Alekhine’s Defense
Alekhine’s Defense
Alekhine’s Defense is a sharp Chess Opening, named after the World Champion Alexander Alekhine, who played it for the first time at Budapest 1921. It is considered a good variation for aggressive attack players. One of the main characteristics of Alekhineโs Defense is that it breaks the symmetry since move number 1, leading to unbalanced and dynamic positions.
We have Alekhine’s Defense on the board after the moves
1.e4 Nf6
The idea with this move Nf6 is to attack the central pawn, so, White is tempted now to advance it threatening the Knight. Also, the โcโ, โdโ … Read more