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Alekhine Defense
You play Black · 41 variations
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10 positions: find the next theory move in each. No take-backs, no hints.
Main variations · 29
- Modern VariationB041. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf34 moves
- Modern Variation, Main LineB051. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg44 moves
- Modern Variation, Keres VariationB041. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a47 moves
- Modern Variation, Alekhine GambitB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be26 moves
- Modern Variation, Vitolins AttackB051. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. d56 moves
- Modern Variation, Flohr VariationB051. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c65 moves
- Modern Variation, Panov VariationB051. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h35 moves
- Modern Variation, Larsen VariationB041. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe54 moves
- Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert VariationB041. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc64 moves
- Modern Variation, Schmid VariationB041. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb64 moves
- Exchange VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd65 moves
- Exchange Variation, Karpov VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bf411 moves
- Exchange Variation, Voronezh VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b39 moves
- Four Pawns AttackB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f45 moves
- Four Pawns Attack, Main LineB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be37 moves
- Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower VariationB031. 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 Qd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Be711 moves
- Four Pawns Attack, Korchnoi VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f610 moves
- Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e6 fxe6 9. c59 moves
- Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge GambitB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g55 moves
- Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g65 moves
- Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf55 moves
- Two Pawns AttackB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c43 moves
- Two Pawns Attack, Tate VariationB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. a44 moves
- Scandinavian Variation, Myers GambitB021. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. Bg54 moves
- Scandinavian Variation, Geschev GambitB021. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 c63 moves
- Hunt VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. c55 moves
- Hunt Variation, Mikenas GambitB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bxd58 moves
- Hunt Variation, Matsukevich GambitB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Bg57 moves
- Brooklyn Variation, Everglades VariationB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 f53 moves
Other variations · 12
- Mokele Mbembe, Modern LineB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 f63 moves
- Mokele Mbembe, Vavra DefenseB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 e63 moves
- Balogh VariationB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc44 moves
- Buckley AttackB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Na33 moves
- Kmoch VariationB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. d35 moves
- Krejcik Variation, Krejcik GambitB021. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+3 moves
- O'Sullivan GambitB031. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 b53 moves
- Sämisch AttackB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc33 moves
- Spielmann GambitB021. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e64 moves
- Steiner VariationB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. b34 moves
- The SquirrelB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nf43 moves
- Welling VariationB021. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. b33 moves