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Alekhine's Defense

Difficulty 3/3Black repertoireECO B03–B04

Chase Variation, Lasker Variation (B03)

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Attack e4 immediately and invite White to overextend the pawn center.

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ECO B03–B04

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Chase Variation, Lasker VariationSample

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 b6 7. cxb6 axb6 8. Ne2 Ba6 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Nbc3 d6

  2. Exchange Variation, cxd6

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3 Nc6

  3. Exchange Variation, exd6

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O Bf6

  4. Four Pawns Attack, Main 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 Nb4 10. Rc1 c5

  5. Modern Variation, Larsen Variation

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nf3 e6 9. c4 N5f6 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. g3 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bf3 a6