Hi Everyone,
I've been playing a lot of the Alekhine defense and stumbled across the Brooklyn variation, which I quite like. The line is 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8, often followed by 3. d4 d6. But I run out of ideas in the following line: 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5. Stockfish seems to favor c5, but I can't figure out how to play that well.
Anyone have ideas on how to play into a reasonable position for black? Or is this just an unsound opening? Also, if you have ideas other than d6 after 3. d4 I'd be interested in those as well.
I'm embedding a recent game where I played this line and got crushed in 12. lichess.org/ysvSJdhV/black#3
I've been playing a lot of the Alekhine defense and stumbled across the Brooklyn variation, which I quite like. The line is 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8, often followed by 3. d4 d6. But I run out of ideas in the following line: 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5. Stockfish seems to favor c5, but I can't figure out how to play that well.
Anyone have ideas on how to play into a reasonable position for black? Or is this just an unsound opening? Also, if you have ideas other than d6 after 3. d4 I'd be interested in those as well.
I'm embedding a recent game where I played this line and got crushed in 12. lichess.org/ysvSJdhV/black#3