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| Oct-16-07 | | piever: Uhm, the Ne4 idea is pretty interesting, I'm considering using it also in long games... I have tried it only once (in blitz), and after 1. e4 ♘f6 2. ♘c3 d5 3. e5 ♘e4 4. ♘xe4 dxe4 5. d4 exd3 6. ♗xd3 the position looked almost equal, but I reckon that white could have improved his play with 4. ♘ce2. Can you please post a game of yours where you used this defence? About the c5 idea in the Spielmann gambit, I have watched some of the games in the database and it looks like black has a good game. Yet should my opponent play the gambit, I wouldn't feel completely at ease... |
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Feb-22-08
 | | lostemperor: I got a question. Is it Alekhine's Defence or Alekhine's Defense? |
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| Feb-22-08 | | kackhander: Either spelling is acceptable, but I prefer it without the possessive apostrophe. "The Alekhine Defense"
a la
"The Evans Gambit" |
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Feb-22-08
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: <lostemperor> As <kackhander> says, it's your choice; you're observing a difference between US and British spellings (the one with 's' is primarily American, and the one with 'c' is primarily British) and, as a Dutchman (I seem to recall?), you are free to use either :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americ... |
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Feb-23-08
| | lostemperor: Thanks guys! A lot of dictionaries, like mine, need to be updated since A translation for "defense" cannot be found here: http://www.online-dictionary.nl/ It does not even recognize the word recognise:) |
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| Mar-30-08 | | Fog: Hmm I dont often post here but here goes...the alekhine is my usual defence to 1. e4, after reading through the stuff here I was just wondering about a few things for the scandinavian variation after 3. e5 what about 3. ..d4, doesnt seem bad for black at all tho hasnt been mentioned...can anyone shed some more light on this variation? (5..cxd2+ prevents white queening ofc) the two pawns attack/hunt/ w/e variation seems to give me the most trouble after, after 5 Bc4 e6 6 d4 b6 then my free (yes I know shameful...) version of shredder gives Bxd5 leaving black with nasty doubled pawns and white plugs his 'nasty weakness' on d5 with a black pawn and iv had to be very careful to hold onto it (the pawn) when playing against the computer, obviously 6 ..d6 is an option but it blocks both bishops and id just plain rather be white tbh... |
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| Apr-07-08 | | The Chess Express: Does anybody know a good way to handle the four pawns attack (e4 ... e5 ... d4 ... c4 ... f4)? |
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| May-15-08 | | The Chess Player: I'd like some tips on best books on the Alekhine. Anyone? |
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| May-15-08 | | hrvyklly: <The Chess Player: I'd like some tips on best books on the Alekhine. Anyone?> Buy/borrow/beg/steal 'Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence' by John Cox. http://www.jeremysilman.com/book_re... |
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| May-15-08 | | hrvyklly: <The Chess Express> 6...c5 7.d5 g6 "A terrific scorer for Black, with very little theory... Black intends simply to develop with ...Bg7, ...O-O, ...Bg4 and target the e5-pawn. Normally he plays ...e7-e5 also, and White has to be very careful about d5-d6 in reply, which can lead his centre into an elephant trap." 6...c5 7.d5 e6 is no bad either - get a copy of Cox's book on the Alekhine... |
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| May-16-08 | | The Chess Player: Thanks for the tip <hrvyklly>! If anybody has any other recomendations i'd sure like to hear about them. |
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| May-16-08 | | nescio: <If anybody has any other recomendations i'd sure like to hear about them.> I think one book is more than enough, and in addition I recommend careful study of the games of Bagirov and Alburt. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... |
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May-16-08
 | | Open Defence: I think Bagirov wrote a book on the Alekhine dont think it is in print now, also Hans Berliner used the Alekhine's Defence quite often and with good success |
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| May-16-08 | | The Chess Player: Well, since it is obvious Bagirov was an expert in the Alekhine field i'm gonna try and get my hands on a copy of his book plus i'll get the Starting Out one. I'm pretty sure that'll do. Still it would be much appreciated if anyone could give some information on Bagirov's book beforehand. |
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| May-23-08 | | fromoort: I'd also recommend Alexander Baburin's games as Black in this opening for study. |
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| May-27-08 | | Buddy Revell: Speaking of <Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence>, by <John Cox>, my collection with games from that book is finally completed! Game Collection: Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence |
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| Jun-01-08 | | The Chess Express: <hrvyklly: 6...c5 7.d5 g6> I looked at that line, but I decided that it wasn't so good for black. How would you improve on B G Smith vs Shabalov, 2007 after <tamar>'s 16 exf6 Rxe1+ 17 Nxe1 Bxf6 18 Bxf6 Qxf6 19 a3 ? Movsesian vs Z Varga, 2005 is another troublesome game. |
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| Jul-04-08 | | offtherook: How come ALL of the "notable games" are just patzer-ish blunders? No Spassky-Fischer from their match? Nothing from Alburt or Bagirov? |
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| Jul-04-08 | | ganstaman: <offtherook: How come ALL of the "notable games" are just patzer-ish blunders? No Spassky-Fischer from their match? Nothing from Alburt or Bagirov?> Two good reasons.
1) This is only B02. There are other ECO codes for other Alekhine's Defense games, where some of the games you are thinking of may be. 2) According to "What's this?" link by the notable games, <The lists of notable games are calculated by finding the games which most frequently appear in our users' game collections.> |
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| Jul-04-08 | | pacorrum: anybody knows the name or code of this defence?
<1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6>
It looks like an interesting spinoff of the Alekhine but I cannot find games. Thanks in advance! |
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| Jul-04-08 | | Benzol: <pacorram> Have you looked at Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein (B29) variation? |
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| Jul-05-08 | | pacorrum: You're right, <Benzol>, thanx for the feedback! |
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| Aug-10-08 | | drukenknight: This one's for Keypusher, I havent forgotten about you. All this time I have been thining about you every day...Okay let's figure this out: look at white's move 23, he has two ways to hit the Q. Which one is better? After 22..Qb4 white to move:
click for larger view23 a3 is better because it prevents ...Bf5+ which swaps B, and removes white's defender Q. Here is the actual game after 24 Kc2. Black should play 24...Bf5+ trading Bs and then removing defender, whites Q from the N on b5: 
click for larger viewWhite had a choice of two pawns to hit the Q and he actually chose wrong, if instead: 23 a3 Nc4+
24. Qxc4 Bxc4
25. axb4 Bxb5
26. dxe5 dxe5
27. Rd6 Kh8
28. c4 Be8
29. Ra1 a6
30. Rb6 Bc6
31. Bxc6 bxc6
32. Raxa6
White seems to be winning
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| Oct-02-08 | | The Rocket: "Does anybody know a good way to handle the four pawns attack (e4 ... e5 ... d4 ... c4 ... f4)?" the four pawn attack is no trouble for me even against 2700 opponents like chessmaster 11 engine.. just play the trifunovic variation...
5 bf5. and then 6 e6(preparing to castle kingside) and dont exchange any pawns in the center this way you will avoid sharp play the arrises if you instead play 5 dxe5. I drew the chessmaster geller(2700 elo level) as black in a 3min game with this variation after 86 moves. |
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| May-21-09 | | shutupimthinking: Does anybody know any unusual early deviations for white which might allow me to mix things up against a very experienced opponent? I've experimented with 2.Bc4 before (with fairly good results), but never against really strong opposition, and I'm not convinced it's sound. I'm more interested in getting away from the main lines than keeping an advantage (in fact, a drawish line would be ideal!) |
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