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1. e4 Nf6

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White to move
17,500 games · 1802-2025

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games

white wins - draws - black wins %

2. e5

14,249

42%

29.2%

28.8%

2. Nc3

2,930

33%

30.3%

36.6%

2. d3

429

35.2%

30.3%

34.5%

2. Bc4

41

43.9%

43.9%

2. d4

19

31.6%

21.1%

47.4%

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
Why did Black play that funny Knight move? by Mating Net
Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence by Buddy Revell

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
B03: Alekhine's Defense (5010)
B02: Alekhine's Defense (4292)
B04: Alekhine's Defense, Modern (4127)
B05: Alekhine's Defense, Modern (3040)
A07: King's Indian Attack (126)
C11: French (83)
C47: Four Knights (78)
C29: Vienna Gambit (74)
C26: Vienna (69)

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