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All ECO codes · B · Semi-open games

B03 Alekhine Defense

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1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4

B03 is the opening Alekhine Defense of the volume B · Semi-open games: 5 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 18 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

2,560 games in the collections, from 1026 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2388.

White wins 41 %, draws 30 %, Black wins 29 %

Most games: Westerinen, Heikki MJ (50), Baburin, Alexander (45), Varga, Zoltan (42), Sergeev, Vladimir (38), Konopka, Michal (33)

All 18 variations

  1. Alekhine Defense 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4
  2. Alekhine Defense 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6
  3. Alekhine Defense 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4
  4. Alekhine Defense: Balogh Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.♗c4
  5. Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.exd6
  6. Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Karpov Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.♘c3 g6 7.h3 ♗g7 8.♘f3 O-O 9.♗e2 ♘c6 10.O-O ♗f5 11.♗f4
  7. Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Voronezh Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.♘c3 g6 7.♗e3 ♗g7 8.♖c1 O-O 9.b3
  8. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.f4
  9. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.f4 g5
  10. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.f4 g6
  11. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 ♘c6 7.♘f3 ♗g4 8.e6 fxe6 9.c5
  12. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Korchnoi Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 ♗f5 7.♘c3 e6 8.♘f3 ♗e7 9.♗e2 O-O 10.O-O f6
  13. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main Line 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 ♘c6 7.♗e3
  14. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 ♘c6 7.♗e3 ♗f5 8.♘c3 e6 9.♘f3 ♕d7 10.♗e2 O-O-O 11.O-O ♗e7
  15. Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.f4 ♗f5
  16. Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.c5
  17. Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine Gambit 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 ♘b6 5.♘f3 ♗g4 6.♗e2
  18. Alekhine Defense: O'Sullivan Gambit 1.e4 ♘f6 2.e5 ♘d5 3.d4 b5