ECO B02: Alekhine Defense
ECO B02 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 27 named lines under it.
The shortest is Alekhine Defense:
1. e4 Nf6.
That position has come up in 28,186,007 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 46.3%, 5.0% were drawn and Black won 48.8%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alekhine Defense | 1. e4 Nf6 |
28.2M | 1 move |
| Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 |
422K | 2 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Maróczy Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 |
2M | 2 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 |
489K | 2 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Mokele Mbembe | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 |
336K | 2 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 |
14.7M | 2 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 |
4.5M | 2 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Buckley Attack | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Na3 |
2,581 | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation, Krejcik Gambit | 1. e4 Nf6 2. Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+ |
77K | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Sämisch Attack | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 |
639K | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 |
5.2M | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Welling Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. b3 |
18K | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation, Everglades Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8 3. d4 f5 |
254 | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Mokele Mbembe, Modern Line | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 f6 |
3,010 | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Mokele Mbembe, Vavra Defense | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4 3. d4 e6 |
129K | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Geschev Gambit | 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 c6 |
1.1M | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: The Squirrel | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nf4 |
65K | 3 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Variation, Myers Gambit | 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. Bg5 |
38K | 4 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Spielmann Gambit | 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6 |
56K | 4 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Steiner Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. b3 |
71K | 4 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack, Lasker Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 |
924K | 4 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack, Tate Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. a4 |
272K | 4 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Kmoch Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. d3 |
35K | 5 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 |
138K | 6 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack, Mikenas Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6 |
9,801 | 6 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Bg5 |
2,721 | 7 moves |
| Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Mikenas Gambit | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nxd5 exd5 8. Bxd5 |
2,555 | 8 moves |