Alekhine Defense

56 named lines, ECO B02–B05. The main position arises after1. e4 Nf6.

Line	Games	White / draw / Black
Alekhine Defense (1. e4 Nf6) B02 · 1. e4 Nf6	115,927	49%47%
Krejcik Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4	3,563	46%49%
Maróczy Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. d3	7,650	49%46%
Brooklyn Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8	2,290	53%43%
Mokele Mbembe B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4	2,651	55%41%
Normal Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5	45,471	48%48%
Scandinavian Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5	14,131	45%50%
Alekhine Defense (2… Nd5 3. d4) B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4	19,292	48%48%
Buckley Attack B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Na3	6	50%50%
Krejcik Variation, Krejcik Gambit B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+	272	46%49%
Sämisch Attack B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3	1,764	50%44%
Two Pawns Attack B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4	15,857	47%48%
Welling Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. b3	36	47%44%
Alekhine Defense (3. d4 d6) B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6	12,851	46%49%
Brooklyn Variation, Everglades Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 f5	4	50%50%
Mokele Mbembe, Modern Line B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 f6	11	64%36%
Mokele Mbembe, Vavra Defense B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 e6	239	54%44%
O'Sullivan Gambit B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 b5	852	42%54%
Scandinavian Variation, Geschev Gambit B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 c6	77	47%47%
The Squirrel B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nf4	458	64%34%
Alekhine Defense (3… d6 4. c4) B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4	5,309	45%50%
Balogh Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4	984	49%48%
Modern Variation B04 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3	3,079	48%46%
Scandinavian Variation, Myers Gambit B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. Bg5	14	43%57%
Spielmann Gambit B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6	125	46%50%
Steiner Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. b3	279	46%49%
Two Pawns Attack, Lasker Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5	2,781	48%47%
Two Pawns Attack, Tate Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. a4	1,061	48%49%
Modern Variation, Alburt Variation B04 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6	534	47%46%
Modern Variation, Larsen Variation B04 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5	692	50%44%
Modern Variation, Larsen-Haakert Variation B04 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6	313	50%46%
Modern Variation, Main Line B05 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4	1,306	48%46%
Modern Variation, Schmid Variation B04 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6	40	45%50%
Exchange Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6	2,348	46%48%
Four Pawns Attack B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4	1,871	45%51%
Hunt Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. c5	47	40%51%
Kmoch Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. d3	96	44%47%
Modern Variation, Alekhine Variation B05 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4	96	53%41%
Modern Variation, Panov Variation B05 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3	135	56%39%
Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5	44	55%39%
Four Pawns Attack, Fianchetto Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g6	323	45%52%
Four Pawns Attack, Trifunovic Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5	182	55%42%
Modern Variation, Flohr Variation B05 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6	59	31%64%
Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3	246	50%45%
Modern Variation, Alekhine Gambit B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2	82	43%52%
Modern Variation, Vitolins Attack B05 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. d5	2	100%
Two Pawns Attack, Mikenas Variation B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6	15	60%40%
Four Pawns Attack, Main Line B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3	403	45%50%
Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Bg5	3	67%33%
Modern Variation, Keres Variation B04 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4	5	40%60%
Hunt Variation, Mikenas Gambit B02 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bxd5	5	80%20%
Exchange Variation, Voronezh Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. b3	84	51%40%
Four Pawns Attack, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e6 fxe6 9. c5	4	50%25%25%
Four Pawns Attack, Korchnoi Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6	–
Exchange Variation, Karpov Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bf4	–
Four Pawns Attack, Tartakower Variation B03 · 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. O-O Be7	1	100%