Belgian Championship ahead of three GMs.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5

Dardha is fond of Benoni structures with Black. In round 5, he adopted the so-called “Snake Benoni” with 5 . . . Bd6, while in round 2 he was successful with the move order 1 . . . c5 2.d5 g6 3.e4 ...