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Alekhine Line 4...Nc6 in the modern
In this line 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3, I played Bg4. Nowadays the line is bad for black so i change to 4...dxe5 however, lately i saw a few games where black plays 4...Nc6 and he is ok. In my d...

Started 04/09/08 at 17:03:37 by peon4rey
2 1930 Last Post 04/10/08 at 12:19:06
By: tipau
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The Voronezh Variation  9) .... f5  Challenge!
      I am currently investigating the  9) .... f5 line of the Voronezh Variation of the Alekines Defence 
Nonsymmetrical Exchange Variation with the critical continuation  of  
10) g3  e5 ...

Started 02/10/09 at 06:58:20 by Kam
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By: Kam
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Alekhine: Flohr's Variation
Lately my thinking is that the biggest challenge to Flohr's variation, 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 c6, is 6.c4 Nb6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.0-0 (8.exd6 is a good move, but I don't want to consider ...

Started 03/30/09 at 12:56:17 by Markovich
2 1994 Last Post 04/12/09 at 12:14:37
By: lg
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Alekhine: Cox omission
Omitted in John Cox's excellent and very useful Alekhine Starting Out book is, after 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 Bg4  10. Be2 Bxf3...

Started 07/09/07 at 13:21:47 by Markovich
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By: Markovich
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Alekhine's: what's so baleful about the Bologan?
Just when Markovich is trying to catch up with all the recent Alekhine threads on here, along comes another one.  Cheesy
The "old" 4 ...Bg4 line is, it's said, under a cloud, chiefly because after 5 ...

Started 04/20/09 at 11:05:13 by Michael Ayton
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By: Michael Ayton
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AL 4 Pawns with 9...Be7 - 15.Qh5+!?
Almost five years ago by now, I published a TN I had found but had no use for as I was preparing to play the Alekhine as black. And then a swedish site offered a book of your choice in return for a no...

Started 05/11/05 at 16:55:18 by TalJechin
5 7922 Last Post 09/11/06 at 10:44:09
By: TalJechin
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Alekhine - 4.Be2
I face the Alekhine once or twice year and am unlikely to get the chance to demonstrate an error repeated in most books on this opening. I have therefore decided to post the line on this forum. Hopefu...

Started 01/02/08 at 12:16:09 by flaviddude
1 2169 Last Post 01/09/08 at 13:30:05
By: Markovich
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Voronezh Attack
It seems the Alekhine has met it's Waterloo in the form of the Voronezh attack? Black is not just losing but getting slaughtered. What say you GM types on what Black is to do, to at least get a draw, ...

Started 04/21/05 at 18:42:02 by Monalisa (Guest)
1 1553 Last Post 04/22/05 at 14:04:56
By: John Cox (Guest)
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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 3592 Last Post 10/30/15 at 20:32:37
By: lg
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Alekhine - Alburt Variation
Concerning Game 17 of the recent Book by John Cox.
13 d5  "the only sensible way of meeting the threat
of ... exd4"
Can't White play instead 13 Nd2 ?
A possible continuation (perha...

Started 04/18/05 at 15:18:29 by lg
1 1449 Last Post 04/18/05 at 17:40:17
By: John Cox (Guest)
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Alekhiene Trap
Now I know that 1.e4 nf6 2.e5 Ne5 3.d4 d6 5.f4 xe5 6.xe5 c5 7.c4 is bad for white because of Nb4! and 1.e4 nf6 2.e5 Ne5 3.d4 d6 5.f4 xe5 6.xe5 Bf5 7.c4 is bad for the same reason. My question is wheth...

Started 08/17/05 at 09:34:45 by Arthur I (Guest)
5 2912 Last Post 08/18/05 at 20:42:03
By: MNb
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Black Rep with the Alekhine Advice
Hey Guys. I am taking the alekhine, so for someone who enjoys playing Complicated, interesting, imbalanced positions what lines of the alekhine would you recommend against the following lines:
1....

Started 12/30/09 at 19:26:33 by Reverse
4 2764 Last Post 01/04/10 at 08:36:05
By: thibdb13
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Olexandr Bortnyk and the Alekhine defence
O. Bortnyk won the U18 Youth championship, consistently playing the Alekhine and winning 2 wins and one draw. Also he has played it consistently in the past.
Of course, one knows that when player...

Started 10/02/14 at 17:31:19 by lg
3 5288 Last Post 12/08/15 at 15:02:59
By: lg
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Alekhine: an anti-Miles variation
1. e4 Nf6  2. e5 Nd5  3. d4 d6  4. Nf3 dxe5 and if White wishes to avoid Miles' 5. Nxe5 c6, he can try 5. c4!?
Someone played this against me, and since I was planning to play the Khengis variati...

Started 01/16/05 at 15:29:40 by Markovich
1 1928 Last Post 01/16/05 at 17:07:21
By: John Cox (Guest)
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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
4 2694 Last Post 03/23/05 at 03:46:17
By: The King
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Sneaky aljechin four pawns continuation
Since 1998 I have been entering the four pawns continuation with 1. e4, Nf6 2. e5, Nd5 3. d4, d6 4. c4, Nb6 5. f4, de5: 6. fe5:, Nc6 7. Be3, Bf5 8. Nc3, e6 9. Be2.
This sneaky move avoids the nas...

Started 08/21/07 at 08:42:00 by brabo
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By: brabo
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My Alekhine Exchange 5...cxd6 research
Hi the Forum,
I am studying the exchange variation against the Alekhine and I am looking at the following lines in order to learn them for my repertoire. My ambition with this post is not to lect...

Started 05/11/09 at 20:25:07 by kingpingpong
4 3141 Last Post 05/14/09 at 10:51:36
By: lg
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Alekhine Voronezh
hello!
Are there news about 9...Nc6 10.d5 Nb4 with the idea ...e6? ???
thanks!

Started 12/26/04 at 08:05:58 by Forseti (Guest)
3 3718 Last Post 12/26/04 at 22:01:37
By: TopNotch
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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 2095 Last Post 01/11/07 at 12:06:03
By: Michael Ayton
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Alekhine Def.
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 
Was this move covered in the ebook?  I couldn't find it and this seems like the natural attempt to me...f4 just helps put logic behind black's opening in...

Started 12/23/03 at 16:55:14 by nexirae
5 4440 Last Post 03/03/04 at 08:29:19
By: johncox (Guest)
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