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< Chess Opening Theory‎ | 1. e4‎ | 1...Nf6‎ | 2. e5‎ | 2...Nd5‎ | 3. d4‎ | 3...d6‎ | 4. c4‎ | 4...Nb6‎ | 5. f4‎ | 5...dxe5‎ | 6. fxe5
Alekhine's Defence
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black kingc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black kingh8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black kinge7 black pawnf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black knightc6 black knightd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 white pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 white pawnd4 white pawne4 black kingf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 black kingd2 black kinge2 black kingf2 black kingg2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

r1bqkb1r/ppp1pppp/1nn5/4P3/2PP4/8/PP4PP/RNBQKBNR w

Moves: 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6

Alekhine Defence

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The so-called Alekhine Knights come out to attack White's center, with d4 under attack. White must now defend the pawn. The main line is 7.Be3. 7.Nf3 is strongly met by 7...Bg4 with strong pressure on the center.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6.fxe6 Nc6

7
Nf3
-		 =
Be3
-		 =

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at Alekhine Defence

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