ECO B05: Alekhine Defense
ECO B05 is part of volume B — Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 5 named lines under it.
The shortest is Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line:
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4.
That position has come up in 649,835 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 46.8%, 6.0% were drawn and Black won 47.2%.
| Opening | Moves | Plies |
|---|---|---|
| Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 |
8 |
| Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Alekhine Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 |
9 |
| Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Panov Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 |
9 |
| Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Flohr Variation | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 |
10 |
| Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Vitolins Attack | 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. d5 |
11 |