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Alekhine Defense — opening family

56 catalogued lines · ECO B02–B05

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The shortest catalogued line of the family runs 1. e4 Nf6 — the position below. The continuation chips count how many catalogued lines extend this head with each next move; any branch can be explored on the interactive tree and played against the engine from there.

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Main continuations

All 56 lines

NameECOMain line length
Alekhine DefenseB022 plies
Alekhine Defense: Maróczy VariationB023 plies
Alekhine Defense: Krejcik VariationB023 plies
Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn VariationB024 plies
Alekhine Defense: Normal VariationB024 plies
Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian VariationB024 plies
Alekhine Defense: Mokele MbembeB024 plies
Alekhine Defense: Welling VariationB025 plies
Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns AttackB025 plies
Alekhine DefenseB035 plies
Alekhine Defense: Buckley AttackB025 plies
Alekhine Defense: Sämisch AttackB025 plies
Alekhine Defense: Mokele Mbembe, Modern LineB026 plies
Alekhine Defense: Mokele Mbembe, Vavra DefenseB026 plies
Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation, Everglades VariationB026 plies
Alekhine DefenseB036 plies
Alekhine Defense: O'Sullivan GambitB036 plies
Alekhine Defense: The SquirrelB026 plies
Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Geschev GambitB026 plies
Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation, Krejcik GambitB025 plies
Alekhine DefenseB037 plies
Alekhine Defense: Steiner VariationB027 plies
Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack, Lasker VariationB027 plies
Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack, Tate VariationB027 plies
Alekhine Defense: Balogh VariationB037 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern VariationB047 plies
Alekhine Defense: Spielmann GambitB027 plies
Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Myers GambitB027 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alburt VariationB048 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert VariationB048 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Schmid VariationB048 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main LineB058 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen VariationB048 plies
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns AttackB039 plies
Alekhine Defense: Hunt VariationB039 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine VariationB059 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Panov VariationB059 plies
Alekhine Defense: Kmoch VariationB029 plies
Alekhine Defense: Exchange VariationB039 plies
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto VariationB0310 plies
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge GambitB0310 plies
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic VariationB0310 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Flohr VariationB0510 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Vitolins AttackB0511 plies
Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul GambitB0211 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine GambitB0311 plies
Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack, Mikenas VariationB0212 plies
Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Keres VariationB0413 plies
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Main LineB0313 plies
Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich GambitB0213 plies
Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Mikenas GambitB0215 plies
Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Voronezh VariationB0317 plies
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky VariationB0317 plies
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Korchnoi VariationB0320 plies
Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Karpov VariationB0321 plies
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower VariationB0322 plies