Alekhine Defense (알레힌 방어)

한국어

The Alekhine Defense family holds 56 lines. The boards below follow its shortest line from the first move.

The Korean name in brackets is ours, not an official translation. The original name is English.

Main line

1. e4 Nf6

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1. e4
1… Nf6

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Alekhine Defense (B02)

1. e4 Nf6

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Variations in this family

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  1. B02Alekhine Defense2 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6

  2. B02Krejcik Variation3 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4

  3. B02Maróczy Variation3 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. d3

  4. B02Brooklyn Variation4 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8

  5. B02Mokele Mbembe4 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4

  6. B02Normal Variation4 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5

  7. B02Scandinavian Variation4 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5

  8. B02Buckley Attack5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Na3

  9. B02Krejcik Variation, Krejcik Gambit5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+

  10. B02Sämisch Attack5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3

  11. B02Two Pawns Attack5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4

  12. B02Welling Variation5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. b3

  13. B02Brooklyn Variation, Everglades Variation6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 f5

  14. B02Mokele Mbembe, Modern Line6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 f6

  15. B02Mokele Mbembe, Vavra Defense6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 e6

  16. B02Scandinavian Variation, Geschev Gambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 c6

  17. B02The Squirrel6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nf4

  18. B02Scandinavian Variation, Myers Gambit7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. Bg5

  19. B02Spielmann Gambit7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6

  20. B02Steiner Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. b3

  21. B02Two Pawns Attack, Lasker Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5

  22. B02Two Pawns Attack, Tate Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. a4

  23. B02Kmoch Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. d3

  24. B02Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit11 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3

  25. B02Two Pawns Attack, Mikenas Variation12 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6

  26. B02Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit13 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Bg5

  27. B02Hunt Variation, Mikenas Gambit15 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bxd5

  28. B03Alekhine Defense5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4

  29. B03Alekhine Defense6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6

  30. B03O'Sullivan Gambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 b5

  31. B03Alekhine Defense7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4

  32. B03Balogh Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4

  33. B03Exchange Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6

  34. B03Four Pawns Attack9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4

  35. B03Hunt Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. c5

  36. B03Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5

  37. B03Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto Variation10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6

  38. B03Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic Variation10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5

  39. B03Modern Variation, Alekhine Gambit11 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2

  40. B03Four Pawns Attack, Main Line13 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3

  41. B03Exchange Variation, Voronezh Variation17 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3

  42. B03Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation17 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e6 fxe6 9. c5

  43. B03Four Pawns Attack, Korchnoi Variation20 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6

  44. B03Exchange Variation, Karpov Variation21 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bf4

  45. B03Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower Variation22 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Be7

  46. B04Modern Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3

  47. B04Modern Variation, Alburt Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6

  48. B04Modern Variation, Larsen Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5

  49. B04Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6

  50. B04Modern Variation, Schmid Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6

  51. B04Modern Variation, Keres Variation13 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4

  52. B05Modern Variation, Main Line8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4

  53. B05Modern Variation, Alekhine Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4

  54. B05Modern Variation, Panov Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3

  55. B05Modern Variation, Flohr Variation10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6

  56. B05Modern Variation, Vitolins Attack11 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. d5

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Data collected on 2026-09-07. The original is published as a public domain data set.