Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit
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1.e4Nf62.e5Nd53.d4d64.c4Nb65.f4g5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit37k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%12k51%
23%8.7k42%
16%6.0k50%
12%4.4k54%
7.6%2.8k44%
1.9%72157%
1.4%50156%
1%36744%
0.6%21942%
0.5%18736%
Famous games in this line17 master games
Fercec, Nenad (2508) – Drazic, Sinisa (2488)Shyam, SM. (2518) – Haznedaroglu, K. (2438)Gerigk, Erasmus (2335) – Teske, Henrik (2545)Radovanovic, Nik (2407) – Bryakin, M. (2463)Zvara, Petr (2440) – Chetverik, Maxim (2347)Delorme, Axel (2434) – Damia, Angelo (2291)Tutisani, Noe (2437) – Drazic, S. (2285)Csiba, Tibor (2441) – Milde, Lars (2255)Heroes of this opening Drazic, Sinisa · Shyam, SM. · Teske, Henrik · Bryakin, M.
- Family
- Alekhine Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B03
- Line
- 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5
GambitAggressiveHypermodern
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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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