Alekhine Defense

56 variations · B02 to B05

The idea

The knight lures the pawns forward.

Black attacks the e-pawn with the knight and lets White push pawns forward with tempo. Those pawns gain space, but can later become targets.

The opening itself

B02 · 1 move

Alekhine Defense

Variations 56

Names and moves from lichess-org/chess-openings (CC0).