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1. e4 Nf6

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White to move
17,058 games · 1802-2025

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

2. e5

13,900

41.9%

29.3%

28.8%

2. Nc3

2,852

32.9%

30.4%

36.6%

2. d3

413

35.6%

29.5%

34.9%

2. Bc4

40

45%

42.5%

2. d4

16

31.2%

25%

43.8%

2. Nf3

10

50%

40%

2. Qe2

9

77.8%

2. f3

6

33.3%

66.7%

2. c4

5

60%

20%

20%

2. Bd3

2

50%

50%

2. Qh5

Jonathan Golob vs NN, 2022 1-0

2.e5 +0.86 (41 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Short vs Timman, 1991 (1-0)
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 (0-1)
Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973 (1-0)
Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1937 (1-0)
Kasparov vs Palatnik, 1978 (1-0)

DEBUT: J M Hanham vs E Delmar, 1893 (1-0)
RECENT: V Gunina vs Short, 2018 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
Alekhine Defense by Morphischer
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Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence by Buddy Revell

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B03: Alekhine's Defense (4883)
B02: Alekhine's Defense (4185)
B04: Alekhine's Defense, Modern (4019)
B05: Alekhine's Defense, Modern (2972)
A07: King's Indian Attack (118)
C11: French (82)
C47: Four Knights (75)
C29: Vienna Gambit (72)
C26: Vienna (69)

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