Chessmate

Alekhine's Defense · White

Modern Alburt, Qe2 and the e5 Clamp · White (B04)

Claim the center and keep the option of meeting Alekhine's Defense with a compact pawn center.

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Alekhine's Defense · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B02–B04

Sample line with full explanations: Modern Larsen, ...c6 and ...Bd6 · Black.

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ECO B02–B05

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  1. Modern Alburt, Qe2 and the e5 Clamp · WhiteSample

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. axb3

  2. Modern Main Line, 4...Bg4 and the c5-f4 Plan · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. c5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc8 13. f4

  3. Modern Larsen, ...Bd6 and 12.c5 · White

    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. c5

  4. Modern Larsen, 6...Nd7 and Bf4 · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. c4 Nc7 8. Nf3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4

  5. Modern Kengis, ...c6 and Ne4 · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 c6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nef3 Nc7 12. Ne4

  6. Modern Kengis, ...Be6 and Nef3 · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bc4 Be6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nef3

  7. Modern, 4...Nc6 and the e6 Pawn Sacrifice · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nc3 g6 8. h4 Bg7 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4

  8. Modern, 4...c6 and the Nbd2-b3 Setup · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Bg4 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nbd2 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nbd7 10. b3

  9. Modern, 4...Nb6 and the h4 Advance · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. a4 a5 6. Nc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Bh6

  10. Modern, 4...Bf5 and Bd3 · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4

  11. Brooklyn Defense, h3-g4 and e6 · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. e6 fxe6 8. Ng5 Qd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxe5

  12. Mokele-Mbembe, Bd3 and Quiet Development · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 e6 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nf3 Qb6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Bc3 Be7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Qf4

  13. Larsen Attack, 5...Nd7 and the ...N5f6 Blunder · White

    1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6 8. g3 b5 9. a4 N5f6 10. Bh3+ Kd6 11. Qf5+ Kc6 12. Qf3+ Kd6 13. axb5