Four Pawns Attack Alekhine

In the opening book this is the Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack.

The book line for Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack is e4, Nf6, e5, Nd5, d4, d6, c4, Nb6. This page collects the 8 named lines under that variation.

8 named lines · ECO B03 · 791 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack

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  1. e4
  2. Nf6
  3. e5
  4. Nd5
  5. d4
  6. d6
  7. c4
  8. Nb6
  9. f4

Moves in the main line

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black knight moves from g8 to f6.
  3. White pawn moves from e4 to e5.
  4. Black knight moves from f6 to d5.
  5. White pawn moves from d2 to d4.
  6. Black pawn moves from d7 to d6.
  7. White pawn moves from c2 to c4.
  8. Black knight moves from d5 to b6.
  9. White pawn moves from f2 to f4.

Named lines

  • Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack (B03) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4
  • Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit (B03) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5
  • Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto Variation (B03) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6
  • Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation (B03) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e6 fxe6 9. c5
  • Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Korchnoi Variation (B03) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6
  • Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Line (B03) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3
  • Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower Variation (B03) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Be7
  • Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic Variation (B03) 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5

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