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Alekhine Defense

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Overview

Alekhine Defense is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B02.

The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.

The line arises from 2 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 Nf6.

It is a direct variation of King's Pawn Game.

It is the root of 6 named variations, with Brooklyn Variation, Krejcik Variation, Maróczy Variation, and others among the most studied.

Counted recursively, this branch covers 55 sub-variations at all depths.

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ECO code
B02
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
2
Parent
King's Pawn Game
Direct variations
6
Total in subtree
55

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Statistics from Lichess

28,186,007 games · White 46.3% / Draw 5.0% / Black 48.8%

MovesGamesW / D / B
e515,638,502
Nc38,617,951
d31,602,044
Nf31,085,806
Bc4422,850
d4277,514
f3137,681
Qf3125,870

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:50:08

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Variations (6)

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