Alekhine Defense
Alekhine Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs e4, Nf6. The book has 56 lines under this name, across ECO codes B02 to B05.
Play the main line
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Alekhine Defense
Play the next move in the line.
- e4
- Nf6
Move by move
- White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
- Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
Variations
Brooklyn Variation2 lines · B02Buckley Attack1 lines · B02Hunt Variation4 lines · B02 to B03Kmoch Variation1 lines · B02Krejcik Variation2 lines · B02Maróczy Variation1 lines · B02Mokele Mbembe3 lines · B02Normal Variation1 lines · B02Scandinavian Variation3 lines · B02Spielmann Gambit1 lines · B02Steiner Variation1 lines · B02Sämisch Attack1 lines · B02The Squirrel1 lines · B02Two Pawns Attack4 lines · B02Welling Variation1 lines · B02Balogh Variation1 lines · B03Exchange Variation3 lines · B03Four Pawns Attack8 lines · B03Modern Variation12 lines · B03 to B05O'Sullivan Gambit1 lines · B03
Named gambits and traps
10 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 10.
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit (B02)
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit (B02)
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Mikenas Gambit (B02)
- Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation, Krejcik Gambit (B02)
- Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Geschev Gambit (B02)
- Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Myers Gambit (B02)
- Alekhine Defense: Spielmann Gambit (B02)
- Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit (B03)
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine Gambit (B03)
- Alekhine Defense: O'Sullivan Gambit (B03)
Puzzles from this opening
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Find the move.