It is a superb piece of work which immediately takes its place in that highest and rarest class of books. How to tame the alekhine, scandinavian and pirc chessbase. This attack is an invitation for white to push his pawn forward and gain a tempo by attacking the knight. Also in may 1922, hans fahrni wrote the first monograph on the opening. The game has turned into some sort of traxlerdefense evans gambit hybrid. Alexander alekhine first played this defense at budapest in september 1921 against saemisch and e. He also gives statistics and an indication of theoretical soundness for each variation. The idea behind blacks strategy is to have white build a large pawn center that is hard to defend. My best games of chess, 19081937 by alexander alekhine. Apr 11, 2011 worlds best chess miniatures chess lecture for novice chess players linder vs krugliakov game was played in moscow in 1966 what kind of food you should eat.
By default, the database only shows chess games where both players were rated over 2200, you can change the database subset using the database selector at the top of the page. Alekhines defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves. Well hardly any gms play it consistently, which is usually the standard of whether an opening is good or not. You learn this in gm smirnovs chess opening video courses. Chessgames is proud to provide online resources for the sri lanka olympiad chess team. Of the three openings in question, the carokann is considered the best. Why random development shouldnt work against the alekhine. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer. Goldstein, modern chess openings, fourth edition, 1925, p. Alexander alekhines best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996. Sicilian najdorf, by richard palliser sicilian defence, najdorf. You should replay various chess openings to find out what type of opening you like. But yes, if you have played the scandinavian you will recognize ideas in the alekhine s.
Alekhine s defence is an extensive guide for intermediate to advanced chess players to the controversial oppening in which black attacks from its very first move, seeking to provoke white into a central pawn formation that will fall prey to a deadly counterattack. The encyclopaedia of chess openings has four codes for alekhine s defence, b02 through b05. You can start from any position by using the paste fenmoves button directly below the chess board. Userfriendly lay out to help readers absorb ideas concentrates on the key principles of alekhines defence ideal for the improving player. Im andrew martin provides sound, active recommendations for black, modified if necessary to account for the passing of. White sets up threats along the gfile, and also prepares to meet 14. Euwe considers him the alltime greatest attacking player. On december 10th, 2019, chessgames turned 18 years old. Alexander alekhines most popular book is my best games of chess, 19081937. Chess openings, alekhines defence b02, scandinavian. Reliable repertoire for improving player cox starting out everyman ebook. Well in your tournament you know you will be playing both sides.
Igor is a winner of many national and international tournaments in ukraine, russia, germany, yugoslavia, croatia, bulgaria, and the united states. Which opening is easier to learn, the pirc defense or the. By 1914, the 22yearold alekhine was already a famous maestro who had taken third place at the international tournament in st petersburg, behind emanuel lasker and jose raul capablanca. Alekhine s defence is a sharp and controversial opening in which black attacks from the very first move, provoking white into lunging forward in the centre. Alexander alekhine s best games alexander alekhine additional material by c. Alekhine defence starting out everyman chess john cox on.
Game 38 other tries for white kupreichik vs z varga, 1992 b03 alekhines defense, 40 moves, 10 game 39 other tries for white n padevsky vs m vukovic, 1971 b02 alekhines defense, 48 moves, 01 game 40 other tries for white adams vs s agdestein, 1994 b02 alekhines defense. I think up my own moves, and i make my opponent think up his. We hear stories of masters who can play 15, 20, or 30 moves from pure memorization despite the number of possible 20move sequences to begin a game of chess being in the billions. Alekhine s defense, i want to entice whites central pawns forward so i can undermine them while whites centre will be left with weaknesses this is the best move against alekhine, because e5 is overextensive. The chess tempo chess database provides over two million searchable chess games.
Hecker vs a harju, 1976 b03 alekhine s defense, 9 moves, 01. In this easytoread guide, openings expert john cox goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of alekhine s defense and its numerous variations. Alekhine budapest 1921 1 e4 if6 2 e5 id5 3 ic3 e6 and the players went on to draw a rather tediously dull game. Its one of the big 4 defenses against e4, and i would choose to invest in that rather than the alekhine s or pirc.
The alekhine defence has been my opening of choice for over 25 years. Nc3 to limit the preparation they would otherwise need against the proper response to the alekhine 2. Nc3 in the alekhine has been recommended as the best approach by im john cox 2005 starting out. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes. Few topics intrigue and intimidate newcomers to chess like the study of socalled opening theory. Books by alexander alekhine author of my best games of chess. Alekhine was not drafted into the army for health reasons, but he went as a volunteer to. This move attacks the e4 pawn, but, if white moves his pawn to e6, now blacks knight has been attacked, and now has to run around the board.
I played this game at my club a couple days ago and decided to annotate it today. This cant be right, since my database contains 19 alekhine s defence games by the namesake. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Alekhine s defence and by im timothy taylor 2010 alekhine alert. Starting out sicilian najdorf starting out everyman chess. Understand the dynamic forces at work and reap the rewards. In this easytoread guide, openings expert john cox goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of alekhine s defence and its numerous variations. Which opening is easier to learn, the pirc defense or the alekhine s defense. Igor is a winner of many national and international tournaments in ukraine.
Chess openings ultimate guide to the openings of chess. Alexander alekhine s best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996 nunn, j 1. Alexander and john nunn foreword by garry kasparov games selected by raymond keene algebraic classics series series editor. From here things start to change and each variation takes on its on characteristics.
