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Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack

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Overview

Alekhine Defense: Two Pawns Attack is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under 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.

It begins with 5 plies and takes 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 to reach the canonical position.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.

4 named variations grow from this line, including Alekhine Defense: Steiner Variation, Alekhine Defense: The Squirrel, Lasker Variation, and others.

Together the deeper variations number 8 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
B02
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
5
Parent
Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation
Direct variations
4
Total in subtree
8

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Statistics from Lichess

5,236,816 games · White 46.1% / Draw 4.7% / Black 49.2%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nb65,081,792
Nb467,417
Nf464,944
d69,844
e65,717
b62,881
Ne31,632
Nc6861

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:06:14

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Variations (4)

Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation:

Show all 8 sub-variations (full subtree)

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