Alekhine's Defence is a sharp and forcing defence characterized by 1 e4 Nf6. The Defence is named after Alexander Alekhine, who wrested the World Championship away from Jose
Capablanca in 1927. Alekhine is known as a great attacking player, but this defence bears the influence of his contemporary Aron Nimzovich, as it is ultra-hypermodern: Black entices the White center forward
in hopes of destroying it later. After 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 (2 Nc3 offers a transposition to the Vienna Game after 2 ... e5; the true Alekhine's continuation is 2 ... d5, after which 3 exd5 Nxd5 gives
Black easy equality; much trickier is 3 e5! and Black has 3 ... Nd7, 3 ... Ne4 or 3 ... d4.) Nd5 3 d4 is the main line. Then 3 ... d6 and The Main Lines
- 4 Nf3 [the Modern Variation]
- 4 c4 Nb6 5 f4 [the Four Pawns Attack]
- 4 c4 Nb6 5 exd6 [the Exchange Variation]Position after 1 ... Nf6
[White "R. Dzindzichashvili"][Black "I. Khmelnitsky"]1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.Nge2 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10.
0-0 Bg6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Be3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. a3 N8e7 15.b4 Qd7 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 h5 1/2-1/2 [White "I. Khmelnitsky"][Black "L. Alburt"]1. e4 Nf6
2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. 0-00-0 9. Kh1 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Qe2 Kh8 12. d3 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nd1 Re8
15.Nf2 e5 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Qxd5 Qxc2 18. Ne4 Nb6 19. Qc5 Qxd3 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. fxe5Bf5 22. exf6 Be4 23. Bh6 Nd7 24. Bg7+ Kg8 25. Qd5+ 1-0
[White "R. Dzindzichashvili"][Black "L. Alburt"]1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1O-O 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Nd4 15.Ng5 Rf8 16. Nce4 Nf5 17. O-O Nf6 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. cxd6 Bd7 20. a4 Bc6 21. Rfd1a6
22. f3 Rad8 23. Bxa6 Nd5 24. Bf2 Bh6 25. h4 Rfe8 26. Bc4 Rxd6 27. Rd3 Rd7 28.Rcd1 Red8 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. a5 Kf8 32. b4 Ke7 33. Ne4 Ne3 34. Nxd6 1-0 |
