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Surprising piece sac for Black against the Voronez
There is a most surprising possibility for Black against the Voronezh Alekhine. After 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 0-0 9. b3 you play 9... d5!? and a...

Started 02/25/19 at 20:51:10 by Slowfox
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By: tony37
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4PA, line 9...Qd7 and 11...f6
First of all, my apologies for creating a new thread although I remeber that similar lines
have been discussed in the past. But was unable to find the right thread.
There isn't been a post f...

Started 10/04/25 at 14:47:42 by lg
2 714 Last Post 10/12/25 at 10:57:30
By: lg
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1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 c5?!
How does White punish this?

Started 01/27/19 at 10:48:25 by befuddled
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By: befuddled
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Alekhine in CC
The Alekhine Defence may be one of the very few openings with which I have no experience from either side. I seem to remember that Markovich played it as Black on the Chesspub ICCF Champions League te...

Started 09/10/17 at 01:16:51 by HgMan
4 5393 Last Post 12/23/17 at 22:58:07
By: Kam
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Sharpest ways to meet Alekhine?
I have an important game approaching against an Alekhine devotee. I am quite new to playing 1.e4, but with some time to prepare I would like to cook up a sharp, complex position for the game. Ideally ...

Started 03/06/17 at 12:30:55 by buddho
13 9542 Last Post 03/18/17 at 11:16:16
By: Michael Ayton
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Alburt variation with 0-0
In one of the last twic downloads i saw an "interesting" game in the Alburt variation game by two rather unknown players
 
(1449) Fuchs,Ju (2299) - Ries,J (1981) [B04]
DFEM 2015 Bad Wie...

Started 03/19/15 at 23:58:55 by lg
2 3922 Last Post 10/30/15 at 20:32:37
By: lg
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Alekhine - Modern
Hi everybody!
I really love the Alekhine Defence, but the following line gives me a headache:
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Bf5 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nf3 h6 9.c4 and now Nb4 see...

Started 10/30/13 at 22:20:43 by Toshak
7 7916 Last Post 12/11/13 at 20:45:32
By: Toshak
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Move order trickery in the Alekhine
I've not had a good experience facing the Alekhine, but then I've only had to face it twice in decades of play  Sad
One of the games went like this (I hadn't done any prep otherwise I'd be aware o...

Started 06/11/12 at 11:10:25 by JEH
7 6432 Last Post 06/11/12 at 18:34:44
By: JEH
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Alekhine 4PA - funny game/variation
Funny game today in the Austria Bundesliga
Bromberger,Stefan (2513) - Teske,Henrik (2554) [B03]
Austria 1. Bundesliga 2011/2012 Jenbach (9.1), 20.04.2012
[Robot 8]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd...

Started 04/20/12 at 18:53:03 by lg
3 4870 Last Post 04/20/12 at 23:29:50
By: Markovich
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Yudovich - Larsen, Moscow 1962
This game, important for the theory of Alekhine's defense, went:
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 d6 5.c4 Nb6 6.exd6 exd6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bg4 10.b3 Bf6 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Nc8 13.h3 Bh5 14....

Started 12/27/10 at 15:35:22 by Markovich
6 5718 Last Post 12/30/10 at 18:29:02
By: TalJechin
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Strange Alekhine
Anyone have any ideas against 1e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 c5..... ? Obviously it's possible to c3 sicilian it, but it's the sort of line that you should be able to play for more against.  Every time I try t...

Started 12/16/10 at 00:38:18 by Sizeable Rabbit
7 6203 Last Post 12/19/10 at 10:42:14
By: MartinC
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Alekhine 3 d4 d6 4 Nf3 c6 5 Be2!
I've been looking at this line recently and wondering about alternatives to 5 ...de 6 de Bg4 (which might be best), transposing to the Flohr Variation. Has anyone got/know of any material on 5 ...g6 o...

Started 02/08/10 at 15:12:36 by Michael Ayton
1 1992 Last Post 02/09/10 at 23:28:11
By: Michael Ayton
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Alekhine four pawns with 5.Bf5
Does anyone know the theoretical status of the following variation in the Alekhine four pawns attack:
e4 Nf6 e5 Nd5 d4 d6 c4 Nb6 f4 Bf5 - statistics of 6. Nf3/ 6. Be3 and 6. Nc3 are not so bad fo...

Started 05/18/09 at 22:02:10 by Gilmour
10 5454 Last Post 06/02/09 at 17:26:31
By: lg
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"Closed" Alekhine
Friday I have to play against a player who is used to play d3 and g3 after 1.e4.  I think he will go the same way against the Alekhine.
Which setup would you recommend against this? Playing it li...

Started 10/09/08 at 10:51:19 by thibdb13
1 2194 Last Post 10/09/08 at 20:45:17
By: Willempie
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New alekhine line? Help!
Ive benn playing the alekhine for about one year with quite good results.
Recentrly all my rivals play this continuation...
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.N...

Started 01/11/08 at 01:58:08 by peon4rey
11 6466 Last Post 01/14/08 at 17:52:40
By: JonHecht
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More Alekhine, 4 Pawns
O.K., here's another Four Pawns Attack question/idea.
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 Be7  10. d5 Nb4  11. Rc1 f6  12. a3 Na6 is ...

Started 02/09/07 at 19:04:14 by Markovich
13 7200 Last Post 06/04/07 at 12:24:53
By: Markovich
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Alekhine Kengis variation?
Hi, what do you think ist better for black?   
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Ag4 
or
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxd5 g6
Thanks

Started 02/07/07 at 22:44:32 by peon4rey
12 8963 Last Post 02/10/07 at 11:26:06
By: lg
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Alekhine 's rare line. What do you think?
I started to play the alekhine. I was playing blitz games online an my oponent played 5...e6 
The line:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. e6 
I made a search in my database but...

Started 01/10/07 at 23:28:34 by peon4rey
2 2476 Last Post 01/11/07 at 12:06:03
By: Michael Ayton
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Books on the Alekhine
I'm a 2000 player. I've been playing the Skandinavian for 2 years but now I want to test something different as the Alekhine (always something forced...., not sicilian).   
Which book do you recom...

Started 02/20/06 at 15:07:43 by escac-i-mat(Guest) (Guest)
10 5115 Last Post 03/02/06 at 12:20:35
By: escac-i-mat(Guest) (Guest)
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Alekhine 4.Nf3 Nc6!?
First moves: 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3
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I feel that J. Cox gives the 4.-,Nc6 line his stamp of approval in his excellent(...

Started 11/30/05 at 06:52:43 by Viking
13 7042 Last Post 12/06/05 at 21:47:09
By: MNb
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