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Alekhine Defence: White avoids 2.e5
White declines to chase the knight: 2.Nc3 (often meeting ...d5 with e5 or exd5) and 2.d3. Black gets a Scandinavian-style or reversed-Philidor position with easy development.
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All 31 lines in this opening
- 7...e6 8.Ne5 Bg6 9.Bg5 …
- 7...e6 8.Ng5 Bg6 9.Bxe6 …
- 6...fxg5 7.d4 c5 8.c3 …
- 6...fxg5 7.h4 g4 8.Nf4 …
- 5...Ng5 6.f4 Nf7 7.d4 …
- 4...f6 5.f4 Nc6 6.d3 …
- 4...dxe4 5.Qe2 Qd5 6.f4 …
- 7...Nb4 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Qxd8+ …
- 7...Nb4 8.O-O Nxd3 9.cxd3 …
- 5...exd3 6.Qxd3 Qxd3 7.Bxd3 …
- 5...c5 6.Nf3 c4 7.Be2 …
- 5...c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3 …
- 10...O-O 11.Ne5 Nd4 12.Ne4 …
- 10...O-O 11.h3 Bg6 12.Ne5 …
- 6...Nc6 7.Nge2 e6 8.O-O …
- 6...Nc6 7.Qf3 e6 8.Nge2 …
- 3...Nxd5 4.Nf3 Bf5 5.Bc4 …
- 5...Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.d3 …
- 7...O-O-O 8.Be3 e5 9.dxe5 …
- 9...exd4 10.Nxd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 …
- 9...exd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 …
- 9...exd4 10.cxd4 Bd6 11.Be3 …
- 9...Qe4 10.Bd2 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 …
- 9...Qe4 10.Qb3 Nxe5 11.Be3 …
- 4...Qxd5 5.Qf3 Be6 6.Qxd5 …
- 4...Qxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Be3 …
- Alekhine Defence: 2.Nc3 e5
- 3...Ng8 4.d4 c5 5.c3 …
- 3...Ng8 4.f4 c5 5.Nf3 …
- Alekhine Defence: Maroczy Variation