Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Alekhine Defense: Spielmann Gambit
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1.e4Nf62.Nc3d53.e5Nfd74.e6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Alekhine Defense: Spielmann Gambit38k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
96%36k48%
2.4%88437%
0.6%22430%
0.4%15636%
0.1%5324%
0.1%4726%
0.1%3022%
0%1613%
0%425%
0%20%
Famous games in this line62 master games
Petenyi, T. (2443) – Ivanchuk, V. (2733)Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter (2515) – Horvath, Csaba (2540)Garbisu de Goni, Unai (2483) – Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel (2499)Petronic, Jovan (2455) – Marinkovic, Ivan (2495)El Kher, Henrik (2332) – Baburin, Alexander (2593)Hector, Jonny (2510) – Sergeev, Vladimir (2415)Hector, Jonny (2500) – Konopka, Michal (2415)Petrosian, Tigran L (2657) – Foisor, Mihaela Veronica (2244)Heroes of this opening Hector, Jonny · Ivanchuk, V. · Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel · Petronic, Jovan
- Family
- Alekhine Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B02
- Line
- 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6
GambitHypermodern
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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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