ecocodes
a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
After 1...Nf6 · White to move

Alekhine Defense

The list files 56 lines under the name Alekhine Defense, spread over four codes (B02–B05). B02 alone holds 27 of them. From the starting position of Alekhine Defense, the most-travelled continuation is 2.e5, with 48 lines. The deepest, Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower Variation, runs to 11...Be7. At the end of six lines one side is ahead on material; ten names contain the word Gambit.

Score sheet
#WhiteBlack
1e4Nf6

Where the lines split

Fifty-five of the 56 lines continue from 1...Nf6; the bars show how many take each next move, and the indented rows the most common reply.

  1. 2.e548
    1. 2...Nd543
    2. 2...Ne43
    3. 2...Ng82
  2. 2.Nc34
    1. 2...d54
  3. 2.Bc42
    1. 2...Nxe41
  4. 2.d31

Codes holding Alekhine Defense lines

Volume B

  1. 00
  2. 01
  3. 02
  4. 03
  5. 04
  6. 05
  7. 06
  8. 07
  9. 08
  10. 09
  11. 10
  12. 11
  13. 12
  14. 13
  15. 14
  16. 15
  17. 16
  18. 17
  19. 18
  20. 19
  21. 20
  22. 21
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  24. 23
  25. 24
  26. 25
  27. 26
  28. 27
  29. 28
  30. 29
  31. 30
  32. 31
  33. 32
  34. 33
  35. 34
  36. 35
  37. 36
  38. 37
  39. 38
  40. 39
  41. 40
  42. 41
  43. 42
  44. 43
  45. 44
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  47. 46
  48. 47
  49. 48
  50. 49
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  52. 51
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  54. 53
  55. 54
  56. 55
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  58. 57
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  60. 59
  61. 60
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  92. 91
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  95. 94
  96. 95
  97. 96
  98. 97
  99. 98
  100. 99
CodeReference lineLinesLongest line (plies)
B02Alekhine Defense27Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Mikenas Gambit (15)
B03Alekhine Defense18Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower Variation (22)
B04Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation6Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Keres Variation (13)
B05Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line5Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Vitolins Attack (11)

Longest Alekhine Defense lines

  1. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower Variation 22
  2. Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Karpov Variation 21
  3. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Korchnoi Variation 20
  4. Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Voronezh Variation 17
  5. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation 17
  6. Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Mikenas Gambit 15
  7. Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit 13
  8. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Line 13