Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert Variation
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1.e4Nf62.e5Nd53.d4d64.Nf3Nc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert Variation219k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
34%75k50%
20%45k49%
16%35k52%
13%29k52%
5.6%12k51%
4.1%8.9k48%
1.5%3.2k49%
1.5%3.2k46%
1.3%2.7k47%
0.4%91445%
Famous games in this line401 master games
Ponomariov, Ruslan (2727) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2717)Hou Yifan (2658) – Nakamura, Hi (2777)Grigoriants, S RUS. (2576) – Nakamura, Hi (2786)Grigoriants, S RUS. (2576) – Nakamura, Hi (2786)Adams, Michael (2731) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2580)Guseinov, G. (2646) – Melkumyan, H. (2654)Ponomariov, R. (2711) – Spraggett, K. (2545)Smirnov, Pavel (2601) – Aronian, Levon (2645)Heroes of this opening Nakamura, Hi · Melkumyan, H. · Ponomariov, R. · Aronian, Levon
- Family
- Alekhine Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B04
- Line
- 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6
Hypermodern
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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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