The Benko Gambit is a sharp line in the Benoni Defense where black sacrifices a pawn with 3. … b5 to gain active counterplay. Play usually continues: 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6, with a fianchetto of Black’s f8-bishop.
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