Black hopes to be able to exploit the weaknesses and vacuum that white creates by advancing her pawns. Black should be very careful with aggressive moves such as c5 and also watch out for his pawn. Bronstein started telling of how, a few months earlier, he had re. I need a new opening against e4, and have narrowed it down to one of these. In this short video, fm warren harper presents alekhine s defense to the upper school chess team at the awty international school. In this easytoread guide, openings expert john cox goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of alekhines defence and its numerous variations.
World champion from 192735 and again from 193746, alexander alekhine ranks as one of the four or five greatest players in chess history. White is often able to construct an impressively large central pawn formation, but blacks hope is that this becomes overstretched and disintegrates in the face of a vicious counterattack. Kendis1s username actually reminds me of a name of an alekhine s defense practitioner, edvins kengis. I used to have the really good book by burgess, however im guessing that is really out of date now, especially for the topical cxd6 exchange which is constantly evolving 4. A master of all phases of chess, his games were richly conceived and immensely complex. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponents piece.
The author points out numerous tips and traps for both sides during the course of the 42 annotated games which make up the book. The 2nd chessgames thematic challenge lets members play each other by voting on moves. Mr myers informs us that 1 e4 nf6 received some publicity from its use in tournament odds. Twic theory tuesday 10th may, 2005 alekhine defence with 4. Edward lasker rates him the games supreme inventive genius. Develop your pieces minor pieces first control the center e4, d4, d5, e5 castle. So in the fully updated abc of the alekhine, we take a look at how the opening stands in 2011. The alekhine defence has a provocative strategy of tempting the white pawns forward, and as we all know pawns cannot go backwards.
Stockfish seems to favor c5, but i cant figure out how to play that well. In this video we take a look at how to set up your pieces against the tricky alekhine defense. Page 6 page 7 bill wall 700 opening traps quick rules of chess the point of chess is to attack the enemy king and checkmate the king so that it cannot move to any square without also being attacked. Create immediate imbalance in the opening with this provocative defense. There is a correspondence tournament for alekhine starting on november 1st. Meeting the alekhine the classical way the alekhine defence belongs to those openings which face white with their very special challenges. His books for everyman chess have established him as a writer with impressive credentials. You can download a pdf of the table of contents and of the beginning of the. Jan 06, 2017 are there any alekhine books which feature the following lines in a repetoire. White can choose from the very aggressive line of the four pawn attack where. Of course, i could cravenly avoid the whole problem by opening 1. The line probably is worth mentioning, but i dont think it deserves a separate heading in the article since it would falsely imply that it is a variation on par with.
Black can choose to head for mindboggling complications or carefully manoeuvre across the 6th to 8th ranks, waiting for the right time to strike out at the center. Recent games games in this opening that were either played or submited recently. Nf3, enabling you to systematically build up a good attacking position free of risk. The figure of 2,543 games is to be compared with the 1,577 boasted by the games of alekhine by rogelio caparros and peter lahde published in 1992. The board is made up of 8 ranks horizontal squares or lines and 8 files. Understanding the chess openings queens indian defense. The alekhine defense is a bold choice for black, challenging the classical chess rules from the very beginning of the game yet proving itself to be a flexible system. Alekhines defense is a defense by black, which is the move 1. Jan 08, 2016 in this short video, fm warren harper presents alekhine s defense to the upper school chess team at the awty international school. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings to guide the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.
Alexander alekhine has 24 books on goodreads with 1175 ratings. Hikaru plays blindfold chess960 on without looking at the starting position of the pieces. Unsurprisingly, alekhine s defense has always been a favorite among uncompromising players such as fischer and alekhine himself, w. Move by move 12 nkb3, but, oddly enough, never played it again. Members enjoy access to all archived content, including thousands of pdfs and hundreds of ebooks all free. Alexander alekhines best games alekhine, a 1949, ed. Hugh myers davenport, ia, usa points out that on page 140 of paul keres chess master class by i.
What does persuade me is that alekhine s defense is repeatedly giving an otherwise weak black opponent good chances to beat me. Ive been playing a lot of the alekhine defense and stumbled across the brooklyn variation, which i quite like. Unlike their feeble predecessors, messrs skinner and verhoeven have presented the scores with exact dates and sources. Alekhine s defence and dealing with d4 smallscale terrorist attacks using chemical and biological agents. Gm bojkov shows you new ideas in the variation with 4. Alekhine s master chef chris dunworth serves up his favorite hot recipes to blow up the white center. A huge collection of books in chessbase format chess resources. Aug 12, 2014 alexander alekhine s best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996 nunn, j 1. Ideas in alekhine defense, brooklyn variation page 14. The database can be searched via many criteria, including chess players, chess opening, player ratings, game result, and the year the chess game was played. Alekhine did indeed play it again, scoring a very decent 66% with black, starting with this one.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading starting out. White can choose from the very aggressive line of the four pawn attack where white will look to put his four central pawns in the center. Alekhines defence is an extensive guide for intermediate to advanced chess players to the controversial oppening in which black attacks from its very first move, seeking to provoke white into a central pawn formation that will fall prey to a deadly counterattack. Bb4 transposing to the petroff defence, three knights game c42. From here things start to change and each variation. By may 1922 it was being called the alekhine s defense by sir george thomas in the british chess magazine. White has three main lines that he can choose from but they all start out with 1.
Alekhines defence starting out pdf free download epdf. Neishtadt oxford, 1983 it is stated that alekhines defence had been employed earlier by the moscow player m. Alexander alekhine s chess games, 19021946 should be bought on its merits by anyone who cares about chess and its finest exponents. L dobrovolsky vs p hardicsay, 1978 b02 alekhine s defense, 12 moves, 01. Alekhines defense e4,nf6 alekhines defense, krejcik variation e4,nf6,bc4 alekhines defense, maroczy variation e4,nf6,d3.