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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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Exchange sacrifice on e3 (Rook takes Bishop in e3)
I am coming back to an old post of mine.
Could not find it.
At the time of a famous game Grischuk Riazantzev where White exchanged the exchange on e6 I recalled a similar idea that I have se...

Started 08/25/23 at 12:23:39 by lg
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Alekhine-Modern - New move??!
I am watching, in playchess.com, the game
Kanmazalp-Manafov
manafof usually plays the Alekhine and after1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4.d6 4.Nf3 he usually has played 4...g6
In this game he play...

Started 03/24/18 at 13:02:05 by lg
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Alekhine 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4
I´ve seen the other thread about 2.Nc3 but there has been silence for some time and the last posts dealed with french or nimzowitsch transpositions. My topic is a more specialized one. Of course 2...e...

Started 10/07/04 at 06:02:03 by tracke
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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
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By: Michael Ayton
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Rare and remarkably good move for white.
I recently faced a quite rare and annoying move, 6.d5. Hard to see what is wrong with this move. White seems to aim for a pleasant advantage without much effort.

What should

Started 03/20/21 at 10:33:05 by HAJS
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Irritating Line in the 7.Ng5 e6 8.Qf3 Qe7 Alburt
After 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Ng5 e6 8.Qf3 Qe7 9.Ne4 dxe5 the most popular move by far is 10.Bg5, but what about the simple 10.dxe5! instead? I see troubles here. Perh...

Started 04/03/16 at 21:03:21 by TonyRo
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Alekhine line 2...Ng8 3.d4 f6?!
I had a match last night which went 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8 3.d4 f6
Has anyone ever seen this before?  I thought it looked like total rubbish but couldn't prove it OTB.  I haven't looked at it yet with...

Started 03/22/05 at 05:25:57 by The King
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2.)Nc3 line with a 4.)Bc4 in Alekhine
Very interesting game today with a stronger player that featured Alekhine's Defence. As white this was the first time I have faced this opening. I was venturing into virgin teritory here since I have ...

Started 03/10/06 at 01:06:08 by RotGut
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By: Strptzr
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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
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The Alekhine - respectable again?!
Well, I've always thought the Alekhine was in pretty reasonable shape: both 4 Nf3 dxe5 5 Nxe5 c6! and 4 Nf3 Nc6!? look quite playable. However, then the dreaded Voronezh came along, but now it appears...

Started 11/11/04 at 08:50:58 by IMRichardPalliser
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By: Scipio_Rex (Guest)
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Best Refutation of 2..... Ne4?!
After 
1. e4  Nf6
2. e5  Ne4?!
I used to believe that White can win a pawn by playing f3 at the right time.
But it seems to me now that he must be content with a lead in developmen...

Started 04/06/05 at 12:34:31 by THUDandBLUNDER
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By: M.Nb (Guest)
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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
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By: Michael Ayton
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Grischuk-Kamsky B04
Interesting game on the Miles variation.
Surprised kamsky is playing the Alekhine.
Even more he is doing well.
Perhaps his game against Benjamin (which he played from the White point vi...

Started 09/06/12 at 14:17:19 by lg
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Alekhine Miles variation 6. Be2 g6
I was looking at the old nemesis of the Alekhine: 4. Nf3 when I stumbled onto 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 g6 (instead of Bf5) which is apparently Miles original idea whe...

Started 10/07/10 at 10:35:25 by Schaakhamster
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By: lg
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Another New Alekhine Defence Book
Alekhine Alert will be released under the Everyman Chess banner under the authorship of Tim Taylor, scheduled release January, 2010. Cool

Started 09/19/09 at 05:12:25 by Bowen
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By: lg
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Status of Exchange with both 5...exd6 and 5...cxd6
I always hear about White having something in both of these lines, but lately I would like to know how is the status for Black in the Exchange here. 
What is so bad about 5...exd6, especially? I ...

Started 05/30/18 at 19:44:45 by Leon_Trotsky
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By: GMTonyKosten
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Alekhine 2. Nc3, 4. e6 gambit
1. e4 Nf6  2. Nc3 d5  3. e5 Nfd7  4. e6 fxe6  5. d4 c5  6. dxc5 Nc6  7. Nf3 Nxc5  8. Bb5 Qd6  9. 0-0 was Holler - Vaganian (no less), Bad Worishofen, 1991.  Vaganain erred with 9...a6, spending a temp...

Started 08/26/07 at 20:30:16 by Markovich
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By: Markovich
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Alekhine 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Ne4 4.Nce2!?
This looks like an entertaining shortcut for white players who prefer open and sharp play. Of course black has a wide choice after 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3. He can transpose to the pirc with d6, to the French w...

Started 05/16/07 at 14:52:22 by Lou_Cyber
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By: MNb
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Alekhine, Alburt Variation
1. e4 Nf6  2. e5 Nd5  3. d4 d6  4. Nf6 g6  5. Bc4 Nb6  6. Bb3 Bg7.  I've subjected this to study recently.   
One critical line is 7. a4 dxe5 (7...a5 leads to a difficult game for Black) 8. a5 N6d...

Started 01/25/07 at 13:47:51 by Markovich
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By: lg
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