Chess · Alekhine Defense | Compare
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Using this reference
For Alekhine Defense, start at the first position and step through the moves rather than memorizing the final board. After each move, look for the piece that moved and the squares it now influences. The same opening name can cover several branches, so use the selected line’s move order as your reference.
The final position in the viewer is where this recorded line ends, not a verdict on the position. Choose another listed branch to see where the paths separate. The viewer displays legal source moves; it does not provide an engine evaluation or establish a forced continuation.
Opening lines
An ECO code groups opening lines, not one forced position. Step through legal notation from the CC0 Lichess dataset. This is a study viewer, without engine evaluation or a claim that a line is best.
The board shows one representative line for each ECO code. All collected branches and their PGN moves remain listed below.
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4
FEN: rnbqkb1r/pppppppp/8/3nP3/3P4/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 3
B03 · Alekhine Defense
18 PGN · 18 FEN
- Alekhine Defense:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 - Alekhine Defense:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 - Alekhine Defense: O'Sullivan Gambit:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 b5 - Alekhine Defense:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 - Alekhine Defense: Balogh Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 - Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 - Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 - Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. c5 - Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5 - Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6 - Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 - Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine Gambit:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2
B04 · Alekhine Defense
6 PGN · 6 FEN
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 - Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alburt Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 - Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 - Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 - Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Schmid Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 - Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Keres Variation:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4
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