Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Alekhine Defense: Balogh Variation
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1.e4Nf62.e5Nd53.d4d64.Bc4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Alekhine Defense: Balogh Variation272k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
71%194k54%
11%31k53%
9%24k52%
6.8%19k54%
1.4%3.7k49%
0.1%21146%
0%5721%
0%4817%
0%3821%
0%3523%
Famous games in this line404 master games
Amin, Bassem (2631) – Giri, Anish (2722)Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2587) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2651)Amin, B. (2636) – Movsesian, S. (2598)Zemlyanskii, Ivan (2592) – Bortnyk, Olexandr (2601)Thorhallsson, Throstur (2455) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2709)Hort, Vlastimil (2600) – Gipslis, Aivars (2530)Tal, Mihail (2655) – Spiridonov, Nikola (2465)Thorhallsson, Throstur (2455) – Hjartarson, Johann (2628)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hikaru · Thorhallsson, Throstur · Hort, Vlastimil · Tal, Mihail
- Family
- Alekhine Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B03
- Line
- 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4
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From the archives
Alexander Alekhine played 1...Nf6 at Budapest in 1921 and made it his: invite White's pawns to chase the knight across the board, then treat the overextended centre as a target. The move had been analysed a century earlier; the name stuck to the only world champion to die while still holding the title.
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