Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › Alekhine Defense › Normal Variation › Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack › Lasker Variation › Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Alekhine Defense B02
- Normal Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack B02
- Lasker Variation B02
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Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit
Overview
Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B02, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Bg5, after 13 plies of opening development.
The line refines Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack, Lasker Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B02
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 13
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Statistics from Lichess
2,721 games · White 65.8% / Draw 3.8% / Black 30.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| dxe5 | 931 | |
| h6 | 734 | |
| Nc6 | 452 | |
| dxc5 | 282 | |
| f6 | 130 | |
| Bf5 | 71 | |
| g6 | 49 | |
| Qd7 | 21 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:46:36
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