[Event "Alekhine defense: how to play against the alekhine"] [Date "2018.02.14"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B03"] [Opening "Alekhine Defense: Exchange Variation, Voronezh Variation"] [StudyName "Alekhine defense"] [ChapterName "how to play against the alekhine"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/lHz845Gq/h5VHNx4v"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/monsterhead"] [UTCDate "2018.02.14"] [UTCTime "03:04:37"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 Nf6 { this is the alekhine } 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 { main line } 4. c4 { according to comp this is the Alekhine deffense #3 } 4... Nb6 5. exd6 { If black wants to imbalance the game then he will take with the c-pawn, but if he wants a less interesting game then he'll probably take with e-pawn, keeping the same pawn structure } 5... cxd6 (5... exd6 { Here the type of player is playing for a draw } 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf2 Bf6 13. b3 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nd4 a6 17. Qd2 Nc8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rfe1 Ne7 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Kf2 g6 26. h3 Kg7 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Re1 Ne4+ 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. f5 gxf5 31. Ke3 Kf6 32. Kf4 Rg8 33. g4 Rh8 34. gxf5 Rxh3 35. Rxe4 Rh4+ 36. Kf3 Rxe4 37. Kxe4 Kg5 38. b4 b6 39. c5 bxc5 40. bxc5 f6 41. cxd6 cxd6 { kawacoed - Rbecker, 0-1, -, https://lichess.org/Zk96h4PH }) 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 e5 (9... Nc6? 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. c5 N6d7 13. Bc4 *