Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation
ECO: B04Semi-Open Games1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation
The Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation is a line of the Alekhine Defense, catalogued under ECO code B04 in the Semi-Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Alekhine Defense has 56 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alburt VariationB04 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen VariationB04 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert VariationB04 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main LineB05 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Schmid VariationB04 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nb6
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine VariationB05 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c4
- Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Panov VariationB05 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3
Other lines of the Alekhine Defense
- Alekhine Defense: Krejcik VariationB02 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.Bc4
- Alekhine Defense: Maróczy VariationB02 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.d3
- Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn VariationB02 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ng8
- Alekhine Defense: Mokele MbembeB02 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Ne4
- Alekhine Defense: Normal VariationB02 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5
- Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian VariationB02 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5
- Alekhine DefenseB03 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4
- Alekhine Defense: Buckley AttackB02 · 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Na3